Named after our Threat Intelligence community feed at cinsarmy.com – Collective Intelligence Network Security, or CINS – it’s our monthly round-up of cybersecurity news and analysis.
By Ted on Dec 22, 2020
(This is our CINS Army Brief for December 2020. Learn more and subscribe here.) Let’s just get this year over with, huh? The network security world is ending this already crazy 2020 with a bang – or shall we say, SUNBURST? Feast… Read More
By Ted on Dec 01, 2020
(This is our CINS Army Brief for November 2020. Learn more and subscribe here.) “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.” -Mr. Carlson, WKRP in Cincinnati A quintessential, hilarious Thanksgiving episode of the 70’s sitcom, in which live turkeys are dropped from… Read More
By Ted on Oct 29, 2020
(This is our CINS Army Brief for October 2020. Learn more and subscribe here.) “There are three things I’ve learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.” -Linus, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”, October 1967 Even in these crazy, crazy… Read More
By Ted on Oct 01, 2020
(This is our CINS Army Brief for September 2020. Learn more and subscribe here.) And the “CINSY” for Baddest Actor in Cybersecurity for 2020 goes to . . . Novel Coronavirus-2019. Covid-19 has changed how we work, live and learn, and has had a profound impact… Read More
By Ted on Aug 28, 2020
(This is our CINS Army Brief for August 2020. Learn more and subscribe here.) As the cybersecurity focus shifts to securing remote workers, the more things change, the more things stay the same. Phishing becomes Vishing, ransomware evolves but the trojans remain the same, and the… Read More
By Ted on Jul 31, 2020
(This is our CINS Army Brief for July 2020. Learn more and subscribe here.) Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach. I feel it in the air, the summer’s out of reach. Empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone.”Don Henley – “The… Read More
By Ted on Jun 29, 2020
(This is our CINS Army Brief for June 2020. Learn more and subscribe here.) The Black Knight from The Holy Grail suffers from unchecked overconfidence and a staunch refusal to ever give up. Be the Black Knight: Refuse to give up on improving your network security… Read More
By Ted on May 28, 2020
(This is our CINS Army Brief for May 2020. Learn more and subscribe here.) The COVID pandemic has triggered a curious assortment of items in short supply: Toilet paper, medicine, and yeast to name a few. While certain ingredients are slow to restock, the most… Read More
By Ted on May 01, 2020
(This is our CINS Army Brief for April 2020. Learn more and subscribe here.) Just like last month, we all have a lot on our minds these days, so let’s keep this Brief, well, brief. Here are some of the best recent network security articles you… Read More
By Ted on Mar 26, 2020
(This is our CINS Army Brief for March 2020. Learn more and subscribe here.) We all have a lot on our minds these days, so let’s keep this Brief, well, brief. We are all doing the best we can to do our part in stopping the… Read More
By Ted on Mar 04, 2020
(This is our CINS Army Brief for February 2020, a little late. Learn more and subscribe here.) Does your network’s security sometimes feel like March Madness? You might be a #1 seed, but there are still 67 other bad actors out there trying to take you… Read More
By Ted on Jan 31, 2020
(This is our CINS Army Brief for January 2020. Learn more and subscribe here.) The culmination of practiced plans, spectacular performance, and expensive cost. Super Bowl? Nah, I’m talking cyber-attacks, with ransomware and phishing taking centerstage at the halftime show. Just as football teams adopt a… Read More
By Ted on Nov 26, 2019
(This is our CINS Army Brief for November 2019. Learn more and subscribe here.) Black Friday, Cyber Monday & Malware: What do these things have in common? They will all cost you money. Happy Thanksgiving! 😉 Seriously, folks: We at Sentinel are grateful for what we… Read More
By Ted on Oct 30, 2019
(This is our CINS Army Brief for October 2019. Learn more and subscribe here.) This Halloween brought more malware, ransomware and phishing than Ghosts, Goblins and Ghouls. November promises to bring more of the same with your turkey and stuffing. Enjoy this cornucopia of articles on… Read More
By Ted on Oct 03, 2019
(This is our CINS Army Brief for September 2019. Learn more and subscribe here.) And the “CINSY” for Baddest Actor in Cybersecurity goes to … Emotet. Dubbed the triple threat by many in security, Emotet took a short hiatus over the summer and came back stronger… Read More
By Ted on Aug 23, 2019
(This is our CINS Army Brief for August 2019. Learn more and subscribe here.) The heat is on, the Dow is down, “ … Dogs and Cats living together.” – Ghostbusters (1984) Not only temperatures are rising; here in the state of Texas ransomware attacks are… Read More
By Ted on Jul 26, 2019
(This is our CINS Army Brief for July 2019. Learn more and subscribe here.) “In my attempts to see clearly in the deepest dark … did I open myself to some pure source of evil?” – Batman The dark web is becoming big business, with marketplaces… Read More
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