Egress, a cybersecurity company that provides intelligent email security, recently released their Email Security Risk Report 2023. It's solid research that shows 99% of cybersecurity leaders are stressed about their email security with good reason. The numbers are scary. We mentioned their report a few weeks ago, but there are many important findings there.
Verizon has renewed its warnings to customers about the threat of smishing, a social engineering approach that relies upon texts as opposed to other communication channels like the email used in phishing. The smishing problem may be smaller than the phishing problem, or the robocall nuisance, but it represents a comparable threat that organizations should address in their risk management process.
As cyber threats continue to evolve, it's becoming more challenging for organizations to protect themselves from security threats. To stay ahead of cybercriminals, companies need advanced security tools like UEBA that can help detect anomalous behavior patterns that may indicate a security threat. However, the effectiveness of these tools largely depends on the quality and accuracy of the data they analyze.
SC Media and SC Media Europe have named two of Trustwave’s premiere products, DbProtect and MailMarshal, as a finalist in several award categories the cybersecurity media outlet plans to announce this summer. For 26 years, the SC Awards program has been cybersecurity’s most prestigious and competitive program, recognizing the solutions, organizations, and people driving innovation and success in information security.
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Back in 2015, we published an article about the third party risks that are introduced into a home network. Now, eight years later, it is a good time to revisit the landscape of the home network. If we think about the technology in most homes in 2015, it was fairly sparse, consisting only of a router with an internet connection. The speed of most home internet connections was well below 100Mbps.
TA569 is a prolific threat actor primarily known for its deployment of website injections leading to a JavaScript payload known as SocGholish. In the past few months, Proofpoint researchers have observed changes in the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed by TA569. Changes include an increase in the number of injection varieties, as well as payloads deviating from the standard SocGholish “Fake Update” JavaScript packages.
