Seriously? An *NFL Team* and Cybersecurity?
Right, so apparently some football team – I won’t bother with the name, they all wear helmets – realized people actually try to hack them. Shocking, I know. They weren’t dealing with nation-state actors or anything fancy; mostly phishing emails and credential stuffing attempts. Like, *really* cutting edge stuff here.
The genius move? They implemented Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), endpoint detection and response (EDR) – which should be standard by now, you absolute amateurs – and some basic security awareness training. They also did a vulnerability scan. Groundbreaking. Absolutely groundbreaking. And they’re using a SIEM to look at logs. Because *obviously* someone was manually checking those before.
The article makes it sound like this is some kind of heroic feat. It’s not. It’s the bare minimum. Like, you own computers connected to the internet and didn’t do this stuff already? What are you even doing? They also mention tabletop exercises which is good I guess… if they aren’t just playing fantasy football during them.
Honestly, it’s a testament to how utterly pathetic baseline security still is that getting MFA and EDR in place is considered newsworthy. They are worried about ticket scalpers and competitive advantages being stolen. Good luck with that when some script kiddie finds an open RDP port.
Don’t even get me started on the “threat intelligence” they’re using. Probably just a feed of known bad IPs, which is about as useful as a screen door on a submarine.
Speaking of basic, I once had to rebuild a server farm because someone thought it was a good idea to label the network cables with “Red Cable = Internet.” Yeah. Red cable. The ensuing chaos involved a lot of screaming and me questioning my life choices. Don’t be that guy. Or that team. Just… don’t.
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