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Cybersecurity 101: Basic Terminology You Need to Know

The constantly changing world of cybersecurity can leave you longing for an understanding of today's modern threats. A solid foundation of cybersecurity terminology is a great first step toward understanding the world of cyber threats and how to help minimize and mitigate risk for your organization. But with more acronyms added every year, it can be a daunting task to keep up. Thankfully, we're here to help.

BIG-IP iControl REST Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerability - CVE-2022-1388

On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, F5 disclosed a critical-severity vulnerability impacting the iControl REST authentication of BIG-IP systems being tracked as CVE-2022-1388. If successfully exploited, the vulnerability could lead to Authentication Bypass, which could allow a threat actor to execute arbitrary system commands, perform file actions, and disable services on BIG-IP. BIG-IQ Centralized Management, F5OS-A, F5OS-C, and Traffic SDC are not impacted by CVE-2022-1388.

Top Cyber Attacks of April 2022

The attacks came from all corners in the past month, as cybercriminals used administrative access codes, stolen internal data, laser-focused programming tools, and even humble job applications to worm their way into organizations' inner workings. Let's look at some of the strange and sinister innovations that shaped the world of cybercrime this April.

Critical Vulnerability in Multiple WSO2 Products Exploited - CVE-2022-29464

Over the past week, threat actors have started scanning for and opportunistically exploiting CVE-2022-29464--a remote code execution vulnerability in multiple WSO2 products used to integrate application programming interfaces (API), applications, and web services. CVE-2022-29464 vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 and severity of Critical which allowed unauthenticated and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the following products.

Cybersecurity Best Practices for the Oil and Gas Industry

While every sector of the economy experiences cyber attacks, the oil and gas industry is a particularly enticing target because there are inherent weaknesses in its rapidly expanding digital landscape. It's also an industry that can't afford to go offline at any time, which means cybercriminals can force quick action from those they attack.

How the Arctic Wolf Platform Can Stop Business Email Compromise Attacks

In this whiteboard session, Matt Trushinski, Director of Product Marketing, shows how the Arctic Wolf® Platform can stop business email compromise attacks by using a real-life example from a customer. Additional Resources: About Arctic Wolf.

Arctic Wolf Security Operations Cloud

In this whiteboard session, Brandon Tschida, Director, Presales Engineering, walks you through the Arctic Wolf® Security Operations Cloud. Threats are increasing at an exponential rate and the traditional approach of leveraging tools to combat the problem no longer works. With growing threat alerts and a lack of trained people to hire, organizations need a new approach to stay secure. With Arctic Wolf's Security Operations Cloud, security operations are delivered as a concierge service. Reduce the noise at your organization and only receive 1-2 real alerts in any given week.

How the Arctic Wolf Platform Stops Active Ransomware

In this whiteboard session, Matt Trushinski, Director of Product Marketing, shows how the Arctic Wolf® Platform can stop ransomware by using a real-life example from a customer. The incident started after a bad actor with stolen credentials logged into multiple systems at 5:23 a.m. Learn the details of how Arctic Wolf's Triage Team began investigating within minutes to alert the customer and stop the active ransomware in its tracks.

How the Arctic Wolf Platform Helps Reduce Cyber Risk

In this whiteboard session, Matt Trushinski, Director of Product Marketing, shows how the Arctic Wolf® Platform helps reduce cyber risk by ingesting raw telemetry from a customer's environment and turning it into high-quality, actionable security alerts. Learn how the platform can parse, enrich, and analyze data to improve a customer's security posture over time and harden their environment—and, ultimately, end cyber risk at their organization.