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Infosec products of the month: May 2023
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Aqua Security, Axiado, Bitwarden, Cloudflare, ComplyAdvantage, Dashlane, Delinea, …

Managing mental health in cybersecurity
In this Help Net Security video, Jason Lewkowicz, Chief Services Officer at Optiv, discusses mental health in cybersecurity, which needs more attention. There is a confluence …

Organizations are placing OT cybersecurity responsibility on CISOs
Protecting operational technology (OT) systems is now more critical than ever as more organizations connect their OT environments to the internet, according to Fortinet. …

Attackers leave organizations with no recovery option
Organizations of all sizes are increasingly falling victim to ransomware attacks and inadequately protecting against this rising cyberthreat, according to Veeam. One in seven …

The root causes of API incidents and data breaches
API calls make up the majority of our digital lives. Take, for example, the everyday use of a cloud-based food delivery app, which could involve up to 25 API calls. Between …

Generative AI: The new attack vector for trust and safety
Threat actors are abusing generative AI to carry out child sex abuse material (CSAM), disinformation, fraud and extremism, according to ActiveFence. “The explosion of …

Organizations spend 100 hours battling post-delivery email threats
Nearly every victim of a spear-phishing attack in the last 12 months saw impacts on their organization, including malware infections, stolen data, and reputational damage, …

CISO-approved strategies for software supply chain security
Integrating proprietary and open-source code, APIs, user interfaces, application behavior, and deployment workflows creates an intricate composition in modern applications. …

Top public cloud security concerns for the media and entertainment industry
Media and entertainment (M&E) companies are rapidly turning to cloud storage in efforts to upgrade their security measures, according Wasabi. Survey findings highlighted …

Company size doesn’t matter when it comes to cyberattacks
65% of organizations in the enterprise sector suffered a cyberattack within the last 12 months, which is similar to the results among companies of all sizes (68%), according …

Digital nomads drive changes in identity verification
Over the past year, 4 in 5 financial companies had experienced an increase in the number of verification cases involving foreign documents, according to Regula.

Week in review: Zyxel firewalls vulnerability, phishing campaign targets ChatGPT users
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Wireless Broadband Alliance CEO on key drivers for Wi-Fi adoption in …