Getting Started with Active Directory Security
Evaluating, Benchmarking and Creating a Strategy By Justin Kohler, Director of BloodHound Enterprise, SpecterOps Over 90% of the Fortune 1000 use Microsoft Active Directory (AD) for identity and access management….
How To Thwart Fraud with Phone Numbers
By Guillaume Bourcy, Vice President, Data & Identity Solutions, TeleSign During the peak of the global pandemic, online shopping and cybercriminal activity hit unprecedented figures, hitting merchants’ bottom lines hard….
Surviving The New Era of Terabit-Class DDoS Attacks
By Richard Hummel, Threat Intelligence Lead, NETSCOUTy In March 2018, a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) disrupted service for the developer platform GitHub. The attack, which lasted for approximately…
“Owning Your Identity” Through Biometric and Passwordless Innovations
By Bob Eckel, CEO, Aware Consumers around the world have become increasingly comfortable engaging with businesses digitally. Between 2020 and 2021, driven in part by the pandemic, the proportion of…
12 Tips for Improving Access Control in Your Organization
By Bryon Miller ASCENT In today’s world, we have more access to essentially all that’s available in our lives. More access to people and places. More access to information and…
North Korea-linked threat actors stole $1.7 billion from cryptocurrency exchanges
North Korea-linked threat actors are behind some of the largest cyberattacks against cryptocurrency exchanges. North Korea-linked APT groups are suspected to be behind some of the largest cyberattacks against cryptocurrency…
Cyber (In)Secure: Business Sentiment on Cyber Security Challenges
By James Edgar, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, FLEETCOR Undoubtedly the last two years have been incredibly challenging for businesses, as many companies grappled with the health…
New Rook Ransomware borrows code from Babuk
Recently launched ransomware operation, named Rook, made headlines for its announcement claiming a desperate need a lot of money. A new ransomware operation named Rook appeared in the threat landscape,…
Enterprises Cannot Achieve Zero Trust Security Without Machine Identity Management
Thanks to the rise of machines and shift towards zero-trust security, organizations’ security will require a new type of identity management By Murali Palanisamy, chief solutions officer, AppViewX The…
Conti ransomware gang exploits Log4Shell bug in its operations
The Conti ransomware gang is the first ransomware operation exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability to target VMware vCenter Servers. Conti ransomware gang is the first professional race that leverages Log4Shell exploit to compromise…
It’s About Time: The Unappreciated Fundamental Metric for Security
By Winn Schwartau During the Cold War, the US defended us poor, soon-to-be-nuked citizenry, with time. If the Soviets got it into their heads to send over a six-pack of…
FBI’s investigation accidentally revealed the HelloKitty ransomware gang operates out of Ukraine
While investigating a data breach suffered by a healthcare organization, FBI accidentally revealed that it believes that the HelloKitty ransomware gang operates out of Ukraine. The investigation conducted by FBI…