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Rubrik Security Cloud: Transition from REST to GraphQL (GQL) APIs

With the release of Rubrik Security Cloud (RSC), our global customers can now consolidate management of their Rubrik estate to a single control plane. This significant improvement in management capabilities also allows customers to leverage the power of RSC’s GraphQL (GQL) APIs for their automation and management needs.

Black Basta - Technical Analysis

In recent months, news outlets have reported a surge in double extortion ransomware attacks by Black Basta, a notorious ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) threat group first identified in early 2022. The actor is sophisticated, often utilizing a unique set of tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to gain a foothold, spread laterally, exfiltrate data and drop ransomware. However, Kroll has observed Black Basta sometimes utilizing similar TTPs across multiple incidents.

How Manufacturers Can Fight Back Against Ransomeware

Ransomware attacks are rising. Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigation Report found that nearly a quarter of all cyber attacks in the manufacturing industry are ransomware attacks. Why the surge? While the world is still recovering from the pandemic, global markets are dealing with massive economic uncertainty and recession fears. And cybercriminals sense an opportunity.

How Cybersecurity Trends Drive Organizational Changes | Industry Panel Discussion

Ransomware threats, the many flavors of trust, and the war for talent, are just a few of the cybersecurity trends challenging (and changing) today’s organizations. Watch as CyberArk’s Regional Manager, Amit Grinman, as he speaks with Shay Nahmany, Director of IT at Israel National Digital Agency, Shelly Brownshtein, Head Of Cyber Security At Menora Mivtachim Insurance, and Yossi Marmarali, Director, Security Engineering & Business Information Security Officer at Netafim and Dura-Line (Orbia), about staying secure and addressing these concerns head-on.

Ransomware Hits Royal Mail - Lets Recap

This week, UK’s Postal Service, Royal Mail has been hit with a Ransomware attack, which put the countries sensitive data at risk. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at what ransomware is, how it can affect businesses and individuals, and what we’ve learnt from this huge scale attack. Stay tuned for more updates on this developing story.

Redline Infostealer Analysis (Part 1)

This blog post will provide an analysis of the malicious Redline Infostealer payloads which have been taken from a real life malware incident, responded to and triaged by the ThreatSpike SOC team. This analysis will be broken down to demonstrate, describe and explain the various stages of the attack chain.

Cloud Threats Memo: Threat Actors Continue to Abuse Cloud Services to Deliver Malware in 2023

Our most recent Cloud and Threat Report highlighted how threat actors abuse cloud services (with a special focus on cloud storage apps) to deliver malicious content (and yes, OneDrive leads the chart of the most exploited apps). To confirm that this trend will likely continue in 2023, researchers at Trend Micro have discovered an active campaign, launched by a threat actor named Earth Bogle.

Why Ransomware Remains a Major Threat for 2023

Ransomware has gone global. While 2022 saw a reprieve in the sheer number of ransomware attacks (the attack rate dropped at the same time as the war between Russia and Ukraine began), it also saw the rise of ransomware-as-a-service, the proliferation of attacks of major organizations, and attacks that stretched across time zones and borders. In 2022, nine of our top 20 breaches involved ransomware (45%), affecting millions of individuals and their private data. That is up 15% over 2021.