Dec 10, 2019 | Endpoint Security, Security, Training
VDI as a Security Posture: Keeping Your Data in Your Datacenter Although it is pretty common knowledge that Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is not a cost saving measure, one area it can help provide value is in an organization’s security posture. It allows... 
Nov 7, 2019 | Auditing, Endpoint Security, Enterprise Security, OSINT, Pentesting, Training
Low-Hanging Fruit Series: Permissions At VDA Labs we work with a variety of companies both large and small. During our engagements, we see many of the same reoccurring issues that allow us access to systems. To help combat these threats VDA is starting a blog series... 
Oct 31, 2019 | Enterprise Security, Pentesting, Phishing, Security, Social Engineering, Training
Low-Hanging Fruit Series: Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) At VDA Labs we work with a variety of companies both large and small. During our engagements, we see many of the same reoccurring issues that allow us access to systems. To help combat these threats VDA Labs... 
Oct 17, 2019 | Auditing, Enterprise Security, Security, Training
Low-Hanging Fruit Series: Password Security At VDA Labs we work a variety of companies both large and small. During our engagements see many of the same reoccurring issues that allow us access to systems. To help combat these threats VDA Labs is starting a blog series... 
Oct 1, 2019 | Pentesting, Phishing, Social Engineering, Training
Phishing Users using Evilginx and Bypassing 2FA Phishing is one of the largest ways that organizations are being compromised in 2019. The common recommendation is that all users should have two factor authentication (2FA) enabled on their accounts to help combat the... 
Sep 25, 2019 | Enterprise Security, Exploit Development, Pentesting, Vulnerabilities
Objective In an effort to help make us all more secure, VDA decided to release a pentest technique, that we discovered a while ago. We notified Microsoft many months ago of this technique, and they have been a great partner as always, in quickly working to mitigate... 
Sep 11, 2019 | AppSec, Exploit Development, Fuzzing, Security Conferences
Over the past weekend the last version of DerbyCon ever came to an end. At the conference the VDA Labs team conducted our Advanced Exploitation training and four members of our team had the honor of giving talks in front of some of the best hackers in the world. The... 
May 6, 2019 | Business, Pentesting, Privacy, Security
VDA Labs’ founder Dr. Jared DeMott as well as Greg Hatcher and Sy VanderMeulen were recently interviewed by WWMT to discuss WIFI security and the risks of using open wireless networks. Many people assume there are no risks in utilizing public wireless networks,... 
Apr 25, 2019 | Exploit Development, Fuzzing, Vulnerabilities
At VDA we like to tackle many different types of security challenges – one of them being Application Security (AppSec). A recent project involves working with the Microsoft Security Risk Detection (MSRD) fuzzing platform. In basic terms, MSRD is a security... 
