You might not expect a disaster recovery company to weigh in on business email compromise (BEC). But the fact that we are the ones talking about it is a sign that, too often, something’s gone wrong.
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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. In the cybersecurity industry, trust is the invisible currency. Every practitioner carries the implicit trust not to abuse privileged access or knowledge of vulnerabilities in each employment or engagement. This trust is valued by those who require our services, but also by threat actors. Clumsy phishing attacks may be easy to identify, but be wary of unsolicited messages on social media, especially if someone is offering payment…
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Google is changing how some links in its search results work. Instead of linking directly to the destination, Google has started routing some search result links through opaque google.com/goto?url=... redirects. The url parameter does not show a readable version of the destination but uses a custom, Google-specific encoding. Google confirmed the rollout to Search Engine Roundtable: “We have a long history of deploying technical measures against evolving forms of abuse, and we regularly take…
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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. “Experiment is the mother of knowledge.” ― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time“Don't slide down the rabbit hole. The way down is a breeze, but climbing back's a battle.” ― Kate Morton, The Clockmaker's Daughter Hacker Summer Camp has come and gone, which means it’s time for you to start planning next year’s trip. I’m surely going to recap Camp Season, right? Nope.One of the things that I’ve really enjoyed lately is a segment on…
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