Cybersecurity

We recently had a discussion with a customer regarding the cyber security of their “fake cloud” provider for access control. They had been sold a bill of goods for an access control system that was supposed to be cloud-based. It turned out that it was not really cloud-based at all.

One of Brivo’s large international customers (who shall go nameless due to confidentiality) was a victim of the recent Petya Ransomware virus. The virus infected a large number of their Windows machines, and in particular, their Windows machines operating their access control system. Unfortunately, many of their offices around the world were

Unfortunately, hackers are always coming up with new ways to make money and exploit systems. Cyber is no different. The WannaCry ransomware breaks new ground in its reach, use of bitcoin, and success. About this Ransomware This ransomware attack on windows-based systems has been brutal for lot of people. It locks

Inexpensive WiFi cameras are widely available over the internet. That might sound compelling, but it’s important to understand their security holes and the risk they bring to your network. Pierre Kim, an IT security blogger, has recently discovered 1,250 different camera models that are modified and branded by hundreds of

Eagle Eye Networks does not use Cloudflare – a website performance enhancement service. There was a relatively severe security issue detected by Tavis Ormandy at Project Zero in the Cloudflare service. He found that certain private information could be extracted under some rare circumstances. It’s a severe security issue, but it’s

Over the past few months, more and more IOT devices, including DVRs, and cameras, are being reportedly compromised and proven vulnerable to cyber attacks. Most recently, the Washington Post reported that unidentified hackers managed to compromise almost 70% of the D.C. police closed-circuit surveillance cameras eight days prior to the

The browser autofill feature, which usually kicks in automatically, is a huge cyber security issue. Sure, it’s convenient at times, but it also makes it easier for hackers to access your personal information. We strongly discourage anyone from using autofill, whether it’s through the password capabilities built into your browser

Netgear R7000 and R6400 routers, and maybe other ones too (see list below) were discovered to have a severe vulnerability on Dec 9, 2016. Netgear responded within 3 days with a new firmware to solve the problem. Good work on their part. But if you don’t patch and upgrade it is

You should be if it’s connected to the internet. It could be the doorway for hackers to access your entire network. Once a DVR is compromised, it can be used for many types of nefarious activities. These activities include: • Stealing private or confidential information • Crashing your networks or

Brian Krebs who is one of the best reporters on security out there has this great article about a recall on devices that incorporate Chinese technology. He details how in last week’s massive DDOS attack on Twitter and DYN a large number of the devices used in the attack utilized

Several articles, including one by the Wall Street Journal, have recently reported that approximately 145,000 hacked DVRs and cameras were used to create some of the largest denial of service attacks ever seen on the Internet. Attackers used hijacked security cameras and DVRs to launch several massive Internet attacks prompting

Last week hackers forced Brian Krebs to take down his security journalism site because of a large scale Denial of Service Attack – likely one of the largest ever seen. Krebs on his website KrebsOnSecurity.com has a long history of exposing DDOS cyber criminals. This was one of the biggest