Hacking Insider

05/08/2017

have been around in one form or another for a considerable amount of time. Using a form of challenge and response has been a way of verifying an individual far before computers even existed. The exact birth of the password is unknown, however, some sources say it was likely to be the Massachusetts Institute of in the mid-1960s.

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The exact birth of the password is unknown however some sources say it was likely to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the mid-1960s.

22/07/2017

A talk by James Stevenson, on Profiling Malicious Actors,
at Bsides London 2017 has gone live on Youtube today. The talk is based on James' dissertation project at the University of South Wales.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wynf7tUH1v4

28/06/2017

Voice Computing and Skills Development best practices. Talk by Oscar Merry from Opearlo at TechHub Swansea https://youtu.be/q6PGDWzbKV4

26/06/2017

5 ways Nyotron are breaking the mould - interview with CEO Nir Gaist at : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j8xjwBvPDs&t=3s

21/06/2017

After our talk at this month here are 4 reasons why we're keeping an eye on ThreatQuotient: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q-a_7en7Ms …

19/06/2017

6 things we learned from Zonefox at Infosec 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGV7Nxo6WtY

09/06/2017

Hacking Insider photo highlights from the Infosecurity Europe 2017 event.

21/05/2017

Targeted advertising is a form of that focuses on a range of traits from the consumer, including; age ranges, location, and shopping habits. When it comes to online targeted advertising the well known approach is the use of Cookies. Cookies allow advertisers to cross reference information such as IP addresses and referrers when used on the same device. That being the case, however, a new form of targeted advertising has manifested in the past year is the use of tracking via users logging into accounts.

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Targeted advertising is a form of advertising that focuses on a range of traits from the consumer, including; age ranges, location, and shopping habits.

13/05/2017

Understanding the , and ransomware in 3 minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnXjP132HRc

WCry also referred to as WannaCry and Wana Decrypt0r, Is a piece of ransomware that propagates from infected machines after scanning over TCP port 445. Befor...

13/05/2017

While the current actors behind are unknown it is the second iteration of ransomware known as WanaCrypt0r that was spotted in February 2017, asking victims to pay 0.1 Bitcoins for their files to be de-crypted. This ransomware is possible due to a vulnerability that was disclosed publicly by a group known as ‘The Shadow Brokers’ that stated it was a known vulnerability that the National Security Agency in the United states were aware of for some time. They referred to the vulnerability that allowed the ransomware to spread as “ETERNALBLUE“, an SMBv2 exploit. While the Shadow Brokers released this vulnerability it is unlikely that they are connected to the ransomware and instead it is more probable that it is connected to an opportunistic hacking group.

WCry also referred to as and (Patel, 2017). Its a piece of ransomware that propagates from infected machines after scanning over TCP port 445.

A patch has existed since March 14th 2017 for the ETERNALBLUE vulnerability, labelled MS17-010 by Microsoft.

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04/05/2017

Security is a subject that has been around in some form or another since humanity realised we could disadvantage others. It’s come a long way from physical security to security that now rests in ‘ ’. The change that almost everyone has adopted with open arms in one form or another. This change doesn’t mark the end however. People and organisations are still learning how should function within our world as a whole. New laws, regulations and best practices are how this is coming into fruition...

Last month the team at Hacking Insider were sent one of the most recent products from IStorage the datAshur® PRO. USB security tools, like the datAshur® PRO, are pin activate flash drives. Such flash drives commonly feature military grade XTS-AES 256-bit hardware encryption...

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Last month the team at Hacking Insider were sent one of the most recent products from IStorage, the datAshur® PRO. Today we're going to have a test drive.