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A Comprehensive Guide to Detecting and Mitigating Data Exfiltration Threats
Data exfiltration, also known as data theft exportation, or extrusion, involves a cyber attacker stealing data from a computer or system. Protecting your systems against data exfiltration has always been crucial, but the topic gained even more interest with the rise of AI tools. These tools introduce a new set of challenges for companies, as data theft methods become more and more sophisticated and harder to detect. Don’t confuse exfiltration with data leakage and data breach. A leakage will be an unintentional exposure of sensitive data, that may be due to a procedural error or a vulnerability in the system. A data breach refers to any type of security incident that results in the unauthorized access of data. Data exfiltration can result from both a leakage and a breach, but not all data leakages or breaches will result in exfiltration. For instance, someone might take advantage of a data leakage and encrypt part of the data to use as ransom. The intention is not to steal the data itself, but only to get money or another ransom in return for the encrypted data. Data exfiltration can have serious consequences for your company, such as, The stolen data makes your systems

Tech News – July 10 & 11
From the news: Google Gemini can now transform photos into videos. xAI launched Grok 4 alongside a $300 monthly subscription

A Comprehensive Guide to Detecting and Mitigating Data Exfiltration Threats
Data exfiltration, also known as data theft exportation, or extrusion, involves a cyber attacker stealing data from a computer or system. Protecting your systems against

How to respond a data exfiltration attack
Sometimes, no matter how many preventive measures you have in place and how much you train your employees, disaster strikes, and you find yourself experiencing

How to know that a data exfiltration attack is on its way
Data exfiltration is one of the hardest attacks to detect because it hides behind normal day-to-day processes. Plus, most such attacks won’t disrupt your systems

Preventing data exfiltration
Data exfiltration can cause serious havoc on your business, and hackers have no shortage of options to carry out such attacks. This variety makes some

How does data exfiltration happen?
Data exfiltration or data theft can significantly impact your business, leading to revenue and reputation loss and making your systems more vulnerable than before. But

Data exfiltration
Data exfiltration, also known as data theft exportation, or extrusion, involves a cyber attacker stealing data from a computer or system. Protecting your systems against

Tech News – July 10 & 11
From the news: Google Gemini can now transform photos into videos. xAI launched Grok 4 alongside a $300 monthly subscription

Tech News – July 8 & 9
From the news: Microsoft might soon add AI-powered dynamic wallpapers in Windows 11. Gmail launched a new tool to manage subscriptions

Last week’s news
From last week’s news: Google Gemini will soon have full access to calls, texts, and WhatsApp. Vivo X Fold 5

Tech News – July 3 & 4
From the news: Google Gemini will soon have full access to calls, texts, and WhatsApp. Google lost a $314 million lawsuit

Tech News – July 1 & 2
From the news: Apple considers letting Anthropic and OpenAI power new version of Siri. Google will launch a new logo for Gemini

Last week’s news
From last week’s news: Google DeepMind’s new AI model can run directly on robots. Meta will use AI to summarize WhatsApp messages

How to respond a data exfiltration attack
Sometimes, no matter how many preventive measures you have in place and how much you train your employees, disaster strikes, and you find yourself experiencing a data exfiltration attack. How to respond? The first step is to detect not only the attack but its origins as well. You can use

How to know that a data exfiltration attack is on its way
Data exfiltration is one of the hardest attacks to detect because it hides behind normal day-to-day processes. Plus, most such attacks won’t disrupt your systems as bluntly as a DoS attack will. That doesn’t mean they’re undetectable, though. There are several telltale signs that will show you a data exfiltration

Preventing data exfiltration
Data exfiltration can cause serious havoc on your business, and hackers have no shortage of options to carry out such attacks. This variety makes some feel it’s nearly impossible to prevent data theft. After all, there’s no guarantee that an inattentive employee won’t download malware, even after hours of training

How does data exfiltration happen?
Data exfiltration or data theft can significantly impact your business, leading to revenue and reputation loss and making your systems more vulnerable than before. But how does data exfiltration happen? What are the most common attacks that lead to it? 1️⃣ Social engineering attacks You may be familiar with the

Data exfiltration
Data exfiltration, also known as data theft exportation, or extrusion, involves a cyber attacker stealing data from a computer or system. Protecting your systems against data exfiltration has always been crucial, but the topic gained even more interest with the rise of AI tools. These tools introduce a new set

The Evolution of Threat Detection: Why XDR is Outpacing EDR and Signature-Based Systems
Extended detection and response (XDR) tools. They’re a top choice at the moment, with many preferring them over endpoint detection response (EDR) or signature-based detection. Why this preference? Is it time to completely ditch your EDR or signature-based detection systems? Let’s take a step back first and look at what

Tech News – July 8 & 9
From the news: Microsoft might soon add AI-powered dynamic wallpapers in Windows 11. Gmail launched a new tool to manage subscriptions

Last week’s news
From last week’s news: Google Gemini will soon have full access to calls, texts, and WhatsApp. Vivo X Fold 5

Tech News – July 3 & 4
From the news: Google Gemini will soon have full access to calls, texts, and WhatsApp. Google lost a $314 million lawsuit

Tech News – July 1 & 2
From the news: Apple considers letting Anthropic and OpenAI power new version of Siri. Google will launch a new logo for Gemini

Last week’s news
From last week’s news: Google DeepMind’s new AI model can run directly on robots. Meta will use AI to summarize WhatsApp messages

Tech News – June 26 & 27
From the news: Youtube will add an AI search results carousel similar to Google’s AI Overviews. Google unveiled a new compact AI model