Security News > 2024 > May > Week in review: New Black Basta’s social engineering campaign, passing the CISSP exam in 6 weeks
How a GRC consultant passed the CISSP exam in six weeksAsk any IT security professional which certification they would consider to be the "Gold standard" in terms of prestige, credibility, or difficulty, and almost invariably they will answer: the CISSP. BLint: Open-source tool to check the security properties of your executablesBLint is a Binary Linter designed to evaluate your executables' security properties and capabilities, utilizing LIEF for its operations.
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Establishing a security baseline for open source projectsIn this Help Net Security interview, Dana Wang, Chief Architect at OpenSSF, discusses the most significant barriers to improving open-source software security and opportunities for overcoming these challenges.
Organizations struggle to defend against ransomwareIn this Help Net Security video, Jeremy Nichols, Director, Global Threat Intelligence Center at NTT Security Holdings, discusses a recent surge in ransomware incidents.
AI's rapid growth puts pressure on CISOs to adapt to new security risksThe increased use of AI further complicates CISO role as industries begin to realize the full potential of GenAI and its impact on cybersecurity, according to Trellix.
How AI affects vulnerability management in open-source softwareIn this Help Net Security video, Itamar Sher, CEO of Seal Security, discusses how AI affects the risk and operational aspects of managing vulnerabilities in open-source software.