Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

This blog is part of the ongoing “I&O Perspectives” series, which features insights from industry experts about the impact of current threats, networking, and other cybersecurity trends. In the previous blogs of this series, we explored how the internet has evolved into a primary channel for corporate business traffic and how secure access service edge (SASE) has become the foundational security pillar of this new framework.

Early last month, Netskope announced a few key security innovations across the Netskope One platform and some of my colleagues kicked off the conversation about Netskope Risk Exchange in a previous blog, Evolving the Netskope Risk Exchange Ecosystem. This blog series will continue to explore a number of different workflows that those comfortable using basic scripting, or enablement tools like Postman, can employ to programmatically update and inform your inline policy actions.

This is the third blog in our series, where we embark on a journey of Branch Transformation with the Next Gen SASE Branch solution. Built on the Netskope One SASE platform, the Next Gen SASE Branch solution combines its three layers–Context-aware SASE Fabric, Zero Trust Hybrid Security, and a SkopeAI-powered Cloud Orchestrator–into a unified cloud offering.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries across Asia, driving innovation, economic growth, and societal advancements. However, AI’s profound impact also brings significant governance challenges. As with any transformative technology, robust regulatory frameworks are essential to mitigate risks, ensure ethical use, and protect public interests. Reflecting on the evolution of cybersecurity regulation may provide insight into how AI regulation might develop.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly embedded in modern organisations—from standalone generative AI apps to AI copilots in popular SaaS platforms, and the integration of self-hosted or public large language models (LLMs) in private applications tailored to specific business needs. The recently introduced EU AI Act sets out to regulate AI development and usage, ensuring that AI systems are safe, ethical, and respect fundamental rights.

XWorm is a relatively new versatile tool that was discovered in 2022. It enables attackers to carry out a variety of functions, which include accessing sensitive information, gaining remote access, and deploying additional malware. The multifaceted nature of XWorm is appealing to threat actors, as evidenced by its alleged use earlier this year by threat actors such as NullBulge and TA558. Through Netskope Threat Labs hunting efforts, we uncovered XWorm’s latest version in the wild.

DCRat (also known as Dark Crystal RAT) is a modular remote access Trojan (RAT) which is offered as malware-as-a-service (MaaS) and has been around since 2018. It is written in C# and has typical RAT and information stealing capabilities, such as executing shell commands, logging keystrokes, exfiltrating files and credentials, among others.

In this second blog of our series, we embark on a journey of Branch Transformation with the Next Gen SASE Branch solution. Built on the Netskope One SASE platform, the Next Gen SASE Branch solution combines its three layers—Context-aware SASE Fabric, Zero Trust Hybrid Security, and a SkopeAI-powered Cloud Orchestrator—into a unified cloud offering. The three layers are defined below.

The UK government’s Cyber Essentials certification aims to get the UK up to speed with consistent cybersecurity controls, establishing a higher level of cybersecurity and resilience across the UK.

The adoption of cloud services, hybrid workforces, the rapid emergence and use of generative AI (genAI) along with the evolving regulatory environment are forcing security and risk management (SRM) leaders to enhance their SRM spending. Gartner forecasts global SRM spending to grow 14% in 2024. Moreover, worldwide end-user spending on SRM is projected to total $215 billion in 2024, an increase of 14.3% from 2023, according to a new forecast from Gartner, Inc.