Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

The cybersecurity landscape has become something of a battle royale: companies and cyber criminals are continually trying to outsmart one another in an effort to be the last one standing. Thankfully, many businesses are seeking a proactive approach, aiming to avoid the proverbial egg on their face when it comes to cybersecurity breaches. Learning from other organizations’ costly misfortunes, many businesses are ensuring that security features prominently in strategy and budget meetings.

The distribution systems of the U.S. energy grid — the portions of the grid that carry electricity to consumers — are growing more susceptible to cyber-attacks, in part due to the advent of monitoring and control technology and their reliance on them. However, the magnitude of the possible consequences of such attacks is not fully understood.

According to a report released by IBM and Ponemon, the healthcare sector has the highest rates of security breaches and cyber attacks globally. The average cost of a data breach for healthcare organizations is around $10.1 million, while the global average for all industries sits around less than half of that amount, at about $4.35 million.

Honey Tokens or Canary Tokens are credentials designed to alert you when an attacker is in your infrastructure. This is a complete tutorial how to create them using only open-source projects.

Information security is a major concern for many businesses for two reasons. Firstly is persistent threat of cyber attacks and data breaches. That’s why strong information security is a requirement to ensure the security of business and personal data. Secondly, it’s a key business enabler, with a push in recent times for all parts of a supply chain to become ISO 27001 certified.

As its name indicates, Denial of Service (DoS) is any cyberattack that renders the target service inaccessible to legitimate users and information systems. That is, you're trying to access a web page or web service and it's just down, not working. The most common way attackers achieve this is by flooding the host servers and network with excessive traffic, such that the host server crashes or fails to respond in an acceptable duration. The denial-of-service style of attack is a common one.

All it takes for cybercriminals to breach your mission-critical networks, database, and IT systems is a single unpatched vulnerability. To prevent this and maintain good cyber hygiene, you need to obtain real-time vulnerability data. ‍ Vulnerability scans generate a lot of data that when analyzed reveal several security flaws.

Sliver’s growing popularity as an open-source C2 framework, Emotet’s comeback and new evasion techniques, and how Chinese hackers exploited a Fortinet flaw using a 0-Day.

If a counterparty holds custody of your crypto or digital assets, there is no replacement for due diligence in terms of risk management, security controls, and operational processes. This is why it’s critical to design crypto operations workflows that mitigate exposure to your counterparties and minimize business continuity risks. For a quick introduction to counterparty risk and how to identify your counterparties take a look here.

Day-to-day crypto and digital asset operations is one of the most important and business-critical functions for any company working with digital assets – whether you’re a fintech, web3 company, bank or OTC desk. A well-executed crypto operation is one where you have 24/7 access to funds, and can be sure assets are secure at all times, whether they’re in storage or in motion.