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Ransomware is a constant threat to both businesses and individuals.  The potential for all critical data necessary to run an organization or a family to be locked is terrifying; and the global malware situation doesn't show any signs of slowing down in the future. Added to the threat of data loss to encryption is the recent surge in so-called "double-extortion attacks" where the data is not only encrypted but also stolen.  Let's take a look at the anatomy of these types of ransomware attacks.  

A few days before Christmas, the domain registrar and hosting service GoDaddy came under fire in the press and social media for phish-testing their users with a fake email which made it look like they were getting a US$650 bonus for the holidays.  While the methodology used can and does need to be done better in future, the test itself raises some serious questions for corporate cybersecurity professionals and regular users alike.   Here's What Happened: GoDaddy's cybersecurity team sent an.

Update as of December 17, 2020 A consortium of industry vendors including Microsoft and Google have actively been working to circumvent the ability of SUNBURST to successfully activate and attack. Microsoft was able to gain possession and control over a key domain - avsvmcloud[.]com - which the SUNBURST attack binaries use to get Command and Control (C&C) information. Without this C&C connectivity, the SUNBURST system remains in an inactive state if it has not yet become active within an.

Cybersecurity can be a tricky thing. Gaining information about an environment through internal and external testing can take a wide variety of forms and generate an overwhelming amount of data in the process. From Pen-Testing to Vulnerability Scanning, from Incident Response exercises to Breach and Attack Simulation; the details generated on every aspect of a cyber infrastructure can outpace the ability of the humans who have to make decisions to properly and completely ingest and analyze the.

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Continuing with our series of questions from readers and users of the Cymulate BAS Platform, let's take a look at this user question: "What happens during a Web Gateway Assessment?" When looking at Web Gateways, there are often a lot of "moving parts."Most people think of firewalls when thinking of a web gateway, and the firewall and its technologies are a critical component of a web gateway overall, but there are several other components to take into account when assessing the security of.

A reader recently asked, "I'm in a regulated industry and do penetration testing once a year for compliance. Why would I also use Breach and Attack Simulation?" Let's dive into this question, as the need for Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) solutions like Cymulate do not diminish when you are in a regulated environment. In fact, the need for BAS becomes even stronger when you perform pen-testing once a year for regulatory compliance. Here are two reasons:   1 - You Only Pen-Test Once a Year.

A site visitor asked “What is an email gateway attack simulation? How is that different from phishing testing?” Both good questions, let’s have a look: Email Gateway Attack Simulation 101 Email gateways are software and/or appliances that sit between inbound email and your users’ mailboxes. These systems evaluate each inbound email (and often outbound email) that is processed by your company’s email systems.  Evaluations can include looking for phishing-like language, checking any links to.

Cymulate 101: What is Breach and Attack Simulation?  One of our site visitors asked a pretty popular question recently: “What, exactly, is Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS)?” Let’s dive in and have a look at this form of security control testing. So, what are "security controls?” Simply put, a security control is anything that limits the ability of a threat actor to accomplish their goal, or otherwise stop even a legitimate user from doing something they shouldn’t.    Security controls can.

Benefits of Working Remotely As the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has entire countries declaring national emergencies and recommending social distancing; more companies than ever are unexpectedly finding that they must allow employees to work remotely in order to limit the speed of the virus spreading throughout our communities.  Remote work has a great number of benefits - especially during a crisis of this nature - but also comes with significant cybersecurity drawbacks that should be.