Strong passwords play an essential role in safeguarding your company's data and client information. Unfortunately, due to weak or non-existing password policies, many companies face a high risk of data breaches. Nowadays, cyber-attacks are common, and hackers use many techniques to crack passwords. Although a brute force attack is still old, it is still practical and common among hackers. Brute force attacks work on" trial-and-error" methods and guess the hidden content of we

A recent MIT Technology Review Report revealed that 66 zero-day attacks in 2021 were recorded in 2021, nearly double the attacks in 2020. For example, security researchers discovered a security flaw in Fortinet's web application firewall that permits attackers to run arbitrary malicious codes on severs and devices protected using the security solution. Attackers can compromise the vulnerability to compromise devices, escalate privileges, and control them. For example, they

Despite the depth of implemented protection measures, cyber incidents are bound to happen at some time. An incident analysis process comprises carefully structured and orchestrated operations to determine the incident's root cause and prevent it from reoccurring in the future. Incident analysis is critical to responding and recovering from an adverse cyber event. The following are recommended incident analysis phases: Detection and observation IT security teams use various t

2021 has been an interesting year for the information security community. According to the Identity Theft Research Center, the total privacy and data breaches recorded in the third quarter of 2021 have already surpassed those recorded in the whole of 2020. Specifically, the publicly reported breaches as of 30th September 2021 have increased by 17% compared to the total events reported in 2020. Notably, cybersecurity experts blame the COVID-19 pandemic as the leading cause of