Silex Technology announced their new protection service product offering called AMC Protect, a robust software management service designed to monitor and remedy vulnerabilities. AMC Protect targets customers utilizing Silex’s embedded wireless LAN modules or purchasing Silex’s OEM products. “We have…
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Delinea acquires Authomize to help organizations reduce identity-related risk
Delinea announced it has acquired Authomize, an innovator in the detection and elimination of identity-based threats across the cloud. The continuous discovery and visibility capabilities of Authomize, married with Delinea’s SaaS solutions for PAM, will extend the Delinea Platform’s reach…
Viavi enhances Observer Platform to maximize network availability, productivity and compliance
Viavi Solutions announced significant enhancements to the Observer Platform allowing IT teams to further maximize network availability, productivity and compliance. The enhancements include critical new capabilities in End-User Experience (EUE) scoring, digital certificate analysis, application identification, Unified Communications (UC) support,…
SQLi vulnerability in Cacti could lead to RCE (CVE-2023-51448)
A blind SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2023-51448) in Cacti, a widely-used network monitoring, performance and fault management framework, could lead to information disclosure and potentially remote code execution. Cacti is often used in network operation centers of telecoms and web hosting…
Zyxel unveils new cloud-managed switches for small businesses and professional home users
Zyxel Networks launched the XMG1915 series – a family of smart managed switches designed to provide small businesses and professional home users (prosumers) with the throughput and versatility needed to support today’s high bandwidth applications and services. With the growth…
“Security researcher” offers to delete data stolen by ransomware attackers
When organizations get hit by ransomware and pay the crooks to decrypt the encrypted data and delete the stolen data, they can never be entirely sure the criminals will do as they promised. And even if an organization gets its…
If you prepare, a data security incident will not cause an existential crisis
Why is it that when a company becomes aware of a potential data security incident, the team working on it (and others who are made aware that “something” is going on) have an immediate and overwhelming feeling that the company…
Understanding zero-trust design philosophy and principles
In this Help Net Security interview, Phil Vachon, Head of Infrastructure in the Office of the CTO at Bloomberg, discusses the varying definitions of zero trust among security professionals and companies, emphasizing its broad design philosophy. Vachon explores challenges in…
The growing challenge of cyber risk in the age of synthetic media
As AI tools become more widespread, impersonation and deception have become easier. However, organizations are combating this issue with policies and technological solutions. In this Help Net Security video, Mike Bechtel, Chief Futurist at Deloitte, discusses the digital risk of…
Accelerate essential cyber hygiene for your small business
Think you’re too small to experience a cyber attack? That’s not the case. In fact, cyber threat actors (CTAs) are increasingly setting their sights on small businesses. If successful, their attack attempts can be devastating. Fortunately, the Center for Internet…