Tag: Heimdal Security Blog

What Is a Privileged Access Workstation?

A Privileged Access Workstation (PAW) is a secure computer built to safeguard sensitive tasks and privileged accounts. IT admins and security teams use PAWs to manage critical systems like the Active Directory. They also use them to access cloud services,…

Google To Make MFA Mandatory for Google Cloud in 2025

Google has recently announced that it plans to implement mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) on all Cloud accounts by the end of 2025. Google argues that MFA strengthens security without sacrificing a smooth and convenient online experience. It is reported that…

How to Build a Healthy Patch Management Program

Any cybersecurity professional will know that regularly patching vulnerabilities is essential to protecting a network. Keeping apps, devices, and infrastructure up to date closes ‘back doors’ into your environment. But most cybersecurity professionals will also know there’s a big gap…

Why having too many cybersecurity point solutions is risky

“We have so many solutions now to solve single issues in our companies that the number of security solutions is becoming a risk itself” – Thomas Baasnes, Cybersecurity Director at Verdane. How many cybersecurity point solutions does your organization use?…

How to Build a Healthy Patch Management Program?

Any cybersecurity professional will know that regularly patching vulnerabilities is essential to protecting a network. Keeping apps, devices, and infrastructure up to date closes ‘back doors’ into your environment. But most cybersecurity professionals will also know there’s a big gap…

Interlock Ransomware Specifically Targets FreeBSD Servers

Interlock ransomware operators created an encryptor meant to target FreeBSD servers. This is a practice that hackers often use in attacks on VMware ESXi servers and virtual machines. Now, the security researchers analyzed a sample of the FreeBSD ELF encryptor…