I’m sure we can all agree that this year has been busy for anyone who had anything, even remotely, to do with security. The year 2021 started off with a bang as we all dealt with the fallout from a handful of Exchange bugs, dealt with the repercussions of the Accellion and Kaseya attacks, and […]
If you’re curious on domain monitoring, our Domain Monitoring Solutions Guide can give you a breakdown of the most common techniques for domain impersonations including typosquats, combosquats, TLD swaps, and more. Any brand protection strategy would be remiss without effective domain monitoring. It’s essential to detect impersonating domains, subdomains, and parking pages to prevent attackers […]
The 2021 DBIR is still hot off the press, and it did not disappoint. For many years, Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has been one of the most anticipated and well-read reports in the cybersecurity industry. Digital Shadows (now ReliaQuest) contributed primary research to the DBIR for a third consecutive year. While we’ve written […]
By now, you might have caught wind of Photon’s new research on Initial Access Brokers (IABs). It’s a pretty awesome, data-driven study analyzing more than 500 listings from 2020. If you’re a security practitioner that cares about the risks of unauthorized RDP, Citrix, or VPN access, I’d encourage you to gain access to the report, […]
Let’s start with a scenario. You’ve finally convinced the business to begin the journey of building up a threat intelligence capability. Executives are pumped. You’re excited to get access to a shiny new tool brimming with data to dive into, start producing some great reports, and block some fresh indicators. Fast forward six months and […]
For threat intelligence to really work for organizations, it must… Be easy to use Be easy to integrate Have dependable coverage To this end, throughout 2020 we made hundreds of improvements to SearchLight, in 24 releases. Here are my top three features added in the last year. 1. Get more time back with automated playbooks […]
BACKING UP…INTO A DITCH I am a terrible driver. While I’ve sat through Driver’s Ed courses, studied physics and trigonometry, possess a general knowledge of how a car should be positioned to park, and am extremely well-intentioned in my execution of parallel parking, the end result has sometimes landed me… in a bad situation. The […]
Modern development practices are a blessing and a curse for organizations. Efficiency gains delivered by distributed workforces, and blended in and out-sourced development teams require collaboration tools like online code repositories. But these tools increase the chance of mistakes and create another attack surface to monitor for security problems. Security teams need new tools to […]
Amid the billions of credentials that are breached each year, security teams are focused on one core question: do any of these breached passwords really provide access to my company’s systems? That is precisely why, in July, we announced the first of our automated actions – the ability to validate credentials in SearchLight. In this […]
When faced with infringing content, phishing domain or an impersonation of the brand, security teams want to take down content instantly. Instant isn’t easy, unfortunately, as takedown management is a highly complex and time consuming operation. Teams must know who to contact, how to initiate a takedown but also what to say, for effective removal. […]