Corporations need more advanced systems and approaches in place in order to deal with the increasing complexity of cyberattacks. This need for appropriate measures has given rise to a set of practices alongside the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) cybersecurity framework. With the help of ongoing threat hunt, continuous monitoring, and quick incident reactions, hackers are always a step or two behind a firm that uses MDR services.

Following the emergence of data-leak sites (DLSs) for extortion group’s Morpheus and GD LockerSec in January 2025, Cyjax has discovered a DLS which claims that the infamous Babuk ransomware group has returned. Read on to find out what we know so far.

This report will provide an overview of the various extortion groups, hacktivists, and initial access brokers (IABs) targeting the Middle East throughout 2024 and highlight the relevant observed trends. Specifically, this report will look at incidents affecting Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Lebanon, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain.

Trust is the cornerstone of the hospitality industry. Guests rely on you to safeguard their personal data, payment information, and loyalty rewards. However, in today's digital landscape, this trust faces constant risks. APIs, which serve as the unseen connections among various systems and applications, are particularly vulnerable to cyber threats. A single flaw can compromise sensitive data and cripple your brand’s reputation.

Most fresh installs of operating systems or applications come with preconfigured settings that are usually insecure or not properly configured with security in mind. Use the leverage provided by multiple frameworks such as CIS Benchmarks or NIST NCP to find out if your organization needs to augment or adjust any baselines to become better aligned with the policies your organization is trying to adhere to.

PowerSchool was founded in 1997 and is known for its expertise in providing cutting-edge education technology within the education community. It currently serves over 60 million students globally. The company has a robust intelligent system tailored to meet each student’s individual needs and serves educators in over 90 countries globally, including the United States. PowerSchool has its headquarters in Folsom.

Here's a closer look at one such advanced malware employed with tools by Black Basta—to name a few, Zbot, DarkGate, and customer-designed payloads on order as well—and how these latter help in extracting data coupled with sustaining unauthorized access at some distance. Introduction.

Compliance management has emerged as a cornerstone of sustainable growth and risk mitigation. Companies today face increasing regulatory demands while striving to achieve ambitious business objectives. Strategic compliance management, therefore, is not just about adhering to rules but about seamlessly aligning compliance efforts with business goals.

The year 2024 is over, so it’s time to sum up what threats were the most dangerous for DevOps and PMs. Outages, degraded service performance, vulnerabilities, cyberattacks, ransomware – all of those were appearing in media headlines all year round. Thus, for the third year in a row, we’ve decided to analyze incidents related to Git hosting services, like Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, and Atlassian. Our first article in a DevOps threat landscape series is dedicated to Azure DevOps.

In the world of cloud services, transparency has often been treated as a box to check rather than a cornerstone of innovation. Trust and status portals, once an innovative approach for offering visibility into service health and availability, now largely feel stagnant and table stakes providing the bare minimum. But is transparency and visibility just a “nice-to-have”? Some might think so. At Netskope, we see it differently.