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OneTrust announced new capabilities to help organizations enhance resilience across the financial sector and operationalize compliance with the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). Building upon its comprehensive OneTrust Third-Party Management solution, OneTrust will now offer first-to-market capabilities such as automated DORA “register of information” report creation and out-of-the-box depth of screening and compliance data. “An organization’s supply chain can be one of its biggest assets for efficiency and innovation, as well as its most … More →

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Bitwarden announced further enhancements to inline autofill capabilities within the Bitwarden browser extension. Following the recent addition of autofill for cards and identities, this update ensures seamless autofill of passkeys, providing a faster, more secure, and convenient way for users to log into websites and applications that support passkey authentication. Bitwarden continues to see strong momentum in passkey adoption. Since announcing passkey management earlier this year, daily passkey creation peaked this summer at more than … More →

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Commvault announced it will acquire Clumio, a technology leader in data protection for critical cloud data in AWS. This transaction enables Commvault to leverage Clumio’s AWS offerings to provide cyber resilience to next generation applications built on AWS. Clumio serves a wide range of customers including Atlassian, Cox Automotive, Duolingo, and LexisNexis. More and more organizations are relying on Amazon S3 as their de facto storage offering, including for AI development in the cloud. Clumio … More →

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NetAlertX is an open-source Wi-Fi/LAN intruder detection tool that scans your network for connected devices and alerts you when new or unknown devices are detected. It provides visibility into your network activity to help you monitor unauthorized access. “NetAlertX comes with a range of scanners, notification gateways, or integrations (such as with Home Assistant), but the part that makes it unique is its plugin and settings system. Anyone can create a custom plugin in 15 … More →

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In this Help Net Security interview, John Yeoh, Global VP of Research at CSA, discusses the growing security challenges posed by non-human identities (NHIs). With NHIs now outnumbering human identities by 20 to 1, organizations are struggling to secure these digital entities effectively. Yeoh shares insights on addressing this issue, including the need for better visibility, lifecycle management, and cohesive security strategies. Only 15% of organizations feel highly confident in preventing attacks through non-human identities. … More →

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CISO Guardz | Israel | Hybrid – View job details As a CISO, you will develop and implement security policies and procedures to enhance the security of the company’s IT environment. Develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive information security strategy to protect company data, production systems, and networks from threats; ensure compliance with relevant security standards, regulations, and best practices (PCI DSS, SOX, ISO 27001, etc). Cloud Security Architect Nuix | Australia | Hybrid – … More →

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35% of employees lack confidence that they have the skills required to succeed in their roles, according to Skillsoft. Additionally, 41% expressed concerns about job security due to gaps in their skills. Leadership skills rank highest for workplace success Surveyed employees rated leadership skills as the most critical for success in today’s workplace, followed by soft skills (e.g. communication, emotional intelligence), technology skills, and AI/machine learning skills. Respondents also acknowledged that their manager views leadership … More →

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Compromised identities have been a central component of countless costly breaches this year, according to Red Canary. Rise in identity and cloud-native attacks While most of the threats and techniques identified in the 2024 report remain consistent with the midyear update, some notable shifts were revealed. Looking at the top ten MITRE ATT&CK techniques, Email Hiding Rule – whereby adversaries use a compromised account to set up rules to block, redirect, or mark certain emails … More →

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Financially motivated threat actors are targeting North American companies in the transportation and logistics sector with tailored lures, info-stealing malware, and a clever new trick. How the attack unfolds According to Proofpoint threat researchers, the attackers start by compromising email accounts of workers in transportation and shipping companies and then responding to existing email conversations within the account’s inbox. The emails are usually short, and initially urged recipients to follow a link to / download … More →

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Osano announced advanced capabilities within its platform, including tighter integration of its data mapping and assessment modules and powerful reporting and risk management capabilities. Privacy teams are often under-resourced and overwhelmed by manual work. According to the IAPP-EY Privacy Governance Report, 63% of privacy professionals agree the limited availability of resources within their organization impacts their ability to deliver on privacy goals. These updates, which will launch in early Q4, help data privacy professionals streamline … More →

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KELA launched Identity Guard, the first line of defense to help combat the #1 cause of data breaches – compromised corporate assets and identities. Identity Guard is a critical module of KELA’s threat intelligence platform, already in use by hundreds of customers, including government agencies, law enforcement and enterprises. As threat actors look for new ways to circumvent advanced Firewalls, EDRs, and other security controls, they increasingly turn to using valid corporate account credentials — … More →

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Cloudflare announced a new service to verify the integrity of public keys in the end-to-end encryption of popular messaging applications. When using end-to-end encryption messaging applications, a public-private key exchange encrypts messages to protect against an outside party intercepting messages. Now, Cloudflare is taking the burden off security-minded users that have previously had to manually verify public keys with their contacts. By automatically checking that public keys haven’t been tampered with, Cloudflare is helping to … More →

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Arlo Technologies announced Arlo Secure 5, the next generation of smart home security powered by Arlo Intelligence (AI). Arlo’s new proprietary AI technology introduces a suite of features such as custom detections, vehicle recognition and person recognition. Arlo Secure 5 further builds upon Arlo’s values to connect and protect what users love most by adding truly customized security solutions that offer more personalized control. “Arlo continues to lead the industry with our advanced AI and … More →

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HPE announced the expansion of HPE Aruba Networking Central, its security-first, AI-powered network management solution, with new AI insights and capabilities that include integration of OpsRamp for third-party network device monitoring of industry vendors such as Cisco, Juniper Networks, and Palo Alto Networks. New capabilities of HPE Aruba Networking Central also include an improved network device configuration engine, expanded network observability, and AI-generated network optimizations, powered by AI insights from a rapidly growing customer base. … More →

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Absolute Security announced AI Threat Insights. This new AI-powered threat detection capability is now available through the Absolute Secure Access Security Service Edge (SSE) offering. With the AI Threat Insights module activated, customers using Absolute to continuously monitor all network traffic across PC fleets can detect and act against zero-day threats, ransomware, other malware, and suspicious user, device and application behaviors. This innovation provides proactive alerts to help organizations anticipate and respond to security risks, … More →

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NetApp announced enhancements to its portfolio of cyber resiliency offerings to strengthen security for customers. NetApp is announcing the general availability of its NetApp ONTAP Autonomous Ransomware Protection with AI (ARP/AI) solution, with 99% accuracy for detecting ransomware threats. Customers can use ARP/AI to monitor abnormal workload activity and automatically snapshot data at the point in time of attack, so they can respond and recover faster from attacks with the most accurate storage level security … More →

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A poorly executed “handover” of US-based Kaspersky customers has led some users to panic when software named UltraAV popped up on their computers without any action on their part. What happened? Earlier this year, for national security reasons, the US Department of Commerce announced a US-wide ban of Kaspersky AV solutions, to be finalized in late September 2024. Consumers and organizations using Kaspersky software were urged to transition to using software by other vendors. Earlier … More →

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NETGEAR expanded its Nighthawk WiFi 7 standalone router line to include the new RS600, RS500, and RS200. The lineup of Nighthawk routers is built on the company’s promise to deliver the latest WiFi 7 technology combined with powerful WiFi performance and secure connectivity for homes of any size. Powerful, secure WiFi 7 for everyone Since the launch of NETGEAR’s first WiFi 7 offering – Nighthawk RS700S – multi-gig internet speeds have become more accessible and … More →

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NICE Actimize launched AI-powered Fraud Investigations solution that facilitates end-to-end fraud management capabilities from detection to investigations. Explicitly designed to enable fraud investigations post detection, the new solution helps financial institutions save both time and money with its automated workflow and robust fraud-specific case management capabilities. Advanced Generative AI embedded in the solution also provides automation that help financial institutions quickly address customer concerns and consistently meet regulatory timelines. The NICE Actimize Fraud Investigation solution … More →

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Telegram will start handing over the IP addresses and phone numbers of users who violate their Terms of Service “to relevant authorities in response to valid legal requests”, Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has announced on Monday. This is a big change for the company, as its Privacy Policy previously allowed Telegram to do that only for confirmed terror suspects. The change comes a month after Durov was arrested in France as part of … More →

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