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How AI Is Transforming IAM and Identity Security
2024-11-15 10:30

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has begun revolutionizing Identity Access Management (IAM), reshaping how cybersecurity is approached in this crucial field. Leveraging AI in IAM is...

High-Severity Flaw in PostgreSQL Allows Hackers to Exploit Environment Variables
2024-11-15 06:40

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity security flaw in the PostgreSQL open-source database system that could allow unprivileged users to alter environment variables, and...

Microsoft Power Pages misconfigurations exposing sensitive data
2024-11-15 06:32

NHS supplier that leaked employee info fell victim to fiddly access controls that can leave databases dangling online Private businesses and public-sector organizations are unwittingly exposing...

AI’s impact on the future of web application security
2024-11-15 05:30

In this Help Net Security interview, Tony Perez, CEO at NOC.org, discusses the role of continuous monitoring for real-time threat detection, the unique risks posed by APIs, and strategies for...

Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years, Guilty of Laundering $10.5 Billion in Bitcoin
2024-11-15 05:30

Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, has been sentenced to five years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced...

CISA Flags Two Actively Exploited Palo Alto Flaws; New RCE Attack Confirmed
2024-11-15 05:04

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday warned that two more flaws impacting the Palo Alto Networks Expedition have come under active exploitation in the wild....

Using AI to drive cybersecurity risk scoring systems
2024-11-15 05:00

In this Help Net Security video, Venkat Gopalakrishnan, Principal Data Science Manager at Microsoft, discusses the development of AI-driven risk scoring models tailored for cybersecurity threats,...

Critical vulnerabilities persist in high-risk sectors
2024-11-15 04:30

Finance and insurance sectors found to have the highest number of critical vulnerabilities, according to Black Duck. Finance and insurance industry faces highest vulnerabilities The report, which...

NIST report on hardware security risks reveals 98 failure scenarios
2024-11-15 03:30

NIST’s latest report, “Hardware Security Failure Scenarios: Potential Hardware Weaknesses” (NIST IR 8517), explores the hidden vulnerabilities in computer hardware, a domain often considered more...

Microsoft just killed the Windows 10 Beta Channel for good
2024-11-14 23:39

Five months after reviving it in June, ​Microsoft has shut down the Windows 10 Beta Channel and will move all enrolled Windows Insiders to the Release Preview Channel. [...]