Analysis of a new phishing attack demonstrates how attackers may take a longer path to reach their malicious goals while staying “under the radar” of security products. It would be pretty simple to create a phishing attack that sends its’ victims a brand-impersonated email with a link that takes you to an impersonated webpage that asks for credentials, personal details or credit card information. But many of today’s security products will detect the impersonation immediately.

Welcome back to the next blog in our Evolution of Scalping series. During our last blog we covered the landmark case that exposed the power of automated purchasing – Wiseguy Tickets. We detailed their operation and their use of bots, which allowed them to snatch up huge volumes of available tickets for high-demand events.

Prioritizing cloud security looks different for every business. However, many businesses migrating to the cloud rely on conventional data security methods, including built-in tools from cloud providers and ad hoc measures. Unfortunately, these traditional approaches often fall short, leaving critical gaps in protection and hindering true cloud-powered innovation. Ensuring secure cloud services are multifaceted, let’s dive deeper into the impacts, strategies, and solutions.

Whenever anything of value is transferred between parties online, there will be crooks lurking in the shadows, looking to defraud the participants. As consumers, we almost expect them to be there. As businesses, it’s often our responsibility to protect our customers and prospects from being defrauded by bad actors masquerading as our representatives. Airline-related fraud accounts for an estimated 46% of all fraudulent online transactions.

These days, we use Gmail for everything from customer service to telehealth. Over time, your Gmail account might become a treasure trove of sensitive PII, PCI, PHI, and passwords that hackers can leverage. In fact, as of this year, just under half of all data breaches involve email. So, what can you do to protect your inbox? Enter: email encryption.

On September 5th, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and National Security Agency (NSA) issued an urgent advisory warning security teams about efforts undertaken by threat actors affiliated with Russia’s General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 161st Specialist Training Center (Unit 29155).

On September 4, 2024, Veeam released a security bulletin announcing that they have fixed several vulnerabilities affecting various Veeam products. Arctic Wolf has highlighted five of these vulnerabilities, which are classified as critical. Arctic Wolf has not observed any exploitation of these vulnerabilities in the wild and has not identified any publicly available proof of concept (PoC) exploit code.

In this article, we’ll take a deep dive into osquery tables, by talking about osquery’s ‘file table’ which has some powerful abilities, along with its fair share of limitations.

Increasing digitalization and connectivity mean the attack surfaces of most organizations are growing. This means more IT assets to track and manage, plus more potential attack routes for threat actors to target. The threat situation is constantly increasing, especially in the area of vulnerabilities – last year over 30,000 new vulnerabilities were published. So how can you get an accurate view of your attack surface and where it might be open to exploitation?

In this landscape, organizations need a multi-faceted approach that includes prevention, detection, and response capabilities. A warranty tied to a comprehensive security solution supports this approach, providing both technological protection and financial assurance.