In 2021, ransomware remains an extremely impactful threat, with an estimated attack occurring every 11 seconds. Not only is the frequency of ransomware increasing, but it is reported the average...
Foundational Security Controls for Microsoft Teams
Work-from-home requirements over the past year forced many organizations to rapidly increase adoption of video and collaboration applications like Microsoft Teams and Zoom without thorough security...
Investigating User Account Compromises in Office 365
Unfortunately, almost every organization at some point will have to manage a situation where a user’s account has been compromised. In this blog post, we present O365 native tools and techniques that...
SecureSky Cyber Threat Center Sees Greater Than 6 Times Increase In Attacks
But There’s Still a Lot of Good Things Happening In These Trying Times! One of the most staggering statistics reported recently from the SecureSky Cyber Threat Center is seeing a 6x-7x increase in...
SecureSky’s Top 5 2020 Cloud Security Predictions
Cloud Computing Adoption Will Accelerate We’re not going out on a limb in predicting cloud services will continue to grow. The information technology world is experiencing a tectonic shift, led by...
Detecting BEC Attacks and Compromise - Part 5
1.0 Introduction Welcome back to SecureSky’s series on Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attack and Detection! In Part 1 of this blog series, we introduced BEC attacks, and discussed why BEC attacks...
Configuration of Office 365 to Detect BEC Attacks - Part 4
1.0 Introduction In Part 1 of this blog series, we introduced Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) attacks, and discussed why BEC attacks are increasing. In Part 2, we used recent BEC investigations to...
Configuration of Office 365 to Protect Against BEC Attacks - Part 3
In Part 1 of this blog series, we introduced Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) attacks, and discussed why BEC attacks are increasing. In Part 2, we used recent BEC investigations to discuss how BEC...
Threat Investigation: Anatomy of A Business E-Mail Compromise Attack - Part 2
The Unassuming Threat: Business E-Mail Compromise & Office 365 Vulnerabilities Business e-mail compromise (BEC) is a class of cyber-crime that is growing rapidly. Over the past five years, BEC...
The Unassuming Threat: Business E-Mail Compromise - Part 1
Across the globe, companies and organizations of all sizes have faced an increasing onslaught of the cyber-crime known as business e-mail compromise (BEC). Perpetrated by organized crime groups, BEC...