What happens when your organization’s domain name expires or changes? Expired domains don’t simply disappear, and they can even become attack routes into your organization. Recent news out of Belgium has highlighted the potential danger, with hundreds of expired domain names and email addresses of government services being found available for purchase online.

UAT4356 is a state-sponsored threat actor that targets perimeter network devices in government networks globally with a clear focus on espionage. Their first activity can be traced back to November 2023, although researchers found evidence that the group was testing its capabilities as early as July 2023. So far, the initial attack vector used by the group has not been able to be determined.

A major challenge for developing modern applications is ensuring their security. Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) is a cloud-enabled approach that lets you proactively find and fix application vulnerabilities and protect your digital assets. A key step to using a PTaaS solution is selecting the right testing environments. This guide will help you understand the pros and cons of different testing environments, and decide which is best for your organization.

Using our own proprietary External Attack Surface Management (EASM) solution, Outpost24’s Sweepatic, we have conducted an attack surface analysis on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games online infrastructure. The Paris 2024 cybersecurity team have done plenty right, but we’ve also highlighted some real-life attack surface risks that have slipped through the gaps (and do so for many organizations) including open ports, SSL misconfigurations, cookie consent violations, and domain squatting.