The proliferation of technology in the present age, while undeniably a win for innovation and modern convenience, has unfortunately been paralleled by an upsurge in cyber threats that present a multifaceted challenge to both businesses and individuals. As people become more reliant on digital platforms for everything from commerce to communication, the potential for cyberattacks will only escalate.

As organizations shift their applications and operations to the cloud and increasingly drive revenues through software, cloud-native applications and APIs have emerged among the greatest areas of modern security risk.

So many logs. So little space. If you’re like most people running an Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment, then you probably have a vast collection of log files that include things like VPC flow logs and CloudWatch data. As if that’s not enough, you’re also collecting information about everything and everyone else connected to your cloud, like users, devices, network devices, applications, and APIs.

APIs are often adopted by businesses as a way to automate certain operational tasks. This not only helps to introduce efficiencies, it also reduces the chance of human error in repetitive, manual actions. But the relationship between APIs and automation doesn’t end there. To streamline the API management process, developers have started automating a variety of tasks in the API lifecycle, from development to production.

Open-source software is becoming a top choice for professionals. From completing internal tasks to supporting public-facing servers, you can see open-source applications everywhere. But before you start using such software for critical infrastructure, you must understand its pros and cons. Once you know both sides of the open-source software, it would be easy to conclude whether to use it or not.

U.S. Renal Care (Renal) is a 32-state, 400-location, 26k-patient healthcare provider primarily concerned with kidney disease and longevity; Renal offers in-facility and at-home dialysis solutions. Renal’s significant treatment network is made possible by various third-party vendors, from equipment solutions to transcription services.

It was almost exactly 10 years ago in December 2013 that we wrote our first blog post about detecting CryptoLocker, which was the first sophisticated Ransomware attack of its kind back then. BTW, 2013 was the year of the Boston Marathon bombing, Edward Snowden leaking secret NSA information, Syrians fleeing their home country and Nelson Mandela passing away.

New data sheds light on what kinds of cyber attacks are targeting your cybersecurity team, what it’s costing them, why it’s taking so much time to fix, and where you should focus resources. Barracuda’s Cybernomics 101 report provides a lot of insight into the current economics of cyber attacks. According to the report: The average largest ransom any organization paid is $1.38 million, with an average cost of $5.34 million to respond to compromises!