SOC 2 compliance is no longer optional—it’s essential to a robust cybersecurity posture and cyber risk management strategy. It’s a key indicator of an organization’s commitment to securing data and maintaining operational resilience. In this blog, we’ll offer insights and recommendations to help your organization stay ahead as part of your overarching cybersecurity compliance strategy.

We kicked off the holiday shopping season with expectations of sales, but beware: a new wave of fake e-shops is spreading on the internet.

The Home Office has introduced new guidance aimed at strengthening protections for stalking victim-survivors in England and Wales. Under the updated measures, police will be required to inform individuals if they uncover the identity of a stalker, including those operating anonymously online. Additionally, stalking protection orders will be toughened to prevent convicted stalkers from contacting their victims while in prison.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns that threat actors are increasingly using generative AI to increase the persuasiveness of social engineering attacks. Criminals are using these tools to generate convincing text, images, and voice audio to impersonate individuals and companies. “Generative AI reduces the time and effort criminals must expend to deceive their targets,” the FBI says.

The full process for achieving ISO 27001 compliance is lengthy, expensive, and difficult. While you can take many steps to make it easier, faster, or cheaper, there’s only so much you can sidestep the ground-level legwork that needs to be done to succeed. Fortunately, we can help you smooth out the process. A few weeks ago, we published a checklist for the full process to achieve ISO 27001 certification.

In recent years, the world of cybersecurity has witnessed a concerning trend: a significant increase in phishing attacks. A new study reveals that these attacks have surged by nearly 40% in the year ending August, 2024. What's particularly alarming is the role played by new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in this spike. While gTLDs like.shop, .top, and.xyz make up only 11% of new domain registrations, they account for a staggering 37% of reported cybercrime domains.

Over the past year, several sophisticated cyber-espionage campaigns have grabbed the attention of our industry and challenged defenders and vendors alike with advanced tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). One of the most visible campaigns is Volt Typhoon, named by the Microsoft threat intelligence team in May 2023 and attributed to Chinese state-sponsored threat actors.

MobiFin, a leading provider of unified digital banking and payment solutions, has entered into strategic partnership with INETCO, an innovative real-time transaction monitoring and fraud prevention company. INETCO has established a significant global footprint by implementing its innovative solutions across more than 27 nations, serving some of the most prominent financial powerhouses worldwide.

Git Large File Storage (Git LFS) is an open-source Git extension that handles versioning for large files. It optimizes git repositories by storing data separately from the repository’s core structure, making it much easier for developers to manage binary assets. However, such an efficiency requires proper security and configuration to function optimally. Utilizing best practices, like access control, encrypted connections, and regular repository maintenance, firmly secures the Git LFS performance.