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Disk wiping malware knows no borders
Fortinet announced the latest semiannual FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape Report which revealed that ransomware threat continues to adapt with more variants enabled by …
How vulnerable supply chains threaten cloud security
Organizations are struggling to sufficiently secure new cloud environments implemented during the pandemic, while maintaining legacy equipment and trying to adapt their …
Week in review: Apple fixes exploited zero-days, 1,900 Signal users exposed, Amazon Ring app vuln
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Tackling the dangers of internal communications: What can companies do? In …
Exploiting stolen session cookies to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Active adversaries are increasingly exploiting stolen session cookies to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) and gain access to corporate resources, according to Sophos. …
How merchants can defend themselves against Magecart attacks
In this Help Net Security video, Angel Grant, VP of Security, F5, explains what Magecart attacks are and how they have evolved over the years. Grant illustrates how …
OpenFHE: Open-Source Fully Homomorphic Encryption
Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) is a cryptographic primitive that enables performing computations over encrypted data without having access to the secret key. In this Help …
Cybercriminals are using bots to deploy DDoS attacks on gambling sites
Imperva releases data showing that 25% of all gambling sites were hit with DDoS attacks executed by botnets in June. As the Wimbledon tennis tournament began at the end of …
APT41 group: 4 malicious campaigns, 13 victims, new tools and techniques
Group-IB has released new research on the state-sponsored hacker group APT41. The Group-IB Threat Intelligence team estimates that in 2021 the threat actors gained access to …
Organizations are losing cyber insurance as an important risk management tool
The number of organizations that will be either unable to afford cyber insurance, be declined cover, or experience significant coverage limitations is set to double in 2023, …
IoT: The huge cybersecurity blind spot that’s costing millions
In many ways, IoT has made our lives easier. We are technologically connected in ways we never thought possible. But organizations need to be aware of the cybersecurity blind …
Why smart factories need to prioritize cybersecurity
Recent Capgemini research revealed that the vast majority of organizations do not have device visibility at their smart factory locations. The use of legacy machinery, …
How government CISOs tackle digital transformation initiatives
In this interview for Help Net Security, Dan Tucker, Senior VP at Booz Allen, and leader of the firm’s cloud and data engineering solutions for citizen services, talks about …
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