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Cyberattacks

Relentless Threat Activity Puts Identities in the Crosshairs

One set of valid employee credentials can provide an adversary with all they need to log into a business, move laterally, escalate privileges and achieve their goals — whether that’s removing access to accounts, terminating services, destroying data or deleting resources. Identity-based attacks are subtle, but destructive, and organizations must be on high alert for them. CrowdStrike reported 80% of cyberattacks now leverage stolen or compromised credentials.

How to Detect Internet-Facing Assets for Cybersecurity

The efficacy of an organization’s cybersecurity program is proportional to the level of awareness of its attack surface. Overlooking just one internet-facing asset could establish an attack vector leading to a devastating data breach. To learn how to ensure all of your internet-facings IT assets are accounted for in your cyber risk program, read on.

Despite a Majority of Organizations Believing They're Prepared for Cyber Attacks, Half Were Still Victims

A new survey points to an overconfidence around organization’s preparedness, despite admitting to falling victim to ransomware attacks – in some cases multiple times. According to Fortinet’s 2023 Global Ransomware Report, the threat of ransomware at face value seems to be of high importance to organizations: But the data also shows that despite the focus on protecting against attacks and believing they are ready, organizations still fell victim.

What is a Cyberattack?

A cyberattack is an attack on computers, networks or systems by cybercriminals in an attempt to steal or access sensitive information. The information stolen during an attack can also open the door to other types of cyberattacks such as social engineering scams. Continue reading to learn more about cyberattacks and what you can do to protect yourself against them, both in your personal life and at your workplace.

Evolving cyberattack landscape: What to expect in the future

In today’s increasingly digitized world, cybersecurity has become an essential concern for individuals and businesses alike. With more and more data being transmitted and stored online, the risk of cyberattacks and data breaches has never been higher. The field of cybersecurity is rapidly growing and evolving, with new technologies emerging all the time.

Preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Java applications with Snyk Code

Java is a powerful backend programming language that can also be used to write HTML pages for web applications. However, developers must know the potential security risks associated with Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks when creating these pages. With the rise of modern templating frameworks, preventing security attacks through proper input validation and encoding techniques has become easier.

SLP: a new DDoS amplification vector in the wild

Earlier today, April 25, 2023, researchers Pedro Umbelino at Bitsight and Marco Lux at Curesec published their discovery of CVE-2023-29552, a new DDoS reflection/amplification attack vector leveraging the SLP protocol. If you are a Cloudflare customer, your services are already protected from this new attack vector.

Mitigating rogue devices with OpUtils: What you need to know

Over the past few years, IT companies adopted IoT, wireless and hybrid networks to stay competitive and to meet the demands of their clients. Among these networks, wireless networks are the most common and the most vulnerable to cyberattacks as hackers constantly try to penetrate them. A cyberattack is initiated by planting a rogue device in your organization’s network.

The Weak Link: Recent Supply Chain Attacks Examined

Supply chain attacks are a growing and increasingly sophisticated form of cyber threat. They target the complex network of relationships between organizations and their suppliers, vendors, and third-party service providers. These attacks exploit vulnerabilities that emerge due to the interconnected nature of digital supply chains, which often span multiple organizations, systems, and geographies.