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Google all at sea over rising tide of robo-spam
2024-04-22 08:30

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Rarest, strangest, form of Windows saved techie from moment of security madness
2024-04-22 07:29

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Microsoft Warns: North Korean Hackers Turn to AI-Fueled Cyber Espionage
2024-04-22 07:12

Microsoft has revealed that North Korea-linked state-sponsored cyber actors has begun to use artificial intelligence (AI) to make its operations more effective and efficient. "They are learning to...

The first steps of establishing your cloud security strategy
2024-04-22 07:01

In this article, we'll identify some first steps you can take to establish your cloud security strategy. We'll do so by discussing the cloud security impact of individual, concrete actions featured within the CIS Critical Security Controls and the CIS Benchmarks.

How to optimize your bug bounty programs
2024-04-22 05:00

In this Help Net Security interview, Roy Davis, Manager - Vulnerability Management & Bug Bounty at Zoom, discusses the role bug bounty programs play in identifying security vulnerabilities and facilitating collaboration with researchers. Disputes over bug classifications: Bug bounty programs usually have guidelines for classifying the severity of reported vulnerabilities, and determining the reward amount.

Cloud Console Cartographer: Open-source tool helps security teams transcribe log activity
2024-04-22 04:30

Cloud Console Cartographer is an open-source tool that maps noisy log activity into highly consolidated, succinct events to help security practitioners cut through the noise and understand console behavior in their environment. "Infrastructure as code has replaced a lot of the need for console access for many organizations, but there are still plenty of instances where the console is still being used, and in some cases, you need to use the AWS console to perform certain actions. Cloud Console Cartographer cuts through the noise generated in logs by those console sessions," Daniel Bohannon, Permiso's Principal Threat Researcher, told Help Net Security.

Researchers claim Windows Defender can be fooled into deleting databases
2024-04-22 04:29

BLACK HAT ASIA Researchers at US/Israeli infosec outfit SafeBreach last Friday discussed flaws in Microsoft and Kaspersky security products that can potentially allow the remote deletion of files. Speaking at the Black Hat Asia conference in Singapore, SafeBreach's VP of Security Research Tomer Bar and security researcher Shmuel Cohen explained that Microsoft Defender and Kaspersky's Endpoint Detection and Response can be made to detect false positive indicators of malicious files - and then to delete them.

Fuxnet malware: Growing threat to industrial sensors
2024-04-22 04:00

In this Help Net Security video, Sonu Shankar, Chief Strategy Officer at Phosphorus, discusses how Blackjack’s Fuxnet malware should be a wakeup call to industrial operators about the...

Uncertainty is the most common driver of noncompliance
2024-04-22 03:30

Most compliance leaders tend to focus on building an ethical culture in their organizations to improve employee behavior, but it has a limited impact on addressing uncertainty about how to be compliant, according to a survey by Gartner. Three primary situations that lead to noncompliance.

China creates 'Information Support Force' to improve networked defence capabilities
2024-04-22 03:15

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