Security News

PingOne Neo gives individuals control of their digital identities
2023-03-22 03:00

Ping Identity has launched early access to PingOne Neo, a multi-standards decentralized identity management solution. Neo improves data security, privacy, and control for individuals while reducing resource and compliance burdens for enterprises.

Navigating the future of digital identity
2023-03-16 04:30

1,450 global consumers' experiences with passwordless authentication, hybrid identities, and ownership over personally identifiable information reveal that they want more convenience when it comes to identity credentials, according to Entrust. "The pace of commerce and business is moving faster than ever before, and as a result, our lives are becoming more digital," said Jenn Markey, VP of Payments & Identity at Entrust.

Why Healthcare Can't Afford to Ignore Digital Identity
2023-03-07 11:23

Investing in digital identity can improve security, increase clinical productivity, and boost healthcare's bottom line. From a clinical perspective, digital identity makes accessing technology completely transparent - invisible even.

German Digital Affairs Committee hearing heaps scorn on Chat Control
2023-03-03 10:34

Europe's proposed "Chat Control" legislation to automatically scan chat, email, and instant message communications for child sexual exploitation material ran up against broad resistance at a meeting of the German Parliament's Digital Affairs Committee on Wednesday. Chat Control 2.0 would make content scanning mandatory, even for encrypted communications - which would mean either content scanning prior to encryption or encryption keys managed by the service provider instead of the end user.

Resecurity identified the investment scam network Digital Smoke
2023-02-27 10:42

Resecurity identified one of the largest investment fraud networks by size and volume of operations created to defraud Internet users from Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, European Union, India, Singapore, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, the U.S. and other regions. Modus operandi of the group was focused on investment options in non-existing products and investment plans supposedly offered by the Fortune 100 corporations and state-owned entities.

Foiling intellectual property theft in a digital-first world
2023-02-27 05:30

As part of this, he listed a series of key questions that every organization should ask itself to properly understand the risks faced. Does the organization know what its "Crown jewels" are? Does the organization have a thoughtful security culture at all levels, or does everyone leave it to a security department that's off to one side, only to be contacted in an emergency? Has the organization put the right controls in place to assess the risks attached to its funding sources and partnerships, and to protect its supply chain? Does the organization have a strategic approach to managing the risks and have those risks been discussed at board level?

Digital forensics and incident response: The most common DFIR incidents
2023-02-24 23:57

Digital forensics is growing while being more tied with incident response, according to the latest State of Enterprise Digital Forensics and Incident Response survey from Magnet Forensics. Digital forensics increasingly involved with incident response.

Navigating the ever-changing landscape of digital security solutions
2023-02-17 05:00

In this role, Bhagwat will lead the evolution, growth, and expansion of the Entrust Digital Security portfolio, which includes solutions for data encryption, public and private certificate authorities, identity and access management, digital signing, and security policy management. In this insightful Help Net Security interview, Bhagwat delves into the ever-evolving landscape of digital security solutions, shedding light on the latest trends and advancements in the field.

The impact of Russia’s Ukraine invasion on digital threats
2023-02-09 04:30

Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues to have a major impact on energy prices, inflation, and cyberthreats, with the ransomware scene experiencing some of the biggest shifts, according to ESET. "The ongoing war in Ukraine has created a divide among ransomware operators, with some supporting and others opposing the aggression. Attackers have also been using increasingly destructive tactics, such as deploying wipers that mimic ransomware and encrypt the victim's data with no intention of providing a decryption key," explains Roman Kováč, Chief Research Officer at ESET. The digital threats trends. The war also affected brute-force attacks against exposed RDP services, but despite the decline of these attacks in 2022, password guessing remains the most favored network attack vector.

Mailchimp 'fesses up to second digital burglary in five months
2023-01-19 14:16

Email marketing service Mailchimp has confirmed intruders have gained access to more than 100 customer accounts after successfully deploying a social engineering attack. The latest digital burglary happened on January 11 when the resident security team spotted an "Unauthorized actor accessing one of our tools used by Mailchimp customer-facing teams for customer support and account administration," the company blog states.