Throughout 2022, threat actors have been masquerading as the postal service Singapore Post (SingPost) and one of Singapore’s leading telecommunications companies Singtel. Victims are being targeted by phishing emails that appear to be from Singapore Post or Singtel. In these emails, users were sent messages informing them of fake billing issues or outstanding payments with links to fraudulent websites that asked for their personal information.

Over the winter holidays, Southwest Airlines, one of the U.S.’ largest and most reputable airlines was forced to cancel around 45% of its scheduled flights. It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact reason for this meltdown, but in my opinion this is likely due to outdated infrastructure and IT systems. Other airlines also had to deal with bad weather and holiday traffic, but were not faced with the same level of disruption.

It’s rare that a week goes by without at least one data breach making the news. Criminals are targeting companies of all sizes to see if they can slip past their digital defenses and steal confidential data.

Every year, millions of people make New Year’s resolutions, both personally and professionally, and we all know how difficult resolutions can be to keep. One of the top workplace resolutions cybersecurity professionals are making this year is to pursue security automation initiatives.

The new year brings plenty of new opportunities for fresh starts and making lasting change, including to your cyber security habits. No matter if you are an individual user or a business owner, incorporating effective cyber security practices will help ensure that your data is protected from malicious actors in the upcoming year. In this blog post, we’ll provide some of our top tips on how to stay safe online in 2023. Read on to learn more about why your cyber security resolutions matter.

Another year, another reshaping of the never-boring and constantly evolving world of online crime. Old favorites like phishing, MITM attacks, and, of course, ransomware carried on strong while new variations and tricky workarounds continued to develop. For our final monthly cyber attack roundup of the calendar year, let’s take a look at four cases that stood out for the versatility of their executions, the escalation of their tactics, and/or the aggressiveness of their perpetrators.

In this new Cybersecurity Research Center series, we analyze the OWASP Top 10, which is a list of the most common vulnerabilities in web applications. In application security, the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top 10 list is a valuable resource for DevSecOps teams that oversee the development and security of web applications. The OWASP Top 10, updated every four years, lists the most common vulnerabilities in web apps based on a consensus among contributors from the OWASP community.

I am often struck by the similarities in the skill set required for both parenting and cybersecurity. With children—as with employees—it is much easier to keep everyone safe if you have a little bit of visibility into what’s actually going on. The hardest child to parent effectively is one who shuts themselves away in their bedroom, operating in isolation and giving no clues as to the risks they may be exposing themselves to.

In the language of technology, a sandbox is a safe testing environment that is isolated from the rest of your network or system. Developers use sandboxes to test their code before deployment. In cybersecurity, suspicious and potentially unsafe programs, software, and attachments are executed in sandboxes to detect malware and to avoid any harm implicated by them. The use of a sandbox enables you to safely download, open, examine, or run unknown files, providing an additional layer of security.

CISOs – the senior level executives responsible for developing and implementing cybersecurity programs for corporations and other organizations – are not happy campers these days. And it’s not just because they are chronically understaffed and under constant pressure.