Author Archives: Abby Ross

For Attackers, Home is Where the Hideout Is

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Remember the good ol’ days of playing hide-and-seek? It’s hard to forget the rush of finding the perfect hiding place. I remember crouching into a tiny ball behind the clothes hanging in my mother’s closet, or standing frozen like a statue behind the curtain of our living room window. While it was “just a game” […]

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Autonomous Vehicle Security Needs From A Hacker’s Perspective

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With connected cars becoming more common, the industry has more standards and options when it comes to autonomous vehicle security.  Adam Laurie, known in hacker circles as Major Malfunction, leads X-Force Red’s automotive testing practice. He has seen firsthand how easy it can be to compromise an autonomous vehicle if strong security processes and controls […]

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A Recipe for Reducing Medical Device Internet of Things Risk

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You may recall this blog post from March 2020. It highlighted the importance of factoring in clinical, organizational, financial and regulatory impact when determining which medical Internet-of-Things (IoMT) security vulnerabilities should be fixed first. Consider this post a part two. Whereas the previous post focused on the fact that IoMT devices are here to stay […]

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Securing Your Environment While Working Remotely

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Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, working from home used to be a novelty for many employees. According to a June 2020 IBM Security and Morning Consult “Work From Home Survey,” 80% of respondents say they worked from home either rarely or not at all prior to the pandemic. In-office work allowed employers and information technology […]

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Take a Bite Out of Sweyn

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If you work in the healthcare industry, you may have heard about a family of vulnerabilities called “SweynTooth.” But how serious is SweynTooth, and what should hospitals be doing to minimize risk?

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Ad Hoc or Managed Penetration Testing: Which One Is Best for You?

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Due to legal regulations, internal policies, executive requests, and the desire to beat threat actors and avoid breaches, penetration testing is becoming a common practice.

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Measuring Security Risk in a Medical IoT World

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To reduce cybersecurity risk, silos among internet of things (IoT) technologies and hospital teams should be broken down and impact across four pillars should be weighed.

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To Rank or Not to Rank Should Never Be a Question

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Scanning is an important part of any vulnerability management program, but it should always be accompanied by vulnerability ranking to ensure teams are patching the most impactful issues first.

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Containers in the Cloud: False Assumptions and Security Challenges

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Strengthening container security in the cloud starts with addressing the misconception that containers automatically provide security for the applications inside them.

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Why Fixing Security Vulnerabilities Is Not That Simple

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When it comes to patching, the devil is in the details. Help the process along by understanding these five issues organizations commonly face between scanning and finding security vulnerabilities.

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