Academia CloudSec

Greg Zemlin

maio 16, 2025

MITRE ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge) is a cybersecurity framework that helps enterprises fortify themselves against cyber threats.

To defend against malware in the cloud, businesses need a detection and response solution that’s built for the cloud, fluent in cloud-based indicators of compromise (IOCs), and enriched by cloud threat intelligence.

Credential stuffing attacks can cost a breached organization millions in fines per year. Learn more about foundations, solutions, and real-life cases.

There are many sneaky AI security risks that could impact your organization. Learn practical steps to protect your systems and data while still leveraging AI's benefits.

Data exfiltration is when sensitive data is accessed without authorization or stolen. Just like any data breach, it can lead to financial loss, reputational damage, and business disruptions.

Greg Zemlin

março 18, 2025

Privilege escalation is when an attacker exploits weaknesses in your environment or infrastructure to gain higher access and control within a system or network.

Lateral movement is a cyberattack technique used by threat actors to navigate a network or environment in search of more valuable information after gaining initial access.

A brute force attack is a cybersecurity threat where a hacker attempts to access a system by systematically testing different passwords until a correct set of credentials is identified.

An attack surface is refers to all the potential entry points an attacker could exploit to gain unauthorized access to a system, network, or data.

Greg Zemlin

março 15, 2025

Cryptojacking is when an attacker hijacks your processing power to mine cryptocurrency for their own benefit.

Remote code execution refers to a security vulnerability through which malicious actors can remotely run code on your systems or servers.

Malicious code is any software or programming script that exploits software or network vulnerabilities and compromises data integrity.

Shadow AI is the unauthorized use or implementation of AI that is not controlled by, or visible to, an organization’s IT department.

A security misconfiguration is when incorrect security settings are applied to devices, applications, or data in your infrastructure.

Shadow IT é o uso não autorizado de serviços, aplicativos e recursos de TI por um funcionário que não são controlados ou visíveis para o departamento de TI de uma organização.

Uncover the top cloud security issues affecting organizations today. Learn how to address cloud security risks, threats, and challenges to protect your cloud environment.

Shaked Rotlevi

outubro 25, 2024

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF), also known as XSRF or session riding, is an attack approach where threat actors trick trusted users of an application into performing unintended actions.

Shaked Rotlevi

outubro 25, 2024

Data sprawl refers to the dramatic proliferation of enterprise data across IT environments, which can lead to management challenges and security risks.

In this blog post, we’ll explore security measures and continuous monitoring strategies to prevent these leaks, mitigating the risks posed by security vulnerabilities, human error, and attacks.

LLM models, like GPT and other foundation models, come with significant risks if not properly secured. From prompt injection attacks to training data poisoning, the potential vulnerabilities are manifold and far-reaching.

Shaked Rotlevi

setembro 19, 2024

O vazamento de dados é a exfiltração descontrolada de dados organizacionais para terceiros. Isso ocorre por vários meios, como bancos de dados mal configurados, servidores de rede mal protegidos, ataques de phishing ou até mesmo manuseio descuidado de dados.

Shaked Rotlevi

setembro 13, 2024

ChatGPT security is the process of protecting an organization from the compliance, brand image, customer experience, and general safety risks that ChatGPT introduces into applications.

Adversarial artificial intelligence (AI), or adversarial machine learning (ML), is a type of cyberattack where threat actors corrupt AI systems to manipulate their outputs and functionality.

Shaked Rotlevi

agosto 5, 2024

LLM jacking is an attack technique that cybercriminals use to manipulate and exploit an enterprise’s cloud-based LLMs (large language models).

Credential access is a cyberattack technique where threat actors access and hijack legitimate user credentials to gain entry into an enterprise's IT environments.