How to Strengthen Your Network Security with LDAP Injection Defense

As organizations continue to rely on directories to store critical information such as user credentials, access permissions, and organizational data, the security of these directories becomes even more vital. LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is widely used for storing and managing this information. However, this reliance also makes LDAP directories a prime target for malicious attacks, with one of the most dangerous being LDAP injection attacks.

7 Metrics of Security Operations Effectiveness

When growing and maturing your security operations program, it's critical that you evaluate your program's overall effectiveness. After all, you will need to prove the value of your program to your board in order to gain future budgetary support. But what should you measure? And how do you start tracking your program's success?

Using MITRE ATT&CK® in Threat Hunting and Detection

How do you prioritize the many threats to your organization? How do you address them with the tools you already have? MITRE ATT&CK, an open framework and knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world observations, provides a structured method to help you answer these questions. ATT&CK is a powerful way to classify and study adversary techniques and understand their intent. You can use it to enhance, analyze, and test your threat hunting and detection efforts.

Using the MITRE ATT&CK Framework to Boost Ransomware Defenses

Two variants of Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) - REvil and Conti - are behind some of the most widespread and successful cyberattacks today. Don't let these ransomware attacks siege your operations. Download this white paper to learn how to use the MITRE ATT&CK Framework to improve your security posture, plus discover insightful tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by REvil and Conti.

Separating the Myth of NIS2: A Guide For CISOs and IT Security Directors

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the escalating frequency and sophistication of cyber threats underscore the critical need for robust IT security measures. The NIS2 Directive is the EU's latest effort to bolster cybersecurity across Member States, setting stringent security requirements for critical infrastructure and essential services.

Deep-Dive Analysis of Multifactor Authentication Fatigue Attacks

There are many tactics cybercriminals use to defeat MFA security measures, but one successful method is a tactic known as MFA Fatigue. In this white paper, we cover what MFA Fatigue is and how it functions, share examples of attacks, and provide guidance for detection and mitigation.

Insight beyond annual risk using attack chain mapping

Thriving organizations maximally allocate resources. With seemingly infinite cybersecurity threats and finite resources, everyone needs to know the size of the threat to determine priority, and where to invest to maximize ROI. Elastic takes a quantified approach to cybersecurity risk management using FAIR to break threat scenarios into (A) likelihood and (B) losses to calculate risk per year, AKA annualized loss expectancy, or in FAIR terms, simply “risk”.

Supply Chain Attacks: What You Should Know

Supply-chain attacks may not grab the headlines in the same way as ransomware or data breaches, but these horrific, sneaky cyberattacks are just as dangerous for your business. Here are five things you need to know about supply chain attacks, including what they are, why they happen, and how to prevent them.

ThreatQuotient, 4-Time Technology Excellence Leader in the SPARK Matrix

The cybersecurity market continues to become more crowded, making it increasingly difficult for organizations to separate hype from reality and find security solutions that truly meet their needs. Messages sound the same. Demos look impressive, but how much is vision? And when the rubber meets the road, it’s hard to know what to expect in terms of the deployment, user experience, and impact to the business.

Don't take the bait - How to spot and stop phishing scams

Some people might call bossware employee-sponsored spyware. Check out this article to learn more about employee monitoring software. The internet is a great place — until someone tries to steal your login credentials, credit card details, or even your entire identity. Enter phishing: the cybercriminal’s favorite way to trick you into handing over personal information. If you think you’d never fall for a scam, think again.