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Steganography is the prime example of hiding something in plain sight. We look at the basics, some methods, and the hurdles of hiding messages in images.

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KMSpico explained: No, KMS is not “kill Microsoft”

August 8, 2022 0 Comments explained

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A hack tool called KMSPico is hailed as the go-to tool when it comes to activiating Windows. But is it safe?

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How the Saitama backdoor uses DNS tunnelling

May 28, 2022 0 Comments dns tunnelling, explained, malware, saitama, threat intelligence

Credit to Author: Mark Stockley| Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 12:46:33 +0000

A walkthrough of one of the stealthy communication techniques employed in a recent attack using APT34’s Saitama backdoor.

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Why identity management matters

April 12, 2022 0 Comments explained, identity management day, imd 2022

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:18:00 +0000

April 12 2022 is the second Identity Management Day. What is identity management? Why does it matter? And how do we use it to our advantage?

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Blunting RDP brute-force attacks with rate limiting

March 11, 2022 0 Comments brute force attacks, brute force protection, explained, honeypots, password guessing, rate limiting, RDP, threat intelligence

Credit to Author: Mark Stockley| Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 22:33:07 +0000

Rate limiting can slow a determined password guessing attack to a crawl, giving defenders months of extra time to respond.

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Harnessing the power of identity management (IDaaS) in the cloud

February 18, 2020 0 Comments explained, hybrid environment, iam, idaas, Identity and access management, identity-as-a-service, singe sign-on, sso

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:25:42 +0000

With security, compliance, and customer engagement driving organizations to the cloud, it’s no wonder IDaaS has become the standard in identity management. Learn about the benefits and concerns of IDaaS for organizations of all sizes.

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Explained: the strengths and weaknesses of the Zero Trust model

January 28, 2020 0 Comments byod, Cloud, explained, framework, identity management, insider threats, IoT, lateral threat movement, MFA, perimeter, RDP, Security, security orchestration, strategy, Zero Trust, zero trust model, zero trust security model

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0000

Zero Trust is an information security framework that insists its users “never trust, always verify.” Is this the best security model for organizations today? We examine its strengths and weaknesses.

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