CyberSec Bites

Remote work is great for many reasons. But for hackers, it is another opportunity for attack. How to protect your remote users and secure remote desktops?

Is there a threat in the cloud?

Have you ever asked yourself why there are so many news articles describing identity theft, business email compromises, phishing campaigns, deepfakes, and so on? The reason behind this is the shift in the IT field and... more

Cybersecurity analysts have already identified malware that was specifically developed to attack Ukraine. HermeticWiper or Whisper Gate malware is known and being used in cyberwarfare.

Do these technologies also pose a threat to entities that have n... more

Jakob Premrn, CySA+, CCNP, Security+, RHCSA, is a cybersecurity analyst at NIL´s Security Operations Center (SOC). He mostly deals with security incidents. He is an expert for the SIEM, NDR, and EDR tools. He specializes in Microsoft technologies, bu... more

Choosing a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service provider is very important, yet tricky task. Matevž Mesojednik, SOC Lead at NIL, explains some of the essential criteria for evaluating the quality and credibility of MDR providers.

Tackling cyber-attacks “ad-hoc” with no adequate knowledge of how to respond to an incident is never a good reaction. So what should you do when you are under a cyber attack?

Industrial environments are a special challenge for IT security. What we have noticed so far is that there are many misconfigurations and potentially risky communication paths that our clients are unaware of. Let me give you just an example, OT works... more

Jakob Premrn, cybersecurity expert at NIL, part of Conscia Group, explains what is Ransomware, why is it so profitable and how to defend against it.