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3 Top Cloud Attacks and How to Protect Against Them

Digital Shadows

With public cloud services spending projected to hit $805 billion in 2024 and double by 2028 , understanding the threats facing cloud environments is critical. Our new report, “Five Ways Cyber Attackers Exploit Cloud Environments,” outlines the most pressing threats to the cloud.

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The Renaissance of NTLM Relay Attacks: Everything You Need to Know

Security Boulevard

Local accounts are validated against the NT hashes stored in the local SAM, and domain accounts are sent to a domain controller for validation via the Netlogon protocol. After all, its not a password, right? There are two major NTLM response generation algorithm versions: NTLMv1 andNTLMv2. Why should we care about the NT hash?

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The Cybersecurity Challenge in Mergers and Acquisitions

Digital Shadows

Figure 1: BreachForums post advertises data from US retailer recently acquired by another retailer Exploring the Patterns in M&A Incidents Manufacturing Most at Risk Our analysis of customer data from 2024 found the manufacturing sector faced the most M&A-related issues, accounting for 42% of customer M&A incidents.