An ongoing spam campaign spreads Knight ransomware among users. The fake emails imitate Tripadvisor complaint messages. Knight ransomware is the revamp of the Cyclop Ransomware-as-a-Service, starting with July 2023. The Knight Ransomware Spam Campaign A researcher at Sophos detected this new spam campaign that spreads Knight ransomware using fake Tripadvisor complaints. The messages include a […]

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To understand what privileged access management is, we need to first understand what privileged access refers to. This article will cover many aspects of PAM, including definition, importance, functionality, statistics, best practices, and why our solution is the best for you. What Is Privileged Access? A simple definition for privileged access would be that speaking […]

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By John Linford, Forum Director, The Open Group Security Forum, and Open Trusted Technology Forum The Open Group Security & Open Trusted Technology (OTTF) Even in an industry known for […]

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: According to CISA, telecommunications firms are not adequately protecting consumers from SIM swapping. The agency recommends that public and private organizations adopt passwordless authentication and zero trust architecture in order to reduce the number of future SIM swapping incidents. Americans are losing as much as $68 million to SIM swapping attacks annually and […]

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Here, we will take a look at the best proxy service for 2023. If you want to protect your online privacy, one of the easiest ways to do this is to use a proxy server. In fact, it serves as a gateway between you and the Internet, so information about the websites you visit is […]

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Risk-Based Authentication (also known as RBA, context-based authentication, or adaptive authentication) is a security mechanism that looks at the profile (IP address, device, behavior, time of access, history, and so on) of the agent asking for access to the system in order to assess the potential risk associated with that transaction. How Does It Work? […]

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Worried about the spectacular array of adversaries and threat methodologies extant in today’s vast cyber landscape? The CISO playbook, when it comes to cyber resilience, needs an update. Today’s CISOs must readily adopt advanced paradigms – across a series of disparate dimensions – in order to effectively elevate organizational cyber resilience. If that sounds like […]

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This week, we discuss data breaches affecting the Electoral Commission and the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and the financial repercussions of Capita’s March ransomware incident. Also available on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts and SoundCloud.

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What to do if you don’t have the time, workforce, or knowledge to deal with Patch Management? We’ve got the solution for you. More and more vulnerability management vendors have begun to offer services that do all the heavy lifting. This is known as Patch Management as a Service (PMaaS) and today, we are going […]

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