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Security should be important to everyone. Our blog features articles regarding your business’ security and different aspects to consider.

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Learn what MFA fatigue is, why it poses a security risk, and discover practical steps businesses can take to prevent

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Vulnerabilities & Hacking

Learn how to build effective cybersecurity policies for your small business. Practical steps to protect data, ensure compliance & reduce

Saas Cybersec
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Understanding the importance of cybersecurity for SaaS companies. Explore the awareness of threats and proactive measures to safeguard data and

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Duncan Butchart, VP of Sales at OnSecurity, shares insights into his 25-year career journey, the evolution of the cybersecurity industry,

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Vulnerabilities & Hacking

Discover how enterprise businesses can tackle remote working cybersecurity risks with pentesting, clear policies, and training.

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Vulnerabilities & Hacking

Discover 5 effective ways to protect your business from deepfake scams, including employee training, testing processes, and AI-generated content detection.

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Pentesting

Discover the top 5 CREST-accredited penetration testing service providers in the UK, and find out what sets them apart. Uncover

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Penetration tester Leonard Matara shares key insights on pentest pitfalls, security strategy, and the need for continuous testing.

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Discover how OnSecurity’s Pod System revolutionises pentesting with collaborative teams, catching vulnerabilities that traditional methods miss.

What Is Quishing In Cybersecurity?
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Learn what quishing is, how it works, and why it’s a major threat to businesses. Protect your data with OnSecurity’s

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Pentesting

Discover how AI-powered penetration testing enhances traditional methods, boosts efficiency, and strengthens your security posture, combining human expertise with automation

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Pentesting

Learn how to save time and money on penetration testing with expert tips to balance cost, quality, and security.

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Vulnerabilities & Hacking

Learn about brute force attacks in cyber security, how they work, types, signs to watch for, and ways to protect

What Is A Brute Force Attack In Cyber Security?
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Learn about brute force attacks in cyber security, how they work, types, signs to watch for, and ways to protect

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Pentesting

Enhance your security posture with essential practices for effective pentest orchestration. Discover strategies that streamline processes and support your organisation.

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Discover how AI is transforming cybersecurity. Explore how hackers exploit AI, how defenders fight back, and who holds the upper hand in today’s AI cybersecurity battle

Banner Image Reads &Quot;The Ai Cybersecurity Arms Race - Who Has The Upper Hand?&Quot;
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Explore the current cybersecurity AI arms race between hackers and defenders: how it’s being used, who has the edge, and what it means for the future.

Banner Image Reads: &Quot;How Pentesting Can Enhance Telecommunications Defences Against Advanced Persistent Threats&Quot;
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Telecommunications providers are prime targets for nation-state actors and advanced persistent threats (APTs) due to their central role in national

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News and Industry Trends

Discover how generative AI is transforming cybersecurity for attackers and defenders. Learn the real risks, practical defensive applications, and future trends in AI-powered security.

Pci Dss Compliance
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Explore the rise of AI-generated code in vibe coding, its cybersecurity risks, and how to secure fast, intuitive development without sacrificing safety.

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Explore the rise of AI-generated code in vibe coding, its cybersecurity risks, and how to secure fast, intuitive development without sacrificing safety.

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Enforceable by January 2025, the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) introduces a landmark EU regulation framework, designed to help

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2024 has been a transformative year for the OnSecurity team, marked by progress and significant milestones. To celebrate the company’s

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In the blink of an eye, artificial intelligence and emerging technology are shattering the old rules of cybersecurity, rendering traditional

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ISO 27001 and SOC 2, Type 2 are two of the most prominent regulatory frameworks in the cybersecurity industry. While

Retail Cybersecurity
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Many retailers face rising cyber threats. Discover key challenges and practical solutions to protect systems, data, and customer trust.

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Discover what the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) means for cybersecurity in the financial sector. Learn the compliance requirements, and how to prepare with penetration testing.

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With the rise of remote and flexible work policies, many employees have adopted cafes, libraries, and other public spaces as

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Conor O’Neill is not your typical CEO. In 2023 he completed an Ironman marathon. He practises archery in his spare

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For National Coding Week, we reached out to some of our software developers at OnSecurity to hear their perspective on

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Pentesting

Penetration testing is a crucial investment in your organisation’s cybersecurity, but understanding the associated costs can be challenging. While there’s

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Pentesting

Maximise your pentest impact with OnSecurity’s guide on leveraging reports to enhance your security posture and confidently and quickly share results

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What is Penetration Testing? Penetration Testing, otherwise known as “pentesting” or ethical hacking, is the beating heart of all good

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Explore OnSecurity’s services and products for enhancing your organization’s security posture. Understand the importance of SOC 2 compliance requirements.

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Pentesting

Discover now how our tester skillfully exploited multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities to extract valuable data from an application’s backend databases.

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Cloud-native security systems are transforming the way businesses protect their digital assets. Built for the cloud, these systems offer dynamic and scalable solutions to defend against evolving threats. In this blog, we’ll explore what cloud-native security systems are and why they’re essential for modern businesses.

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Highlighting a critical cybersecurity issue: Unauthorised access is inevitable wherever default credentials are used, underscoring the need for caution.

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Discover the purpose of PCI DSS: securing card payments. OnSecurity offers PCI segmentation pentesting for businesses, ensuring a secure payment environment.

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A simple bug in the ‘forgotten password’ and password reset mechanism led to a malicious takeover of an entire target application. Find out how this was fixed and secured.

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Pentesting

Explore Docker’s security aspects: Understand how taking precautions is crucial to avoid vulnerabilities in this widely-used containerization platform.

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Explore our technique of using Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) to successfully retrieve EC2 credentials, demonstrating advanced cybersecurity tactics.

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Unveiling the risks of exposing cloud acces keys – particularly in reference to AWS (amazon web services) keys. This article shares a real example from a recent pen test conducted by our expert testers.

Blue Banner Image Reads: Password Reset Bugs: How They Work And The Risks They Pose&Quot; In White Text.
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Here Tristan demonstrates how to reset any user’s password by altering the password reset functionality, revealing a crucial cybersecurity vulnerability responsible for password reset bugs and consequential exploits.

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Discover how one of our pentesters found that client-side security controls hadn’t been enabled in our customer’s target application, allowing them to access features reserved for paying customers, as well as how we fixed it.

Cloud Access Keys
Pentesting

Welcome to our Pentest Files blog series. Each blog post will present an interesting or dangerous finding one of our

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Vulnerabilities & Hacking

The risks of typosquatting and its implications for online security. Explore cybercriminal tactics, real-world cases, and protective measures for your brand.

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Vulnerabilities & Hacking

Radar by OnSecurity: an advanced tool for threat intelligence. Learn its role in enhancing security, achieving ISO certifications, and prioritizing threats.

Essential Cybersecurity Checklist 2023
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The best practices with OnSecurity’s cyber security checklist 2023. Identify crucial steps to protect data and systems from unauthorised access and threats.

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Vulnerabilities & Hacking

Penetration testing is a mostly manual process carried out by experienced consultants, using some of the same methods and tools a real hacker would. You decide on the scope of your test with your consultant, set your target, and your tester will get to work attempting to breach it. This blog will explore the importance of pentesting for businesses, and how to begin.

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Vulnerabilities & Hacking

Learn how external vulnerability scanning can support your organisation in achieving operational resilience in this blog.

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Delve into an effective external vulnerability scanning strategy and adopt best practices. This guide offers a very comprehensive understanding of the role they play.

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Vulnerabilities & Hacking

New report reveals increasing cyber threats to drilling rigs, potentially leading to severe safety incidents. Understand the emerging vulnerabilities.

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Vulnerabilities & Hacking

Here we delve into the evolution of ransomware with OnSecurity’s article on Triple Extortion ransomware tactics that threaten not just data, but a companies reputation

Zero Day
Vulnerabilities & Hacking

CVE-2021-44228: A new high profile zero-day vulnerability affecting large number of Java applications through a vulnerable version of the widely-used library Apache log4j.

Phishing Biggest Cyber Threat
Vulnerabilities & Hacking

New research shows the prevalence of email phishing as the top cyber threat, tricking firms into revealing information through reputable sender disguises.

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Vulnerabilities & Hacking

Explore the rise of social engineering threats. Understand how individuals are manipulated to divulge sensitive information, passwords, and financial details.

Who Does Social Engineering Target
Vulnerabilities & Hacking

Protecting the data, valuables and account information related to your business has become even more vital as our workplaces have

Macbook
Vulnerabilities & Hacking

Apple claims that its Mac computers are well protected by in-built antivirus features, and there is no need to worry about extra security – how true is this?

Method Confusion
Vulnerabilities & Hacking

Delve into OnSecurity’s research on Go’s server-side template injection vulnerabilities, revealing potential for file reads and RCE exploits. Read more now.

Hoth
Vulnerabilities & Hacking

This post explores each of the initial compromise methods for the TryHackMe x HackerOne CTF. Diving into the web security flaws and PHP tricks abused to gain access to the host webserver.

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