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NAS devices under attack: How to keep them safe?Network-attached storage devices are a helpful solution for storing, managing, and sharing files and backups and, as such, they are an attractive target for cyber criminals. 65 vendors affected by severe vulnerabilities in Realtek chipsA vulnerability within the Realtek RTL819xD module allows attackers to gain complete access to the device, installed operating systems and other network devices.

FireEye has launched FireEye XDR, a unified platform designed to help security operations teams strengthen threat detection, accelerate response capabilities, and simplify investigations.

Microsoft is working on adding a spam call notification feature to the Microsoft 365 Teams collaboration platform. Once the new feature rolls out, Microsoft Teams will alert Office 365 users when they're receiving what looks like spam calls.

CISA has announced the launch of Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, a partnership across public and private sectors focused on defending US critical infrastructure from ransomware and other cyber threats. The new initiative's goal is to allow CISA to develop cyber defense plans in collaboration with federal agencies, SLTT partners, and private sector orgs for national resilience against malicious cyber activity targeting critical infrastructure.

SentinelOne Storyline Active Response is a cloud-based automated hunting, detection, and response engine. Integrated with SentinelOne's ActiveEDR, STAR empowers security teams to create custom detection and response rules and deploy them in real time to the entire network or desired subset, to proactively detect and respond to threats.

Few people talk about managing the security aspects of Salesforce Release Updates. By understanding what Release Updates are, why they pose a security risk, and how security teams can mitigate risk, Salesforce customers can better protect sensitive information.

Code42 announced it has integrated the Code42 Incydr product with Rapid7 InsightIDR. Security teams using InsightIDR with the Code42 Incydr integration will have the ability to identify, prioritize and triage the most critical insider threat events - data leakage, theft or malicious attempts to conceal file exfiltration. Code42 Incydr is the first data source dedicated to insider threat events to be accessible to InsightIDR users.

Saltworks announced a partnership with attack surface management (ASM) provider Bit Discovery to integrate advanced ASM capabilities into SaltMiner, Saltworks’ enterprise AppSec management...

On Thursday, Cisco published two blog posts outlining its hybrid work strategy and company tech enabling distributed workforces. While the articles provide a specific glimpse into the strategy and approach for one tech titan, the underlying concepts of enabling remote and on-site teams are front and center for companies worldwide in the age of hybrid work.

Aqua Security announced the availability of its new Aqua Platform, with a unified console to ease the journey from scanning and visibility to workload protection in cloud native environments. The new platform reduces administrative burden and allows security teams to start with scanning and cloud security posture management capabilities, then add in sandboxing capabilities and workload protection as needed.