Two-Thirds of Organizations Were Hit by a Ransomware Attack Last Year
In SpyCloud’s Ransomware Defense Report, its annual survey of CISOs or Chief Information Security Officers and heads of IT security from Canada, the UK, and US they found that that security teams are starting to lose hope that they can
How CASB Solutions are Improving Cloud Security
Cloud access security brokers (CASBs) are on-premises, or cloud-based security policy enforcement points, typically placed between cloud service consumers and their cloud service providers (CSB). The solutions often combine and add enterprise security policies when cloud-based resources are accessed. Further,
How Does the Cyber Mercenary Business Work?
The Cyber Mercenary Business is Surging, Unfortunately Reuters wrote a report on the booming business of Cyber mercenaries which we found particularly interesting and thought it was well worth sharing. The report discusses in detail, various cyber mercenary hacks which have
Ransomware and Business Email Compromise (BEC) Account for 70% of Breaches
Ransomware and business email compromises (BEC) topped the list of the types of attacks on organizations in the past year, making up 70% of the total number, according to the 2022 Unit 42 Incident Response Report from Unit 42 by
Nearly 50% Of Businesses Had a Cloud-Based Data Breach or Failed Audit
In the 2022 Thales Global Cloud Security Study, commissioned by Thales and conducted by 451 Research, reported that 45% of businesses it surveyed have experienced a cloud-based data breach or failed audit in the past 12 months, up 5% from
Assessing and Mitigating the Log4j Vulnerability
A Vulnerability Management Case Study Authors of this blog post include Subramani Sundar- Director, Threat & Vulnerability Management, Tamika Miyashita- Security Project Manager, Tanveer Chowdhury- Security Manager, & Peter Bellarmine - Lead Security Engineer This is the 3rd blog post we have
Lessons Learned in Defending Against the Log4j Vulnerability – A Case Study
Authors of this Blog Post include SecureOps Employees - Michal Kavan, SOC Director - Andrew Morrison, SOC Manager and Alejandro Perez, Sr. SOC Analyst In December, several Log4j vulnerabilities also known as Log4shell or LogJam in many of the IT security
The Log4j Vulnerability is Likely to be a Significant Threat for Years
Until last month, Log4j was simply a popular Java logging framework; one of the numerous components that run in the background of many modern web applications. But since the zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) was published, Log4j has made a huge impact
The SolarWinds Sunburst Attack: How to Protect Yourself from 5th Generation Cyberattacks
Last week US government offices were targeted by one of the most sophisticated and severe attacks seen in history both because of the sophistication and scope. A series of mega cyber-attacks were launched and thus far it appears were conducted
Why MAZE Ransomware Attacks are So Devastating
Why MAZE Ransomware Attacks are So Devastating MAZE ransomware is quickly becoming one of the most devastating strains of Windows ransomware that have infiltrated companies and organizations around the world and demanded that a Bitcoin or Cryptocurrency payment be made in