Welcome to the second part of our investigation into the Rockstar kit, please check out part one here. This blog tackles real-world Rockstar 2FA email examples incorporating noteworthy techniques.

Continuing our ongoing series collecting predictions from our many subject-matter experts here at Netskope, we gathered some hot topics and predictions from the Netskope Threat Labs team based on what they are starting to see evolving in the landscape. Here’s what they had to say.

Securing systems from unauthorized access is easy with the help of IAM controls. These are crafted to help administrators modify user permissions.

Three out of four Black Friday-themed spam emails are scams, according to researchers at Bitdefender. Most of these scams are targeting users in the US and Europe. “This year, 77% of all Black Friday-themed spam (by volume) analyzed by Bitdefender’s Antispam Lab team was classified as scams, while only 22% was identified as marketing lures—emails designed to drive traffic to legitimate but overly aggressive promotions,” the researchers write.

A new survey of hackers shows that AI is not only empowering hackers to be more effective, but that AI itself is “ripe for exploitation.” Rarely do we get to ask a hacker “what do you think” when it comes to cyber attacks, cybersecurity efforts, and what they think the future will hold. But Bugcrowd’s 2024 Inside the Mind of a Hacker Report (which surveyed 1300 hackers) hosts a treasure trove of data around how hackers see AI and the value it brings.

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When the tools in your security stack work together, it reduces administration overhead, lowers costs, and increases protection across your organization. That’s why we’ve spent the last year deepening our partnership and product integrations with AWS and other security providers in their ecosystem.

Let’s be honest: APIs are the unsung heroes of the modern business world. They work silently behind the scenes, connecting applications, driving innovations, and ensuring your digital transformation stays on track. However, there’s a crucial downside: APIs can pose a significant security risk. They can be likened to unlocked doors leading to your sensitive data and essential business functions—an ideal target for hackers.

On November 20th, 2024, Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) researchers disclosed a critical flaw in 7-Zip. This widely used open-source file archiving software enables remote actors to perform remote code execution (RCE) on vulnerable 7-Zip versions. This vulnerability was originally discovered earlier this year and was reported to 7-Zip in June 2024.

Data loss can be a consequence of a variety of factors from malicious ransomware to hardware failures and even natural disasters. Regardless of the reason for data loss, we need to be able to restore our data. A data recovery plan begins with prioritizing our data, protecting it while it is being stored, and having a plan to recover data.