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Argus: Open-source information gathering toolkit

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Argus: Open-source information gathering toolkit 2024-10-23 at 07:33 By Help Net Security Argus is an open-source toolkit that simplifies information gathering and reconnaissance. It features a user-friendly interface and a collection of powerful modules, enabling the exploration of networks, web applications, and security configurations. Argus offers a collection of tools categorized into three main areas: […]

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: The Great Offensive Security/Active Defense Strategy

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: The Great Offensive Security/Active Defense Strategy 2024-10-21 at 21:48 By It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month and you know what that means. We spend every spare hour waiting for The Great Pumpkin. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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Ransomware Readiness: 10 Steps Every Organization Must Take

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Ransomware Readiness: 10 Steps Every Organization Must Take 2024-10-18 at 18:31 By At the end of every year, the Trustwave content team asks its in-house experts what cybersecurity topics they predict will be top of mind in the coming 12 months, and inevitably the top answer is more ransomware. This article is an excerpt from

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Spotting AI-generated scams: Red flags to watch for

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Spotting AI-generated scams: Red flags to watch for 2024-10-03 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Andrius Popovas, Chief Risk Officer at Mano Bank, discusses the most prevalent AI-driven fraud schemes, such as phishing attacks and deepfakes. He explains how AI manipulates videos and audio to deceive victims and highlights key

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Trustwave’s 7-Step Guide to Building a Healthcare-Focused Cybersecurity Framework

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Trustwave’s 7-Step Guide to Building a Healthcare-Focused Cybersecurity Framework 2024-10-02 at 17:01 By Healthcare organizations face increasing challenges in safeguarding patient data. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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Suricata: Open-source network analysis and threat detection

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Suricata: Open-source network analysis and threat detection 2024-10-02 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Suricata is an open-source network intrusion detection system (IDS), intrusion prevention system (IPS), and network security monitoring engine. Suricata features Suricata offers comprehensive capabilities for network security monitoring (NSM), including logging HTTP requests, capturing and storing TLS certificates, and extracting files

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Trustwave SpiderLabs’ Red Team Flight Tests Microsoft Copilot

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Trustwave SpiderLabs’ Red Team Flight Tests Microsoft Copilot 2024-09-26 at 16:01 By The advent and widespread acceptance of Large Language Models (LLMs), such as Microsoft Copilot, by organizations and even average consumers has created another surface threat area that cybersecurity teams must come to understand. To help with this process, Trustwave SpiderLabs conducted a Red

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Security Validation Firm Picus Security Raises $45 Million

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Security Validation Firm Picus Security Raises $45 Million 2024-09-19 at 15:46 By SecurityWeek News Attack simulation firm has raised $45 million in growth funding, bringing the total amount raised to $80 million. The post Security Validation Firm Picus Security Raises $45 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source

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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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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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Compliance frameworks and GenAI: The Wild West of security standards

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Compliance frameworks and GenAI: The Wild West of security standards 2024-09-16 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Kristian Kamber, CEO at SplxAI, discusses how security challenges for GenAI differ from traditional software. Unlike predictable software, GenAI introduces dynamic, evolving threats, requiring new strategies for defense and compliance. Kamber highlights the

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Kali Linux 2024.3 released: 11 new tools, Qualcomm Snapdragon SDM845 SoC support

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Kali Linux 2024.3 released: 11 new tools, Qualcomm Snapdragon SDM845 SoC support 2024-09-11 at 20:46 By Help Net Security Kali Linux 2024.3 is now available for download. Besides the new tools, this release mainly focuses on behind-the-scenes updates and optimization. New tools in Kali Linux 2024.3 This Kali release is about new tools and package

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SplxAI Raises $2 Million to Protect AI Chatbot Apps

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SplxAI Raises $2 Million to Protect AI Chatbot Apps 2024-09-11 at 18:34 By Ionut Arghire SplxAI has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to help organizations identify vulnerabilities in AI chat applications. The post SplxAI Raises $2 Million to Protect AI Chatbot Apps appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS

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Phishing and Ransomware: How Threat Actors Attack the Financial Services Sector

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Phishing and Ransomware: How Threat Actors Attack the Financial Services Sector 2024-09-04 at 16:01 By Trustwave SpiderLabs is prepped to launch its newest threat intelligence research, the 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Financial Services Sector. The upcoming report, which is set to be released on September 10, promises to be an indispensable resource for cybersecurity

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Incident Response Testing: An Australian Perspective

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Incident Response Testing: An Australian Perspective 2024-08-29 at 16:02 By In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations must be prepared for the inevitable occurrence of cybersecurity incidents. Incident response testing is a critical component of a robust cybersecurity strategy, ensuring an organization can swiftly and effectively respond to incidents when they occur. This article highlights

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Protecting Patient Safety: Trustwave’s Role in Healthcare Cybersecurity

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Protecting Patient Safety: Trustwave’s Role in Healthcare Cybersecurity 2024-08-27 at 19:16 By The healthcare industry’s digital transformation has brought unprecedented advancements in patient care. However, it has also introduced new vulnerabilities that put sensitive patient data at risk. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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Nuclei: Open-source vulnerability scanner

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Nuclei: Open-source vulnerability scanner 2024-08-26 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Nuclei is a fast and customizable open-source vulnerability scanner powered by YAML-based templates. With its flexible templating system, Nuclei can be adapted to perform various security checks. It can send requests to multiple targets using customizable templates, ensuring zero false positives and enabling rapid

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Active Defense and Offensive Security: The Two Sides of a Proactive Cyber Defense Program

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Active Defense and Offensive Security: The Two Sides of a Proactive Cyber Defense Program 2024-08-19 at 16:02 By David Broggy Offensive security and active defense may appear at first glance as contradictory cybersecurity solutions, but when paired, they create complementary and robust protective solutions. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source

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RustScan: Open-source port scanner

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RustScan: Open-source port scanner 2024-08-07 at 07:01 By Help Net Security RustScan is an open-source port scanner designed for speed and versatility. It combines a sleek interface with the power to adapt and improve over time. With RustScan’s Adaptive Learning, the tool continually optimizes its performance, making it the most efficient port scanner available. Discover

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Number of incidents affecting GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, and Jira continues to rise

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Number of incidents affecting GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, and Jira continues to rise 2024-08-07 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Outages, human errors, cyberattacks, data breaches, ransomware, security vulnerabilities, and, as a result, data loss are the reality that DevSecOps teams have to face every few days, according to GitProtect.io. DevSecOps The possibility to integrate security

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