Bitwarden surveyed 2,400 individuals from the US, UK, Australia, France, Germany, and Japan to investigate current user password practices. The survey shows that 25% of respondents globally reuse passwords across 11-20+ accounts, and 36% admit to using personal information in their credentials publicly accessible on social media (60%) platforms and online forums (30%). These practices reveal a significant gap between recommended security practices and actual user behavior, highlighting how weak password habits and password reuse … More → The post Most people still rely on memory or pen and pap ..read more

LSA Whisperer consists of open-source tools designed to interact with authentication packages through their unique messaging protocols. Support is currently provided for the cloudap, kerberos, msv1_0, negotiate, pku2u, schannel packages and cloudap’s AzureAD plugin. Partial or unstable support is provided for livessp, negoexts, and the security package manager. What LSA Whisperer does “Many authentication packages generally support their internal APIs, known as package calls, and relatively few are documented or used outside of Microsoft. I … More → The post LSA Whisperer: Open-source tools fo ..read more

Following the past few years of economic turbulence, merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is on the rise in 2024, with several acquisition deals being announced in the first few months of the year valued at billions of dollars. With the surge of AI adoption, companies must not only reevaluate AI’s role in identifying top prospects but also assess and resolve security risks that may lie hidden within their networks and the companies they are merging … More → The post What AI can tell organizations about their M&A risk appeared first on Help Net Security ..read more

Here’s a list of interesting cybersecurity companies that received funding so far in 2024. Aim Security January | $10 million Aim Security raised $10 million in seed funding, led by YL Ventures, with participation from CCL (Cyber Club London), the founders of WIZ and angel investors from Google, Proofpoint and Palo Alto Networks. Aim Security was founded by cybersecurity veterans Matan Getz, CEO and Adir Gruss, CTO who pioneered the use and adoption of AI … More → The post Breaking down the numbers: Cybersecurity funding activity recap appeared first on Help Net Security ..read more

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Cyberint, Forcepoint, Invicti Security, Netwrix, Trend Micro, Zero Networks, and WhyLabs. Trend Micro launches AI-driven cyber risk management capabilities Trend Micro unveiled AI-driven cyber risk management capabilities across its entire flagship platform, Trend Vision One. This seamlessly integrates more than 10 industry technology categories into one offering, empowering security, cloud and IT operations teams to manage risk proactively. Zero Networks … More → The post New infosec products of the wee ..read more

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today voted to restore a national standard to ensure the internet is fast, open, and fair. Today’s decision to reclassify broadband service as a Title II telecommunications service allows the FCC to protect consumers, defend national security, and advance public safety. Through its actions today, the Commission creates a national standard by which it can ensure that broadband internet service is treated as an essential service. Today’s vote also makes … More → The post Net neutrality has been restored appeared first on Help Net Security ..read more

Stellar Cyber has revealed a new partnership with Acronis, to deliver an optimized threat detection and response solution enabling MSPs to protect on-premises, cloud, hybrid, and IT/OT environments most cost-effectively and efficiently possible. Through this partnership, Stellar Cyber and Acronis aim to help organizations protect themselves from advanced cyberattacks by removing artificial obstacles that make it difficult for security teams to identify and mitigate threats effectively. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud enables Managed Service Providers (MSPs) … More → The post Stellar Cyber and Acro ..read more

IBM and HashiCorp have entered into a definitive agreement under which IBM will acquire HashiCorp for $35 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of $6.4 billion. HashiCorp’s suite of products provides enterprises with extensive Infrastructure Lifecycle Management and Security Lifecycle Management capabilities to enable organizations to automate their hybrid and multi-cloud environments. “Enterprise clients are wrestling with an unprecedented expansion in infrastructure and applications across public and private clouds, as well as on-prem … More → The post IBM to buy HashiCorp in ..read more

WhyLabs launched a new type of AI operations platform: the AI Control Center. The new platform, which offers teams real-time control over their AI applications, was developed by WhyLabs in response to rising security and reliability threats posed by GenAI, which have rendered traditional observability tools insufficient for operating AI responsibly. The GenAI revolution has unleashed a host of new challenges and vulnerabilities for enterprises. Teams must ensure that LLMs are not prompt injected, are … More → The post WhyLabs AI Control Center offers teams real-time control over their AI appli ..read more

ESET has unveiled a new integration with Arctic Wolf, to ensure increased visibility and protection against modern threats. By integrating ESET Inspect into Arctic Wolf’s Security Operations Platform, Arctic Wolf customers are able to enhance their security posture – aggregating vast amounts of data from diverse, global sources. “Businesses today and the channel community are demanding technology ecosystems that simplify cybersecurity management, offer complete visibility across a variety of attack surfaces, and bring industry leaders … More → The post ESET integrates with Arctic Wolf to provi ..read more