Inside APT34 (OilRig): Tools, Techniques, and Global Cyber Threats

This blog is the latest in a series that delves into the deep research conducted daily by the Trustwave SpiderLabs team on major threat actor groups currently operating globally. APT34, also known as OilRig, Earth Simnavaz, and Helix Kitten, is a sophisticated, state-sponsored cyber threat group with suspected ties to Iran.

Can You Really Block Bots with Robots.txt? The Truth Behind Bot Control

If you’re looking for a quick way to block bots with robots.txt, you may be disappointed to learn that it’s not as effective as many people think. Robots.txt is often discussed as a simple solution for controlling crawler traffic, but in reality, it provides very limited protection.

Inside the Black Basta Arsenal: A Deep Dive into the Tools Fueling Their 2024 Ransomware Campaigns

Here's a closer look at one such advanced malware employed with tools by Black Basta—to name a few, Zbot, DarkGate, and customer-designed payloads on order as well—and how these latter help in extracting data coupled with sustaining unauthorized access at some distance. Introduction.

The Life of Pi - Privacy Leaders and Their Everyday

In today’s data-driven economy, enterprises are under increasing pressure to manage privacy risks effectively. The responsibility of identifying and mitigating these risks often falls on lawyers and Chief Data Privacy Officers (CDPOs), who must navigate complex regulatory landscapes, safeguard sensitive data, and ensure their organizations maintain customer trust.

What You Need to Know about the PowerSchool Data Breach

PowerSchool was founded in 1997 and is known for its expertise in providing cutting-edge education technology within the education community. It currently serves over 60 million students globally. The company has a robust intelligent system tailored to meet each student’s individual needs and serves educators in over 90 countries globally, including the United States. PowerSchool has its headquarters in Folsom.

11:11 Systems Object Storage in Veeam Data Platform 12.3

With the 12.3 release of the Veeam Data Platform, integrating 11:11 Systems’ low-cost, Veeam-optimized Cloud Object Storage just got a whole lot easier. Now directly built into the Veeam UIs for both Backup & Replication and Veeam ONE, this integration gives you the best of both worlds—a seamless, streamlined setup and the unmatched efficiency of 11:11 Systems’ partnership with AWS S3.

The Tines Lookback - a product recap of this past quarter (January 2025)

Here at Tines, we’re always looking for ways to continue enhancing how you build, run, and monitor your most important workflows. We asked a few of our Engineers, Designers, and Product Managers to hop on and show us their favorite features of the last few months. They covered topics such as: Visual updates to the change control review modal (00:24) New ways to build with conditional page elements (4:16) Working with arrays using the LOOP option (6:58) Using your preferred AI provider (10:26) Cases for mobile (13:16)

Australian Essential 8 - Tanium Tech Talks #117

Achieve continuous compliance for Australia's Essential 8 framework. See how a little hands-on innovation and a few Tanium modules combine to form an unmatched solution for compliance certainty. Not in Australia? Then watch and learn how to create your own Tanium solution. Coverage: Can you account for and manage all assets? Currency: How old is the data in your latest report? Completeness: Does testing occur on all your endpoints or just a subset? Corrective Action: How do remediation activities fit into your regime?

CIS Control 04: Secure Configuration of Enterprise Assets and Software

Most fresh installs of operating systems or applications come with preconfigured settings that are usually insecure or not properly configured with security in mind. Use the leverage provided by multiple frameworks such as CIS Benchmarks or NIST NCP to find out if your organization needs to augment or adjust any baselines to become better aligned with the policies your organization is trying to adhere to.