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New infosec products of the week
New infosec products of the week: May 5, 2023

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Dashlane, Immersive Labs, Intruder, Private AI, Vanta, and Veza. Immersive Labs …

open source
Universal Data Permissions Scanner: Open-source tool to overcome data authorization blindspots

Satori released Universal Data Permissions Scanner, a free, open-source tool that enables companies to understand which employees have access to what data, reducing the risks …

risk
Organizations brace for cyber attacks despite improved preparedness

Cyber-risk levels have improved from “elevated” to “moderate” for the first time, but insiders represent a persistent threat for global organizations, …

criminal
Think your data has no value? Scammers disagree

In the first quarter of 2023 there was a significant increase in cyberattacks exploiting trust in established tech brands Microsoft and Adobe, according to Avast. The Avast …

Dallas
City of Dallas hit by ransomware

The City of Dallas, Texas, has suffered a ransomware attack that resulted in disruption of several of its services. What do we know so far? “Wednesday morning, the …

ChatGPT
ChatGPT and other AI-themed lures used to deliver malicious software

“Since the beginning of 2023 until the end of April, out of 13,296 new domains created related to ChatGPT or OpenAI, 1 out of every 25 new domains were either malicious …

BSidesLjubljana
BSidesLjubljana 0x7E7 CFP is still open!

BSidesLjubljana 0x7E7, a non-profit conference organized by the information security community, will take place on June 16, 2023, at the C111 Computer Museum. The deadline for …

Amazon Inspector
Amazon Inspector allows search of its vulnerability intelligence database

Amazon Inspector is designed to manage vulnerabilities by continuously scanning your AWS workloads for software vulnerabilities and unintended network exposure across your …

code
Top API vulnerabilities organizations can’t afford to ignore

75% of organizations typically change or update their APIs on a daily or weekly basis, creating a significant challenge for protecting the changing API attack surface, …

open source security
Unpaid open source maintainers struggle with increased security demands

Ensuring the security of the open-source software that modern organizations depend on is a crucial responsibility of the open source maintainers, especially as attacks on the …

Google security key
You can now use passkeys to log in to your Google account

Users can now create passkeys for their Google account, the company has announced on Wednesday. Passkeys will enable users to sign in to their Google account on all major …

Hand
Attackers are trying to exploit old DVR vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-9995, CVE-2016-20016)

Five years ago, security researcher Fernandez Ezequiel discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2018-9995) in many digital video recorder (DVR) brands and released a tool for …

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