How to Extract Content from VMDK Files

Virtualization technology has revolutionized the IT landscape, enabling businesses to optimize their infrastructure and improve the flexibility of their systems. One of the key components in virtual environments is the Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK) file format, developed by VMware. Extracting content from VMDK files can be crucial for system management and data recovery. This article explores the nature of VMDK files, reasons for extracting their contents, and various methods to achieve this, including the use of DiskInternals VMFS Recovery.

How to Leverage Video Technology for Comprehensive Security Solutions

Video technology in security protocols has come a long way since the old days of black-and-white footage. Those changes transformed video surveillance from a simple observer to an active participant in strengthening business security solutions. With innovations that range from high-resolution images to cloud storage and advanced analytics, organizations are equipped with a reliable tool to aid in privacy control and safety.
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Useful Questions To Navigate the TIP Vendor Landscape

In today's escalating threat landscape, Security Operations Center (SOC) teams face a constant cat and mouse battle against adversaries as they try to stay one step ahead. This situation isn't helped by the fragmented tools; multiple data feeds and data siloes they must contend with. Likewise, with so many security vendors out there with different approaches and solutions, how do they know what cybersecurity solutions they should be investing in?

The UK's Cybersecurity: Where Is it and Where Is it Going?

In early April this year, the UK's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) released its Cybersecurity Breaches Survey 2024. It provides a comprehensive overview of the UK's cybersecurity landscape, exploring the different cyberattacks and cybercrimes businesses, charities, and private sector educational instructions face, the impacts on these organizations, and how they respond. The report is a valuable resource for the cybersecurity community.

CISO of the Year Award: Jess Parnell

We are proud to announce that we have won three prestigious Cybersecurity Excellence Awards! Join us in congratulating Jess Parnell for being named CISO of the Year. We are also honored to be recognized for: Most Innovative Cybersecurity Company Intelligence Powered Cybersecurity These awards showcase our unwavering commitment to excellence and innovation in cybersecurity. Thank you to our incredible team and the Centripetal community for their hard work and support. Together, we will continue to push the boundaries of cybersecurity to build a secure digital future.

Windows 11 Boosts Security: NTLM Out, Kerberos In

Microsoft’s initiative to phase out NTLM authentication in favor of the more secure Kerberos protocol was originally announced back in October 2023. At that time, the Windows maker declared its intention to deprecate NTLM and encourage organizations to transition to Kerberos for authentication purposes across its ecosystem. Microsoft announced this week that later this year they are expecting to retire NTLM authentication in Windows 11.

UpGuard Summit May 2024 (North America)

In this quarter's UpGuard Summit, we’re continuing our focus on scaling your Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) program. Hear how you can eliminate manual work, harness automation and keep up to date with emerging threats. You’ll also learn how security leaders have evolved their TPRM function and the lessons they’ve learnt along the way. Interested in finding out more about UpGuard?

How Can AI Be Used to Combat Phishing Attacks

Phishing is not going away—it’s morphing and evolving. As an example, in late 2022 the overnight commodification of artificial intelligence (AI) changed the phishing threat landscape forever, lowering the barrier to entry for novice fraudsters who had previously had the motives, but lacked the means to launch sophisticated scams. ChatGPT and fraud-specific Generative AI tools (like the aptly named FraudGPT and WormGPT) granted malefactors the ability to supercharge and scale their operations.

Friday Flows Episode 26: Use AI to Summarize CISA Alerts

In this Friday Flows, Kevin Davis walks through a new story incorporating CISA’s catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities, filters them to identify the most critical ones, and then prioritizes and offers a concise summary for each vulnerability… using our new AI features! There are two main ways Tines has incorporated AI into workflow building: 1) "Automatic Mode" in our Event Transform action and 2) a new AI action.

Four Operational Security Pillars for Building Blockchain Apps

For hackers in 2024, digital assets likely look like a gold mine. Looking back at 2023, many people in the industry celebrated that there were only $1.5 billion of funds stolen due to hacks and security breaches over the course of the year (a smaller number when contrasted with 2022’s jaw-dropping $3.8 billion).