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AI is becoming recognized for its potential to strengthen cybersecurity measures and tackle the skills gap across various sectors. Its ability to streamline data management processes boosts efficiency and strengthens security protocols. However, the rise of GenAI has raised alarms about the effectiveness of traditional data privacy practices, urging a reevaluation of existing strategies. Aaron Fulkerson, CEO of Opaque, discusses how the weaponization of GenAI has made existing data privacy practices (like masking, anonymization, tokenization, … More →

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HiddenLayer launched several new features to its AISec Platform and Model Scanner, designed to enhance risk detection, scalability, and operational control for enterprises deploying AI at scale. As the pace of AI adoption accelerates, so do the threats targeting these systems, necessitating security measures that stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated adversaries. These updates to HiddenLayer’s platform allow organizations to deploy AI models more securely across diverse environments while mitigating critical risks. “It’s vital that security … More →

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Netwrix released a new version of Netwrix Threat Manager. The upgrade expands the product’s capabilities to the cloud environment of Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) in addition to on-premises instances of Active Directory (AD). Now, real-time alerting to suspicious activities and automated response to reduce damage is available for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid IT infrastructures. “Based on our beta testing, the added coverage of Entra ID in Netwrix Threat Manager 3.0 shows the real … More →

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If you run a self-managed GitLab installation with configured SAML-based authentication and you haven’t upgraded it since mid-September, do it now, because security researchers have published an analysis of CVE-2024-45409 and an exploit script that may help attackers gain access as any user on GitLab. About CVE-2024-45409 GitLab is a popular software development platform that can be deployed by users on on-premises servers, Kubernetes, or with a cloud provider. CVE-2024-45409 is a critical authentication bypass … More →

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Commvault launched Cloud Rewind on the Commvault Cloud platform. This offering, which integrates cloud-native distributed application recovery and rebuild capabilities from the Appranix acquisition, gives cloud-first organizations a secret weapon to transform their cyber resilience capabilities. Today, when organizations are attacked, restoring the data is only half the battle. The truly laborious task is actually restoring the distributed cloud applications, which are used to run and power that data. Think of it like this: a … More →

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Frontegg launched Flows, a journey-time orchestration capability that uses generative AI to simplify the creation of advanced customer identity processes. As growing businesses emerge from startup mode and enter scale-up mode, their user identities start to enter the thousands. In addition, managing workflows across multiple applications and often in various programming languages leads to inefficiencies, a high risk of errors, and prolonged development cycles. As a result, identity becomes fraught with business and security risks … More →

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Edgio launched Premier Bot Manager, a next-generation bot management solution designed to protect enterprise applications against increasingly sophisticated automated threats. Premier Bot Manager introduces enhanced detection capabilities, AI-powered threat intelligence, and granular categorization of known and unknown bot attacks, providing organizations with comprehensive visibility and defense against bots including credential abusers, scrapers, and DDoS attackers. Building on the success of Edgio’s previous Advanced Bot Management solution that saw wide adoption upon its release, Premier Bot … More →

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Bitwarden expanded its integration capabilities with the release of a Microsoft Sentinel integration to enhance security information and event management (SIEM) for organizations. Security teams can now monitor, detect, and respond to password management, account access activities, and potential threats in real-time using Microsoft Sentinel’s advanced features. Microsoft Sentinel equips security teams with enhanced visibility into account activity, helping to reduce the attack surface and defend against emerging threats. Enhancing password security and incident response … More →

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Trulioo launched Trulioo Fraud Intelligence, a new capability that delivers predictive risk insights across more than 195 countries. Trulioo Fraud Intelligence transforms how global businesses fight synthetic and third-party fraud. The capability provides comprehensive coverage across diverse markets by combining hundreds of risk indicators with consortium data, advanced velocity monitoring and real-time signal monitoring, all through a modern, single API. The Trulioo API streamlines integration, reduces time to market and enables developers to access all … More →

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Governance, risk, and compliance frameworks are critical. They enable cybersecurity professionals to accurately identify an organization’s risk posture, align business and strategic objectives with technology, and meet compliance responsibilities. However, selecting the right framework can be challenging. Inside this guide to European Union frameworks, you’ll find answers to these questions and more: How does Governance, Risk and Compliance protect organizations? What are the essential GRC frameworks? What frameworks address cybersecurity and privacy? What international frameworks … More →

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Tidal Cyber announced that it now incorporates test results from Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) tools and other sources to complement the company’s existing Threat-Informed Defense capabilities. With this new integration, Tidal Cyber Enterprise Edition users can gain greater insight into the true state of their defenses as a result of better targeted tests, ultimately completing the cycle of effective defenses and efficient operations. This enhancements provide users with the increased confidence that their threat … More →

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YARA is a powerful tool designed primarily to aid malware researchers in identifying and categorizing malware samples, though its applications are broader. The tool enables users to create detailed descriptions, or “rules,” for malware families or any other target based on textual or binary patterns. Each rule comprises a collection of strings and a logical expression, forming the criteria for its detection and classification. YARA is a multi-platform tool compatible with Windows, Linux, and macOS. … More →

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In this Help Net Security interview, Emily Wienhold, Cyber Education Specialist at Optiv, discusses how business leaders can promote a security-first culture within their organizations. Wienhold also discusses strategies for maintaining ongoing cybersecurity awareness and making security protocols accessible to non-technical staff. What specific actions can business leaders take to consistently set the tone for cybersecurity throughout the organization? Setting the tone for cybersecurity within an organization is vital, and business leaders play a pivotal … More →

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ESET researchers have discovered a series of attacks that took place in Europe from May 2022 to March 2024, where the attackers used a toolset capable of targeting air-gapped systems, in a governmental organization of a European Union country. Cyberespionage campaign aims to steal sensitive data from isolated networks ESET attributes the campaign to GoldenJackal, a cyberespionage APT group that targets government and diplomatic entities. By analyzing the toolset deployed by the group, ESET identified … More →

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70% of customer-facing APIs are secured using HTTPS, leaving nearly one-third of these APIs completely unprotected, according to F5. This is a stark contrast to the 90% of web pages that are now accessed via HTTPS, following the push for secure web communications over the past decade. “APIs are becoming the backbone of digital transformation efforts, connecting critical services and applications across organizations,” said Lori MacVittie, Distinguished Engineer at F5. “However, as our report indicates, … More →

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Cloud Cybersecurity Analyst III Texas Health and Human Services | USA | Hybrid – View job details As a Cloud CSAIII, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing security solutions for cloud environments. You will ensure that cloud infrastructures are secure, resilient, and compliant with organizational policies and industry regulations. Your role will involve collaborating with various stakeholders to integrate security best practices into cloud solutions, maintaining a robust security posture, and supporting … More →

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For October 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released fixes for 117 security vulnerabilities, including two under active exploitation: CVE-2024-43573, a spoofing bug affecting the Windows MSHTML Platform, and CVE-2024-43572, a remote code execution flaw in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). About CVE-2024-43573 and CVE-2024-43572 As far as it can be deduced from the accompanying advisory, CVE-2024-43573 is similar to CVE-2024-38112, a vulnerability in MSHTML, a browser engine for the now deprecated Internet Explorer, which has … More →

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Ivanti has patched three additional Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) zero-day flaws, which have been exploited by attackers in conjuction with a zero-day bug the company accidentally fixed in September. The fixed zero-days “We are aware of a limited number of customers running CSA 4.6 patch 518 and prior who have been exploited when CVE-2024-9379, CVE-2024-9380 or CVE-2024-9381 are chained with CVE-2024-8963,” the company announced on Tuesday. CVE-2024-8963 is a path traversal vulnerability that allows a … More →

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OpenBSD is a free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. The 57th release, OpenBSD 7.6, comes with new features, various improvements, bug fixes, and tweaks. Security improvements Added -fret-clean option to the compiler, defaulting to off. This new option causes the caller to clean the return address off the stack after a call completes. The -fret-clean option was then enabled on amd64 for libc, libcrypto, ld.so, kernel, and all the ssh tools. Expose branch target identification … More →

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Dashlane launched Credential Risk Detection, a solution that continuously monitors and detects at-risk credential activity in real-time across the workforce, whether employees use a password manager or not. The web extension-based solution is the latest Dashlane innovation that shifts credential security from passive defense to proactive protection, enabling enterprises to prevent credential-based breaches, rather than react to them. IT and security teams can’t secure what they can’t see. And while organizations and their users have … More →

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