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Scams are becoming more convincing and costly
Scams directly targeting consumers continue to increase in both complexity and volume, according to Visa. Consumers are increasingly targeted by scammers, who rely on …

Cybercriminals use ChatGPT’s prompts as weapons
Developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT has garnered attention across industries for its ability to generate relevant responses to various queries. However, as the adoption of ChatGPT …

Week in review: Ivanti fixes RCE vulnerability, Nissan breach affects 100,000 individuals
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Outsmarting cybercriminal innovation with strategies for enterprise …

Shadow AI is the latest cybersecurity threat you need to prepare for
Shadow IT – the use of software, hardware, systems and services that haven’t been approved by an organization’s IT/IT Sec departments – has been a problem for the last couple …

Organizations under pressure to modernize their IT infrastructures
The use of hybrid multicloud models is forecasted to double over the next one to three years as IT decision makers are facing new pressures to modernize IT infrastructures …

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 …
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