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August 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: Software security improvements
August 2023 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes critical bugs in Teams, MSMQ The continued onslaught of phishing attacks, ransomware deployment, and other exploitation is forcing …

Multi-modal data protection with AI’s help
Cybersecurity risk is distinct from other IT risk in that it has a thinking, adaptive, human opponent. IT generally must deal with first order chaos and risk much like …

New infosec products of the week: August 4, 2023
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Forescout, Menlo Security, Qualys, Sonar, SpecterOps, Synopsys, Traceable AI, and …

VPNs remain a risky gamble for remote access
Organizations are expressing deep concerns about their network security due to the risks from VPNs, according to a new Zscaler report. The report stresses the need for …

IaaS networking services revenue to hit $19.4 billion in 2023
The importance of networking to and within cloud environments has grown significantly for enterprise customers as more and more applications, workloads, and data are moved to …

7 fake cryptocurrency investment apps discovered in Google Play, Apple App Store
Sophos released new findings on CryptoRom scams—a subset of pig butchering schemes designed to trick users of dating apps into making fake cryptocurrency investments. Since …

Assess multi-cloud security with the open-source CNAPPgoat project
Ermetic released CNAPPgoat, an open-source project that allows organizations to test their cloud security skills, processes, tools, and posture in interactive sandbox …

How local governments can combat cybercrime
Amid a recent uptick in cybercrime on local governments, cities have been left to recover for months after the initial attack. For example, leaders in Dallas, Texas are ready …

SCARF cipher sets new standards in protecting sensitive data
A group of international researchers has achieved a breakthrough in computer security by developing a new and efficient cipher for cache randomization. The cipher, designed by …

Organizations want stronger AI regulation amid growing concerns
AI professionals are still facing some very real challenges in democratizing data, much less AI (much less Generative AI), across their organizations, according to Dataiku. …

Salesforce and Meta suffer phishing campaign that evades typical detection methods
The Guardio research team discovered an email phishing campaign exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Salesforce’s legitimate email services and SMTP servers. Phishing email …

67% of data breaches start with a single click
Technology is accelerating faster than it ever has before, giving IT and security teams more tools to fend off cybersecurity attacks from an increasingly diverse slate of bad …
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