SolarWinds is a major software company based in Tulsa, Okla. Among the company’s products is an IT performance monitoring system called Orion. As an IT monitoring system, SolarWinds Orion has privileged access to IT systems to obtain log and system performance data. It is that privileged position and its wide deployment that made SolarWinds a lucrative and attractive target. What is the SolarWinds hack? SolarWinds…
In traditional security assessment, security professionals try to conduct penetration test, ethical hacking and so on. The security professionals think that if they can find vulnerabilities via conducting bug bounty or penetration testing, those vulnerabilities can be fixed and they are secure from cyber-attacks. But the real hacking is often quite different from penetration testing attacks, ethical hacking or this kind of staffs. In reality,…
We have become all familiar with the type of hacker who leverages their technical expertise to penetrate protected IT and digital systems and compromise sensitive data. We hear about this type of hacker in the news regularly, and we are motivated to counter their exploits by investing in new technologies that will bolster our network defenses. However, there is another type of hacker who can use…
Tor is hugely popular among internet users who wants to remain anonymous while browsing various website. People who are concerned about invasion of their privacy uses tor along with different VPN solution. The least one can expects Tor to do is hide their original IP address while using internet. So it may come to you as surprise, a recent vulnerability has been found in Tor,…
If you are a GOT (Game of Throne) Fan, there is a good chance that you already know the story. Hackers have recently hacked into HBO network and stole valuable data such as episodes of TV-shows along with scripts, and documents containing employee information. They allegedly have stolen data of few TeraBytes from HBO network. Subsequently dropped upcoming episodes of very well-known TV series such as Ballers and Room…