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As Cynet’s COO, my team and I get to work closely with risk management executives at small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) around the world. In this article, I’ll condense our collaboration’s insights into three key trends for 2024, backed up by data …

In a landmark move, Okta, the leading Identity and Access Management (IAM) provider has announced its acquisition of Spera Security, a rising star in the Identity security space.  Spera Security plays a strategic role in enhancing organizations’ cybersecurity defenses.  The …

SSH protocol is one of the most used protocols across several organizations to establish a remote terminal login and file transfer. SSH consists of an authenticated key exchange for establishing the secure channel connection to ensure integrity and confidentiality.  However, …

Certification has always been a great way for companies to establish trust with their customers. As modern companies gather increasing amounts of data, and as data privacy concerns mount, cyber compliance is now more important than ever. While there’s certainly …

Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, the U.S. Department of Justice, and several European security organizations working under Europol, have successfully taken down the website belonging to the notorious cybercriminal ALPHV, also known as Blackcat. ALPHV/Blackcat Ransomware, a notorious ransomware …

The Play ransomware group, also going by the name Playcrypt, has been affecting several kinds of North American, South American, and European enterprises as well as vital infrastructure since June 2022. The FBI learned of about 300 impacted companies as …

Threat actors are purchasing advertisements for malicious websites to lure victims into downloading malware, which can eventually lead to data theft and ransomware.  This technique was used in several ad platforms, including search engine ads and social media ads, as …

Microsoft recently reported that CVE-2023-23397, a critical Outlook vulnerability, is currently being exploited in the wild by a Russian-state-sponsored threat actor known as Forrest Blizzard.  This vulnerability allowed threat actors to exploit an Outlook client by extracting NTLM credentials while …

Zoom, the popular video conferencing platform, has recently announced the launch of its Open-Source Vulnerability Impact Scoring System. This system is designed to provide a standardized method for evaluating the impact of vulnerabilities discovered in open-source software. The system’s version …