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Kilian Englert
Kilian has a background in enterprise security engineering, as well as security solution selling. Kilian is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and creates internal and public content on topics related to cyber security and technology best practices.
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Threat Update 50 – Critical Salesforce Misconfiguration
Salesforce is the lifeblood of many organizations. The amount of critical, and sensitive information stored within is astronomical – however, there are parts of the solution designed to be accessed...
Threat Update 49 – SeriousSAM & Black Hat 2021
Cybersecurity folks find themselves in a “Zero-Daze” as they get hit with another new 0-day attack, called SeriousSAM, that allows attackers to get access to the Windows Security Account Manager...
Threat Update 48 – Using Google to Spot Exposed Data in the Cloud
Cloud data stores like Box and Google Workspace make sharing and collaborating easy and convenient. However, there can be hidden risks. Configuration settings for these services can be complex –...
Threat Update 47 – Ransomware Early Warning: Data Exfiltration
Thought ransomware couldn’t get any worse? Ransomware gangs are now stealing victim’s data before unleashing ransomware – forcing victims to pay up or deal with the fallout when attackers post...
Threat Update 46 – Ransomware Early Warning: Data Discovery
Breaking News: The REvil ransomware gang launched an attack over the U.S. long holiday weekend. Varonis presented a webinar on the attack and you can check out this detailed breakdown...
Threat Update 45 – Ransomware Early Warning: AD Attacks
Once ransomware gangs establish a foothold in an organization, the next move is often to compromise additional accounts and escalate their privileges — which puts Active Directory squarely in their...
Threat Update 44 – Ransomware Early Warning: DNS Recon
Ransomware gangs use every trick in the book to find and steal data before encrypting it. After landing in a new organization, they need to map out the resources, identify...
ReConnect – Meet DatAdvantage Cloud
Varonis introduced an exciting new cloud-hosted solution that brings our data-centric security approach to AWS, Box, GitHub, Google Drive, Jira, Okta, Salesforce, Slack, and Zoom! Kilian Englert and Ryan O’Boyle...
Threat Update 43 – Ransomware Early Warning: Brute Force
With the proliferation of more sophisticated, human-operated ransomware, attackers can live inside an organization for days, weeks, or months – finding and exfiltrating data before making their presence known by...
Threat Update 42 – Hidden Costs of a Breach
The American Accounting Association performed a study on how data breaches impact businesses beyond the immediate costs of recovery and brand damage. Join Kilian and Kyle Roth from the Varonis...