Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Fileless Malware - What is it and Why Traditional Security Practices Can't Protect Against It

Fileless Malware - What is it and Why Traditional Security Practices Can't Protect Against It

By : Sentia

Fileless malware is a malicious activity that infects a system using built-in legitimate and native programs. In contrast to other malware programs like ransomware, attackers don’t need to install a malicious program in the system to execute an attack, which makes it hard to detect and prevent. A traditional anti-malware solution detects malware by matching files against a database of known malicious programs. However, fileless malware payloads reside in the memory only and do not write any files to the hard drive making it difficult for signature-based security solutions to detect it. Thus, cybersecurity experts agree that attackers are ten times more likely to succeed when executing fileless malware attacks than file-based attacks.

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Posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Pen-testing & Vulnerability Scanning: What’s the difference?

Pen-testing & Vulnerability Scanning: What’s the difference?

By : Sentia

Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning are vital for enhancing an organization’s cybersecurity postures. However, most businesses are confused about differentiating the two services. For example, a vulnerability scanning process looks for existing security weaknesses and vulnerabilities, such as unpatched systems, lacking authentication schemes, misconfigurations, and weak password security, and reports them as potential exposures. On the other hand, a penetration test looks to exploit identified security weaknesses in the organization’s systems and IT network architectures to determine the extent to which an attacker would compromise your assets. Also, a vulnerability scan often utilizes automated software programs and tools, whereas a penetration test is a manual process carried out by a security expert.

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Posted: Tuesday, June 21, 2022

The State of Global Supply Chain and Cybersecurity

The State of Global Supply Chain and Cybersecurity

Addressing the Growing Challenge of Increased Cyber Threats within Global Supply Chain

By : Sentia

Cybersecurity threats have increased twice in the global supply chain, impacting consumers and enterprises. Supply chain attacks have evolved tremendously in recent years, reaching new levels of frequency and sophistication. Nation-state attackers and cybercrime groups target supply chains to carry out extensive espionage and large-scale extortion cyberattacks. According to Gartner, 45% of companies will likely experience software supply chain attacks by 2025, three times more than in 2020. Therefore, it is critical to understand the top supply chain cybersecurity threats and how you can mitigate them.

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Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Creative Solutions to Address the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage

Creative Solutions to Address the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage

By : Sentia

The cyber risk landscape continues to evolve at an alarming rate. Cyber adversaries are leveraging new technologies to innovate powerful malware variants and new hacking techniques. On the other hand, a pervasive cybersecurity talent shortage hampers organizations’ efforts to secure their critical infrastructure and data from attacks. However, companies can mitigate the chronic shortage of knowledgeable cybersecurity professionals by prioritizing talent, expertise, and experience over the traditional hiring practices, including those that require minimum educational qualifications.

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Posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2022

What Do Cyber Threats Mean for the Financial Sector

What Do Cyber Threats Mean for the Financial Sector

And How Can You Protect Yourself?

By : Sentia

The financial industries of most countries worldwide use emerging innovative technologies to cut down operational costs, enhance customer services, and automate work. For example, organizations in the Canadian financial sector heavily depend on Fintech, the Internet of Things, quantum computing, the cloud, and artificial intelligence, among others, to enable electronic financial transactions and data transfer between payment systems, institutions, vendors, and clients.

However, while these interconnections promise increased efficiency and faster communications, they have become attractive targets in today’s highly sophisticated and rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape. For example, a cyberattack that compromises only one financial organization can potentially spread to external partners, which may ultimately disrupt critical international and national financial systems.

Unsurprisingly, motivations like financial gains from transaction values that amount to billions of dollars daily have seen the financial industry face frequent and complex cyberattacks. For instance, Canada’s population has embraced online banking transactions more and more, with 76% of Canadians preferring mobile devices and online banking for all transactions.

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Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Addressing Cyber Risks in Real Estate

Addressing Cyber Risks in Real Estate

How to be prepared and stay ahead of any impending threats.

By : Sentia

In the past, the real estate industry has been known to be slow in embracing technology. However, this situation is changing. The PwC report on Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2021 found that the COVID-19 pandemic forced the real estate sector to embrace various technology solutions, including virtual open houses, digital payments, collaboration tools, and property technology to enhance business continuity. Likewise, the Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2022 reports that Canadian real estate companies can successfully navigate forces of change through accelerated digitization that plays a significant role in both delivering efficiencies and creating the experiences and services the customers want. The latest report points out construction technology, increased data analytics, and digitizing operations as the key area of focus for the real estate sector in 2022.

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Posted: Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Why the Retail Industry Requires Enhanced Cybersecurity Protection

Why the Retail Industry Requires Enhanced Cybersecurity Protection

While Cybersecurity is a Cross-industry Need, Learn Why the Retail Sector Needs Special Attention

By : Sentia

Cybercrime has increased exponentially worldwide, mostly due to significant events that lead to a rapidly changing threat landscape. Most nations have seen increased cyber threats across sectors due to significant incidents ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with the retail industry bearing the brunt of the attacks. In Canada, for instance, at least three out of ten companies have reported a spike in attacks, and 80% of businesses fell victim to phishing attacks. Also, 25% of Canadian organizations have reported data breaches that target sensitive employee and customer data.

In addition, Canadian organizations in the retail industry have suffered numerous attacks in the recent past. For example, JBS, one of the largest global, suffered a devastating ransomware attack in 2021 that saw it shut down operations in Canada, the US, and Australia, resulting in a loss of more than $11 million. Also, an unauthorized party compromised the user credentials of the Canada Revenue Agency, resulting in more than 800,000 taxpayers being unable to access their accounts. Whether you look at cybersecurity in Montreal, Toronto, or any other Canadian city, the statistics show that cybercrime is getting worse, and the retail industry suffers innumerable damage.

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Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2022

ZTNA vs. VPN - What is the Difference?

ZTNA vs. VPN - What is the Difference?

By : Sentia

The COVID-19 pandemic caused many companies to adopt remote working strategies in line with social distancing and isolation regulations implemented to combat its spread. As of March 2021, approximately five million Canadian workers, or 20% of Canadian employees, were working from home. In contrast, only 4% of employees worked remotely in 2016. Now, most COVID restrictions have been lifted, but many companies have allowed their workforce to continue working remotely. A 2021 study found that only 9% of Canadian workers expressed interest in working from the office fully, 15% wanted to work from home all the time, while 40.8% of workers suggested a hybrid working model.  

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Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2022

The Critical Role of Cybersecurity in the Government

The Critical Role of Cybersecurity in the Government

By : Sentia

The Canadian Government has joined other countries in toughening sanctions against Russia amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. However, Russia has insisted it will retaliate against countries that meddle in the conflict, placing the Canadian Government as a potential target of Russian-sponsored attacks.

Other than Russian cyber threats, the Canadian Government is a prime source of attacks from other state-nations and cybercrime groups. In addition, the Government is responsible for securing critical infrastructure and spearheading efforts to enhance national cybersecurity preparedness. Therefore, cybersecurity for Government is essential to thwarting cyber espionage and attacks targeting critical infrastructure.

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Posted: Thursday, March 17, 2022

How the Continued Unrest in Eastern Europe is Impacting Cybersecurity on a Global Scale

How the Continued Unrest in Eastern Europe is Impacting Cybersecurity on a Global Scale

And the Lasting Ripple Effects

By : Sentia

Countries use cyberattacks as a tool for modern warfare, and the concept has been used extensively in the Russia-Ukraine conflict to spread disinformation and demoralize opponents. On the day Russia started the invasion, some critical Kyiv websites, including the government, parliament, and Foreign Ministry sites, were offline and inaccessible. Certainly, Russian hackers launched large DDoS attacks to overwhelm the infrastructure and crash the websites. In addition, Ukraine blamed the Kremlin for a data-wiper malware found on Ukrainian computers, which echoed the NotPetya malware attack in 2017 that severely impacted the Ukrainian economy. With heavy fighting raging in Ukraine, cyberspace has turned into a secondary battlefront.

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