Most ransomware attacks occur during weekends and holidays, times of distraction or disruption when the majority of SOCs are not adequately staffed. A new report from Semperis finds that 52 percent of surveyed organizations in the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Singapore, Canada, Australia and New Zealand were targeted at holidays or weekends. Alarmingly, 78 percent of companies cut security operation centre (SOC) staffing by 50 percent or more during holidays and w

A sophisticated privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows SMB servers, leveraging Ghost Service Principal Names (SPNs) and Kerberos authentication reflection to achieve remote SYSTEM-level access. Microsoft designated this as CVE-2025-58726 , an “SMB Server Elevation of Privilege” flaw impacting all Windows versions absent enforced SMB signing. According to Semperis, the issue persists in environments with default Active Directory (AD) configurations, underscoring Kerber

If you ask Dr. Chase Cunningham whether we’re in a cyber war, he won’t hedge.“We’ve already had our cyber Pearl Harbor,” he told me. “It just didn’t happen in a single day.” That line lingered with me because it’s not hyperbole. Cunningham, one of the featured voices in Midnight in the War Room , knows what he’s talking about. The new documentary—produced by Semperis —offers an unfiltered look at the modern cyber battlefield and the people trying to hold the line. It’s raw,

Semperis has introduced Ready1 for Identity Crisis Management to support organisations in recovering from identity-based cyberattacks and resuming normal business operations. Ready1 brings together several of Semperis' existing offerings, including Active Directory Forest Recovery (ADFR), Disaster Recovery for Entra Tenant (DRET), and Identity Forensics and Incident Response (IFIR), alongside its enterprise crisis management system. The new product is aimed at enhancing opera

Cohesity and Semperis Announce Groundbreaking Offering that Unifies Data and Identity Resilience Cohesity and Semperis today announced a new product, Cohesity Identity Resilience, powered by Semperis, to defend enterprises’ critical Identity infrastructure, including Microsoft Active Directory assets from cyberattacks. Now available for purchase from Cohesity, the solution is the strongest of its kind in the market, enabling companies to proactively harden defenses, recover r

Ransomware actors are resorting to extreme measures to pressure victims into paying demands, including threats of physical harm to...

New research has uncovered continued risk from a known security weakness in Microsoft's Entra ID , potentially enabling malicious actors...

S emperis has announced new detection capabilities in its Directory Services Protector platform in collaboration with Akamai to address...

“Semperis is honored to be recognised as the Ransomware Protection Business of the Year, particularly among such an esteemed group of...

A new survey of 1,000 businesses across the UK, UK, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region reveals a worrying disconnect between...

Today, identity-related attacks—which target critical identity systems such as Microsoft Active Directory (AD), Entra ID, and...

80 percent of operators were targeted multiple times. More than half of cyber-attacks experienced by critical services disrupted...

Our list includes established industry giants alongside fast-growing startups that are shaking up the market with the help of partners....

Semperis has announced its achievement of surpassing USD $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), a milestone reached by fewer...

Organizations are leaving their security teams understaffed during critical times, shows research. As cyberattacks continue to plague...

"The Five Eyes' comprehensive report on mitigating Active Directory risks highlights the urgent need to secure hybrid identity systems...

Semperis , a pioneer in identity-driven cyber resilience, today announced it has been included in Dun’s 100 Best Tech Companies to Work...

According to the research team at Semperis, the vulnerability was discovered in the OAuth 2.0 scope (permissions) of Entra ID, which...

Nearly one-third of companies that suffered a ransomware attack paid a ransom four or more times in the past 12 months to regain access...

Active Directory, the Microsoft directory service for connecting users with network resources, is used by more than 90% of all Fortune...