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AvosLocker Ransomware Update: Backup Targeting and Defense Evasion Techniques

Kroll analysts have identified new tactics used by threat actors associated with the AvosLocker ransomware. Critical vulnerabilities have been exploited within Veeam Backup and Replication, which may be an attempt to hide activity from detection technologies. The proxy tool “Chisel” has been identified, which can encrypt traffic through a victim’s firewall and could be used as a further evasion technique.

Cyberattacks are targeting smaller healthcare companies and specialty clinics. But why?

The healthcare industry has been a favored target for cybercriminals for many years. In the first half of 2022 alone, 324 attacks against healthcare organizations have been reported. Attackers have primarily focused on large hospitals in years past, but there has been a sudden switch to smaller healthcare companies and specialty clinics. There seems to be a clear trend in attacks against the healthcare industry, and that trend includes targeting smaller healthcare companies and clinics.

Maintaining Boundaries Between Your Work and Personal Life as a Cybersecurity Professional

As the years go by, technology continues to evolve, and as we rely more and more on smart devices and the online space, there becomes greater risks of cyberattacks. If you work as a cybersecurity professional, then you are fighting the good fight, but it isn’t always easy. The job is unpredictable, and it requires odd hours and constant vigilance.

Visualize activity in your cloud environment with Datadog Cloud SIEM Investigator

Investigating the origin of activity in cloud-native infrastructure—and understanding which activity is a potential threat—can be a challenging, time-consuming task for organizations. Cloud environments are complex by nature, comprising thousands of ephemeral, interconnected resources that generate large volumes of alerts, logs, metrics, and other data at any given time.

Understanding alert overload part 2: How no-code automation can transform your security team

In a previous post, we discussed how alert overload can cripple security teams and prevent them from effectively detecting and responding to threats. In this post, we explore how no-code automation can help reduce the burden of alerts while providing the visibility and connectivity your organization requires. It's critical to have robust security solutions that not only help you detect but also block serious attacks before they cause any damage.

Can gamification unite development and security?

Despite years of effort encouraging a DevSecOps approach, development and security teams tend to remain divided. For example, according to 2020 research, 65% of security professionals reported that their companies had successfully shifted security left. Good, right? But the same research also shows that almost a third of people believe the security team is primarily responsible for security — despite shifting left.

Kubernetes Version 1.26: Everything You Should Know

The Kubernetes community is ready for the last release of 2022—version 1.26. Since its beginning, Kubernetes has been a place of constant change and improvement. The platform evolves and matures with every new API change and bug fix. In this release, there are 38 tracked enhancements in addition to a large number of bug fixes. In this article, we will focus on some highlighted enhancements, important deprecations, and removals so that you can be confident before upgrading your clusters.

How Good is ClamAV at Detecting Commodity Malware?

"People tell you who they are, but we ignore it, because we want them to be who we want them to be.” - Don Draper Earlier this year we announced some security enhancements to how we handle submissions to Splunkbase. The simple statement is we are making things faster/cheaper/better where Splunkbase security is concerned. Faster in that it takes less time for a developer to get an app into our platform. Cheaper in that it’s more automated.

Self-Signed vs. Publicly Trusted CA Code Signing Certificates: What to Choose?

Being a developer, it has become your moral responsibility to offer clean and safe software products for users to install on their systems. You can easily tackle this by signing your software code and other executables with a digital security certificate.