Imagine for one moment that you are a cybercriminal.You have compromised an organisation's network, you have stolen their data, you have encrypted their network, and you are now knee-deep in the ransomware negotiation.However, there's a problem. Your target is stalling for time. Who can you, as the perpetrator of the crime rather than the innocent victim, turn to for advice?Well, if you are an...

Escalating tensions in the Kashmiri conflict between India and Pakistan illustrate a point the Indian government has been driving home for years; it is time to double-down on securing India's critical financial services.As the cornerstone of the nation's stability, the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sector was the focus of India's first Digital Threat Report 2024, and offers a ...

As a cybersecurity expert, you are aware that performing static scans is only one part of a good defense-in-depth strategy. Similarly, periodic vulnerability assessments, while valuable, are only a single piece of cyber defense fortification. Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) establishes a logical setting to control organizational threats proactively. CTEM enables an augmented...

Few sectors exemplify the enormous value of data as healthcare does. From the relatively mundane, such as digitalizing patient data for streamlined care, to the extraordinary, like the use of AI to revolutionize prostate cancer diagnosis and care, data is the lifeblood of modern healthcare and, as such, must be protected.For years, we have been told that humans and human error are the weakest link...

Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) have long served as the front line of defense for web applications, filtering out malicious traffic and enforcing security policies. But as threats grow more sophisticated and application environments become more dynamic, many are questioning whether traditional WAFs are still up to the task. In 2025, with the rise of cloud-native applications, APIs, and machine...

We are in the middle of an AI gold rush. Generative AI (Gen AI) has exploded from research labs into everyday business workflows at breakneck speed. Marketing, software development, customer support, HR, companies across industries deploy Gen AI tools to boost efficiency, automate tasks, and gain an edge.But security trails behind.In the rush to innovate, organizations chase speed and visibility,...

India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 is a turning point in how personal data is regulated, managed, and protected across the country. As every industry becomes more digital, this law makes it clear who owns data and who must protect it.The Act introduces a legal imperative and an operational opportunity for SOC managers, CISOs, DPOs, and IT security teams to revisit how data...

Protecting your organization from cyber threats and meeting compliance requirements is simpler than ever with the new Tripwire Enterprise 9.3 release, which includes the following enhancements: IPv6 Support IPv6-Only Support: Now fully compatible with environments that operate exclusively on IPv6. This is helpful to: U.S. Federal agencies that must adhere to OMB Memorandum M-21-07 Organizations...

The threat landscape in Mexico is a precarious one. A recent industry report reinforces the severity of Mexico's cybersecurity challenges, describing the country as having a "high level of cyber vulnerability" and noting that state-backed groups and ransomware gangs increasingly view Mexico as an easy target due to "gaps in investment and preparedness."In that context AI-powered attacks and an...

Mexico is in the middle of a digital revolution.Nearshoring, cloud adoption, e-commerce expansion, and AI-driven automation have helped transform everything from manufacturing plants in Monterrey to financial institutions in Mexico City. In just the last five years, Mexico has seen explosive growth in digital platforms and smart infrastructure, fueling economic momentum and global competitiveness...

As digital transformation sweeps across the healthcare sector, there has never been more at stake. Healthcare data is worth a lot on the black market. Unlike financial data, which has a short shelf life (accounts can be frozen, and fraud alerts issued), medical records stay fresh for a long time.They contain a host of personal information, like medical histories, insurance data, and payment...

How would you like to earn yourself millions of dollars?Well, it may just be possible - if you have information which could help expose the identities of cybercriminals involved with the notorious RedLine information-stealing malware.The US Department of State is offering up to US$10 million for information about the government-backed hackers believed to be behind RedLine malware attacks, which...

According to a report, 71% of energy industry professionals consider their organizations more vulnerable to OT cyber events than ever. These are private organizations, but the stakes are much higher for government-owned systems.Government-owned energy systems such as national grids, nuclear facilities, pipelines, and strategic reserves are foundational to national sovereignty and public welfare.In...

Over the past year, India witnessed a steep rise in cyberattacks. While news focused on big-ticket data breaches and mainstream ransomware attacks, it ignored how the overall threat landscape has become more sophisticated and ingrained.India detected over 369 million malware events between October 2023 and September 2024, at a rate of 702 potential threats per minute on average. This is reflective...

Adopting Continuous Deployment, an extreme form of software delivery automation, can drastically speed up software delivery, but it also introduces critical security challenges. Some of the most severe, global-scale security breaches of recent years (Solarwinds and Kaseya are just two examples) were related to breaches in software delivery infrastructure.Continuous deployment has the potential to...

If they weren't so harmful to both businesses and consumers, the sophistication of modern phishing would be quite impressive. Today's most invasive cybercriminals have moved beyond the old strategies of generic mass-email scams. They're now leveraging advanced technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI,) deepfake media, and real-time behavioral analytics to craft highly personalized and nearly...

What is the Interlock ransomware?Interlock is a relatively new strain of ransomware, that first emerged in late 2024. Unlike many other ransomware families it not only targets Windows PCs, but also systems running FreeBSD.If you are impacted, you will find that your files have not only been encrypted but have also had ".interlock" appended to their filenames. For example, a file named report.xlsx...

While NIST frameworks are typically not mandatory for most organizations, they are still being called on to do some heavy lifting to bolster the nation’s cybersecurity defenses.Under the January 2025 Executive Order (EO) on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was charged, along with several other agencies,...

In January of this year, significant changes to the HIPAA Security Rule were proposed by the Office of Civil Rights for the Department of Health and Human Services (OCR).The proposed update to the HIPAA Security Rule, published on January 6, 2025, introduces a significant new requirement: all covered entities and business associates must conduct penetration testing of their electronic information...

For the fourth year running, in 2025, the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index crowned the manufacturing sector as the number one targeted industry for cybercrime, representing 26% of incidents. The problem is so bad that manufacturing has even managed to defy malware's decline, with attackers exploiting the industry's legacy technology to deploy ransomware at a massive scale. But why is the...