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With DORA approaching, financial institutions must strengthen their cyber resilience

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With DORA approaching, financial institutions must strengthen their cyber resilience 2024-12-16 at 07:33 By Help Net Security The clock is ticking for financial institutions across the EU as the January 17, 2025, deadline for the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) approaches. This regulation will reshape how organizations in the financial sector approach cybersecurity and operational […]

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How companies can address bias and privacy challenges in AI models

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How companies can address bias and privacy challenges in AI models 2024-12-16 at 07:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Emre Kazim, Co-CEO of Holistic AI, discusses the need for companies to integrate responsible AI practices into their business strategies from the start. He explores how addressing issues like bias, privacy, and

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Trapster Community: Open-source, low-interaction honeypot

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Trapster Community: Open-source, low-interaction honeypot 2024-12-16 at 06:33 By Mirko Zorz Trapster Community is an open-source, lightweight, low-interaction honeypot designed for deployment within internal networks. It enhances network security by creating a deceptive layer that monitors and detects suspicious activities. “Our reengineered approach leverages the asyncio library, breaking away from the norm of Twisted, to

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FuzzyAI: Open-source tool for automated LLM fuzzing

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FuzzyAI: Open-source tool for automated LLM fuzzing 2024-12-13 at 07:36 By Help Net Security FuzzyAI is an open-source framework that helps organizations identify and address AI model vulnerabilities in cloud-hosted and in-house AI models, like guardrail bypassing and harmful output generation. FuzzyAI offers organizations a systematic approach to testing AI models against various adversarial inputs,

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Tackling software vulnerabilities with smarter developer strategies

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Tackling software vulnerabilities with smarter developer strategies 2024-12-13 at 07:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Karl Mattson, CISO at Endor Labs, discusses strategies for enhancing secure software development. Mattson covers how developers can address vulnerabilities in complex systems, ways organizations can better support secure coding practices, and the role of languages

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Krispy Kreme cybersecurity incident disrupts online ordering

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Krispy Kreme cybersecurity incident disrupts online ordering 2024-12-12 at 13:39 By Zeljka Zorz Popular US doughnut chain Krispy Kreme has been having trouble with its online ordering system as well as digital payments at their brick-and-mortar shops since late November, and now we finally know why: an 8-K report filed with the US Securities and

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27 DDoS-for hire platforms seized by law enforcement

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27 DDoS-for hire platforms seized by law enforcement 2024-12-12 at 12:39 By Zeljka Zorz As part of an ongoing international crackdown known as Operation PowerOFF, international law enforcement has seized over two dozen platforms used to carry out Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. These “booter” (aka “stresser”) sites were used by both cybercriminals and hacktivists to

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We must adjust expectations for the CISO role

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We must adjust expectations for the CISO role 2024-12-12 at 11:52 By Help Net Security Cybersecurity has become one of the most high-stakes facets of business operations in the past few years. The chief information security officer (CISO) role, once a back-office function primarily focused on technical oversight, has moved squarely into the executive spotlight.

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Only Cynet delivers 100% protection and detection visibility in the 2024 MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation

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Only Cynet delivers 100% protection and detection visibility in the 2024 MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation 2024-12-12 at 10:07 By Help Net Security Across small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and managed service providers (MSPs), the top priority for cybersecurity leaders is to keep IT environments up and running. To guard against cyber threats and prevent data breaches, it’s vital

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Shaping effective AI governance is about balancing innovation with humanity

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Shaping effective AI governance is about balancing innovation with humanity 2024-12-12 at 07:04 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Ben de Bont, CISO at ServiceNow, discusses AI governance, focusing on how to foster innovation while ensuring responsible oversight. He emphasizes the need for collaboration between technologists, policymakers, and ethicists to create ethical

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Exposed APIs and issues in the world’s largest organizations

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Exposed APIs and issues in the world’s largest organizations 2024-12-12 at 06:32 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Tristan Kalos, CEO of Escape, discusses the results of its 2024 State of API Exposure report. The study highlights significant API security gaps affecting Fortune 1000 organizations, with over 28,500 exposed APIs and

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Keycloak: Open-source identity and access management

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Keycloak: Open-source identity and access management 2024-12-12 at 06:04 By Help Net Security Keycloak is an open-source project for identity and access management (IAM). It provides user federation, strong authentication, user management, authorization, and more. Keycloak is based on standard protocols and supports OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, and SAML. Single Sign-On: Users authenticate through Keycloak

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BadRAM: $10 hack unlocks AMD encrypted memory

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BadRAM: $10 hack unlocks AMD encrypted memory 2024-12-11 at 13:16 By Mirko Zorz Cybersecurity researchers have identified a vulnerability (CVE-2024-21944, aka BadRAM) affecting ADM processors that can be triggered by rogue memory modules to unlock the chips’ encrypted memory. The SPD chip can be modified using an off-the-shelf microcontroller. The researchers used a Raspberry Pi

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Open source malware up 200% since 2023

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Open source malware up 200% since 2023 2024-12-11 at 07:32 By Help Net Security Sonatype’s 2024 Open Source Malware Threat Report reveals that the number of malicious packages has surpassed 778,500 since tracking began in 2019. In 2024, researchers examined how threat actors leverage malicious open-source packages to target developers, particularly as enterprises increasingly adopt

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Why crisis simulations fail and how to fix them

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Why crisis simulations fail and how to fix them 2024-12-11 at 07:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Allison Ritter, Head of Cyber Experiential Exercising at Cyberbit, shares her insights on the key differences between in-person and virtual cyber crisis simulations and what makes each approach effective. Ritter highlights the need for

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Microsoft fixes exploited zero-day (CVE-2024-49138)

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Microsoft fixes exploited zero-day (CVE-2024-49138) 2024-12-10 at 23:04 By Zeljka Zorz On December 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft resolved 71 vulnerabilities in a variety of its products, including a zero-day (CVE-2024-49138) that’s been exploited by attackers in the wild to execute code with higher privileges. CVE-2024-49138 exploited by attackers CVE-2024-49138 stems from a heap-based buffer overflow

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Attackers actively exploiting flaw(s) in Cleo file transfer software (CVE-2024-50623)

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Attackers actively exploiting flaw(s) in Cleo file transfer software (CVE-2024-50623) 2024-12-10 at 15:35 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers are exploiting a vulnerability (CVE-2024-50623) in file transfer software by Cleo – LexiCo, VLTransfer, and Harmony – to gain access to organizations’ systems, Huntress researchers warned on Monday. “We’ve discovered at least 10 businesses whose Cleo servers were

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Preventing data leakage in low-node/no-code environments

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Preventing data leakage in low-node/no-code environments 2024-12-10 at 07:34 By Help Net Security Low-code/no-code (LCNC) platforms enable application development by citizen developers, often generating “shadow engineering” projects that evade security oversight. While LCNC solutions like Power BI reports and automated workflows foster agility and innovation, they also introduce significant risks, including data leakage. Data leakage

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Strengthening security posture with comprehensive cybersecurity assessments

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Strengthening security posture with comprehensive cybersecurity assessments 2024-12-10 at 07:04 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Phani Dasari, CISO at HGS, discusses key aspects of cybersecurity assessments, including effective tools and methodologies, the role of AI and automation, and strategies for aligning assessments with organizational needs. The post Strengthening security posture with

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