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Smaller businesses embrace GenAI, overlook security measures

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Smaller businesses embrace GenAI, overlook security measures 20/11/2023 at 08:02 By Help Net Security Organizations are feeling the pressure to rush into generative AI (GenAI) tool usage, despite significant security concerns, according to Zscaler. More than 900 global IT decision makers, although 89% of organizations consider GenAI tools like ChatGPT to be a potential security […]

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Only 9% of IT budgets are dedicated to security

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Only 9% of IT budgets are dedicated to security 20/11/2023 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Despite their best efforts, 67% of businesses say they need to improve security and compliance measures with 24% rating their organization’s security and compliance strategy as reactive, according to Vanta. The expansion of attack surfaces in a post-pandemic hybrid

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Week in review: Juniper devices compromised, great corporate security blogs, MITRE D3FEND

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Week in review: Juniper devices compromised, great corporate security blogs, MITRE D3FEND 19/11/2023 at 12:31 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: The real cost of healthcare cybersecurity breaches In this Help Net Security interview, Taylor Lehmann, Director, Office of the CISO, Google

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Why cyber war readiness is critical for democracies

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Why cyber war readiness is critical for democracies 17/11/2023 at 14:02 By Zeljka Zorz Once the war in Ukraine ends, Russia’s offensive cyber capabilities will be directed towards other targets, Rik Ferguson, VP Security Intelligence for Forescout, predicted at IRISSCON on Thursday. Rik Ferguson on stage at IRISSCON 2023 The skills employed, the hacktivists and

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Wireshark 4.2.0 released, open-source packet analysis gets even better

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Wireshark 4.2.0 released, open-source packet analysis gets even better 17/11/2023 at 11:49 By Help Net Security Wireshark, the popular network protocol analyzer, has reached version 4.2.0. Wireshark 4.2.0: Notable changes Wireshark supports dark mode on Windows. Packet list sorting has been improved. Wireshark and TShark are now better about generating valid UTF-8 output. A new

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Internal audit leaders are wary of key tech investments

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Internal audit leaders are wary of key tech investments 17/11/2023 at 11:49 By Help Net Security As the digital transformation of business accelerates, risk and internal audit leaders shift their focus to managing technology-driven risk, according to AuditBoard. The report reveals a growing gap between risk and assurance teams’ capacity to manage risks effectively and

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New infosec products of the week: November 17, 2023

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New infosec products of the week: November 17, 2023 17/11/2023 at 09:32 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Devo Technology, Illumio, Kasada, Lacework, OneSpan, and ThreatModeler. OneSpan DIGIPASS FX1 BIO protects against social engineering and account takeover attacks OneSpan introduced its latest

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Traditional cloud security isn’t up to the task

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Traditional cloud security isn’t up to the task 17/11/2023 at 09:02 By Help Net Security In the last year, 47% of all data breaches originated in the cloud, and more than 6 in 10 respondents believe cloud security is lacking and poses a severe risk to their business operations, according to Illumio. The average organization

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AI disinformation campaigns pose major threat to 2024 elections

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AI disinformation campaigns pose major threat to 2024 elections 17/11/2023 at 08:32 By Help Net Security AI, post-quantum cryptography, zero trust, cryptography research, and election security will shape cybersecurity strategies in the present and for 2024, according to NTT. As the world emerged from the pandemic and continued to adapt to the rapid implementation of

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ChatGPT’s popularity triggers global generative AI investment surge

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ChatGPT’s popularity triggers global generative AI investment surge 17/11/2023 at 07:36 By Help Net Security While AI is not a new technology – companies have been investing heavily in predictive and interpretive AI for years – the announcement of the GPT-3.5 series from OpenAI in late 2022 captured the world’s attention and triggered a surge

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Photos: IRISSCON 2023

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Photos: IRISSCON 2023 16/11/2023 at 17:16 By Zeljka Zorz IRISSCON, the annual cybercrime-themed conference organized by the Irish Reporting and Information Security Service (IRISS), was held in Dublin, Ireland, on November 16, 2023. Here’s a peak on what went down: Deryck Mitchelson, Check Point Rik Ferguson, Forescout Networking Dave Lewis, Cisco Networking Panel with Ciaran

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Trustwave MDR: The Pivot Point That Enhances Multiple Security Tools

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Trustwave MDR: The Pivot Point That Enhances Multiple Security Tools 16/11/2023 at 17:02 By Several years ago, Trustwave, already a leader in Managed Security Services (MSS), recognized the shift in market needs and fully pivoted to its future as a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) leader. Trustwave’s leadership chose this course because it understood that

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ChatGPT Has Been Turned Into A Social Media Surveillance Assistant

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ChatGPT Has Been Turned Into A Social Media Surveillance Assistant 16/11/2023 at 14:32 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff Social Links, a surveillance company that had thousands of accounts banned for mass-scraping Facebook and Instagram, is now using ChatGPT to make sense of data it grabs from social media. This article is an excerpt from Forbes

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From PKI to PQC: Devising a strategy for the transition

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From PKI to PQC: Devising a strategy for the transition 16/11/2023 at 09:31 By Zeljka Zorz Quantum computers capable of breaking currently used encryption algorithms are an inevitability. And since the US, China and Europe are sprinting to win that arms race, we know that day is coming sooner rather than later. Will organizations be

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Telemetry gaps leave networks vulnerable as attackers move faster

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Telemetry gaps leave networks vulnerable as attackers move faster 16/11/2023 at 09:01 By Help Net Security Telemetry logs are missing in nearly 42% of the attack cases studied, according to Sophos. In 82% of these cases, cybercriminals disabled or wiped out the telemetry to hide their tracks. Gaps in telemetry decrease much-needed visibility into organizations’

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Review: Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld

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Review: Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld 16/11/2023 at 08:31 By Helga Labus Written and directed by Kilian Lieb and Max Rainer, Cyberbunker is a Netflix documentary about a group of hackers that enabled the proliferation of dark web forums where illegal materials were bought and sold. Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld The documentary begins with a special

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AI helps leaders optimize costs and mitigate risks

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AI helps leaders optimize costs and mitigate risks 16/11/2023 at 07:31 By Help Net Security AI is dominating the mindshare of IT leaders this year and next, as 72% believe their organization will be using more AI in the next two to three years, according to Snow Software. While AI may be the top priority

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The new imperative in API security strategy

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The new imperative in API security strategy 16/11/2023 at 07:01 By Help Net Security Of the 239 vulnerabilities, 33% (79 out of 239) were associated with authentication, authorization and access control (AAA) — foundational pillars of API security, according to Wallarm. Prioritizing AAA principles Open authentication (OAuth), single-sign on (SSO) and JSON Web Token (JWT),

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