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Detecting and Preventing Reconnaissance Attacks

In 2024, every business across the world is already aware of the looming potential of a cyber attack. With billions of dollars pouring into the cyber criminal market each year, hackers have more backing to create large-scale attacks, breaching financial records, private data, and customer information. Reconnaissance attacks are the first step in many of these major breaches. By scouting out a business, collecting information about its security posture, and aiming to identify vulnerabilities, these initial attacks give hackers the data they need to launch precise, damaging attacks.

Top Security Data Types: Exploring the OCSF Framework

In cybersecurity, it’s a big challenge to handle diverse data formats across various platforms. The Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) aims to address this by standardizing data security formats and simplifying the process of threat hunting. Major players like IBM, AWS and others are working together to standardize data with this open-source project, emphasizing its importance.

Credentials And Control Go Bye, Bye, Bye with AsyncRAT: What You Need to Know

Introduced in 2019, AsyncRAT is classified as a remote access trojan (RAT) that primarily functions as a tool for stealing credentials and loading various malware, including ransomware. This RAT boasts botnet capabilities and features a command and control (C2) interface, granting operators the ability to manipulate infected hosts from a remote location.

Leveraging Shift Left and Shift Right for End-To-End Application Security

Despite organizations’ best efforts, security threats are on the rise, with malicious actors continuously evolving their tactics. Unfortunately, the situation is only intensifying as hackers from all walks of life leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques. To combat these threats, security teams need to implement gates and controls throughout their entire software development lifecycle.

What is Unrestricted Code Execution? How to Defend Organizations Against this Attack?

Nowadays, with more organizations and individuals relying heavily on third-party software to execute their high-priority and covert tasks, the risks of data breaches or cyber-attacks are becoming a serious issue. A cyber attack is basically an attempt by cybercriminals, hackers, or other digital adversaries to access a computer network or system with a willingness to expose, alter, steal, or destroy your million-dollar information.

Snapchat Scams and How to Avoid Them

Snapchat is a mobile-based social media platform owned by Snap Inc.; it is a global platform, hosting over 734.8 million users, the majority of which are Gen Z. The platform began as a resource for sharing pictures between friends but has evolved to include options for creator content, group conversations, and the sharing of media. As Snapchat’s audience continues to grow, so too, do the threats those members face.

Unleash Your Startup's Potential with Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing

In the modern world with an intense digital culture, businesses of the newly created startup type face tremendous pressure to innovate fast and provide customers with innovative goods and services. Infrastructure construction and management is a time-consuming and expensive task. Microsoft Azure answers the trial by fire, providing a versatile cloud approximation platform targeted at startups’ peculiarities.

4 Ways to Improve AppSec Accountability

This blog post dives into four essential strategies to enhance AppSec accountability: establishing clear security policies, utilizing advanced tools and automation, fostering a security-conscious culture, and implementing security orchestration. Readers will gain valuable insights into aligning their cybersecurity measures with business goals, ensuring a robust and strategic AppSec framework.

How To Spot Typosquatting Domains Using Asset Discovery Tools

There’s a seemingly endless list of cybersecurity threats facing organisations today. Among these threats, typosquatting stands out as a deceptive practice used by threat actors to exploit user errors in typing website addresses. To combat this growing menace, asset discovery tools play a crucial role in identifying and mitigating the risks associated with malicious typosquatting domains.

What is DLL Hijacking? How to Identify and Prevent DLL Hijacking?

Ever happened – you clicked a random link by mistake but discovered your system working strangely? Maybe some programs crash, data goes missing, or pop-ups plague your screen. It could be a malicious threat within your system, or simply, your system is the victim of a DLL Hijacking. DLL Hijacking is a type of cyberattack that allows the attacker to steal your data or even take control of your system.