Author Archives: Charles Henderson

Bringing threat intelligence and adversary insights to the forefront: X-Force Research Hub

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Today defenders are dealing with both a threat landscape that’s constantly changing and attacks that have stood the test of time. Innovation and best practices co-exist in the criminal world, and one mustn’t distract us from the other. IBM X-Force is continuously observing new attack vectors and novel malware in the wild, as adversaries seek […]

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Charles Henderson’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month Content Roundup

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In some parts of the world during October, we have Halloween, which conjures the specter of imagined monsters lurking in the dark. Simultaneously, October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which evokes the specter of threats lurking behind our screens. Bombarded with horror stories about data breaches, ransomware, and malware, everyone’s suddenly in the latest cybersecurity trends […]

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New Ponemon Report: A Programmatic Approach to Vulnerability Management for Hybrid Multicloud

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X-Force Red is unveiling a new research study, conducted by the Ponemon Institute, that highlights vulnerability management challenges for on-premises and cloud environments: in other words, hybrid multicloud. The report, “The State of Vulnerability Management in the Cloud and On-Premises,” is based on a global survey of 1,848 IT and IT security professionals in North […]

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#TwitterHack: Power, Privilege and Pandemic

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On Wednesday, July 15, the Twitterverse was ablaze with what Twitter itself has described as a “coordinated social engineering attack” that was launched at around 4pm ET. The outcome of this breach was compromised Twitter accounts of many well-known people and organizations, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, former President Barack Obama, Joe Biden, […]

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Video Conferencing Security for Businesses Isn’t a New Issue, It Just Came Into Focus

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Video conferencing has suddenly become a critical tool for businesses. Here are some tips for increased privacy and control.

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9 Best Practices from X-Force Red for Organizations and Employees

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As employers rapidly respond to the need to protect their workforce from potential exposure and spread of the novel coronavirus and the disease known as COVID-19, many of your organizations are making the very difficult decision to pivot to a work-from-home model. That means employees will be connecting to the corporate network from whichever device […]

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Package Delivery! Cybercriminals at Your Doorstep

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Reading Time: 6 minutes IBM X-Force Red investigated how cybercriminals might seek to exploit package deliveries to hack into corporate or personal home networks right from the office mailroom or from someone’s front door.

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IBM X-Force Red Turns 1, Expands Into Auto and IoT Practice Areas

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Today IBM X-Force Red launches a collaboration with the Watson IoT Platform to help ensure that all IoT solutions get our special brand of hacker love.

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An IoT Love Story: Always Apart, Never Disconnected

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Connected devices are beginning to change ownership for the first time, which presents new IoT security challenges for manufacturers.

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When Souvenirs Cost More Than Pocket Change: Mobile Point-of-Sale Hazards

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Mobile point-of-sale technology is useful for small businesses, large enterprise retail chains and global sporting competitions alike.

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