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SaaS Security Insights: Guides, Research & Tools

What we're seeing in the field — and what to do about it

AT&T Hacked (Again?) What Now?

Add a fraud alert to your credit report

CyberPrices.io: Cybersecurity Cost Transparency

CyberPrices.io - our latest innovation designed to bring transparency to cybersecurity pricing

Tools & Resources

January 22, 2024

Is your MSP secure?

What security measures do you have in place to protect my systems and information?

December 19, 2023

A Safe and Sound Shopify Shop

So you've opened a Shopify store. That's great news! Chances are, you're making something really special and we're excited to help make you and your customers experience secure.

October 28, 2023

Invisible Thieves: How Payment Diversion Scams Work

Follow along from email hack to payment theft

October 27, 2023

Your SSN Isn't a Secret

Your Social Security Number is not supposed to be sensitive. Unfortunately platforms and online systems use it to verify your identity.

October 26, 2023

The (Un)Surprising Wi-Fi Password Mistake Thousands are Making

Adversis estimates that 10% of networks in the region are using a password with a 406 area code and phone number. Is your Wi-Fi password your phone number?

October 26, 2023

How to Ask Your Vendors to Verify Their Security Practices

Your vendors' security practices directly impact your own.

September 11, 2023

Your Documents, ShareFile'd

Adversis did some brief public research on Citrix ShareFile websites and found over 9,000 customer subdomains, over half of which have links accessible to anyone who can identify them. It’s possible your company is among them.

ForeScout Secure Connector Local Privilege Escalation

A local privilege escalation in a security tool, who would have imagined..

A BigCommerce Security Primer

BigCommerce is an eCommerce platform that quite a few large brands use. Let's take a look at how to make sure our BigCommerce store is configured securely.

Unraveling the Secrets of Montana's Internet

Montana. Known for its ruggedness. But how secure are we?

Don’t Let This Simple Mistake Drain Your Bank Account

Are You Making It Easy for Cybercriminals to Steal Your Cash App Balance and Account Access?

Pandora's Box: Another New Way to Leak All Your Sensitive Data

Yes, the cloud is still leaking data. This time, we can't blame the SRE team though, everyone has been sharing files publicly, yes, even you probably.

The 3 Cybersecurity Awareness Tips Most Likely to Make a Difference

There's so much noise. What should a normal person actually be concerned about?

Strengthening Cybersecurity in Biotech: Insights from the NSCEB and the Latest Findings

This article explores the cybersecurity challenges in the biotech industry.

Stop Letting Contractors Be Your Biggest Security Risk

A streamlined, risk-focused approach to contractor access can secure your network without bogging down productivity.

Software Security for Startups

Your startup should care about cybersecurity, but only sort of.

Simplify Your Life with a Password Manager

A little learning curve puts you ahead of so many and makes life easier

Pragmatic Steps to Get CMMC Level 1 Compliant

Get started securing your business as a federal subcontractor with meme driven guidance.

It's Getting Harder to Recognize Scams

Generative AI lowers the barrier for scammers to create believable texts, emails, voices, images, and even video. Just like any new technology, this will be an arms race of offense and defense.

Your Reconciliation Nightmare - How Attackers Target Payment Flows

Payment Flows. Thanks to platforms like Stripe, they are incredibly simple to implement and manage.

February 11, 2026

How to Buy Cybersecurity Services

Cybersecurity vendors sell fear. Here's how to cut through the pitch, ask the right questions, and buy services that actually improve your security posture.

February 11, 2026

How to Fire Your IT Vendor

Ending a vendor relationship creates security risk. Here's how to terminate IT vendors safely—covering access revocation, knowledge transfer, and the transition

February 11, 2026

A Vishing Crisis Your IT Team Isn't Prepared For

A Practical Defense Guide Against Modern SaaS Attacks

February 11, 2026

How to Achieve GDPR Compliance the Hard Way

Like death and taxes — you can't opt out of GDPR because you don't like it.

February 11, 2026

The Compliance Trap

Does that SOC 2 report actually mean anything? Go beyond compliance with systems thinking.

February 11, 2026

Your Newest Employee Might Be a Scammer

How North Korean IT workers are infiltrating American companies through elaborate identity theft schemes

February 11, 2026

Why Security Policies Fail

And How to Make Them Work in the Real World: A Pragmatic Approach for Growing Companies

February 11, 2026

Your EDR Is Worse Than My EDR

Not all endpoint detection and response products are built the same - how capable is yours?

February 11, 2026

Think Twice Before You Paste

A Practical Guide to Using AI Tools like ChatGPT Without Compromising Security

February 11, 2026

Why Your Mid-Market Business Needs a Cybersecurity Advisor

Mid-market business leaders should consider a cybersecurity advisor (vCISO) for a few reasons, all of which Adversis has proven out many times over.

February 11, 2026

Understanding FERPA Compliance for Web Applications

FERPA is a vital law that protects the privacy of student educational records.

February 11, 2026

It's Always a Friday. Phish to Breach.

Another tale from the red team trenches - Okta phish to credit card database breach

February 11, 2026

A Short Red Team Story: Stealing the Crown Jewels

Inside a major data compromise and a few security architecture things you can do today to reduce the likelihood this happens to your organization.

February 11, 2026

What Every CFO Needs to Know About Cyber Risk in 2025

Let's talk dollars and cents about what the 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report means for your bottom line and what you can do about it.

February 11, 2026

How to Sell to Enterprises: Avoiding the CISO Veto

The shift is clear: compliance artifacts alone no longer suffice. What matters is demonstrating precise, customer-specific risk reduction. (e.g. competence)

February 11, 2026

HIPAA Security Rule Updates: A Reality Check and Different Approach

New Proposed HIPAA Security Rule Changes are a $3,000 Fairy Tale. Read on for a Better Approach for Healthcare Organizations

February 11, 2026

The M&A Process Through a Cybersecurity Lens

When you’re in the middle of a merger, acquisition, joint venture or divestiture, the clock’s ticking/

February 11, 2026

Refund Rip-offs

Don't get ripped off when you sell things and then take money with Venmo and Cash App

February 11, 2026

Adversis Partners with Montana Organizations to Support High-Tech Manufacturing

Adversis exhibited with the Montana Department of Commerce and Montana Quantum and Photonics Alliance at SPIE Photonics West.

February 11, 2026

The Psychology of Payment Fraud

Fraudsters impersonate vendors and colleagues on the phone and email, abusing our trusting natures and lack of established norms and processes.

February 11, 2026

How Much Cybersecurity Insurance Do I Actually Need?

Insurance can’t fix what you haven’t secured. Are you overpaying or under-protected?

February 11, 2026

Navigating COPPA Compliance for Web Applications Targeting Children

Ensuring COPPA compliance is not just about meeting legal standards.

February 11, 2026

Show Me the Incentives, and I'll Show You the Outcomes

Don't blame people as the weakest link in cybersecurity- blame their incentives.

February 11, 2026

The Intriguing World of Ransomware Payments

Dive into the mysterious world of ransomware payments! Learn about how hackers use digital money like Bitcoin.

February 11, 2026

🔒 AI Security Questionnaire Answer Bank

Example answers for AI-specific sections of enterprise security questionnaires, organized by question category with early-stage and growth-stage maturity levels

Tools & Resources

🔒 Security Questionnaire Answer Bank

Example answers to the hardest enterprise security questionnaire questions, organized by SIG domain category with early-stage and growth-stage maturity levels

Tools & Resources

🔒 Application Penetration Test Findings Tracking Template

A comprehensive template to triage issues and track remediation

Tools & Resources

February 27, 2026

🔒 Pen Test Report Credibility Checklist

Three-tier pass/fail checklist to evaluate whether your web app pen test report holds up when a buyer's security team actually reads it.

Tools & Resources

February 27, 2026

AIUC-1 Compliance Navigator

A free reference tool for navigating the AIUC-1 AI Risk Management Framework

Tools & Resources

February 11, 2026

An RSC Parser Because React Thought Wire Protocols Were Fun

A Burp extension for when your response tab looks like spaghetti (React's Flight protocol)

Tools & Resources

February 11, 2026

Add Email Spoofing Checks to Your Nuclei Scans

New Nuclei template integrates email spoofing checks into reconnaissance workflows.

Tools & Resources

February 11, 2026

The MCP Security Tool You Probably Need - MCP Snitch

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has rapidly emerged as the standard for connecting AI agents to external tools and services.

Tools & Resources

February 11, 2026

Blind Enumeration of gRPC Services

When you're handed an SDK with no documentation and told "the backend is secure because it's proprietary," grpc-scan helps prove otherwise

Tools & Resources

February 11, 2026

Pentesting Next.js Server Actions

Adversis releases a Burp Extension for NextJS Hash-to-Function Mapping

Tools & Resources

February 11, 2026

Tailscale Security - A Threat-Based Hardening Guide for Growing Companies

A threat analysis and compliance mapping guide for Tailscale deployments. Check out tailsnitch to audit your setup

January 16, 2026

Meeting NIST 800-63B Password Requirements with ASP.NET Core Identity

Get compliant with NIST Identity guidelines to protect your end users and meet your client's demands

February 11, 2026

Strategic CISO: Timing Your Security Assessment for Executive Impact

Whether you’re presenting to your board, executive leadership team, or quarterly business review, transform your penetration testing from a compliance checkbox to your strategic advantage.

January 16, 2026

Strategic CISO: Before the Test — When Your Startup is Really Ready for Penetration Testing

Whether you actually need a security assessment and when you should get one isn't so clear cut.

January 16, 2026

Your VPN Without MFA is Rhysida's Front Door

Strategies that Work to Defend Aviation and Healthcare Against Rhysida Ransomware

February 11, 2026

Your MFA Isn't Protecting You: Inside the EvilProxy Campaigns Draining Bank Accounts

How financially-motivated cybercriminals are using EvilProxy to bypass your two-factor authentication, hijack CFO accounts.

February 11, 2026

Unpatched Edge Devices are Volt Typhoon's Persistence Point

Strategies to Defend Utilities and Critical Infrastructure Against Volt Typhoon

February 11, 2026

An In Depth (and Actionable) Guide to Cybersecurity Table Tops

Incident response tabletop exercises are crucial for preparing your organization to handle cyber incidents.

February 11, 2026

The Compliance Trap

Does that SOC 2 report actually mean anything? Go beyond compliance with systems thinking.

January 16, 2026

How to Write a Hashcat Module

Cracking 389 Directory Server password hashes automatically with the password cracker Hashchat

February 11, 2026

Security Advisory: Chamber of Commerce Software API Vulnerabilities

Major Chamber of Commerce software platforms have API security gaps exposing member data.

February 11, 2026

Rental Car Vendor's Security Flaw Exposed Damage Claims Reports

Legitimate emails with bad practices and an insecure website add insult to injury.

February 11, 2026

Lessons Learned From a Year of SMB Cybersecurity Assessments

Gaps, assumptions, and missing cyber controls continue to plague SMBs

February 11, 2026

A Fast Track Guide to Losing Money and Data in Business

How Businesses Get Hacked: A mordant 3-step guide on how to lose money and information.

February 11, 2026

Awareness Alone Is Dumb: How to Make Cybersecurity Habits Stick

How to Make Cybersecurity Habits Stick When Awareness Isn’t Enough. Mantras don't count.

February 11, 2026

A Safe and Sound Shopify Shop

So you've opened a Shopify store. That's great news! Chances are, you're making something really special and we're excited to help make you and your customers experience secure.

January 19, 2026

Your SSN Isn't a Secret

Your Social Security Number is not supposed to be sensitive. Unfortunately platforms and online systems use it to verify your identity.

February 11, 2026

The (Un)Surprising Wi-Fi Password Mistake Thousands are Making

Adversis estimates that 10% of networks in the region are using a password with a 406 area code and phone number. Is your Wi-Fi password your phone number?

February 11, 2026

Your Documents, ShareFile'd

Adversis did some brief public research on Citrix ShareFile websites and found over 9,000 customer subdomains, over half of which have links accessible to anyone who can identify them. It’s possible your company is among them.

January 19, 2026

ForeScout Secure Connector Local Privilege Escalation

A local privilege escalation in a security tool, who would have imagined..

February 11, 2026

A BigCommerce Security Primer

BigCommerce is an eCommerce platform that quite a few large brands use. Let's take a look at how to make sure our BigCommerce store is configured securely.

February 11, 2026

Unraveling the Secrets of Montana's Internet

Montana. Known for its ruggedness. But how secure are we?

February 11, 2026

Pandora's Box: Another New Way to Leak All Your Sensitive Data

Yes, the cloud is still leaking data. This time, we can't blame the SRE team though, everyone has been sharing files publicly, yes, even you probably.

February 11, 2026

So You Want to Add AI: Three types of AI integration, only one of them is your problem

Most SaaS companies think they're just using an API. The moment customer data touches the model, you've crossed from consumer to integrator.

AI Security Questionnaires: What Customers are Asking and How to Answer

Enterprise security questionnaires now have AI sections most SaaS companies can't answer. What buyers evaluate and how to respond credibly.

🔒 First Security Hire Playbook

Role scoping, reporting structure, hiring criteria, and first-90-days priorities for your company's first dedicated security hire.

What a vCISO Does for SaaS Startups (And When You Need Something Different)

Most vCISO engagements are a quarterly check-in and a template roadmap. Here's what the role should look like, and why what you actually need might be different

🔒 Enterprise Security Call Prep Guide

The 15 most common questions enterprise buyers ask on vendor security calls, with frameworks for credible answers and what not to say.

That 30% of Security Questions AI can't answer for you

AI handles 70% of your security questionnaire. The hard 30% (CISO, SIEM, IR exercises, network diagrams) is where deals stall or close.

February 25, 2026

Pen Testing for Enterprise-Ready SaaS: What Really Matters

Enterprise buyers judge your pen test report in seconds. What they look for, what builds trust, and what quietly kills your deal in procurement.

February 26, 2026

🔒 Attestation Letter & Assessment Summary Guidance

What a credible pen test attestation letter and assessment summary look like — and what each section tells you.

A Clean Pen Test Report Can Still Disqualify You

Enterprise buyers don't necessarily want a clean bill of health. They want proof you handle problems well.

February 11, 2026

Manufacturing Visible Victories When Your Job Is Preventing Invisible Disasters

Create a quarterly cadence of security victories that make you, your team, and your program visible to the business.

February 11, 2026

From Checkbox to Competitive Advantage: Positioning Your Security Posture Externally

Position your security mandates to give you competitive advantage. It's work you have to do anyways - make it count.

February 11, 2026

Pre-Mortem Pen Tests: Use Security Assessments to Accelerate

Strategic leaders get penetration tests to win. It enables fundraising. It de-risks acquisitions. It validates launches. It closes deals.

February 11, 2026

How to Say ‘We Need More Security Budget’ Without Saying ‘We’re Currently Insecure’

Use a three-bucket framework to frame requests to get what you need and satisfy leadership

A Password Manager Guide for Work

Simple guidance for your co-workers on how to actually use a password manager, and why.

February 11, 2026

Strategic CISO: Timing Your Security Assessment for Executive Impact

Transform your penetration testing from a compliance checkbox to your strategic advantage.

February 11, 2026

Strategic CISO: Before the Test — When Your Startup is Really Ready for Penetration Testing

Whether you actually need a security assessment and when you should get one isn't so clear cut.

February 11, 2026

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