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Benefits of Anti-Phishing Software for Info-sec And Business

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There was a time when spam was only a threat to text or HTML-based emails. Through the years, spammers moved away from using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to deliver spam messages to dial-up services and proxy servers. Today, spammers use bulk mailing software to deliver personalized spam emails, which can be dangerous for individuals as well as businesses. While the majority of spam emails use similar keywords which can be detected with keyword detection tools, spammers also using new techniques to evade spam filters which have made spam a dangerous threat for businesses of all sizes. In the same way you would bait a fish with a hook and a shiny plastic lure, spammers have come up with sophisticated methods of exploiting businesses – one such method is known as phishing. According to reports, on average, there are around 1.5 million new websites that are created by cyber criminals for the purpose of carrying out phishing attacks, which as a business owner, is enough to take the...
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An Organization’s Guide to Penetration Testing

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Integrating a security program in your organization is made up of various parts to defend your business against varied digital threats. Modern security programs involve the implementation of multiple security resources such as file integrity monitoring (FIM), security configuration management (SCM), log management, and vulnerability management tools, amongst others. While these resources make sense to bolster enterprise security, they usually are a large investment. This means not being able to measure the effectiveness of these security tools means leaving money on the table. This is where   penetrating testing compamy /service providers come in. What is a Penetration Test? A penetration test, or a pen test, is a simulated attack that is carried out on a network, web applications, and the complete IT infrastructure of an organization, including all personnel and other mediums or systems that may have potential vulnerabilities. The sole purpose of penetrating testing is to identify...
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How to Deal with Open Source Vulnerabilities?

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  The use of open source is on the rise, and as it grows, the use of proprietary software is becoming less and less common, and as per an old Gartner study, about 80% of mobile software was open source. The software industry would not have been what it is without open source software and resources, and innovation of coders worldwide, sustaining everything, from the most rudimentary apps to behemoth software alive and relevant, without costing the user additional money. We owe a lot to open source, especially cybersecurity, where the use of enterprise open source is higher than anywhere else. But that might comes with an Achilles heel. Open Source Vulnerabilities – A Vast Ocean Of Cybersecurity Threats Let’s say you need custom software developed for your business. You have an amazing in-house team of coders, you've given them plenty of time, and thanks to the nature of the software, they have to code everything from scratch. If your developers stick to the best programming,...
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Is AI a Double-Edged Sword In Cybersecurity?

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Whether you consider it good or bad, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the next stage of our technical evolution. Like major technological advances before (electricity, computers, the internet), AI will usher new changes and impact almost every facet of our everyday life. In fact, we can already see AI's impact on social media marketing, search engines like Google that keep on learning from our search patterns and behaviours, and in   improved healthcare . It’s safe to say that AI’s intervention in   our societies  and our lives will be more far-reaching than we now realize, and cybersecurity is no exception. AI and Cybersecurity Right now, AI’s overlap with cybersecurity is fairly limited. It’s used by both cybersecurity and information security professionals to improve their security systems and prepare for the next generation of cyberattacks. The attack surface of enterprises, i.e., all the avenues where a cyberattack can come from, is expanding quite rapidly. The more a...
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