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The evolution of security metrics for NIST CSF 2.0

The evolution of security metrics for NIST CSF 2.0 2024-05-28 at 08:03 By Help Net Security CISOs have long been spreadsheet aficionados, soaking up metrics and using them as KPIs for security progress. These metrics have traditionally measured specific systems or single indicators — vulnerabilities detected, percentage of vulnerabilities patched, software and hardware asset inventory […]

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How to combat alert fatigue in cybersecurity

How to combat alert fatigue in cybersecurity 2024-05-28 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Ken Gramley, CEO at Stamus Networks, discusses the primary causes of alert fatigue in cybersecurity and DevOps environments. Alert fatigue results from the overwhelming volume of event data generated by security tools, the prevalence of false

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Cybersecurity teams gear up for tougher challenges in 2024

Cybersecurity teams gear up for tougher challenges in 2024 2024-05-28 at 07:01 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Tom Gorup, VP of Security Services at Edgio, discusses the continually changing threat landscape. It is riddled with vulnerabilities that are frequently exploited and only intensify as geopolitics and state-sponsored activity increase. Key

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Chronon: Open-source data platform for AI/ML applications

Chronon: Open-source data platform for AI/ML applications 2024-05-27 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz Chronon is an open-source, end-to-end feature platform designed for machine learning (ML) teams to build, deploy, manage, and monitor data pipelines for machine learning. Chronon enables you to harness all the data within your organization, including batch tables, event streams, and services,

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US retailers under attack by gift card-thieving cyber gang

US retailers under attack by gift card-thieving cyber gang 2024-05-24 at 14:01 By Zeljka Zorz Earlier this month, the FBI published a private industry notification about Storm-0539 (aka Atlas Lion), a Morocco-based cyber criminal group that specializes in compromising retailers and creating fraudulent gift cards. Microsoft then went more in-dept on the group’s tactics, techniques,

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Google fixes yet another Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild (CVE-2024-5274)

Google fixes yet another Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild (CVE-2024-5274) 2024-05-24 at 10:46 By Zeljka Zorz For the eighth time this year, Google has released an emergency update for its Chrome browser that fixes a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-5274) with an in-the-wild exploit. About CVE-2024-5274 As per usual, Google keeps technical details of the vulnerability

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Product showcase: Alert – Data breach detector for your email, credit card, and ID

Product showcase: Alert – Data breach detector for your email, credit card, and ID 2024-05-24 at 08:31 By Help Net Security Compared to the last quarter of 2023, data breaches rose from 81M to 435M in Q1 2024. That’s a 5-fold increase in just a few months. One of the most common ways data breaches

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Compromised recording software was served from vendor’s official site, threat researchers say

Compromised recording software was served from vendor’s official site, threat researchers say 2024-05-23 at 18:01 By Zeljka Zorz Legitimate recording software JAVS Viewer has been saddled with loader malware and has been served from the developer’s site since at least April 2, a threat researcher has warned last month. After analyzing a flagged installer detected

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GitHub fixes maximum severity Enterprise Server auth bypass bug (CVE-2024-4985)

GitHub fixes maximum severity Enterprise Server auth bypass bug (CVE-2024-4985) 2024-05-23 at 13:16 By Zeljka Zorz A critical, 10-out-of-10 vulnerability (CVE-2024-4985) allowing unrestricted access to vulnerable GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) instances has been fixed by Microsoft-owned GitHub. Fortunately, there is a catch that may narrow down the pool of potential victims: instances are vulnerable to

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HHS pledges $50M for autonomous vulnerability management solution for hospitals

HHS pledges $50M for autonomous vulnerability management solution for hospitals 2024-05-23 at 10:18 By Zeljka Zorz As organizations in the healthcare sector continue to be a prime target for ransomware gangs and CISA warns about a vulnerability (CVE-2023-43208) in a healthcare-specific platform being leveraged by attackers, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has

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CISOs pursuing AI readiness should start by updating the org’s email security policy

CISOs pursuing AI readiness should start by updating the org’s email security policy 2024-05-23 at 08:03 By Anamarija Pogorelec Over the past few years, traditional phishing messages — with their pervasive linguistic errors, thinly-veiled malicious payloads, and often outlandish pretexts — have been on the decline. Easily detected by most of today’s standard email security

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Strategies for transitioning to a SASE architecture

Strategies for transitioning to a SASE architecture 2024-05-23 at 07:33 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security, Prakash Mana, CEO at Cloudbrink, discusses the primary challenges companies face when transitioning to a SASE architecture and how to overcome them. What are companies’ primary challenges when transitioning to a SASE architecture, and how can they

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2024 sees continued increase in ransomware activity

2024 sees continued increase in ransomware activity 2024-05-23 at 06:31 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Ryan Bell, Threat Intelligence Manager at Corvus Insurance, discusses how ransomware will continue to grow in 2024. In January, Corvus reported that global ransomware attacks in 2023 set a record high, surpassing 2022 by nearly

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Windows’ new Recall feature: A privacy and security nightmare?

Windows’ new Recall feature: A privacy and security nightmare? 2024-05-22 at 15:32 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft has announced the Copilot+ line of Windows 11-powered PCs that, among other things, will have Recall, a feature that takes screenshots every few seconds, encrypts them, saves them, and leverages AI to allow users to search through them for

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Veeam fixes auth bypass flaw in Backup Enterprise Manager (CVE-2024-29849)

Veeam fixes auth bypass flaw in Backup Enterprise Manager (CVE-2024-29849) 2024-05-22 at 11:46 By Zeljka Zorz Veeam has patched four vulnerabilities in Backup Enterprise Manager (VBEM), one of which (CVE-2024-29849) may allow attackers to bypass authentication and log in to its web interface as any user. With no user interaction required for remote exploitation and

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Authelia: Open-source authentication and authorization server

Authelia: Open-source authentication and authorization server 2024-05-22 at 07:33 By Mirko Zorz Authelia is an open-source authentication and authorization server that offers 2FA and SSO for applications through a web portal. It works alongside reverse proxies to permit, deny, or redirect requests. Authelia connects directly to the reverse proxy but never to the application backends.

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: May 22, 2024

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: May 22, 2024 2024-05-22 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz Associate Director, Cyber Security AstraZeneca | Sweden | On-site – View job details You will develop and implement security policies, procedures, and operating practices in this role. You will coordinate risk profile development and distribution to IT business-facing audiences and maintain

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15 QNAP NAS bugs and one PoC disclosed, update ASAP! (CVE-2024-27130)

15 QNAP NAS bugs and one PoC disclosed, update ASAP! (CVE-2024-27130) 2024-05-21 at 17:31 By Zeljka Zorz Researchers have found 15 vulnerabilities in QNAP’s network attached storage (NAS) devices, and have released a proof-of-concept for one: an unauthenticated stack overflow vulnerability (CVE-2024-27130) that may be leveraged for remote code execution. The vulnerabilities and the CVE-2024-27130

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Critical Fluent Bit flaw affects major cloud platforms, tech companies’ offerings (CVE-2024-4323)

Critical Fluent Bit flaw affects major cloud platforms, tech companies’ offerings (CVE-2024-4323) 2024-05-21 at 14:31 By Zeljka Zorz Tenable researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-4323) in Fluent Bit, a logging utility used by major cloud providers and tech companies, which may be leveraged for denial of service, information disclosure, or remote code execution. About

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Strategies for combating AI-enhanced BEC attacks

Strategies for combating AI-enhanced BEC attacks 2024-05-21 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Robert Haist, CISO at TeamViewer, discusses how AI is being leveraged by cybercriminals to enhance the effectiveness of BEC scams. How is AI being leveraged by cybercriminals to enhance the effectiveness of BEC scams? BEC attacks are

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