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Inside the book – See Yourself in Cyber: Security Careers Beyond Hacking
In this Help Net Security video, Ed Adams, president and CEO of Security Innovation, discusses his new book See Yourself in Cyber: Security Careers Beyond Hacking. The book, …
95% of companies face API security problems
Despite the critical role of APIs, the vast majority of commercial decision-makers are ignoring the burgeoning security risk for businesses, according to Fastly. Application …
New infosec products of the week: March 22, 2024
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Appdome, Drata, GlobalSign, Ordr, Portnox, Sonatype, Tufin, and Zoom. GlobalSign …
Fake data breaches: Countering the damage
Amid the constant drumbeat of successful cyberattacks, some fake data breaches have also cropped up to make sensational headlines. Unfortunately, even fake data breaches can …
Using cloud development environments to secure source code
In this Help Net Security video, Rob Whiteley, CEO at Coder, discusses the cloud development environment (CDE) technology landscape and its benefits. From the earliest stages …
Secrets sprawl: Protecting your critical secrets
Leaked secrets, a phenomenon known as ‘secrets sprawl,’ is a pervasive vulnerability that plagues nearly every organization. It refers to the unintentional …
Malware stands out as the fastest-growing threat of 2024
93% of IT professionals believe security threats are increasing in volume or severity, a significant rise from 47% last year, according to Thales. The number of enterprises …
Growing AceCryptor attacks in Europe
ESET Research has recorded a considerable increase in AceCryptor attacks, with detections tripling between the first and second halves of 2023. In recent months, researchers …
Red teaming in the AI era
As AI gets baked into enterprise tech stacks, AI applications are becoming prime targets for cyber attacks. In response, many cybersecurity teams are adapting existing …
1% of users are responsible for 88% of data loss events
Data loss is a problem stemming from the interaction between humans and machines, and ‘careless users’ are much more likely to cause those incidents than …
Security best practices for GRC teams
Even with the best-of-the-best tools and tech stack monitoring vulnerabilities, every security executive and GRC leader should still have some layer of paranoia. If they …
API environments becoming hotspots for exploitation
A total of 29% of web attacks targeted APIs over 12 months (January through December 2023), indicating that APIs are a focus area for cybercriminals, according to Akamai. API …