Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

February 2023

Why the Phishing Blame Game Misses the Point

Phishing is a big problem that’s getting even bigger as cybercriminals find new ways to hook employees. With threats coming from every direction – emails on company computers, text and voice messages on mobile devices and in personal communications channels, malicious typosquatting sites, phony marketing QR codes and more – it’s only a matter of time before someone trips up and opens or clicks on something they shouldn’t.

How Automated Identity Management Can Help Solve the Compliance Puzzle

Have you ever received a puzzle as a gift from a well-intentioned friend? They likely thought something along the lines of, “Hey, this person’s into solving problems — I bet they’d love putting together this bad boy on a rainy day.” The sentiment was spot-on. Puzzles are your thing.

EP 21 - Back to the Cyber Future: Theresa Payton on Evolving Digital Threats (Part 1)

Since the earliest digital days, cyberattackers have targeted identities in their quests for riches, chaos and even revenge. So, what if we could hop into a flux capacitor-equipped DeLorean, hammer-down to 88 mph, and go back in time to better understand how yesterday’s threats influence today’s landscape – and what history can teach us about outpacing adversaries? Today, we do that – and a whole lot more – with a fantastic guest: Theresa Payton.

Deconstructing Identity Security

Most companies now recognize the serious and insidious nature of cybersecurity threats. But many fail to grasp that the digital transformation, remote work, automation and cloud migration activities of the last few years have turbocharged the number of identities seeking access to data and critical business systems. This surge in identities has exponentially increased the likelihood of cyberattacks, undercutting the effectiveness of traditional identity and access management (IAM) paradigms.

Udi Mokady to Step into Executive Chair Role and Matt Cohen to Become CEO

Today, CyberArk announced that our founder and CEO Udi Mokady will step into the role of Executive Chairman and our Chief Operating Officer, Matt Cohen, will become CyberArk’s CEO, effective April 3, 2023. Together, Udi and Matt make a great team and we’re excited for this next chapter in CyberArk’s journey.

The Linux Kernel and the Cursed Driver

NTFS is a filesystem developed by Microsoft that was introduced in 1993. Since then, it has become the primary filesystem for Windows. In recent years, the need for an NTFS implementation for macOS and Linux has risen, and as a result, new NTFS drivers for those operating systems have been developed. This blog post presents some information about the NTFS driver for Linux and shows a bug we found in one of the filesystem’s features.

Post-CircleCI Breach, Focus on Identity Security Strategy

When news of the recent CircleCI breach broke, developers everywhere scrambled to rotate tokens and remove hardcoded secrets stored in the popular CI/CD platform to minimize their exposure. Now that the dust has settled and more details are available, we’re reexamining the CircleCI attack chain to highlight the importance of a holistic Identity Security strategy in thwarting future damaging attacks.

Breaking Docker Named Pipes SYSTEMatically: Docker Desktop Privilege Escalation - Part 1

Everything started when I was researching Windows containers. It required installing Docker Desktop for Windows, and I couldn’t help but notice that there were many Docker processes. Since some of the processes were privileged, the communication between them is of particular interest, which led me to explore further. I found the processes were using named pipes for communication, and one of them was a way to forward API calls from a low-privileged user to a privileged service.

How to Secure Secrets in Multi-cloud Environments

It wasn’t too long ago that using a single cloud for some business operations was cutting-edge technology. Now the cloud is essential for accelerating growth, improving efficiency and remaining competitive. Most organizations have multiple cloud environments deployed, in addition to private cloud and on-premises environments. In fact, in a soon-to-release CyberArk survey, 85% of respondents said they would be using three or more cloud service providers by 2023.

EP 20 - Hacking ChatGPT

Even if you’ve been living under a super-sized rock for the last few months, you’ve probably heard of ChatGPT. It’s an AI-powered chatbot and it’s impressive. It’s performing better on exams than MBA students. It can debug code and write software. It can write social media posts and emails. Users around the globe are clearly finding it compelling. And the repercussions – good and bad – have the potential to be monumental.

Securing The Enterprise's Cloud Assets on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Regardless of where enterprises are in their cloud journey, CyberArk's goal is to enable enterprises to protect their assets in AWS by providing powerful solutions for securing privileged access at each stage of their journey. Download this white paper to learn how CyberArk Identity Security solutions can be deployed with CyberArk's automation capabilities and used to proactively protect privileged access and detect threats in real-time in AWS environments.

Privileged Access Management as a Service For Dummies

A quick read for actionable tips, technical insight and best practices. Privileged access represents one of the largest security vulnerabilities in today's digital landscape. Privileged accounts, credentials and secrets are everywhere throughout your IT infrastructure: on-premises, across multi-cloud and hybrid environments, in applications, on endpoints and in DevOps pipeline. Most security breaches involve a stolen privileged credential. That's why Privileged Access Management (PAM) is a critical part of any cyber security program.