With its user-friendly interface, seamless file sharing capabilities, and collaboration features, it’s no wonder Dropbox is one of the most popular cloud storage solutions on the market. Millions of businesses and individuals rely on this platform to store and access their files securely across different devices. Chief amongst these organizations are healthcare companies—medical providers, practices, […]
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Watch out: Business email compromise attacks get an upgrade with generative AI
In the past year, business email compromise (BEC) attacks have skyrocketed, with malicious actors harnessing the power of generative AI to craft increasingly sophisticated fraudulent emails. The challenge with these next-generation BEC attacks lies in their complexity; they are not only hard to prevent but also notoriously difficult to detect. However, there are effective strategies […]
AT&T fined $13M by FCC for supply chain data breach
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has imposed a hefty $13 million fine on AT&T following a cloud security lapse that resulted in a data breach last year, compromising the personal information of 8.9 million customers. In an unusual twist, the breach didn’t originate within AT&T itself but rather stemmed from a security incident involving one […]
AI spoofing: What it is and how to spot it
Cloud account hijacking and spear-phishing emails have long been a concern amongst corporate security teams. Even with tools like multi-factor authentication and spam filters, malicious actors often uncover ways to either break into employee cloud accounts and attempt to persuade unwitting users to share sensitive details. Thankfully–up until now–there’s usually been a few tell-tale signs […]
Machine learning: the secret to effective data loss prevention
Data loss prevention (DLP) has a noise problem. Despite security teams carefully programming their solutions to catch sensitive data, most DLP tools alert them to benign instances—and lots of them. The reason? Regular expressions. Once the cornerstone of DLP, regular expressions have become outdated for the modern, cloud-based world. They cause inconsistent, inconsequential, inordinate amount […]
Are malicious insiders lurking in your SaaS apps?
The recent Disney data breach highlights the ever-present risk malicious insiders present to organizations–especially in the cloud-based working world. Whether on Microsoft Teams, Slack, or Google Workspace, almost all employees now rely on SaaS apps to carry out their work. In the process, they’re sharing, uploading, and downloading plenty of workplace data. For the most […]
Disney data breach: Threat actors hijack internal Slack channels
A hacktivist group has leaked over one terabyte of data from Disney’s internal Slack channels. Here’s everything we know so far. Who’s responsible? The attacker group is calling itself NullBulge. They allege that they stole 1.1 TiB of data from 10,000 internal Disney Slack channels. “1.1TiB of files and chat messages. Anything we could get […]
Data loss prevention: Best practices
Data loss prevention (DLP) tools have been part of the security stack for over 30 years. When this technology first arrived on the scene, it was considered the holy grail of security. However, in the last 10 years, DLP has fallen out of favor. It’s known for producing high false positives, barrages of alerts, and […]
Verizon DBIR 2024: Key takeaways
Verizon’s data breach investigation report is back. The behemoth of a report contains over 50 pages of insights and data points that businesses can—and should—use to enhance their cybersecurity posture. If you haven’t got time to read the whole paper, we’ve got you covered. Here are the key takeaways to know about. Human error is […]
Decoding Dropbox vulnerabilities: A comprehensive guide
The cloud storage service Dropbox is used by over 17.2 million individuals and organizations worldwide. This SaaS platform makes it easy to store, manage, and collaborate on documents from anywhere, on any device. However, despite its popularity, Dropbox has a checkered past when it comes to data privacy and security. Here, we’ll look at Dropbox’s […]
Is Notion secure? What you need to know about Notion vulnerabilities
In the eight years since it launched, Notion has become a much-loved collaboration and productivity tool used by enterprises large and small across the globe. Because it’s intuitive to use, cloud-based and brimming with helpful features, many employees rely on Notion for tasks like note taking, sharing documents, project management and database storage. But, despite […]
