The modus operandi of cybercriminals is constantly changing. It comes as no surprise that, every so often, hackers switch up their methods to become more evasive. However, contrary to what we might imagine, these changes don’t always have to be innovative, or involve new attack strategies. Cybercriminals are increasingly opting to employ old-school techniques, and couple this with minimal investment.

The back-to-school season is a hectic and overwhelming time for both students and parents alike.

When you need to run training models and complex analysis with batch jobs at scale, AWS batching can be a good solution. AWS provides a special service to perform a large number of computing operations effectively and without management overhead. This blog post covers the AWS Batch architecture and configuration principles for batch processing.

On July 17, 2024, Cisco publicly disclosed critical vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Email Gateway (SEG) and Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem (SSM), identified as CVE-2024-20401 and CVE-2024-20419 respectively. Both of these vulnerabilities may allow for unauthenticated administrative actions to be taken by threat actors when exploited.

The digital economy runs on APIs, the building blocks of the modern internet. From effortless mobile payments to convenient food deliveries, APIs work silently behind the scenes to power the applications we use every day. While APIs aren't new, their usage has exploded in recent years. Cloud computing, agile development practices, and the pandemic-driven surge in digital services have fueled this rapid growth.

Beginning in early July 2024, Arctic Wolf responded to multiple SocGholish/FakeUpdate intrusions that resulted in a seemingly benign payload being delivered as a second-stage download. The zip file payload contained software from the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) project, open-source software that allows users to contribute computing power to scientific research projects focused on solving complex calculations.

SenseOn is a direct competitor to CrowdStrike. On 19th July 2024 BST, an update to CrowdStrike endpoint software caused worldwide IT outages that resulted in over 8 million Windows devices being disabled. This caused major disruption to organisations in a range of industries, including aviation and healthcare. Quality assurance gaps and deployment processes were not the only factors, or even the most significant factors, in the widespread disruption.

Password hygiene tips to follow include using unique passwords, enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and keeping your passwords safe in a password manager. Password hygiene encapsulates the best practices for protecting your passwords and online accounts. When you practice good password hygiene, your strong passwords will prevent you from becoming a victim of cyber attacks, virus and malware infections, password breaches and more.