Secure-by-Design: A 2023 Cybersecurity Prime

The traditional approach to security has been to get the product to market fast and worry about security later. Unfortunately, that approach has never really worked. It puts too much of the cybersecurity responsibilities on the customer and leaves many vulnerabilities primed for exploitation at any point in the supply…

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How Zero Trust Changed the Course of Cybersecurity

For decades, the IT industry relied on perimeter security to safeguard critical digital assets. Firewalls and other network-based tools monitored and validated network access. However, the shift towards digital transformation and hybrid cloud infrastructure has made these traditional security methods inadequate. Clearly, the perimeter no longer exists. Then the pandemic…

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Ex-Conti and FIN7 Actors Collaborate with New Domino Backdoor

This blog was made possible through contributions from Christopher Caridi.  IBM Security X-Force recently discovered a new malware family we have called “Domino,” which we assess was created by developers associated with the cybercriminal group that X-Force tracks as ITG14, also known as FIN7. Former members of the Trickbot/Conti syndicate…

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Detection Methods: Do You Know Where Your Credentials are?

Information-stealing malware has become extremely pervasive in recent years. This malware harvests millions of credentials annually from endpoint devices and enterprises across the globe to devastating effects. Using highly automated and orchestrated attack methods, threat actors and initial access brokers provide an endless supply of compromised credentials to cyber criminal…

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