What Lessons the Major Cloud Cyberattacks Can Teach Us
What Lessons the Major Cloud Cyberattacks Can Teach Us Chris Swagler | January 9th, 2024Several high-profile cloud cyberattacks occurred between 2020 and 2022 resulting from basic technical flaws that may have been avoided with faster detection and response. A solution architect from a cloud security company discovered that cloud cyberattacks are becoming more advanced, […]
Cloud Vulnerabilities and Its Impact on Companies
Cloud Vulnerabilities and Its Impact on Companies Chris Swagler | November 17th, 2023In a groundbreaking revelation, a cybersecurity company has pinpointed the primary source of security vulnerabilities across various sectors – the cloud. Their latest Attack Surface Threat Research, released on September 14, 2023, illuminates the unsettling truth that 80.3% of security vulnerabilities plaguing […]
How MDR Solutions Can Increase Speed From Intrusion to Detection and Response
How MDR Solutions Can Increase Speed From Intrusion to Detection and Response Chris Swagler | June 20th, 2023 Today’s companies frequently play defense while threat operators are already in their midst. According to research, a threat operator’s median average dwell period (the time between infiltration and detection) went from 11 days in 2020 to […]
What are the Cybersecurity Tools MDR, XDR, and EDR?
What are the Cybersecurity Tools MDR, XDR, and EDR? Chris Swagler | February 18th, 2023In the ever-changing digital environment, the cyber threat landscape remains dynamic and evolving, presenting major risks for companies and why having cybersecurity tools in place is important. Cybercriminals will target any company regardless of size and cyberattacks will continue to […]
Why It’s Important for Business to Have Managed Detection and Response
Why It’s Important for Business to Have Managed Detection and Response Chris Swagler | June 8th, 2022One thing remains constant in the ever-changing technology environment: the cyber threat landscape is dynamic and a major source of risk for business owners. Choosing a cybersecurity company with Managed Detection and Response services is important when it […]
EDR Tools Fail Often, Adding Human Intervention Enhances Security
EDR Tools Fail Often, Adding Human Intervention Enhances Security Chris Swagler | January 6th, 2022 A team of Greek academics tested endpoint detection and response (EDR) software from 18 top cybersecurity companies and discovered that many fail to detect some of the most common attack techniques used by advanced persistent threat (APT) actors, including […]
Forrester Research Reports on the Benefits of SpearTip’s ShadowSpear Platform
Forrester Research Reports on the Benefits of SpearTip’s ShadowSpear Platform Joe Hoosech | November 13th, 2021SpearTip’s Senior Director of Operations, Joe Hoosech, commands SpearTip’s 24/7 Security Operations Center. Joe is a decorated Marine Corp Veteran who earned the rank of Master Sergeant (E-8) before retiring from active duty in 2005. Following his military service, […]
National Security Agency Warns of Four New Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Servers
National Security Agency Warns of Four New Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Servers SpearTip | April 14th, 2021April 13 is Patch Tuesday for Microsoft and they’ve released four different remote code execution vulnerabilities with critical scores. CVE-2021-28480 (9.8 CVSSv3) – RPC Endpoint Mapper Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2021-28481 (9.8 CVSSv3) – Windows NTFS Denial […]
3 Steps to Improve Your Company Cybersecurity Immediately
3 Steps to Improve Your Company Cybersecurity Immediately SpearTip | April 6th, 2021As a business owner, securing all of your network’s devices, training employees to be cyber aware, and improving your general cybersecurity can be a tall task when you want to focus on running your business successfully. It’s not possible for one person […]
Tesla Employee Works with FBI to Apprehend Russian Threat Actor
Tesla Employee Works with FBI to Apprehend Russian Threat Actor Caleb Boma | March 19th, 2021A Russian-speaking Tesla employee turned down a $1 million offer from a threat actor to install malware on Tesla’s machines at their Nevada factory. The Russian citizen who offered the $1M, Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, contacted the employee through […]
