Category: Help Net Security

N-able partners with JCDC to reduce security risk for MSPs

N-able is collaborating with the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) to help create a more secure global ecosystem and work towards helping reduce security risk for MSPs and their customers. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) established JCDC in…

7 access management challenges during M&A

Integrating an acquired company into a single organization is a daunting task that can take weeks, months, or even years to complete. To have a successful conclusion to the mergers and acquisitions (M&As) process, identity and access management (IAM) teams…

Online scams target bargain-hunting holiday travelers

30% of adults have fallen victim or know someone who has fallen victim to an online scam while trying to save money when booking travel, according to McAfee. 34% of those who had money stolen have lost over $1,000 before…

The fragmented nature of API security ownership

While API security remains a top cybersecurity concern this year, there is still an alarming lack of implementation for most companies, according to Traceable AI. Companies overlook API security Companies are struggling with unchecked API sprawl, lack of clarity on…

Gap between OT security assumptions and reality

In the fast-evolving landscape of technology and connectivity, ensuring the security of operational technology (OT) systems has become a paramount concern for organizations worldwide. In this Help Net Security video, Daniel Bren, CEO at OTORIO, discusses a significant discrepancy between…

Google Cloud launches new cloud region in Doha

Google Cloud announced the opening of its Doha cloud region at an official launch event attended by ministers from the Qatari Cabinet and executives from leading Qatari businesses, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT)…

Blacklist untrustworthy apps that peek behind your firewall

With an increasing number of endpoints and expanding attack surfaces, dodgy apps can offer a way around your firewall. Due to data privacy concerns, Montana has passed the first bill in the United States to ban TikTok. Previously, India has…

How continuous security monitoring is changing the compliance game

Managing compliance doesn’t have to be draining, time-consuming, or overly complicated. In this Help Net Security video, Wesley Van Zyl, Senior Manager, Compliance Success at Scytale, discusses how keeping track of all your security controls can be challenging, particularly when…

How generative AI is reshaping the identity verification landscape

The identity verification market is experiencing a significant surge in growth. In recent years, many solutions have emerged to assist businesses in establishing trust and facilitating remote user onboarding. This demand arises from the alarming rise in identity fraud, which…

What flying a plane can teach you about cybersecurity

Before taking on the role as GM of IAI’s cyber division, Esti Peshin was a member of Israel’s parliament, wielding both legislation and regulation to strengthen the country’s renowned high-tech ecosystem. Despite her commitments, Esti shared with the Left to…

Malicious links and misaddressed emails slip past security controls

The majority of organizations use six or more communication tools, across channels, with email remaining the channel seen as the most vulnerable to attacks (38%), according to Armorblox. Respondents mentioned multi-channel attacks are gaining momentum and frequency. More than half…

NTT and Cisco help customers transition to IoT-as-a-Service model

NTT and Cisco have announced a collaboration to develop and deploy joint solutions that empower organizations to improve operational efficiencies and advance sustainability goals. Leveraging NTT’s Edge as a Service portfolio and Cisco’s IoT capabilities, solutions developed by the two…

Check Point CloudGuard secures Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN

Check Point announces its Next-Generation Cloud Firewall natively integrated with Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN to provide customers with improved security. The integration provides advanced threat prevention and multi-layered network security across public, private and hybrid-clouds, enabling businesses to confidently migrate…

DarkBERT could help automate dark web mining for cyber threat intelligence

Researchers have developed DarkBERT, a language model pretrained on dark web data, to help cybersecurity pros extract cyber threat intelligence (CTI) from the Internet’s virtual underbelly. DarkBERT pretraining process and evaluated use case scenarios (Source: KAIST/S2W) DarkBERT: A language model…

New infosec products of the week: May 19, 2023

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Bitwarden, Cloudflare, ComplyAdvantage, Enzoic, Neurotechnology, Nozomi Networks, and Satori. ComplyAdvantage Fraud Detection identifies and prevents transaction fraud Fraud Detection uses AI and machine learning algorithms…

Europe: The DDoS battlefield

DDoS attacks appear to reflect major geo-political challenges and social tensions and have become an increasingly significant part in the hybrid warfare arsenal, according to Arelion. As the Ukrainian authorities sought a safe harbour for digital state registries and databases,…

Exploring the tactics of phishing and scam websites in 2023

Phishing scams pose an escalating danger as cybercriminals employ increasingly sophisticated techniques, rendering their detection and prevention more challenging. In this Help Net Security video, Abhilash Garimella, Head of Research at Bolster, talks about the evolution of phishing and scam…

Passage by 1Password brings passkeys to any website

1Password has launched Passage by 1Password — a standalone authentication solution that enables businesses to implement passkeys for apps and websites. Passage by 1Password allows businesses to eliminate the hassle of passwords and reduce cart abandonment without building their own…

Bitwarden Passwordless.dev simplifies passkey implementation for developers

Bitwarden released Bitwarden Passwordless.dev, the developer toolkit with an extensive, easy-to-deploy API for integrating FIDO2 WebAuthn-based passkeys into consumer websites and enterprise applications. The news comes as public interest in passwordless technology is on the rise. Recent research found that…

Komprise automates data governance for IT

Komprise has released new governance and self-service capabilities that simplify departmental use of Deep Analytics, a query-based way to find and tag file and object data across hybrid cloud storage silos. IT organizations need to maintain data governance and data…

Concentric AI unveils deep-learning driven detection capabilities

Concentric AI announced a deep-learning driven detection capabilities to find any type of hardcoded secrets and key credentials (e.g. API keys, encryption keys, tokens, passwords, etc.) in today’s most popular enterprise on-premise and cloud data repositories, as well as email…

Kyndryl and SAP boost partnership to ease digital transformation

Kyndryl has expanded strategic partnership with SAP focused on developing new solutions to help customers solve their most complex digital business transformation challenges. Under their expanded collaboration, the companies have leveraged SAP Business Transformation Center and vast ERP systems know-how,…

Teradata collaborates with FICO to help customers reduce fraud

Teradata and FICO announced they plan to bring to market integrated advanced analytic solutions for real-time payments fraud, insurance claims, and supply chain optimization. Bringing data, analytics and insights together in one environment streamlines the development of solutions for use…

New Relic launches AWS Systems Manager Distributor integration

New Relic has announced an integration with AWS Systems Manager Distributor to provide a native experience to automatically deploy the New Relic monitoring infrastructure agent via the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) and any AWS infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tooling to streamline…

Identity crimes: Too many victims, limited resources

The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has documented incidents of identity theft reported during 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, highlighting the use of strategies by criminals to convince people to willingly share protected information. The number of reported…

Acronis launches Advanced Security + EDR for MSPs

Acronis has announced the general availability of Acronis Advanced Security + Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) for Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud. With new capabilities such as AI-based attack analysis, Acronis EDR reduces complexity and simplifies workflows for a more streamlined…

Boomi introduces Boomi AI to accelerate business transformation

Boomi has released Boomi AI – a conversational user experience that harnesses generative AI to connect and integrate applications, data, processes, people, and things across organizations – creating business outcomes faster than ever before. “The introduction of Boomi AI marks…

Barracuda SecureEdge strengthens security for businesses and MSPs

Barracuda Networks announced a new platform called Barracuda SecureEdge, a SASE solution that helps make hybrid and remote work easier to secure. Barracuda SecureEdge integrates Barracuda’s Secure SD-WAN, Firewall-as-a-Service, Zero Trust Network Access, and Secure Web Gateway capabilities. Using a…

Inseego and UScellular launch 5G indoor router FX3100

Inseego has launched the next-generation 5G indoor router FX3100, with UScellular. The new upgraded FX3100, which includes the Qualcomm Snapdragon X62 5G Modem-RF System, adds new capabilities to the current generation FX2000. The new FX3100 solution brings fast broadband internet…

Syam Nair joins Zscaler as CTO

Zscaler announced that Syam Nair has been appointed as the company’s Chief Technology Officer and EVP of Research and Development. In this role, Nair will be responsible for driving the research and development engines to expand Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange…

Veza launches Authorization Platform on the Snowflake Data Cloud

Veza has unveiled that the Veza Authorization Platform is now available on the Snowflake Data Cloud. With this integration, joint customers can now manage access permissions and secure their sensitive data at scale. By leveraging the Snowflake Data Cloud, Veza…

Entro raises $6 million to address secret-based breaches

Entro announced $6 million in seed funding led by StageOne Ventures and Hyperwise Ventures. Founded by CEO Itzik Alvas and CTO Adam Cheriki to address secret-based breaches, Entro continuously monitors and protects secrets and programmatic access to cloud services and…

Brivo and Eagle Eye Networks announce $192 million investment

Eagle Eye Networks and Brivo announced one of the largest investments to date in cloud physical security. SECOM, one of the largest security integration companies in the world, according to Forbes Global 2000, has made a primary equity investment of…

Inactive Google accounts will be deleted

A week after Twitter announced it will be removing idle accounts after 30 days of inaction, Google has updated its account inactivity policy. Updates to the Google account inactivity policy Google says that the updated policy is effective immediately, but…

Malicious open-source components threatening digital infrastructure

A new risk emerges in the digital era, where open-source software has become a fundamental pillar in developing innovative applications. The threat? Malicious open-source components. In this Help Net Security video, Henrik Plate, Lead Security Researcher at Endor Labs, discusses…

Preparing for federal supply chain security standardization

In 2021, the Biden Administration published the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (EO 14028), setting off an agency-wide security initiative with the ultimate objective of standardizing security requirements across the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Federal Civilian…

The CIS Benchmarks Community consensus process

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) recently celebrated 20 years of bringing confidence to the connected world with consensus-based security guidance. The first CIS Benchmark was released in 2000. Today, there are more than 100 CIS Benchmarks configuration guidelines across…

Scality ARTESCA 2.0 strenghtens ransomware protection

Scality announced its newest release of Scality ARTESCA, its secure S3 object storage software for data deployments starting at a few terabytes. Over a dozen innovations in ARTESCA 2.0 strengthen cyber resiliency through a hardened, reduced attack surface that minimizes…

Leostream unveils ZTNA-enabled remote desktop access for AWS

Leostream has unveiled federated identity management with Zero-Trust Network Access (ZTNA) for secure remote computing. Built to protect and connect users across virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), desktops-as-a-service (DaaS), and end-user computing (EUC) applications in Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments, the…

CellTrust partners with Proofpoint to tackle mobile communication risk

CellTrust is teaming up with Proofpoint to help organizations manage mobile communication information risk and improve investigative readiness. As the number of mobile communication channels (text, chat, voice, app to app) grows, highly regulated organizations are relying on technology to…

Confluent enhances Confluent Cloud to enforce data integrity

Confluent has unveiled new Confluent Cloud capabilities that give customers confidence that their data is trustworthy and can be easily processed and securely shared. With Data Quality Rules, an expansion of the Stream Governance suite, organizations can resolve data quality…

Lacroix manufacturing facilities shut down following cyberattack

French electronics manufacturer Lacroix closed three factories as a result of a cyberattack they “intercepted” over the weekend, the company has announced on Monday. Lacroix designs and produces electronic equipment for the automotive, home automation, aerospace, industrial and health sectors,…

WhatsApp allows users to lock sensitive chats

Meta has unveiled Chat Lock within WhatsApp, a feature that allows users to keep sensitive and intimate conversations safe from prying eyes. WhatsApp Chat Lock (Source: WhatsApp) Enabling Chat Lock By tapping on a one-to-one or group conversation, users can…

3 tips to accelerate zero trust adoption

Zero trust adoption is beginning to accelerate as networks get more complex. Gartner predicts that by 2026, 10% of large enterprises will have a comprehensive, mature, and measurable zero-trust program in place (compared to just 1% today). But adoption has…

Advantech’s industrial serial device servers open to attack

Three vulnerabilities in Advantech’s EKI series of serial device servers could be exploited to execute arbitrary commands on the OS level. Source: CyberDanube The vulnerabilities Serial device servers are networking devices that “network-enable” serial devices (e.g., printer, climate control system,…

Is human threat hunting a fool’s errand?

We all have witnessed automated advances creep into our modern threat hunting processes – and with good reason. As the rate of cyberattacks steadily increases, automated threat hunting processes are being integrated to help stem the tide by providing quicker…

SquareX’s vision: A future where internet security is a non-issue

With an ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats, the necessity for innovative, effective, and user-friendly security products has never been more apparent. Current security solutions, however, seem to lag behind, struggling to adequately address the challenges posed by increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks.…

Bad bots are coming for APIs

In 2022, 47.4% of all internet traffic came from bots, a 5.1% increase over the previous year, according to Imperva. The proportion of human traffic (52.6%) decreased to its lowest level in eight years. Bad bot traffic For the fourth…

Web entity activity reveals insights into internet security

For its recent research focusing on web entities (or content served over HTTP), Censys leveraged its internet-wide scan data to understand better the applications and services that have become core to our existence, evaluating the state of security on the…