The Fierce Urgency of Now: What Dr. King’s Words Mean for Diversity in Tech
“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there ’is’ such a thing as being too late....
View ArticleUnleashing the Power of Zscaler's Unparalleled SaaS Security
Zscaler has made great strides in securing organizations across the board, solving real customer use cases such as protecting against ransomware, AI security, and securing data everywhere. One area...
View ArticleThe Mythical LLM-Month
It’s clear: 2023 was the year of AI. Beginning with the release of ChatGPT, it was a technological revolution. What began as interacting agents quickly started moving to indexing documents (RAG), and...
View ArticleIt’s Time for Zero Trust SASE
The workplace has changed for good. According to a recent Gallup poll, 50% of US employees are working in hybrid mode and only 20% are entirely on-site. Another forecast analysis from Gartner projected...
View ArticleThreatLabz Security Advisory: Rise in Source IP-Based Authentication Abuse -...
Introduction The Zscaler ThreatLabz team is seeing an increase in attacks that abuse IP-based authentication and target global organizations. Attackers are actively exploiting the limitations and...
View ArticleHow Zscaler’s Dynamic User Risk Scoring Works
Access control policies aim to balance security and end user productivity, yet often fall short due to their static nature and limited ability to adapt to evolving threats. But what if there was an...
View ArticleIntroducing Zero Trust SASE
The evolution of work and IT Workplaces are rapidly evolving and hybrid work has become the new normal. Legacy network architectures were designed around a static model of work where users were in...
View ArticleZloader: No Longer Silent in the Night
Introduction Zloader (aka Terdot, DELoader, or Silent Night), is a modular trojan born from the leaked Zeus source code. It surfaced publicly in 2016 during a targeted campaign against German banks1,...
View ArticleBringing Zero Trust to Branches
Over the past five years, the tech industry has undergone significant transformation. Among the myriad changes in how organizations approach technology to gain a competitive edge, three primary shifts...
View ArticleNavigating the Intersection of Cybersecurity and AI: Key Predictions for 2024
This article also appeared in VentureBeat. Anticipating the future is a complex endeavor, however, I'm here to offer insights into potential trends that could shape the ever-evolving cybersecurity...
View ArticleZscaler Academy: Reflecting on 2023 and Soaring into 2024
2023 was a year of transformation and innovation for Zscaler Academy. We reimagined cybersecurity education, tailoring it to the evolving landscape of zero trust security. As we begin 2024, it's time...
View ArticleCloud Workloads: Cybersecurity Predictions for 2024
The year 2023 witnessed explosive transitions in the cloud security market, with every aspect of the ecosystem—vendors, products, and infrastructure—undergoing significant change. Looking ahead to...
View ArticleAI Detections Across the Attack Chain
Organizations face a constant barrage of cyberthreats. To combat these sophisticated attacks, Zscaler delivers layered security protections to deliver more effective security postures across the four...
View ArticleTracking 15 Years of Qakbot Development
Introduction Qakbot (aka QBot or Pinkslipbot) is a malware trojan that has been used to operate one of the oldest and longest running cybercriminal enterprises. Qakbot has evolved from a banking trojan...
View ArticleZscaler Appoints Steve McMahon as New Chief Customer Success Officer
In the past year, Zscaler achieved a significant milestone by surpassing $2B in ARR. We take great pride in the fact that we accelerated from $1B to $2B ARR within a span of just seven quarters....
View ArticleThreatLabz Coverage Advisory: Ivanti’s VPN Vulnerabilities Exploited by...
Introduction Ivanti, an IT management and security company, has issued a warning about multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in its VPN products exploited by Chinese state-backed hackers since December...
View ArticleEncrypted Attacks: Impact on Public Sector
Following FBI and CISA warnings to public sector defenders in November regarding increased targeting by infamous ransomware groups, the imperative to understand and defend against evolving — and...
View ArticleWhy Firewalls and VPNs Give You a False Sense of Security
Firewalls and VPNs were once hailed as the ultimate solutions for robust enterprise security, but in today’s evolving threat landscape, organizations face a growing number of breaches and...
View ArticleUnveiling the Power of Zscaler Risk360™: A UX Perspective
In the dynamic realm of cybersecurity, we are rapidly developing the recently launched Zscaler Risk360 platform and adding many new AI-powered innovations. As the UX lead for this product, I’m thrilled...
View ArticleIoT/OT Predictions for 2024
How many smart home devices are you running where you live? Smart speakers, thermostats, cameras, light bulbs, etc. Have you lost count yet? You could be forgiven, because Forbes projects there could...
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