In the previous blog of this series, we unpacked the foundational concepts of encryption at rest and introduced you to Elastic Cloud’s “bring your own key” (BYOK) feature, which allows you to do encryption at rest with encryption keys managed by the KMS service of your cloud provider.

As digital threats grow increasingly sophisticated, organizations must stay ahead by adopting advanced strategies to manage and mitigate vulnerabilities. This necessity has driven significant changes in how remediation operations are conducted, emphasizing the importance of continuous improvement and innovation. Seemplicity’s 2024 Remediation Operations Report revealed several key trends and practices that are shaping the future of remediation operations.

If you’re tempted to share a password over email, there are several security risks you should be aware of before doing so. Sending passwords over email is dangerous because emails are unencrypted and can be intercepted by cybercriminals. When data is unencrypted, it could be read or saved by the wrong or malicious recipients. Read on to learn why sending passwords through email is risky and how you can use a password manager to safely share your passwords instead.

The staggering sum of US $75 million has reportedly been paid to a ransomware gang in what is believed to be the largest known ransom payment made by a cyber attack victim since records began. Researchers at Zscaler claim in a new report that the record-breaking figure was paid by an undisclosed Fortune 50 company to the Dark Angels ransomware group.

A critical flaw in Hotjar that combines XSS with OAuth putting millions of websites at risk, exposing user data and risking account takeovers. Hotjar, a trusted product experience insights platform used by over a million websites, including global brands like Adobe and Microsoft, offers powerful behavior analytics and feedback tools. These include Heatmaps, Recordings, Surveys, and Feedback, which help product teams understand user behavior and improve user experience (UX).

AI adoption continues to move at a breakneck speed for businesses across the globe, as shown in a Coatue report comparing AI adoption to early internet adoption and found that AI growth is happening at two times the speed of the former.

Recent critical vulnerabilities in ServiceNow, a widely used cloud platform, have put numerous organizations at risk of data breaches. Threat actors are exploiting these input validation flaws, enabling remote code execution and unauthorized access. Despite recent fixes, government agencies, data centers, and private firms remain targeted. This blog highlights how these flaws are exploited for data theft and outlines security measures to mitigate these risks.