A data breach occurs when sensitive data is copied, transmitted, viewed, stolen, or accessed by an unauthorized individual. For a security incident to constitute a data breach, the exposure of sensitive data must be intentional. The presence of intent differentiates a data breach from a data leak, where exposure is accidental. A data leak occurs when data is accidentally exposed through a vulnerability, such as weak passwords.

The JFrog Security Research team is constantly looking for new and previously unknown software vulnerabilities in popular open-source projects to help improve their security posture. As part of this effort, we recently discovered a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Envoy Proxy, a widely used open-source edge and service proxy server, designed for cloud-native applications and high traffic websites.

Verizon’s Data Breach Investigation Report for 2022 (DBIR) was recently released and it has some good news and it has some bad news when it comes to the risk of insider attacks. First the good news, sort of. According to the DBIR, the vast majority of breaches continue to come from external actors (80% vs 18% of insiders). Hopefully we can be a little less suspicious of Bob who sits two offices down from you. However when an insider attack happens, it can be really, really destructive.

Whether you’re a compliance expert or a novice, adhering to data privacy laws confuses even the best of companies. One of the key points of confusion is the fact that you can’t possibly comply with current and future laws without knowing what data you collect, where it goes, and how it’s used and retained. It sounds simple, but it is not. In fact, it’s a challenge that applies to nearly every organization today.

Last year was a record year for cybersecurity attacks, with the number of encrypted threats spiking by 167% (10.4 million attacks), ransomware attacks rising by 105% (623.3 million attacks), and intrusion attempts increasing by 11% (5.3 trillion).** Risk management is a fundamental principle of cybersecurity, which is why we are so excited to share that Reciprocity has won two Cyber Defense Global InfoSec Awards from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM): the Hot Company – Risk Management award and the Cutti

Weeks after President Rodrigo Chaves Robles became Costa Rica’s 49th president, he had to tackle the country’s largest cyberattack ever. Costa Rica declared a state of emergency following a series of detrimental ransomware attacks carried out by the Conti ransomware gang.

It's been a while; there has been a debate between GDPR and POPIA. Both compliances have made quite a mark since their inception. The South African Protection of Personal Act, also known as POPIA, means to provide South African citizens control over their data. It also makes all organizations processing the personal information in South Africa legally responsible to protect the data.

Jester stealer is an information stealer that has been around since mid-July 2021. Originally sold by the Russian speaking threat group "Jester_Stealer", in several underground forums and Telegram channels, they operate under a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) model and present themselves as a group of programmers. Here we delved into the Jester stealer functionalities with a code-level analysis and highlight the possible link between Jester stealer and the new breed of Eternity stealer.

Getting the freshest insights on what vulnerabilities you have is essential for any vulnerability management program. Until recently, it wasn’t very clear when Application Scanning would execute a scan on an asset. This introduced unnecessary complexity for some users, particularly those with a large attack surface. Now, Application Scanning users can easily view all of the upcoming scans on a single page.