That’s a good question if you’ve been curious about what it is and if it applies to you. For example, do you have a cloud product that the US Government would gain benefit from using? Are you being asked to seek a security approval or an “ATO” by your customer? We’ll go through the basics of FedRAMP in this article to help you understand where you stand in that process. FedRAMP is a government-wide program.
Ransomware is the fast-growing category of cybercrime. It’s estimated that over 4,000 ransomware attacks occur daily. Given the sheer volume of these attacks and the deep attack surface connections between organizations and their vendors, there’s a high likelihood that some of your employee credentials have already been compromised in a ransomware attack, which means the keys to your corporate network could currently be published on a ransomware gang’s data leak site.
Many organizations have multi-cloud setups, with the average corporation employing services from at least five cloud providers. Compatibility problems, contract breaches, non-secured APIs, and misconfigurations are among the security hazards cloud computing brings, which is popular. SaaS configurations are an attractive target for cybercriminals because they store a large amount of sensitive data, such as payment card details and personal information.
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Security practitioners may know about common command-and-control (C2) frameworks, such as Cobalt Strike and Sliver, but fewer have likely heard of the so-called Chinese sibling framework “Manjusaka” (described by Talos in an excellent writeup). Like other C2 frameworks, we studied the Manjusaka implant/server network communications in our lab environment, and here we document some of the detection methods available. We have also open-sourced the content we describe.
The ability of a cybercriminal to place themselves between you and the connection point poses the biggest security vulnerability to public WiFi. You unknowingly communicate with the cybercriminal, who then collects and passes your information to the hotspot, rather than you connecting to the hotspot directly. While there are ways to stay protected on public WiFi, it is still advisable to avoid using it.
Vitrea View is a tool that uses the DICOM standard to view medical images. If exploited an attacker could access patient information and obtain additional access to various services associated with Vitrea View..
Trustwave announced today that it has attained Gold competency in security in the Microsoft Partner Network, a mark reached by only 1% of all Microsoft partners. This certification, awarded upon rigorous review of technical certifications and innovative solutions, represents Microsoft’s highest level of partner recognition for aligning technical expertise to customer needs.
