Fall brings certain things annually: leaves falling, pumpkin spice, and cybersecurity awareness. Looking back at the past nine months, cybersecurity awareness is more important now than at any other time in history.

We’re excited to announce that Kivera, a cloud security, data protection, and compliance company, has joined Cloudflare. This acquisition extends our SASE portfolio to incorporate inline cloud app controls, empowering Cloudflare One customers with preventative security controls for all their cloud services.

Microsoft Hyper-V is a type 1 hypervisor that you can install on Windows – including on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. In some scenarios, you may need to uninstall Hyper-V on your Windows machine. For example, VMware Workstation and Hyper-V are not compatible when installed on the same machine. The same issues occur with other type 2 hypervisors like VirtualBox.

This is the third blog in our series, where we embark on a journey of Branch Transformation with the Next Gen SASE Branch solution. Built on the Netskope One SASE platform, the Next Gen SASE Branch solution combines its three layers–Context-aware SASE Fabric, Zero Trust Hybrid Security, and a SkopeAI-powered Cloud Orchestrator–into a unified cloud offering.

Technology is always brimming with advancements, and it is more prominent in the financial sector. As financial institutions increasingly rely on digital infrastructure to enhance operations, customer experience, and security, they also face growing challenges in mitigating the risks that come with it, such as cyber threats, system failures, and other operational vulnerabilities.

Mitigating risk based on the threat landscape is a complicated yet essential part of being a CISO, which is why threat reports like the 2024 Elastic Global Threat Report are a huge help for me. In addition to providing an in-depth understanding of what’s happening, threat reports also offer a quick overview of what needs to be explained or communicated to the rest of the organization.

In today's digital age, the prevalence of cyber attacks has become a major concern for organizations across various industries, with higher education institutions particularly vulnerable. As the volume and complexity of cyber threats continue to escalate, there is a growing need for innovative solutions to bolster cybersecurity defenses.

Trustwave's Threat Intelligence team has discovered a new malware dubbed Pronsis Loader, with its earliest known variant dating back to November 2023. This loader shares similarities with the D3F@ck Loader , which surfaced in January 2024. Pronsis Loader has been observed delivering different malware variants, including Lumma Stealer and Latrodectus as its primary payloads. Additionally, the team identified infrastructure linked to Lumma Stealer during the investigation.

Cybersecurity skill gaps and shortages are often cited as a major reason that many organizations fail to implement effective security tools and practices. The UK’s Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT) conducts an annual survey of the cybersecurity labor market in order to measure trends over time. This year’s research is largely in line with previous years, though there are changes and improvements in several areas.

Docker Zombie Layers are unreferenced image layers that continue to exist for weeks in registries, even after being removed from a manifest. In this hands-on deep dive, we explore how these layers can persist in registries and why ensuring the immediate revocation of exposed secrets is critical.