In a digital age fraught with cyber threats, the recent breach of NATO military infrastructures has sent shockwaves through the global security community. Hackers, purportedly associated with the alias Aaron Bushnell, have claimed responsibility for this nefarious act. This blog delves into the details of the breach, its implications, and the steps necessary to fortify our defenses against such cyber assaults.

Organizations worldwide rely on the MITRE ATT&CK framework as a critical resource for defending against cyberattacks. The MITRE ATT&CK framework is also a key tool for advancing threat research in the cybersecurity industry. However, one of the challenges in using the MITRE ATT&CK framework is mapping the output from logs, sensors and other tools as ATT&CK data sources in the framework.

Recent high-profile data breaches attributed to SolarWinds, Log4j, MOVEit, and more have demonstrated that the world still lacks a standard framework to measure cyber risk. Cybercriminals continue to exploit the trusted relationships between companies and their third-party suppliers and vendors, resulting in damaging attacks.

Active Directory (AD) is a mainstay for most organizations, especially as identity management grows for even small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and once on-premises organizations digitize. But this widely adopted tool comes with major security risks.

The State of Secrets Sprawl 2024 report by GitGuardian uncovers a 28% increase in leaked secrets on GitHub, revealing an urgent need for significantly improved security practices.

As open source software development continues to evolve, so does its susceptibility to cybersecurity threats. One such instance is the recent discovery of malware repositories on GitHub. In this cybersecurity attack, threat actors managed to upload malicious code onto GitHub, a platform that hosts millions of code repositories and is used by developers worldwide.

A vendor risk assessment is a critical element of performing due diligence, helping you vet potential vendors effectively and efficiently during the procurement process and throughout the vendor lifecycle. A thorough risk assessment should help you identify, mitigate, and manage the risks associated with your vendors to ensure you remain compliant, maintain a strong security posture, and avoid a costly third-party data breach.

Identity and access management (IAM) provides a consistent, centralized solution to manage user identities and automate access control throughout the organization. This helps security leaders introduce role-based access control and meet governance, risk, and compliance goals. Your organization may already have centralized management policies in place. For example, requiring employees to use a VPN when accessing company assets remotely shows an IAM solution in action.

Privilege creep is a cybersecurity term that describes the gradual accumulation of network access levels beyond what an individual needs to do their job. Users need specific privileges to perform tasks and job functions. These privileges can include accessing sensitive data, installing new programs, updating software, configuring networks, adding new users and more. Not every user needs to be granted all privileges to do their job.

Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is a network layer protocol that facilitates communication across the internet by assigning unique IP addresses to each device for identification and location purposes. With the onset of the digital era in the 1990s, the limitations of IPv4 addresses in accommodating the escalating demand became evident. Consequently, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) embarked on developing the next-generation internet protocol, leading to the emergence of IPv6.