Collaborate Disseminate
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Massive botnet hits Microsoft 365 accounts A recently discovered botnet of over 130,000 compromised devices is launching coordinated password-spraying att… Continue reading Week in review: Botnet hits M365 accounts, PoC for Ivanti Endpoint Manager vulnerabilities released
Ransomware attacks against industrial organizations surged by 87% over the past year, while new malware families designed specifically for OT environments emerged. These findings highlight a troubling trend: OT systems are increasingly becoming mainstr… Continue reading OT/ICS cyber threats escalate as geopolitical conflicts intensify
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), a cross-industry initiative by the Linux Foundation, has announced the initial release of the Open Source Project Security Baseline (OSPS Baseline), a tiered framework of security practices that evolve wit… Continue reading OSPS Baseline: Practical security best practices for open source software projects
In this Help Net Security video, Nathan Parks, Senior Research Specialist at Gartner, discusses their recent research, revealing that only 14% of security leaders effectively balance data security with business goals. 35% of leaders are focused on secu… Continue reading The art of balancing data security with business goals
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: 1Password, Armor, BigID, Dynatrace, Fortinet, Legit Security, Netwrix, Nymi, Palo Alto Networks, Pangea, Privacera, Qualys, SafeBreach, Satori, Seal Security, … Continue reading Infosec products of the month: February 2025
This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. Kunai: Open-source threat hunting tool for Linux Kunai is an open-source tool that provides dee… Continue reading Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: February 2025
Imagine you’re a network engineer at an enterprise. You already have your hands full with IT priorities, including managing bandwidth related to working from home, the company’s new data center, and, more recently, computing needs to support AI adoptio… Continue reading Debunking 5 myths about network automation
While cybersecurity pros spend much of their time immersed in technical reports, risk assessments, and policy documents, fiction offers a refreshing perspective on security and hacking. Great cyber-themed novels can teach lessons on human psychology, c… Continue reading What cybersecurity pros read for fun
In this Help Net Security video, Nataraj Nagaratnam, an IBM Fellow and CTO for Cloud Security, discusses enterprises’ steps to lay a secure foundation for agentic AI deployments. Recent research from IBM and Morning Consult shows that 99% of deve… Continue reading How enterprise leaders can secure and govern agentic AI
Have you ever heard anyone earnestly ask in a business, “Who owns legal?” or “Who sets the financial strategy?” Probably not – it should be obvious, right? Yet, when it comes to cybersecurity, the question of ownership still seems to spark endless deba… Continue reading Cybersecurity needs a leader, so let’s stop debating and start deciding