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The effect of omission bias on vulnerability management

The effect of omission bias on vulnerability management 2024-01-24 at 08:31 By Help Net Security Whether we’d like to admit it to ourselves or not, all humans harbor subconscious biases that powerfully influence our behavior. One of these is the omission bias, which has interesting ramifications in the world of cyber security, specifically vulnerability management. […]

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10 USA cybersecurity conferences you should visit in 2024

10 USA cybersecurity conferences you should visit in 2024 2024-01-24 at 08:01 By Help Net Security Security BSides Security BSides offers attendees an opportunity to engage and present their ideas actively. Characterized by its intensity, these events are filled with discussions, demonstrations, and interactive participation. BSides are happening all over the USA. To find an

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Amid Broadcom’s subscription push, VMware killed a SaaS product

Amid Broadcom’s subscription push, VMware killed a SaaS product 2024-01-24 at 07:46 By Simon Sharwood Another 50-plus products also binned in move to big bundles Broadcom has killed off a VMware software-as-a-service product, despite also moving the virtualization giant’s other wares to subscription-only licenses – the sort of arrangement at which SaaS excels.… This article

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Prioritizing CIS Controls for effective cybersecurity across organizations

Prioritizing CIS Controls for effective cybersecurity across organizations 2024-01-24 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Randy Marchany, CISO at Virginia Tech, discusses the challenges and strategies associated with implementing CIS Controls in organizations of varying sizes. Marchany explores the importance of securing top-level management support, breaking down data silos, and

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Why resilience leaders must prepare for polycrises

Why resilience leaders must prepare for polycrises 2024-01-24 at 07:02 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Frank Shultz, CEO of Infinite Blue, discusses how more frequent and severe disruptions and our increasingly interconnected world collide to create a new threat for resilience leaders to manage: polycrises. These multiple concurrent or cascading

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Taiwan connects its first home-grown quantum computer to the internet

Taiwan connects its first home-grown quantum computer to the internet 2024-01-24 at 06:46 By Simon Sharwood Five mighty qubits, delivered before deadline, but they won’t stop imports of alternatives Taiwanese research institute Academia Sinica has connected a home-brew quantum computer to the internet.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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Organizations invest more in data protection but recover less

Organizations invest more in data protection but recover less 2024-01-24 at 06:32 By Help Net Security 92% of organizations will increase 2024 data protection spend, to achieve cyber resilience amidst continued threats of ransomware and cyberattacks, according to Veeam Software. Respondents shared that cyberattacks remain the top cause of outages and that while organizations are

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Software supply chain attacks are getting easier

Software supply chain attacks are getting easier 2024-01-24 at 06:03 By Help Net Security ReversingLabs identified close to 11,200 unique malicious packages across three major open-source software platforms in 2023: npm, PyPI, and RubyGems. These findings mark an astounding 1,300% increase in malicious packages from 2020 and an increase of 28% over 2022 when a

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Whitepaper: MFA misconceptions

Whitepaper: MFA misconceptions 2024-01-24 at 05:48 By Help Net Security While a valuable tool in the cybersecurity toolkit, MFA is not immune to weaknesses. Read the “MFA Misconceptions” whitepaper to understand its limitations and how integrating it with other robust security measures is crucial for building a resilient defense mechanism. Download – Whitepaper: MFA misconceptions

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Seoul restores smartphone subsidies because premium handsets are apparently essential

Seoul restores smartphone subsidies because premium handsets are apparently essential 2024-01-24 at 05:37 By Laura Dobberstein Buyers in Samsung’s home will be offered cheaper Galaxies South Korea on Monday decided to abolish its ban on smartphone subsidies – in part to make premium devices more affordable.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Tesla Cybertruck gets cyberstuck during off-roading expedition

Tesla Cybertruck gets cyberstuck during off-roading expedition 2024-01-24 at 04:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Owner pledges to try again once software update improves performance Video  A Tesla Cybertruck owner who took his wheeled wedge off-road ended up with busted wheel fairings and self-detaching wheel covers for his trouble – and all without the thing being able

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Macy’s and Sunglass Hut sued for $10M over face-recog arrest and ‘sexual assault’

Macy’s and Sunglass Hut sued for $10M over face-recog arrest and ‘sexual assault’ 2024-01-24 at 03:17 By Katyanna Quach Man, 61, cuffed and allegedly attacked after ‘faulty’ AI software blundered A 61-year-old man is suing US retail giant Macy’s and the parent biz of chain store Sunglass Hut for $10 million, claiming he was mistakenly

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Intuit ordered to use the word ‘free’ less freely in its ads

Intuit ordered to use the word ‘free’ less freely in its ads 2024-01-24 at 02:31 By Thomas Claburn FTC slams TurboTax’s marketing as deceptive Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, is no longer free to tout its tax filing software as “free” when it isn’t free to most customers.… This article is an excerpt from The

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United Airlines’ patience with Boeing is maxed out after repeated safety issues

United Airlines’ patience with Boeing is maxed out after repeated safety issues 2024-01-24 at 01:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Plans for life without the 737 Max 10 after CEO rated door plug blowout ‘the straw that broke the camel’s back’ United Airlines, which boasts one of the world’s largest fleets of Boeing aircraft, is considering a

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Ex-IBM staff urge US Supreme Court to straighten out age-discrim complaints

Ex-IBM staff urge US Supreme Court to straighten out age-discrim complaints 2024-01-24 at 00:31 By Thomas Claburn Clock is ticking, in more ways than one Twenty-nine former IBM employees who were denied the opportunity to sue the IT giant for age discrimination by arbitration agreements have petitioned the US Supreme Court to let them bring

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Cybercrime’s Silent Operator: The Unraveling of VexTrio’s Malicious Network Empire

Cybercrime’s Silent Operator: The Unraveling of VexTrio’s Malicious Network Empire 2024-01-24 at 00:31 By Kevin Townsend VexTrio is a traffic direction system (TDS) with more than 60 affiliates feeding an unknown number of malicious campaigns. The post Cybercrime’s Silent Operator: The Unraveling of VexTrio’s Malicious Network Empire appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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Identity-based incidents accounted for 64% of all incidents

Identity-based incidents accounted for 64% of all incidents 2024-01-23 at 22:16 By According to a threat report by Expel, identity-based incidents accounted for 64% of all investigated, a volume increase of 144% from 2022 to 2023. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample finally opened after NASA gets inventive

OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample finally opened after NASA gets inventive 2024-01-23 at 22:02 By Katyanna Quach Invents new tools just to get that precious dust PIC  After struggling for months, NASA has finally cracked open the canister storing its dirt sample scooped off the surface of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample.… This article is an excerpt from

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CISA boss swatted: ‘While my own experience was certainly harrowing, it was unfortunately not unique’

CISA boss swatted: ‘While my own experience was certainly harrowing, it was unfortunately not unique’ 2024-01-23 at 20:46 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Election officials, judges, politicians, and gamers are in swatters’ crosshairs CISA Director Jen Easterly has confirmed she was the subject of a swatting attempt on December 30 after a bogus report of a

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Fake Biden Robocall Demonstrates the Need for Artificial Intelligence Governance Regulation

Fake Biden Robocall Demonstrates the Need for Artificial Intelligence Governance Regulation 2024-01-23 at 20:46 By The proliferation of artificial intelligence tools worldwide has generated concern among governments, organizations, and privacy advocates over the general lack of regulations or guidelines designed to protect against misusing or overusing this new technology. This article is an excerpt from

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