Note: Exploitation of this vulnerability remains highly likely, and Kroll experts are investigating. If further details are uncovered by our team, updates will be made to the Kroll Cyber Risk blog.

Kroll’s Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team responded to an incident in which suspected malware was exhibiting strange download behavior. After successfully containing and resolving the incident, Kroll’s Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) team investigated further.

Automated penetration testing, or automated pen testing, is a type of security assessment that uses specialist tools to uncover vulnerabilities. Although it can serve as part of a cohesive security strategy, it also presents some challenges. In this article, we outline the pros and cons of automated pen testing and compare it with manual pen testing.

By 2026, more than 80% of enterprises will have used generative artificial intelligence (“GenAI”) APIs, models and/or deployed GenAI-enabled application in production environments. With this fast pace of adoption, it is no wonder that artificial intelligence (AI) application security tools are already in use by 34% of organizations, a number that will no doubt increase.

Businesses are increasingly recognizing the advantages of adopting a more flexible approach to safeguarding their data, systems and reputation in order to move beyond the limitations of traditional security solutions. In this article, we will discuss how these advantages are delivered by security as a service (SECaaS), its benefits compared with in-house solutions, and what to look for in a potential SECaas provider.

In November 2023, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published guidance for addressing vulnerability CVE-2023-4966, affecting Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway. This vulnerability is also known as Citrix Bleed.

With cyber threats constantly evolving, organizations must ensure that their approach to identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities is always up to date. Purple teaming can play a vital role in helping them to achieve this. Purple teaming involves red and blue teams collaborating on an ongoing basis to maximize their impact. Read on to discover how purple teaming enables businesses to enhance and accelerate their approach to identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities.

With ransomware increasing and a complex, business-critical cloud migration on the horizon, BSM, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, was seeking a solution to monitor its environment for potential threats, both now and in the future. Working with Kroll gives the company greater visibility across its global network of offices and ships to better detect and respond to threats.