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NethSecurity: Open-source Linux firewall

NethSecurity is a free, open-source Linux firewall that simplifies network security deployment. It integrates various security features into one platform, including firewalling, intrusion detection and prevention, antivirus, multi-WAN, DNS, and ...

Businesses must prioritize digital trust to avoid major problems

As organizations pursue digital transformation, they urgently need to prioritize digital trust to achieve their goals and prepare for future market opportunities, legislation, and regulatory compliance, according to ISACA. The ISACA State of ...

Organizations are moving from experimenting with AI to adopting it

Despite AI’s potential, only 14% of organizations are ready to implement and utilize these technologies. While AI offers significant advantages, the focus must shift to essential, foundational actions to realize its full potential, ...

Infosec products of the month: May 2024

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Abnormal Security, Adaptive Shield, Appdome, AuditBoard, Calix, Cranium, CyberArk, Cybersixgill, Dashlane, Datadog, Detectify, Eclypsium, ExtraHop, ...

Liquidmatrix Security Digest Podcast – Episode 77

Episode 0x77 I’m not cool and neither are you. Ok, so it’s been a long time – but we’re good

USENIX Security ’23 – Bleem: Packet Sequence Oriented Fuzzing for Protocol Implementations

Authors/Presenters:Zhengxiong Luo, Junze Yu, Feilong Zuo, Jianzhong Liu, Yu Jiang, Ting Chen, Abhik Roychoudhury, Jiaguang Suny Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the ...

Defending Against Persistent Phishing: A Real-World Case Study

One of the scariest acronyms in a CISO’s knowledge base is APT – Advanced Persistent Threat. This term refers to someone determined to harm you and can do so in sophisticated ways. A colleague once taught me that the real threat isn’t just ...

Navigating Email: From Spam Wars to Trusted Relationships

Some call it spam. Others call it marketing. Recipients want it to stop, while senders are looking to perfect their “art.” But both sides agree on one thing: Email communication is still broken in 2024. The post Navigating Email: From Spam ...

Week in review: Attackers trying to access Check Point VPNs, NIST CSF 2.0 security metrics evolution

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: RansomLord: Open-source anti-ransomware exploit tool RansomLord is an open-source tool that automates the creation of PE files, which are used ...

Snowflake denies breach, blames data theft on poorly secured customer accounts

Snowflake is disputing claims made by a threat actor who stole data belonging to Santander and Ticketmaster, and maintains that the theft of customer data was the result of stolen customer login credentials. “We are aware of recent reports ...

USENIX Security ’23 – Intender: Fuzzing Intent-Based Networking with Intent-State Transition Guidance

Authors/Presenters: Jiwon Kim, Benjamin E. Ujcich, Dave (Jing) Tian Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access. Originating from the ...

What is an IS (RBI) Audit?

RBI has issued comprehensive master directions and guidelines for banks and non-banking financial corporations to identify and address operational risks and weaknesses. These guidelines are based on recommendations from working groups focused on ...

The Ultimate Guide to FedRAMP Marketplace Designations

Whenever a government agency, contractor, or subcontractor wants to work with a cloud service provider, they have to find one that upholds the level of cybersecurity, physical security, and authentication that the government sets as standard. ...

Understanding Credential Phishing

Credential phishing is a type of cyberattack where attackers attempt to deceive your employees into providing their sensitive information, such as their Microsoft usernames and passwords. What is not obvious is credential phishing is the root ...

Adaptive DDoS Defense’s Value in the Security Ecosystem

As DDoS attackers become more sophisticated and the attack surface grows exponentially, businesses must expand beyond an ideology of prevention to include a focus on early detection and response. The post Adaptive DDoS Defense’s Value in the ...

Understanding Business Email Compromise (BEC)

What is Business Email Compromise? Business Email Compromise (BEC) is a sophisticated form of cybercrime where attackers use email to deceive and defraud organizations. Unlike typical phishing attacks that cast a wide net, BEC is highly targeted ...

Risk vs. Threat vs. Vulnerability: What is the difference?

The post Risk vs. Threat vs. Vulnerability: What is the difference? appeared first on Click Armor. The post Risk vs. Threat vs. Vulnerability: What is the difference? appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Compromising ByteDance’s Rspack using GitHub Actions Vulnerabilities

Overview Recently, we identified several critical Pwn Request vulnerabilities within GitHub Actions used by the Rspack repository. These vulnerabilities could allow an external attacker to submit a malicious pull request, without the requirement ...

Impart Security: Leading the Charge in API Security with SOC 2 Type 2 Certification | Impart Security

We're incredibly proud to share some exciting news at Impart Security: We've achieved SOC 2 Type 2 certification! This certification represents our unwavering dedication to providing exceptional security and operational excellence in API ...