>_ CYBERSECURITY INSIGHTS

ZetTaBlogs

Technical analysis, emerging threats and defense strategies. Written by the ZetTateK team.

Mobile phone with emails coming out of it, two of them flagged in red
Cybersecurity

What is CEO fraud and how does it differ from phishing?

CEO fraud impersonates an executive to request an urgent transfer. How it works, how it differs from phishing and the rule that stops it.

Read →
Hands typing on a keyboard with overlaid lines of code
Cybersecurity attacks

A hidden instruction can give orders to your AI assistant

A hidden instruction in an email or a PDF can give orders to your AI assistant. How prompt injection works and how to design for resistance to it.

Read →
What is a pentest and how does it differ from a vulnerability assessment?

What is a pentest and how does it differ from a vulnerability assessment?

One tells you which doors look open and the other shows you what is inside. What to ask for in the report to know which of the two you were sold.

Read →
Mexico is short 77,000 specialists: does building your own SOC make sense?

Mexico is short 77,000 specialists: does building your own SOC make sense?

Mexico has about 6,000 trained specialists for 85,000 positions. The five phases of building your own SOC and the one money cannot solve.

Read →
What is threat hunting and how does it differ from waiting for the alert?

What is threat hunting and how does it differ from waiting for the alert?

Threat hunting looks for the attacker who is already inside and has not set off any alarm. Four hypotheses to start with and what a month that finds nothing still delivers.

Read →
Computer screen showing a red compromised-system warning
Cybersecurity attacks

72 hours to report: can your company meet the CNBV deadline?

Seventy-two hours sounds like a lot of time. Three full days. When a CEO reads it on a compliance slide, they almost always nod and…

Read →
Blank access badge hanging from a red lanyard in a modern office
Cybersecurity

What is identity and access management (IAM)?

IAM answers two questions: who each person is and what each person can do. The second one fails far more often…

Read →
Two people working together with a laptop and a mobile phone
Cybersecurity attacks

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: five habits you can actually ask of your team

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Five concrete habits you can ask of your team this week, with the…

Read →
Person sitting at a desk holding a phone, surrounded by notification alerts
Cybersecurity attacks

Your two-factor didn't save you: what happens when the attacker no longer needs your password?

There is a phrase I hear often when I review how identity is set up in a company: “we have two-factor.”…

Read →
Hand about to press the button on a USB security key plugged into a laptop
Cybersecurity

What is multi-factor authentication and why is it no longer enough?

MFA turned password theft into a bad business. Today the attacker no longer steals credentials, they steal sessions…

Read →
Empty open-plan office with desks and chairs, with no one working
Cybersecurity attacks

Ransomware in Mexico: why the hardest-hit sector is not the one you think

Mexico accounts for 18% of ransomware in Latin America. The hardest-hit sector is not banking or government, it is services, with…

Read →
Empty, dimly lit boardroom at night, where incident response playbooks are agreed before the incident happens
Cybersecurity

What is an incident response playbook?

An incident response playbook is the written procedure that says, step by step, what to do when…

Read →
A lighthouse drawn in lines of light shines over a dark sea at night
Cybersecurity attacks

Cybersecurity metrics: how do you measure what never happened?

There is a conversation that repeats every year in budget committees and that almost nobody talks about. The person in charge…

Read →
Glowing blue network mesh representing the infrastructure a NOC monitors
Cybersecurity

What is a NOC and how does it differ from a SOC?

A NOC makes sure the network works and a SOC makes sure nobody gets into it. What each one…

Read →
A specialist checks the status of systems on a tablet in a data center
Cybersecurity attacks

How many days does your company take to patch? Attackers no longer wait 43

Inside your company, two clocks are running at the same time and only one is visible. The first…

Read →
Server room with a digital globe surrounded by padlocks, representing the technology estate that needs monitoring
Cybersecurity

What is vulnerability management and why is patching no longer enough?

What vulnerability management is, the five stages of the cycle, how to prioritize when you can't…

Read →

Is your company protected?

Put what you read into practice. Request a free assessment of your security posture.

Free Assessment → WhatsApp