Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

With the global average cost of a data breach being 4.45 million USD in 2023, businesses can’t afford to ignore the biggest cybersecurity risks.

There’s a new navigation experience in Tines that’s been created with usability in mind. We’ve reorganized our main menus and brought core areas to the forefront for easier access.

When it comes to vulnerability management, time is critical - every minute a vulnerability goes unaddressed, the risk escalates. To ensure all risks are addressed, security teams need vulnerability management processes that are reliable and efficient, and, crucially, don’t drain their resources. And given that 22% of cybersecurity professionals have admitted to ignoring an alert completely, we can’t afford to rely on the human element alone.

On June 25, 2024, the Sansec security research and malware team announced that a popular JavaScript polyfill project had been taken over by a foreign actor identified as a Chinese-originated company, embedding malicious code in JavaScript assets fetched from their CDN source at: cdn.polyfill.io. Sansec claims more than 100,000 websites were impacted due to this polyfill attack, including publicly traded companies such as Intuit and others.

As Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), it's crucial to manage risks in a holistic and consolidated manner as the landscape of threats, particularly those targeting applications, continues to evolve and expand. With the increasing reliance on digital technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud-based services, the attack surface for potential cyber threats is growing and changing.

In this version of the Hacker’s Playbook Threat Coverage round-up, we are highlighting attack coverage for newly discovered or analyzed threats by the SafeBreach Labs team. SafeBreach customers can select and run these attacks and more from the SafeBreach Hacker’s Playbook to ensure coverage against these advanced threats.

CISOs today intersect with all facets of the business, whether that be liaising with network teams to manage performance, or balancing the costs of IT operations to avoid isolation from core business functions. Successful CISOs navigate these intersections by adopting proactive strategies in order to transition from a back-office role and become recognised as valued strategic partners within their organisations.

GitGuardian is pushing its secrets detection engine precision to new heights. We enhanced our detection capabilities with Machine Learning to cut the number of false positives by half. Security and engineering teams will spend significantly less time reviewing and dismissing false alerts.

In a recent cybersecurity incident, tens of thousands of Levi's customers had their accounts compromised following a credential stuffing attack. According to a notice published on the Maine Office of the Attorney General's website, 72,231 individuals were potentially impacted by the breach on June 13. Incident Details On June 13, Levi's detected unusual activity on their website, indicating a credential stuffing attack.

Incident Overview In a significant breach of healthcare data security, the Qilin ransomware gang has leaked 400GB of NHS and patient data on Telegram. The group, identified as the Qilin ransomware gang, claimed responsibility for the exfiltration and demanded a $50 million ransom, threatening to release the data if their demands were not met. Following failed negotiations, the gang followed through on their threat and made the entire dataset public.