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Obrela Security Industries recently launched their H1 2022 Digital Universe Study, which provides detailed insight into this year’s security and threat landscape. The results provide a ‘funnel’ view of real-time visibility data, and allow organisations to gain a better understanding of how threats are security are developing, and how they can better protect themselves.   To put together this report, Obrela collected and analysed 1 PBs of logs as well as 100,000 devices. In this time,...

On Thursday, October 27th, 2022, developers of the OpenSSL cryptography library had taken the unusual step of pre-warning that a critical update is due to be announced on Tuesday, November 1, which will address a critical vulnerability. The OpenSSL library is exactly what it sounds like – an open-source implementation of the SSL and TLS cryptographic protocols, which make secure communications possible. Think of the lock icon to the left of your web address in your browser. Not much is...

The nominations for the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber awards are out! It's always wonderful to read about the incredible women in our industry, who are making fantastic contributions and paving the way for others. In no particular order, here is PART I of the 2022 shortlist along with snippets of what their nominators had to say about them! (To see Part II, see HERE) Dr. Kiri Addison, senior product manager, Mimecast Kiri has vast...

The nominations for the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber awards are out! It’s always wonderful to read about the incredible women in our industry, who are making fantastic contributions and paving the way for others. In no particular order, here is PART II of the 2022 shortlist along with snippets of what their nominators had to say about them! (To see Part I, see HERE) Carol Lee, program & SheLeads Tech director, ISACA Hong Kong...

Outpost24 has released a new threat intelligence blog on Guacamaya, a hacktivist group acting in defense of the abuse performed on the territory and against the indigenous people of Central America. Their main objective is exfiltrating information about companies or organisms performing unjust actions against the indigenous people or territory. Guacamaya have been acting in defense of the indigenous people of Abya Yala territory. This is the name used by the Native American Guna people who inhabit the geographic...

Salt Security, the API security company, has announced additions to its leadership team to support growth in employees and customers worldwide. Salt has established two new executive leadership roles, naming Renee Hollinger as Chief People Officer and Amelia Forrest Kaye as Vice President of Customer Success. Both Hollinger and Kaye will play pivotal roles in supporting the company's operations and expanding global customer base. Over the past 12 months, Salt Security has also expanded its customer base by...

Armis, the asset visibility and security company, has announced its Armis Partner Experience (APEX) Manage Program, a  partner program for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Detection and Response Providers (MDRs). The APEX Manage Program is an evolution of the channel partner APEX Program launched by Armis one year ago. The company says APEX Manage aims to elevate and enrich service providers with a modern approach to building cyber investigation, detection, threat hunting, and remediation...

Behavioural risk platform, CybSafe has announced the launch of SebDB 2.0, the database developed by CybSafe’s in-house science and research team that gives security professionals the scientific understanding often missing when tackling human risk. While organisations often attempt to improve security awareness, it is scarce for the effect of such efforts to be measured meaningfully. SebDB 2.0 allows organisations to target specific behaviours lacking within an organisation, implement plans to address them, and measure the...

London – October 25, 2022 – Armis, the leading asset visibility and security company, today announced its availability in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The immediate general availability extends the reach of Armis to AWS Marketplace customers in need of the company’s cybersecurity solution. According to a Forrester Total Economic Impact™ study, AWS Marketplace...

Picture the scene: The office of a small but successful law firm is broken into. During the ensuing break-in, hundreds of documents relating to both employees’ and clients’ personal data are stolen and presumed available for sale online, including compromising personal information and financial data. Following an investigation, it becomes apparent that the law firm did not employ basic security controls when attempting to protect their physical premises. No security system, no CCTV, and no...