by Ashley Samaniego | May 17, 2022 | AI in Automated Pen Test, RidgeSecurity
The recent hacking of Hondutel, which is being investigated by the FBI and MP, as well as the attacks suffered a few weeks ago by the governments of Costa Rica and Peru, where they were threatened by a group of Russian cybercriminals, shows how vulnerable Latin...
by Steve Karkula | May 16, 2022 | AI in Automated Pen Test
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) leads the U.S. effort to understand, manage, and reduce risk to cyber and physical infrastructure. In concert with other agencies, they publish a list of the top vulnerabilities that are routinely exploited...
by Ridge Marketing | May 9, 2022 | RidgeSecurity
Ridge Security, cutting-edge pen-testing solution provider, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Lydia Zhang, President, Co-Founder of Ridge Security, to its Women of the Channel list for 2022. This esteemed list honors the incredible...
by Lydia Zhang | May 3, 2022 | Pen Test Technical Tips
Nearly a week ago, social networks and headlines flashed the unthinkable, the government of Costa Rica’s internal systems were hacked by a cyber-criminal gang, demanding $10M in ransom payment. Multiple systems were disrupted as initially reported. According to...
by Lydia Zhang | Apr 18, 2022 | Pen Test Technical Tips
RCE Bug in Spring Framework While defenders are still reeling from the Log4j vulnerability, in late March, a high-severity remote-code execution vulnerability was found in the Spring Core Java Framework, a popular framework for building modern Java web...
by Lydia Zhang | Mar 30, 2022 | RidgeSecurity
RidgeBot’s API integration into Splunk SOAR strengthens the effectiveness of security staff with resilient defenses Ridge Security, cutting-edge pen-testing solution provider, has partnered with Splunk, a data platform leader, to deliver an integrated risk management...
by Lydia Zhang | Feb 24, 2022 | AI in Automated Pen Test
According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average total cost of a data breach increased approximately 10% between 2020 and 2021, “the largest single year cost increase in the last seven years.” The study points to several factors that helped mitigate the...
by Lydia Zhang | Feb 7, 2022 | AI in Automated Pen Test, RidgeBOT
There are many similarities between viruses and malware – they both can mutate and become more resilient at each variation. From a health perspective, we seek stronger, more targeted remedies. From a cybersecurity perspective, this means that security vendors...
by Lydia Zhang | Jan 25, 2022 | Pen Test Technical Tips
We’ve all read the headlines about the recent online banking scam that hit a bank in the Philippines. The investigation into the scam is still on-going, with findings being revealed before the end of the month. The incident...
by Lydia Zhang | Dec 27, 2021 | Pen Test Technical Tips
The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is one of the most popular communication protocols used for remote control systems. It is used for most current Windows® operating systems, and allows users to remotely access servers or other computers by providing a graphical user...