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SandboxAQ has announced its membership in the FIDO Alliance, an open industry consortium focused on minimizing the world's dependence on passwords—a prevalent source of security and usability problems. By joining forces with prominent FIDO Alliance members such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Intel, Microsoft, RSA, VISA, Yubico, and others, SandboxAQ aims to enhance and advance the FIDO2 protocol. At SandboxAQ, we recognize the intrinsic connection between Modern Cryptography Management and contemporary user authentication protocols like FIDO....

With July being Ransomware awareness month, KnowBe4 has released a ransomware resource toolkit at no cost for organisations and IT managers as part of a dedicated, month-long campaign in July to increase awareness about ransomware attacks. Ransomware is a malicious cyberattack where cybercriminals encrypt an organisation's data and demand a ransom payment to regain access. It has evolved to include extracting and threatening to expose sensitive information, combining the extortion tactics. This represents one of...

Presently, SaaS has become one of the most integral parts of the rapidly evolving cloud computing environment for the organizations that are striving for cost efficiencies, flexibility, and more adaptability. However, this change is rapid and accompanied by an increased chance of a cyber-attack on a SaaS product. The security of SaaS apps must be ensured; penetration testing helps with this. Among the many techniques used, automated technologies have become vital parts of a cybersecurity...

A new threat actor group known as Gitloker has launched an alarming campaign that wipes victims’ GitHub repositories and attempts to extort them. Victims are finding their repositories erased, replaced only by a solitary README file bearing the message: “I hope this message finds you well. This is an urgent notice to inform you that your data has been compromised, and we have secured a backup.” This note is followed by instructions to contact the...

OpenText today released the findings of its annual OpenText Cybersecurity Global Managed Security Survey. The 2024 survey of over 1,500 Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) found that the majority (92.5%) see increasing AI-led security and threat intelligence services as the major drivers of business growth over the next 12 months. Even with the AI buzz, comprehensive security and composable on-demand security expertise remain the primary reasons enterprise and SMB customers...

The British government published a new collection of research reports on the cyber security of AI pulling on sources from the private and public sectors. It includes a broad set of recommendations for organisations prepared by Mindgard, the report’s only startup contributor. This report, together with the new draft Code of Practice on cyber security governance, was created in response to the Chinese cyberattack on the Ministry of Defence earlier this year, and is aimed...

Over the past year, a significant portion of global organisations (54%) experienced software supply chain attacks, with many struggling to adapt to the escalating risk environment. These findings stem from 'The State of Software Supply Chain Security Risk' report, released today by Synopsys in collaboration with the Ponemon Institute. The report highlights that half of the organisations took more than a month to respond to such attacks, and one in five admit their detection and...

Advanced Cyber Defence Systems (ACDS) has today joined the US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) and UK National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) Secure by Design pledge, becoming one of the first 100 companies, alongside AWS, Microsoft, Google, Cisco, and IBM, to commit to enhancing product security within a year. The pledge, focused on enterprise software products and services in the US, involves achieving seven key security goals, including increasing multi-factor authentication, reducing default passwords,...

Almost all businesses worldwide have a singular aim that, if implemented correctly, has the potential to increase revenue, boost customer satisfaction, and dramatically reduce costs. But what is this holy grail that can, in one fell swoop, improve operations to such a degree that it can seem like sorcery? Operational organisation is a term often banded around by marketing gurus and business consultants to create a buzz around their services. However, modern technology has made...

Cybereason has announced the availability of Cybereason Mobile Threat Defence, Powered by Zimperium. With the explosive growth in mobile devices and apps comes an ever-evolving attack surface. Research shows that 60% of endpoints accessing enterprise assets are through mobile devices, so threats to the attack surface aren't slowing down. As we see continued growth toward mobile-powered businesses, sophisticated security risks are increasing, including spyware, phishing, and ransomware. Recent research found an 187% year-over-year increase in...