Breaking silos: The convergence of cybersecurity and fraud prevention
In many enterprises, cybersecurity and fraud protection are operated as separate teams. Cybersecurity is generally focused on the protection of information systems, whereas fraud prevention is…
Data Destruction: The Final Line of Defense Against Cyber Attacks
In any cybersecurity plan, it is important to have a robust inventory of all the data in your enterprise’s possession, with knowledge of where it’s stored, who it impacts, and what measures are in…
Don’t Be the Easy Target: Top Cybersecurity Mistakes Companies Make (and How to Avoid Them)
When considering the subject of cybersecurity, there are several errors that are common for enterprises and organizations to fall into. In order to have an accurate view of what has to be done to…
Don’t panic and other tips for staying safe from scareware
For both individuals and enterprises, fear is quite a reasonable reaction to the discovery of a compromise. Malware on a computer can in fact do serious damage. However, the reaction of fear is…
From Trust to Trickery: Brand Impersonation over the Email Attack Vector
While much of the focus of recent cybersecurity efforts has been dedicated towards perimeter devices, social engineering should not be neglected. One of the most pernicious forms of social…
Google Near Deal to Buy Cybersecurity Startup Wiz For $23 Billion
At Blackwired, we naturally consider cybersecurity to be the most important issue of our time, and apparently industry giant Google thinks so as well. Their major tech competitors, Microsoft and…
MitM Attacks: Understanding the Risks and Prevention Strategies
While they may seem old fashioned, in a world where digital connections take up more and more of a share in both business and personal activity, man in the middle attacks are a very pertinent and…
Re-Extortion: How Ransomware Gangs Re-Victimize Victims
It is a simple fact of life that someone who has been exploited once is more likely to be exploited again, and this fact is becoming increasingly relevant in the current world of cybercrime….
Reduce security risk with 3 edge-securing steps
The biggest hot-button issue in cybersecurity right now is the network edge. Exploitation of vulnerabilities on the perimeter has led to some of the highest profile cyberattacks of the year,…
Tech stack uniformity has become a systemic vulnerability
In the past few years the cyber-security world has observed more threats that affect operations at a global scale, including the Log4J vulnerability of 2022, the MoveIt vulnerability of 2023, and the…