Security

Intro

One of the longest-standing and most common challenges to both information security and web development teams is the brute force attack. Although this form of attack has been around for many years, it is still one of the most popular and widely used password-cracking methods. In terms of impact, brute force attacks are a very serious threat capable of affecting millions of accounts. If these attacks are not detected and addressed in a timely manner they can lead to theft of intellectual property and personally identifiable information, significant financial losses,...

We rely on usernames and passwords to access various systems throughout the technology world - from laptops to bank accounts, from cloud storage to blogs - our accounts are protected by these authentication mechanisms. It is easy to forget the importance of these account credentials, until it is too late - if a username and password are breached, an unauthorized user can erase, view, and copy highly sensitive data.

Our Whitepaper, Cutting Risk in Half, explores the different methods and real life examples of how much risk...

What used to be an occasional attack on celebrity computer systems, an occasional breach of security for major retailers, and even a rare glimpse into a government institution’s database, has become a common category of news. News and media outlets on regular hacks, breaches, and cyber attacks to celebrity cloud storage, major retail chains, and even recently, the U.S. Senate are constantly updating us. But, who is to blame for all of these attacks?

IT security, and therefore IT security data breaches rely not just on one resource for protection, but the combination of three: people...

Intro

Welcome Splunkers! In this post, I'd like to talk about an issue I encountered recently when working on a Splunk App for Enterprise Security v2.2.1 (ES app) deployment and the approach I took in troubleshooting it. But before getting started, I'd like to congratulate Splunk and their Security Products team for winning the SC Magazine Award for "Best Security Information/Event Management (SIEM) Solution." Cheers to a job well done!

Initial Installation

As per...