Author Archives: Alex Steninge

How to avoid falling victim to deceiving phishing attacks

Phishing attacks are one of the most common and effective cyberattacks. At least 83% of all companies experience an attack each year. 2020 saw a 345% increase in phishing attacks. The average cost of one attack is $4.91 million. On top of that, these kinds of attacks can be hard to prevent because they exploit human error.

DDoS Identification and Mitigation: how to stay secure

June 2023: Microsoft identified a major surge in traffic on its servers. The flood of traffic caused its servers to temporally go down. At first glance, the abnormally high traffic looked like legitimate consumer interest. But as Microsoft investigated the event further, the access requests looked more and more suspicious. It turns out that the […]

Get the most from your blue team with these best-practice tips

Valeria is under attack! Its cybersecurity defenses are compromised as coordinated cyberattacks threaten the country’s infrastructure. Security teams scramble to contain the damage before the government collapses.  Thankfully, Valeria is not a real country. And the above situation is only fictional. But the Valeria scenario represents an example of common blue team / red team […]

4 Common Security Vulnerabilities and How to Fix Them

The digital transformation is in full swing. All companies and industries, small and large, must digitize to compete. But digitization is not without risks. With digitization comes the increased importance of cybersecurity. This is especially true in the early stages of digitization when the workforce must learn to leverage and effectively integrate digitization into their […]