Deepwatch announced that John DiLullo has been appointed as CEO, succeeding Charlie Thomas who is retiring and will serve as chairman of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. John DiLullo is a veteran of the cybersecurity industry with more than…
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NordVPN File Checker protects users from infected files
NordVPN launches its third experimental product from the NordLabs platform. File Checker is an online tool that scans different types of files for malware and viruses. It helps to prevent malicious codes invading user’s devices through infected or corrupted files…
LogRhythm’s enhancements boost analyst efficiency
LogRhythm announced its 9th consecutive quarterly release. In the AI-ready world, LogRhythm empowers security teams with the highest integrity data in the security industry to enhance the output of the AI tools used to defend organizations from cyberthreats. Coupled with…
IBM Consulting partners with Microsoft to help clients modernize security operations
IBM Consulting and Microsoft announce strengthened cybersecurity collaboration to help clients simplify and modernize their security operations, and manage and protect their hybrid cloud identities. As organizations embrace hybrid cloud and AI to drive innovation, they require advanced security capabilities…
Leveraging no-code automation for efficient network operations
In this Help Net Security interview, Lingping Gao, CEO at NetBrain, discusses the challenges NetOps teams face in maintaining production services due to outdated processes and growing infrastructures. No-code automation has the potential to address these challenges by allowing engineers…
The impossibility of “getting ahead” in cyber defense
As a security professional, it can be tempting to believe that with sufficient resources we can achieve of state of parity, or even relative dominance, over cyber attackers. After all, if we got to an ideal state – fully staffed…
Deepfakes and voice clones are undermining election integrity
As the volume of digital business rises year over year, the potential for AI-enhanced digital fraud increases with it, according to TeleSign. A new TeleSign report highlights consumer concerns and uncertainty about how AI is being deployed, particularly regarding digital…
Inside the minds of CISOs
In this Help Net Security video, Nick McKenzie, CISO of Bugcrowd, discusses the key findings from their recent report, which comes at a crucial time as security leaders’ roles are being discussed more with the current risk landscape and the…
SCYTHE 4.3 enables organizations to test and validate their defenses
SCYTHE has announced SCYTHE 4.3, which brings a host of enhancements designed to support and advance cybersecurity teams’ capabilities in threat emulation, vulnerability management, and security integration. SCYTHE 4.3 new features summary SCYTHE 4.3 introduces several new features for cybersecurity…
Product showcase: Protect digital identities with Swissbit’s iShield Key Pro
In today’s fast-paced business world, protecting digital identities and optimizing daily workflows are crucial. The iShield Key Pro series from Swissbit addresses these challenges by offering top-notch security combined with effortless usability. Let’s delve into how the iShield Key Pro…
Portainer: Open-source Docker and Kubernetes management
Portainer Community Edition is an open-source, lightweight service delivery platform for containerized applications. It enables the management of Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes, and ACI environments. It provides a smart GUI and a comprehensive API to manage your orchestrator resources, including containers,…
Why every company needs a DDoS response plan
In this Help Net Security interview, Richard Hummel, Senior Threat Intelligence Manager at NETSCOUT, discusses how companies can overcome the challenges of identifying and mitigating DDoS attacks. He stresses the need for adaptive, multilayered defense strategies and the inevitability of…
Preparing for Q-Day as NIST nears approval of PQC standards
Q-Day—the day when a cryptographically relevant quantum computer can break most forms of modern encryption—is fast approaching, leaving the complex systems our societies rely on vulnerable to a new wave of cyberattacks. While estimates just a few years old suggested…
Infosec products of the month: June 2024
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Acronis, Appdome, ARMO, Atsign, Cofense, Datadog, Diligent, Entrust, eSentire, KELA, Metomic, NinjaOne, Plainsea, SailPoint, SentinelOne, Tines,Trend Micro, Verimatrix, Veritas Technologies, and Zyxel. Plainsea: Cybersecurity platform…
Week in review: MOVEit auth bypass flaws quitely fixed, open-source Rafel RAT targets Androids
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Progress quietly fixes MOVEit auth bypass flaws (CVE-2024-5805, CVE-2024-5806) Progress Software has patched one critical (CVE-2024-5805) and one high-risk (CVE-2024-5806) vulnerability in MOVEit, its widely…
USX Cyber GUARDIENT helps MSPs protect their clients
USX Cyber unveiled GUARDIENT, an eXtended Detection and Response (XDR) cybersecurity platform designed specifically for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) serving small to medium-sized businesses. This solution addresses the urgent need for comprehensive, enterprise-grade security in a market that is disproportionately…
CISOs becoming more comfortable with risk levels
Shifts in the cyber threats landscape have changed the way today’s CISOs evaluate their business’s risk appetite, according to Netskope. CISO risk appetite levels Specifically, 92% of CISOs report that these changes are creating tensions with their CEO and other…
Leveraging AI and automation for enhanced security operations
In this Help Net Security interview, Michelle Weston, VP of Security & Resiliency at Kyndryl, discusses the key challenges in security operations and how to address them. The top issues are increasing cyber resilience risks, changing regulatory conditions, and implementing…
Web scraping is not just a security or fraud problem
Bots compose 42% of overall web traffic, and 65% of these bots are malicious, according to Akamai. Negative effects of scraper bots on business operations Web scraping is not just a fraud or security problem, it is also a business…
New infosec products of the week: June 28, 2024
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from ARMO, Cofense, Datadog, and eSentire. Datadog LLM Observability secures generative AI applications Datadog’s LLM Observability offers prompt and response clustering, seamless integration with Datadog Application…