File integrity monitoring (FIM) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) are two cybersecurity solutions that are often foundational aspects of organizations’ security strategies. EDR is implemented in order to stop known and unknown threats at endpoints, often with advanced functions…
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Top 7 Technical Resource Providers for ICS Security Professionals
Attacks against industrial control systems (ICS) are on the rise. Cyberattacks are more prevalent, creative, and faster than ever. So, understanding attackers’ tactics is crucial. The IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2023 highlights that backdoor deployments enabling remote access…
VERT Threat Alert: May 2024 Patch Tuesday Analysis
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s May 2024 Security Updates . VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1106 as soon as coverage is completed. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2024-30040 Up first this month, we…
Insider Threats Maintain a Rising Trend
“When the cat’s away, the mouse will play,” the old adage goes. Filings to anti-fraud non-profit Cifas would support that claim, as Insider Threat Database (ITD) reports rose by 14% this past year and are largely attributable to hard-to-monitor work-from-home…
The Importance of Passive Asset Discovery
It’s the fifth requirement in CIS Control 1 : Use a passive asset discovery tool. Sounds simple enough. But what does it mean? And what, specifically, makes it so important that it became one of the first five requirements of…
The World Cybercrime Index: What is it and why is it important?
Cybercriminals are notoriously tricky to pin down. They are experts in obfuscation and misdirection, masters of avoiding consequences. Not since the early days of the Wild West have criminals managed to evade capture and maintain anonymity as effectively as modern…
FBI Warns US Retailers That Cybercriminals Are Targeting Their Gift Card Systems
The FBI has issued a warning to US retailers about a financially-motivated malicious hacking ring that has been targeting employees with phishing attacks in an attempt to create fraudulent gift cards. Staff at the corporate offices of US retail companies…
FBI Warns US Retailers That Cybercrimnals Are Targeting Their Gift Card Systems
The FBI has issued a warning to US retailers about a financially-motivated malicious hacking ring that has been targeting employees with phishing attacks in an attempt to create fraudulent gift cards. Staff at the corporate offices of US retail companies…
ANSI and the International Society of Automation Explained
As technologies advance and the world grows more complicated, collaboration and coordination have become increasingly important. Setting standards, sharing information, and bringing experts together are essential to safely developing technologies for national and global priorities, and the world needs organizations…
Hey, You. Get Off of My Cloud
The Rolling Stones wanted to protect their space; we, as security practitioners, need to protect ours. Data ‘castles’ in the cloud are out there, and they’re constantly under siege. By drawing inspiration from a band that embodied personal freedom, we…