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Why a Layered Security Strategy Matters

In the world of cybersecurity, one thing is certain: no system is immune to vulnerabilities and bugs. Even security software, designed to protect your organization, can have its flaws. But before you start to panic, consider this: the presence of these bugs is not unique to any single security provider. In fact, if you were to investigate the history of major security vendors, you would discover that they too have encountered similar problems.

Rubrik Incremental Merge: A New Approach to Oracle Backups

When the well-renowned Oracle database started penetrating the enterprise, database administrators typically backed up to tape and disk, with the former being the preferred target. To support the various tape and disk vendors in the marketplace, Oracle came up with the concept of a media management layer that allowed vendors to provide front-ends to their tape or disk devices.

Qakbot Banking Trojan

Qakbot, also known as Pinkslipbot, Qbot and Quakbot, is a notorious Banking Trojan designed to steal account credentials and online banking session information leading to account takeover fraud. Commonly distributed via malicious unsolicited email (malspam), Qakbot campaigns reportedly deployed ‘Cobalt Strike’ beacons likely in an attempt to move laterally as well as gaining persistency and establishing a robust communication channel back to the threat actor.

Tackling the Surge: The Expanded Financial Attack Surface

The Attack Surface is Growing, and fast. What once was considered the attack surface is no longer. Instead organizations are faced with a sprawling attack surface, including not just domains, IPs and sub-domains, but also third parties, brand risks and more. Businesses in the finance sector face two additional challenges: This blog focuses on banks, FinTech companies and insurance providers, as they are among the largest types of entities in the financial sector.

Cybersecurity Threats in Remote Learning

The pandemic brought with it many changes that affected how we interacted with each other; one of the biggest was remote learning. Traditionally, students had to be in classrooms physically to attend lectures. However, as this became unsafe and government regulations were put into effect, schools in many parts of the world had to adopt an online learning model.

Cybersecurity Careers: Navigating the Education Path

In a world where data breaches and cyberattacks are as frequent as morning coffee, the demand for cybersecurity specialists has never been higher. Whether you're a budding hacker hunter or just fascinated by the murky side of the digital world, a career in cybersecurity offers exciting challenges and opportunities. But how do you go about getting an education to work in this constantly evolving field? Do not be alarmed, my cyber-curious friend; we are about to embark on a journey through the fascinating labyrinth of cybersecurity careers.

Building a cloud-based financial app with regulatory compliance

Financial institutions recognize the advantages of migrating apps to the cloud or adopting a multicloud approach. While modern technologies offer tremendous opportunities, they also present challenges related to safeguarding customer data, cybersecurity, and complying with the law in the strictly regulated finance sector. How can you create a cloud-based FinTech app and ensure its compliance with industry regulations?

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: API7:2023 Server Side Request Forgery

Welcome to the 8th post in our weekly series on the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top-10 list, with a particular focus on security practitioners. This post will focus on API7:2023 Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF). In this series we are taking an in-depth look at each category – the details, the impact and what you can do about it.

How to Support Business Agility With Hybrid Cloud Services

Hybrid cloud takes the capabilities of the public and various private cloud options and merges them, allowing businesses to host different workloads within different environments depending on their performance, security, and resource needs. Companies leveraging a hybrid cloud strategy promote business competitiveness and agility, allowing them to respond to changes in resource demands quickly.

Why is it Important to Have Cybersecurity

In the era of the internet, cybersecurity has become an essential element. That is because the constant online presence has led to an increase in cyber crimes. However, taking the issue of cybercrimes such as spamming, phishing, etc. lightly won't cut it anymore. Most small businesses are unaware of the cybersecurity issues that exist in their environment because they believe that large companies are the only targets of cybercrime.