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KnowBe4 Hacker Story: Javvad Malik - Hacker Was Me
What’s the worst that could happen? KnowBe4's Lead Security Awareness Advocate, Javvad Malik's, nightmare became a reality when he became a hacker for an online bank due to a simple mistake. Learn from his experience and ensure your team is properly trained in cybersecurity.
Michael Smith - Defender Fridays - June 28, 2024
Michael Smith, CTO at Vercara, came back for another episode of Defender Fridays to talk about malware DGAs!
Leveraging Data from Cyber Attacks: Insights for Businesses
Learn how data from insured cyber events provides valuable insights for businesses. Tools like ransomware calculators help organisations estimate the potential costs of cyber attacks, enabling better risk management and preparedness.
Leaked passwords, no passwords, and AI generated captions for video
In this week’s episode, we explore the realm of passwords, leaked passwords, two-factor authentication (2FA), and also AI generated captions for video. Host João Tomé is joined by Garrett Galow, Director of Product at Cloudflare, to discuss a recent blog post on how we help keep customers safe through leaked password notifications accessible via our dashboard. We also discuss the use of passwords in 2024, the importance of 2FA or multi-factor authentication like hardware keys, offer suggestions, and explore how passwords might become less common in the future.
Deep Dive into Blockchain Security: Vulnerabilities and Protective Measures
Blockchain technology, renowned for its decentralized and immutable nature, promises enhanced security for various applications. However, like any technology, it is not without vulnerabilities. This in-depth examination explores the security aspects of blockchain, identifies common vulnerabilities, and outlines the measures needed to secure blockchain applications effectively.
5 reasons why MSPs can't win the Microsoft 365 security game using Secure Score (and what to do about it)
1. Limited Scope of Security Metrics Microsoft Secure Score assesses security configurations and behaviors within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem but does not account for external threats. MSPs need a holistic security approach that includes network security, endpoint protection, and third-party integrations, which Secure Score does not cover (S:1).
The Role of Automation in Enforcing the Principle of Least Privilege
As businesses continue to expand their reliance on cloud security and privileged access management, the imperative to implement least privilege access in a manner both effective and efficient cannot be overstated. Yet, with the increasing complexity of information systems and the proliferation of privileged accounts, manually administering and enforcing the least privilege principle poses substantial challenges.
Security Update: Critical CUPS Vulnerability
A critical chained vulnerability (CVE-2024-47076, CVE-2024-47175, CVE-2024-47176, and CVE-2024-47177) has been detected within the open-source printing system CUPS (present in most Linux distributions). Attackers can achieve remote code execution, potentially leading to complete control of the vulnerable system. Detectify customers can assess whether their systems are running affected versions of CUPS.
Exabeam SIEM Overview
Explore cloud-native Exabeam SIEM, part of the Exabeam Security Operations Platform. Exabeam SIEM is a scalable cloud-native offering providing advanced capabilities for log management and SIEM, using the power of generative AI to provide event context and accelerate investigations. It delivers a limitless scale to ingest, parse, store, search, and report on petabytes of data—from everywhere. Exabeam SIEM includes over 200 prepackaged correlation rules with a rule builder, allowing even new analysts to easily create, deploy, and manage environment-specific rules.