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Understanding DocumentDB’s Network Security Trade-offs: The VPC Challenge

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Understanding DocumentDB’s Network Security Trade-offs: The VPC Challenge 2025-08-05 at 17:20 By Selam Gebreananeya AWS DocumentDB by default is securely isolated within a VPC, unreachable from the public internet, what could be more secure? This security architecture can create unexpected challenges and complexity. The root cause? The very VPC isolation designed to protect DocumentDB can […]

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Back Up With Care, But Neglecting Patches can Leave You in Despair!

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Back Up With Care, But Neglecting Patches can Leave You in Despair! 2025-07-31 at 23:23 By Rox Harvey Rosales CVE-2024-7348, which was discovered by Noah Misch, is a race condition vulnerability affecting multiple versions of PostgreSQL when using the `pg_dump` utility. An attacker with sufficient privileges can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary SQL commands

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The Danger of Weak Passwords: UK Trucking Firm Attacked and Permanently Shut Down

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The Danger of Weak Passwords: UK Trucking Firm Attacked and Permanently Shut Down 2025-07-25 at 20:18 By Discover how a single weak password led to a UK trucking firm’s permanent shutdown by a ransomware attack, highlighting the critical link between passwords and enterprise cybersecurity. Learn actionable strategies for creating strong passwords and implementing broader cybersecurity

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Using SQLmap to Dig for Sensitive Data in SQL Databases

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Using SQLmap to Dig for Sensitive Data in SQL Databases 2025-07-22 at 16:41 By Karl Biron In our latest report Data Pirates’ Toolkit (Leveraging SQLmap for Unearthing Digital Gold), we take a comprehensive look at a tried-and-tested cyberattack methodology that threat actors can use to unlock sensitive and critical data from unsecured databases: SQL injection (SQLi)

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Ensuring Compliance with DORA: How Trustwave Secures Your Databases and Meets Regulatory Standards

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Ensuring Compliance with DORA: How Trustwave Secures Your Databases and Meets Regulatory Standards 2025-07-17 at 16:20 By Montserrat Bonilla Achieve DORA Compliance with automated database security controls, audit-ready reports, and continuous compliance monitoring. Streamline Vulnerability Management by identifying, prioritizing, and remediating database risks across hybrid environments. Enhance Database Security with Trustwave’s enterprise-grade solutions, built to

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Trustwave Executive Business Reviews Turn Security Updates into Board Level Conversations

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Trustwave Executive Business Reviews Turn Security Updates into Board Level Conversations 2025-07-16 at 16:03 By Discover how Trustwave’s new Executive Business Reviews (EBRs) transform routine updates into powerful, strategic discussions. Learn how EBRs shift the focus from raw data to real-world risk reduction, operational resilience, and cost efficiency for your organization. See how these quarterly

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The Breach Beyond the Runway: Cybercriminals Targeted Qantas Through a Trusted Partner

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The Breach Beyond the Runway: Cybercriminals Targeted Qantas Through a Trusted Partner 2025-07-04 at 15:34 By Nikita Kazymirskyi On July 3, 2025, Qantas confirmed in an update statement that a cyber incident had compromised data from one of its contact centers, following the detection of suspicious activity on June 30. The breach didn’t strike at the heart

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Ransomware Threat Still Rising: Key Trends in the Technology Sector in 2025

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Ransomware Threat Still Rising: Key Trends in the Technology Sector in 2025 2025-07-02 at 16:01 By The 2025 Trustwave Technology Risk Radar Report highlights ransomware as a major and persistent threat within the technology sector that shows no signs of abating as new ransomware-focused threat groups are constantly appearing. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave

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Trustwave DbProtect Expands to Secure Snowflake: Strengthening AI Repository Protection

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Trustwave DbProtect Expands to Secure Snowflake: Strengthening AI Repository Protection 2025-06-30 at 16:03 By Discover how Trustwave DbProtect enhances database security for cloud-based platforms like Snowflake, ensuring your AI repositories remain safe from potential threats. Learn how Trustwave’s database activity monitoring and threat detection capabilities provide real-time insights into database activities and potential vulnerabilities. Understand the importance

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The Attack Vector: Database Triggers as Persistence Mechanisms

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The Attack Vector: Database Triggers as Persistence Mechanisms 2025-06-24 at 16:15 By Organizations often assume that restoring a backup to a patched environment eliminates threats. However, backups encapsulate both data and schema objects, including triggers. A compromised backup, often taken after an initial breach, may contain hidden triggers that reactivate the attacker’s access upon restore.

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Answering 7 Questions About Trustwave Managed Vulnerability Scanning (MVS)

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Answering 7 Questions About Trustwave Managed Vulnerability Scanning (MVS) 2025-06-13 at 00:33 By Understanding and mitigating vulnerabilities is paramount for any organization. Trustwave’s Managed Vulnerability Scanning (MVS) offers a comprehensive solution to help businesses stay ahead of potential risks and ensure proper database protection. But what exactly is MVS, and how can it benefit your organization? This article

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Using Password 123456 is Bad, but No Password is Worse

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Using Password 123456 is Bad, but No Password is Worse 2025-06-05 at 19:48 By An independent cybersecurity researcher claims to have uncovered a breach of an unnamed database containing 184 million records, with exposed information including emails, passwords, and login links. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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Why Offensive Security Is Crucial for Retail Resilience

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Why Offensive Security Is Crucial for Retail Resilience 2025-05-09 at 16:12 By Retail Cyberattacks: How recent incidents highlight the need for proactive security. Offensive Security Tactics: Key strategies to identify and mitigate retail vulnerabilities. DFIR Best Practices: Responding to cyber incidents with speed and precision. The three high-profile UK retailers struck with cyberattacks in the last few weeks

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Trustwave SpiderLabs’ Insights, History, and Mitigations for Scattered Spider

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Trustwave SpiderLabs’ Insights, History, and Mitigations for Scattered Spider 2025-05-02 at 19:32 By The UK retail market has been thrown into turmoil in recent weeks, with three of that nation’s highest-profile retailers being targeted allegedly by the well-known threat group Scattered Spider in at least one of the most disruptive incidents. This article is an

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The Top Phishing Lures Targeting Manufacturers Revealed by Trustwave SpiderLabs

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The Top Phishing Lures Targeting Manufacturers Revealed by Trustwave SpiderLabs 2025-04-30 at 16:03 By As detailed in the 2025 Trustwave Risk Radar Report, cybercriminals are increasingly targeting the manufacturing sector with sophisticated phishing tactics, exploiting both human behavior and trusted platforms. Trustwave SpiderLabs researchers uncover the most prevalent phishing lures—file-sharing notifications, HR documents, fake payment

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Securing the Energy Sector: The Backbone of the UK’s AI Ambitions

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Securing the Energy Sector: The Backbone of the UK’s AI Ambitions 2025-04-11 at 16:08 By Ed Williams AI and Energy Security: The UK’s Crucial Cybersecurity Challenge – Learn why safeguarding the energy sector is critical for the UK’s AI ambitions and technological leadership. Rising Cyber Threats: Ransomware and Legacy Systems in the Energy Sector –

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Why Strong Passwords are Still the Best Defence Against Cyber Threats

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Why Strong Passwords are Still the Best Defence Against Cyber Threats 2025-04-08 at 16:29 By Jason Whyte Weak passwords are a leading cause of cyber breaches, contributing to 86% of incidents. Strong password policies and practices significantly reduce the risk of attacks. Implementing additional measures like multifactor authentication (MFA) and password managers enhances security. After

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Insider Threats: How Businesses Can Detect and Prevent Internal Cyber Risks

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Insider Threats: How Businesses Can Detect and Prevent Internal Cyber Risks 2025-04-01 at 16:04 By Barry O’Connell Insider threats are on the rise—understand how both intentional and unintentional risks impact your cybersecurity strategy. 40% of companies reported more insider-related incidents —learn how to detect and prevent insider threats before they cause damage. Strengthen your insider threat defense with a

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The Crucial Role Trustwave Red Team Exercises Play in Enhancing Cybersecurity

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The Crucial Role Trustwave Red Team Exercises Play in Enhancing Cybersecurity 2025-03-28 at 15:09 By Uncover Critical Cybersecurity Gaps: Learn how Trustwave SpiderLabs’ Red Team identified vulnerabilities in a US-based healthcare system. Real-World Red Team Insights: Explore key findings from simulated attacks that reveal how adversaries could compromise sensitive data. Healthcare Cybersecurity Trends: Access exclusive

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Ransomware in Healthcare: Unmasking the Most Targeted Segments and Threat Groups

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Ransomware in Healthcare: Unmasking the Most Targeted Segments and Threat Groups 2025-03-27 at 15:08 By Top Targets: Discover which healthcare segments ransomware attackers target the most. Threat Actors Exposed: Learn about the cybercriminal groups behind the biggest healthcare attacks. Real-World Impact: See how ransomware disrupts patient care, emergency services, and medical research. Ransomware remains the primary threat the

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