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Danger: Vulnerabilities in Active Directory
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

The Purple Knight Report 2023 addresses Active Directory (AD) vulnerabilities in companies. According to the latest report, enterprise AD security needs improvement. On average, the safety ratings of all participants only achieved a score of 72 out of 100 possible points, which represents an improvement compared to the previous year, but only corresponds to a grade of “C”, i.e. “satisfactory”. For this year's report, more than 150 representatives from companies of different industries and sizes from the Purple Knight user community were surveyed. With Semperis' Purple Knight vulnerability assessment tool, companies can ensure the security of their…

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Managed Service Providers as Trojan Horses
Managed Service Providers as Trojan Horses

Warnings to managed service providers to keep their IT protection up to date and to introduce new security guidelines are piling up. More recently, government regulators, including those in the UK and US, have reported an increase in malicious cyber activity explicitly targeting managed service providers. This is a development that will continue. A comment from Kay-Uwe-Wirtz, Regional Account Director Barracuda MSP. The reason for this is obvious, given that MSPs have direct access to their customers' networks and applications. Criminals who have successfully compromised an MSP using their infrastructure as a starting point are in the…

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