In this mad, mad world of breaches, organizations are scrambling to keep their heads above water. It's like trying to navigate a minefield while blindfolded and riding a unicycle — one wrong move, and everything goes up in flames. So, how do you know your security controls are up to the task of defending your organization? This is where red teaming comes in.

It’s that time again — for a brand new major release. Our team releases major versions of Teleport every 4 months. Here we introduce Teleport 16. This post goes into detail about Teleport 16 breaking changes, bug fixes and improvements. In Teleport 16, we focused on new features and enhancements to enable our customers to implement mitigations to protect against an IdP Compromise.

Scammers are now impersonating legitimate services like Booking.com and Kayak to target people planning their summer vacations. One out of every 33 vacation-themed domains registered last month was malicious, researchers at Check Point warn. “In May 2024, Check Point Research (CPR) detected a significant surge in summer-related cyber scams, highlighting the need for travelers to stay informed and proactive in safeguarding their personal information,” the researchers write.

AI promises many advantages when it comes to application development. But it’s also giving threat actors plenty of advantages, too. It’s always important to remember that AI models can produce a lot of garbage that is really convincing—and so can attackers. “Dark” AI models can be used to purposely write malicious code, but in this blog, we’ll discuss three other distinct ways using AI models can lead to attacks.

Veracode Scan for VS Code was one of the big hits on the expo floor at the RSA Security conference in May this year. People liked the integration of Veracode Static, Veracode SCA, and Veracode Fix into a single extension, giving developers the tools to scan their code and resolve problems with AI assistance while they are actively developing code.

With the surge in remote work and virtual meetings, video communication is crucial for businesses and individuals. However, this convenience comes with significant cyber risks that can compromise sensitive information and privacy. Therefore, this article explores the common cyber threats in video communication and provides strategies to mitigate them.

In June 2010, Trustwave acquired Breach Security, which brought with it the popular Open-Source Web Application Firewall ModSecurity for Apache. At that time, Trustwave relicensed the code under the Apache license. This relicensing allowed more public participation in the project, and 2012 saw the release of an IIS port from Microsoft and a port for Nginx.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the buzzword du jour of not just tech, but the entire online world. We see it in the daily headlines of everything from industry stalwarts such as Wired (There’s an AI Candidate Running for Parliament in the UK) through the stiff-collared set at the Wall Street Journal (What the Apple-OpenAI Deal Means for Four Tech Titans). Everyone who is anyone is talking about it, training it, or trying leverage against it.

Vanta has helped auditors automate and simplify thousands of compliance audits, and we’re now making the process even easier. Today we’re excited to share that we’ve added new endpoints for auditor tools to the Vanta API, leading to a better collaboration experience for auditors and customers. ‍ With our new API endpoints, audit partners can integrate their tools with Vanta, allowing them to work in their preferred systems.

Qilin (also known as Agenda) is a ransomware-as-a-service criminal operation that works with affiliates, encrypting and exfiltrating the data of hacked organisations and then demanding a ransom be paid.