Cryptojacking Meets IoT
Posted on August 1, 2018Hackers can now break into your security cameras and use them to mine cryptocurrency. This week, LMG’s team released new research demonstrating that Internet of Things (IoT) devices...
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RIP Office365 Magic Unicorn Tool
Posted on July 6, 2018As of this morning, Microsoft appears to have killed access to the “Activities” API, first publicized by Anonymous and used as the basis for the Office365 “Magic...
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Exposing the Secret Office 365 Forensics Tool
Posted on June 27, 2018An ethical crisis in the digital forensics industry came to a head last week with the release of new details on Microsoft’s undocumented “Activities” API. A previously...
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The Fundamentals of Cybersecurity: Setting Up Your Cybersecurity Program
Posted on June 1, 2018At LMG Security, we often hear from organizations who are in the early stages of setting up a cybersecurity program, and they are looking to us to...
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Life of a Forensic Analyst: Ali Sawyer
Posted on May 22, 2018The life of a Forensic Analyst is one of the most fascinating and quickly evolving throughout the cyber security world. Unlike Pentesters, who proactively test for vulnerabilities...
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Cyber Alert: New Ransomware Holds Individual File Shares Hostage
Posted on May 16, 2018LMG’s Forensics Team has encountered a new type of ransomware infection (“Dharma .arrow”), in which criminals lock up individual file shares/devices with different keys. This means the...
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Manually Exploiting MS17-010
Posted on February 20, 2018The MS17-010 (EternalBlue, EternalRomance, EternalChampion and EternalSynergy) exploits, which target Microsoft Windows Server Message Block (SMB) version 1 flaws, were believed to be developed by the NSA...
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How To Search for Strings on a Disk Image Using The Sleuth Kit
Posted on February 14, 2018While there are plenty of forensics GUI tools that can perform string searches, sometimes you may want or need to locate strings on a disk image using...
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How to Get Started with DIY Home Network Monitoring
Posted on January 16, 2018Network monitoring helps you gain visibility into what is happening on your network. There are plenty of good reasons to implement monitoring on your home WiFi network;...
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Top 3 Ways to Protect Yourself Following Spectre and Meltdown Revelations
Posted on January 5, 2018Two wide-reaching, chip-level security vulnerabilities, dubbed Spectre and Meltdown, were made public this week. Spectre exploits a chip optimization technique called speculative execution to allow applications to break...
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