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Bad bot traffic continues to rise year-over-year, accounting for nearly a third of all internet traffic in 2023. Bad bots access sensitive data, perpetrate fraud, steal proprietary information, and degrade site performance. New technologies are enabling fraudsters to strike faster and inflict more damage. Bots’ indiscriminate and large-scale attacks pose a risk to businesses of all sizes in all industries. But there are techniques your business can adopt to address this malicious activity. By leveraging … More →

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In this Help, Net Security interview, Michael Oberlaender, ex-CISO, and book author, discusses how to strike the right balance between security and operational efficiency. Oberlaender advises companies starting their cybersecurity journey and stresses the importance of aligning with various frameworks. He also introduces his latest book, which provides insights into the CISO role and effective cybersecurity leadership. How do you balance the need for security with operational efficiency and flexibility in an organization’s cybersecurity strategy? … More →

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As the priority for managing digital identities intensifies, organizations are encountering severe identity security risks. Recent findings indicate that many businesses are struggling with frequent breaches and inadequate security measures, particularly concerning machine identities. Despite increased efforts and awareness, issues such as compromised credentials and complex system vulnerabilities persist. The proliferation of non-human identities Entro Security | 2025 State of Non-Human Identities and Secrets in Cybersecurity report | September 2024 97% of non-human identities (NHIs) … More →

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Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from anecdotes, F5 Networks, Gcore, Rapid7, Strivacity, and Veritas Technologies. Veritas unveils AI-driven features to simplify cyber recovery Veritas Technologies unveiled new AI-driven capabilities to further expand the strength and functionality of the Veritas cyber resilience portfolio. The new innovations, including AI-powered automation and user interface enhancements, provide data protection specialists and IT generalists with intelligent, easy-to-use solutions that remove the … More →

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Nextcloud has launched Nextcloud Hub 9, a significant update to its open-source cloud-based collaboration platform. It introduces several new features to improve user experience, performance, and security. Enhanced security in Nextcloud Hub 9 Nextcloud Hub 9 lets you strengthen your security and administrative controls even further with several new fine-grained security tools and mechanics: The option to set up a PIN code for passwordless authentication, adding an extra layer of security in case someone gains … More →

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For a while now, security researchers have been warning about fake human verification pages tricking Windows users into inadvertently installing malware. A recently exposed campaign showed how some users end up on these pages. Beware of fake human verification pages In late August 2024, Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 spotted seven CAPTCHA-style human verification pages that were not what they seemed. “These pages have a button that, when clicked, shows instructions for victims to paste … More →

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Zenity announced an agent-less security solution for Microsoft 365 Copilot with the Zenity AI Trust Layer. With this product launch, Zenity is continuing to empower its customers to confidently and securely unleash business enablement. Microsoft 365 Copilot is embedded across the Microsoft suite, including SharePoint and M365. This presents massive opportunities for businesses to enable all their employees and third parties to be more efficient and effective through the use of Generative AI. However, Microsoft 365 … More →

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Juniper Networks announced several key enhancements to its AI-Native Networking Platform that enable customers and partners to take full advantage of the emerging 802.11be amendment (Wi-Fi 7), which promises higher throughput, lower latency, extended range and greater reliability than previous Wi-Fi versions. By combining new Juniper Mist Wi-Fi 7 access points (APs) and high-power campus EX switches with Juniper’s Mist AI and cloud-native networking and security services, Juniper’s wired and wireless Local Area Networking (LAN) … More →

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Researchers have released technical details about CVE-2024-45488, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting One Identity’s Safeguard for Privileged Passwords (SPP), which could allow attackers to gain full administrative access to the virtual appliance. “Once an attacker has gained an authenticated administrative session on the appliance, they can carry out any action that a legitimate administrator user would be capable of. This includes the ability to reconfigure settings on the appliance, or modify policies to allow … More →

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Picus Security announced it has closed a $45 million growth investment round led by Riverwood Capital with the participation of existing investor Earlybird Digital East Fund, bringing Picus’ total funds raised to $80 million. Picus has over 500 enterprise customers worldwide today, and this latest investment will advance Picus’ continued product innovation and expand customer success, sales, and marketing. Picus offers the only Adversarial Exposure Validation solution that brings together Automated Penetration Testing, Breach and … More →

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A botnet operated by the Chinese state-sponsored threat actor known as Flax Typhoon has been disrupted by the law enforcement agency and abandoned by the group, FBI Director Chris Wray confirmed on Wednesday. “We executed court-authorized operations to take control of the botnet’s infrastructure. When the bad guys realized what was happening, they tried to migrate their bots to new servers and even conducted a distributed denial-of-service attack against us,” he told the audience at … More →

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Forescout announced its new SaaS Operational Technologies (OT) solution. Forescout for OT Security is a security solution that allows organizations to secure complex, heterogeneous OT, IoT/IoMT, and IT environments whether they are fully in cloud, completely air-gapped, or hybrid. Forescout for OT Security combines: Proactive security and exposure management Threat detection powered by Forescout Research – Vedere Labs’ proprietary threat research of unmanaged devices Critical operational monitoring Control across cloud and on-premises networks “The attack … More →

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Strivacity released Strivacity AI Assist, a new “smart assistant” powered by GenAI that makes it easier to manage and secure digital identities across business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) use cases. Building on Strivacity’s machine learning capabilities for fraud detection, Strivacity AI Assist is the first GenAI capability embedded across a CIAM platform that provides real-time, contextual guidance throughout the customer journey – spanning customer experience, security, and compliance.  With AI Assist, digital experience leaders, security … More →

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Tenable launched Tenable Enclave Security, a solution that supports the needs of customers operating in highly secure environments, such as those that are classified or otherwise air-gapped. Backed by Tenable Security Center, Tenable Enclave Security protects IT assets and modern workloads with risk assessment and contextual insight so organizations can identify exposures before they cause damage. Federal agencies face unique security and compliance regulations when deploying cloud solutions, and Tenable Enclave Security is key to … More →

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Edera announced it has raised $5 million in a seed round led by 645 Ventures and Eniac Ventures with participation from FPV Ventures, Generationship, Precursor Ventures and Rosecliff Ventures. Angel investors include Joe Beda, Filippo Valsorda, Mandy Andress, Jeff Behl and Kleiner Perkins scout Nikitha Suryadevara, among others. While Kubernetes turned 10 years-old earlier this year, running secure multi-tenancy workloads remains an unsolved problem that’s costing companies millions of dollars. Edera is introducing a diverse … More →

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In the push for secure AI models, many organizations have turned to differential privacy. But is the very tool meant to protect user data holding back innovation? Developers face a tough choice: balance data privacy or prioritize precise results. Differential privacy may secure data, but it often comes at the cost of accuracy—an unacceptable trade-off for industries like healthcare and finance, where even small errors can have major consequences. Finding the balance Differential privacy protects … More →

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With the adoption of digital wallets and the increasing embedding of consumer digital payments into daily life, ensuring security measures is essential. According to a McKinsey report, digital payments are now mainstream and continually evolving, bringing advancements and new data protection and fraud prevention challenges. In this Help Net Security video, Kayne McGladrey, IEEE Senior Member, discusses best practices for using digital wallets safely.

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In this Help Net Security interview, Alex Spivakovsky, VP of Research & Cybersecurity at Pentera, discusses essential metrics for evaluating the success of security programs. Spivakovsky explains how automation and proactive testing can reveal vulnerabilities and improve overall security posture. What are the most effective metrics for measuring the success of a security program? The most straightforward metric is: Has your organization been breached? If the answer is yes, it’s clear there’s work to be … More →

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Data breach episodes have been constantly rising with the number of data breach victims crossing 1 billion in the first half of 2024. A recent Data Breach Report 2023 by Verizon confirms that 74% of data breaches are due to human errors. Although cybersecurity awareness is at an all-time high in organizations still human error, malicious intent & privilege misuse seem to be a cause of most data breach incidents. To build a defense against … More →

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92% of security leaders have concerns about the use of AI-generated code within their organization, according to Venafi. Tension between security and developer teams 83% of security leaders say their developers currently use AI to generate code, with 57% saying it has become common practice. However, 72% feel they have no choice but to allow developers to use AI to remain competitive, and 63% have considered banning AI in coding due to security risks. 66% … More →

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