Managing multiple AWS accounts in an organization can get complicated, especially when trying to understand how services and permissions are connected. The Account Assessment for AWS Organizations open-source tool helps simplify this process by giving you a central place to…
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New infosec products of the week: May 9, 2025
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from ProcessUnity, Searchlight Cyber, ServiceNow, and Verosint. ServiceNow unveils AI agents to accelerate enterprise self-defense The new AI agents, available within ServiceNow’s Security and Risk solutions,…
The many variants of the ClickFix social engineering tactic
As new malware delivery campaigns using the ClickFix social engineering tactic are spotted nearly every month, it’s interesting to see how the various attackers are trying to refine the two main elements: the lure and the “instruction” page. In the…
Outpost24 expands EASM platform with modules for social media and data leakage
Outpost24 integration of two new Digital Risk Protection (DRP) modules to its External Attack Surface Management (EASM) platform. The Social Media and Data Leakage modules are now offered alongside the Leaked Credentials and Dark Web modules to enhance customer insights…
Yet another SonicWall SMA100 vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2025-32819)
SonicWall has fixed multiple vulnerabilities affecting its SMA100 Series devices, one of which (CVE-2025-32819) appears to be a patch bypass for an arbitrary file delete vulnerability that was exploited in zero-day attacks in early 2021, and may have also been…
Cisco’s new chip wants to scale quantum computing faster
Cisco is making significant strides in quantum computing by focusing on quantum networking, aiming to bring practical applications closer to reality. The company recently introduced a prototype of its Quantum Network Entanglement Chip and inaugurated the Cisco Quantum Lab in…
ServiceNow unveils AI agents to accelerate enterprise self-defense
ServiceNow launched a new, agentic chapter in enterprise security and risk, introducing AI agents to power the rise of self-defending enterprises. The new agents, available within ServiceNow’s Security and Risk solutions, are designed to improve consistency, identify insights, and reduce…
ProcessUnity Evidence Evaluator flags discrepancies in a third-party’s controls
ProcessUnity introduced Evidence Evaluator, an generative AI that reduces the manual lift of assessing and validating third-party security controls. A key component of ProcessUnity’s Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Platform, Evidence Evaluator automatically reviews third-party evidence and populates assessment responses complete…
How agentic AI and non-human identities are transforming cybersecurity
Within the average enterprise, non-human identities (NHIs) now outnumber employees, contractors, and customers by anything between 10-to-1 and 92-to-1. Add to this the fragmentation of human identity management resulting from authorizing a single person’s access to multiple on-premises, cloud computing…
Even the best safeguards can’t stop LLMs from being fooled
In this Help Net Security interview, Michael Pound, Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham shares his insights on the cybersecurity risks associated with LLMs. He discusses common organizational mistakes and the necessary precautions for securing sensitive data when integrating…