Revolut data breach: 50,000+ users affected
Revolut, the fintech company behing the popular banking app of the same name, has suffered a data breach, which has been followed by phishing attacks aimed at taking advantage …
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Black Hat USA 2022 video walkthrough
In this Help Net Security video, we take you inside Black Hat USA 2022 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. The video features the following vendors: Abnormal …
Infosec products of the month: March 2022
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Actiphy, Anomali, AvePoint, Ciphertex Data Security, Contrast Security, Critical …
New infosec products of the week: April 1, 2022
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Critical Start, MetricStream, Nebulon, Rapid7, SEON, and Veriff. Rapid7 introduces …
Critical Start launches enhanced capabilities for Microsoft 365 Defender to detect user account attacks
Critical Start introduced capabilities around Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services for the Microsoft 365 Defender security suite that protect against phishing, brute …
The not so scary truth about zero-day exploits
We don’t know what we don’t know; this is the quintessential problem plaguing security teams and the primary reason that zero-day exploits can cause such damage. …
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XMDR Specialization empowers customers’ security operations
Palo Alto Networks announced its Cortex eXtended Managed Detection and Response (XMDR) Partner Specialization to help customers detect, investigate and respond to cyberthreats …
Compliance does not equal security
Buy these widgets. Write these policies. Be compliant. Be secure. While certain industry bodies set specific cybersecurity standards and requirements, following them is not …
US agricultural co-op hit by ransomware, expects food supply chain disruption
New Cooperative Inc., an agricultural cooperative owned by Iowa corn and soy farmers, has been hit by the BlackMatter ransomware group. The attackers are asking the co-op to …
Addressing the cybersecurity skills gap: Where do we go from here?
There are an estimated 3.12 million cybersecurity jobs that need to be filled – more than double the current number of workers in this field. With this drastic gap, it is …
Alert overload still plagues cybersecurity industry
Alert overload still plagues the cybersecurity industry, according to Critical Start. Forty-seven percent of respondents reported personally investigating 10 to 20 alerts each …
SOCs still overwhelmed by alert overload, struggle with false-positives
Security Operations Center (SOC) analysts continue to face an overwhelming number of alerts each day that are taking longer to investigate, leading five times as many SOC …