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In light of the numerous large-scale cyberattacks witnessed in the last year, 2023 promises to be an exciting time for cybersecurity. Outpost24 experts share their thoughts on what we can expect in the new year, and how to best prepare against new threats.

Passport verification is a process that is used to confirm a person’s identity using their passport as proof of identification. In the housing industry, this process is commonly used to verify the identity of prospective tenants or buyers before they are allowed to rent or purchase a property. This is often done as part of the overall background check process to ensure that the person is who they claim to be and to protect against fraud or other illegal activities.

Your internet browser is the interface you use to access the internet. As such, it knows and handles a lot of your data. Unfortunately, browsers are also data collection tools for advertisers and marketers. They track your web activities to monetize you through their advertising partners with targeted ads. Also, let’s not forget the cybercriminals looking for data to steal. Most browsers store your browsing history. Also, cookies and trackers in the browsers monitor your every digital footprint.

Philip Ingram (PI) talked to Darren Desmond (DD). Darren currently works with the Automobile Association (AA) in the UK as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), joining in 2018. He started his professional career in the British Army's Royal Military Police, before a stint in the Special Investigation Branch, and Military Intelligence.

Azure Bicep is getting more popular by the day and is rapidly becoming the replacement for Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates. In this post, I am going to go over some security fundamentals when using Bicep. If you are not familiar with Bicep then I recommend taking a look at the Microsoft Learn documentation to find out more.

Cold calling and emailing have always been popular and effective techniques of sales and communication with prospective clients. It is a way how brands can reach out to potential clients who may not be aware of your service or product offerings. It is a technique of creating brand awareness and lead generation. However, many customers see these activities as spamming.

Cybersecurity is a relatively new discipline in the realm of computing. Once computing became more democratized with PCs connected via local area networks (LAN) and client/server environments, adversaries quickly saw opportunities. The more democratized computing – the more risk and the potential for cyber adversaries. Dealing with cyber risk and adversaries is now part of a normal business plan.

2022 saw a lot of successful law enforcement operations tackling online fraud, phishing, malware, and other cyber threats. Here’s the TOP 10 law enforcement agencies most active in fighting cybercrime.

2023 is coming in hot. If you don't want to miss out on this year's best events, you better start planning your conference schedule early. To help you out, I created an overview of my personal top 10 favorite cybersecurity events in 2023 about application security, cloud security, IoT, and all the other topics that currently occupy the cybersecurity world.

In August 2021, threat actors started to exploit ProxyShell vulnerabilities in certain Microsoft Exchange Server versions. Today, not only is Kroll seeing actors continue to leverage ProxyShell in larger network intrusions but also now organizations must also be on guard for the so-called ProxyNotShell vulnerabilities, which surfaced in September 2022.