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SharePoint: How to collaborate with external parties?

Opening up an internal SharePoint farm to the Internet in order to share resources with external parties might seem a good idea, because it helps avoiding expensive infrastructure changes. However, in terms of security, this is not recommended because it does not sufficiently protect internal resources from external threats. The protection of internal resources hinges […]

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Wrap-up: Hack-Lab 2017#2

What is a Hack-Lab? Compass Security provides a monthly playful occasion for the security analysts to get-together and try to hack new devices, dive into current technologies and share their skills with their fellows. This also includes the improvement of internal tools, the research of newly identified publicly known attacks, and security analysis of hardware […]

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Hacking-Lab @ CodeMash 2017

What is CodeMash? CodeMash is a conference for software developers and IT security professionals. It takes place every year in Sandusky, Ohio, in the U.S. The event consists of two parts: two days of training sessions (called “PreCompiler”), followed by two days of conference with sessions. It attracts about 3’000 visitors and takes place in […]

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How to reduce the threat from third-party includes

To achieve better-looking, more feature-rich and responsive applications, there is an ever-growing need to include resources from 3rd party domains into your web application. Common examples are JavaScript frameworks like jQuery or AngularJS, often distributed via a content delivery network (CDN), or even complete applications like Google Maps. But by including these resources, the security […]

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Wrap-up: Hack-Lab 2017#1

What is a Hack-Lab? Compass Security provides a monthly playful occasion for the security analysts to get-together and try to hack new devices, dive into current technologies and share their skills with their fellows. This also includes the improvement of internal tools, the research of newly identified publicly known attacks, and security analysis of hardware […]

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IoT (in)security

IoT devices in the news have been proliferating at an ever-increasing rate. Both hardware manufacturers and news agencies are trying to capture the attention of the general public with the next killer device and/or application combinations. More recent IoT news items included analysis on the Mirai botnet [0] and its effect on the internet as a whole, […]

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Blackout: Wenn Hacker den Strom abschalten

Dieser Blog Post dient als Hintergrundartikel zum SRF Thementag «Blackout»: Wenn die Schweiz plötzlich keinen Strom mehr hätte vom Montag, 2. Januar 2017, 13.00 bis 22.00 Uhr (SRF News, SRF Kultur Wissen Beitrag) Wie ist die Vorgehensweisen von Hackern, die unerlaubten Zugriff auf fremde Systeme erlangen wollen? — beispielsweise im Netzwerk eines Energieversorgungsunternehmens. Basierend auf diesen […]

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