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Attack Surface Management vs. Exposure Management: What Wins?

When Attack Surface Management (ASM) stops at discovery, teams drown in alerts, CVE lists, and noise. What’s exposed isn’t the same as what’s actively being weaponized—and without prioritization or built-in remediation, risk piles up fast. Exposure Management (EM) closes that gap. It merges threat intelligence, vulnerability context, and safe-by-design remediation into one continuous loop. Instead of “scan → report → wait,” EM delivers.

Payroll Pirates: The Widespread Malvertising Network

Since at least May 2023, a financially motivated cyber-crime network has been operating a phishing campaign primarily abusing Google Ads, and occasionally Microsoft Ads to drive traffic to credential-harvesting websites. This campaign – part of which was named “Payroll Pirates” by SilentPush – has remained active, with periodic updates to tactics and target rotations.