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Microsoft releases tool to speed up recovery of systems borked by CrowdStrike update

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Microsoft releases tool to speed up recovery of systems borked by CrowdStrike update 2024-07-22 at 15:16 By Zeljka Zorz By now, most people are aware of – or have been personally affected by – the largest IT outage the world have ever witnessed, courtesy of a defective update for Crowdstrike Falcon Sensors that threw Windows […]

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Cross-industry standards for data provenance in AI

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Cross-industry standards for data provenance in AI 2024-07-22 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Saira Jesani, Executive Director of the Data & Trust Alliance, discusses the role of data provenance in AI trustworthiness and its impact on AI models’ performance and reliability. Jesani highlights the collaborative process behind developing cross-industry

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Shuffle Automation: Open-source security automation platform

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Shuffle Automation: Open-source security automation platform 2024-07-22 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz Shuffle is an open-source automation platform designed by and for security professionals. While security operations are inherently complex, Shuffle simplifies the process. It’s designed to integrate with Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) and other service providers. Key features Feature-rich workflow editor. App creator

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Cyber insurance 2.0: The systemic changes required for future security

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Cyber insurance 2.0: The systemic changes required for future security 2024-07-22 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Digitalization has evolved into a systemic risk for organizations – and, therefore, cyber insurers. With the global cost of cybercrime skyrocketing, something has to change. In this Help Net Security video, Vishaal Hariprasad, CEO at Resilience, discusses how

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Update: Worldwide IT outage due to buggy Crowdstrike update

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Update: Worldwide IT outage due to buggy Crowdstrike update 2024-07-19 at 19:46 By Zeljka Zorz The world is 16+ hours into what looks like the biggest IT outage in history, triggered by a defective update for Crowdstrike endpoint security software for Windows machines. The price of both Crowdstrike’s and Microsoft’s shares tumbled down as a

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Faulty CrowdStrike update takes out Windows machines worldwide

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Faulty CrowdStrike update takes out Windows machines worldwide 2024-07-19 at 11:31 By Zeljka Zorz Thousands and possibly millions of Windows computers and servers worldwide have been made inoperable by a faulty update of Crowdstrike Falcon Sensors, and the outage affected transport, broadcast, financial, retail and other organizations have been affected in Europe, Australia, the US

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GenAI network acceleration requires prior WAN optimization

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GenAI network acceleration requires prior WAN optimization 2024-07-19 at 07:32 By Help Net Security As GenAI models used for natural language processing, image generation, and other complex tasks often rely on large datasets that must be transmitted between distributed locations, including data centers and edge devices, WAN optimization is essential for robust deployment of GenAI

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Critical Splunk flaw can be exploited to grab passwords (CVE-2024-36991)

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Critical Splunk flaw can be exploited to grab passwords (CVE-2024-36991) 2024-07-18 at 18:01 By Zeljka Zorz A recently fixed vulnerability (CVE-2024-36991) affecting Splunk Enterprise on Windows “is more severe than it initially appeared,” according to SonicWall’s threat researchers. Several PoC exploits have been published, including one by IT consultant Mohamed Nabil Ali that performs bulk

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eBook: How CISSP turns career goals into reality

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eBook: How CISSP turns career goals into reality 2024-07-18 at 16:01 By Help Net Security CISSP carries clout. As the world’s leading cybersecurity certification, it opens many professional opportunities worldwide. Find out what led 14 successful CISSPs around the globe to a career in cybersecurity. They open up about how certification has helped them realize

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FIN7 sells improved EDR killer tool

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FIN7 sells improved EDR killer tool 2024-07-18 at 15:46 By Zeljka Zorz The cybercrime-focused enterprise known as FIN7 (aka the Carbanak group) has come up with yet another trick to assure the effectiveness of its “EDR killer” tool, dubbed AvNeutralizer (i.e., AuKill) by researchers. By leveraging Windows’ built-in driver TTD Monitor Driver (ProcLaunchMon.sys), in conjunction

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Cisco fixes critical flaws in Secure Email Gateway and SSM On-Prem (CVE-2024-20401, CVE-2024-20419)

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Cisco fixes critical flaws in Secure Email Gateway and SSM On-Prem (CVE-2024-20401, CVE-2024-20419) 2024-07-18 at 12:16 By Zeljka Zorz Cisco has fixed two critical vulnerabilities that may allow attackers to overwrite files on its Secure Email Gateways (CVE-2024-20401) and change the password of any user on its Smart Software Manager On-Prem license servers (CVE-2024-20419). Neither

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Fighting AI-powered synthetic ID fraud with AI

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Fighting AI-powered synthetic ID fraud with AI 2024-07-18 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Aided by the emergence of generative artificial intelligence models, synthetic identity fraud has skyrocketed, and now accounts for a staggering 85% of all identity fraud cases. For security professionals, the challenge lies in staying one step ahead of these evolving threats.

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Laying the groundwork for zero trust in the military

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Laying the groundwork for zero trust in the military 2024-07-18 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Curtis Arnold, VP and Chief Scientist at Core4ce, discusses the starting points for military training in zero trust principles, emphasizing foundational technologies and a unified taxonomy. Arnold provides insights into the DoD’s Zero Trust

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Grype: Open-source vulnerability scanner for container images, filesystems

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Grype: Open-source vulnerability scanner for container images, filesystems 2024-07-18 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Grype is an open-source vulnerability scanner designed for container images and filesystems that seamlessly integrates with Syft, a powerful Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) tool. Find vulnerabilities for major operating system packages Alpine Amazon Linux BusyBox CentOS CBL-Mariner Debian Distroless

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Signatures should become cloud security history

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Signatures should become cloud security history 2024-07-18 at 06:01 By Help Net Security It’s becoming evident that the legacy practice of signature-based threat detection needs to be improved for cloud security challenges. In this Help Net Security video, Jimmy Mesta, CTO at RAD Security, discusses a new proposed standard for creating behavioral fingerprints of open-source

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Overlooked essentials: API security best practices

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Overlooked essentials: API security best practices 2024-07-17 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security, Ankita Gupta, CEO at Akto, discusses API security best practices, advocating for authentication protocols like OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect, strict HTTPS encryption, and the use of JWTs for stateless authentication. Gupta recommends role-based access control (RBAC) and

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SubSnipe: Open-source tool for finding subdomains vulnerable to takeover

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SubSnipe: Open-source tool for finding subdomains vulnerable to takeover 2024-07-17 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz SubSnipe is an open-source, multi-threaded tool to help find subdomains vulnerable to takeover. It’s simpler, produces better output, and has more fingerprints than other subdomain takeover tools. “SubSnipe does some additional verification after the fingerprinting to find candidates more likely

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Void Banshee APT exploited “lingering Windows relic” in zero-day attacks

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Void Banshee APT exploited “lingering Windows relic” in zero-day attacks 2024-07-16 at 16:46 By Zeljka Zorz The zero-day exploit used to leverage CVE-2024-38112, a recently patched Windows MSHTML vulnerability, was wielded by an APT group dubbed Void Banshee to deliver malware to targets in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia, threat hunters with Trend Micro’s

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ChatGPTriage: How can CISOs see and control employees’ AI use?

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ChatGPTriage: How can CISOs see and control employees’ AI use? 2024-07-16 at 08:01 By Help Net Security It’s been less than 18 months since the public introduction of ChatGPT, which gained 100 million users in less than two months. Given the hype, you would expect enterprise adoption of generative AI to be significant, but it’s

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