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Offensive Security | Cybersecurity Sessions #6 with Jonathan Echavarria

How can you really know what havoc hackers could wreak on your systems? By challenging them to do it and fixing the exploits they discover, of course. In this episode of the Cybersecurity Sessions, Andy finds out what it’s like to be on a ‘red team’ tasked with hacking into an employer’s own systems by any means necessary, with lauded offensive security practitioner Jonathan Echavarria (ReliaQuest).

The trader bots controlling the global stock market

Trading on the stock market has only grown more complex in the past few decades. Thanks to high frequency trading (HFT) and the rise of Big Data in financial markets, it’s impossible for an individual investor, trader or stock analyst to make the right investment decisions quickly enough to react to an increasingly complex market. With traders needing to make investment decisions on-the-spot in seconds, not minutes, it’s unsurprising that they have turned to rule-based automation and AI.

Why you shouldn't share your Netflix password, even with your parents

In March 2021, Netflix users logging into shared accounts reported seeing a message on the service telling them, “If you don’t live with the owner of this account, you need your own account to keep watching.” At the time, the affected users had to input a multifactor authentication (MFA) code sent via SMS or email to regain access.

Break the account takeover kill chain with better password encryption

The new currency in the digital age is personally identifiable information (PII). Information about who we are, what we like, how we act, where we go and why we do things is a valuable resource which organizations use to sell to us more effectively. Users rightly expect businesses to take proper care of this information, because in the wrong hands, it can be used to harm the user.

How to improve user experience without compromising security

In a fiercely competitive industry, user experience (UX) is one area where retailers can differentiate themselves and win customer loyalty. UX design is a means to reducing friction between users and what they want to do (or more accurately, what the business wants them to do). UX is thus vital to influencing metrics like conversion rate, time on site, page views and basket size.

Underground Forums: Tactics used by cybercriminals to restrict access

Data breaches are increasing in frequency and severity. Following a data breach, most companies have protocols in place to contain the breach, assess the damage, and tighten their security to ensure the incident is not repeated. While this is a standard process for organizations to go through, would you be surprised to learn that cybercriminals do the exact same thing when their underground forums are revealed or exploited?

A battle or a coalition? Proactive vs reactive cybersecurity

Many businesses are starting to investigate proactive vs reactive cybersecurity methods. Reactive cybersecurity strategies have been effective in the past when dealing with incidents and remain relatively effective where known threats are concerned. The problem is that cyber criminals are now aware that businesses are already prepared for known threats and are actively improving and evolving their cyber-attack methods to evade detection.

Humans can never be as quick or as intelligent as bots when it comes to identifying threats

Originally posted on CyberNews. As more businesses race to shift their operations online, new website owners have to adapt to a new way of doing business and deal with a variety of online threats. While most of us think of disrupted websites or servers going offline when we hear the words “bot attack,” the reality is often different.

Cybersecurity Sessions recap: Artificial Engagement and Ad Fraud

In a recent episode of the Cybersecurity Sessions podcast, Netacea CTO Andy Still quizzed Beacon CTO Stewart Boutcher about ‘artificial engagement’, a term Stewart has championed as a member of the Data and Marketing Association North Council. Artificial engagement refers to fake clicks and impressions generated by bots on ad networks, costing marketeers huge chunks of their digital advertising budgets.