Category: Security Boulevard

The 2025 Themes on Data GPS

With the continued mainstreaming of data privacy concerns, nearly all consumer-facing organizations will be forced to treat data GPS as a first-class initiative within their businesses. The post The 2025 Themes on Data GPS  appeared first on Security Boulevard. This…

Considerations for Selecting the Best API Authentication Option

Implementing API authentication is one of the most critical stages of API design and development. Properly implemented authentication protects data, user privacy, and other resources while streamlining compliance, preventing fraud, and establishing accountability. In fact, broken authentication is one of…

How Secure Is Your PAM Strategy?

Is Your PAM Strategy as Secure as You Think? It’s a common question asked in board meetings and by cybersecurity teams: Is our Privileged Access Management (PAM) truly safe? A secure PAM strategy is vital to any business’s cybersecurity infrastructure,…

Proactively Managing Cloud Identities to Prevent Breaches

What Role Does Proactive Handling of Cloud Identities Play in Avoiding Breaches? As cybersecurity experts, we are vested in the responsibility of providing guidance and oversight to other professionals in the cybersecurity sphere. A topic that has been gaining traction…

Confident Cybersecurity: Essentials for Every Business

Are Businesses Truly Prepared for Today’s Cybersecurity Challenges? With the transition to a digital majority, company networks are continuously at risk, and potential breaches are growing more severe each day. So, how well-prepared is the average business when it comes…

A Brief Guide for Dealing with ‘Humanless SOC’ Idiots

image by Meta.AI lampooning humanless SOC My former “colleagues” have written several serious pieces of research about why a SOC without humans will never happen (“Predict 2025: There Will Never Be an Autonomous SOC”, “The “Autonomous SOC” Is A Pipe…

How Can Generative AI be Used in Cybersecurity

The post How Can Generative AI be Used in Cybersecurity appeared first on AI Security Automation. The post How Can Generative AI be Used in Cybersecurity appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read…

DEF CON 32 – Bypass 101

Author/Presenter: Bill Graydon Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The…

Cohesity Extends Services Reach to Incident Response Platforms

Cohesity has extended its Cyber Event Response Team (CERT) service to include third-party providers of incident response platforms, including Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, Arctic Wolf, Sophos, Fenix24 and Semperis. The post Cohesity Extends Services Reach to Incident Response Platforms…

Tarbomb Denial of Service via Path Traversal

As software applications are built and developed over the years, engineering teams continuously shift perspective on what features to prioritize or de-prioritize. A feature developed five years ago may have no significance today. However, features deemed low priority may still…

California Wildfires Spark Phishing Scams Exploiting Chaos

As Southern California continues to battle devastating wildfires, cybercriminals have seized the opportunity to exploit the chaos, targeting vulnerable individuals and organizations. The post California Wildfires Spark Phishing Scams Exploiting Chaos appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been…

MikroTik Botnet Exploits SPF Misconfigurations to Spread Malware

A MikroTik botnet exploited weak SPF configurations, spoofing 20,000 domains to launch widespread malspam campaigns. The post MikroTik Botnet Exploits SPF Misconfigurations to Spread Malware appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the…

Yahoo Japan Enforces DMARC Adoption for Users in 2025

Yahoo Japan enforces DMARC, SPF, and DKIM protocols starting December 2024 to strengthen email security and combat phishing. The post Yahoo Japan Enforces DMARC Adoption for Users in 2025 appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from…

How Much of Your Business is Exposed on the Dark Web?

The dark web is a thriving underground market where stolen data and corporate vulnerabilities are openly traded. This hidden economy poses a direct and growing threat to businesses worldwide. Recent breaches highlight the danger.   The post How Much of Your…

Security Concerns Complicate Multi-Cloud Adoption Strategies

While cloud adoption continues to drive digital transformation, the shift to the cloud introduces critical security challenges that organizations must address. The post Security Concerns Complicate Multi-Cloud Adoption Strategies appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from…

Cybersecurity Breaches Degrade Consumer Trust, but Apathy Rises

Most consumers are still unaware of their own role in cybersecurity incidents and continue to place primary blame on external bad actors. The post Cybersecurity Breaches Degrade Consumer Trust, but Apathy Rises appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has…

A Peek Inside the Current State of BitCoin Exchanges

Dear blog readers, In this post I’ll provide some actionable intelligence on the current state of active BitCoin Exchanges landscape with the idea to assist everyone on their way to properly attribute a fraudulent or malicious transaction or to dig…

A Peek Inside the Current State of BitCoin Mixers

Dear blog readers, In this post I’ll provide some actionable intelligence on the current state of active BitCoin Mixers landscape with the idea to assist everyone on their way to properly attribute a fraudulent or malicious transaction or to dig…

Tonic.ai product updates: April 2024

SQL Server support on Tonic Ephemeral, Db2 LUW on Tonic Structural, LLM synthesis in Tonic Textual, and expanded LLM access in Tonic Validate! Learn more about all the latest releases from Tonic.ai. The post Tonic.ai product updates: April 2024 appeared…

Tonic.ai product updates: July 2024

Textual’s Pipeline workflow preps your data for AI, Structural’s sensitivity scan is now customizable, and Ephemeral can be deployed on Azure or Google Cloud! The post Tonic.ai product updates: July 2024 appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been…

Tonic.ai product updates: March 2024

Tonic is now Tonic Structural and can output directly to Tonic Ephemeral, subsetting arrives for Snowflake, + Tonic Cloud is HIPAA certified! The post Tonic.ai product updates: March 2024 appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from…

Tonic.ai product updates: February 2024

Tonic Ephemeral launches with free trials, Tonic Textual supports expanded file types, and database view has a brand new look 👀 The post Tonic.ai product updates: February 2024 appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security…

DEF CON 32 – Signature-Based Detection Using Network Timing

Author/Presenter: Josh Pyorre Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The…

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Radon’

<a class=” sqs-block-image-link ” href=”https://xkcd.com/3037/” target=”_blank”> <img alt=”” height=”291″ src=”https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5355d604e4b03c3e9896e131/6b6df542-8710-41ab-aa4b-a26ce08dff06/radon.png?format=1000w” width=”740″ /> </a><figcaption class=”image-caption-wrapper”> via the comic humor & dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Radon’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. This…

How a Large Healthcare Company Slashed Their Secrets Incidents by Half

Learn how one of Europe’s largest healthcare tech leaders transformed their Secrets Security with GitGuardian, cutting incidents by half without compromising developer productivity. The post How a Large Healthcare Company Slashed Their Secrets Incidents by Half appeared first on Security…

10 Essential GRC Policy Management Best Practices

Policy management is the sturdy scaffolding that supports governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) objectives while shaping corporate culture and ensuring adherence to regulatory obligations. Yet, many organizations grapple with a fragmented approach—policies scattered across departments, processes misaligned, and technology underutilized.…

What is an Uncensored Model and Why Do I Need It

While the power and potential of GenAI is evident for IT and security, the use cases in the security field are surprisingly immature largely due to censorship and guardrails that hamper many models’ utility for cybersecurity use cases.    The post…

Infectious Prompt Injection Attacks on Multi-Agent AI Systems

LLMs are becoming very powerful and reliable, and multi-agent systems — multiple LLMs having a major impact tackling complex tasks — are upon us, for better and worse.  The post Infectious Prompt Injection Attacks on Multi-Agent AI Systems  appeared first…

7 Essential Security Operations Center Tools for 2025

The post 7 Essential Security Operations Center Tools for 2025 appeared first on AI Security Automation. The post 7 Essential Security Operations Center Tools for 2025 appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read…

Allstate Violates Drivers’ Privacy, Texas AG Alleges

Don’t Mess With Texas Privacy: “We will hold all these companies accountable,” rants state attorney general Ken Paxton (pictured). The post Allstate Violates Drivers’ Privacy, Texas AG Alleges appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security…

Redacting sensitive free-text data: build vs buy

Building an in-house redaction system requires overcoming significant technical challenges and investing considerable resources to develop and maintain the process. This article explores some of the challenges you may face if your organization decides to go down the build-it-yourself path.…

The Future of Cybersecurity: Global Outlook 2025 and Beyond

The cybersecurity landscape is entering an unprecedented era of complexity, with AI-driven threats, geopolitical tensions, and supply chain vulnerabilities reshaping how organizations approach digital security. This analysis explores key trends and strategic imperatives for 2025 and beyond. The post The…

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Trimix’

<a class=” sqs-block-image-link ” href=”https://xkcd.com/3035/” target=”_blank”> <img alt=”” height=”299″ src=”https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5355d604e4b03c3e9896e131/c9ca9a11-3fe5-4a52-8965-90f1f3626d8f/trimix.png?format=1000w” width=”502″ /> </a><figcaption class=”image-caption-wrapper”> via the comic humor & dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Trimix’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. This…

Six Friends Every Security Team Needs

Around the year 1900, an author (Rudyard Kipling) wrote a poem called “The Elephant’s Child.” In it, he writes: “I keep six honest serving men They taught me all I knew Their names are What and Why and When And…

DEF CON 32 – SBOMs the Hard Way: Hacking Bob the Minion

Authors/Presenters: Larry Pesce Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The…

Commvault Adds Ability to Recover Entire Instances of Active Directory

Commvault today added an ability to automatically recover the instances of Microsoft Active Directory (AD) that have become primary targets of cybersecurity attacks. The post Commvault Adds Ability to Recover Entire Instances of Active Directory appeared first on Security Boulevard.…

The Insider Threat Digital Recruitment Marketplace

Nisos The Insider Threat Digital Recruitment Marketplace Nisos routinely monitors mainstream and alternative social media platforms, as well as cloud-based messaging applications and dark web forums… The post The Insider Threat Digital Recruitment Marketplace appeared first on Nisos by Nisos…

Fifteen Best Practices to Navigate the Data Sovereignty Waters

Fifteen Best Practices to Navigate the Data Sovereignty Waters josh.pearson@t… Tue, 01/14/2025 – 08:04 Data sovereignty—the idea that data is subject to the laws and regulations of the country it is collected or stored in—is a fundamental consideration for businesses…

Why Scalability Matters in Non-Human Identity and Access Management

6 min readFrom dynamic workloads to API-driven systems, managing non-human identities requires a new approach to security at scale. The post Why Scalability Matters in Non-Human Identity and Access Management appeared first on Aembit. The post Why Scalability Matters in…

Network Configuration and Change Management Best Practices

Managing network configurations and changes is a critical component of modern IT operations, ensuring organizations maintain security, operational efficiency, and business continuity. In today’s fast-paced and complex technology environments, even… The post Network Configuration and Change Management Best Practices appeared…

FunkSec: A New Ransomware Group Buoyed by AI

A new ransomware group called FunkSec claimed 85 victims in December but its members appear to be lesser-skilled hackers using generative AI and inflated attack numbers to bolster their capabilities and reputation, according to Check Point researchers. The post FunkSec:…

How to create realistic test data for Databricks with Tonic

Learn how to create realistic test data for Databricks with Tonic’s latest integration! Yes, you read that right: We’re the only data masking and synthesis platform to offer a native streamlined Databricks integration. The post How to create realistic test data…

How to generate safe, useful test data for Amazon Redshift

Amazon Redshift enables massive data warehousing capabilities, but creating quality mock data designed to mimic data stored in Redshift comes with significant challenges. Here are the problems involved and tools you need to tackle each with expertise. The post How…

What is Breach Readiness?

While many organizations devote countless resources to stopping attacks at the perimeter, today’s threat landscape calls for a different mindset. The concept of breach readiness begins with acknowledging the likelihood of an incident, then building robust methods to contain and…

Botnet Threat Update July to December 2024

Overall botnet command control (C&C) activity decreased marginally by -4% between July and December last year. China dominated the Top 20 charts with increased botnet C&C activity across domain registrars and networks, ranking #1 globally for hosting botnet C&C servers.…

Privacy Roundup: Week 2 of Year 2025

This is a news item roundup of privacy or privacy-related news items for 5 JAN 2025 – 11 JAN 2025. Information and summaries provided here are as-is for warranty purposes. Note: You may see some traditional “security” content mixed-in here…

How to Capitalize on 5 Trends Shaping the Future of Pentesting

Continuous testing is a major contributor to cybersecurity that’s so advanced, integrated and proactive that it doesn’t just prevent an attack but wards off attackers altogether.  The post How to Capitalize on 5 Trends Shaping the Future of Pentesting appeared…

The Vanity Press in Academia

I’ve never been a regular resident of the ivory halls of academia, but Mich Kabay recently made me aware of an article about legitimate scientific journals driven to distraction by being flooded with commentary apparently reflecting a surge in the…

DEF CON 32 – Open Source Hacker V. Government Lawyer

Authors/Presenters: Rebecca Lively, Eddie Zaneski Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel.…

What is PCI DSS 4.0: Is This Still Applicable For 2024?

In a time when cyber threats continuously evolve, a security standard or framework is essential for protecting digital assets. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), developed by the PCI Security Standards Council, empowers organisations to safeguard cardholder…

PCI DSS Requirements With v4.0.1 Updates For 2024

PCI DSS refers to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard created by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), an independent entity founded by major payment card brands, including Visa, JCB International, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. PCI DSS…

Advancements in Machine Identity Protections

The Strategic Importance of Non-Human Identities Are we taking the necessary steps to secure our machine identities, or are we leaving our systems exposed to potential attackers? Non-Human Identities (NHIs) play a critical role in maintaining secure cloud environments. In…

DEF CON 32 – Porn & Privacy – ET

Author/Presenter: ET Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post…

2025 SaaS Security Word of the Year: Adaptability | Grip

Discover why adaptability is the 2025 SaaS security word of the year. This is the year to address shadow SaaS, AI risks, and evolving cyber threats effectively! The post 2025 SaaS Security Word of the Year: Adaptability | Grip appeared…

The Cost of Complacency in Credential Hygiene

The PowerSchool breach highlights the risks of poor credential hygiene. This article covers proactive steps to protect your SaaS environment. The post The Cost of Complacency in Credential Hygiene appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from…

Hackers Attack PowerSchool, Expose K-12 Teacher and Student Data

Giant education software provider PowerSchool reported that hackers using compromised credentials access a database and stole student and teacher data in an attack that the company said was not ransomware, though a ransom apparently was paid. Affected K-12 school districts…

Phishing Threats, GenAI Among Top Cybersecurity Risks in 2025

Organizations are facing escalating threats from phishing attacks, personal app usage and the widespread adoption of generative AI (GenAI) in workplaces. According to a Netskope report, phishing attacks surged in 2024, with enterprise employees clicking on phishing links at a…

Digital Wallets: From Consumer Convenience to Corporate Security

From storing state IDs, driver’s licenses and passports to managing payment information, digital wallets have revolutionized the way we handle personal credentials. The post Digital Wallets: From Consumer Convenience to Corporate Security appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has…

The Benefits of Implementing Least Privilege Access

Why is Least Privilege Access a Key Aspect in Security Practices? If you’re involved in cybersecurity, the term “Least Privilege Access” may be familiar. But why is it considered a central feature in security practices across diverse industries? Least privilege,…

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Features of Adulthood’

<a class=” sqs-block-image-link ” href=”https://xkcd.com/3034/” target=”_blank”> <img alt=”” height=”620″ src=”https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5355d604e4b03c3e9896e131/eefaa0f5-d620-4f2c-b628-26c456b26b88/features_of_adulthood.png?format=1000w” width=”704″ /> </a><figcaption class=”image-caption-wrapper”> via the comic humor & dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Features of Adulthood’ appeared first on Security…

Security Implications of Configuration Drift

Addressing configuration drift – a seemingly minor issue – is essential to maintaining a secure and resilient IT environment.  The post Security Implications of Configuration Drift  appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read…