How SSPM Simplifies Your SOC2 SaaS Security Posture Audit

 An accountant and a security expert walk into a bar… SOC2 is no joke.Whether you're a publicly held or private company, you are probably considering going through a Service Organization Controls (SOC) audit. For publicly held companies, these reports are...

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New Variant of UpdateAgent Malware Infects Mac Computers with Adware

 Microsoft on Wednesday shed light on a previously undocumented Mac trojan that it said has undergone several iterations since its first appearance in September 2020, effectively granting it an "increasing progression of sophisticated capabilities."The company's...

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New Wave of Cyber Attacks Target Palestine with Political Bait and Malware

 Cybersecurity researchers have turned the spotlight on a new wave of offensive cyberattacks targeting Palestinian activists and entities starting around October 2021 using politically-themed phishing emails and decoy documents.The intrusions are part of...

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New Malware Used by SolarWinds Attackers Went Undetected for Years

 The threat actor behind the supply chain compromise of SolarWinds has continued to expand its malware arsenal with new tools and techniques that were deployed in attacks as early as 2019, once indicative of the elusive nature of the campaigns and the adversary's...

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Cynet's Keys to Extend Threat Visibility

 We hear about the need for better visibility in the cybersecurity space – detecting threats earlier and more accurately. We often hear about the dwell time and the time to identify and contain a data breach. Many of us are familiar with IBM's Cost of a Data...

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Hacker Group 'Moses Staff' Using New StrifeWater RAT in Ransomware Attacks

 A politically motivated hacker group tied to a series of espionage and sabotage attacks on Israeli entities in 2021 incorporated a previously undocumented remote access trojan (RAT) that masquerades as the Windows Calculator app as part of a conscious effort...

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Critical Bug Found in WordPress Plugin for Elementor with Over a Million Installations

 A WordPress plugin with over one million installs has been found to contain a critical vulnerability that could result in the execution of arbitrary code on compromised websites.The plugin in question is Essential Addons for Elementor, which provides...

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SolarMarker Malware Uses Novel Techniques to Persist on Hacked Systems

 In a sign that threat actors continuously shift tactics and update their defensive measures, the operators of the SolarMarker information stealer and backdoor have been found leveraging stealthy Windows Registry tricks to establish long-term persistence...

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