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Phishing Scams & Attacks: What To Expect in 2023

A form of social engineering, phishing is an online situation where the adversary tricks the victim into sharing sensitive information or installing a malware payload into their systems. Today, phishing is the most prevalent cybersecurity threat in the digital world, with the victim count totaling well over 323,000 unsuspecting Internet users. That’s a 34% increase year over year — and that’s why we’re taking a look at this concerning trend here.

Honeypots Explained: Hitting Hackers Where It Hurts

In the world of cybersecurity, honeypots are a unique mechanism. They exhibit no business value, no production value. In fact, any or all interactions with the honeypot are expectedly anomalous and unauthorized. Honeypots are nothing more than a trap set up to lure cybercriminals into believing that they have accessed legitimate and high value computing resources within your network.

BOD 23-01 April 3, 2023, Deadline for Federal Agencies: Are You Ready?

On October 3, 2022 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued Binding Operational Directive 23-01 – Improving Asset Visibility and Vulnerability Detection on Federal Networks, a compulsory order intended to “make measurable progress toward enhancing visibility into agency assets and associated vulnerabilities.” BOD 23-01 mandates that Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FEEB) agencies complete a series of required actions within six months, or by April 3, 2023.

Open Source License Management Tools: Features and Best Practices

Effectively managing the many open source licenses used in enterprise software is a complex task that requires a thorough evaluation of key features in software license management tools. After that, you need to implement the technology using several best practices. In this blog post, let’s take a brief look at both.

Cybercriminal convicted of $90 million SEC earning reports hack

The owner of a Russian penetration-testing company has been found guilty of being part of an elaborate scheme that netted $90 million after stealing SEC earning reports. For nearly three years, 42-year-old Vladislav Klyushin - the owner of Moscow-based cybersecurity firm M-13 - and his co-conspirators had hacked into two US-based filing agents used by publicly-traded American companies to file earning reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

What's The Difference Between Ach And Nacha?

If you work in a financial organization that operates in the US, you’ll have heard the phrases Nacha and ACH. Together, these entities affect many of the transactions you’re responsible for — and dictate how, why, and when your business accesses sensitive data. But, what exactly are they? And, what’s the difference between the two? Read on to find out.

Ensure a secure IT environment with integrated network vulnerability management

NIST's National Vulnerability Database shows a quintuple increase in attacks against firmware in the last four years. These statistics indicate that cyber criminals have continually improved their techniques in penetrating your network via firmware vulnerabilities. To combat these malicious actions, let's first discuss the components that are vulnerable to these attacks.

6 ways to optimize OS imaging

Any organization with an IT infrastructure has to deal with imaging and deploying operating systems to its workforce. Frequent onboarding of employees can cost huge amounts of time and effort for the IT team. Depending on the number of machines, the effort involved in migrating and upgrading operating systems can also be significant. This can be streamlined with the help of a comprehensive OS imaging and deployment solution allowing the IT team to focus on other productive tasks.