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Strata Identity to Host Tear Down and Modernization Webinar for Legacy Identity Infrastructures

MEDIA ADVISORY Leading experts to share insights on using orchestration to re-architect aging identity and access management environments BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 29, 2024 – Strata Identity, the Identity Orchestration company, today announced it ...

What is Gift Card and Loyalty Program Abuse?

Gift cards and loyalty programs are used by retailers to increase customer traffic, build brand awareness, and gain new customers. However, they also attract the attention of fraudsters who exploit these systems, causing substantial financial ...

Setting up SPF Records for Gmail and Google Workspace

Reading Time: 5 min Set up your Gmail SPF record to protect your Google Workspace from phishing and spoofing attacks. Follow our step-by-step SPF configuration guide for Gmail. The post Setting up SPF Records for Gmail and Google Workspace ...

Answering Your Webinar Questions: Email Security with EasyDMARC

During our recent webinar, “From Setup to Success: ... The post Answering Your Webinar Questions: Email Security with EasyDMARC appeared first on EasyDMARC. The post Answering Your Webinar Questions: Email Security with EasyDMARC appeared first ...

A Guide To Selecting The Best URL Filtering Software

In the last year alone, the education sector experienced a 44% increase in cyberattacks. Malicious actors frequently target K-12 schools as they possess a range of sensitive information, including student records, employee data, financial ...

Bitwarden introduces enhanced inline autofill feature for credit cards and identities

Bitwarden announced an enhancement to the inline autofill capabilities within the Bitwarden browser extension. This update introduces seamless autofill for credit cards and personal identities, enabling more secure and efficient interactions with ...

Ubuntu Fixes Multiple BusyBox Vulnerabilities

BusyBox, often referred to as the “Swiss Army knife of embedded Linux,” is a compact suite of Unix utilities combined into a single executable. It’s widely used in small and embedded systems due to its lightweight nature. However, like any ...

AI Hype vs Hesitence

Nisos AI Hype vs Hesitence AI isn’t just a buzzword anymore—it’s woven into the fabric of our daily lives. From chatbots handling customer service to self-driving cars and AI-generated content... The post AI Hype vs Hesitence appeared first ...

RISCPoint RADAR provides real-time vulnerability detection across multiple attack surfaces

RISCPoint Advisory Group launched RADAR, an all-in-one cybersecurity platform. Combining continuous threat discovery with expert-led Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS), RADAR represents a significant leap forward in proactive security and ...

Concentric AI unveils AI-based DSPM functionality that monitors user activity risk

Concentric AI announced an AI-based DSPM functionality that monitors user activity risk and remediates user-centric data security issues in on-premises data repositories such as Windows file shares and DELL Isilon environments. With this launch, ...

SolarWinds Patches: Severe Web Help Desk Vulnerability Fixed

In light of recent cybersecurity events, a critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk vulnerability has been revealed. Although SolarWinds patches pertaining to the vulnerability have been released, if it were to be exploited, it could lead to the ...

The NIS2 Directive: How far does it reach?

The NIS2 Directive is one of the most recent efforts of the EU legislator to boost cybersecurity across the bloc and to keep up with the challenges of an increasingly digitalized society and growing cyber threats. As the name implies, the NIS2 ...

Why ransomware attackers target Active Directory

Ransomware attacks have surged 78% year-over-year, affecting various sectors and organizations and significantly impacting supply chains. In this Help, Net Security video, Craig Birch, Technology Evangelist, and Principal Security Engineer at ...

Deepfakes: Seeing is no longer believing

The threat of deepfakes lies not in the technology itself, but in people’s natural tendency to trust what they see. As a result, deepfakes don’t need to be highly advanced or convincing to effectively spread misinformation and ...

Third-party risk management is under the spotlight

In the aftermath of the CrowdStrike IT outage, new research has uncovered a critical vulnerability within financial institutions regarding supply chain resilience. The outage has demonstrated the need for greater digital supply chain resilience, ...

National Public Data (NPD) Breach: Essential Guide to Protecting Your Identity

The recent National Public Data (NPD) breach stands as one of the largest social security number (SSN) exposures in history. With reports suggesting potential compromises affecting up to 3 billion SSNs, it is crucial to understand the scope of ...

Recent Critical Vulnerabilities: August 2024 CVE Roundup

Protecting Organizations with Up-to-Date CVE Awareness  Reports from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) through its National Vulnerability Database (NVD) highlight critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities that demand ...

Are Java Users Making Bad Oracle Java Migration Decisions?

Why are some organizations planning an Oracle Java migration of some (but not all) of their Java from Oracle to another JDK provider? The post Are Java Users Making Bad Oracle Java Migration Decisions? appeared first on Azul | Better Java ...

3CX Phone System Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Overview In an effort to safeguard our customers, we perform proactive vulnerability research with the goal of identifying zero-day vulnerabilities that are likely to impact the security of leading organizations. Recently, we decided to take a ...

SecureEnv CLI:

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