Spring is here! Who’s up for some digital spring cleaning? Digital de-cluttering helps you organize your life and has the bonus of reducing your vulnerability to common threats. But knowing where to begin can be hard; most of us leave a larger digital footprint than we realize. I have created a checklist to help you clear away the clutter and reap the rewards of a clean digital slate.

The K-12 Report breaks down the cyber risks faced by public schools across the country and is sponsored by the CIS (Center for Internet Security) and the MS-ISAC (Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center). Published “to prepare K-12 leaders with the information to make informed decisions around cyber risk”, the report provides a data-driven analysis of what went well, what could be better, and what exactly is threatening our K-12 schools.

By default, the WordPress administrative login page displays a helpful error message whenever an account user types in the wrong username/email address or password. Unfortunately, these same helpful error messages can also be abused to assist a threat actor to validate account usernames/email addresses and/or passwords. An incorrect username/password guess combination generates the following error message: “The username ‘name-entered’ is not registered on this site”.

For state and tribal governments thinking about applying for — or that have already applied for — funding from the US federal State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) or Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program (TCGP), you likely already know that building out a comprehensive cybersecurity plan is a required element in the process. If you’ve already submitted your application for fiscal year 2022 funding, you have until the end of September 2023 to submit your cybersecurity plan.

Here at LimaCharlie, we believe in utilizing as much telemetry as possible to gain insight into suspicious activity within your environment. Our platform allows for you to create or import detection rules, like Sigma or SnapAttack, quickly, so your team can get up and running. Wider visibility means higher fidelity detections. However, what if we could utilize a simple, yet effective, tool to provide an earlier warning of potential attacks? This is where Canarytokens come in.

Trustwave was honored during Cyber Defense Magazine in the 11th Annual Global InfoSec Awards at the 2023 RSA Conference, taking home accolades for Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Service Providers and was named the Market Leader in Penetration Testing.

Each day, enterprise and public sector IT teams face new challenges when managing hybrid work for networks of hundreds, or even thousands, of users. A more distributed workforce means an increased reliance on collaboration and productivity tools. It also requires a strong strategy to protect these systems against vulnerabilities and modern cyberattacks.

Detectify is honored to start off the RSA 2023 Conference with the news that it has been recognized as the market leader in Attack Surface Management in Cyber Defense Magazine’s Global InfoSec Awards. This accolade demonstrates the effectiveness of Detectify’s approach to External Attack Surface Management (EASM), which is unique in the space because it tests environments with real payloads by using its crowdsourced community of ethical hackers.

We are thrilled to announce that GitGuardian has been honored with two prestigious awards from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM) during the RSA Conference 2023!

With warm and sunny weather expected all week, a bunch of the Salt team is thrilled to be at RSA in San Francisco! We’ll get the chance to talk with security leaders about why API security has become a priority project, and we’ll get time to catch up with customers and each other. It’ll be a great week!