On April 19, 2024, Datadog’s US5 website (app.us5.datadoghq.com) started experiencing elevated error rates, though they were low enough that most of our users didn’t notice them. For the next few days, we worked around the clock responding to multiple episodes of this mysterious attack, which gradually unfolded as we investigated. We also implemented several measures to reduce the impact on our customers.

The slow and steady progression of technology has transformed the way we work (and think about work) in so many exciting ways. The past few decades have opened new opportunities to create, automate, and manage just about everything that might exist within the IT ecosystem… but sometimes that progression creates complexity and conflict, as new technology solutions clash with existing standards and operations.

Supply chain resilience has never been more critical. Recent cyber outages have underscored a harsh reality—supply chains are vulnerable, and disruptions can have far-reaching impacts. But what does it mean to be supply chain resilient, especially in the context of cyber threats? In this post, we will explore lessons learned from recent cyber outages, offering actionable insights for enhancing supply chain resilience.

Snyk Code was the only code security tool shortlisted by developers as an AI tool they’ve been regularly using this past year or are looking forward to using next year in Stack Overflow’s recent 2024 AI Search and Developer Tools survey. This underlines Snyk’s dominance as the favorite AI security tool of both developers and security teams and confirms that Snyk Code is providing immense value to developers.

The cyber threat landscape is complex and includes many vectors of attack. Organizations face critical security challenges every day, such as stolen employee credentials, fake websites, and social media impersonation. Taking a binary point of view, those threats can be divided into two simplistic dimensions: external and internal. According to the 2023 Verizon DBIR, the external threats consume 83% of the total threats.

One of the most challenging aspects of working in cybersecurity can be the deceptively simple act of finding the best job that suits your skillset and best fits the employer's expectations. Whether it is an entry-level position, a lateral move, or a career advancement, there is more to finding a rewarding position than just relying on the heavily publicized skills shortage.

Physical and network barriers that once separated corporate environments from the outside world no longer exist. In this new technological age defined by hybrid, multi-cloud and SaaS, identities are the perimeter. Any one identity—workforce, IT, developer or machine—can become an attack path to an organization’s most valuable assets.

In this version of the Hacker’s Playbook Threat Coverage round-up, we are highlighting attack coverage for several new threats, including those discovered via original research by the SafeBreach Labs team. SafeBreach customers can select and run these attacks and more from the SafeBreach Hacker’s Playbook to ensure coverage against these advanced threats. Additional details about the threats and our coverage can be seen below.

As I sit in the 2024 Seattle Convene conference this week and listen to speaker after speaker talk about their successful security awareness training programs, one thing is perfectly clear. They all prefer carrots and fewer sticks. A question human risk managers frequently ask me is what role negative consequences should play in a successful security awareness training program?

Earlier this month, I was thrilled to join forces with the team at Dark Reading for a webinar on the future of AI in security operations. Titled CISO Perspectives: How to make AI an accelerator, not a blocker, the webinar allowed me to take a deep dive into the future role of AI in security with some of the most knowledgeable CISOs on the subject, Mandy Andress of Elastic and Matt Hillary of Drata.