The conflict between Russia and Ukraine includes a cyberwarfare component with government-supported threat actors and civilian hacktivists taking sides. The goals of disrupting IT infrastructure and utilities have led to a 4-fold increase in DDoS attacks between 4Q21 and 1Q22. Over 150,000 volunteers have joined anti-Russian DDoS campaigns using container images from Docker Hub.
SaaS apps have become the “easy button” for organizations seeking a fast and simple way to make foundational business apps available to their employees. According to Gartner, “SaaS remains the largest public cloud services market segment, forecasted to reach $176.6 billion in end-user spending in 2022,” growing 14% over 2021.
In the latest example of a cloud service being exploited for cyber espionage, researchers from Trend Micro have shed light on a campaign, conducted between March and October 2022, targeting government, academic, foundations, and research sectors of multiple countries including Myanmar, Australia, the Philippines, Japan, and Taiwan.
On Nov. 22, 2022 Microsoft announced research findings about an ongoing supply chain attack against IoT devices running Boa web servers. The Boa web server, an open-source small-footprint web server suitable for embedded applications, was discontinued in 2005, but many software development kits still use this lightweight server on IoT hardware. Since being discontinued, vulnerabilities were discovered in Boa that make every version out there exploitable.
Today, an important measure for success in the tech sector is time to market. The speed at which you can launch your product and any new features can make a huge difference in meeting growing customer expectations, breaking new ground in an existing market, and standing out against your competitors.
As we gear up for the winter season, holidays, and the end of the year, we’re thankful to all our customers for their continued investment. We are excited to announce further user experience improvements to the Egnyte platform with updated navigation in the Collaboration environment, a new dashboard for Secure & Govern, various enhancements for file preview in the Web UI, the ability to preview AutoCAD files in the Egnyte mobile app, and more.
The security of the enterprise has been dramatically disrupted due to hybrid and work-from-home (WFH) environments. Security teams are struggling to grasp the scope of their organizations’ devices, tools, and apps as employees download, log in, and use their preferred software and shortcuts from their home offices.
By way of a brief introduction, I have had a 25+ year career in technology, and this has come with some wonderful experiences and opportunities along the way. One constant throughout my journey has been a need to increasingly leverage data, enabling informed decisions (even automated) at all levels to ensure: secure, high performing and observable products and services are available to the customers and partners I’ve been supporting.
The CashApp data breach was caused by a former employee who accessed customer financial reports as an act of revenge against the company after their employment was terminated. According to the April 2, 2022 filing with the Securities Exchange Commission by Block (CashApp’s parent company), the employee required access to the financial reports as part of their daily duties.
HIPAA compliance is regulated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and enforced by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). In 2013, the final Omnibus rule was enacted, binding business associates - or third-party vendors - to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This modification added another level of compliance complexity to an industry not accustomed to operating in the cybersecurity domain - the healthcare industry.
