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K-12 schools, colleges, and universities store massive amounts of personal information for students, parents, and employees. This means that, while they may not make the news as much as other breaches, schools, colleges, and universities are under constant attack by modern threat actors.

First Publishied Nov 6th 2023 Updated May 9th 2024 Last seen on this month, 8Base is a ransomware collective that initiated its operations in April 2022. Despite its relatively short time in the cyber landscape, the group has swiftly garnered a reputation for its forceful strategies and the substantial volume of victims it has affected.

As with every year, the Verizon DBIR is released, with data involving more than 10,000 breaches that have been dissected and used to create the report’s baseline. Cyberint’s Research team inspected the document to understand where the cyber security realm is heading, the important trends in data breaches and incidents, and what we need to look for moving forward in 2024.

The UK, US, and Australia have revealed the identity of Dmitry Khoroshev, a Russian national and the leader of the once-notorious LockBit ransomware group, following an international disruption campaign led by the National Crime Agency (NCA).

You know that sinking feeling after you hit “commit”? That moment when you suddenly wonder, “Wait, did I just accidentally expose an API key or hardcode a password?” We’ve all been there, and the risks are no joke. But here’s the good news—there’s a way to ditch that anxiety for good. In 2023, GitHub’s automated scanning blocked over 12.8 million leaked secrets. Code leaks are every developer’s worst nightmare.

Removing friction between DevOps and Security teams can only lead to good things. By pulling in the same direction, DevOps can make sure developers continue to work with minimum interruption, while automation and background processes make security more effective and consistent than before. And, security teams have the visibility and understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC), to improve developer experience and reduce risks and incidents for the organization.

The Rolling Stones wanted to protect their space; we, as security practitioners, need to protect ours. Data 'castles' in the cloud are out there, and they're constantly under siege. By drawing inspiration from a band that embodied personal freedom, we can draw some – okay, very stretched - parallels to modern cloud security. Nonetheless, they work. And we all knew this blog was coming. And if you read the blog backward you can hear the name of the latest malware family... Maybe.

Xalient is proud to announce that it has successfully maintained its ISO 20000:2018 certification for Service Management in a recent audit, marking another milestone in its journey of operational excellence. This achievement, led by Craig Ingham, Xalient’s Group Information Security & Compliance Director, demonstrates Xalient’s dedication to providing high-quality IT services while successfully managing end-to-end service delivery.