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Active Directory (AD), Microsoft’s on-premises directory service for Windows domain networks, is so widely used for enterprise identity and access management that compromising it has become almost a standard step in cyber intrusions. “Active Directory is susceptible to compromise due to its permissive default settings, its complex relationships, and permissions; support for legacy protocols and a lack of tooling for diagnosing Active Directory security issues,” Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies have clarified in a recently released … More →

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Zilla Security launched AI-powered modern IGA platform, which includes Zilla AI Profiles and significantly enhanced provisioning capabilities. These innovations tackle the long-standing challenge of managing hundreds of roles or group membership rules to give users job-appropriate access. The cloud has broken traditional IGA, leading to cumbersome processes and escalating costs. Now, the team that pioneered IGA twenty years ago at Aveksa is revolutionizing the space once again. Zilla’s CEO, Deepak Taneja, has been defining the … More →

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DoControl released a security product suite for Google Workspace, designed to protect data, identities, configurations, and third-party connected apps. DoControl’s SSPM provides Google Workspace customers with security capabilities that are not offered by Google’s built-in security ecosystem. Adopted by top Google Workspace customers, DoControl is the SSPM of choice for securing enterprise Google Workspace environments. DoControl’s Google Workspace Posture Management mitigates admin misconfigurations, preventing them from becoming an organization’s Achilles’ heel. DoControl continuously monitors Google … More →

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Google’s decision to write new code into Android’s codebase in Rust, a memory-safe programming language, has resulted in a significant drop in memory safety vulnerabilities, despite old code (written in C/C++) not having been rewritten. The number of memory safety vulnerabilities found in the Android codebase per year (Source: Google) Android evolves, and has fewer memory safety vulnerabilities “The Android team began prioritizing transitioning new development to memory-safe languages around 2019. This decision was driven … More →

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Salt Security announced its integration with Google Cloud‘s Apigee API Management platform. With this technical collaboration, customers can discover all of their APIs, including shadow and deprecated APIs, apply posture rules, uncover areas of non-compliance, and stop API-based attacks at their root. The security landscape is witnessing an unprecedented reliance on APIs. Now more than ever, organizations need comprehensive API security mechanisms that proactively detect and prevent threats. Salt Security, a pioneer in API security, … More →

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Deep-learning models have found applications across various industries, from healthcare diagnostics to financial forecasting. However, their high computational demands often require powerful cloud-based servers. This dependency on cloud computing raises notable security concerns, particularly in sensitive sectors like healthcare. Hospitals, for instance, may be reluctant to adopt AI tools for analyzing confidential patient data due to potential privacy risks. To tackle this pressing issue, MIT researchers have developed a security protocol that leverages the quantum … More →

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In July, Wall Street experienced its worst day since 2022, with the tech-focused Nasdaq falling by 3.6%. The downturn was largely triggered by what commentators suggest is the result of underwhelming earnings from some major tech companies. What’s notable is that the companies hit the hardest by this decline were those heavily invested in AI. While AI has driven significant investment and optimism, there is growing concern that its capabilities may have been overhyped. This … More →

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In this Help Net Security interview, Andrius Buinovskis, Head of Product at NordLayer, discusses how organizations can assess their compliance management and ensure they meet regulatory requirements. Buinovskis also addresses the challenges of managing multiple frameworks and offers strategies for building a strong security compliance program. To start things off, how can organizations assess their current compliance management level, and what steps should they take to determine whether they are meeting all regulatory requirements? Assessing … More →

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Data privacy has become one of the most pressing challenges of our time, but it didn’t happen overnight. The proliferation of data collection, coupled with the rise of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning, has made it easier to piece together detailed profiles of individuals, often from what we consider public information. In this Help Net Security video, Dr. Micah Altman, lead co-author of the TechBrief on Data Privacy Protection and Research Scientist … More →

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The presence of any data relating to an organization on the dark web demonstrably increases its risk of a cyber attack, according to Searchlight Cyber. Dark web insights and breach correlation Marsh McLennan Cyber Risk Intelligence Center analyzed the dark web dataset against a sample of 9,410 organizations with an overall breach rate of 3.7% from 2020 to 2023 to determine whether there was a correlation between data breaches and findings on the dark web … More →

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Details about and proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for CVE-2024-28987, a recently patched SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) vulnerability that could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to remotely read and modify all help desk ticket details, are now public. “When assessing the exposure of our own clients, we found that organizations typically revealed sensitive process information for IT procedures such as user onboarding, password resets, and accessing shared resources. While this vulnerability does not lead to … More →

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Malwarebytes introduced its latest consumer product, Personal Data Remover, designed to protect user privacy by assisting users with the deletion of personal information from data broker databases and people search sites. This new solution offers regular monitoring to ensure individuals’ data remains private, providing a robust defense against data misuse that can lead to stalking, spam, and identity theft. Today, data brokers have nearly 1,500 data points for every consumer, ranging from addresses and phone … More →

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Onapsis announced new capabilities for its flagship solutions, Onapsis Defend and Onapsis Assess, designed to secure the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). As more customers adopt SAP S/4HANA cloud and move to RISE with SAP, SAP BTP provides a unified environment for analytics, application development, AI, and automation. However, this also introduces security and compliance challenges that cloud customers must address as part of their shared security responsibilities. “With more organizations transitioning to SAP … More →

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Tamnoon announced it has raised $12 million in Series A funding. The round was led by cybersecurity investment firm Bright Pixel Capital (formerly Sonae IM), with participation by new investors Blu Ventures and Mindset Ventures as well as existing investors Merlin Ventures, Secret Chord Ventures, Inner Loop Capital, and Elron Ventures. Tamnoon is the first and only hybrid human-AI managed service developed from the ground up specifically for cloud security remediation. Founded by cloud security … More →

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Nudge Security unveiled an automated SaaS spend discovery capabilities, building on the company’s patented approach to SaaS discovery to include analysis and insights into previously unknown SaaS spend. At a time when organizations are trying to rationalize app estates to reduce spend, mitigate risk, and improve efficiency, Nudge Security is the only solution to provide the whole picture: SaaS adoption, usage, risk, and spend insights that were previously difficult for IT and security teams to … More →

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Portnox announced support for Microsoft External Authentication Methods (EAM) for its Conditional Access for Applications solution. This new integration extends Portnox’s commitment to delivering phishing-resistant passwordless authentication with risk-based assessment and compliance validation for enterprise applications. Microsoft’s EAM capability allows users to authenticate using non-Microsoft solutions, such as certificate-based authentication, FIDO2 keys, and third-party identity providers, further strengthening their access control policies across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments. By incorporating Microsoft EAM into its Conditional Access … More →

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CVE-2024-7593, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM) appliances, is actively exploited by attackers. The confirmation comes from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, thus mandating all US federal civilian executive branch agencies to remediate it by October 15, 2024. About CVE-2024-7593 Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager is a software-based application delivery controller and load balancing solution. It includes a web-based … More →

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NETSCOUT announced enhancements to its nGenius Enterprise Performance Management solution, which includes a new notification center that helps streamline and automate alerts and contextual workflows to identify and resolve problems faster. Secured Reliable Transport (SRT) was added to support live video streaming, and additional supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) protocols were added to support international utility networks. Performance degradations, application unavailability, and lengthy outages can have a crippling effect on any business. Organizations need … More →

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ManageEngine announced a significant upgrade to its flagship IT analytics solution, Analytics Plus. Version 6.0 introduces Spotlight, a contextual recommendations engine powered by AI, designed to identify key inefficiencies in IT operations and suggest corrective strategies. The 2023 State of Analytics Engineering report found that time to business insight is the biggest challenge for nearly 50% of surveyed directors. Spotlight dramatically reduces the time IT managers and CIOs spend analyzing various IT metrics and coming … More →

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OneTrust announced new capabilities to help organizations enhance resilience across the financial sector and operationalize compliance with the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). Building upon its comprehensive OneTrust Third-Party Management solution, OneTrust will now offer first-to-market capabilities such as automated DORA “register of information” report creation and out-of-the-box depth of screening and compliance data. “An organization’s supply chain can be one of its biggest assets for efficiency and innovation, as well as its most … More →

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