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SonicWall
SonicWall SMA devices persistently infected with stealthy OVERSTEP backdoor and rootkit

Unknown intruders are targeting fully patched end-of-life SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances and deploying a novel, persistent backdoor / rootkit, …

Enzoic
Product showcase: Enzoic for Active Directory

Enzoic for Active Directory is an easy-to-install plugin that integrates with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) to set, monitor, and remediate unsafe passwords and credentials. …

Microsoft Exchange
Researchers unearth keyloggers on Outlook login pages

Unknown threat actors have compromised internet-accessible Microsoft Exchange Servers of government organizations and companies around the world, and have injected the …

botnet
AI and automation shift the cybersecurity balance toward attackers

Threat actors are increasingly harnessing automation, commoditized tools, and AI to systematically erode the traditional advantages held by defenders, according to Fortinet.

cyber hygiene
What’s worth automating in cyber hygiene, and what’s not

Cyber hygiene sounds simple. Patch your systems, remove old accounts, update your software. But for large organizations, this gets messy fast. Systems number in the thousands. …

infostealers
Is your email or password among the 240+ million compromised by infostealers?

For the second time since the start of 2025, a huge number of login credentials extracted from infostealer logs has been added to the database powering the HaveIBeenPwned …

cybersecurity investments
6 considerations for 2025 cybersecurity investment decisions

Cybersecurity professionals may be concerned about the constantly shifting threat landscape. From the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) by malicious actors to the …

attack
Over 3 million Fortune 500 employee accounts compromised since 2022

More than three million employee-linked corporate accounts were compromised between 2022 and 2024 across Fortune 500 companies, according to Enzoic. This surge is fueled by …

Adam Bateman
Balancing usability and security in the fight against identity-based attacks

In this Help Net Security interview, Adam Bateman, CEO of Push Security, talks about the rise in identity-based attacks, how they’re becoming more sophisticated each year, and …

AWS keys
The shocking speed of AWS key exploitation

It’s no secret that developers often inadvertently expose AWS access keys online and we know that these keys are being scraped and misused by attackers before …

wireless
Faraway Russian hackers breached US organization via Wi-Fi

Forest Blizzard, a threat group associated with Russia’s GRU military intelligence service, repeatedly breached a US-based organization via compromised computer systems …

Carla Roncato
Simplifying decentralized identity systems for everyday use

In this Help Net Security interview, Carla Roncato, VP of Identity at WatchGuard Technologies, discusses how companies can balance privacy, security, and usability in digital …

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