Michael Buckbee

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What is UPnP and why is it Dangerous?

Michael Buckbee

Michael Buckbee

Learn what UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) is and about its potential dangers. Contact us today for all of your cybersecurity needs.

I Click Therefore I Exist: Disturbing Research On Phishing

Michael Buckbee

Michael Buckbee

Homo sapiens click on links in clunky, non-personalized phish mails. They just do. We’ve seen research suggesting a small percentage are simply wired to click during their online interactions. Until...

GDPR: Troy Hunt Explains it All in Video Course

Michael Buckbee

Michael Buckbee

You’re a high-level IT security person, who’s done the grunt work of keeping your company compliant with PCI DSS, ISO 27001, and a few other security abbreviations, and one day...

[Infographic] From Bad Report Cards to Insider Data Theft

Michael Buckbee

Michael Buckbee

We’ve all read the news recently about employees and contractors selling internal customer data records or stealing corporate intellectual property. But insiders breaking bad have been with us as long...

Disabling PowerShell and Other Malware Nuisances, Part III

Michael Buckbee

Michael Buckbee

One of the advantages of AppLocker over Software Restriction Policies is that it can selectively enable PowerShell for Active Directory groups. I showed how this can be done in the...

Data Breach Definition by State

Michael Buckbee

Michael Buckbee

State governments are becoming more aware of PII and PHI data breaches, how about your state? See how PII is protected per state with our primer on US State Data Breach Law Definitions.

Disabling PowerShell and Other Malware Nuisances, Part II

Michael Buckbee

Michael Buckbee

Whitelisting apps is nobody’s idea of fun. You need to start with a blank slate, and then carefully add back apps you know to be essential and non-threatening. That’s the...

Disabling PowerShell and Other Malware Nuisances, Part I

Michael Buckbee

Michael Buckbee

Back in more innocent times, circa 2015, we began to hear about hackers going malware-free and “living off the land.” They used whatever garden-variety IT tools were lying around on...

Is a ransomware attack a data breach?

Michael Buckbee

Michael Buckbee

Understanding if ransomware is a data breach is vital to determining what response your IT and Legal department needs to take.

How to use PowerShell for WannaCry / WannaCrypt cleanup and prevention

Michael Buckbee

Michael Buckbee

Use PowerShell to help test and resolve issues from WannaCry / WannaCrypt variants and other ransomware attacks.

🚨 Massive Ransomware Outbreak: What You Need To Know

Michael Buckbee

Michael Buckbee

Remember those NSA exploits that got leaked a few months back? A new variant of ransomware using those exploits is spreading quickly across the world – affecting everyone from the...

Planet Ransomware

Michael Buckbee

Michael Buckbee

If you were expecting a quiet Friday in terms of cyberattacks, this ain’t it. There are reports of a massive ransomware attack affecting computers on a global scale: in the...

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