Category: HelpnetSecurity

ExtensionHound: Open-source tool for Chrome extension DNS forensics
30
Jan
2025

ExtensionHound: Open-source tool for Chrome extension DNS forensics

Traditional monitoring tools reveal only traffic from the Chrome process, leaving security teams uncertain about which extension is responsible for…

Zscaler CISO on balancing security and user convenience in hybrid work environments
30
Jan
2025

Zscaler CISO on balancing security and user convenience in hybrid work environments

In this Help Net Security interview, Sean Cordero, CISO at Zscaler, talks about securing hybrid work and the new challenges…

89% of AI-powered APIs rely on insecure authentication mechanisms
30
Jan
2025

89% of AI-powered APIs rely on insecure authentication mechanisms

APIs have emerged as the predominant attack surface over the past year, with AI being the biggest driver of API…

How to use Hide My Email to protect your inbox from spam
30
Jan
2025

How to use Hide My Email to protect your inbox from spam

Hide My Email is a service that comes with iCloud+, Apple’s subscription-based service. It allows users to generate one-time-use or…

DeepSeek's popularity exploited by malware peddlers, scammers
29
Jan
2025

DeepSeek’s popularity exploited by malware peddlers, scammers

As US-based AI companies struggle with the news that the recently released Chinese-made open source DeepSeek-R1 reasoning model performs as…

Absolute Resilience Platform updates improve resilience across endpoints
29
Jan
2025

Absolute Resilience Platform updates improve resilience across endpoints

Absolute Security announced that the Absolute Resilience Platform has expanded to provide customers with integrated, resilient, and automated patch management,…

AuthID PrivacyKey protects users' biometric identities
29
Jan
2025

AuthID PrivacyKey protects users’ biometric identities

authID released PrivacyKey, a solution for protecting user biometric data while also avoiding all the compliance issues and risks related…

How Lazarus Group built a cyber espionage empire
29
Jan
2025

How Lazarus Group built a cyber espionage empire

Since September 2024, SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team has been investigating Lazarus Group’s activity, uncovering key details about their infrastructure. Despite variations…

Preparing financial institutions for the next generation of cyber threats
29
Jan
2025

Preparing financial institutions for the next generation of cyber threats

In this Help Net Security interview, James Mirfin, SVP and Head of Risk and Identity Solutions at Visa, discusses key…

Cybersecurity crisis in numbers - Help Net Security
29
Jan
2025

Cybersecurity crisis in numbers – Help Net Security

The number of US data compromises in 2024 (3,158) decreased 1% compared to 2023 (3,202), 44 events away from tying…

Only 13% of organizations fully recover data after a ransomware attack
29
Jan
2025

Only 13% of organizations fully recover data after a ransomware attack

Ransomware attacks are disrupting and undermining business operations and draining revenue streams, according to Illumio. Findings from the study reveal…

BackBox releases Network Cyber Resilience Platform
28
Jan
2025

BackBox releases Network Cyber Resilience Platform

BackBox launched Network Cyber Resilience Platform. With business productivity at risk due to the complexity of managing too many tools,…