Frequently, websites have outdated software containing known security vulnerabilities this is a security risk that can be avoided. Carrying out regular software updates and ensuring that you are using the latest version of the software will typically remediate these issues by installing security patches and increasing your website security.
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On May 27th, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Centre (MSTIC) announced that ‘NOBELIUM’, the threat actor behind the SolarWinds compromise, had instigated another attack in the form of a persistent and evolving phishing campaign. Conducted in increasingly complex stages, this campaign has been active since January 2021. This is since the MSTIC first became aware of the operation.
Find out moreA Security Operations Centre (SOC) is a service that is used to monitor, detect, and respond to security incidents and events across an organisation’s infrastructure. Cyber-attacks and data breaches, organisations, companies, are an inevitable part of our digital world and enterprises of all sizes need to place emphasis on their ability to detect and respond […]
Find out moreIn the early hours of May 14th it was revealed that a sophisticated ransomware attack had taken place against the IT systems of the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE). Information is still coming to light, but it is known that a human-operated, externally based threat group deployed a variant of the ‘Conti’ ransomware this ransomware […]
Find out moreIn April, Sapphire threat intelligence resources identified a sophisticated ransomware campaign utilising the Cring malware and leveraging vulnerability (CVE-2018-13379), identified in 2019 affecting Fortinet VPN Servers. This allows a threat actor to connect to the VPN appliance with no authentication and download session files containing usernames and passwords in clear text. Though this vulnerability has […]
Find out moreVULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT VS PENETRATION TESTING To protect your business from hackers, it is essential to know what level of risk your business is at. It must then be decided whether a penetration test or a vulnerability assessment is appropriate for you. It is important to know the difference between the two and the varying levels […]
Find out moreSapphire is looking for a Security Operations Centre Engineer to build and grow our Managed Services solutions and technologies in Glasgow. The role is for an experienced, enthusiastic individual to join our Security Operations Centre and lead the delivery of our managed services. The position focuses on customer deployments and our SOC infrastructure’s operation, whilst […]
Find out moreCisco has publicly disclosed several critical vulnerabilities affecting their Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) products. A total of eight vulnerabilities were revealed. Each were identified with a CVSS rating of 9.6 or more, indicating a critical vulnerability which required immediate remediation. The SD-WAN vulnerabilities can be grouped by the method in which they exploit the weakness […]
Find out moreIn September 2020 details of a critical vulnerability known as ‘ZeroLogon’ were published. This vulnerability affects Windows NetLogon processes and referenced as CVE-2020-1472. The publication coincided with the August 2020 Windows Security Update release, which addressed this vulnerability before it became widely known and distributed among threat actors. Since its announcement, proof-of-concept exploits have been […]
Find out moreOn the 12th of January 2021, Microsoft released the first cumulative patch of the new year, with eighty-three security vulnerabilities rectified across a range of Microsoft products. The most significant of these fixes related to a zero-day vulnerability within Microsoft Defender, the integrated anti-virus of Windows operating systems. This vulnerability is being tracked and identified as CVE-2021-1647 and described […]
Find out moreThe IDC has reported that 70% of successful breaches begin at the endpoint, which must be a concern to many businesses and organisations in the changing world of 2020. A McAfee Threat Report published in July this year reported that overall there had been a decrease of new malware by 35% in H1 2020, indicating […]
Find out moreOverview Pysa Ransomware, also known as Mespinoza Ransomware, is an extremely dangerous file-encrypting virus which is known for encrypting users’ crucial files and data stored on their systems. Victims are demanded to pay a ransom fee in order to get a decryption key, which is supposed to unlock all affected files. Pysa ransomware has so […]
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