Security News

SaaS in the Real World: How Global Food Chains Can Secure Their Digital Dish
2023-06-20 11:57

These SaaS apps cover everything from CRMs to supply chains to marketing and HR. The data within is used to understand consumer habits, improve marketing campaigns, and manage employees. While it is unclear whether the recent breaches at fast food chains involved SaaS applications, what is clear is that threat actors are increasingly turning their attention to restaurant chains.

Western Digital boots outdated NAS devices off of My Cloud
2023-06-16 16:03

Western Digital is warning owners of My Cloud series devices that can no longer connect to cloud services starting on June 15, 2023, if the devices are not upgraded to the latest firmware, version 5.26.202. "Devices on firmware below 5.26.202 will not be able to connect to Western Digital cloud services starting June 15, 2023, and users will not be able to access data on their device through mycloud.com and the My Cloud OS 5 mobile app until they update the device to the latest firmware," explains a Western Digital support bulletin.

How secure is your vehicle with digital key technology?
2023-06-15 05:00

While there are a few different approaches to implementing digital keys for automotive use, a secure digital key standard should utilize near field communications and ultra-wideband in combination with Bluetooth Low Energy to access a vehicle, start the engine, immobilize the vehicle, or authorize a variety of other operations. To ensure consumer acceptance and support long-term adoption, we must first ensure digital key technology is secure and can effectively protect against the threat of attack.

Ignoring digital transformation is more dangerous than a recession
2023-06-14 04:00

Business leaders worldwide understand they need to invest in digital transformation to meet a new innovation imperative, despite ongoing macroeconomic pressures and an increasingly uncertain, competitive business environment, according to Insight. 82% of respondents say companies must invest in digital transformation or be left behind.

A new wave of sophisticated digital fraud hits Europe
2023-06-05 03:30

In Germany alone, forced verification grew by 1500% as a proportion of all fraud cases, from 0.3% in the full year 2022 to 5% of all fraud in Q1 2023. In Great Britain and Europe, as well as in North America, the proportion of deepfakes among all fraud cases grew considerably from 2022 to Q1 2023.

The strategic importance of digital trust for modern businesses
2023-05-31 04:30

In this Help Net Security interview, Deepika Chauhan, CPO at DigiCert, talks about the importance of maintaining high trust assurance levels for businesses in today's digital landscape. How does DigiCert define "Digital trust," and why is it essential for businesses to maintain high trust assurance levels in today's digital landscape?

Digital nomads drive changes in identity verification
2023-05-29 03:00

Over the past year, 4 in 5 financial companies had experienced an increase in the number of verification cases involving foreign documents, according to Regula. It appears that Financial Services companies are grappling with a surge in foreign document verification cases, with 80% of them reporting an increase, particularly in countries like France, Turkey, and the USA-the country most visited by digital nomads as of March 2023.

Malicious open-source components threatening digital infrastructure
2023-05-17 04:00

A new risk emerges in the digital era, where open-source software has become a fundamental pillar in developing innovative applications. In this Help Net Security video, Henrik Plate, Lead Security Researcher at Endor Labs, discusses the dual-edged nature of open-source software.

Digital trust can make or break an organization
2023-05-09 09:08

Even with these stated benefits and with 90% agreeing that demonstrating a commitment to digital trust will ultimately make organizations more successful, only 24% have a dedicated digital trust staff role and only 36% say their board of directors has prioritized digital trust. 82% of respondents say measuring the maturity of digital trust practices is extremely or very important, yet 31% do not measure the maturity of digital trust at all.

Western Digital: Customer info stolen in that IT attack
2023-05-08 23:01

Customer information was stolen from the IT systems of Western Digital in that March IT security breach, forcing the storage manufacturer to shut down its online store until at least next week. Western Digital first disclosed the intrusion in early April, saying that in late March its engineers discovered someone had broken into "a number" of the biz's systems.