EP 30 - Securing Data Amid the AI Gold Rush

Diana Kelley, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Protect AI joins host David Puner for a dive into the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), exploring the importance of privacy and security controls amid the AI Gold Rush. As the world seeks to capitalize on generative AI’s potential, risks are escalating.

Improve your risk posture: Introducing Risk Management customization

Today we’re excited to announce Risk Management customization, a collection of new capabilities in our platform that enhance the existing Risk Management solution and give you more flexibility to enable custom risk management scoring and prioritization. Currently in beta, Risk Management customization will be generally available in the coming months. ‍ ‍

Phishing Campaigns Abusing Telegram to Bypass MFA

Netskope Threat Labs is tracking phishing campaigns targeting customers of seven different financial institutions across North, Central, and Latin America, aiming to steal their credentials to make fraudulent transactions. Attackers are abusing the Royal Web Hosting company, which provides a free web hosting plan, to host the malicious pages.

Account Takeover attacks: the viewpoint of a threat intelligence expert

Account takeover happens when someone tries to steal a user account. Any service offering authentication can face it since an attacker just has to test pairs of users and passwords. Zack Allen joins us to share his experience protecting organizations that faced massive account take over, describes the criminal and financial motivation of attackers, their methods to hide, and how they move from a database leak to a compromised account. We show the tools that attackers most commonly use. Eventually, we discuss how to detect and protect your organization around account take over.

Honeypot Recon: MSSQL Server - Database Threat Overview '22/'23

In a constantly connected world, protecting sensitive data in what are often complex database structures requires staying up to date with cyber criminals’ malicious attack techniques, and infection methods. This research is an extension of another project which involves monitoring attacks carried out on database servers worldwide. Understanding how these bots work can keep your digital world safe and secure.

Evidence-Based Strategies to Lower Your Risk of Becoming a Ransomware Victim

The ransomware trend continues to run rampant. One in four breaches involve ransomware, and organized crime actors use ransomware in more than 62 percent of incidents. Cyber criminals are taking advantage of these new opportunities to exploit a greatly expanded attack surface: But ransomware is only one small piece that a security leaders has to manage. The threat of ransomware is compounded by a distributed workforce, trends toward technology consolidation, geopolitical upheaval, and budget constraints.

How to secure Kubernetes workloads using Calico DNS Security Policy

In my previous blog on Kubernetes security foundations, we discussed the growing adoption of cloud-native applications and the security challenges they present. We highlighted the limitations of traditional network firewalls in securing these applications and emphasized the importance of implementing cloud-native security policies to protect network traffic effectively.