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The Future of Cybersecurity: How SASE Security is Transforming Network Protection

For decades, enterprise networks resembled fortified castles: one or two drawbridges (MPLS links) funneled all traffic back to a central moat where hardware firewalls, proxy stacks, and IPS appliances examined every packet. Cloud computing, hybrid work, and an explosion of SaaS shattered that perimeter. Today, an employee might open a CRM record in Salesforce from a café, push source code to GitHub over home Wi-Fi, and join a Zoom meeting through a 5G hotspot-often in the same morning.
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Navigating Cyber Threats in the Retail Sector

The UK retail sector stands at a critical crossroads. In a market where digital agility defines success and consumer trust can be won or lost in seconds, cyber security is no longer a back-office issue; it's a frontline brand priority. As malicious actors set their sights on retail's digital backbone from Point-of-Sale systems to complex supply chain networks, the potential for disruption has never been more tangible.

How does Fidelis NDR Delivers Proactive Asset Risk Mitigation?

Organizations operating in sprawling, hybrid IT environments often lack complete visibility into all assets and their communication patterns. This gap creates blind spots where vulnerabilities go undetected, third-party components remain unpatched, and unauthorized lateral movement can occur without raising alarms.

Modern application control, done right with least privilege

When attackers gain access to a single endpoint—like a developer’s workstation or an HR system—it’s often game over. With some skill and patience, that foothold can escalate into full-blown disruption: stolen data, operational downtime, and brand damage. For years, technologies like application control have served as the frontline defense against this. But in a world rife with rapid change and evolving threats, traditional approaches are showing their age.

Greedy Sponge Targets Mexico with AllaKore RAT and SystemBC

A financially-motivated threat actor, active since early 2021, has been targeting Mexican organizations with custom packaged installers that deliver a modified version of AllaKore RAT. Arctic Wolf documented 2022 and 2023 campaign samples from this unidentified threat actor in a previous report. We are now referring to this group as Greedy Sponge, due to its financial focus and prior use of a popular “SpongeBob” meme on its C2.

Unmasking Malicious APKs: Android Malware Blending Click Fraud and Credential Theft

Malicious APKs (Android Package Kit files) continue to serve as one of the most persistent and adaptable delivery mechanisms in mobile threat campaigns. Threat actors routinely exploit social engineering and off-market distribution to bypass conventional security controls and capitalize on user trust to steal a variety of data, such as log in credentials.

Trustwave MDR Accelerates Automotive Company's Cybersecurity Posture

For many organizations, especially those in industries like automotive manufacturing, navigating escalating cyber threats and meeting stringent insurance requirements is no simple endeavor. This is where a robust solution like Trustwave Managed Detection and Response (MDR) can make all the difference.

Thousands of WordPress Sites at Risk After Gravity Forms Breach

A critical vulnerability in the popular Gravity Forms WordPress plugin has led to widespread malware injections across thousands of sites. The flaw is being actively exploited by threat actors, some of whom are inserting backdoors and malicious JavaScript into WordPress sites to carry out data theft, SEO poisoning, and client-side attacks.

Thousands of Spoofed News Sites Are Pushing Push Investment Fraud Scams

Scammers are using over 17,000 phony news sites to push investment fraud, according to a new report from CTM360. These websites, which the researchers call “Baiting News Sites (BNS),” spread via legitimate ad platforms such as Google or Meta. The sites impersonate well-known news providers, including CNN, the BBC, CNBC, News24, and ABC News. If a user clicks on one of these sites, they’ll be shown a fake news article about a well-known figure promoting a phony investment opportunity.