Category: HelpnetSecurity

OpenPaX: Open-source kernel patch that mitigates memory safety errors
01
Nov
2024

OpenPaX: Open-source kernel patch that mitigates memory safety errors

OpenPaX is an open-source kernel patch that mitigates common memory safety errors, re-hardening systems against application-level memory safety attacks using…

Threat actors are stepping up their tactics to bypass email protections
01
Nov
2024

Threat actors are stepping up their tactics to bypass email protections

Although most organizations use emails with built-in security features that filter out suspicious messages, criminals always find a way to…

Infosec products of the month: October 2024
01
Nov
2024

Infosec products of the month: October 2024

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Action1, Balbix, BreachLock, Commvault, Dashlane,…

Sophos mounted counter-offensive operation to foil Chinese attackers
31
Oct
2024

Sophos mounted counter-offensive operation to foil Chinese attackers

Sophos conducted defensive and counter-offensive operation over the last five years with multiple interlinked nation-state adversaries based in China targeting…

Lottie Player supply chain compromise: Sites, apps showing crypto scam pop-ups
31
Oct
2024

Lottie Player supply chain compromise: Sites, apps showing crypto scam pop-ups

A supply chain compromise involving Lottie Player, a widely used web component for playing site and app animations, has made…

Google on scaling differential privacy across nearly three billion devices
31
Oct
2024

Google on scaling differential privacy across nearly three billion devices

In this Help Net Security interview, Miguel Guevara, Product Manager, Privacy Safety and Security at Google, discusses the complexities involved…

Cynet enables 426% ROI in Forrester Total Economic Impact Study
31
Oct
2024

Cynet enables 426% ROI in Forrester Total Economic Impact Study

Cost savings and business benefits were quantified in “The Total Economic Impact of Cynet All-in-One Security,” a commissioned study conducted…

North Korean hackers pave the way for Play ransomware
31
Oct
2024

North Korean hackers pave the way for Play ransomware

North Korean state-sponsored hackers – Jumpy Pisces, aka Andariel, aka Onyx Sleet – have been spotted burrowing into enterprise systems,…

IoT needs more respect for its consumers, creations, and itself
31
Oct
2024

IoT needs more respect for its consumers, creations, and itself

Yet again, connected devices are in the news for all the wrong reasons. In October, security researchers found that robot…

How agentic AI handles the speed and volume of modern threats
31
Oct
2024

How agentic AI handles the speed and volume of modern threats

In this Help Net Security interview, Lior Div, CEO at Seven AI, discusses the concept of agentic AI and its…

99% of CISOs work extra hours every week
31
Oct
2024

99% of CISOs work extra hours every week

The most common challenge for CISOs is resource constraints: not enough staff, budget or technology to support the security program…

Ransomware hits web hosting servers via vulnerable CyberPanel instances
30
Oct
2024

Ransomware hits web hosting servers via vulnerable CyberPanel instances

A threat actor – or possibly several – has hit approximately 22,000 vulnerable instances of CyberPanel and encrypted files on…