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SWG versus CASB: What’s the Difference?
By Carrie LandryIt’s pronounced “swig” and it’s definitely a cybersecurity cocktail: secure web gateways are a mix of tools specifically designed to protect users and their devices while browsing the internet. If you ask Gartner, a secure web gateway must contain: URL filtering, malicious code detection and filtering, and application control for cloud apps like Microsoft 365. […]
Life after LastPass
By Ashur KanoonLast year in 2022, there were 1,802 data compromises affecting more than 422 million people – but the LastPass data breach is the one that has security practitioners chatting. The original incident happened in August of 2022. Initially, we were told it was a “minor” breach…yet the story continues to evolve even at the time […]
Malvertising and Vermux – Cybercrime Goes Mad Men
By Carrie LandryMalvertising (the nefarious practice of placing digital ads leading to malware) has been making a resurgence over the past few weeks. For quite a while, cybercriminal gangs have been making fake websites leading to downloads of well-known software that is actually malware in disguise. This latest batch of malvertising, however, is coming from familiar faces […]