Vulnerability Management vs Exposure Management: The Next Step

An attacker doesn’t care about your long list of CVEs or your internal CVSS scores. They care about finding a single path into your network. This is the fundamental idea that separates the old way of thinking from the new. The discussion around vulnerability management vs exposure management is...

What is Continuous Threat Exposure Management? A Guide For CISOs and Vulnerability Teams

Traditional vulnerability management has taught us to look for weaknesses inside our own walls. But what if we flipped the script and started looking at our defenses from the outside in, just like an attacker does? Attackers don't care about CVSS scores; they care about pathways. They look for th...

How to Modernize Your Vulnerability Management Program A Helpful Resource Guide For CISOS and Vuln teams

Running a vulnerability scan can feel like opening Pandora's box. You’re suddenly faced with a report listing thousands of potential weaknesses, and the pressure to "fix everything" is immense. But this approach is a recipe for burnout, leaving your team chasing low-impact issues while a real...

What is CTEM? Your Guide to Reducing Cyber Risk

Trying to explain security priorities to your board using CVSS scores is a tough sell. A long list of technical flaws doesn't translate to business impact, making it difficult to justify budgets and get buy-in for critical initiatives. Security leaders need a better way to frame the conversation...

6 Actionable Vulnerability Management Best Practices

Every unpatched vulnerability is more than just a technical flaw; it's a direct business risk. These security gaps are the entry points for breaches that lead to devastating financial losses, operational downtime, and long-term damage to your brand's reputation. When viewed through this lens,...

What Are Attack Surface Intelligence Exposures?

Do you know every single digital asset your organization owns? For most security leaders, the honest answer is no. Between shadow IT, forgotten development servers, and complex cloud environments, your true attack surface is full of blind spots. These unknown and unmanaged assets are where...

Houston CISO Meetup: The Strategic Shift from Mass Vulnerability Scanning to Proactive Exposure Reduction

Key takeaways from a CISO dinner with Al Lindseth and Hive Pro's Critt Golden. If you were one of the many CISO’s, CIO’s or cybersecurity leaders who joined our Threat Exposure Management dinner at Del Frisco’s Steak House in Houston yesterday, thank you for joining an oversold event! If you didn...

5 Cyber Trends That Should Be Shaping Your 2025 Security Strategy

Running short on time but still want to stay in the know? Well, we’ve got you covered! We’ve condensed all the key takeaways into a handy audio summary. Our AI-driven podcasts are fit for on the go. 2024 was the year cyber threats got faster, smarter, and far more lethal. Ransomware groups became...

Securing Generative AI: Navigating Risk and Building Resilience

Running short on time but still want to stay in the know? Well, we’ve got you covered! We’ve condensed all the key takeaways into a handy audio summary. Our AI-driven podcasts are fit for on the go. Click right here to hear it all on CAASM & CDMB Inefficiencies! Generative AI has changed the way ...

CAASM in Action: What It Really Looks Like When It Works

Running short on time but still want to stay in the know? Well, we’ve got you covered! We’ve condensed all the key takeaways into a handy audio summary. Our AI-driven podcasts are fit for on the go. Click right here to hear it all on CAASM & CDMB Inefficiencies! You’ve heard the promises. The...

SneakyChef Group Hits Governments Using SugarGh0st and SpiceRAT

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FatalRAT’s Calculated Cryptocurrency Carnage

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Turla Expands Their Arsenal with Next-Generation Malwares

Summary: In December 2023, a new backdoor dubbed TinyTurla-NG was deployed by the Russia-affiliated threat actor Turla as part of a three-month campaign targeting Polish non-governmental organizations NGOs. The threat actor utilized malicious PowerShell scripts hosted on various websites,...

Play Ransomware A Global Threat Impacting Businesses

Summary: The Play ransomware group, active since June 2022, employs a double-extortion model, impacting businesses globally. Utilizing legitimate tools for malicious activities, the group has affected approximately 300 entities. Threat Level - Red | Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory,...

Microsoft’s September 2023 Patch Tuesday Addresses Two Zero-day Vulnerabilities

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary In the September Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft addressed a total of 59 CVEs, encompassing five critical vulnerabilities. Within this range of vulnerabilities, the security update covered the...

New Variant of RUSTBUCKET Malware Targeting Cryptocurrency Providers

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary RUSTBUCKET malware family is actively developing, adding persistence capabilities, while the REF9135 operation by the DPRK targets cryptocurrency service providers. To receive real-time threat advisories...

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalog June 2023

For a detailed CISAs KEV Catalog, download the pdf file here Summary The Known Exploited Vulnerability KEV catalog, maintained by CISA, is the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild. To be included in the catalog, a vulnerability must meet three criteria: hav...

JokerSpy macOS Backdoor Attacks Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary An unknown cryptocurrency exchange in Japan became the target of a precise attack employing an intricate Apple macOS backdoor called JokerSpy. References to JokerSpy can be traced back to as early as Apr...

Cybercriminals Exploit Old Telerik Bug for Data Theft

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary APT actors and financially motivated cybercriminals were observed exploiting old Telerik vulnerabilities in an attack targeting a US government agency. To receive real-time threat advisories, please foll...

LockBit Ransomware Evolving Tactics and Pervasive Impact in 2023

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary LockBit ransomware is a highly impactful Ransomware-as-a-Service RaaS variant that targets critical sectors globally. Since 2020, victims in the US alone have paid around $91 million in ransom payments...

Critical Vulnerabilities in VMware Aria Operations Addressed and Secured

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary These three vulnerabilities in VMware Aria Operations could allow attackers to remotely execute code, access sensitive information, and potentially disrupt network operations, posing significant...

Microsoft’s May 2023 update addresses two Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Microsoft released a security update in May 2023 to address 40 CVEs, including two zero-day vulnerabilities that have already been exploited in the wild. To receive real-time threat advisories,...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 17 to 23 April 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, they identified a total of ten attacks that were executed...

Hive Pro Appoints John Lyons as Chief Revenue Officer

Milpitas, CA – 27th March 2023 – Hive Pro, a leading Threat Exposure Management vendor in cybersecurity, today announced the appointment of John Lyons as its new Chief Revenue Officer CRO. With more than 25 years of sales management experience in the IT industry, Lyons will be responsible for...

Chrome 111 addresses an array of security flaws

Threat Level Vulnerability Report Follow Hive Pro for a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here from HiveForce Labs. Summary Chrome has addressed several security vulnerabilities that encompass unauthorized access, Use after Free, Type Confusion, and Heap buffer overflow...

Multiple Vulnerabilities Found in Cisco IP Phones Web-Based Management Interface

Threat Level Vulnerability Report Follow Hive Pro for a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here from HiveForce Labs. Summary Cisco has disclosed two high-severity vulnerabilities affecting its IP phones, with one causing remote code execution RCE and the other enabling...

Injection vulnerability in VMware Carbon Black App Control

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary There is an injection vulnerability in VMware, specifically in the Carbon Black App Control product. If a malicious actor, who has privileged access to the App Control administration console,...

Multiple Fortinet products are vulnerable to unauthorized code execution flaws

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Fortinet has released security updates to rectify security weaknesses in its range of products, such as FortiWeb, FortiOS, FortiNAC, FortiProxy, and others. The most significant vulnerability...

Ice Breaker a Looming Threat on the Gaming Industry

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Online gaming and gambling companies have been targeted by hackers using unseen backdoors. The attacks are grouped together and referred to as "Ice Breaker." The intrusions make use of smart social...

Cyber Attack on Ukrainian National Information Agency

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary On 17th January 2023, the Ukrainian National Information Agency "Ukrinform" suffered a partial cyber attack. The Government Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA initiated an investigation...

The Linux kernel has several security flaws

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Linux kernel is vulnerable to a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations. This vulnerability can be exploited without authentication, but...

SideCopy APT Launches Phishing Campaign Against Indian Government

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The new malicious activity of the SideCopy threat actors is the attack campaign STEPPYKAVACH, which was notably active in 2021 and was originally related to Pakistan. The most recent malicious attack...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 12 – 18 December 2022

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A new strain of Punisher ransomware

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new variant of the Punisher ransomware is spreading via phishing website that delivers ransomware disguised as a COVID tracking application. Punisher Encryptor is a .NET binary that runs on Windows...

A new RansomExx ransomware strain revised in Rust

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary RansomExx is a ransomware variant that operates on a ransomware-as-a-service RaaS model and has been active since it first appeared in 2018 as Defray777. The latest version, dubbed RansomExx2 by threat...

Arab countries are being targeted by multiple malware families

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Malicious actors have already begun World Cup-themed phishing attacks targeting specific organizations partnered with the tournament are more vulnerable victims in Arab countries. The goal of such assaul...

How Continuous Threat Exposure Management can Secure the Finance Sector

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Vulnerabilities & Threats that Matter 10-16 October 2022

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Budworm Attackers Return with New Espionage Strikes Against the United States

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Budworm espionage group exploited Log4j vulnerabilities to jeopardize the Apache Tomcat service by integrating several custom and publicly available tools to exfiltrate sensitive information...

Summary of Vulnerabilities & Threats: August 2022

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Vulnerability in the UnRaR leads to code execution in Zimbra

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Unrar has a path traversal vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands as a Zimbra user and escalate privileges...

Stable Channel Update in Chrome for Windows, Mac and Linux

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A list of security fixes has been addressed in the latest version for Windows, Mac and Linux. There are seven security fixes of which four are high severity vulnerabilities as per Chrome. These...

Tesla, Guitar, and Cybersecurity

In the first episode of Unplugged Bytes, Sarfaraz Kazi welcomes Hugh Njemanze to share his interests in Tesla, guitar, and cybersecurity. Hugh is President a...

LAPSUS$ – New extortion group involved in the breach against Nvidia, Microsoft, Okta and Samsung

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Lapsus$ DEV-0537 is an extortion threat group that first appeared on December 10, 2021, and has since breached the Brazilian Ministry of Health, NVIDIA, Samsung, Vodafone, Ubisoft, Octa, and Microsoft. Unlike other extortionis...

Threat and Vulnerability Management: Building a Unified Program

Most security teams run threat intelligence and vulnerability management as separate operations. Threat analysts track adversary campaigns and emerging exploits. Vulnerability teams run scans, generate reports, and chase patches. The two groups rarely share a workflow, a priority list, or even a...

The 5 Stages of a CTEM Cybersecurity Program

To beat an attacker, you have to think like one. An adversary doesn't care about your compliance reports or internal severity ratings. They care about one thing: finding an exploitable path to your critical assets. So why are we still prioritizing based on theoretical scores? A modern security...

How HiveForce Labs Finds Threats Before They Hit

There’s often a huge gap between knowing about a threat and knowing if you’re protected from it. A threat feed might tell you about a new attack campaign, but that information lives in a report. It doesn't tell you what would happen if that same attack hit your network. This is the difference...

5 Best Qualys Replacement Solutions Reviewed

Knowing you have vulnerabilities is one thing; knowing if your defenses can actually stop an attack is another. Traditional vulnerability scanners tell you where the holes are, but they don't tell you if your security controls are configured correctly or if they'll perform under pressure. This is...

The Ultimate CISO Dashboard: A Complete Guide

Traditional vulnerability management can feel like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole. You patch one critical issue, and three more pop up, leaving your team feeling burnt out and perpetually behind. A modern dashboard changes the game entirely. By integrating real-world threat intelligence, it...

The 7 Best Continuous Threat Exposure Management Tools

If your security team is drowning in a sea of "critical" alerts from your vulnerability scanner, you know the feeling of being busy without being effective. You spend all your time triaging and patching, but you never feel like you're actually ahead of the attackers. This is the core problem that...