Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

In today’s business landscape, security and compliance mean everything. ‍ Because of this, many modern businesses look towards solutions that will provide customers and prospects with the most confidence and trust. One of these is SOC 2 compliance and attestation. SOC 2 is a marker of solid and consumer-minded companies that want to protect customer data.

A new report covering 13 global markets highlights phishing prevalence and its role in cyber attacks when compared to other types of attacks. It’s difficult for me not to stand on my “phishing is a problem” soapbox when there exists stories and reports demonstrating that phishing continues to dominate as a security problem that isn’t being properly addressed.

This new phishing toolkit is rising in popularity for its effective realism in impersonating not just Microsoft 365, but the victim organization as well. Security researchers at Cisco Talos have identified a new Microsoft 365 toolkit that actually creates a realistic login experience for the victim user, making it more dangerous to organizations.

On Wednesday, May 3, 2023, Google introduced eight new top-level domains (TLD) available for purchase and that could be used with websites and/or email addresses. From these eight new TLD’s, one that stands out as a potential security risk is.zip. The.zip TLD is concerning since it is also used as an extension of files commonly shared over the internet. With the inclusion of.zip as a domain, email clients and web platforms will now accept URLs disguised as filenames with.zip extensions.

On Wednesday, May 17, 2023, Cisco disclosed four critical remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting the web-based user interface of Cisco Small Business Series Switches. Cisco’s Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is aware of PoC exploit code being available for these vulnerabilities, however, they have not identified a publicly available PoC exploit.

IBM’s former executive chairman and CEO, Ginni Rometty — who created a 6000-strong Security Business Unit at IBM to counter cybercrime in 2015 — described data as a game-changing source of competitive advantage for the 21st century. Rometty noted that cybercrime is and should be the biggest threat to every industry and organization.

In today's business landscape, organizations rely heavily on digital systems, applications, and webpages for their daily operations. However, with the increasing use of technology comes growing risks of unauthorized access to sensitive information and data.

Cyber threats are a growing concern for organizations of all sizes. Data breaches, malware infections, and ransomware attacks can severely disrupt operations, including financial loss, reputational damage, and legal liabilities. As a result, it is essential to proactively monitor your environment and identify malicious activity to detect threats before they can cause significant damage.

I’d position the following scenario to you as hypothetical but the reality of it is we have all been there at one time or another. Either as the result of a rogue script, a complete accident, or even malicious behavior, many are familiar with that sinking feeling when you noticed certain Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) objects have been deleted. Whether it be Users, Groups, Enterprise Apps, or Application Registrations, businesses rely on these Azure AD objects.

There’s no denying it, public cloud is here to stay and there’s a pretty good chance that your company is running some workloads on Amazon Web Services.