National Public Data Breach: Only 134 Million Unique Emails Leaked and Company Acknowledges Incident

In August, 2.7 billion records from National Public Data, including Social Security numbers, were leaked on a dark web forum. Continue reading National Public Data Breach: Only 134 Million Unique Emails Leaked and Company Acknowledges Incident

Scaling data security solutions: What you need to know

In this Help Net Security interview, Bruno Kurtic, President and CEO at Bedrock Security, discusses the role of data visibility in enhancing cybersecurity. He explains that effective data visibility involves discovering, classifying, and contextualizin… Continue reading Scaling data security solutions: What you need to know

The most urgent security risks for GenAI users are all data-related

Regulated data (data that organizations have a legal duty to protect) makes up more than a third of the sensitive data being shared with GenAI applications—presenting a potential risk to businesses of costly data breaches, according to Netskope. The ne… Continue reading The most urgent security risks for GenAI users are all data-related

Cross-industry standards for data provenance in AI

In this Help Net Security interview, Saira Jesani, Executive Director of the Data & Trust Alliance, discusses the role of data provenance in AI trustworthiness and its impact on AI models’ performance and reliability. Jesani highlights the collabo… Continue reading Cross-industry standards for data provenance in AI

How companies increase risk exposure with rushed LLM deployments

In this Help Net Security interview, Jake King, Head of Threat & Security Intelligence at Elastic, discusses companies’ exposure to new security risks and vulnerabilities as they rush to deploy LLMs. King explains how LLMs pose significant r… Continue reading How companies increase risk exposure with rushed LLM deployments

What is the Fediverse and the Social Network Platforms It Powers

Discover the Fediverse, a decentralized social media network promoting interoperability, privacy, and customization. Explore its pros, cons, platforms like Mastodon and PeerTube, and the role of decentralization. A game-changer in online communication … Continue reading What is the Fediverse and the Social Network Platforms It Powers

Developer errors lead to long-term exposure of sensitive data in Git repos

Credentials, API tokens, and passkeys – collectively referred to as secrets – from organizations around the globe were exposed for years, according to Aqua Security’s latest research. By scanning the most popular 100 organizations on GitHub, whic… Continue reading Developer errors lead to long-term exposure of sensitive data in Git repos