At Fireblocks, a strong commitment to regulatory compliance has always been at the core of our operations. That’s why we’re excited to announce that we’re building out our On-Chain Digital Identity and Programmable Compliance Team, with the strategic appointments of Peter Marton, Director of Digital Identity, and cryptography expert Chaitanya Reddy Konda, Senior Technical Product Manager, Digital Identity and Privacy.

Sometimes, keeping up with our kids' online activities is hard because new trends constantly come and go. By the time parents have learned about what’s popular, it’s already been replaced by the next big thing. One thing that has stood the test of time for kids, however, is Roblox. With 214.10 million monthly active users in 2023, Roblox is one of the most popular platforms for kids to let their imaginations run wild and build or participate in a huge catalog of games and experiences.

In October 2023, Netskope analyzed a malicious Word document and the malware it contained, dubbed “Menorah.” The malware was attributed to an advanced persistent threat group APT34, and was reported to be distributed via spear-phishing. The malicious Office file uses dispersed and obfuscated VBA code to evade detection. The advanced persistent threat group targets users of outdated versions of Microsoft Office, since it does not attempt to bypass the mark of the web security check.

In recent years, there has been a major ongoing trend toward more digital infrastructure and an increased dependence on technology across a wide variety of sectors. In the property industry, this has manifested heavily in the growth of the property technology (PropTech) market. These developments have had a serious impact on the sector, enabling advances that both improve existing processes and add new features to real estate transactions.

On July 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) implemented a final rule mandating public companies to furnish comprehensive and uniform disclosures pertaining to cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incidents. We’re going to discuss SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules and What You Need to Know.

Cooperation is the key to success, so working with third parties helps your organization increase efficiency, offer better products and services, employ highly qualified experts, and cut costs. But all these benefits come at the price of additional cybersecurity risks. Minor flaws in your third-party vendor’s security and privacy routines may lead to a breach in your organization’s cybersecurity.

Navigating complex cloud networks with multiple clouds while ensuring secure and reliable access to workloads can be daunting. That’s why Netskope and AWS have teamed up to simplify this journey and make it a lot easier. Through the integration of Netskope Borderless SD-WAN with AWS Cloud WAN, teams can automate workload access from any remote site and user laptop, deliver a secure, reliable, flexible, and highly available middle-mile network service leveraging the AWS global network.

Configuration management is vitally important as part of a sound cybersecurity strategy. We have previously published how patching alone is not enough, as that does not alter a system’s customized configuration. Misconfigurations can be as damaging to security as a deliberate attack on a system.

The October 2023 Okta breach is the latest example in a long line of third-party identity attacks. Based on reports to date, it seems that the attack on Okta’s support case management system enabled a threat actor to launch downstream attacks into other companies. So far, 1Password, BeyondTrust and Cloudflare have publicly confirmed they were targeted. Such attacks don’t discriminate and pointing fingers is unproductive.