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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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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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Why cyberattacks mustn’t be kept secret

Why cyberattacks mustn’t be kept secret 2024-01-23 at 08:01 By Help Net Security No company is immune to cyberattacks, but when the inevitable happens, too many companies still try to maintain a wall of silence. In fact, over half of security professionals admit their organizations maintain a culture of security through obscurity, with over one-third

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Beyond blockchain: Strategies for seamless digital asset integration

Beyond blockchain: Strategies for seamless digital asset integration 2024-01-23 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Jean-Philippe Aumasson, CSO at Taurus, emphasizes the often-overlooked complexities of key generation, storage, and distribution, underlining the necessity for a high level of security maturity in handling digital assets. Looking ahead, Aumasson predicts that the

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Top cybersecurity concerns for the upcoming elections

Top cybersecurity concerns for the upcoming elections 2024-01-23 at 07:01 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Adam Marrè, CISO at Arctic Wolf, explains how state and local governments must focus on cybersecurity as the 2024 election approaches in the United States. State and local IT and cybersecurity teams usually have few

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2024 brings new risks, with cyber incidents in the spotlight

2024 brings new risks, with cyber incidents in the spotlight 2024-01-23 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Cyber incidents such as ransomware attacks, data breaches, and IT disruptions are the biggest worry for companies globally in 2024, according to Allianz. The closely interlinked peril of business interruption ranks second. Natural catastrophes (up from #6 to

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Organizations need to switch gears in their approach to email security

Organizations need to switch gears in their approach to email security 2024-01-23 at 06:02 By Help Net Security Email security risks remain high with 94% of organizations experiencing incidents in the past 12 months, according to Egress. Inbound email incidents primarily took the form of malicious URLs, attacks sent from a compromised account, and malware

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New method to safeguard against mobile account takeovers

New method to safeguard against mobile account takeovers 2024-01-22 at 13:01 By Help Net Security Computer science researchers have developed a new way to identify security weaknesses that leave people vulnerable to account takeover attacks, where an attacker gains unauthorized access to online accounts. Most mobiles are now home to a complex ecosystem of interconnected

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Without clear guidance, SEC’s new rule on incident reporting may be detrimental

Without clear guidance, SEC’s new rule on incident reporting may be detrimental 2024-01-22 at 08:01 By Help Net Security The SEC has instituted a set of guidelines “requiring registrants to disclose material cybersecurity incidents they experience and to disclose on an annual basis material information regarding their cybersecurity risk management, strategy, and governance.” These new

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The reality of hacking threats in connected car systems

The reality of hacking threats in connected car systems 2024-01-22 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz With the integration of sophisticated technologies like over-the-air updates and increased data connectivity, cars are no longer just modes of transportation but also hubs of personal and operational data. This shift brings forth unique cybersecurity challenges, ranging from hacking and

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CloudFoxable: Open-source AWS penetration testing playground

CloudFoxable: Open-source AWS penetration testing playground 2024-01-22 at 07:02 By Mirko Zorz CloudFoxable is a capture-the-flag (CTF) style learning platform you can deploy to your playground AWS account. It primarily targets current penetration testers seeking to learn exploitation of cloud-native attack paths, and cloud security experts aiming to practice offensive security techniques safely. “What makes

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Global cyber inequity skyrockets

Global cyber inequity skyrockets 2024-01-22 at 06:31 By Help Net Security There has been a sharp increase in cyber inequity globally, with 90% of executives warning that urgent action is needed to address it, according to the World Economic Forum. While increased geopolitical tensions and economic instability continue to concern industry experts, the report spotlights

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Bad bot traffic skyrockets across the web

Bad bot traffic skyrockets across the web 2024-01-22 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Bad bots are automated programs designed with malicious intent to perform various activities on the internet, often causing harm to individuals, organizations, and online ecosystems. What makes them particularly dangerous is their ability to mimic the actions of legitimate users when

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Out with the old and in with the improved: MFA needs a revamp

Out with the old and in with the improved: MFA needs a revamp 2024-01-19 at 08:02 By Help Net Security From AI to ZTA (zero-trust architecture), the technology responsible for protecting your company’s data has evolved immensely. Despite the advances, cybercriminals repeatedly find new and creative ways to gain access to sensitive information. This can

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Digital nomads amplify identity fraud risks

Digital nomads amplify identity fraud risks 2024-01-19 at 06:31 By Help Net Security The number of foreign document verification cases in all parts of the world has grown by an average of 21% since the summer of 2021, according to Regula. It’s even higher in the US and UAE: these countries are experiencing a 25%

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Attribute-based encryption could spell the end of data compromise

Attribute-based encryption could spell the end of data compromise 2024-01-18 at 08:02 By Help Net Security The future of data privacy is the end of compromise. With the world producing data at astounding rates, we need ways to put data to the best use while protecting against breaches and ensuring privacy, data protection and access

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Ransomware negotiation: When cybersecurity meets crisis management

Ransomware negotiation: When cybersecurity meets crisis management 2024-01-18 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Tim Morris, Chief Security Advisor at Tanium, discusses ransomware negotiation, how it typically unfolds, and how organizations should have a playbook that clearly outlines what to do, when to do it, who is notified, who will

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The power of AI in cybersecurity

The power of AI in cybersecurity 2024-01-18 at 06:31 By Helga Labus The widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI (GenAI), has revolutionized organizational landscapes and transformed both the cyber threat landscape and cybersecurity. AI as a powerful cybersecurity tool As organizations handle increasing amounts of data daily, AI offers advanced capabilities that

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