Elastic is accelerating the adoption of AI-driven security analytics by automating SIEM data onboarding with Automatic Import. This new feature — the only one of its kind for a security analytics or SIEM solution — automates the development of custom…
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Cequence Unified API Protection defends against attacks targeting AI applications
Cequence introduced advancements to its Unified API Protection (UAP) platform, specifically tailored to support the secure use of AI applications like Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). Cequence’s solutions protect applications deployed in the cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments,…
AppSOC launches new AI security capabilities for enhanced governance and protection
AppSOC has launched capabilities for safeguarding artificial intelligence (AI) applications and agents while providing the visibility and governance that enterprises need to leverage AI with confidence. Businesses across sectors are recognizing the immense potential of AI, but the rush to…
Roundcube flaws allow easy email account compromise (CVE-2024-42009, CVE-2024-42008)
Two cross-site scripting vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-42009, CVE-2024-42008) affecting Roundcube could be exploited by attackers to steal users’ emails and contacts, email password, and send emails from their account. About the vulnerabilities Roundcube is an open-source webmail software solution popular with European…
Flashpoint Ignite and Echosec deliver threat intelligence for enhanced protection
Flashpoint has released new features and capabilities to its flagship platform, Flashpoint Ignite, and Echosec, its comprehensive location intelligence solution. Those working in security and threat analysis are at the forefront of the constantly evolving threat landscape. However, each organization…
D3 enhances Smart SOAR Platform with Ace AI
D3 has announced the release of Ace AI, a collection of new capabilities for D3’s Smart SOAR platform that leverage the power of artificial intelligence to make security operations faster and more intuitive. In a security operations climate where excessive…
Cymulate AI Copilot validates security against real-time threats
Cymulate AI Copilot is a generative AI solution designed to deploy, test and tune security controls to evaluate their effectiveness against real-time threats. The solution offers a dynamic attack planner, among other AI-powered features, for greater insights into cybersecurity control…
Contrast Security ADR enables teams to identify vulnerabilities, detect threats, and stop attacks
Contrast Security introduced Application Detection and Response (ADR), which empowers security teams to identify vulnerabilities, detect threats, and stop attacks that target custom applications and APIs. Today’s layered “detection and response” security defenses have a gap. They provide visibility into…
OpenWrt dominates, but vulnerabilities persist in OT/IoT router firmware
Forescout has published a new report examining the current state of the software supply chain in OT/IoT routers. The study uncovered that OT and IoT cellular routers and those used in small offices and homes contain outdated software components associated…
RustScan: Open-source port scanner
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…
Sports venues must vet their vendors to maintain security
Sporting events generate a lot of consumer activity, from hotels and restaurants to retail. Large sporting events are held together by webs of connectivity that include vendors, sponsors, employees, and consumers. These networks connect ticketing, merchandising, venue access, live events…
Breaking down FCC’s proposal to strengthen BGP security
In this Help Net Security interview, Doug Madory, Director of Internet Analysis at Kentik, discusses the FCC’s proposal requiring major U.S. ISPs to implement RPKI Route Origin Validation (ROV), and addresses concerns about the impact on smaller ISPs and the…
Number of incidents affecting GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, and Jira continues to rise
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 in development processes has…
Ransomware gang targets IT workers with new RAT masquerading as IP scanner
Ransomware-as-a-service outfit Hunters International is wielding a new remote access trojan (RAT). “The malware, named SharpRhino due to its use of the C# programming language, is delivered through a typosquatting domain impersonating the legitimate tool Angry IP Scanner,” Quorum Cyber…
Ransomware gang targets IT workers with new RAT maquerading as IP scanner
Ransomware-as-a-service outfit Hunters International is wielding a new remote access trojan (RAT). “The malware, named SharpRhino due to its use of the C# programming language, is delivered through a typosquatting domain impersonating the legitimate tool Angry IP Scanner,” Quorum Cyber…
Stellar Cyber launches Multi-Layer AI platform to enhance threat detection
Stellar Cyber is introducing Multi-Layer AI, incorporating four distinct technologies — machine learning (ML), graph ML, generative AI, and hyper automation — into a single unified platform that reduces threat detection and response time. This new approach leverages AI at…
Researchers unearth MotW bypass technique used by threat actors for years
Threat actors have been abusing a bug in how Windows handles LNK files with non-standard target paths and internal structures to prevent in-built protections from stopping malicious payloads and trick users into running them. “We identified multiple samples in VirusTotal…
Hero AI by Swimlane enhances security with context-aware recommendations
Swimlane has introduced Hero AI innovations that transform traditional security operations, enabling security teams to tackle complex cases, alerts, and intelligence with unprecedented speed. Hero AI expands case summarization capabilities with context-aware recommendations, informed by cybersecurity frameworks and customers’ own…
SentinelOne unveils AI and cloud innovations on Singularity Platform
SentinelOne unveiled a series of new Purple AI, Cloud, Endpoint and Identity innovations to the company’s Singularity Platform. The new offerings and capabilities all leverage the industry’s most advanced generative AI technology, modern secure-by-design single-agent architecture, and most performant data…
Resecurity to introduce Context AI, a specialized generative AI framework
Resecurity (USA), a global leader in cybersecurity and risk management solutions serving major Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, has added new AI capabilities to its flagship Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering, to accelerate its proprietary threat detection and response capabilities. The…