cybersecurity

Nosey Parker: Find sensitive information in textual data and Git history
Praetorian has open-sourced the regular expression-based (RegEx) scanning capabilities of its Nosey Parker secret scanning tool. Scanning filesystem content for secrets …

What CISOs consider when building up security resilience
Cybersecurity resilience is a top priority for companies as they look to defend against a rapidly evolving threat landscape, according to Cisco. Researchers identified the top …

Analyzing Australia’s cyberthreat landscape, and what it means for the rest of the world
Australia has been the victim of damaging cyberattacks in the latter half of this year, with high-profile incidents impacting businesses across critical sectors such as …

Cybersecurity predictions for 2023: Diversity is key
In this Help Net Security video, John Xereas, Executive Director, Technology Solutions at Raytheon Intelligence & Space, offers his cybersecurity predictions for 2023. …

24% of technology applications contain high-risk security flaws
With, arguably, a higher proportion of applications to contend with than other industries, tech firms would benefit from implementing improved secure coding training and …

Product showcase: The Intruder vulnerability management platform
Vulnerability scanning is a fundamental component of every good cyber security strategy – but it can be challenging to get right. Intruder created a vulnerability management …

Most startups have cyber insurance but are uncertain about how much risk is covered
Despite the significant economic headwinds startups currently face – from a challenging fundraising landscape to inflation woes and difficult operational decisions – company …

Security is no longer an internal affair
67% of respondents to a recent survey indicated their company had lost a business deal due to the customer’s lack of confidence in their security strategy. Dimensional …

December 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Fine-tuning the connectivity
Microsoft wrapped up a lot of ‘loose ends’ last month with their November set of updates, but there is still some work to do before the end-of-year holiday season. The …

PCI Secure Software Standard 1.2 released
PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published version 1.2 of the PCI Secure Software Standard and its supporting program documentation. The PCI Secure Software Standard …

Leveraging the full potential of zero trust
More than 90% of IT leaders who have started migrating to the cloud have implemented, are implementing, or are planning to implement a zero-trust security architecture, …

Data protection and security in 2023
Change is the only constant. How we think about data protection, rules and regulations, and the changing of organizational structure is evolving. The good news is that …