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security gaps
Tired of gaps in your security? These open-source tools can help

When it comes to spotting threats, security teams need tools that can pull data from all over and make it easier to analyze. In this article, we’ll take a look at some popular …

Mirai
Unpatched Wazuh servers targeted by Mirai botnets (CVE-2025-24016)

Two Mirai botnets are exploiting a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-24016) in the open-source Wazuh XDR/SIEM platform, Akamai researchers have warned. …

SIEM
Enterprise SIEMs miss 79% of known MITRE ATT&CK techniques

Using the MITRE ATT&CK framework as a baseline, organizations are generally improving year-over-year in understanding security information and event management (SIEM) …

data analytics
Spring clean your security data: The case for cybersecurity data hygiene

Spring cleaning isn’t just for your closets; security teams should take the same approach to their security operations data, where years of unchecked log growth have created a …

MISP
MISP: Open-source threat intelligence and sharing platform

MISP is an open-source threat intelligence and sharing platform for collecting, storing, distributing, and sharing cybersecurity indicators and threats related to incident and …

API
5 ways to keep API integrations secure

API integrations often handle sensitive data, such as employees’ personally identifiable information (PII), companies’ financial information, or even clients’ payment card …

data analytics
Three security data predictions for 2024

How do companies protect their digital environments in a world where everything is growing more complex, quickly – data, customer expectations, cyber threats and more? It’s …

data analytics
How security observability can help you fight cyber attacks

Security observability uses the external outputs of a system, its logs, metrics, and traces to infer risk, monitor threats, and alert on breaches. Security professionals use …

Wazuh
Wazuh: Free and open-source XDR and SIEM

Wazuh is an open-source platform designed for threat detection, prevention, and response. It can safeguard workloads in on-premises, virtual, container, and cloud settings. …

Adrien Petit
The blueprint for a highly effective EASM solution

In this Help Net Security interview, Adrien Petit, CEO at Uncovery, discusses the benefits that organizations can derive from implementing external attack surface management …

quantum
Inability to prevent bad things from happening seen as the worst part of a security job

83% of organizations experienced more than one data breach in 2022. However, 97% of respondents feel confident that they are well-equipped with the tools and processes needed …

gears
40% of enterprises don’t include business-critical systems in their cybersecurity monitoring

Logpoint has announced findings from a recent poll to uncover the security and cost implications enterprises face with their existing IT infrastructure. The poll was targeted …

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