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Food security: Accelerating national protections around critical infrastructure
In this Help Net Security video, Mike Lexa, CISO and Global VP of IT Infrastructure and Operations at CNH, discusses how the federal government is taking food security more …

Average DDoS attack costs $6,000 per minute
2023 saw a surge in the frequency and duration of DDoS attacks, and in the first half of 2024, it’s clear that surge has become the new normal, according to Zayo. DDoS attack …

New phishing method targets Android and iPhone users
ESET researchers discovered an uncommon type of phishing campaign targeting Android and iPhone users. They analyzed a case observed in the wild that targeted clients of a …

Strategies for security leaders: Building a positive cybersecurity culture
Culture is a catalyst for security success. It can significantly reduce cybersecurity risks and boost cybersecurity resilience of any organization. Culture can also greatly …

Organizations turn to biometrics to counter deepfakes
The risk of deepfakes is rising with 47% of organizations having encountered a deepfake and 70% of them believing deepfake attacks which are created using generative AI tools, …

Cybercriminals exploit file sharing services to advance phishing attacks
Threat actors use popular file-hosting or e-signature solutions as a disguise to manipulate their targets into revealing private information or downloading malware, according …

To improve your cybersecurity posture, focus on the data
Effectively converging, managing and using enterprise data is a huge undertaking. Enterprises have vast hoards of data, but those hoards exist within siloed systems and …

Protecting academic assets: How higher education can enhance cybersecurity
Cyber attacks against higher education institutions increased by 70% in 2023. This is largely due to legacy endpoint security management and practices, limited IT support …

Week in review: MS Office flaw may leak NTLM hashes, malicious Chrome, Edge browser extensions
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Unpatched MS Office flaw may leak NTLM hashes to attackers (CVE-2024-38200) A …

Observations from Black Hat USA 2024, BSidesLV, and DEF CON 32
I recently spent six days in Las Vegas attending DEF CON, BsidesLV, and Black Hat USA 2024, where I had the opportunity to engage with and learn from some of the top security …

Business and tech consolidation opens doors for cybercriminals
Cyber threats continued to intensify in the first half of 2024 as cybercriminals exploited security gaps from growing business and technological consolidation, according to …

How NoCode and LowCode free up resources for cybersecurity
In this Help Net Security video, Frederic Najman, Executive Member of the SFPN (French Union of NoCode Professionals), discusses how NoCode and LowCode technologies enable …
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