Nick Lewis Nick Lewis is a former contributor to SearchSecurity. Nick Lewis’s Most Recent Content SearchSecurity What are port scan attacks and how can they be prevented? 07 Jul 2021 SearchSecurity Explore benefits and challenges of cloud penetration testing 07 Jan 2021 SearchSecurity What is bloatware? 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20 Feb 2019 SearchSecurity Why is the N-gram content search key for threat detection? 20 Feb 2019 SearchSecurity What new technique does the Osiris banking Trojan use? 20 Feb 2019 SearchSecurity How does the iPhone phishing scam work? 18 Feb 2019 SearchSecurity Should I use GitHub's new private repositories? 18 Feb 2019 SearchSecurity How do I stop the Vidar malvertising attack? 18 Feb 2019 SearchSecurity How do trusted app stores release and disclose patches? 15 Feb 2019 SearchSecurity How can credential stuffing attacks be detected? 14 Feb 2019 SearchSecurity How did Browser Reaper cause browsers to crash? 13 Feb 2019 SearchSecurity Should large enterprises add dark web monitoring to their security policies? 12 Feb 2019 SearchSecurity Vet third-party apps to reduce supply chain threats 12 Feb 2019 SearchSecurity How did the Python supply chain attack occur? 08 Feb 2019 SearchSecurity Is there a viable breach notification tool? 07 Feb 2019 SearchSecurity How a Windows antimalware tool helps endpoint security 29 Jan 2019 SearchSecurity What are the best ways to prevent a SIM swapping attack? 25 Jan 2019 SearchSecurity How can synthetic clicks aid a privilege escalation attack? 24 Jan 2019 SearchSecurity How does cross-site tracking increase security risks? 23 Jan 2019 SearchSecurity How can attacks bypass Windows Driver Signature Enforcement? 22 Jan 2019 SearchSecurity Man-in-the-disk attack: How are Android products affected? 21 Jan 2019 SearchSecurity How is SamSam ransomware using a manual attack process? 21 Dec 2018 SearchSecurity Ticketmaster breach: How did this card skimming attack work? 20 Dec 2018 SearchSecurity GandCrab ransomware: How does it differ from previous versions? 19 Dec 2018 SearchSecurity How to ensure your enterprise doesn't have compromised hardware 18 Dec 2018 SearchSecurity How Big Star Labs was able to use data collecting apps 18 Dec 2018 SearchSecurity Kronos banking Trojan: How does the new variant compare? 17 Dec 2018 SearchSecurity How bring-your-own-land attacks are challenging enterprises 27 Nov 2018 SearchSecurity How does Thanatos ransomware decryptor tool restore data? 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04 Oct 2018 SearchSecurity How is Android Accessibility Service affected by a banking Trojan? 04 Oct 2018 SearchSecurity How does MassMiner malware infect systems across the web? 02 Oct 2018 SearchSecurity How can GravityRAT check for antimalware sandboxes? 02 Oct 2018 SearchSecurity SamSam ransomware: How is this version different from others? 01 Oct 2018 SearchSecurity How can live chat widgets leak personal employee data? 28 Sep 2018 SearchSecurity BlackTDS: How can enterprise security teams avoid an attack? 27 Sep 2018 SearchSecurity Android Trojan: How is data being stolen from messaging apps? 26 Sep 2018 SearchSecurity Can monitoring help defend against Sanny malware update? 25 Sep 2018 SearchSecurity GoScanSSH: How does this malware work and differ from others? 24 Sep 2018 SearchSecurity How does a WDC vulnerability put hardcoded passwords at risk? 07 Sep 2018 SearchSecurity IonCube malware: Who do these malicious files put at risk? 06 Sep 2018 SearchSecurity ATM jackpotting: How does the Ploutus.D malware work? 29 Aug 2018 SearchSecurity SamSam ransomware: How can enterprises prevent an attack? 28 Aug 2018 SearchSecurity How does Google's new detection model find bad Android apps? 27 Aug 2018 SearchSecurity How is Oracle Micros POS affected by CVE 2018-2636? 17 Aug 2018 SearchSecurity What is missing from the NIST/DHS botnet security report? 16 Aug 2018 SearchSecurity Skygofree Trojan: What makes this spyware unique? 15 Aug 2018 SearchSecurity Ransomware recovery: How can enterprises operate post-attack? 14 Aug 2018 SearchSecurity Okiru malware: How does this Mirai malware variant work? 13 Aug 2018 SearchSecurity Four new Mac malware strains exposed by Malwarebytes 07 Aug 2018 SearchSecurity Trojan.AndroidOS.Loapi: What is this jack-of-all-trades malware? 20 Jul 2018 SearchSecurity Zealot campaign: How is the Apache Struts vulnerability used? 19 Jul 2018 SearchSecurity Digimine bot: How does social media influence cryptojacking? 18 Jul 2018 SearchSecurity Spider ransomware: How do ransomware attacks differ? 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