by KarinMuller | Dec 11, 2024 | Deep Dive
MGM Resorts Ransomware Attack MGM Resorts ALPHV/BlackCat Ransomware Attack Cybercrime Meets Fake News MGM Resorts, one of the world’s largest casino operators, found itself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons in September 2023. A ransomware attack disrupted...
by KarinMuller | Dec 3, 2024 | Threat Talks
Prevent, Pay or Insure Find this Threat Talk on Prevent, Pay or Insure? The road to cyber resilience Days before MGM’s computer systems were taken down in a cyberattack, fellow casino operator Caesars paid a $15 million ransom to attackers who infiltrated its systems....
by KarinMuller | Nov 26, 2024 | Deep Dive
UNIX CUPS Remote Code Execution UNIX CUPS Remote Code Execution The Fallacy of Default Trust “Hello! I’m a Printer! Please Let Me In, thank you!” – It may sound absurd, but this is how attackers can trick your system through the cups-browsed service....
by KarinMuller | Nov 12, 2024 | Deep Dive
Deep Dive – CrowdStrike auto-update disaster CrowdStrike Auto-Update Disaster The Fallacy of automatic updates Last July’s CrowdStrike outage led to closed airports, inaccessible bank accounts and hospitals that were only delivering emergency care that did not...
by KarinMuller | Nov 5, 2024 | Threat Talks
Breaking the Illusion: Exposing Security Fallacies Find this Threat Talk on Exposing Security Fallacies Breaking the Illusion: Confronting Cybersecurity’s Biggest Fallacies Are we truly protecting ourselves from cyber threats, or are we blinded by outdated security...
