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Secured™: The Official Cybersecurity Partner of Skull Games
Secured™ has announced its bronze-level corporate sponsorship and official cybersecurity partnership with Skull Games, a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating
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Unveiling the Tools Behind Object Recognition: A Deep Dive into Deep Learning Equipment
Discover the cutting-edge tools and technologies powering object recognition systems. From sophisticated hardware to advanced software frameworks, learn how these
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Looking Back on 10 Cybersecurity Trends of 2023
This list of trends highlights the dynamic and complex nature of cybersecurity we faced in 2023, underscoring the need for
Security Resources
CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
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Minimize Cybersecurity Risk with the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog
In November 2021 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) started the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog and Binding Operational Directive 22-01. The KEV catalog lists only vulnerabilities known to be actively exploited.
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KEV Catalog: “sAMAccountName” “noPac” Privilege Escalation (CVE-2021-42278 and CVE-2021-42287)
“sAMAcountName” and “noPac” are two critical Active Directory vulnerabilities that can lead to full Domain compromise. Learn how a dollar
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KEV Catalog: ExifTool Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2021-22204)
This vulnerability is in ExifTool, a tool for changing the metadata of video, image and pdf files. Vulnerable versions of
Active Directory Series
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Active Directory Series: Introducing AD CS
This post introduces Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) and topics like: public key infrastructure (PKI), the Kerberos pre-authentication protocol PKINIT, Certificate Signing Requests (CSR), and templates. This overview provides a baseline for learning AD CS penetration testing.
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“PetitPotam” Windows LSA Spoofing Vulnerability (CVE-2021-36942)
PetitPotam is a NTLM relay attack vulnerability that is often checked for in Active Directory penetration testing. Attackers can become
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Active Directory Series: 10 Reasons to Use CrackMapExec
CrackMapExec has various modules and options for Active Directory penetration testing. Here are 10 reasons to check out CrackMapExec.
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Empowering American Heroes: The Significance of the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
We, here at Secured™, are proud to announce that we have officially achieved the highly regarded designation of “Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
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The Rise of AI-Powered Cyber Attacks: Are We Prepared?
Cybercriminals are leveraging AI’s capabilities to execute more sophisticated and evasive attacks, putting sensitive data and critical infrastructure at more
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Lessons From the City Of Dallas Ransomware Attack
Two weeks ago, the City of Dallas was targeted by the suspected ransomware group Royal. There are specific best practices
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Secured™ Takes Aim To Support Veterans As “Top Gun” Sponsor of BCV’s Annual Helicopter Hog Hunt Weekend
We were proud to sponsor this year’s Big Country Veterans’ (BCV) Helicopter Hog Hunt Weekend, as well as honor a
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7 Locations for Unsecured Credentials
Attackers can use unsecured user credentials to access different services and pivot within a network. Malicious actors and penetration testers
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Dallas County Data Incident from Computers Sold at Auction
Last month, Dallas County released a notice disclosing that Dallas County computers were sold at auction that did not have