No matter your industry, the end-of-year holiday season is typically a busy time. Unfortunately, it’s also a busy time for cyber criminals. Enterprise organizations are particularly vulnerable to modern data breaches and other attacks during the holidays, which means you must be especially vigilant about guarding against them.

The holidays are a busy time for cyber attackers. They rely on distracted workers and lax security systems to breach an organization’s defenses. Then, they deploy ransomware or perform smash-and-grab operations on as much information as they can get their hands on. Either way, the goal is the same: profiting from a brief moment of weakness in your cybersecurity defenses. If you’re wondering how to prevent hacking during this hectic time of year, Lookout is here to help.

In 2024, we shipped numerous features to help security teams manage their growing attack surface. Some examples are Domain Connectors for continuous discovery, a new Integrations platform for greater flexibility, and a Domains page for unprecedented control over attack surface data. Read on to explore our highlights of this year, check out the top vulnerabilities that made headlines, and discover what lies ahead in 2025.

TikTok Shop is generally safe to buy from, but it’s important to be careful when purchasing from the online marketplace. TikTok Shop is a segment of TikTok that allows you to buy items from your favorite content creators and influencers. The online marketplace launched in the U.S. in September 2023, and approximately 5% of all American consumers purchased a gift from TikTok Shop during the 2023 holiday season, according to Forbes.

The CrowdStrike Falcon platform started 2024 being recognized as SE Labs’ Best Endpoint Detection and Response 2024 award for the third consecutive year. Adversaries never stop and neither do we — CrowdStrike Falcon is the only platform that provides a unified view of stealthy threats across multiple domains exploited in attack paths.

Every day, we hear about security threats and attacks on organisations. These threats can range from ransomware and data breaches to leakage of sensitive data. There is no denying that cyber threats have been on the rise, and many organisations have fallen victim to these attacks, leading to financial and reputational losses. Hence, it is crucial to implement policies and processes that can help respond to these attacks.

Restricting access to critical data and systems is the backbone of strong organizational cybersecurity. Zero standing privileges (ZSP) is an access management strategy that helps organizations limit access to resources as much as possible in order to minimize cybersecurity risks. In this article, we’ll explore the elements of a ZSP strategy, explain the risks related to standing privileges, and examine how to implement ZSP in your organization.

At Keeper Security, product innovation is the cornerstone of our mission to empower our customers to protect their credentials, secrets and connections, and to reduce the risk of cyber attacks. In this blog, we take a closer look at some key product and feature releases that made 2024 another transformative year for Keeper. To stay up to date with all product releases and enhancements, view the Keeper Release Notes.