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Would you buy Pegasus spyware from this scammer?
2024-05-23 05:45

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The End of an Era: Microsoft Phases Out VBScript for JavaScript and PowerShell
2024-05-23 05:33

Microsoft on Wednesday outlined its plans to deprecate Visual Basic Script (VBScript) in the second half of 2024 in favor of more advanced alternatives such as JavaScript and PowerShell....

CISOs pursuing AI readiness should start by updating the org’s email security policy
2024-05-23 05:00

Conduct regular security training, especially with staff members who work with sensitive data and with executives who are often the targets of BEC. This should include live instruction, security awareness training videos and testing, and phishing simulation testing that use current, real-world attacks as examples. Finally, gamifying the cyber-aware culture by rewarding the employee with "Most reported emails" or the "Fastest reporter" promotes contributing to the overall security posture of the organization while keeping reporting engaging and fun.

Strategies for transitioning to a SASE architecture
2024-05-23 04:30

In this Help Net Security, Prakash Mana, CEO at Cloudbrink, discusses the primary challenges companies face when transitioning to a SASE architecture and how to overcome them. What are companies' primary challenges when transitioning to a SASE architecture, and how can they effectively overcome them?

Ransomware fallout: 94% experience downtime, 40% face work stoppage
2024-05-23 04:00

Within the last 12 months, 48% of organizations identified evidence of a successful breach within their environment, according to Arctic Wolf. 66% of organizations that suffered a data breach in the last year chose to publicly disclose information regarding their incidents, while 30% only disclosed their breaches to impacted parties.

'China-aligned' spyware slingers operating since 2018 unmasked at last
2024-05-23 03:47

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2024 sees continued increase in ransomware activity
2024-05-23 03:30

In this Help Net Security video, Ryan Bell, Threat Intelligence Manager at Corvus Insurance, discusses how ransomware will continue to grow in 2024. In January, Corvus reported that global ransomware attacks in 2023 set a record high, surpassing 2022 by nearly 70 percent.

Machine identities lack essential security controls, pose major threat
2024-05-23 03:00

Siloed approaches to securing human and machine identities are driving identity-based attacks across enterprises and their ecosystems, according to CyberArk. The CyberArk 2024 Identity Security Threat Landscape Report was conducted across private and public sector organizations of 500 employees and above. Machine identities often lack identity security controls.

Lawmakers advance bill to tighten White House grip on AI model exports
2024-05-23 00:16

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Go after UnitedHealth, not us, 100+ medical groups urge Uncle Sam
2024-05-22 22:05

Why should we get its paperwork? More than 100 medical industry groups have asked the Feds to make UnitedHealth Group, not them, go through the rigmarole of notifying everyone about the Change...