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What are AI and machine learning adding to threat intelligence – brains, brawn or both?

16.Jul.2020

Blueliv, an Outpost24 company

Too much information and not enough time. This, and the cost of labor, is why machines have been at the forefront of cyber defense for almost 50 years. It is also why new breakthroughs in software development, neural networks, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are constantly harnessed by providers and consumers of threat intelligence.

How Outpost24 Secures the SDLC

13.Jul.2020

Eren Cihangir, Sales Engineer at Outpost24

At Outpost24, we’re committed to providing information security testing solutions to not only fit seamlessly into the SDLC, but also to enhance our customers’ experiences in implementing and maintaining their best practices to ensure their SDLC leads to a strong security posture and comprehensive resiliency around their full stack.

Fix now: High risk vulnerabilities at large, July 2020

02.Jul.2020

Simon Roe, Product Manager Outpost24

In the world of vulnerabilities, we have seen a few interesting ones released in the last couple of weeks since our last Farsight risk-based vulnerability management blog in June, including some recently discovered by Palo Alto affecting D-Link Routers. Read on for more information on how to prioritize these vulnerabilities for patching to mitigate risk.

What are Security Misconfigurations and how to prevent them?

30.Jun.2020

Sergio Loureiro, Cloud Director

Misconfigurations are often seen as an easy target, as it can be easy to detect on misconfigured web servers, cloud and applications and then becomes exploitable, causing significant harm and leading to catastrophic data leakage issues for enterprises like the 2019 Teletext exposure of 530,000 data files which was caused by an insecurely configured Amazon Web Service (AWS) web server.

Fix now: High risk vulnerabilities at large, June 2020 part 2

17.Jun.2020

Simon Roe, Product Manager Outpost24

In the world of vulnerabilities, we have seen a few interesting ones released in the last couple of weeks since our last Farsight risk based vulnerability management blog covering the CERT Top 10. Read on for more information on how to prioritize these vulnerabilities for patching to mitigate risk.

Social distancing times are social engineering times

12.Jun.2020

Martin Jartelius, CSO, Outpost24

Recently, we encountered an attacker who had taken efficient spear-phishing to an interesting and increased level of consistency and automation. We’ve also seen firsthand the speed at which this attacker learned from some initial mistakes to launch their successful attack which we identify in the examples in this blog.

Fix now: High risk vulnerabilities at large, June 2020

01.Jun.2020

Simon Roe, Product Manager Outpost24

On May 12, 2020 CERT released an alert entitled top 10 routinely exploited vulnerabilities identified by U.S Government, we put them through our predictive risk based vulnerability prioritization tool Farsight to provide more context into the risk.

Spring 2020 Product Release

28.May.2020

We’ve delivered some major new product features in our spring release to help you manage vulnerabilities more effectively and maintain security hygiene across the full technology stack. At a glance we have seven new features and enhancements to highlight to customers

Why Threat Intelligence is Central to Effective Vulnerability Prioritization

26.May.2020

Blueliv, an Outpost24 company

Vulnerability management is a persistent feature of good cybersecurity practice; a routine hygiene to help proactively reduce organizational risk. But vulnerability management is also a somewhat blunt instrument when faced with a critical mass of threats, each evolving at a different pace and each with unique implications for individual businesses.

This generates significant pressure within security teams to make their vulnerability management approach fit for purpose against a daily onslaught of threats and threat vectors. Their challenge is not merely to efficiently identify the presence of vulnerabilities, but to formulate a repeatable, scalable decision-making process that accurately prioritizes which to patch first with finite resources. And the key to enabling this capability is threat intelligence.

DBIR 2020 – Lessons learned from the misfortune of the collective

21.May.2020

Martin Jartelius, CSO at Outpost24

From hacking, malware to error, the 2020 Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR) by Verizon reveals the top attack vectors and most common culprits for data breaches, you guessed it – substandard cyber hygiene. Here our security expert provides a quick summary of the report findings and practical advice for preventing hacker pivots and lifting cyber hygiene.