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Kali Linux 2023.3 released: Kali NetHunter app redesign, 9 new tools, and more!
Offensive Security has released Kali Linux 2023.3, the latest version of its penetration testing and digital forensics platform. New tools in Kali Linux 2023.3 Besides updates …

Does a secure coding training platform really work?
As security vulnerabilities are reported to you time and again, you may ask yourself: “Why don’t these developers learn the lesson?” The next thing you may think is: “We …

How digital identity protects connected cars
In this Help Net Security video, Eve Maler, CTO at ForgeRock, discusses how digital identity can help create a more secure connected car experience and what car manufacturers …

Lack of visibility into cloud access policies leaves enterprises flying blind
Fragmented access policies are top security concern in multi-cloud environments, with more than 75% of enterprises reporting they do not know where applications are deployed …

Webinar: The external attack surface & AI’s role in proactive security
The enterprise perimeter is now a massively decentralized IT landscape characterized by large-scale adoption of cloud platforms, digital services, and an increasingly tangled …

Security Onion 2.4: Free, open platform for defenders gets huge update
Security Onion is a free and open platform for threat hunting, enterprise security monitoring, and log management. It has been downloaded over 2 million times and is being …

How the downmarket impacted enterprise cybersecurity budgets
Belts have tightened, and that ROI and cost reduction are now driving CISO decision-making more than ever. In this Help Net Security video, Sara Behar, Content Manager at YL …

Cybercriminals turn to AI to bypass modern email security measures
Cybercriminals employ artificial intelligence (AI) to create complex email threats like phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks, while modern email security …

Large-scale breaches overshadow decline in number of healthcare data incidents
While H1 2023 saw an encouraging decrease in the overall number of data breaches impacting healthcare organizations, it was overshadowed by large-scale breaches resulting in a …

IT’s rising role in physical security technology
As the adoption of cloud-based and mobile-access security systems continues to increase among both new and established businesses, the lines between traditional physical …

Understanding how attackers exploit APIs is more important than ever
In this Help Net Security video, Andy Hornegold, Product Lead at Intruder, dives into API security and explores how several recent high-profile breaches were caused by simple …

8 open-source OSINT tools you should try
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) refers to gathering, assessing, and interpreting public information to address specific intelligence queries. All the tools listed here are …
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