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How digital wallets work, and best practices to use them safely

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How digital wallets work, and best practices to use them safely 2024-09-19 at 07:31 By Help Net Security With the adoption of digital wallets and the increasing embedding of consumer digital payments into daily life, ensuring security measures is essential. According to a McKinsey report, digital payments are now mainstream and continually evolving, bringing advancements […]

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Essential metrics for effective security program assessment

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Essential metrics for effective security program assessment 2024-09-19 at 07:02 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Alex Spivakovsky, VP of Research & Cybersecurity at Pentera, discusses essential metrics for evaluating the success of security programs. Spivakovsky explains how automation and proactive testing can reveal vulnerabilities and improve overall security posture. What are

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Data disposal and cyber hygiene: Building a culture of security within your organization

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Data disposal and cyber hygiene: Building a culture of security within your organization 2024-09-19 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Data breach episodes have been constantly rising with the number of data breach victims crossing 1 billion in the first half of 2024. A recent Data Breach Report 2023 by Verizon confirms that 74% of

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Security leaders consider banning AI coding due to security risks

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Security leaders consider banning AI coding due to security risks 2024-09-19 at 06:02 By Help Net Security 92% of security leaders have concerns about the use of AI-generated code within their organization, according to Venafi. Tension between security and developer teams 83% of security leaders say their developers currently use AI to generate code, with

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Hackers breaching construction firms via specialized accounting software

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Hackers breaching construction firms via specialized accounting software 2024-09-18 at 17:16 By Zeljka Zorz Firms in the construction industry are getting breached by hackers via internet-exposed servers running Foundation accounting software, Huntress researchers are warning. “We’re seeing active intrusions among plumbing, HVAC, concrete, and similar sub-industries,” they noted. A way into corporate networks Ohio-based Foundation

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Ghost: Criminal communication platform compromised, dismantled by international law enforcement

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Ghost: Criminal communication platform compromised, dismantled by international law enforcement 2024-09-18 at 15:16 By Zeljka Zorz Another encrypted communication platform used by criminals has been dismantled and its alleged mastermind arrested, the Australian Federal Police has announced on Tuesday. “AFP Operation Kraken charged a NSW man, aged 32, for creating and administering Ghost, a dedicated

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Critical VMware vCenter Server bugs fixed (CVE-2024-38812)

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Critical VMware vCenter Server bugs fixed (CVE-2024-38812) 2024-09-18 at 13:46 By Zeljka Zorz Broadcom has released fixes for two vulnerabilities affecting VMware vCenter Server that can be triggered by sending a specially crafted network packet, and could lead to remote code execution (CVE-2024-38812) or privilege escalation (CVE-2024-38813). “Broadcom is not currently aware of exploitation ‘in

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CrowdSec: Open-source security solution offering crowdsourced protection

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CrowdSec: Open-source security solution offering crowdsourced protection 2024-09-18 at 08:01 By Mirko Zorz Crowdsec is an open-source solution that offers crowdsourced protection against malicious IPs. CrowdSec features For this project, the developers have two objectives: Provide free top-quality intrusion detection and protection software. There’s community participation in creating new detection rules as new vulnerabilities are

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Detecting vulnerable code in software dependencies is more complex than it seems

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Detecting vulnerable code in software dependencies is more complex than it seems 2024-09-18 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Henrik Plate, CISSP, security researcher, Endor Labs, discusses the complexities AppSec teams face in identifying vulnerabilities within software dependencies. Plate also discusses the limitations of traditional software composition analysis (SCA) solutions

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The proliferation of non-human identities

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The proliferation of non-human identities 2024-09-18 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz 97% of non-human identities (NHIs) have excessive privileges, increasing unauthorized access and broadening the attack surface, according to Entro Security’s 2025 State of Non-Human Identities and Secrets in Cybersecurity report. 92% of organizations expose NHIs to third parties, resulting in unauthorized access if third-party

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: September 18, 2024

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: September 18, 2024 2024-09-18 at 06:31 By Anamarija Pogorelec Application Security Engineer CHANEL | France | On-site – View job details As an Application Security Engineer, you will perform application-focus, offensive, security assessments of existing and upcoming Chanel’s features and products. Enforce smart CI/CD security tooling (SAST, dependencies checker, IAST,

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Organizations overwhelmed by numerous and insecure remote access tools

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Organizations overwhelmed by numerous and insecure remote access tools 2024-09-18 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Organizations are combating excessive remote access demands with an equally excessive number of tools that provide varying degrees of security, according to Claroty. Data from more than 50,000 remote-access-enabled devices showed that the volume of remote access tools deployed

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Apple releases iOS 18, with security and privacy improvements

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Apple releases iOS 18, with security and privacy improvements 2024-09-17 at 15:46 By Zeljka Zorz Apple has launched iOS 18, the latest significant iteration of the operating system powering its iPhones. Along with many new features and welcome customization options, iOS 18 brings several changes for improving users’ security and privacy. A standalone Passwords app

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PoC exploit for exploited Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance flaw released (CVE-2024-8190)

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PoC exploit for exploited Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance flaw released (CVE-2024-8190) 2024-09-17 at 13:02 By Zeljka Zorz CVE-2024-8190, an OS command injection vulnerability in Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) v4.6, is under active exploitation. Details about the attacks are still unknown, but there may be more in the near future: Horizon3.ai researchers have published their

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Gateways to havoc: Overprivileged dormant service accounts

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Gateways to havoc: Overprivileged dormant service accounts 2024-09-17 at 07:32 By Help Net Security Service accounts are non-human identities used to automate machine-to-machine interactions. They support critical functions – such as running scripts, services, and applications like websites, APIs, and databases – and facilitate integrations, operating as a proxy to humans and supporting business processes.

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The growing danger of visual hacking and how to protect against it

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The growing danger of visual hacking and how to protect against it 2024-09-17 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Robert Ramsey, CEO at Rain Technology, discusses the growing threat of visual hacking, how it bypasses traditional cybersecurity measures, and the importance of physical barriers like switchable privacy screens. Could you

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Beyond human IAM: The rising tide of machine identities

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Beyond human IAM: The rising tide of machine identities 2024-09-17 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Remember when managing user accounts was your biggest headache? Those were simpler times. Today, we’re drowning in a sea of machine identities, and it’s time to learn how to swim – or risk going under. In the ever-expanding universe

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The cybersecurity workforce of the future requires diverse hiring practices

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The cybersecurity workforce of the future requires diverse hiring practices 2024-09-17 at 06:01 By Help Net Security The global cybersecurity workforce gap reached a new high with an estimated 4.8 million professionals needed to effectively secure organizations, a 19% year-on-year increase, according to ISC2. Despite the growing need for professionals, global workforce growth has slowed

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Microsoft confirms second 0-day exploited by Void Banshee APT (CVE-2024-43461)

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Microsoft confirms second 0-day exploited by Void Banshee APT (CVE-2024-43461) 2024-09-16 at 15:46 By Zeljka Zorz CVE-2024-43461, a spoofing vulnerability affecting Windows MSHTML – a software component used by various apps for rendering render web pages on Windows – “was exploited as a part of an attack chain relating to CVE-2024-38112, prior to July 2024,”

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EchoStrike: Generate undetectable reverse shells, perform process injection

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EchoStrike: Generate undetectable reverse shells, perform process injection 2024-09-16 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz EchoStrike is an open-source tool designed to generate undetectable reverse shells and execute process injection on Windows systems. “EchoStrike allows you to generate binaries that, when executed, create an undetectable RevShell, which can be the first entry point into a company.

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