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Surviving the “quantum apocalypse” with fully homomorphic encryption

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Surviving the “quantum apocalypse” with fully homomorphic encryption 2024-03-19 at 10:04 By Help Net Security In the past few years, an increasing number of tech companies, organizations, and even governments have been working on one of the next big things in the tech world: successfully building quantum computers. These actors see a lot of potential […]

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How advances in AI are impacting business cybersecurity

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How advances in AI are impacting business cybersecurity 2024-03-12 at 07:52 By Help Net Security While ChatGPT and Bard have proven to be valuable tools for developers, marketers, and consumers, they also carry the risk of unintentionally exposing sensitive and confidential data. From a security point of view, it always pays to think one step

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March 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: A popular framework updated

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March 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: A popular framework updated 2024-03-08 at 08:47 By Help Net Security We’re almost at our third Patch Tuesday and wrapping up the first quarter 2024. Time flies by! Microsoft is starting to push users to update their operating systems as their active version is approaching end-of-support. The February 2024 Patch

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5 ways to keep API integrations secure

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5 ways to keep API integrations secure 2024-03-06 at 08:20 By Help Net Security API integrations often handle sensitive data, such as employees’ personally identifiable information (PII), companies’ financial information, or even clients’ payment card data. Keeping this data safe from attackers—while ensuring that the integrations perform at the desired level—requires adopting several security measures.

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Why cyber maturity assessment should become standard practice

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Why cyber maturity assessment should become standard practice 2024-03-05 at 08:05 By Help Net Security Understanding risk is one thing, but how do you know if your organization has what it takes to withstand those risks being realized? Establishing cyber maturity can help determine resilience, where the strengths and weaknesses lie, and what needs to

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Using AI to reduce false positives in secrets scanners

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Using AI to reduce false positives in secrets scanners 2024-02-27 at 08:02 By Help Net Security As development environments grow more complex, applications increasingly communicate with many external services. When a software development project communicates with an external service, it utilizes a token or “secret” for authentication. These tokens are the glue that keeps any

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It’s time for security operations to ditch Excel

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It’s time for security operations to ditch Excel 2024-02-26 at 07:33 By Help Net Security Security teams are hiding an embarrassing secret from the outside world: despite their position at the vanguard of technology, security risks and threats, their actual war plans are managed on spreadsheets. This is a far cry from the dark rooms,

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A step-by-step plan for safe use of GenAI models for software development

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A step-by-step plan for safe use of GenAI models for software development 2024-02-22 at 08:01 By Help Net Security If you are a large-scale company, the recent AI boom hasn’t escaped your notice. Today AI is assisting in a large array of development-related and digital-related tasks, from content generation to automation and analysis. The development

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How to make sense of the new SEC cyber risk disclosure rules

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How to make sense of the new SEC cyber risk disclosure rules 2024-02-20 at 08:01 By Help Net Security SEC’s new cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure rules, which require increased transparency around cybersecurity incidents, have been in effect since December 18, 2023. For businesses that already harbor concerns over their cybersecurity protections,

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Balancing “super app” ambitions with privacy

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Balancing “super app” ambitions with privacy 2024-02-19 at 08:31 By Help Net Security When Elon Musk’s ambitions to transform X into an “everything app” were divulged last year, he joined several companies known to be exploring or actively working on developing super apps, suggesting there’s clearly a niche to be filled. In fact, since the

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Gmail & Yahoo DMARC rollout: When cyber compliance gives a competitive edge

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Gmail & Yahoo DMARC rollout: When cyber compliance gives a competitive edge 2024-02-16 at 08:01 By Help Net Security The essence of cybersecurity is not just about defense but enabling business through trust and reliability. As Gmail and Yahoo take steps to enforce stricter email authentication, organizations that are proactive in their DMARC compliance will

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AI outsourcing: A strategic guide to managing third-party risks

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AI outsourcing: A strategic guide to managing third-party risks 2024-02-15 at 08:01 By Help Net Security In an era of artificial intelligence (AI) revolutionizing business practices, many companies are turning to third-party AI services for a competitive edge. However, this approach comes with its own set of risks. From data security concerns to operational disruptions,

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We can’t risk losing staff to alert fatigue

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We can’t risk losing staff to alert fatigue 2024-02-14 at 08:32 By Help Net Security The oft-quoted Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu famously claimed: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” Exchange “battles” for “cyberattacks”, and the maxim will hold. But too much information

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February 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: Zero days are back and a new server too

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February 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: Zero days are back and a new server too 2024-02-09 at 08:32 By Mirko Zorz January 2024 Patch Tuesday is behind us. A relatively light release from Microsoft with 39 CVEs addressed in Windows 10, 35 in Windows 11, and surprisingly no zero-day vulnerabilities from Microsoft to start the new

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10 tips for creating your security hackathon playbook

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10 tips for creating your security hackathon playbook 2024-02-08 at 08:01 By Help Net Security For more than 12 years, I’ve been organizing and running hackathons with the goal of finding security vulnerabilities and fixing them before a product hits the market. These events can play a pivotal role in the product development lifecycle, increasing

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3 ways to achieve crypto agility in a post-quantum world

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3 ways to achieve crypto agility in a post-quantum world 2024-02-06 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Working at the speed of digital business is a constant challenge. But in today’s increasingly automated operational environment, crypto agility—i.e., an organization’s ability to (at the moment of compromise) switch rapidly and seamlessly between certificate authorities, encryption standards

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The effect of omission bias on vulnerability management

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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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Why cyberattacks mustn’t be kept secret

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

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

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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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