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Ransomware in the Global Healthcare Industry

Healthcare organizations are increasingly relying on digital systems to facilitate their daily workflow, but the prevalence of outdated legacy technology in the sector is rendering it vulnerable to cyberattacks with severe consequences.       The post Ransomware in the Global Healthcare…

Thales and Imperva Win Big in 2024

Thales and Imperva Win Big in 2024 madhav Fri, 12/13/2024 – 09:36 At Thales and Imperva, we are driven by our commitment to make the world safer, and nothing brings us more satisfaction than protecting our customers from daily cybersecurity…

Snowflake Will Make MFA Mandatory Next Year

Data warehousing firm Snowflake, which saw a lot of user accounts get hacked due to poor security hygiene, is making MFA mandatory for all user accounts by November 2025. The post Snowflake Will Make MFA Mandatory Next Year appeared first…

What’s a Zero-Day Vulnerability? Prevent Exploits and Attacks

Zero-day vulnerabilities are serious threats. They’re completely unknown to both the vendor and the user. That gives attackers a significant advantage, allowing them to attack systems before patches are available. The post What’s a Zero-Day Vulnerability? Prevent Exploits and Attacks…

10 Container Security Best Practices: A Guide

Containers boost your application’s scalability and efficiency. But without proper security, containerized environments can be vulnerable to data breaches, supply chain attacks, and other risks that derail projects. The post 10 Container Security Best Practices: A Guide appeared first on…

Understanding the Role of AI in Cybersecurity

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape—both potential attacks and impactful protections. Understanding how AI can be used in cybersecurity can help you build more efficient and adaptive defenses capable of handling these rapidly evolving threats. The post Understanding…

What Is an Application Vulnerability? 8 Common Types

Every application is susceptible to attacks, but web applications are more vulnerable than others. They interact with more networks and users—and every interaction is a risk. Any flaws or errors can lead to serious problems like unauthorized access, stolen data,…

Achieving CyberSecure Canada Certification

CyberSecure Canada aims to help enterprises improve their security posture by implementing a baseline set of security controls. The post Achieving CyberSecure Canada Certification appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the original…

7 Must-Have Salesforce Security Practices

Explore the Salesforce security practices that are essential to your business and understand how AppOmni can empower Salesforce customers across industries. The post 7 Must-Have Salesforce Security Practices appeared first on AppOmni. The post 7 Must-Have Salesforce Security Practices appeared…

Holding Back Salt Typhoon + Other Chinese APT CVEs

Over the past several years, US Federal Agencies and private sector companies have observed China-based threat actors targeting network and telecommunication critical infrastructure. A wave of recent reports have disclosed that these attacks have succeeded in compromising government and industry…

How to Choose the Right Test Data Management Tools

In today’s fast-paced, compliance-focused world, choosing the right test data management (TDM) tools is vital for development and QA teams. These tools go beyond simple data masking—they manage, secure, and optimize test data across multiple environments to ensure regulatory compliance,…

AI: Overhyped or Essential for the Workforce?

The post AI: Overhyped or Essential for the Workforce? appeared first on AI-Enhanced Security Automation. The post AI: Overhyped or Essential for the Workforce? appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the original…

Building Confidence with Strategic Secrets Management

Can Strategic Secrets Management Boost Your Confidence? In today’s unpredictable cybersecurity landscape, building confidence in your protections may appear like a challenging endeavour. Yet, the key rests in a proactive and comprehensive approach. Surprisingly, it all comes down to strategic…

Safe Handling of Data: Why Secrets Sprawl is a Risk

Why is Secrets Sprawl a Risk in Data Handling? As cybersecurity continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, businesses are increasingly becoming aware of the need to secure their digital assets, including data and secrets. Among these, “Secrets Sprawl” has…

AMD Chip VM Memory Protections Broken by BadRAM

Researchers in Europe unveil a vulnerability dubbed “BadRAM” that hackers can easily exploit using $10 hardware to bypass protections in AMD’s Eypc server processors used in cloud environments and expose sensitive data stored in memory. The post AMD Chip VM…

Cybersecurity Products or Platforms – Which is More Effective?

Understanding the nuances between cybersecurity products and platforms is crucial for enhancing business protections and supporting businesses anywhere. The post Cybersecurity Products or Platforms – Which is More Effective? appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from…

Patch Tuesday Update – December 2024

In this Patch Tuesday edition, Microsoft addressed 72 CVEs, including 1 Zero-Day, 16 Criticals, 54 Important and 1 Moderate—the one Zero-Day was found to be actively exploited in the wild. From an Impact perspective, Escalation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerabilities accounted…

Staying Ahead: The Role of NHIDR in Modern Cybersecurity

Why is NHIDR Crucial in Modern Cybersecurity? For organizations to stay ahead in this dynamic cybersecurity landscape, it’s imperative to embrace innovative and comprehensive security methodologies. One such methodology is Non-Human Identity and Access Management (NHIDR). NHIDR is a revolutionary…

Comic Agilé – Mikkel Noe-Nygaard, Luxshan Ratnaravi – #315 – Stickies

<a class=” sqs-block-image-link ” href=”https://www.comicagile.net/comic/stickies/” target=”_blank”> <img alt=”” height=”602″ src=”https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5355d604e4b03c3e9896e131/2b8a0086-e444-4e13-92b9-07ac2c274353/%23315+-+Stickies.png?format=1000w” width=”520″ /> </a><figcaption class=”image-caption-wrapper”> via the respected Software Engineering expertise of Mikkel Noe-Nygaard and the lauded Software Engineering / Enterprise Agile Coaching work of Luxshan Ratnaravi at Comic Agilé! The post Comic Agilé – Mikkel Noe-Nygaard, Luxshan Ratnaravi – #315…

Auguria Streamlines Management of Security Log Data

Auguria today at the Black Hat Europe conference, in addition to providing five additional integrations with other platforms, revealed it has added an explainability graph capability that makes it simple to understand why log data collected is either irrelevant or…

GitGuardian Extends Reach to Manage Non-Human Identities

GitGuardian today extended the reach of its ability to manage applications secrets into the realm of non-human identities (NHI) associated with machines and software components. The post GitGuardian Extends Reach to Manage Non-Human Identities appeared first on Security Boulevard. This…

Critical OpenWrt Bug: Update Your Gear!

ASU 48-bit trash hash: Open source router firmware project fixes dusty old code. The post Critical OpenWrt Bug: Update Your Gear! appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the original article: Critical OpenWrt…

AppLite: A New AntiDot Variant Targeting Mobile Employee Devices

Our zLabs team has identified an extremely sophisticated mishing (mobile-targeted phishing) campaign that delivers malware to the user’s Android mobile device enabling a broad set of malicious actions including credential theft of banking, cryptocurrency and other critical applications.  The post…

Decoding SMS Pumping Fraud: Protecting Your Communications

In the digital-first world, SMS messaging remains a common security mechanism for second factor and other verification communication. Whether verifying accounts through one-time passwords (OTPs), notifying customers about transactions, or sharing promotions, organizations across industries often rely on SMS as…

Five Ways Spear Phishing Tactics are Evolving in 2025

What type of phishing became very effective around 2010 and still worries security teams today? Spear phishing. Spear phishing remains  highly effective and is getting more dangerous by the day. What is spear phishing? What new technologies and methods will…

PowerDMARC One-Click Auto DNS Publishing with Entri

Simplify DNS management with PowerDMARC’s One-Click Auto DNS Publishing powered by Entri. Publish DNS records like DMARC, SPF, DKIM, and more in just one click. The post PowerDMARC One-Click Auto DNS Publishing with Entri appeared first on Security Boulevard. This…

Balancing Security and Convenience With EV Charging

After years of quiet growth, the electric vehicle (EV) market has kicked into high gear, powered by sustainability trends, technology advances and increased consumer enthusiasm. Earlier this year, a team from Cornell created a new lithium battery that can charge…

Empowering Teams with Secure Cloud Environments

The Forgotten Keyholders: Understanding Non-human Identities in Cybersecurity Have you ever considered who holds the keys to your organization’s most sensitive data? Beyond the human factor in information gatekeeping, machine identities known as Non-Human Identities (NHIs) play a significant role.…

How Secrets Security Boosts Business Value

Are You Maximizing Your Organization’s Cybersecurity? Cybersecurity is not only a means of information protection but also a valuable strategic asset that can drive business growth and stability. Central to achieving such a valuable level of security is managing Non-Human…

Leveraging NHI Lifecycle Management for Innovation

How Does NHI Lifecycle Management Promote Innovation? In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, innovation is the silver bullet that empowers organizations to thrive amidst relentless competition. But, how does Non-Human Identity (NHI) lifecycle management enable such innovation? NHIs, or machine…

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Infinite Armada Chess’

via the comic humor & dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Infinite Armada Chess’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the original article: Randall…

Auto Creating Reminders from Email Messages

In my constant state of trying to make things a bit more efficient for myself. (I’m a big believer in automation, ask anyone that has ever worked with me.) We have computers! Make the computers do work instead of us…

AWS Makes Significant Progress on Driving MFA Adoption

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is reporting that since last April more than 750,000 root user accounts on its AWS Organizations console for managing access to cloud services have enabled multifactor authentication (MFA). The post AWS Makes Significant Progress on Driving…

We Need to Encrypt Clinical Trial Data

As we push the boundaries of medical science through innovative clinical trials, we must recognize that data security is not just an IT issue. The post We Need to Encrypt Clinical Trial Data appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article…

The Role of USB Security in Combating Insider Threats

This blog post explores how maintaining USB security mitigates insider threats and fosters a secure workplace environment. The post The Role of USB Security in Combating Insider Threats appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security…

How to Make the Case for Network Security Audits

Despite the increase in cybersecurity threats, many organizations overlook regular audits, risking costly data breaches and compliance violations. However, auditing network security is no longer just an option—it’s a necessity…. The post How to Make the Case for Network Security…

Quantum Computing: An Impending Threat to the Current PKI Systems

By proactively assessing vulnerabilities and planning for the integration of quantum-resistant cryptographic solutions, enterprises can safeguard their digital assets against future threats. The post Quantum Computing: An Impending Threat to the Current PKI Systems appeared first on Security Boulevard. This…

5 Tips to Translate High-Level Risk Into Daily Operations

By following these five tips and leveraging a cybersecurity data fabric with an automated metrics layer, organizations can unify their risk assessment and operational efforts, leading to more cohesive and efficient risk management. The post 5 Tips to Translate High-Level…

Why Compliance in Cloud Security Can’t Be Ignored

How Does Compliance Impact Cloud Security? Are we fully conscious of the significant correlation between compliance and cloud security? With the increasing reliance on cloud-based solutions, the challenge of maintaining security compliance in the cloud environment has become a pivotal…

Compliance in Cloud Security

Is Your Cloud Security Compliant? With increasing reliance on cloud systems across industries, it’s time to ask hard-hitting questions. Is your cloud security up to par? Are your Non-Human Identities (NHIs) effectively managed? As businesses continue to innovate and adapt,…

Ensuring Calm with Effective Secrets Scanning Techniques

Are You on the Safe Side with Your Secrets Scanning? In the realm of cybersecurity, there’s a formidable challenge to be tackled: the management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets. This entails not only securing these machine identities and the…

Transform IAM From Technology Burden To Business Advantage

Transform IAM from a burden to a business advantage. Discover how strategic IAM enables agility, reduces risk, and drives digital transformation success. The post Transform IAM From Technology Burden To Business Advantage first appeared on Identient. The post Transform IAM…

Mastering PAM to Guard Against Insider Threats

Why is Privileged Access Management (PAM) a Game-Changer in Cybersecurity? Have you ever wondered how to shore up your organization’s cybersecurity, minimize insider threats, and increase efficiency? The answer lies in mastering the art of Privileged Access Management or PAM.…

Enhancing Data Security with Advanced Secrets Rotation

How can Secrets Rotation Enhance Data Security? Most of us are well aware of the essential role that cybersecurity plays in safeguarding our sensitive information. But have you ever pondered about the importance of Non-Human Identity (NHI) management and secrets…

Best Practices for Machine Identity Management

Why is Machine Identity Management Crucial? In the ever-evolving field of cybersecurity, one critical element often overlooked is machine identity management. Even though humans interact with machines daily, the importance of securing machine identities — often referred to as Non-Human…

How Secure Vaulting Keeps Your Secrets Safe

Why is Secrets Vaulting Essential for Data Security? As organizations increasingly adopt cloud technology and automation across various industries, securing Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and their secrets has emerged as a crucial element in the cybersecurity landscape. However, can you recall…

Stoli Vodka: Bankrupt After Ransomware Attack

Absolutely un-fabulous: Smells like Russia is responsible, but reality is a bit more complicated. The post Stoli Vodka: Bankrupt After Ransomware Attack appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the original article: Stoli…

NSFOCUS’s Coogo: An Automated Penetration Testing Tool

The video above demonstrates an automated penetration test in a simple container escape scenario. In this video, in addition to using NSFOCUS’s open-source cloud-native cyber range software Metarget (for quickly and automatically building vulnerable cloud-native target machine environments), NSFOCUS’s own…

10 Tips to Enhance Data Center Sustainability with DCIM Software

consumption and carbon emissions. Sustainability is now a critical priority for organizations striving to balance operational efficiency with environmental responsibility. Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software provides advanced tools to optimize operations, reduce waste, and cut environmental impact. Here are…

AI Security Governance Insights from Security Leaders

The post AI Security Governance Insights from Security Leaders appeared first on AI-Enhanced Security Automation. The post AI Security Governance Insights from Security Leaders appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the original…

Cisco and Rittal Asset Discovery Enhancement

Product Update: Version 4.7 Our latest software release delivers a major upgrade for Cisco and Rittal asset discovery. Enjoy improved detection and tracking of power data in Cisco switches and enhanced environmental sensor recognition in the Rittal CMC III system.…

DEF CON 32 – Bug Hunting In VMware Device Virtualization

Authors/Presenters: JiaQing Huang, Hao Zheng, Yue Liu Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations…

Why HNWIs are Seeking Personal Cybersecurity Consultants

From phishing schemes and ransomware attacks to social engineering and doxxing, high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) face an ever-evolving array of cyber threats, and the risks of digital exposure are greater than ever. Wealth, influence, and access make HNWIs prime targets for…

What is PHI? (Protected Health Information)

Protected Health Information (PHI) is a critical aspect of healthcare, encompassing any data that can identify an individual and is used in the context of medical care. Examples of PHI include personal identifiers (name, address, Social Security number), medical records,…