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Top Ways Employees Make Their Employers Vulnerable

The people factor is still the biggest variable in cyber resilience. Firewalls, EDR, and Zero Trust help, but everyday choices shape outcomes. The top ways employees make their employer vulnerable often come down to habits formed under pressure: clicking quickly, sharing widely, and trusting implicitly. Understanding those patterns — and changing them at scale — requires focusing on human risk...
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January 2026 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Today’s Patch Tuesday Alert addresses Microsoft’s January 2026 Security Updates. The FIRE team is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expect to ship that coverage as soon as it is completed.
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Human Error Meets Data Exposure: The Breach Vector No One Talks About

Human error now plays a role in 95 percent of data breaches, making it more critical than ever for security teams to treat it as the substantial threat it is. In some cases, employees intentionally expose sensitive data for personal gain. But the most pervasive insider threats aren’t malicious — they’re accidental. This challenges the notion that an organization can become invulnerable if only it...
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December 2025 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Today’s Patch Tuesday Alert addresses Microsoft’s December 2025 Security Updates. The FIRE team is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expect to ship that coverage as soon as it is completed.
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November 2025 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Today’s Patch Tuesday Alert addresses Microsoft’s November 2025 Security Updates. We are actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expect to ship that coverage as soon as it is completed.
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Threat Intelligence vs. Threat Data: What’s the Difference?

Organizations are still overwhelmed by what they’re told, and sold as, ‘Threat Intelligence.’ In reality it falls short, as its really just threat/IOC data.The term has been thrown around so often that its true meaning and value have been diluted. It’s time to set the record straight and restore the trust and respect that ‘Threat Intelligence’ deserves.Threat Data: What It Really IsThreat data is...
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Fortra Tracks Fivefold Increase in Brokerage Attacks YoY

Throughout 2024, Fortra identified a steady increase in attacks targeting brokerage accounts. Year-over-year, attacks targeting these accounts experienced a growth of more than fivefold in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same quarter of 2024.
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October 2025 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Today’s Patch Tuesday Alert addresses Microsoft’s October 2025 Security Updates. We are actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expect to ship that coverage as soon as it is completed.
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Billions in Cybersecurity Undermined by a Single User. Why People Security Management Is Vastly Underrated

It was the most significant breach ever reported, but its origins were not uncommon. The 2024 Change Healthcare ransomware attack, which affected 190 million individuals and came with a price tag of $2.6 billion (and counting), started with an unauthorized intrusion.We spend billions of dollars annually on the best cybersecurity equipment innovated to date, but more and more, attackers are skating...
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August 2025 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Today’s Patch Tuesday Alert addresses Microsoft’s August 2025 Security Updates. We are actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expect to ship ASPL-1169 as soon as coverage is completed.
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July 2025 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Today’s Patch Tuesday Alert addresses Microsoft’s July 2025 Security Updates. We are actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expect to ship ASPL-1164 as soon as coverage is completed.