How the Newswire Hack Could Have Been Avoided
The recent indictment of nine people for newswire hacking and insider trading shows once again the power of targeting, the vulnerability of browsers, and that everyone is a potential target.
03Aug
In The News: You Can Identify Hackers Before they Attack
In the recent Infosecurity Magazine article, Ntrepid's Chief Scientist Lance Cottrell discussed techniques businesses can implement to identify the attackers among their other visitors by using their own tools against them.
30Jul
In The News: What is the Most Secure Web Browser?
Ntrepid's Lance Cottrell authored an article that appeared in Homeland Security Today that poses the vital question: what is the most secure web browser?
29Jul
Passive Information Leakage: Losing Sensitive Business Secrets
An overview of the types of secrets that can be compromised through Passive Information Leakage (PIL), how the attack works, and how to protect yourself against this threat.
17Jul
3 Major New Zero-Day Adobe Flash Vulnerabilities
While I was getting ready to post the previous article on why browsers are so vulnerable, researchers announced the discovery of three major zero-day exploits.
14Jul
5 Reasons Browsers are the Favorite Target for Attackers
As hacker sophistication continues to escalate, the number of avenues available for attacking businesses is climbing as well. With this in mind, why is it that hackers repeatedly choose to come in through the browser? The answer to this question is actually quite simple: web browsers are fundamentally more vulnerable...
01Jul
5 Reasons for an Online Disguise
Most everyone knows online anonymity tools exist. However, not everyone realizes or fully understands the rationale behind their existence. In this post, Lance Cottrell outlines five key instances when it may make sense to embrace an online disguise.
23Jun
How to Prevent Ransomware
One morning you sit down with your cup of coffee and turn on your computer expecting to check email and possibly browse the latest social media news. Instead you are greeted with a message that all of your computer's files have been encrypted. What do you do?
09Jun
Drive-by Downloads
Are you concerned about drive-by downloads? You should be. Drive-by downloads do not get the same attention as some other attacks, but that doesn’t make them any less dangerous or frequent.
02Jun
Protecting the Financial Sector from Web-based Attacks
The financial services sector continues to be a highly prized target for today’s hacker with a 40 percent increase in detected attacks in 2013 alone. Unfortunately, the trend only continues to intensify with the number of financial services firms reporting losses greater than $10 million more than doubled last year,...