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Sharing Passwords via Email? What You Should Do Instead.

If you’re tempted to share a password over email, there are several security risks you should be aware of before doing so. Sending passwords over email is dangerous because emails are unencrypted and can be intercepted by cybercriminals. When data is unencrypted, it could be read or saved by the wrong or malicious recipients. Read on to learn why sending passwords through email is risky and how you can use a password manager to safely share your passwords instead.

Enhancing AppSec through Fuzzing in CI/CD Pipelines

In this blog, we are going to take a closer look at the concept of Fuzzing, using Go, and how to integrate it into your CI/CD pipeline. As a quick primer, Fuzzing is an automated testing technique that involves feeding random, unexpected, or invalid data to a program or API to uncover bugs and vulnerabilities. The core idea is to expose the program to inputs that developers may not have anticipated, thereby revealing flaws such as crashes, memory leaks, and security vulnerabilities.

The 11 Best Ways to Prevent an Internet Leak in 2024

Data breaches have increased this year, costing businesses $4.88 million—a 10% increase from 2023 and the highest increase since the pandemic. The cost is due to several factors, but an internet leak is one of the common factors that cost businesses money, causes loss of reputation, and threatens the online privacy of the general public. So, what can you do to help yourself, friends, family, employees, or businesses to limit the costs of a data breach or internet leak?

Emerging Technologies and Best Practices for Ransomware Prevention: Expert Insights

In this insightful discussion, cybersecurity expert Ashok shares his valuable perspectives on the latest technologies and best practices for detecting and preventing ransomware attacks. As ransomware threats continue to evolve and pose significant risks to businesses, it's crucial for organizations to stay ahead of the curve. Ashok emphasizes that while new technologies can help with faster detection, the fundamentals of cybersecurity remain essential.

Encryption at rest in Elastic Cloud: Bring your own key with AWS KMS

In the previous blog of this series, we unpacked the foundational concepts of encryption at rest and introduced you to Elastic Cloud’s “bring your own key” (BYOK) feature, which allows you to do encryption at rest with encryption keys managed by the KMS service of your cloud provider.

BDRCloud - How to Perform Bare Metal Recovery | Direct Streaming Method

BDRCloud - Bare Metal Recovery - Step-by-Step Guide Welcome to BDRCloud How-to series! In this video, we'll guide you through the process of performing Bare-Metal Recovery using the Direct Streaming method. BDRCloud's Bare-Metal Recovery feature is helpful when dealing with complete system failures, allowing you to restore entire systems (Windows Servers or Workstations), to new or existing hardware.

$75 Million Record-Breaking Ransom Paid To Cybercriminals, Say Researchers

The staggering sum of US $75 million has reportedly been paid to a ransomware gang in what is believed to be the largest known ransom payment made by a cyber attack victim since records began. Researchers at Zscaler claim in a new report that the record-breaking figure was paid by an undisclosed Fortune 50 company to the Dark Angels ransomware group.