Netskope has recently released two exciting enhancements to our Advanced UEBA product. The enhancements are: Together, these two new features streamline operationalization of Advanced UEBA by providing operators alerts when it identifies users exhibiting risky behavior and an at-a-glance summary of the risky activity observed for each user.

Continuing coverage of IBM’s recently-released Cost of a Data Breach report, we focus on the impact attacks involving social engineering have on data breach costs. There are two reports every year that we cover on this blog that you should be reading – Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report and IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach report. Each of these reports has been published for years, providing insight into how the state of data breaches are changing.

In last few years, cyber espionage has taken a new form. A recent investigation by The Times has unveiled a Chinese intelligence officer's extensive use of LinkedIn to target UK officials. Operating under the alias "Robin Zhang," this spy has been luring thousands of officials, scientists, and academics to hand over state secrets and sensitive technology information.

Windows Server 2012, is the sixth version of the Windows Server operating system by Microsoft, as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. At the time, Windows Server 2012 brought forth an array of enhanced features and refinements, and over the years, it stood as a cornerstone for many organisations, providing a bedrock of reliability, scalability, and adaptability to accommodate applications and workloads.

After you come to grips with the massive average cost of a data breach to an enterprise organization measured in the millions, it’s time to look at the factors that increase – and lower – that cost. According to IBM’s recently-released 18th edition of their Cost of a Data Breach Report, we find that this year’s average cost is $4.45 million. That’s a staggering number, but what about the contributing factors?

On August 21, 2023, Ivanti published a knowledge base article on a critical authentication bypass vulnerability impacting Ivanti Sentry (CVE-2023-38035). For this vulnerability to be exploited, the System Management Portal which is hosted on port 8443 by default must be exposed to the internet. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a remote unauthenticated threat actor making configuration changes to the server and the underlying Operating System (OS) as root.

The state of Missouri's low-income Medicaid program through the Department of Social Services is responsible for offering medical insurance to Missourans in need. The program ensures that citizens have access to reliable healthcare with minimal costs to them. The University of Missouri, or Mizzou, is a public research institute that was founded in 1839 and serves as Missouri's largest university. Both of these programs were attacked in the recent MOVE-it data breach.

In an era of escalating financial crimes, the spotlight shines brightly on the rising concerns in the realm of cybersecurity. According to a recent survey, a staggering 68% of UK risk experts anticipate a surge in financial crime risks over the next year. These apprehensions echo globally, with 69% of executives and risk professionals worldwide foreseeing an upswing in financial crime risks, predominantly fueled by cybersecurity threats and data breaches.

As vulnerability researchers, our primary mission is to find as many vulnerabilities as possible with the highest severity as possible. Finding vulnerabilities is usually challenging. But could there be a way, in some cases, to reach the same results with less effort?