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Test your security configuration with a free assessment tool from CIS
2022-08-01 03:15

CIS-CAT Lite is the free assessment tool developed by the CIS, which helps users implement secure configurations for multiple technologies. With unlimited scans available via CIS-CAT Lite, your organization can download and start implementing CIS Benchmarks in minutes.

DataDome looks to CAPTCHA the moment with test of humanity that doesn't hurt
2022-07-21 12:15

DataDome - a seven-year-old company whose job it is to protect websites, mobile apps and APIs from online fraud and automated threats - doesn't believe the end of CAPTCHA is nigh. If anomalies indicate a bot is trying to access the site, DataDome's technology may move the session to a CAPTCHA. Even then, the signals will indicate whether it's the legitimate user or something else using DataDome CAPTCHA. "It's not only about if the CAPTCHA is solved," Fabre said.

Mergers and acquisitions put zero trust to the ultimate test
2022-07-13 17:00

More recently, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures have surfaced as key use case as companies increasingly look to add or pare down their businesses against the backdrop of a volatile global economic environment, according Chaudhry, Zscaler's chairman and CEO. Speaking at the their recent Zenith Live 2022 event, Chaudhry said Zscaler's cloud-based Zero Trust Exchange platform and underlying technologies have been used in about 300 acquisitions and divestitures over the past three years to reduce the complexity and time involved in merging two networks together or breaking one apart. "I did not think of this use case when I started the company," he told The Register.

RSAC branded a 'super spreader event' as attendees share COVID-19 test results
2022-06-16 21:56

Quick show of hands: who came home from this year's RSA Conference without COVID-19? RSA Conference organizers required all attendees to show proof of vaccination or a negative test for their first entry into Moscone Center.

Microsoft tests new Windows 11 Desktop search that only works with Edge
2022-05-22 15:07

Microsoft is testing a new feature in the latest Windows 11 preview build that displays an Internet search box directly on the desktop. The problem is that it does not honor your default browser and only uses Bing and Microsoft Edge instead. This new feature is currently being tested with a small subset of Windows Insiders running the Windows 11 build 25120 on the 'Dev' channel.

5 critical questions to test your ransomware preparedness
2022-05-18 04:00

In the heat of the moment, I've been called much worse - because I've spent countless hours attacking organizations like yours with ransomware. Are your critical backups viable and well-protected?

Mozilla privacy survey finds mental health and prayer apps fail privacy test pretty spectacularly
2022-05-04 14:46

Mozilla privacy survey finds mental health and prayer apps fail privacy test pretty spectacularly. Apps with the most sensitive data seem to be the worst at protecting user privacy, according to a review by Mozilla's Privacy Not Included team.

Issue in digital COVID-19 test could have allowed individuals to falsify results
2022-04-22 10:15

WithSecure and Cue Health have worked together to address a security issue that WithSecure discovered in Cue's COVID-19 test, which delivers the results of a nasal swab test via bluetooth to a mobile device. The COVID-19 test is a molecular test that offers users results in 20 minutes with accuracy that's comparable to PCR tests performed in labs.

LockBit beats REvil and Ryuk in Splunk’s ransomware encryption speed test
2022-03-25 18:45

LockBit beats REvil and Ryuk in Splunk's ransomware encryption speed test. Splunk researchers put 10 ransomware variants to a speed test to help network defenders improve their security strategies.

Nestlé says it leaked its own test data, not Anonymous
2022-03-23 21:35

Nestlé, which is to stop selling KitKats and other brands in Russia, says corporate data leaked online this week by Anonymous was not stolen nor all that useful. Nestlé told The Register the data is not real or sensitive, wasn't stolen, and was accidentally leaked by itself via one of its own websites.