During the last week of December, a threat actor who goes by the name “Ryushi”, claimed to be selling public and private data of 400 million Twitter users, which was scrapped in 2021, using an API vulnerability which was fixed by Twitter in 2022. Since then, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) notified that it "will examine Twitter's compliance with data-protection law in relation to that security issue".
ABN AMRO, headquartered in Amsterdam, became the first bank in Europe to register a digital bond on the public blockchain, using Fireblocks. The digital bond was issued to a select group of investors to raise funds on behalf of APOC, an ABN AMRO commercial client in the aerospace industry. ABN AMRO’s bond issuance sets an innovative precedent in bringing more real world use cases of blockchain technology to traditional financial markets.
It is a no brainer that cloud adoption has surged exponentially in the last couple of years. The rise of digitization and DevOps combined with the aftermath of the pandemic has made cloud computing a critical ingredient for any organization’s growth. Gartner® predicts that by 2025, more than 95% of digital workloads will be deployed on cloud-native platforms.
AWS (Amazon Web Services) allows businesses to quickly and securely build and scale applications. Hence, there is exponential growth in AWS usage among businesses and organizations. For example, As of 2020, AWS held 76% of enterprise cloud usage, reflecting the power and importance AWS holds. This increased use of AWS tools and services opens new doors for cyber attackers. However, AWS is a very reliable cloud service provider that works hard to ensure protection over its infrastructure.
There is a good chance that 2023 will go down as the year when consumer privacy and data protection finally took a much-needed leap forward in the United States.
Malware is short for "malicious software" and refers to any software program that is designed to harm or exploit a computer or device. And unfortunately, malware is all over the internet, with 560,000 new pieces of malicious software detected every day. It can come from many potential sources, including: It’s vital for organizations to understand the risks malware poses and take effective measures to stop potential threats.
MSPs are becoming critically important. The difficulty of finding security specialists and the high costs of managing their own security have led medium-sized companies to hire MSPs to keep their digital security up to date while they focus on their business. Growth in the MSP market means buyers are now showing interest. We are frequently seeing large and small MSPs being acquired by other larger managed services companies or private equity firms.
As more companies move their operations from on-prem to the cloud, they are turning to Sysdig which provides tools to secure containers, Kubernetes, and cloud services. The Sysdig Threat Research Team, which now numbers close to 20 threat research engineers, includes computer security and machine learning experts from around the world.
