Every month, we bring you some of the key findings from Outpost24’s Threat Intelligence team, KrakenLabs. Here’s what you need to know from July.

SOAR is yet another set of cybersecurity tools and technologies that’s exciting to talk about, looks good on paper, but is fraught with financial difficulties for MSSPs seeking to deliver an outsourced security solution that maintains a healthy ROI.

Quantum computing is poised to revolutionize the world. From simulating atoms and molecules to mapping and modeling in medicine, the potential use cases are vast and still unfolding. It may seem far on the horizon, but for those in cybersecurity, especially privileged access management, now is the time to start planning.

On July 8, 2024, Australian Home Affairs Secretary Stephanie Foster issued a series of formal directions under the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) instructing each federal government body to identify and mitigate potential cyber risks amidst rising concerns for foreign interference.

On July 22, 2024, CrowdStrike Intelligence identified a Word document containing macros that download an unidentified stealer now tracked as Daolpu. The document impersonates a Microsoft recovery manual.1 Initial analysis suggests the activity is likely criminal.

Password management in the healthcare industry is essential for maintaining the privacy of patient and employee information. HealthITSecurity reports that in just the first three months of 2024, there were over 115 data breaches in the healthcare industry. One of the most recent and largest data breaches in healthcare impacted over 2.3 million patients of Medical Management Resource Group at the end of 2023.

Keeper Security has once again proven its excellence by winning a group test of leading password managers conducted by Connect in Germany. The comprehensive evaluation, which included nine password managers, saw Keeper emerge as the clear “test winner” for its outstanding security, features and usability. This latest German accolade follows closely behind Keeper’s win in the CHIP Magazine’s Password Manager Test for a second consecutive year.

Some examples of UPS text scams include confirming details about a fake delivery, fake package delivery notifications, fake package delivery fee requests, fraudulent suspicious activity on your UPS account or an error with a delivery. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in 2023, over $650 million was lost to imposter scams, including UPS text scams. Keep reading to find out what different UPS text scams look like and how you can stay protected against this kind of scam.

For many enterprises, cloud resources are becoming the data center's core. As these resources grow, it can be difficult for IT staff to keep up with daily administrative tasks, let alone learn the skills to provide security protections. So, how does one protect a variety of workloads in the cloud without having to worry about security misconfigurations?

Companies constantly face a multitude of threats online. Understandably, there is no way for them to deal with all of the attacks given their limited resources and the time-consuming nature of continuous threat detection and prevention. As such, some threats are prioritized over others, depending on their urgency. This leads to threats being classified as “low-priority”, especially when it comes to brand protection.