CompSec Direct has been approved as a Qualified Maryland Cybersecurity Seller (QMCS) by the Department of Commerce of Maryland. This allows us to provide cybersecurity services to qualifying companies under the Buy Maryland Cybersecurity (BMC) program. The program allows companies with 50 employees or less to purchase services and products from approved vendors like CompSec Direct. [...]
Problem CompSec Direct recently became aware of an information disclosure problem affecting Aeronet Wireless customers in Puerto Rico. In short, querying Shodan.io for Aeronet Wireless and SNMP presents publicly accessible information, such as customer names, IP’s, possible account ID’s and geographic locations. Code Proof https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3A%22Aeronet+Wireless%22+port%3A%22161%22 162.246.174.134 161 Linux XXX XXX 2.6.32.27 #2 Tue Dec 5 14:09:43 [...]
Problem A month ago, we became aware of a way to harvest legal notifications from a government web-site. Link Here The web-server allows simple requests to be crafted in order to download PDF documents related to court proceedings. After a few hours, we had over 25,000 PDF documents available to analyze. Now the question becomes: What is the [...]
We published a simple script to help identify and block possible brute-force attempts on a Linux web-server. The script counts the amount of “bad-actions” an ip has logged in the Apache logs and blocks the ip on port 443. This script also displays top 20 visitor information using geoiplookup (which should be installed) and performs a [...]
Problem CompSec Direct recently became aware of an information disclosure problem with the https://unired.ramajudicial.pr/lawyernotificationauthentication/ application used by the judicial branch of the Puerto Rico government. The application uses a weak sequential ID string that is provided to attorneys and clients in order to view sensitive legal documents. Manipulating the ID string with simple math, similar to the overturned [...]
Our President, Jose Fernandez, presented ZigBee research at Bsides Charm 2017 in Baltimore on April 29, 2017. The presentation, called Frony Fronius: Exploring ZigBee signals from SolarCity covered IoT (Internet of Threats) findings on commercial solar panel solutions. Part of the presentation asked participants how they felt about e-meters and how companies are beginning to deploy [...]
The Center of Investigative News (Centro de Periodismo Investigativo) published an excellent summary of events from the situation the department of Hacienda faced in early March of 2017. Our early involvement in this event helped the citizens of Puerto Rico during an already difficult economic situation. We will continue to work with the department of Hacienda [...]
CompSec Direct was asked to provide incident response services to the department of Hacienda, the Treasury department of Puerto Rico, on March 7,2017. The department of Hacienda was experiencing daily losses of approximately $20 million dollars a day due to the severity and impact of ransomware on the government network. CompSec Direct’s president, Jose Fernandez, led [...]
CompSec Direct was awarded a Master contract with the state of Maryland on February, 2017. The CATS+ Master Contract lists provides the state with a list of known vendors in applicable functional areas. We solicited and acquired the following functional areas: Functional Area 2 – Web and Internet Systems. A broad range of business solutions and [...]
GTIR 2016 NTT Group published a great threat report for 2016. Quality publication and definitely worth while. Good for CISO’s and Info Sec pros alike. Although some of the areas in the Key Findings are questionable given that we recently saw DDoS attacks above 1Tbs , other areas highlight recent trends that ultimately affect all of [...]
