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AI/ML Digital Everest: Dodging System Failure Summit Fever

Image Summit Fever Syndrome, a cause of many extreme altitude climbers' deaths, is due to a lack of oxygen and mission blindness, which leads to impaired judgment where climbers take needless risks, disregard safety precautions, and make deadly errors. Deploying AI/ML models is like climbing Mount Everest. Both climbers and AI...
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Exploring Advanced Tripwire Enterprise Capabilities

Image In today's digital landscape, it is important for organizations to depend upon the tools they use for cybersecurity. Large businesses can employ many security solutions, practices, and policies that must combine to create a robust and layered security strategy. While many of these tools are important and necessary, organizations...
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Security vs. Compliance: What's the Difference?

Image Security and compliance – a phrase often uttered in the same breath as if they are two sides of the same coin, two members of the same team, or two great tastes that go great together. As much as I would like to see auditors, developers, and security analysts living in harmony like a delicious Reese’s cup, a recent gap analysis...
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Tripwire Patch Priority Index for March 2024

Image Tripwire's March 2024 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities for Microsoft, Google, and Apple. First on the patch priority list are patches for Windows Kernel and Multiple Apple products. These CVEs (CVE-2024-21338, CVE-2024-23296, CVE-2024-23225) have been added to CISA's Known Exploited...
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Oops, Malware! Now What? Dealing with Accidental Malware Execution

Image On an ordinary day, you're casually surfing the web and downloading some PDF files. The document icons seem pretty legitimate, so you click without a second thought. But, to your surprise, nothing happens. A closer look reveals that what you believed to be a harmless PDF was, in fact, an executable file. Panic sets in as your...
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What’s New in NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework 2.0?

Image The National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) was published in 2014 for the purpose of providing cybersecurity guidance for organizations in critical infrastructure. In the intervening years, much has changed about the threat landscape, the kinds of technology that organizations use, and...
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The Cyber Sleuth's Handbook: Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Essentials

Image In the intricate landscape of cybersecurity, Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) stand as the sentinels guarding against the onslaught of digital threats. It involves a multifaceted approach to identifying, mitigating, and recovering from cybersecurity incidents. In the physical world, the aftermath of a crime scene...
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AI Platforms Name Cybersecurity Threats and Advice for 2024

Image With $109.5 billion of growth expected between now and 2030, the global AI cybersecurity market is booming – and it's not hard to see why. According to a recent survey of security professionals, three-quarters (75%) have observed an increase in cyberattacks. Of these, the research found that an even greater proportion (an...
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Browser Security in 2024: Technologies and Trends

Image What Is Browser Security? Browser security is a set of measures and processes intended to protect users and their data when using web browsers. This includes mechanisms to prevent unauthorized access, safeguard against malicious software and other browser security threats, and ways to protect the privacy of online activities. ...
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Notorious Nemesis Market Seized by German Police

Image Nemesis Market, a notorious corner of the darknet beloved by cybercriminals and drug dealers, has been suddenly shut down after German police seized control of its systems. Germany's Federal Criminal Police (known as the BKA) has announced that it has seized the infrastructure of Nemesis and taken down its website. At the same...
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Managed Cybersecurity Services Secure Modern Environments

Image In an era characterized by relentless digital transformation and interconnectedness, cybersecurity has evolved into a complex and dynamic battleground. Businesses, governments, and individuals find themselves locked in a perpetual struggle against a relentless flood of evolving threats. From sophisticated cybercriminal...
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The Looming Cyber Threat in Real Estate

Image In our interconnected world, the real estate industry has embraced technology to revolutionize its operations, enhance customer experiences, and streamline business processes.  Yet, while this technological evolution has brought immense benefits to the property sector, it has also attracted the attention of nefarious actors...
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Fraudsters Are Posing As The FTC To Scam Consumers

Image The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned the public to be cautious if contacted by people claiming to be... FTC staff. In a warning published on its website, the FTC said that scammers were using its employees' real names to steal money from consumers. A typical ruse will see the bogus FTC staffer advising...
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What Is Log Management and Why you Need it

Image Thanks to the burgeoning supply chain, a host of IoT and work-from-home devices, and an expanding cloud presence, organizations are constantly ingesting new hardware into their IT environments. With each new line of code comes a fresh chance for a hidden vulnerability. With each unfound weakness, attackers gain one more...
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Critical insights into Australia’s supply chain risk landscape

Image Australian organizations find themselves navigating a minefield of supply chain risks, with a surge in incidents stemming from multi-party breaches. These breaches are often caused by vulnerabilities in cloud or software providers and are emerging as a challenge that demands attention and proactive strategies. From July to...
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Firmware Monitoring is Just a Snapshot Away

Image Any time the television news presents a story about cybersecurity, there is always a video of a large data center with thousands of blinking lights. Even most cybersecurity blogs will include an image of many lights on the front panels of servers, routers, and other hardware. However, most people don’t notice that the lights are...
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Federated Learning for Cybersecurity: Collaborative Intelligence for Threat Detection

Image The demand for innovative threat detection and intelligence approaches is more pressing than ever. One such paradigm-shifting technology gaining prominence is Federated Learning (FL). This emerging concept harnesses the power of collaborative intelligence, allowing disparate entities to pool their insights without compromising...