Top security threats for power plants and how to proactively avoid them
Power plants are one of the most vitally important components of modern civilization’s infrastructure. A disruption in energy production impacts all aspects of society from …
Infrastructure drift: A multidimensional problem with the need for new DevSecOps tools
As modern infrastructures get more complex everyday, DevOps teams have a hard time tracking infrastructure drift. The multiplicity of factors involved when running …
Organizations using Microsoft 365 experience more breaches, with more severe impacts
85% of organizations using Microsoft 365 have suffered email data breaches in the last 12 months, an Egress report reveals. The increased amount of remote work as a result of …
Consumers aware of travel cyber risks, still not putting their digital wellness first
68% of Americans plan to travel for leisure this summer, with 12% doing so internationally, a McAfee survey reveals. While 68% of U.S. consumers report that they are connected …
Cloud compromise now the biggest cybersecurity issue for financial institutions
Infoblox unveils a research into how the COVID-19 shutdowns challenged the financial services industry’s core infrastructure. More than one year into the pandemic, …
Phishers using Zix to “legitimize” emails in the eyes of Office 365 users
UPDATE: May 19, 2021 – 03:10 AM ET Mirko Zorz, Editor in Chief, Help Net Security The page you are on used to contain a news item based on research from Abnormal …
May 2021 Patch Tuesday: Adobe fixes exploited Reader 0-day, Microsoft patches 55 holes
On this May 2021 Patch Tuesday: Adobe has fixed a Reader flaw exploited in attacks in the wild, as well as delivered security updates for eleven other products, including …
What the pipeline attack means for critical infrastructures
The big news in critical infrastructure security is the ransomware-triggered shutdown of the Colonial gasoline pipeline – the largest such pipeline in the USA. The …
Navigating the waters of maritime cybersecurity
In January 2021, new International Maritime Organization (IMO) guidelines on maritime cyber risk management went into effect. Around the same time, the U.S. government …
Scammers aren’t always who we expect them to be: How AI and biometrics can help
When it’s time to hire a new employee, organizations go to great lengths to avoid hiring someone who would commit fraud: background checks, credit checks, drug tests, etc. But …
When the adversarial view of the attack surface is missing, DX becomes riskier
Digital transformation (DX) has become a competitive imperative in most industries. Organizations that fail to make this shift successfully – or in a timely fashion …
Review: The Pentester Blueprint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker
Brough to you by cybersecurity researcher Kim Crawley and pentester and author Phillip L. Wylie, The Pentester Blueprint gives insights into the most common hurdles …
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