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Week 22 - Network Penetration Testing Overview
“In 93 percent of cases, an external attacker can breach an organization’s network perimeter and gain access to local network resource.” (betanews)
#penetrationtesting#soc2
Today we express gratitude and honor those who made the greatest sacrifice.
We wish you special and safe Memorial Day Weekend 🇺🇸 !
Security First.
#memorialday2024
Week 18 - Third Party Risk Management
One of the ways that large organizations (meaning your clients) will strengthen the supply chain protection is mandatory Security Risk Assessment (penetration testing) by all vendors.
#thirdpartyriskmanagement#pentest
Week 17- Tycoon 2FA Shatters MFA
Tycoon 2FA is a new era of threats that sidestep conventional defenses. This Adversary-in-The-Middle (AiTM) phishing kit has gained notoriety for its ability to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) processes, targeting MSFT, Gmail.. #cyber
Week 16 - The Total Cost of Email Phishing
Dealing with the threat of single phishing email takes 27.5 minutes at a cost of $31.32 #emailphishing#securityassessment
Week 14 - startups
● Nearly 4 in 5 (78%) founders reported experiencing a cyberattack in 2023
*up from 67% in 2022.
● 72% of Series C founders believe their company was likely to face a data breach
● 83% of founders are talking to their investors about cyber protection
Week 13
•Average cost of data breach reached average $4.45M in 2023, 2.3% increase from 2022 (IBM 2023)
•Critical infrastructure averaged $5.04M in data breach costs, while non_CI averaged $3.78M (IBM 2023)
2024 - week 11
Password Audit is integral part of pen test. Unfortunately, NordPass and other security researches in 2023 revealed that most common passwords are:
- 123456
- admin
- 12345678
- 123456789
- password
Change them regularly with 14 mixed up characters with MFA
2024 - Week 10
2024 has 52 weeks - each week we will raise the awareness of the importance of regular (annual or quarterly) penetration tests and security risk assessments.
Be safer today. That’s it, that’s the post.
#besafertoday#penetrationtesting
Week 9
How to protect against Ransomware:
- Educate employees about the risks of social engineering.
- Patch and Test regularly. Ransomware code often targets known vulnerabilities. By keeping systems updated it can significantly minimize the risk of the attack.
2024 - Week 7
How penetration test can lower the risk of ransomware attacks:
Vulnerability Identification-uncover vulnerabilities that could otherwise remain unseen.
Cyber Defense -get a sense of cyber defense capability, threat alert abilities, and reaction times.
#pentest
The FBI received almost 19,000 reports regarding romantic scams in 2022 alone. Costing $739M!
- update the software on all your devices
- change your passwords regularly
- use 14+ character passwords
- enable multi-factor authentication
- DO NOT CLICK on malicious links
2024 - week 5
To mitigate the risk posed by Ransomware as a Service, orgs must adopt a multi-faceted approach to cybersecurity. This includes implementing robust security measures such as:
• Endpoint protection
• Network segmentation
• Regular data backups
• Pen Test
2024-Week 4
2024 has 52 weeks - each week we will raise the awareness of the importance of regular pen tests.
Password audit- these types of security assessments are part of network penetration tests. Poor passwords contributed to 81% of corporate data breaches in 2023 (Astra).
2024-Week 3
Based on IBM's estimate, the average global cost of a data breach is $4.35 million (12.7% increase annually). It will take significant financial imvestment, state-of-the-art safety measures, and several weeks of downtime to return operations to normal.
#pentest