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How companies are misjudging their data privacy preparedness

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How companies are misjudging their data privacy preparedness 2024-02-09 at 06:31 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Karen Schuler, Global Privacy & Data Protection Chair at BDO, discusses overconfidence in data privacy and data protection practices. There is an apparent disconnect between tech CFOs’ confidence and consumer perceptions. BDO’s 2024 Technology […]

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The fight against commercial spyware misuse is heating up

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The fight against commercial spyware misuse is heating up 2024-02-07 at 14:46 By Zeljka Zorz Though there are organizations out there investigating how commercial spyware is misused to target journalists, human rights defenders and dissidents, the growing market related to the development and sale of this type of software and the exploits used to deploy

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The growing challenge of cyber risk in the age of synthetic media

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The growing challenge of cyber risk in the age of synthetic media 2024-01-09 at 07:01 By Help Net Security As AI tools become more widespread, impersonation and deception have become easier. However, organizations are combating this issue with policies and technological solutions. In this Help Net Security video, Mike Bechtel, Chief Futurist at Deloitte, discusses

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Many popular websites still cling to password creation policies from 1985

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Many popular websites still cling to password creation policies from 1985 12/12/2023 at 09:01 By Helga Labus A significant number of popular websites still allow users to choose weak or even single-character passwords, researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have found. Websites’ lax creation policies for passwords The researchers used an automated account creation method

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Bridging the gap between cloud vs on-premise security

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Bridging the gap between cloud vs on-premise security 01/12/2023 at 08:03 By Help Net Security With the proliferation of SaaS applications, remote work and shadow IT, organizations feel obliged to embrace cloud-based cybersecurity. And rightly so, because the corporate resources, traffic, and threats are no longer confined within the office premises. Cloud-based security initiatives, such

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Why it’s the perfect time to reflect on your software update policy

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Why it’s the perfect time to reflect on your software update policy 27/11/2023 at 08:04 By Help Net Security The threat landscape is evolving by the minute, with both malicious actors and well-intentioned researchers constantly on the hunt for new attack vectors that bypass security controls and gain control of systems and applications. In fact,

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The hidden obstacles to integrating AI into your business

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The hidden obstacles to integrating AI into your business 21/11/2023 at 07:02 By Help Net Security A mere 14% of organizations globally are fully prepared to deploy and leverage AI-powered technologies, according to Cisco. The report highlights companies’ preparedness to utilize and deploy AI, showcasing critical gaps across key business pillars and infrastructures that pose

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Microsoft introduces new access policies in Entra to boost MFA usage

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Microsoft introduces new access policies in Entra to boost MFA usage 07/11/2023 at 18:17 By Helga Labus As part of a broader initiative to strengthen security, Microsoft is rolling out Microsoft-managed Conditional Access policies in Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) to increase the use of multifactor authentication (MFA) for enterprise accounts. Microsoft Entra Conditional

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AI threat landscape: Model theft and inference attacks emerge as top concerns

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AI threat landscape: Model theft and inference attacks emerge as top concerns 30/10/2023 at 08:31 By Mirko Zorz Generative AI has emerged as a powerful tool, heralded for its potential but also scrutinized for its implications. Enterprises will invest nearly $16 billion worldwide on GenAI solutions in 2023, according to IDC. In this Help Net

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What is operational risk and why should you care? Assessing SEC rule readiness for OT and IoT

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What is operational risk and why should you care? Assessing SEC rule readiness for OT and IoT 25/10/2023 at 07:31 By Help Net Security The newly released Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) cyber incident disclosure rules have been met with mixed reviews. Of particular concern is whether public companies who own and operate industrial control

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The real impact of the cybersecurity poverty line on small organizations

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The real impact of the cybersecurity poverty line on small organizations 20/10/2023 at 07:03 By Mirko Zorz The financial constraints many smaller organizations face often cast shadows on their ability to fortify defenses. In this Help Net Security interview, Brent Deterding, CISO at Afni, delves into the realities and myths surrounding the cybersecurity poverty line,

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On TikTok, White Supremacist ‘Active Club’ Recruitment Videos May Have Reached Millions

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On TikTok, White Supremacist ‘Active Club’ Recruitment Videos May Have Reached Millions 17/10/2023 at 23:17 By Emily Baker-White, Forbes Staff The videos juxtapose traditional fitness and martial arts imagery with white supremacist flags, symbols, and messages. TikTok is now rushing to remove them. This article is an excerpt from Forbes – Cybersecurity View Original Source

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Why zero trust delivers even more resilience than you think

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Why zero trust delivers even more resilience than you think 10/10/2023 at 08:04 By Help Net Security Ten years ago, zero trust was an exciting, innovative perspective shift that security experts were excited to explore; today, it’s more likely to be framed as an inevitable trend than as a mere option on the security menu.

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How TikTok Has Exposed Celebrities And Politicians’ Closest Personal Contacts

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How TikTok Has Exposed Celebrities And Politicians’ Closest Personal Contacts 27/09/2023 at 13:32 By Alexandra S. Levine, Forbes Staff TikTok and ByteDance staff’s easy access to the friend lists of the First Family and public figures has created national security and privacy risks ahead of the election. This article is an excerpt from Forbes –

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The pitfalls of neglecting security ownership at the design stage

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The pitfalls of neglecting security ownership at the design stage 27/09/2023 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz For companies to avoid bleeding millions through cyber threats, they must build adaptability into their security strategy from the start while considering a range of inputs that go beyond the IT and network access aspects. In this Help Net

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Are developers giving enough thought to prompt injection threats when building code?

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Are developers giving enough thought to prompt injection threats when building code? 26/09/2023 at 08:32 By Help Net Security With National Coding Week behind us, the development community has had its annual moment of collective reflection and focus on emerging technologies that are shaping the industry. Among these, large language models (LLMs) and “generative AI”

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Balancing cybersecurity with convenience and progress

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Balancing cybersecurity with convenience and progress 25/09/2023 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Changing approaches to cybersecurity have led to slow but steady progress in defense and protection. Still, competing interests create a growing challenge for cybersecurity decision makers and practitioners, according to CompTIA. The state of cybersecurity Most business and technology professionals feel that

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Building GenAI competence for business growth

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Building GenAI competence for business growth 21/09/2023 at 06:02 By Help Net Security To embark on the GenAI technology adoption journey for business success, organizations require foundational activities related to GenAI investment, guidance in prioritizing use cases, and identification of key stakeholders essential for building and implementing successful initiatives, according to IDC. Essential key activities

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Shadow IT: Security policies may be a problem

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Shadow IT: Security policies may be a problem 20/09/2023 at 08:23 By Zeljka Zorz 3 out of 4 workers use personal (and often unmanaged) phones and laptops for work and nearly half of companies let unmanaged devices access protected resources, a recent report by Kolide and Dimensional Research has revealed. When asked why they use

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Avoiding domain security risks when taking your business online

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Avoiding domain security risks when taking your business online 19/09/2023 at 07:06 By Help Net Security Unfortunately, as available domain extensions increase in variety (and uniqueness), so do security risks. In this Help Net Security video, Prudence Malinki, Head of Industry Relations at Markmonitor, discusses best practices enterprises should abide by when kickstarting their online

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