Risk Management May 25, 2023

How I got started: White Hat Hacker

3 min read - White hat hackers serve as a crucial line of cyber defense, working to identify and mitigate potential threats before malicious actors can exploit them. These ethical hackers harness their skills to assess the security of networks and systems, ultimately helping…

Risk Management August 25, 2022

Black Hat SEO: Is Someone Phishing With Your Site Domain?

5 min read - Search engine optimization (SEO) is a long game. Improving your website to rank higher on search engine results pages helps you attract more traffic. Plus, it helps build a trustworthy reputation. But, some people want to take shortcuts by using…

Cloud Security September 21, 2021

12 Benefits of Hiring a Certified Ethical Hacker

4 min read - You’ve probably heard the phrase “you don’t know what you don’t know”. It’s a stage of learning most people find themselves in at one time or another. When it comes to cybersecurity, hackers succeed by finding the security gaps and…

Risk Management May 31, 2021

Strike First: The Benefits of Working With an Ethical Hacker

3 min read - With cybersecurity attacks on the rise, companies must explore new ways to stay one step ahead of threat actors. IDG Research Services found that 78% of IT leaders are not confident in their companies’ security postures, which lead 91% of organizations…

Intelligence & Analytics September 19, 2019

Night Vision: Navigating the Darknet for Improved Threat Intelligence

4 min read - Securely accessing the darknet can help organizations overhear criminal conversations, find actionable data, look for evidence of compromise, build better defenses and uncover critical user risks.

April 17, 2019

Spear Phishing Report Card: Perfect Scores in School Security Pen Testing

2 min read - According to a new U.K.-based study, 100 percent of test spear phishing attacks gained access to sensitive university data in less than two hours.

May 17, 2018

Cybersecurity Threats in 2018: Cryptojacking, Ransomware and a Divided Zero-Day Market

2 min read - The first quarter of 2018 saw a rise in cybersecurity threats such as ransomware, Internet of Things (IoT) vulnerabilities and zero-day threats.

April 27, 2017

Did An IoT Device War Take Down Sierra Tel?

2 min read - On April 10, Sierra Tel discovered that its IoT device modems had been bricked, possibly by a vigilante trying to neutralize rogue devices.

April 20, 2017

Vigilante White-Hat Hacker Boosts IoT Device Security

2 min read - Hajime appears to have been created by a vigilante that is attempting to improve IoT device security and help IT decision-makers tighten defenses.

November 1, 2016

White-Hat Hackers Blacklisted? New DMCA Exemptions Protect the Good Guys

2 min read - Companies have a vested interest when it comes to ferreting out IT problems before cybercriminals manage to launch attacks in the wild. The recent Mirai infections are proof positive that compromised Internet of Things (IoT) devices paved the way for…