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SolarWinds Data Breach and SecurityMetrics Response

As you may be aware, Austin-based software company SolarWinds recently experienced the largest security compromise in U.S. history. This breach...
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Prevent IoT Ransomware: Best Practices from the...

Prevent IoT Ransomware: Threat Report and Best Practices from the SecurityMetrics SOC. The Internet of Things, also known as IoT, refers to...

New (And Old) Apache Struts Flaw: CVE-2016-1000031

Apache Struts developers released another security announcement on November 5, 2018 -- two and a half months after their last big security...

PANscan 2020 Study Shows Unencrypted Credit Card Data Storage Up

PANscan searches business networks for unencrypted credit card numbers. Can businesses store credit card information? The short answer is, “yes.”...

PCI Assessment FAQs

What is a PCI DSS Assessment? How do I get ready for a PCI Audit? We answer these questions and more about your PCI DSS Audit. After nearly two...

PCI Compliance in the Cloud

Learn how PCI compliance in the cloud affects your organization. "The cloud" brings up an idea of something mysterious and far away, but in...

Lapsus$ Okta Breach Timeline

Lapsus$ Okta Breach Timeline: une in this week as Heff and Noah dive into the step by step process taken by Lapsus$ on the recent Okta breach.

Improve Your Security Posture with NIST Cybersecurity Framework

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has provided the NIST cybersecurity framework to guide small-to-medium sized...

Magento 1 End of Life: What You Should Do

E-commerce business owners using Magento 1x need to be aware. All Magento 1 shops are at the end of life. What does that mean? It doesn't mean...

Implementing a PCI-Compliant Remote Workforce Setup

In order to protect the health of employees from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and to minimize the risk of financial losses due to...

How to Protect Your Organization From the Log4j Vulnerability

For clients of the SecurityMetrics Threat Intelligence Center, we are actively scanning and informing clients of outbound Log4j indicators of...

How to Prevent Ransomware Attacks

Ransomware attacks are a type of malware. Malware means “malicious software” or “malicious executable.” On the evil scale, ransomware is near the...

How to Prevent Formjacking and E-commerce Skimming...

The online payments ecosystem is plagued by formjacking attacks that siphon credit card data and other protected information from shopping cart...

How to Maintain Security When Employees Work Remotely

Maintain security when employees work remotely Helping employees work from home securely is important for all businesses, but with this post we...

How to Improve Your E-commerce Security: Counter the...

With e-commerce attacks on the rise, it's crucial for businesses to learn how to strengthen their e-commerce security

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