Strategic Threat Intelligence: The Definitive Guide
Modern technology has created a world where threat actors are continuously adapting new tools and techniques with the main goal of stealing data from companies. In today’s digital age, traditional defensive security measures are no longer effective at protecting business assets appropriately. Therefore, businesses must be willing to evolve and adapt their cyber strategies to […]
Offensive Cybersecurity: The Definitive Guide
When considering how to thwart threat actors and protect IT assets against cyber attacks, many organizations take an inherently defensive approach. Locking down systems and assets with protective tools and procedures like firewalls, employee training, and incident response plans makes sense. However, in today’s high-volume and sophisticated threat landscape, intruders continue to innovate and find […]
4 Types of Threat Intelligence
In a data driven world, information means empowerment. Security professionals often worry that threat actors may find exposure that could lead to a data breach. Whether from chatting on dark web forums or purchasing stolen credentials, malicious actors have access to vast quantities of data about different devices, attack methodologies, and vulnerabilities. External threat intelligence […]
RedLine Stealer Malware: The Complete Guide
We updated this article on October 19, 2023, to include information about META malware. While phishing attacks and malicious website links often lead to ransomware attacks, many deliver other types of malware. Over the last few years, attackers increasingly rely on infostealer malware variants to obtain employee credentials. According to Accenture’s research, the RedLine stealer […]
GitHub Data Leaks: Detection & Prevention Guide
In a modern digital world, almost every company is a software development company. Your company may develop apps that provide digital customer experiences or build software that enable employee productivity. Developers use GitHub to collaborate efficiently and manage version control, recording and controlling software changes. Security teams know they need to monitor GitHub because the […]
The Cybercrime Assembly Line
Back in 2018, the Center for Strategic and International Studies came to the conclusion that cybercrime cost the world an approximate $600 billion annually, nearly 1% of global GDP. The cyber threat landscape has been constantly evolving, and the amount of money lost to cybercrime has only been increasing. According to IBM, the cost of […]
Illicit Telegram Groups: A New Dark Web Frontier?
The shady underworld of the dark web provides cybercriminals with an outlet to trade stolen information, tools, or malware, hold victims of cyber attacks to ransom, and discuss their targets and tactics. But the dark web forums that normally host illicit marketplaces and discussions are starting to lose their allure. Find out why the messaging […]
Operational Threat Intelligence: The Definitive Guide
Cyber threat intelligence involves gathering and analyzing an assortment of disparate data to help make prompt and effective security decisions related to current or potential attacks and adversaries. But simply lumping all of this information under a general label like “cyber threat intelligence” ignores the fact that there are different ways to categorize this data […]
Data Breach Prevention: Identifying Leaked Credentials on the Dark Web
Threat actors deploy many tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to get access to sensitive data assets. Among this arsenal of weapons, obtaining correct user credentials (username and password pairs) that can be used for credential stuffing attacks plays a central role in most data breaches. Poor password hygiene makes some credentials easy to guess. Social engineering […]
The Threat Intelligence Lifecycle: A Definitive Guide for 2023
Building an effective threat intelligence program that disseminates actionable data that results in real-world risk reduction has never been more critical than in 2023. Threats to enterprise organizations ranging from geopolitical risk to sophisticated ransomware groups continue to proliferate while many security teams struggle to integrate dozens of tools together and stay on top of […]
