Fear, uncertainty, and doubt are powerful emotions, and time and again, hackers attempt to leverage these for their own gain. As the coronavirus develops into a worldwide pandemic, hackers are taking advantage of the fear many of us feel to spread malware. We’re seeing an abundance of coronavirus-themed phishing, business email compromise (BEC), malware, and ransomware attacks targeting different industries, especially in the health sector.

In this blog, we will cover the various requirements you need to meet to achieve PCI compliance, as well as how Sysdig Secure can help you continuously validate PCI compliance for containers and Kubernetes. Learn how to meet PCI Compliance Requirements for Container and Kubernetes Environments!

As engineers, you and I have a responsibility to protect both our customers’ and our respective companies’ data. But unlike our office networks that adhere to strict security protocols and a well-defined perimeter, our home networks usually fall short. And now that most of us are at home waiting out the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s time to revisit of logging in and Elasticsearch security during while you work from home.

Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, an increasing number of people are currently using online resources for their daily lives to work from home, shop online, and for entertainment. Many companies are now turning to ecommerce to fulfill their customers’ orders and those who already have ecommerce stores may be seeing an increase in traffic, causing reliability or performance issues.

Alcide recently introduced Alcide kAudit, an automatic tool for analyzing Kubernetes Audit logs. This tool focuses on detecting non-compliant and anomalous behavior of users, automated service accounts and suspicious administration operations. Alcide’s recent integration with Sumo Logic enables users to gain full access to insights and real-time alerts from Alcide kAudit.

Some would liken the ServiceNow Security team to a silent, but highly skilled group of warriors working continuously to protect our customers and our services. To deliver that we have to ensure our company, people, and assets are secure. The fact is that our Security team is much more than that. They work tirelessly behind the scenes to constantly enrich ServiceNow’s security posture.

These days, cybercriminals are ambitious and innovative, with no shortage of tools and resources at their disposal to go after high-stakes targets and execute malicious code — all while flying completely under the radar. To prepare you for what’s ahead, below are five of the top cybersecurity threats you might encounter in 2020.

You can utilize an SSL checker to troubleshoot the common SSL errors and vulnerabilities if you have installed an SSL certificate before. There is a plethora of tools you can choose from. You can also use a free SSL checker if you are working on a low budget. And using an SSL checker tool is quite simple. You simply must submit the domain name or IP address and the port number it requires to examine your website’s configuration and security.

We are today very excited to bring you new updates to CFEngine. This is a set of patch releases for the CFEngine 3.12 LTS and 3.15 LTS series. We usually release new patch releases every 6 months, but we want to bring new features and all improvements and bug fixes to our users as soon as possible.

Runtime security for Rancher environments requires putting controls in place to detect unexpected behavior that could be malicious or anomalous. Even with processes in place for vulnerability scanning and implementing pod security policies and network policies in Rancher, not every risk will be addressed. You still need mechanisms to confirm these security barriers are effective and provide a last line of defense when they fail.