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All write-ups in this blog on cyber security organized by date of publication.

Case VMware: Why Tracking Your External Attack Surface is Critical?

9 May 2023·1223 words·6 mins

by: Lari Huttunen

To exemplify why defense in depth is essential, we examine a batch of VMware vulnerabilities exploited by ransomware operators.

Painting the Cyber Threat Landscape

11 April 2023·2052 words·10 mins

by: Lari Huttunen

Join Lari Huttunen for a guided tour through his cyber threat landscape, which casts a light upon early warning.

Deepfake: Unearthing the Status Quo

14 March 2023·2822 words·14 mins

by: Max Bineder and Manuel Werka

This write-up examines: what deepfakes are, sheds light on why they are dangerous or how they can be detected.

3 Ransomware Precursors Laid Bare in a Cyber Truth or Dare

14 February 2023·1651 words·8 mins

by: Lari Huttunen

How to prevent a ransomware attack from bringing down your business often boils down to not exposing actively exploited vulnerabilities to the Internet.

Theft-as-a-Service on Ethereum

10 January 2023·2123 words·10 mins

by: Ben Weintraub

Predatory trading in cryptocurrencies is rampant. One purported solution, Flashbots, has grown quite popular. Is it helping or making things worse?

PHP Version Check - Cold LAMPin' Your IT

13 December 2022·1036 words·5 mins

by: Lari Huttunen

Running a LAMP server used to be what the cool kids did. Nowadays, cold lampin' it ain't cutting it no more. — Running a LAMP server used to be what the cool kids did. Nowadays, cold lampin’ it ain’t cutting it no more.

How to Identify Attack Surface that Must be Addressed

8 November 2022·2300 words·11 mins

by: Juhani Eronen

How can you identify threats to network security through attack surface assessments and prioritise the findings to fix the discovered issues.

WordPress Version? Make Sure You're Running the Latest Supported

11 October 2022·1631 words·8 mins

by: Lari Huttunen

Running an unsupported version of WordPress will expose you to unnecessary risk of getting hacked which is possible, if not easy to avoid.

Software Dependency Failures: jQuery, a Canary in the Coal Mine

13 September 2022·1491 words·7 mins

by: Lari Huttunen

How a vulnerability in a popular javascript library can act as an indicator of poor information security practices for an entire host or a service.

Integrity Checking - an Integral Part of Cyber Security

12 July 2022·2293 words·11 mins

by: Tomi Koski and Joona Hoikkala

A case study in responsible vulnerability disclosure for a man in the middle attack in FreshService inventory management software.

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