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Why are you asking to be Whitelisted?

by Slade Griffin | Oct 23, 2020 | cybersecurity, penetration testing, whitelisting

Recently I have been asked by clients why we request that our scans be whitelisted when we are performing external security assessments. Many people believe that a blocked scan is the same as blocking a vulnerability which is present on a host. This could not be...

The Similarities Between a Pandemic and Cybersecurity

by Richard G. | Oct 22, 2020 | Uncategorized

There is no way to guarantee nature and avert any and every crisis from happening. When the World Health Organization announced a novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China on December 31, 2019, the world was not prepared. Little did we know as we went about our daily routines...

Why Social Engineering is a New Trend in Cyberattacks

by Richard G. | Oct 8, 2020 | Uncategorized

Since the beginning of time, humans have been wired to help one another. When we see another person in need, most of us are naturally inclined to want to help. We feel obliged to help the elderly woman trying to lift her groceries or the young man whose car is broken...

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    Breach-Parse Basics

    by Terence Martin | May 16, 2023 | Compliance, cybersecurity, penetration testing

    Open source intelligence gathering, or OSINT, can be a threat to organizations because it can be used to gather information about their employees, assets, and vulnerabilities. This information can then be used to launch targeted scanning against discovered...

    PCI DSS 3.2.1 to 4.0 Control Changes – Requirement 3

    by Joshua Jones | Apr 18, 2023 | Compliance, cybersecurity, PCI DSS 4.0

    Today, let’s look at some changes made to Requirement 3 for PCI DSS 4.0. I am also adding “Why does this matter?” sections at the end of each control change to hopefully shed light on why it's important. Requirement 3 Changes In Requirement 3, we will find an...

    Responder – The Tool That Won’t Die

    by Andrew Nash | Apr 4, 2023 | Compliance, cybersecurity, penetration testing

    Overview One of the most common findings we make at Contextual Security Solutions during internal penetration tests is the presence of vulnerable network protocols, like Link-local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR), Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD)...

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