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API Security: A 2024 Initiative for All Organizations In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, API security has emerged as a top priority for organizations of all sizes. Protecting your APIs is not just about defense; it’s about staying ahead of potential threats and ensuring the seamless operation of your applications. That’s why we’re excited to […]

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Perforce Software today published a survey of 250 IT professionals that finds the amount of sensitive data residing in non-production environments is rising as organizations embrace artificial intelligence (AI) and digital business transformation.

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Season 3, Episode 12: Could the overturning of Chevron Deference impact cybersecurity and privacy regulations?

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As the U.S. election nears, DataDome's assessment shows two-thirds of U.S. donation sites lack adequate bot protection, risking donor data and contributions.

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Digital certificates take many forms but they share the same primary goal: to authenticate a website or server's identity. How this is accomplished will depend on the type of certificate and the level of authentication or protection needed.

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You are the weakest link. Hello.    Ninety-one percent of organizations experienced at least one software supply chain security incident in 2023. Chances are the other 9% are riding their luck: The average organization has nine high, critical or apocalyptic risks within their supply chain.    At the heart of the problem: Companies that aren’t […]

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Several vulnerabilities have recently been identified in OpenJDK 8, which could potentially lead to denial of service, information disclosure, arbitrary code execution, or even the bypassing of Java sandbox restrictions. In response, Canonical has released security fixes for multiple versions of OpenJDK, including OpenJDK 21, OpenJDK 17, OpenJDK 11, and OpenJDK 8 on affected Ubuntu […]

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The art of detecting subtle anomalies, predicting emergent vulnerabilities and remediating novel cyber-attacks is becoming more refined, day by day.

Related: GenAI’s impact on elections

It turns out that the vast datasets churned out by cybersecurity toolsets happen to be … (more…)

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Crypto enthusiasts have lately been flooding software registries like npm and PyPI with thousands of bogus packages that add no functional value and instead put a strain on the entire open source ecosystem.

A single instance, recorded by Sonatype in July 2024, saw 281,512 distinct packages appearing on the npmjs.com registry overnight — each package named a gibberish Latin phrase akin to Lorem Ipsum. 

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The Other Crowdstrike Outage On July 19, 2024, a flawed update in CrowdStrike Falcon's channel file 291 led to a logic error that caused Windows systems to crash, resulting in widespread BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) incidents. The impact was severe, disrupting critical infrastructure globally, from grounded flights to halted public transit systems. In fact, [...]

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Authors/Presenters:Sihang Liu, University of Virginia; Suraaj Kanniwadi, Martin Schwarzl, Andreas Kogler, Daniel Gruss, Samira Khan

Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access.
Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Anaheim Marriott; and via the organizations YouTube channel.

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An unknown threat group leveraged publicly exposed environment variables in organizations' AWS accounts to exfiltrate sensitive data and demand ransoms in a wide-ranging extortion campaign that targeted 110,000 domains.

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President Biden’s call for the mainstreaming of Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) is a major step forward.

Related: Europe mandates resiliency

Requiring a formal inventory of all components, libraries and modules in all business applications can help lock down software … (more…)

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via the inimitable Daniel Stori at Turnoff.US!

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is having a profound impact on business, and it hasn’t all been positive. Aside from automating business processes and providing better business intelligence, AI has also given criminals a new arsenal for cyberattacks. The same generative AI […]

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Authors/Presenters:Jan Wichelmann, Anna Pätschke, Luca Wilke, Thomas Eisenbarth

Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access. Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Anaheim Marriott; and via the organizations YouTube channel.

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Microsoft is making MFA mandatory for signing into Azure accounts, the latest step in the IT vendor's Secure Future Initiative that it expanded in May in the wake of two embarrassing breaches by Russian and Chinese threat groups.

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Explore the top 10 penetration testing solutions of 2024 to find the perfect tool for safeguarding your data and enhancing security.

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Uncover the most effective channels to drive growth for your B2B SaaS startup. From content marketing to strategic partnerships, this guide offers actionable insights to reach and convert your target audience.

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Amid customer and regulatory pressure and intensifying cyberattacks, organizations must ensure their identity verification strategies match up against AI-powered fraud techniques.

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