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The Latest Cybersecurity News & Insights From Around The World
Fraud is in Your Backyard
Each day, there are multiple news stories about fraud. Some share details about fraud committed against government entities or agencies, some tell us about instances in our educational institutions, and still, others describe the types of fraud against individuals in the form of identity theft. In the post-pandemic United States, fraud has increased in the public sector because our government has made benefits more accessible to those in need.
Netskope Threat Coverage: BlackSnake Ransomware
BlackSnake is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group that first appeared in a hacking forum in August 2022, where the operators were seeking affiliates and stating that they would take 15% of the profit, which is below the typical average of 20-30%. On February 28, 2023, a new variant of BlackSnake was spotted, and is notable for having a clipper module that targets cryptocurrency users.
WAF is woefully insufficient in today's container-based applications: Here's why
According to the Cloud Security Alliance, the average large enterprise has 946 custom applications deployed. Traditionally, organizations deployed Web Application Firewalls (WAF), which provide visibility and enforce security controls on external traffic that passes through them, at the perimeter to protect these applications against external attacks.
What Is Zero Trust and Why Is it So Important?
You’ve heard about it. A lot. But there are quite a few nuances when it comes to how Zero Trust security is defined and discussed. Is it a platform or a principle? It’s one of those terms that’s so widely cited that it has the tendency these days to elicit eye rolls within the cybersecurity industry and to be referred to as a buzzword by those sitting at the cool kids’ lunch table.
Getting to Know Velero Backup and Important Velero Resources That You Can Utilise
Velero is an open source tool for backing up and restoring resources in a Kubernetes cluster, performing disaster recovery, and migrating resources and persistent volumes to another Kubernetes cluster. Velero backup helps many organizations protect data stored in persistent volumes and makes your entire Kubernetes cluster more resilient. Velero has been pulled over 50M times from DockerHub! It is the most popular data protection choice for the Kubernetes community.
Cerebral Unintentionally Leaks Patient Data to Google, Meta, and TikTok
Cerebral is an online mental health company that's attempting to bring mental health care to patients around the country virtually. The company deals with tens of thousands of patients, and we've just learned that many of those patients may have had their information exposed to companies like Meta, Google, and TikTok. Cerebral is a startup company, and unfortunately, it isn't that unusual for startups to suffer from data issues such as this one.
Patching Vulnerabilities Within 24 hours
The average time of vulnerabilities remain open is 180+ days from the time it is discovered. When it comes to business growth vs security, business always wins, which means vulnerabilities are not patched on time allowing hackers to exploit them. However, most of these can be patched using Virtual patching. That too within 24 hours and ZERO impact to business continuity.
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Is it Safe to Store Credit Card Information Online?
No, it is not safe to store your credit card information online, including on merchant websites or web browsers. The only way to ensure your credit card information is stored safely is if you keep it in an encrypted vault. Read on to learn more about the risks of storing your credit card information online and how you can secure your credit cards moving forward.