Chris Sienko

Malware analysis November 11, 2020 Chris Sienko

Nworm malware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight

In April 2020, the creators of the TrickBot malware released a module for TrickBot called Nworm. TrickBot is a banking Trojan that targets Windows machines....

Security awareness August 24, 2020 Chris Sienko

Top 20 security awareness posters with messages that STICK

The importance of security awareness in modern business practice can’t be overstated. It needs to be a priority in every security plan. Each employee is...

MITRE ATT&CK™ January 20, 2020 Chris Sienko

MITRE ATT&CK: Supply chain compromise

Attackers are well known to install malicious software, or malware, onto compromised systems during a cyberattack. But what many may not know is that this...

MITRE ATT&CK™ November 7, 2019 Chris Sienko

MITRE ATT&CK: Network sniffing

Network sniffing may conjure images of a network-based bloodhound to some, but in the world of information security, it means the ability to capture or monitor...

Healthcare information security June 17, 2016 Chris Sienko

Ransomware Case Studies: Hollywood Presbyterian & The Ottawa Hospital

Ransomware, the holding hostage of computers or data in exchange for money, continues to be a major threat to hospitals and other medical facilities. In order...

Healthcare information security June 11, 2016 Chris Sienko

The Breach of Anthem Health – the Largest Healthcare Breach in History

It was February 4, 2015, and an announcement that would shake the medical and insurance industries to their core was about to be made. Anthem, Inc., experienced...

Phishing May 25, 2016 Chris Sienko

Website Forgery

We visit websites in search of a desired result: information, a transaction, interaction, or some free or paid service. The natural tendency is to assume that...