Jul 17, 2023The Hacker NewsAttack Surface Management The hype around different security categories can make it difficult to discern features and capabilities from bias when researching new platforms. You want to advance your security measures, but what steps actually make sense for your business? For anyone ready to find an attack surface management (ASM) vendor, review … [Read more...] about These 6 Questions Will Help You Choose the Best Attack Surface Management Platform
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Gain Insights from Gcore’s 2023 DDoS Attack Statistics
Jul 06, 2023The Hacker News Gcore Radar is a quarterly report prepared by Gcore that provides insights into the current state of the DDoS protection market and cybersecurity trends. This report offers you an understanding of the evolving threat landscape and highlights the measures required to protect against attacks effectively. It serves as an insight for businesses and … [Read more...] about Gain Insights from Gcore’s 2023 DDoS Attack Statistics
DDoSia Attack Tool Evolves with Encryption, Targeting Multiple Sectors
The threat actors behind the DDoSia attack tool have come up with a new version that incorporates a new mechanism to retrieve the list of targets to be bombarded with junk HTTP requests in an attempt to bring them down. The updated variant, written in Golang, "implements an additional security mechanism to conceal the list of targets, which is transmitted from the … [Read more...] about DDoSia Attack Tool Evolves with Encryption, Targeting Multiple Sectors
How Attack Surface Management Prioritizes Vulnerability Remediation
As the business environment becomes increasingly connected, organizations' attack surfaces continue to expand, making it challenging to map and secure both known and unknown assets. In particular, unknown assets present security challenges related to shadow IT, misconfigurations, ineffective scan coverage, among others. Given attack surface sprawl and evolving threats, many … [Read more...] about How Attack Surface Management Prioritizes Vulnerability Remediation
Mastering API Security: Understanding Your True Attack Surface
Jun 13, 2023The Hacker NewsAPI Security / Webinar Believe it or not, your attack surface is expanding faster than you realize. How? APIs, of course! More formally known as application programming interfaces, API calls are growing twice as fast as HTML traffic, making APIs an ideal candidate for new security solutions aimed at protecting customer data, according to … [Read more...] about Mastering API Security: Understanding Your True Attack Surface
Why Now? The Rise of Attack Surface Management
Jun 12, 2023The Hacker NewsAttack Surface Management The term "attack surface management" (ASM) went from unknown to ubiquitous in the cybersecurity space over the past few years. Gartner and Forrester have both highlighted the importance of ASM recently, multiple solution providers have emerged in the space, and investment and acquisition activity have seen an uptick. Many … [Read more...] about Why Now? The Rise of Attack Surface Management
Magento, WooCommerce, WordPress, and Shopify Exploited in Web Skimmer Attack
Jun 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / Magecart Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a new ongoing Magecart-style web skimmer campaign that's designed to steal personally identifiable information (PII) and credit card data from e-commerce websites. A noteworthy aspect that sets it apart from other Magecart campaigns is that the hijacked sites further serve as … [Read more...] about Magento, WooCommerce, WordPress, and Shopify Exploited in Web Skimmer Attack
How to Reduce Exposure on the Manufacturing Attack Surface
Digitalization initiatives are connecting once-isolated Operational Technology (OT) environments with their Information Technology (IT) counterparts. This digital transformation of the factory floor has accelerated the connection of machinery to digital systems and data. Computer systems for managing and monitoring digital systems and data have been added to the hardware and … [Read more...] about How to Reduce Exposure on the Manufacturing Attack Surface
How Attack Surface Management Supports Continuous Threat Exposure Management
May 11, 2023The Hacker News According to Forrester, External Attack Surface Management (EASM) emerged as a market category in 2021 and gained popularity in 2022. In a different report, Gartner concluded that vulnerability management vendors are expanding their offerings to include Attack Surface Management (ASM) for a suite of comprehensive offensive security … [Read more...] about How Attack Surface Management Supports Continuous Threat Exposure Management
Taiwanese PC Company MSI Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack
Apr 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Attack Taiwanese PC company MSI (short for Micro-Star International) officially confirmed it was the victim of a cyber attack on its systems. The company said it "promptly" initiated incident response and recovery measures after detecting "network anomalies." It also said it alerted law enforcement agencies of the matter. That said, … [Read more...] about Taiwanese PC Company MSI Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack