A guest post by James Berthoty the founder of Latio Tech. The shift to cloud has meant an explosion in cloud security-related acronyms – so many that it can be difficult to know what you currently have versus what’s missing or available. First we bought CSPMs (Cloud Security Posture Management), then CWPPs (Cloud Workload Protection Platforms), then CNAPPs (Cloud Native Application Protection Platform), then CDRs (Cloud Detection Response), and now KDRs (Kubernetes Detection Response).

Ever lost sleep over possible hidden attack routes lurking in your organization’s attack surface? You’re not alone. The concept of ‘unknown-unknowns’ is a recurring nightmare for many IT professionals – but there are ways to mitigate the risks. We’ll explore the problem of unknown-unknowns and provide some practical strategies to help your organization uncover these hidden threats.

As the world becomes increasingly digital, cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated, and traditional security measures, like firewalls and passwords, are no longer sufficient in protecting sensitive data. This raises a critical question: how can organizations identify hidden threats lurking within their networks?

The financial repercussions of data breaches have soared, with organizations facing an average loss of $4.45 million per incident in 2023. However, beyond only financial implications, organizations that suffer a data breach face other severe consequences, including legal ramifications, productivity halts, and often worse, reputational damage amongst their clientele.

There has been widespread discussion about the potential impact of AI on society. While the UK Government has played an active role in shaping the conversation around the security and safety of AI, it has also demonstrated its intention to embrace AI where productivity and efficiency benefits may be found.

Pickle in Python is primarily used in serializing and deserializing a Python object structure. In other words, it’s the process of converting a Python object into a byte stream to store it in a file/database, maintain program state across sessions, or transport data over the network. The pickled byte stream can be used to re-create the original object hierarchy by unpickling the stream. This whole process is similar to object serialization in Java or.Net.

Today, every organization has significant investments in their overall tech stack, both financially and operationally, and as technology evolves, it is crucial that we keep pace to ensure success. For many organizations, legacy applications house some of their most mission critical applications, and replacing or retiring them would be incredibly costly, monetarily and in terms of productivity. With application modernization, businesses can now skip the hassle of completely rebuilding applications.

The world is going cashless. The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco reported that cash was used in just 18% of all U.S. transactions in 2022. And that number will continue to decline. The widespread use of credit and debit cards, plus the rise of digital wallets and contactless payments, have reshaped the financial landscape in many wonderful ways — increasing flexibility as well as financial protection. However, it’s also increased the levels of fraud.

After attackers accessed around 591,000 customer accounts this year, Roku is making 2FA mandatory. Over two separate incidents, the first affecting 15,363 accounts and the second affecting roughly 576,000. In these cases, the attackers used the accounts to purchase streaming subscriptions and hardware stored in users accounts, the company has confirmed.

The Blackjack hacking group, reportedly associated with Ukrainian intelligence services, has claimed responsibility for a significant cyberattack impacting emergency detection and response systems in Moscow and surrounding areas.