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mRr3b00t’s little blog about the Cyberz and getting into…

Where to start!

Everyone loves talking about how to get into Cyber! It’s like the cliché thing to talk about! Hell, there’s people who have been in jobs for minutes writing guides, It’s odd… my advice, gardening! Seriously you will see the outside, will learn skills that are useful and keep physically fit! Wait you still want to cyber? You sure? Ok there’s some super awesome fun parts of cyber, not going to lie, it sounds super cool! What do you do? I’m a CYBER! See cool AF!

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NHS 111 Supply Chain Cyber Attack Summary – events…

NHS Supplier Cyber Incident 4th August 2022

Cyber incidents are never nice, I wasn’t exactly overcome with joy when I say there was a cyber attack on an NHS supplier on the 4th of August 2022. There’s still lots of unknowns with the scenario, it’s impacts and how this will play out. I’m always cautious to speculate too much however cyber incidents aren’t magic, they are usually bound to certain patterns. A week ago this was reported as likely being restored by Tueday, since then there’s been another press release and now even more articles in the maintream media. I am however not convinced with the press release contents, I’m also unsure as to why there isn’t a more concise view… something doesn’t seem to add up, my spider sense is tingling. So, here’s my star gazing (experienced based) view so far.

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When running Nessus is a good thing!

Oh that’s “just a Nessus scan” or that’s not a real pen test etc. is something that if you are in the infosec/cyber world for a few minutes you will probably hear.

It’s honestly a bit odd, some sort of way of diminishing something because a tool was used, which doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense given most activity involves using something that already exists (sure there are fields and scenarios where this isn’t true but I’m generalising).

So why are we as an industry obsessed with tools and obsessed with berating people for using them? It’s all rather odd.

It perhaps ties in with this Cyber Myth about penetration testing being the tool that’s good and useful in every scenario… I hate to break it to people, but it’s not the principles of security and it certainly isn’t the best/most appropriate “tool” in every scenario. Read more “When running Nessus is a good thing!” →

Leadership

Cyber Insurance: How would I decide to buy it…

Is Cyber Insurance right for you?

Wow a big question, right? I can’t answer this for you, obviously I’d recommend that you consider cyber insurance, however I’d also recommend that you:

  • Understand your business and it’s supply chain with regards to financials and linkages to cyber risk
  • Understand your current cyber asset, threat, vulnerability and therefore risk landscape
  • Ensure you have a good understanding to make informed decisions

I’m not going to write lots this evening on the subject, but I was reviewing a report and thought in line with some research that I started recently (but was side-tracked) and then have seen the report so purchased that instead! (Sometimes it’s easier to not do everything yourself right!)

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Vulnerability Management Concerns by Role Type

Have you ever thought about what kind of data/intelligence you may need with regards to vulnerability management? It tends to vary at levels of abstraction based on the audiance, but don’t think the person doing the patching may not be considernig upwards or that someone in a C level position won’t care about the zeros and ones (life doesn’t work that way!)

Anyway I was talking to a friend and came up with these so thought I’d share them with the world. Have I done a decent job? can you think of others? How do you measure and report? What are your concerns?

Let’s take a look at what I came up with (this wasn’t a very long time in the making 😉 )

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Education

Infrastructure Penetration Testing Realities

Penetration testing is just like being a cybercriminal, right?

Honestly, it feels weird writing this, however I feel there’s a real issue with penetration testing and some myths that (for understandable and obvious reasons) exist in some people’s minds. So I’ve taken to trying to explain to people what an external penetration test actually entails in the real world of business. So here goes!

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Defence

Offensive KEV Alpha 0.1

Working out what exploits to care about is a tough job, kill chains, availability of exploits, complexity, data flows, controls etc. all play a part in understanding a vulnerability and how it affects your organisational risk. To support this effort I’ve started to compile a list of public exploits against CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV). This may be useful for defensive and offensive security pros.

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