Feelings Have No Place in the World of Security

The quickest, and arguably most effective way, to compromise an organization is via social engineering. Social engineering in the digital sphere is almost always synonymous with some form of Phishing attack. Phishing attacks, in it’s simplest form, is the basic act of luring a victim to some bait to achieve some outcome. Think of the…

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Unleashing the Power of Authoritative DNS

It was an exceptionally long week, and you managed to get to bed around midnight. You’re a system admin, and at the core of your job is to keep the systems running. Tonight you are on call, if something goes wrong you’re the first to know and are responsible for responding. You are specifically responsible…

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Content Filtering with CleanBrowsing

Content filtering is one of the most under utilized tools in creating safe browsing experiences. A few years back, while on one of our many walks around the office, Daniel and I found ourselves in a rabbit hole discussing our home networks. Our oldest kids were barely 9 and 10, and our youngest were somewhere…

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You Don’t Need a VPN

PerezBox - Public Wi-Fi | No VPN Required

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows a component from a trusted zone to be accessed from an untrusted zone. This technology enables a user to access company data from Starbuck Wi-Fi. It was a clever way to ensure that individuals that needed access, had access when they need it from wherever they were in a…

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3 Tips to Secure Your Home Network

Whether we like it or not, we have all become the network administrators of our own home networks. As such, our responsibilities extend beyond protecting our families to helping to be good stewards of the networks we’re connecting to (e.g., Work). To help, here are a few tips that should help you create a safe…

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Mitigating Web Threats with DNS Security | CleanBrowsing

On December 18th, DeepInstinct put out a great article outlining the latest Legion Loader campaign. Whether a parent, or organization, this served as a great example to demonstrate the effectiveness of DNS security in mitigating this type of attack. Legion Loader Campaign This campaign is suspected of being a dropper-for-hire campaign because of the number…

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