Cybersecurity is a top risk for corporate directors to understand and navigate. The implications of cyber events for a company are many and growing: instantly damaged reputations that erode years of credibility and trust with customers and investors, impaired profitability from customer attrition and increased operating costs, lost intellectual property, fines and litigation, and harm to a company’s people and culture.

We’ve made several improvements to how users can interact with their fingerprinted technologies data, grouping IP data by several parameters, and viewing the latest changes to their expanding attack surface.

As most folks who work in the US Federal Civilian space are aware, we are now past the August 2023 date to meet Enterprise Logging Level 3 (EL3) in support of the M-21-31 OMB Mandate. As part of the Advanced Requirements in EL3, Logging Orchestration, Automation, & Response enters Finalizing Implementation, meaning agencies should be completing and rolling out automated incident response playbooks.

In the world of cybersecurity, insider threats remain a potent and often underestimated danger. These threats can emanate not only from malicious actors within an organization but also from well-intentioned employees who inadvertently compromise security with a mis-click or other unwitting action.

A 60-minute DDoS attack could be launched with just $5 as per pricing on the Dark Web, and this was reduced from $15 in 2021. Unlike advanced attacks such as bot or zero-day attacks, these could be launched by hiring bandwidth on any of the ‘DDoS as a service’ websites. No wonder even Gartner calls out DDoS as one of the biggest threat vectors for security teams worldwide.

In today’s world, the importance of incorporating web application security best practices cannot be overstated. Recent studies show that web applications are the top attack vector in nearly 80% of incidents. The good news is DevOps processes lend themselves to integrated security practices. Here are the top six best practices for seamlessly weaving web application security into DevOps.

Each October, Cybersecurity Awareness Month encourages individuals and organizations to prioritize cybersecurity. This initiative has played a vital role in raising awareness about IoT security and promoting responsible IoT device usage. 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and it seems like the perfect time to reflect on the ever-evolving landscape of IoT (Internet of Things) cybersecurity over the past two decades.

DarkGate Loader is a commodity malware loader with multiple features including the ability to download and execute files to memory, a Hidden Virtual Network Computing (HVNC) module, keylogging, information-stealing capabilities, and privilege escalation. Its distribution mechanism also makes use of legitimate AutoIt files to inject the malicious payload.

In 2007, a group of healthcare organizations, technology companies, and government agencies—including the American Hospital Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), McKesson Corporation, and Microsoft—got together to create a unified approach to information security and privacy. The result was the Health Information Trust Alliance’s Common Security Framework (HITRUST CSF).

SQL server attacks are one of the most painful attacks organizations can suffer. An organization’s database is one of its softest spots, with a wide surface area susceptible to attacks. This results in it being an attractive target of attackers. Neglecting your organization’s SQL server security is equivalent to having a bomb ticking in your organization’s IT infrastructure.