cybersecurity

Assessing AI’s acquired knowledge from an organization’s database
Researchers at the University of Surrey have developed software that can assess the amount of data that an artificial intelligence (AI) system has acquired from a digital …

The hidden picture of malware attack trends
Despite the decline in network-detected malware in Q4 2022, endpoint ransomware spiked by 627%, while malware associated with phishing campaigns persisted as a threat, …

Re-evaluating immature and ineffective insider risk management programs
Managing insider risk is becoming increasingly difficult. In fact, insider risk is emerging as one of the most challenging threats to detect, mitigate and manage, according to …

How can organizations bridge the gap between DR and cybersecurity?
Breaking down the silos between disaster recovery (DR) and cybersecurity has become increasingly important to ensure maximum business resiliency against outages, data …

Streamlining cybersecurity decision-making for analysts and CISOs
Using structured, machine-readable data in defensive systems can present a significant challenge. In this Help Net Security interview, Giorgos Georgopoulos, CEO at Elemendar, …

Shadow data slipping past security teams
The rapid pace of cloud transformation and democratization of data has created a new innovation attack surface, leading to 3 in 4 organizations experiencing a cloud data …

Lack of security employees makes SMBs sitting ducks for cyber attacks
For SMBs (and startups in particular), breaches can be devastating, according to DigitalOcean. To strengthen their cybersecurity posture, companies must spend valuable …

Malware and machine learning: A match made in hell
We’ve been developing machine learning-based cybersecurity systems for many years and began developing automation for analysis in our labs in 2005. These early …

Passbolt: Open-source password manager for security-conscious organizations
In this Help Net Security interview, Kevin Muller, CEO at Passbolt, delves into the critical concerns linked to password usage, outlines how the Passbolt password manager …

Rookout’s Snapshots: The fourth pillar of observability for more secure applications
Liran Haimovitch, CTO and co-founder of Rookout, with his extensive background in cybersecurity within the Israeli government, has a unique perspective on the importance of …

Millions still exposed despite available fixes
Although KEV catalog vulnerabilities are frequent targets of APT Groups, a large and exploitable attack surface remains due to software vendors’ lack of awareness and …

Overcoming obstacles to introduce zero-trust security in established systems
In this Help Net Security interview, Michal Cizek, CEO at GoodAccess, discusses the crucial balance between leveraging distributed resources and maintaining top-notch security …