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Over the years, enterprise cybersecurity environments have accumulated staggering numbers of commercial tools. Industry research converges on a consistent picture of tool proliferation that drives…
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6 ways attackers abuse AI services to hack your business
“This is the AI equivalent of name-squatting a package registry, except there’s no central MCP authority verifying server identity and no cryptographic link between an…
Authentication is broken: Here’s how security leaders can actually fix it
1) Modular secure elements (SEs) embedded or in SIM form Device-bound cryptography, tamper resistance, ultra-low-power states and tighter OEM control over firmware and BIOS all…
North Korean hackers abuse LNKs and GitHub repos in ongoing campaign
“A .lnk file is how Windows handles shortcuts: Whenever you click on that Outlook icon on your desktop, you’re actually clicking on a separate file…
5 critical steps to achieve business resilience in cybersecurity
What does it really take to keep your organization running when attackers strike? The answer is business resilience—being able to detect, contain, and recover fast enough…
6 metrics IT leaders can’t afford to ignore for business resilience
If you’re in IT, you know: what we don’t measure puts business resilience at risk. In the face of rising threat volumes, scaling complexity, and board-level scrutiny, tracking the right operational metrics isn’t just…
6 critical mistakes that undermine cyber resilience (and how to fix them)
Silos are the enemy of business resilience. As IT leaders, we’ve all felt the pain: the backup administrator, SOC analyst, and endpoint engineer operating in…
5 essential steps to bulletproof your endpoint security (and avoid the biggest mistakes)
Business resilience starts at the endpoint. Between March and December 2025, the N-able SOC processed over 900,000 alerts—and a staggering 18% originated from network and perimeter exploits…
5 Steps to break free from alert fatigue and build resilient security operations
How many times has your SOC hit crisis mode at 2:00 AM, with the dashboard blaring red and analysts scrambling to separate real threats from…
7 ways to improve your business resilience with backup and recovery
When your network goes down, your business stops. That’s a stark truth we see confirmed daily in incident response—and N-able’s 2026 State of the SOC Report only underscores it. Backup isn’t just an IT routine…
Cisco fixes critical IMC auth bypass present in many products
Cisco has released patches for a critical vulnerability in its out-of-band management solution, present in many of its servers and appliances. The flaw allows unauthenticated…
Claude Code is still vulnerable to an attack Anthropic has already fixed
The leak of Claude Code’s source is already having consequences for the tool’s security. Researchers have spotted a vulnerability documented in the code. The vulnerability,…