500,000 Vulnerabilities, 14 That Matter: How Exploit Chain Analysis Cuts Through the Noise
When 500,000 Findings Hide 14 Real Threats Modern enterprises ingest vulnerability data from dozens of sources: endpoint detection and response platforms, vulnerability scanners, cloud security posture tools, container image scanners. A large organization can easily accumulate hundreds of thousands of individual findings. The standard response is to sort by CVSS score, filter for criticals, and […]
Shadow Admins in Active Directory: Hidden Privilege Paths Attackers Exploit
What Are Shadow Admins in AD? A common problem we encounter within many customer Active Directory environments are accounts that, at first glance, may appear innocuous, but that actually have hidden administrative privileges or unrolled privileges equivalent to those of a domain administrator account. We call these accounts shadow domain admins. These accounts don’t show […]
Helpdesk Telephone Attack: How to Close Process and Technology Gaps
Introduction As we have witnessed in recent weeks with the MGM and Caesars Entertainment breaches, helpdesks are prime attack surfaces that are seeing a surge in exploitation. Although much of the press surrounding these most recent events alludes to helpdesk operators’ roles in the exploits, this type of vulnerability actually is a technology and process […]