Top 5 security risks of Open RAN
When a cell phone or other mobile device connects to the nearest cell tower, the communication takes place over something called a RAN — a…
6 signs your IAM strategy is failing, and how to fix it
Companies have been developing and executing identity and access management (IAM) strategies for decades. “It started with mainframe time sharing, so nothing is new,” says Jay Bretzmann,…
Adversarial machine learning explained: How attackers disrupt AI and ML systems
As more companies roll out artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) projects, securing them becomes more important. A report released by IBM and Morning Consult in…
9 ways hackers will use machine learning to launch attacks
Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming a core technology for some threat detection and response tools. The ability to learn on the fly…
7 machine identity management best practices
Machine identities are a large, and fast-growing part of the enterprise attack surface. The number of machines—servers, devices, and services—is growing rapidly and efforts to…
Fantastic Open Source Cybersecurity Tools and Where to Find Them
Open source is a double-edged sword for information security. On the one hand, security professionals rely on countless open source security software tools, frameworks, and…
What is the cyber kill chain? A model for tracing cyberattacks
As an infosec professional, you’ve likely heard about using a cyber kill chain to help identify and prevent intrusions. Attackers are evolving their methods, which…
How attackers sidestep the cyber kill chain
The idea of the cyber kill chain was first developed by Lockheed Martin more than a decade ago. The basic idea is that attackers perform reconnaissance, find…
Why DevOps pipelines are under attack and how to fight back
In mid-2017, Russian state-sponsored attackers installed a malicious worm in a Ukrainian financial software package. When businesses updated their software, it became infected. The worm,…
Data residency laws pushing companies toward residency as a service
Data residency laws require that companies operating in a country keep data about its citizens on servers located in that country. For companies that have…
Ransomware recovery: 8 steps to successfully restore from backup
According to a ransomware survey report released in June by Keeper Security, 49% of companies hit by ransomware paid the ransom–and another 22% declined to…
Botnet attacks on APIs: Why most companies are unprepared
As companies move applications to the cloud and expose functionality via application programming interfaces (APIs), criminals have been moving quickly to take advantage of this…
How API attacks work, and how to identify and prevent them
In early May, fitness company Peloton announced that it had exposed customer account data on the internet. Anyone could access users’ account data from Peloton’s…
Tips and tactics of today’s cybersecurity threat hunters
Threat hunting isn’t just for the biggest organizations anymore. As the SolarWinds attack demonstrated, any size company can be vulnerable to stealthy attackers who worm…
5 ways attackers counter incident response, and how to stop them
Last month, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre reported that one organization paid nearly $9 million to attackers for a decryption key after falling victim…
How strong, flexible data protection controls can help maintain regulatory compliance
Privacy and security regulations are evolving quickly. The European Union’s GDPR and California’s new CPRA law are only the most high-profile examples. According to Privacy…
Supply chain attacks show why you should be wary of third-party providers
What is a supply chain attack? A supply chain attack, also called a value-chain or third-party attack, occurs when someone infiltrates your system through an…
CPRA explained: New California privacy law ramps up restrictions on data use
In November, Californians approved a ballot measure, Proposition 24, a.k.a. the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), to create a new consumer data privacy agency. It…
How secure are your AI and machine learning projects?
When enterprises adopt new technology, security is often on the back burner. It can seem more important to get new products or services to customers…
How to protect backups from ransomware
Despite a recent decline in attacks, ransomware still poses significant threats to enterprises, as the attacks against several major newspapers demonstrated this month. It is…
Supply chain attacks show why you should be wary of third-party providers
A supply chain attack, also called a value-chain or third-party attack, occurs when someone infiltrates your system through an outside partner or provider with access…
IBM, Intel, AMD take different routes to hardware-based encryption
We have encryption for data in motion. We have encryption for data at rest. But one type of data is difficult to keep encrypted –…
Getting started with security automation
Network engineer Jose Arellano concedes that “the hardest part of my day” is keeping the network safe for 12,700 students, 1,900 staff and more than…
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA): What you need to know to be compliant
In late June, 2018, California passed a consumer privacy act, AB 375, that could have more repercussions on U.S. companies than the European Union’s General…
8 ways to get more life out of an old SIEM
As the COVID-19 pandemic drags global economies to a halt, enterprises are having to tighten their belts across the board, including in IT. In May…
AI-powered deception technology speeds deployment, improves results
Over the past few weeks, the cybersecurity landscape has changed dramatically. Employees working at home mean more exposed attack surface and plenty of unusual user…
8 PCI DSS questions every CISO should be able to answer
At the end of this year, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is expected to get an upgrade to version 4.0. It…
9 CCPA questions every CISO should be prepared to answer
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1 and it is affecting companies not just in California but across the United…
What you need to know about the new OWASP API Security Top 10 list
OWASP, the Open Web Application Security Project known for its top 10 list of web application vulnerabilities, published the release candidate version of its API…
Directory traversal explained: Definition, examples and prevention
Directory traversal examples In September, researchers discovered a “critical severity” directory traversal vulnerability in Atlassian’s Jira Service Desk Server and Jira Service Desk Data Center…