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Week in review: ChatGPT and cybersecurity, hidden vulnerabilities in Docker containers
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Google Protected Computing: Ensuring privacy and safety of data regardless of …

Defenders on high alert as backdoor attacks become more common
Although ransomware‘s share of incidents declined only slightly from 2021 to 2022, defenders were more successful detecting and preventing ransomware, according to IBM. …

New infosec products of the week: February 24, 2023
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from CyberGRX, Lacework, Malwarebytes, Netography, Nudge Security, and Xcitium. …

Malicious actors push the limits of attack vectors
The war in Ukraine has seen the emergence of new forms of cyberattacks, and hacktivists became savvier and more emboldened to deface sites, leak information and execute DDoS …

What to expect at BSidesNYC 2023
In this Help Net Security video interview, Huxley Barbee, lead organizer of BSidesNYC 2023, talks about the upcoming event. BSidesNYC 2023 will take place at the John Jay …

Employees bypass cybersecurity guidance to achieve business objectives
By 2025, nearly half of cybersecurity leaders will change jobs, 25% for different roles entirely due to multiple work-related stressors, according to Gartner. “Cybersecurity …

Researchers find hidden vulnerabilities in hundreds of Docker containers
Rezilion uncovered the presence of hundreds of Docker container images containing vulnerabilities that are not detected by most standard vulnerability scanners and SCA tools. …

Insider threats must be top-of-mind for organizations facing layoffs
Amid uncertain economic conditions, the technology sector has been a hot topic of discussion in recent months due to the mass amounts of layoffs across the industry. In this …

CISOs struggle with stress and limited resources
94% of CISOs report being stressed at work, with 65% admitting work-related stress issues are compromising their ability to protect their organization, according to Cynet. …

The potential pitfalls of open source management
84% of codebases contain at least one known open-source vulnerability, a nearly 4% increase from last year, according to Synopsys. The findings of the report deliver an …

The top security threats to GraphQL APIs and how to address them
Enterprises looking to modernize their APIs are increasingly switching from the REST architecture to the open-source data query and manipulation language GraphQL. While the …

Are your IoT devices at risk? Cybersecurity concerns for 2023
In this Help Net Security video, J.R. Cunningham, CSO at Nuspire, discusses IoT cybersecurity concerns for 2023. With homes becoming increasingly connected and reliant on …
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