Attackers are always looking for
new targets to attack. With the vast expanse of the internet, the field is ripe
with people and businesses with data or operations to leverage for a fee. A
company acknowledged its issue in late November 2020. Headlam Group, a UK
flooring group distributor based in Birmingham, experienced a successful
attack, acknowledged on November 24. The attackers were able to exfiltrate data
as part of the attack. The attackers were able to access the system’s back end,
including their email system. The company was able to restore its email
system for usage. Fortunately, the company’s customer and supplier information
was accessed. The company did not disclose the method the attackers used,
however, this was effective. We can learn from their unfortunate issue. All the
attackers need is one vulnerability or user to click on one link or picture,
while the blue defensive team has to work to patch everywhere possible, monitor
the threat feeds for the latest attacks, think through various attacks that
could occur, and secure the data at rest.
PLEASE contact us when we may be
of assistance with embedded systems cybersecurity architecture, validation, and
penetration testing. We have a full lab ready to perform.
Charles Parker, II; Principal
Scientist; MBA/MSA/JD/LLM/PhD/DCS (IP)
810-701-5511
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