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Linux Vulnerabilities & Exploits: Learn Attack & Defense – Morpheus Edition

In my Attacking and Defending a Linux System – Morpheus Edition webinar, we attacked a new Linux Boot-to-Root system called “Morpheus:1.” I encourage you to watch it or, if you’re feeling adventurous, to download the virtual machine and follow along, performing the attack yourself. In this blog, I will walk through a Linux attack path to demonstrate how attackers look to exploit vulnerabilities, then I will explore several ways to break the cyberattack chain.

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Applying Zero Trust Principles to Privilege Management for Windows & macOS

While giving end users admin privileges enables increased efficiency in the short-term, it drastically increases organizations’ exposure to online threats. Since least privilege is a core tenet of zero trust, this trend of loosening privilege controls runs afoul of zero trust principles—even as organizations increasingly embrace the zero trust mindset.

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2021 Survey of Evolving Cyber Threats in the Public Sector: Key Takeaways

To better grasp the top threats and cybersecurity trends seen as impacting public sector agencies now and over the next three years, BeyondTrust surveyed 200 senior IT and security professionals across the public sector. Survey respondents shed some fascinating insights on public sector security trends, concerns, threat actors, and technology priorities. Last week, we published the results and analysis in our 2021 Cybersecurity Trends in Government Report.

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Top 6 Overlooked Identity Security Problems

​In typical computing environments, an identity represents a one-to-one relationship between a carbon-based life and their digital presence. Their digital presence, however, can have multiple accounts, multiple credentials, and an infinite number of entitlements in electronic format.

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Australian & New Zealand Government Agency Reports Highlight the Value of PAM to Disrupt Cyber Attacks

​Two recent cyber threat reports published by government agencies in Australia and New Zealand reaffirm the ongoing challenges faced by IT security teams across the region. Both reports also highlight the best practices urgently needed, such as privileged access management (PAM), to mitigate the threats. This blog will distill some key takeaways from the two reports.

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