SOC 2 – which stands for System and Organization Control 2 – is a cybersecurity compliance framework that specifies how third-party service providers should store and process organizational and client data. SOC 2 is part of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) SOC reporting framework and utilizes the AICPA Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 (SSAE 18) standard.

The International Society of Automation (ISA) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) started creating the 62443 series of standards in 2002.

In 2017, Equifax, a major American credit bureau, became a cautionary tale in the importance of robust cybersecurity practices. It overlooked critical vulnerabilities in its systems, failing to address a known security flaw in its Apache Struts web app framework. This oversight resulted in the data leak of 143 million customers, costing Equifax $1.38 billion in making breach compensations and upgrading its IT systems.

While working towards a mission of building better, more secure mobile applications, the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) has spearheaded this effort with the Mobile Application Security Verification Standard (MASVS) and the Mobile Application Security Testing Guide (MASTG). These invaluable resources provide a comprehensive framework for safeguarding your mobile apps, ensuring trust, and protecting user data.

Digital twins are often associated with manufacturing, where a virtual replica mimics the workings of a complex physical system, such as a jet engine or a machine on a production line. But increasingly, there is interest from enterprises, telecom companies, and cloud providers in applying the technology to networks.

Hypothesis-driven hunting is probably the most well-known type of threat hunting, and it’s one of the three types defined in the PEAK threat hunting framework. In this article, we’ll walk through a sample hypothesis-driven hunt, step-by-step. For our data, we’ll be using the Boss of the SOC Version 3 (BOTSv3) dataset, which you can use to recreate the hunt and work through it on your own. Below is a diagram of the Hypothesis-Driven hunting process.

You can stay safe from gift card scams by checking gift cards for physical tampering before purchasing them and avoiding requests that ask you to purchase gift cards as a form of payment. While gift cards are a common gift that many people choose to give each other, they are also commonly used by scammers for financial gain. According to the Better Business Bureau, gift card scams increased 50% from 2022 to 2023 with losses from January to September 2023 totaling $147 million.

In 2022, Twitter suffered a massive data breach, which exposed the personal data of 5.4 million caused by broken authentication. Threat actors exploited Twitter's API vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to users' sensitive personal data. The incident resulted in reputational loss and hefty fines from the regulatory body for failing to protect users' data. This shows that no organization, regardless of size, is immune to data breaches.

Ransomware poses a pervasive threat to businesses, with no foolproof method to completely ward it off. However, organizations can adopt practical measures to reduce their vulnerability and bounce back swiftly in the face of an attack. While all organizations are potential targets by ransomware threat groups, Trustwave SpiderLabs’ most recent threat intelligence report noted the manufacturing sector is the most impacted industry by ransomware.