GitHub Security Best Practices: A 2022 Guide
As the attack surface of most organizations’ IT environments expands into cloud-based services and infrastructure, it’s becoming more challenging than ever to secure assets and avoid data leaks. As more businesses become software-led, hosting services like GitHub provide tangible benefits, but their use also carries cyber risks. Ever-willing to adapt their tactics, threat actors increasingly […]
Five Steps to Effective Security Benchmarking
With an ever-increasing volume of cyber attacks hitting businesses, and new threat actors entering the fray constantly, robust modern cybersecurity demands regular improvement. The companies best placed to contend with cybersecurity risks are those that both strive to improve and track their progress over time. Security benchmarking is a critical process that measures how well […]
Spear Phishing Defense: A Complete 2022 Guide
Phishing emails are still one of the most widely used attack vectors. Threat actors create a convincing pretext in emails that dupes victims into revealing passwords, downloading malware, or unknowingly initiating fraudulent transactions. This pretext exploits human behavior and psychology. Many of today’s successful phishing campaigns are more sophisticated and targeted than traditional mass phishing […]
Digital Risk Protection: The Complete Guide
Cybersecurity no longer stops at the network boundary. The past decade has seen the proliferation of online threats, many of which companies are entirely unaware of. Users’ credentials are sold on the dark web to facilitate account takeover schemes, sensitive customer data is leaked or traded for bitcoin, and companies regularly lose highly sensitive technical […]
Preventing Credential Theft: 3 Critical Steps
Stolen credentials provide cybercriminals with both an entry point into your network and a way to move through your network undetected. While the cyber threat landscape is more diverse in terms of tactics and techniques than ever, the aftermath of many data breach and ransomware incidents ends up tracing either their origin or their escalation […]
Attack Surface Monitoring: The Definitive 2022 Guide
Widespread digital transformation initiatives over the last decade mean that most IT environments are more complex and heterogeneous than ever. Cloud computing, virtual machines on multiple operating systems, and remote work arrangements are cornerstone infrastructural elements that blur the boundary between the internal network and external Internet at most organizations. From a cybersecurity perspective, dissolved […]
Attack Surface Reduction: 5 Steps to Reduce Cyber Risk
There are many contributing factors that make it difficult to deal with today’s cyber threat landscape. Complex infrastructure, sophisticated threats, cybersecurity talent shortages—these things all matter. Arguably a more important factor, however, is that businesses fail to view security from threat actors’ perspectives and neglect to manage their attack surface. This article takes a deep […]
8 Passive OSINT Methods for Profiling Cybercriminals on the Dark Web
Cybercrime is ever present in the increasingly digital landscape. Experts say that almost six ransomware attacks will occur every minute and back in November, 2021, our data science team reported a 280% increase in ransomware groups within the last year. But that’s only ransomware, cybercrime in general has also been increasing at a rapid pace, […]
Ransomware Defense: How External Monitoring Can Enable Intelligent Security
It wasn’t always the case that ransomware attacks resulted in data breaches—traditionally, ransomware strains just blocked access to files or systems unless you paid up. The first double extortion attack in late 2019 signaled a shift in ransomware gangs’ tactics. Recognizing that information is an incredibly valuable asset, threat actors began exfiltrating sensitive data assets […]
How to Choose a Digital Footprint Solution
How to choose a digital footprint monitoring solution An organization’s digital footprint includes any publicly available information about them, whether it’s credentials, exposed services, intellectual property, or any other kind of data. Although monitoring your digital footprint is key to understanding what malicious actors see when they plan a targeted or untargeted attack, choosing a […]
