Trustwave Managed Detection and Response (MDR) is one of the most important cybersecurity offerings available in the market today, it’s also the reason why Trustwave is rolling out two new levels of service that will enable Trustwave and our business partners fortify the security posture of any business, regardless of size.

Two packages of well-known origin were found exfiltrating Windows SAM and SYSTEM files, apparently as part of internal security research rather than a targeted dependency confusion attack. On June 6th, 2022, the Mend research team used Supply Chain Defender to detect and flag two malicious packages from the same author that contained identical code. We alerted npm and the packages were removed within three hours of publication.

This article has nothing to do with chocolate chips or sprinkles. Sorry about that. Instead, we're talking about computer cookies and how too many web cookies can be bad for your online health. While cookies are enormously helpful and necessary for an easy-going web experience, they are not all good, and many pose some genuine privacy concerns. But what is a cookie, how does one work, and how do they (sometimes) infringe on your digital rights?

In a certificate-based authentication, a user or machine proves their identity to the servers and networks with a certificate that is digitally signed by a certificate authority, a trusted centralized entity responsible for issuing and managing certificates. Many popular servers support certificate-based authentication, but people often opt-in for a password or key-based authentication to avoid certificate management overhead.

Rubrik was built on a foundation of Zero Trust architecture. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a United States federal agency that works with organizations of all sizes to help them implement cybersecurity best practices.

Running penetration tests of a mature web application is always a great challenge. Systems are usually well hardened, and scanners fall short of flagging anything interesting, requiring an experienced security engineer to identify vulnerabilities using advanced exploitation methods. On the other side, some applications are going for their first release ever or release after a major code change.

Securing sensitive data in today’s digital world has become increasingly complex and challenging, especially if parties practice poor data management, network security, encryption methods, or endpoint protection. As cyber attacks continue to grow, it’s absolutely necessary to maintain stronger cybersecurity practices.