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Threat Intel

Threat Week 04-08-2018

Welcome to another threat update, this week we look at some interesting twitter dumpster fires and a highly targeted ransomware campaign

Unbackable wallets – would you trust your funds with this device?

You got root sir but that’s not a hack! The world turns upside-down and inside out when @cybergibbons and a band of hackers go on rage mode at the claims from John McAfee and BitFi that their wallet is un-hackable and the ‘restrictions’ placed on the bug bounty.

https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1024385313966379010

Use a password manager, no really!

@ingnl caused some fun when they recommend not using password managers which went down well with the twitter infosec community. Just so everyone is aware, we recommend using a password manager.

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Defense

Office 365 Attack Simulator Overview

Probably the most common attack vector!

Phishing is very likely the most common attack vector, in fact so common that the following stat is called out:

“a 2016 study reports that 91% of cyberattacks and the resulting data breach begin with a phishing email”

Setting up the Social Engineering toolkit or custom phishing solution takes a little time, luckily Microsoft have added in attack simulation features into Office 365! This let’s in house teams perform a range of simulated attacks in safe manner against your organisation. In this post we are going to run through the steps required to create and run a phishing attack simulation!

Read more “Office 365 Attack Simulator Overview” →

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