Did you know that recession in the economy is fuelling and encouraging cyber crime across the world? Cybercrime is thriving in the era of cutback and layoffs, and has now surpassed illegal drug trafficking as a criminal moneymaker. Cybercrime covers a wide range of different threats, all involving computers and networks. The most common [...]
Social engineering and phishing are often the primary means by which attackers infiltrate modern corporate networks. By using this non-technical method that relies heavily on human interaction, attackers try to trick employees into providing them with valuable information, or taking action needed for making a successful intrusion. This makes social engineering one of today’s [...]
Social engineering and spear phishing are often the primary means by which attackers infiltrate modern corporate networks. While phishing attacks have been around for a long time, spear phishing is a newer type of attack. You may have heard both terms being used, but are you familiar with the difference between the two? [...]
Social engineering and phishing are often the primary means by which attackers infiltrate modern corporate networks. By using this non-technical method that relies heavily on human interaction, attackers try to trick employees into providing them with valuable information, or taking action needed for making a successful intrusion. This makes social engineering one of today’s [...]
Encripto is celebrating its 5th anniversary this month. The company was founded in November in 2010 by security expert Juan J. Güelfo and Ingrid C. Bentzen. Encripto was built to deliver IT security services with superior quality, and this philosophy is still important for everyone who works in our team. When Encripto was [...]
In this blog post we will have a look at the OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS) levels. OWASP ASVS is a list of application security requirements or tests that can be used by architects, developers, testers, security professionals, and even consumers to define what a secure application is. If you are not familiar [...]
Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS) is a list of application security requirements or tests that can be used by architects, developers, testers, security professionals, and even consumers to define what a secure application is.In October 2015 version 3.0 of the standard was released, and the requirements set to define a secure application have been [...]
A security test can provide your organzation with multiple benefits. For example, it will uncover if your security countermeasures actually resist external threats, and how well they respond in case of an attack. Computer attacks are a risk for all kinds of companies, no matter what size they have. If you follow this checklist [...]
NIK, NOKOBIT and NISK are well established Norwegian academic conferences within different branches of computing and IT. United as a joint conference, they will be co-located in Aalesund 23-25 November 2015. Encripto will participate at NISK, both as a keynote speaker and presenting a technical paper. NISK is a specialized conference for information security, [...]
If you want to simulate a cyber attack and understand the consequences of vulnerabilities being exploited, you should perform a penetration test. Such a test will tell you whether it is possible to break into the company’s network and achieve specific goals. Make sure to check out the following list on how to choose [...]