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The Linux process and session model as part of security alerting and monitoring

The Linux process model, available within Elastic, allows users to write very targeted alerting rules and gain deeper insight into exactly what is happening on their Linux servers and desktops. In this blog, we will provide background on the Linux process model, a key aspect of how Linux workloads are represented.

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Are disconnected RDP sessions ticking time bombs in your network?

I think we’ve all been there before – you log on to a server remotely via RDP, and do the needful – but don’t immediately log off. But then you get distracted by a phone call, an email, a chat, or a good old-fashioned physical interaction with another human being. So when it comes time clock out for the night, you shut down your computer or log off. Or maybe you’ve been working on a laptop and your VPN got interrupted.

Use Service Design in Operations Management to Enhance Security

As an IT operations manager, you spend a lot of your time mitigating service outages and service level risks. You worked diligently to get the right people, products, processes, and partners in place to meet your goals. You managed to ensure continued uptime. You’ve reduced the number of tickets and the cost per ticket. And for your efforts, you’re rewarded with managing your company’s cybersecurity program. The problem? You’re not a security specialist.

Security Update: Spring4Shell Vulnerability Modules Already Scanning on Detectify

Our security researchers, engineers, and our Crowdsource community are actively working on understanding the vulnerabilities and developing tests. We have received a dozen POCs already and anticipate more over the coming days. While the situation is rapidly developing, here is what we know so far. The Spring Cloud Function vulnerability (CVE-2022-22963) was disclosed and patched earlier this week.

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AIOps & Observability- Which One Should Enterprises Focus on First?

Organizations today are pressured to keep their IT applications and infrastructure up and running and minimize their downtime. While this has always been a critical goal, it’s become harder to achieve with modern architectures, such as microservices, containerization, edge computing, hybrid-cloud deployments and the newer development methods such as agile DevOps techniques.

Fraud Prevention Strategy: Finding Weak Links in the Payment Transaction Cycle

This blog is a part of our new series 5 Strategies for Building Resilience to Financial Crimes and Cyber Attacks in 2022. In the last few years, we have all observed an increase in the sophistication of cyber-enabled attacks and financial crimes. This coincided with intensified focus on digital banking by financial institutions and increased volumes of online transactions.

Security updates to cover your entire attack surface

Detectify’s Surface Monitoring is the easiest way to monitor and manage your attack surface on the market. This product continuously monitors the configuration and attack surface of your domains and subdomains. It came from the realization that Application Scanning, our other product, is very detailed. Application scanning tries to find every nook and cranny of your application through crawling and fuzzing which is exactly what companies need for custom-built applications.

Best Dark Web Monitoring Tools

The dark web is a part of the internet that is not indexed by search engines and is only accessible through specific browsers. It has become a haven for all sorts of illegal activities and people who want to remain anonymous, including hackers. Often, the hackers use the dark web to sell steal passwords, compromising the security of employees and companies.

File Integrity Monitoring for PCI DSS Compliance

File integrity monitoring (FIM) is essential for securing data and meeting compliance regulations. In particular, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requires organizations to use FIM to help secure their business systems against card data theft by detecting changes to critical system files. This article explains these PCI DSS requirements and how to achieve compliance using FIM.