Threat actors looking to maximize the amount of money they can make and chaos they can cause have once again chosen the supply chain as their target of attack. On Thursday, April 11, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Agency (CISA) warned customers of Sisense, a company that provides data analytics services to thousands of international companies, that they should reset their credentials for Sisense services and look out for suspicious activity involving their services.

The CrowdStrike Falcon platform has received the Best Endpoint Detection and Response 2024 Award from SE Labs for the third consecutive year. This award honors CrowdStrike’s leadership in demonstrated detection, prevention and investigation capabilities.

The very fabric that stitches our society together — our councils and local governing bodies — is under a silent siege from cyber attacks. The recent ransomware assault on Leicester Council is another real life cybercrime added to a growing list of attacks in the UK.

CrowdStrike is constantly working to protect our customers from the newest and most advanced cybersecurity threats. We are actively monitoring activity related to CVE-2024-3400, a critical command injection vulnerability in the GlobalProtect feature of Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS software affecting “specific PAN-OS versions and distinct feature configurations,” the vendor says.

Despite investing in costly security solutions, keeping up with patches, and educating employees about suspicious emails, breaches still occur, leaving many organizations to wonder why they are vulnerable and which security areas need improvement.

In a network each user, whether verified or not, is given a security identifier (SID), a virtual name tag. This unique identifier helps with managing users, giving administrators the ability to control on an individual level the rights and permissions of users, authentication and providing an overall level of security. A SID also hides private information of users such as the real names of the accounts, adding an additional layer of protection.

As large language models (LLMs) continue to push the boundaries of natural language processing, their widespread adoption across various industries has highlighted the critical need for robust security measures. These powerful AI systems, while immensely beneficial, are not immune to potential risks and vulnerabilities. In 2024, the landscape of LLM security tools has evolved to address the unique challenges posed by these advanced models, ensuring their safe and responsible deployment.

Given the recent exciting news of Splunk becoming part of Cisco, for this edition of Splunk SOAR Playbook of the Month, we thought what better way to showcase how the combination of Cisco and Splunk can help users achieve more comprehensive security than through a playbook that combines the power of Cisco Umbrella and Splunk SOAR.

Account takeover (ATO) fraud poses a serious and personal threat, especially when it compromises something as critical as your bank account. Imagine the shock and helplessness of discovering you’re suddenly barred from accessing your own financial resources. This violation isn’t just about unauthorized transactions or financial losses; it’s a profound breach of your privacy.

We’re thrilled to announce that Nightfall was selected as the “Data Security Solution of the Year” in the 2024 Data Breakthrough Awards. With enterprises scrambling to stay on the cutting edge of innovation, it’s all too easy to lose sight of data stewardship. In addition to SaaS apps, email, and endpoints, now enterprises must also safeguard their generative AI (GenAI) applications, including both custom and third-party GenAI tools.