Increased levels of global cybercrime driving demand for automated security vulnerability scanning Dublin, September 2020 – CommSec, the Dublin based IT security services company has just announced the next phase of their business expansion with launch of CheckScan+. CheckScan+ is a new cyber security scanning service that is designed to ensure vulnerabilities in software and […]
Author Archives: CommSec
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In this article, technical experts from our partners Appcheck are looking at five of the most common IT security vulnerabilities and how to avoid them. Remote Command/Code Execution (RCE) We thought we would start off with a topical one with recent discussions around critical vulnerabilities within SaltStack infrastructure automation software. Two CVE’s were discovered in […]
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Anatomy of a Phish Phishing. We hear about it all the time, with warnings abounding from IT and security experts. We know we will be targeted by it. We know that possibly we, or a colleague, may get caught. With the sheer amount of phishing attempts out there, and the high quality compared to days […]
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What is that MD5/SHA-1/SHA-256 thing I see when I go to download an application? When you download an application installer, you will often see file information listed beside the download link. Usually you will see one or more hash values in the information. So, what’s that all about? Let’s say you want to download the […]
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The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board is the regulatory body for the sport of horse racing in Ireland. The body, which is a limited company, took over the regulatory work previously carried out by the Turf Club and the Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee on 1st January 2018. The IHRB has a vision to be the best […]
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Before we start, relax! I’m not selling anything. If anything, I’m unselling. I’m not a fan of throwing money at something that can be done with a little elbow grease. Of course, if the price of elbow grease goes up, throw money at it instead! In business we like to be rewarded for success. We […]
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Foundations for Cloud strategy now in place with new network infrastructure and SOC services Dublin, 25th May 2020 – Primeline Group has announced that it has just completed a major network and security infrastructure overhaul with CommSec. The new network infrastructure enables the company to pursue its growth strategy and embrace a Cloud centric IT […]
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The Security Journey – from Covering the Basics to SOC The Primeline Group is the largest independent Irish provider of logistics and sales and marketing services to home-grown and international brands and retailers across the Irish and UK markets. The Primeline Group consists of four market-leading companies: Primeline Sales & Marketing are experts at maximizing […]
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Security Operations Threat Analysis As we are all aware many organisations have adopted working from home in response to the Covid 19 lockdowns. In most cases, it is the first time where an entire workplace is shifted to a remote environment. This means there will be a sudden change in the network topology which increases […]
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The background: Mary from Accounts, having fallen under suspicion for her snack purchases, has been responsible for kicking off a major internal investigation in your company. It looks like she may have misused her company laptop and muddied the line between corporate and personal spending. So you’ve had the forensics people in, and they’ve taken […]
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