News February 6, 2023

Are Threat Actors Using ChatGPT to Hack Your Network?

4 min read - Though the technology has only been widely available for a couple of months, everyone is talking about ChatGPT. If you are one of the few people unfamiliar with ChatGPT, it is an OpenAI language model with the “ability to generate…

Incident Response February 6, 2023

Why Crowdsourced Security is Devastating to Threat Actors

4 min read - Almost every day, my spouse and I have a conversation about spam. Not the canned meat, but the number of unwelcomed emails and text messages we receive. He gets several nefarious text messages a day, while I maybe get one…

Risk Management January 24, 2023

Too Much Caffeine? Phishing-as-a-Service Makes Us Jittery

2 min read - Recently, investigators at Mandiant discovered a new software platform with an intuitive interface. The service has tools to orchestrate and automate core campaign elements. Some of the platform’s features enable self-service customization and campaign tracking. Sounds like a typical Software-as-a-Service…

Identity & Access January 24, 2023

An IBM Hacker Breaks Down High-Profile Attacks

5 min read - On September 19, 2022, an 18-year-old cyberattacker known as “teapotuberhacker” (aka TeaPot) allegedly breached the Slack messages of game developer Rockstar Games. Using this access, they pilfered over 90 videos of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI game. They then…

News January 11, 2023

Read Carefully: The Dangers of Punycode and Typosquatting

4 min read - Many phishing attacks pose as banks, and their efforts can be quite convincing. Everything in the email might look official, including the logo. But if you carefully examine the sender’s address, you can see it’s from an imposter. Now threat…

Intelligence & Analytics December 29, 2022

The 13 Costliest Cyberattacks of 2022: Looking Back

5 min read - 2022 has shaped up to be a pricey year for victims of cyberattacks. Cyberattacks continue to target critical infrastructures such as health systems, small government agencies and educational institutions. Ransomware remains a popular attack method for large and small targets…

Intelligence & Analytics December 20, 2022

4 Most Common Cyberattack Patterns from 2022

4 min read - As 2022 comes to an end, cybersecurity teams globally are taking the opportunity to reflect on the past 12 months and draw whatever conclusions and insights they can about the threat landscape. It has been a challenging year for security…

Retail December 16, 2022

5 Ways to Improve Holiday Retail and Wholesale Cybersecurity

4 min read - It’s the most wonderful time of the year for retailers and wholesalers since the holidays help boost year-end profits. The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts 2022 holiday sales will come in 6% to 8% higher than in 2021. But rising…

Incident Response December 14, 2022

5 Holiday Cybersecurity Tips That Make a Real Impact

4 min read - Tired of cybersecurity tips that don’t really make an impact? This post is for you. The year is winding down to an end. Everyone, including security teams, is busy and preoccupied. Cyber actors know this and are gearing up to…

Endpoint October 18, 2022

Threat Management and Unified Endpoint Management

4 min read - The worst of the pandemic may be behind us, but we continue to be impacted by it. School-aged kids are trying to catch up academically and socially after two years of disruption. Air travel is a mess. And all businesses…