9 Must Have Components for a Privileged Access Management Audit

Privileged accounts are often treated as background plumbing until something goes wrong. They sit across cloud consoles, databases, and pipelines and have the power to alter configurations or bring production to a halt, making them a favorite target of bad actors. Credential theft surged 160% in 2025, making stolen identities one of the fastest-growing attack vectors.

What's Behind The Rise of Spear Phishing Attacks on IT Leaders?

Phishing has been a mainstay of cybercrime for decades – and for good reason. Threat actors continually evolve their phishing tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), adapting the method with new tools and technologies to ensure it remains highly effective. IT leaders have become especially attractive targets: their privileged access amplifies the impact of a successful compromise.

The Top 10 Holiday Text Scams to Leave on "Read" This Season

The holidays bring joy, celebration, and a flood of scam texts designed to steal your money, data, and peace of mind. Every holiday season brings excitement, and unfortunately, a surge in SMS scams targeting unsuspecting consumers. These scam messages might be tiny, but their impact can be huge, ranging from financial loss to identity theft. According to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, people reported $470 million in losses from text-based scams in 2024, a fivefold increase since 2020.

Atlassian Data Center to Cloud Migration: Why miniOrange Is Your Trusted Partner

Migrating from Atlassian Data Center to Cloud is a major step toward modernization. With miniOrange, the process becomes seamless, secure, and fully automated — ensuring no data loss or downtime. Our solutions help you manage users, licenses, and compliance effortlessly while enhancing security and performance. Move smarter and faster with miniOrange to unlock the full potential of Atlassian Cloud.

The Secret Backdoor in Your Firewall... How Attackers Get In WITHOUT Hacking!#cybersecurity#InfoSec

Your WAF is Providing a False Sense of Security Improper network configuration can completely nullify the effectiveness of your Web Application Firewall. If attackers can discover your origin server's direct IP address: They can bypass your expensive security controls entirely. Your "internal" services become externally exposed. You have a massive, unknown gap in your defenses. This animation is a clear example of why security doesn't end with buying a tool. Proper integration and a zero-trust mindset are non-negotiable.

The Unmeasurable is Unmanageable: Why Cyber Resilience Takes Center Stage for Businesses

The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently published an article on cyber resilience that resonates with conversations we have daily at Arctic Wolf. Their central argument — that organizations need to move beyond basic prevention toward comprehensive, measurable resilience — reflects what we’re hearing from business leaders across industries.

CVE-2025-42890: Hard-Coded Credentials in SAP SQL Anywhere Monitor (Non-GUI)

On November 11, 2025, SAP published a security advisory as part of their November security patches, addressing a maximum severity vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-42890 in SQL Anywhere Monitor (Non-GUI) version 17.0. The vulnerability involves hard-coded credentials, which exposes system resources to unauthorized users and allows threat actors to execute arbitrary code without authentication.

The Efficiency Shift: Endpoint Efficiency Over Alert Volume

For years, the cybersecurity industry has celebrated “more detections” as proof of effectiveness. Dashboards filled with alerts were seen as signs of vigilance and control. But in practice, the opposite is true: too many alerts create noise, fatigue, and blind spots that delay real responses. When analysts are buried under a flood of low-value detections, the attacker always moves faster.

Winning risk management in 2026: Harness emerging technology trends for unstoppable success

Risk management has come a long way from outdated spreadsheets and static reports. Today’s dynamic business landscape demands a robust framework that not only responds to threats swiftly but also leverages emerging technology trends to transform potential pitfalls into strategic advantages. In this article, we explore how integrating cutting-edge innovations with risk management techniques can lead to unstoppable success.