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Varonis Uncovers New Malware Strains and a Mysterious Web Shell During a Monero Cryptojacking Investigation
The Varonis Security Research team recently investigated an ongoing cryptomining infection that had spread to nearly every device at a mid-size company. Analysis of the collected malware samples revealed a...
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What is Endpoint Security? A Complete Guide
Endpoint security is the discipline of locking down any element of an organization that is capable of obtaining internal access to resources such as databases or servers. It is a...
Cybersecurity Memo Templates and Awareness Flyers Employees Won’t Forget
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month comes around every October, but you shouldn’t rely on one month being enough to drive home the importance of cybersecurity to your employees. You should promote...
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Compliance Guide
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is “the first consumer privacy act in the country,” as one California legislator put it. No other US state has provided its citizens with GDPR-like...
Insider Threats: Hard Lessons From WMI Eventing and Surveillance
Last time, we explored how a hypothetical insider could use the Windows Management Interface (WMI) and its eventing system to surveil other employees. No, I’m not the first person to...
How Hackers Use OSINT to Find Business Data
Hackers do their homework when picking a target, often relying on information left publically exposed to make decisions about how to attack. Whether an OSINT researcher is a hacker looking...
What is an Insider Threat? Definition and Examples
An insider threat is a security risk that originates within the targeted organization. This doesn’t mean that the actor must be a current employee or officer in the organization. They...
What is a Security Operations Center (SOC)?
A SOC is an outsourced office that is completely dedicated to analyzing traffic flow and monitoring for threats and attacks. In today’s world of cyberattacks and data breaches, companies of...
A Practical Software Approach to Insider Threats
Insider data theft presents multiple challenges for traditional IT security. Insiders are employees who are entitled to be in the network unlike hackers. Standard perimeter security measures won’t work. But...
What is a DDoS Attack? Identifying Denial-of-Service Attacks
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to crash a web server or online system by overwhelming it with data. DDoS attacks can be simple mischief, revenge,...
How to Use Netcat Commands: Examples and Cheat Sheets
The Netcat utility program supports a wide range of commands to manage networks and monitor the flow of traffic data between systems. Computer networks, including the world wide web, are...