MITRE ATT&CK, a common language for cybersecurity professionals to communicate with each other and better understand real-world adversary behaviors, celebrates its 10th anniversary this fall. In this Help Net Security interview, project leader Adam Pennington discusses the framework, how defenders…
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IT workers see generative AI as a serious threat to their profession
While many IT workers see the productivity benefits of AI, 56% believe it benefits employers more than employees, according to Ivanti. Additionally, 63% are concerned generative AI tools might take their job in the next five years compared to 44%…
Fraud prevention forces scammers to up their game
The risk of falling victim to fraud is a constant concern for individuals, businesses, and organizations alike. As technology evolves, so too do the methods employed by fraudsters, making fraud prevention an increasingly critical and complex endeavor. In this Help…
Zyxel announces WiFi 6-enabled security firewalls for small- and medium-sized business networks
Zyxel Networks announced the addition of WiFi 6-enabled security firewalls to its ZyWALL USG FLEX 100 firewall series. Zyxel’s new USG FLEX 100AX Firewall supports WiFi 6 (802.11ax) to provide wired and wireless solutions that deliver holistic security and protection…
Thunder Shield Security introduces Custos to help organizations identify critical vulnerabilities
Thunder Shield Security announced Custos, its next-generation scanning platform equipped with artificial intelligence and machine learning to proactively combat cyber threats and safeguard organizations. Custos streamlines cybersecurity with a comprehensive toolkit, including a URL fuzzer, website, network, TCP, UDP, SSL,…
National Student Clearinghouse MOVEit breach impacts nearly 900 schools
US educational nonprofit organization National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) has revealed that the breach of its MOVEit server ended up affecting almost 900 colleges and universities, and resulted in the theft of personal information of their students. The National Student Clearinghouse…
Allegro Packets boosts analysis performance with new features and enhancements
Allegro Packets is providing network professionals with enhanced functionality with its new Release 4.1. More than 100 new features, improvements and bug fixes are included in the update, which is now available to all customers. “With Release 4.1, we continue…
Amazon collaborates with Anthropic to advance generative AI
Amazon and Anthropic announced a strategic collaboration that will bring together their respective technology and expertise in safer generative AI to accelerate the development of Anthropic’s future foundation models and make them widely accessible to AWS customers. As part of…
Hands-on threat simulations: Empower cybersecurity teams to confidently combat threats
Security processes are increasingly automated which has led some businesses to deprioritize developing their security teams’ defense skills. While antivirus and non-human generated threat detections efficiently identify vulnerabilities, they cannot detect every single threat. With the rising number of cyber-attacks,…
BinDiff: Open-source comparison tool for binary files
BinDiff is a binary file comparison tool to find differences and similarities in disassembled code quickly. It was made open source today. With BinDiff, you can identify and isolate fixes for vulnerabilities in vendor-supplied patches. You can also port symbols…
Hands-on threat simulations: empower cybersecurity teams to confidently combat threats
Security processes are increasingly automated which has led some businesses to deprioritize developing their security teams’ defense skills. While antivirus and non-human generated threat detections efficiently identify vulnerabilities, they cannot detect every single threat. With the rising number of cyber-attacks,…
Balancing cybersecurity with convenience and progress
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…
How global enterprises navigate the complex world of data privacy
In this Help Net Security interview, Evelyn de Souza, Head of Privacy Compliance, Oracle SaaS Cloud, talks about the constant efforts required to keep up with privacy laws in each country, and ensuring compliance across the entire organization. She also…
Despite rising insider risk costs, budgets are being wasted in the wrong places
The cost of an insider risk is the highest it’s ever been, as organizations spend more time than ever trying to contain insider incidents, according to DTEX Systems. The average annual cost of an insider risk has increased to $16.2…
Current ransomware defenses efforts are not working
Despite some positive developments, the impact of ransomware attacks remains high, according to SpyCloud. Infostealer infections preceded 22% of ransomware events for North American and European ransomware victim companies in 2023 – with common infostealers such as Raccoon, Vidar, and…
Week in review: 18 free Microsoft Azure cybersecurity resources, K8 vulnerability allows RCE
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: LLM Guard: Open-source toolkit for securing Large Language Models LLM Guard is a toolkit designed to fortify the security of Large Language Models (LLMs). It…
Keysight collaborates with Synopsys to secure IoT devices against attacks
Keysight Technologies and Synopsys are partnering to provide internet of things (IoT) device makers with a comprehensive cybersecurity assessment solution to ensure consumers are protected when devices are shipped to market. Under the arrangement, the Synopsys Defensics fuzzing tool will…
Norton Secure Browser blocks malicious websites and phishing attempts
To help protect consumers from browser-based security, privacy and identity threats, Norton, a consumer Cyber Safety brand of Gen, has released Norton Secure Browser. Just as a passport is essential for travel, web browsers are essential for exploring the internet,…
DAT introduces AI-powered identity-verification solution
DAT Freight & Analytics introduced an AI-powered identity fraud detection and prevention platform through a partnership with Verosint, to help prevent the unauthorized use of customer login credentials and combat the growing threat of identity theft in trucking and logistics.…
Mitek partners with Equifax to improve consumer identity protection
Mitek announced a strategic partnership with Equifax, a global data, analytics and technology company. The agreement will add Mitek’s biometric-based identity verification and liveness detection technology to Equifax’s digital identity software, further strengthening Equifax’s ability to help companies prevent identity…