Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

April Developer Roll Up

The months continue to peel off of the calendar and Spring is in the air. As usual, the team at LimaCharlie has been busy pushing the state of cybersecurity forward. In the last month, we have fixed some bugs, brought real-time detections into the web application, and launched a new sensor type. On May 19th at 10.00 AM PST join us as we present a webinar on how to reduce security tooling spend by augmenting Splunk and other high-cost data solutions with LimaCharlie.

Digital Payment Monitoring: 5 Steps That Will Save Time, Boost Payment Security, and Increase Revenue

More and more, consumers globally are ditching cash and adopting digital payments. They expect a seamless customer experience and faster transactions. This can cause financial institutions and businesses to face new challenges in payment monitoring. According to a report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, in the last few years, consumer complaints about mobile payment apps and digital wallets have skyrocketed.

Top 5 Tips for a Secure Password

As the data of the world continues growing at an exponential rate year after year, cybercriminals have come up with highly complicated ways to get access to your personal information. They make use of simple password hacks to malware attacks and even phishing scams. It implies that if you wish to stay alert about all types of potential attacks, selecting a good, strong password is an important aspect to consider.
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What Is CSPM? A Closer Look at Cloud Security Posture Management

As we previously discussed in the Automating Your Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Response blog post, CSPM is a vital component in any environment leveraging cloud services. Whether you are using a single cloud or are in a multi-cloud scenario, the complexity of these cloud platforms is constantly expanding. Staying on top of new changes in policies and functionality to ensure that you are maintaining a secure environment is daunting - and almost impossible to do without automation. No one has the resources to spend on maintaining a large team of cloud specialists who just audit everything that is in use.

SSH configuration: ssh_config

This blog post covers some of my favorite settings for configuring the behavior of an ssh client (i.e. what is in the man pages for ssh_config). Whether you are looking to add some additional security constraints, minimize failures, or prevent carpal tunnel, ssh_config is an often underutilized, yet powerful tool. While the examples in this article focus on ssh configurations on unix based systems like linux and macOS, running an ssh server on windows is supported using openSSH.

Analysis on recent wiper attacks: examples and how wiper malware works

Wiper’s main objective is to destroy data from any storage device and make the information unavailable (T1485). There are two ways of removing files, logical and physical. Logical file removal is the most common way of erasing a file, performed by users daily when a file is sent to (and emptied from) the Recycle bin, or when it is removed with the command line or terminal with the commands del/rm.

What Is COBIT?

COBIT is an acronym for Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies. The COBIT framework was created by Information Systems Audit and Control Association, ISACA to bridge the crucial gap between technical issues, business risks and control requirements. COBIT is an IT governance framework for businesses that want to implement, monitor and improve their IT management best practices.

Vulnerability, Threats, Exploits and their relationship with risk

When protecting an organisation against cyber attacks, the words security threats, vulnerabilities, risk exposure, and sometimes exploits are seen very commonly. Unfortunately, these terms are not used correctly or interchangeably and are often left undefined.