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The 6 Best Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Tools for 2024
2024-07-09 10:22

If you're ready to learn how GRC software can enhance your business's risk and compliance operations, you've come to the right place. This article compares the top GRC tools available in 2024.

Infostealing malware masquerading as generative AI tools
2024-07-05 05:00

Over the past six months, there has been a notable surge in Android financial threats - malware targeting victims' mobile banking funds, whether in the form of 'traditional' banking malware or, more recently, cryptostealers, according to ESET. Vidar infostealer targets Windows users. Infostealing malware can now be found impersonating generative AI tools, and new mobile malware GoldPickaxe is capable of stealing facial recognition data to create deepfake videos used by the malware's operators to authenticate fraudulent financial transactions.

Tool Overload: Why MSPs Are Still Drowning with Countless Cybersecurity Tools in 2024
2024-06-20 10:49

Highlights Complex Tool Landscape: Explore the wide array of cybersecurity tools used by MSPs, highlighting the common challenge of managing multiple systems that may overlap in functionality but...

Kali Linux 2024.2 released: 18 new tools, countless updates
2024-06-05 18:23

It includes future package compatibility for 32-bit platforms, improvements to GNOME 46 and Xfce, and 18 new tools. Kali 2024.2 introduces GNOME 46, offering a refined experience that builds on the enhancements from previous versions.

Kali Linux 2024.2 released with 18 new tools, Y2038 changes
2024-06-05 17:22

Kali Linux has released version 2024.2, the first version of 2024, with eighteen new tools and fixes for the Y2038 bug.As is typical for the year's first version, the Kali Team has released new visual elements, including wallpapers and updates to the boot menu and login display.

Cisco Live 2024: New Unified Observability Experience Packages Cisco & Splunk Insight Tools
2024-06-05 15:06

Cisco's acquisition of Splunk is playing out with a new full-stack observability product, the Unified Observability Experience, Cisco announced at the Cisco Live conference on June 5. As part of the same suite of conference announcements, Cisco also showed off the initial availability of a free trial version of Motific, a generative AI delivery platform made in concert with Mistral AI. Unified Observability Experience creates easy connections between AppDynamics and Splunk Platform.

20 free cybersecurity tools you might have missed
2024-06-04 04:30

Free, open-source cybersecurity tools have become indispensable to protecting individuals, organizations, and critical infrastructure from cyber threats. Cloud Console Cartographer: Open-source tool helps security teams transcribe log activity.

Report: Organisations Have Endpoint Security Tools But Are Still Falling Short on the Basics
2024-05-13 19:02

Most IT and security teams would agree that ensuring endpoint security and network access security applications are running in compliance with security policies on managed PCs should be a basic task. The 2024 Cyber Resilience Risk Index report found that, if not supported by automated remediation technologies, top endpoint protection platforms and network access security applications are failing to maintain compliance with security policies 24% of the time across its sample of managed PCs. When combined with data showing significant delays in patching applications, Absolute Security argued organisations may be ill-equipped to make the landmark shift to AI PCs, which would require significant resourcing and direct attention away from these foundations of cyber security.

AI red-teaming tools helped X-Force break into a major tech manufacturer 'in 8 hours'
2024-05-13 14:00

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Security tools fail to translate risks for executives
2024-05-08 05:00

The results indicate that CISOs encounter challenges in aligning security teams with the C-suite, resulting in organizational gaps in understanding cyber risk. CISOs struggle to drive alignment between security teams and the C-suite, with 87% of CISOs saying application security is a blind spot at the CEO and board level.