April 2024

Closing the cybersecurity skills gap with upskilling programs
The list of skills technologists and organizations need to succeed grows with each new tech advancement, according to Pluralsight. But for many organizations, budgets and …

Anticipating and addressing cybersecurity challenges
In this Help Net Security round-up, we present excerpts from previously recorded videos in which security experts talk about how increased adoption of cloud technology, remote …

Week in review: Two Cisco ASA zero-days exploited, MITRE breach, GISEC Global 2024
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Hackers backdoored Cisco ASA devices via two zero-days (CVE-2024-20353, …

Most people still rely on memory or pen and paper for password management
Bitwarden surveyed 2,400 individuals from the US, UK, Australia, France, Germany, and Japan to investigate current user password practices. The survey shows that 25% of …

LSA Whisperer: Open-source tools for interacting with authentication packages
LSA Whisperer consists of open-source tools designed to interact with authentication packages through their unique messaging protocols. Support is currently provided for the …

What AI can tell organizations about their M&A risk
Following the past few years of economic turbulence, merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is on the rise in 2024, with several acquisition deals being announced in the …

Breaking down the numbers: Cybersecurity funding activity recap
Here’s a list of interesting cybersecurity companies that received funding so far in 2024. Aim Security January | $10 million Aim Security raised $10 million in seed …

New infosec products of the week: April 26, 2024
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Cyberint, Forcepoint, Invicti Security, Netwrix, Trend Micro, Zero Networks, and …

Net neutrality has been restored
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today voted to restore a national standard to ensure the internet is fast, open, and fair. Today’s decision to reclassify broadband …

Stellar Cyber and Acronis team up to provide optimized threat detection solutions for MSPs
Stellar Cyber has revealed a new partnership with Acronis, to deliver an optimized threat detection and response solution enabling MSPs to protect on-premises, cloud, hybrid, …

Edgio Client-Side Protection enables organizations to secure critical customer data
Edgio released its Client-Side Protection solution. Designed to monitor scripts and APIs on the browser-side to prevent malicious code from exfiltrating sensitive customer …

IBM to buy HashiCorp in $6.4 billion cash deal, expanding cloud portfolio
IBM and HashiCorp have entered into a definitive agreement under which IBM will acquire HashiCorp for $35 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of $6.4 billion. …
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