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December 2024

Cybersecurity as a Service: Reliable Protection for Businesses

Cyber risks are changing at a speed that has never been seen before. Hackers are always looking for vulnerable spots in businesses, no matter how big or small they are. Cybersecurity as a service has become a game-changing option that gives businesses strong, scalable, and affordable security. Businesses can protect their networks, data, and processes with this model, which is provided by experts, without having to build a large security team in-house.

IT Resource Management: Why It Is A Key To Business Success

To achieve success with your project, you should pay close attention to how you manage your IT resources. If these are allocated correctly, it is easier to stay within budget, maximize the productivity of your employees or teams, and, most importantly, – deliver a high-quality project on time. However, managing these resources effectively takes time and a lot of effort.

Emerging Threat: Palo Alto PAN-OS CVE-2024-3393

CVE-2024-3393 is a high severity (CVSS v4.0 score 8.7) Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting specific versions of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS DNS Security feature. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to send malicious packets through the data plane of the firewall. This forces the firewall to reboot. Repeated attempts can force the firewall into maintenance mode, requiring security teams to manually reset the firewall and significantly disrupting operations.

The 7 Most Telling Data Breaches of 2024

While cyber criminals continue to devise ever more creative ways to get into systems, the outcomes of repeat like a broken record: stolen data and lost money. It happened in again and again this year, but our pick proves the stakes are only getting higher with time. We'll explain the logic behind the list, impacts felt, and key takeaways.

Elevating Comprehensive Security with Counter-Drone Solutions

The threat of drones to critical infrastructure and general security, therefore, is an issue that is increasing in today's connected world. Those could be operating a lot of unauthorized activities such as aerial surveillance, creating red flags for privacy and safety, among others, to more hazardous and serious incidents of sabotage that may disrupt basic services.

The Legal Checklist for Business Sellers

Selling a business requires careful planning and legal groundwork, whether for retirement purposes, transition into another venture, or cash out. Ensuring your business is ready for acquisition is of equal importance as financial stability or market position considerations; without adequate legal preparation, you risk losing value or facing surprises during its sale process.

The Importance of Risk Management in Property Renovations

Renovating older properties can be both rewarding and thrilling projects, from renovating historic homes to modernizing commercial structures. Unfortunately, renovating older structures often comes with hidden dangers that turn a project into an unsafe undertaking - specifically with regards to asbestos, lead, and mold present within older structures - meaning risk management for every renovation is essential in keeping everyone involved safe during every renovation endeavor.

How Technology Is Influencing the Future of Community Financial Management

Technology has had a remarkable effect on all industries, with community management no exception. Homeowners' Associations (HOAs) increasingly turn to digital tools in their financial management operations - whether tracking budgets and expenses or maintaining transparency, technology plays a pivotal role. Partnership with an effective HOA management company using such technologies is often crucial.

SquareX Researchers Expose OAuth Attack on Chrome Extensions Days Before Major Breach

SquareX, an industry-first Browser Detection and Response (BDR) solution, leads the way in browser security. About a week ago, SquareX reported large-scale attacks targeting Chrome Extension developers aimed at taking over the Chrome Extension from the Chrome Store.

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Zero Trust in 2025: 5 Sensitive Areas to Prioritize

From external collaboration and compliance to key financial info and intellectual property, here are five areas that need Zero Trust as a priority. In mid 2024, Gartner research found that 63% of global organizations had fully or partially-implemented a Zero Trust strategy, but these strategies only covered a small portion of the organization’s environment and that many enterprises were still “not sure what the top practices are for Zero Trust implementations.”

From Retail Rampages to 2FA Fails: Trustwave's Wild Ride Through the 2024 Cybersecurity Circus

As always in cybersecurity, hardly a dull day went by in 2024. So much happened we thought it might be helpful to remind everyone what went down over the last 12 months. At least from a Trustwave SpiderLabs perspective. Here are the top SpiderLabs’ blogs, as voted by viewer readership analytics: Trustwave SpiderLabs would like to thank all its readers and we hope we informed, inspired and maybe made you laugh a few times in 2024. See you all next week in 2025.