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Hacktivism: A Force For Intervention?
This special variety of hackers live and breathe cyber vigilantism, and exist as a mechanism for social justice.
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Wembley Partners
Jan 12, 20225 min read
News Tangles Over Facebook's Massive Outage
This part of the Facebook outage saga is rooted in claims from online posts that lack tangible proof and therefore remain unverified.
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Jan 5, 20225 min read
A Closer Look At Hacktivists Thwarting Terrorist Attacks
Meet GhostSec. The group isn’t your typical hacktivists. This is the group of cyber vigilantes who foiled terrorist attacks planned by ISIS.
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Dec 29, 20215 min read
When Public Disclosure Creates a Nightmare Scenario: The Case Of Secure Disclosure Policy
Is it possible that industry researchers inadvertently cause security risks through the public disclosures of the vulnerabilities they find?
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Dec 21, 20215 min read
Windows Subsystem Under Attack After Warning Dismissed
The case serves as a perfect example of when theoretical attack scenarios and proof-of-concepts developed by researchers go unheeded.
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Dec 17, 20214 min read
Everything About the Catastrophic Zero-Day Log4j Exploit
When exploited, it allows threat actors to take control over log messages and log message parameters.
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Dec 9, 20215 min read
A Hacktivist's Encounter With a Cunning Scammer
The thrill of stealing money seems to be the downfall of many scammers who are in a hurry to close a deal and move on to the next victim.
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Nov 30, 20213 min read
US Dept. Of Commerce Clamps Down On Sales Of Commercial Hacking Tools
The rule to change how US companies engage in sales of hacking tools designed to penetrate digital devices to conduct surveillance.
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Nov 26, 20214 min read
It’s Time to Patch Up: US Federal Agencies to Fix Critical Cybersecurity Flaws
Whatever the reason is, the new directive by the Biden Administration carries the impression that cybersecurity has finally taken priority.
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Nov 23, 20215 min read
The Ethical Hacker’s Mind For National Security
For years, hackers have tried to offer a helping hand to various government agencies concerning vulnerabilities they try to address.
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Wembley Partners
Nov 18, 20214 min read
Who Will Own The Metaverse?
Zuckerberg made it clear that Meta does not want to be only recognized as a social media platform. What is it, then?
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Nov 15, 20216 min read
Windows Attack Vectors Under The Microscope
The scope of this article is to examine some of the tools and vulnerabilities threat actors are using to exploit Windows OS.
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Nov 11, 20214 min read
Bug Bounty Program: When Businesses Collaborate With Hackers
To a hacker, there is no greater opportunity than to hack what is thought to be unhackable.
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Nov 9, 20215 min read
Defenseless Vulnerabilities: The Ultimate Incident Response Challenge
One of the problems with zero-day exploits is the fact they are often capable of slipping past firewalls.
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Nov 4, 20214 min read
New US Bill Could Require Businesses to Report Ransomware Payouts
The bill is designed to help reveal the scope of ransomware attacks, the groups behind them and the scope of their operations.
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Wembley Partners
Sep 22, 20214 min read
DNS Spoofing Attacks And How To Protect Yourself
Often, the victim of a cyberattack has no idea they've been compromised until much later. DNS spoofing is a good example of such exploits.
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Wembley Partners
Sep 10, 20214 min read
Exploits Into Wireless Security Explained
Anticipating all the possible network entry points that can be exploited by a cybercriminal is a tall ask. Here, we explore WPS security.
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Wembley Partners
Aug 26, 20216 min read
Insider Threats: When Trust Is Broken
A great colleague, a malicious insider, or both? A deeper look into insider threats and the associated attack vectors.
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Wembley Partners
Aug 20, 20215 min read
How Threat Actors Bypass 2-Factor Authentication
You're using 2-Factor Authentication. An excellent choice! But is it really as bulletproof as some say?
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Wembley Partners
Aug 12, 20215 min read
Automated Cyber Weapons: The Cobalt Strike Bug, And The Dangers of Automation
What if sophisticated Penetration Testing and cyber defence tools can be turned against us? A Cobalt Strike bug shows it's possible.
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