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Token Security Raises $7 Million Seed Funding for Machine-First Identity Security

Token Security Raises $7 Million Seed Funding for Machine-First Identity Security 2024-05-08 at 22:48 By Kevin Townsend Tel Aviv-based firm emerged from stealth with $7 million seed funding led by TLV Partners with participation from SNR and angel investors. The post Token Security Raises $7 Million Seed Funding for Machine-First Identity Security appeared first on […]

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Only 45% of organizations use MFA to protect against fraud

Only 45% of organizations use MFA to protect against fraud 2024-05-07 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Most businesses struggle with identity verification and have concerns over ability to protect against AI, according to Ping Identity. Despite stronger protection solutions available, many organizations aren’t taking full advantage. The report, based on responses from 700 IT

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Oasis Security Raises $35 Million to Tackle Non-Human Identity Management

Oasis Security Raises $35 Million to Tackle Non-Human Identity Management 2024-05-01 at 22:02 By Ionut Arghire New York startup Oasis Security banks $35 million in a Series A extension round led by Accel, Cyberstarts, and Sequoia Capital. The post Oasis Security Raises $35 Million to Tackle Non-Human Identity Management appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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Who owns customer identity?

Who owns customer identity? 2024-04-18 at 07:31 By Help Net Security When I’m talking with prospective clients, I like to ask: which department owns customer identity? Everyone immediately looks towards a different team. While every team touches customer identity at some point, the teams that own it differ from organization to organization. From my experience,

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Understanding next-level cyber threats

Understanding next-level cyber threats 2024-04-17 at 06:31 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Trevor Hilligoss, VP of SpyCloud Labs, discusses the 2024 SpyCloud Identity Exposure Report, an annual report examining the latest trends in cybercrime and its impact. Researchers recaptured nearly 1.38 billion passwords circulating the darknet in 2023, an 81.5%

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Worldcoin tightens privacy checks, allows users to unverify World ID

Worldcoin tightens privacy checks, allows users to unverify World ID 2024-04-09 at 17:05 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Sam Altman’s Worldcoin is taking measures to improve the protection of user data and ensure that its platform is available only to people over 18. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React

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Strategies for secure identity management in hybrid environments

Strategies for secure identity management in hybrid environments 2024-04-09 at 07:02 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Charlotte Wylie, SVP and Deputy CSO at Okta, discusses the challenges of managing user identities across hybrid IT environments. She emphasizes balancing and adopting comprehensive security controls, including cloud SSO and MFA technologies, to unify

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Strengthening defenses against nation-state and for-profit cyber attacks

Strengthening defenses against nation-state and for-profit cyber attacks 2024-04-04 at 06:32 By Help Net Security There is an urgent need to secure tactical, operational, and strategic critical assets from the edge to the core. In this Help Net Security video, Geoffrey Mattson, CEO of Xage Security, discusses the steps enterprises and critical infrastructure must take

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How much does cloud-based identity expand your attack surface?

How much does cloud-based identity expand your attack surface? 2024-03-29 at 08:01 By Help Net Security We all know using a cloud-based identity provider (IdP) expands your attack surface, but just how big does that attack surface get? And can we even know for sure? As Michael Jordan once said, “Get the fundamentals down, and

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Cybercriminals use cheap and simple infostealers to exfiltrate data

Cybercriminals use cheap and simple infostealers to exfiltrate data 2024-03-28 at 06:01 By Help Net Security The rise in identity-based attacks can be attributed to a rapid increase in malware, according to SpyCloud. Researchers found that 61% of data breaches in 2023, involving over 343 million stolen credentials, were infostealer malware-related. Of these compromised identity

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Key MITRE ATT&CK techniques used by cyber attackers

Key MITRE ATT&CK techniques used by cyber attackers 2024-03-15 at 11:01 By Help Net Security While the threat landscape continues to shift and evolve, attackers’ motivations do not, according to a Red Canary report. The classic tools and techniques adversaries deploy remain consistent–with some notable exceptions. The report tracked MITRE ATT&CK techniques that adversaries abuse

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Major shifts in identity, ransomware, and critical infrastructure threat trends

Major shifts in identity, ransomware, and critical infrastructure threat trends 2024-03-07 at 07:20 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Michelle Alvarez, Strategic Threat Analysis Manager at IBM X-Force, discusses the 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, revealing top threats and trends the team observed last year across its global engagements and how

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Avast ordered to pay $16.5 million for misuse of user data

Avast ordered to pay $16.5 million for misuse of user data 2024-02-23 at 13:18 By Help Net Security The Federal Trade Commission will require software provider Avast to pay $16.5 million and prohibit the company from selling or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes to settle charges that the company and its subsidiaries

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The old, not the new: Basic security issues still biggest threat to enterprises

The old, not the new: Basic security issues still biggest threat to enterprises 2024-02-23 at 08:01 By Help Net Security In 2023, cybercriminals saw more opportunities to “log in” versus hack into corporate networks through valid accounts – making this tactic a preferred weapon for threat actors, according to IBM’s 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index.

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A closer look at Israeli cybersecurity funding and M&A activity in 2023

A closer look at Israeli cybersecurity funding and M&A activity in 2023 2024-02-21 at 07:01 By Help Net Security Last year was challenging for the global market, and the market downturn greatly affected even the historically resilient cybersecurity ecosystem. In this Help Net Security video, Merav Ben Avi, Content Manager at YL Ventures, talks about

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How decentralized identity is shaping the future of data protection

How decentralized identity is shaping the future of data protection 2024-02-20 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Patrick Harding, Chief Architect at Ping Identity, discusses the promises and implications of decentralized identity (DCI) in cybersecurity. By redistributing identity management responsibilities among issuers, holders, and verifiers, DCI empowers individuals to selectively

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Why identity fraud costs organizations millions

Why identity fraud costs organizations millions 2024-02-20 at 07:01 By Help Net Security 92% of respondents to a recent report shared that their organization had been a victim of identity fraud, costing an average of $4.3 million over the last 12 months. Even so, only 40% stated identity verification as a top identity challenge, noting

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Cybercriminals get productivity boost with AI

Cybercriminals get productivity boost with AI 2024-02-14 at 06:31 By Help Net Security While AI technology has the potential to streamline and automate processes for beneficial outcomes, it also comes with an equal number of risks to data protection, cybersecurity, and other ethical concerns, according to iProov. Digital ecosystems continue to grow and multiply at

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Demystifying SOC-as-a-Service (SOCaaS)

Demystifying SOC-as-a-Service (SOCaaS) 2024-02-07 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Threat actors aren’t looking for companies of specific sizes or industries, they are looking for opportunities. Given that many companies operate in the dark and overlook breaches until ransomware attacks occur, this makes the threat actors’ job easy. It also underscores the urgency for proactive

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Malicious logins from suspicious infrastructure fuel identity-based incidents

Malicious logins from suspicious infrastructure fuel identity-based incidents 2024-02-02 at 06:01 By Help Net Security 69% of identity-based incidents involved malicious logins from suspicious infrastructure, which are hosting providers or proxies that aren’t expected for a user or organization, according to Expel. Identity-based incidents accounted for 64% of all incidents investigated by the Expel SOC,

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