Marcus White

Articles written by Marcus White

• Aug

  14

  

  British law firms are under attack from ransomware. How should we upgrade our cyber defences?

  Law firms across the UK have been given a stark warning in a recent report by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC): get serious about upgrading your cyber defences or risk your legally privileged information being stolen by ransomware gangs.…

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• Jul

  31

  

  Hybrid password attacks: How they work and how to stop them

  Cybersecurity measures force threat actors to get creative and come up with new and inventive ways to compromise user credentials. As the name suggests, hybrid password attacks involve combining two or more attack methods to carry out password cracking. Taking…

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• Jul

  24

  

  Never expire passwords? Why we shouldn’t ditch password expiry just yet.  

  Resetting passwords via service desk tickets and support calls is an everyday burden on IT teams. Users are equally frustrated when the ‘time to change your password’ notification pops up during a busy work day – especially when they realize…

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• Jul

  19

  

  Update to GLBA safeguards rule: What you need to know

  Financial institutions are at the forefront of cybersecurity challenges due to the sensitive nature of the data they handle. As the frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks increase, so does the need for robust regulatory safeguards, requiring organizations to bolster their…

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• Jul

  10

  

  Active Directory honeypot accounts: How to keep attackers sweet

  Monitoring and detecting account compromise is one of the most challenging tasks for IT admins and SecOps professionals. Once a legitimate account has been compromised, it can be difficult to detect an attacker’s activities until it’s too late and damage…

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• Jul

  03

  

  Kerberoasting attacks: How to keep your Active Directory safe

  A domain administrator account is the holy grail of privileged accounts in a Microsoft Active Directory environment. If an attacker can get their hands on a Domain Administrator account in the domain, they’ll have access to basically everything. Kerberoasting is…

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• Jun

  26

  

  Active Directory password hardening: How it’s done   

  Weak passwords are a problem waiting to happen – Verizon estimates that 80% of hacking-related breaches come from weak or stolen passwords. They’re the most common way for people to access their accounts and applications, making them an obvious attack…

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• Jun

  22

  

  MFA prompt bombing: How it works and how to stop it

  User credentials are golden prizes for attackers. Weak or breached credentials provide an easy target for attackers looking to log in to a network instead of breaking in. Most businesses have caught on to the fact that multi-factor authentication (MFA)…

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• Jun

  13

  

  Six ways to apply the principle of least privilege to your Active Directory

  The principle of least privilege is simple but important: it states that users only have the minimum access necessary to perform their job. For organizations using Active Directory (over 90% of the Fortune 100), this means the minimum necessary permissions…

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• May

  17

  

  [New Research] How hard is the MD5 hashing algorithm to crack?

  The Specops research team is publishing new data on how long it takes attackers to brute force guess user passwords with the help of newer hardware. They've been specifically looking at passwords protected by the popular MD5 hashing algorithm. This…

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