Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Imagine this: you wake up to a notification – your company has suffered a data breach. Fear sets in as you think about what this means: customer data exposed, your company’s reputation damaged, and big fines on the horizon. In today’s digital landscape, this scenario is too common. Organizations worldwide face penalties for non-compliance with regulations, such as fines of up to $50,000 per incident for violating HIPAA.

For startup leaders, getting compliant with common security and privacy frameworks, like SOC 2 and ISO 27001, is often necessary to unlock new revenue streams, expand upmarket, and prove trust. ‍ While there’s a clear need to get compliant, this process is often time-consuming, manual, and full of “one step forward, two steps back” moments.

Vortax spreads infostealer malware, new malware campaign distributes fake error messages, and Linux malware uses emojis to execute commands.

Penetration Testing, often known as "pen testing," plays a pivotal role in assessing the security posture of any digital environment. It's a simulated cyber attack where security teams utilise a series of attack techniques to identify and exploit vulnerabilities within systems, applications, and an organisation’s infrastructure. This form of testing is crucial because it evaluates the effectiveness of the organisation's defensive mechanisms against unauthorized access and malicious actors.

Cybersecurity moves fast, and the latest threats to reach organizations worldwide are being built on the back of artificial intelligence (AI) models that spit out accurate code, realistic messages, and lifelike audio and video designed to fool people. But as headline-grabbing as AI-based attacks appear to be, they aren’t driving the most breaches globally. That would be BEC attacks, in which attackers leverage stolen access to a business email account to create a scam that results in financial gain.

On June 25, 2024, Progress disclosed two vulnerabilities affecting MOVEit Transfer and MOVEit Gateway: CVE-2024-5805: A critical severity authentication bypass vulnerability affecting MOVEit Gateway (SFTP module). MOVEit Gateway is a proxy for MOVEit Transfer, designed to securely handle inbound connections when deployed behind a firewall.

As the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris approach, organizers are intensifying cybersecurity measures in response to warnings from experts and law enforcement agencies about a likely surge in cyberattacks. The Games, set to start on 26 July this year, are projected to sell over 13 million tickets and attract more than 15 million visitors to Paris, generating around 11 billion euros in economic activity.