What is Stalkerware?
What is Stalkerware? Spyware is typically deployed to gather personal information that can either be exploited in a later attack or sold. But when spyware is commercialized to provide covert…
Hi, my name is
G.Sebastiaan de Vries
Cybersecurity Specialist
I’ve been working with computers and code since high school and have always loved finding bugs and exploits. Following this love, I’ve been a database engineer, developer, auditor and now I’m combining all these areas and calling myself a cybersecurity specialist.
For the past few years, I’ve been focussing on Cyber incident response and incident response planning. During this time I’ve met many interesting people and diverse strategies on how to protect your information, both organizational and private.
With this website, I want to share my thoughts on the topic of cybersecurity, incident response and privacy to help you prepare for or prevent any security risk you might face in the future.
Basic Ransomware
Basic Ransomware With the rise in popularity of cryptocurrency, we have seen a drastic increase in ransomware attacks. Where the PC Cyborg trojan (1989) asked victims to purchase a decryption…
Boardman Medical Ransomware Attack
Boardman Medical Ransomware Attack On June 2019 N.E.O. Urology Boardman was hit by a severe ransomware attack effectively locking them out of their own systems. Total damage consists of the…
Basic Incident Response Planning
Basic Incident Response Planning As every security minded person will tell you; it’s a question of when, not if, something happens. In response to this, all types of security backup…
How Phishing Works
How phishing works Before I get into the details, let’s get some terminology out the way. There are multiple types of phishing, most commonly known are probably the Nigerian scam…
Personal Incident Response
Personal Incident Response In my daily work, I’m involved in cyber incident response planning and triage. This involves coordinating with many teams, experts and managers that all have their own…