Hugo van den Toorn, Manager Offensive Security at Outpost24
Hugo van den Toorn, Manager Offensive Security at Outpost24, explains what Red Teaming assessments involve and what benefits realistic attack scenarios bring to an organisation
Focus on specific areas where a breach would impact overall bottom line. It might be beneficial to address the more well-known critical vulnerabilities instead of tackling the latest headline grabbing vulnerability.
Following further investigations into the exposed data belonging to Swedish Healthcare provider, MediCall, Outpost24 can confirm that many more organisations in Sweden are impacted by the unsecured servers
A new Bitcoin scam has surfaced and appears to be delivered mostly via email by exploiting weaknesses in Hotmail or Live mail accounts. Victims receive a legitimate-looking email that will usually mimic an email they are expecting to receive, making the scam seem even more real. A link in the email redirects the victim either to an extremely genuine looking BBC news webpage or simply to a page asking for a password.
As organisations continue to carry out digital transformation, cloud computing is on the increase, enabling those that adopt the technology to be on the frontline of innovation. The positives of utilising cloud infrastructures are well documented but a characteristic that often gets overlooked, much to the detriment of organisations, is security.