Database management company MongoDB has suffered a breach: attackers have gained access to some of its corporate systems and customer data and metadata. The MongoDB breach “We detected suspicious activity on Wednesday (Dec. 13th, 2023) evening US Eastern Standard Time,…
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Creating a formula for effective vulnerability prioritization
In this Help Net Security interview, Michael Gorelik, CTO and Head of Malware Research at Morphisec, provides insights into the business impact of vulnerabilities. Gorelik discusses challenges posed by regulatory frameworks, incomplete asset inventories, and manual methods, while also exploring…
Correct bad network behavior to bolster application experience
Legacy hardware-based applications existed happily in isolation, untethered from a network. The thing that really mattered was the speed of the hard drive and having enough memory. Today, even the software running from personal hard drives relies on other applications…
Preserving privacy through advanced encryption techniques
At its core, encryption involves the use of algorithms, mathematical functions that manipulate data into a seemingly random and indecipherable form. This encoded information, referred to as ciphertext, can only be converted back into its original, meaningful state by those…
Information-blocking rule in 21st Century Cures Act redefines data exchange in healthcare
A Verato survey offers perspectives on the data management strategies of healthcare executives, highlighting the crucial role of Healthcare Master Data Management (hMDM) in addressing key gaps, facilitating seamless data exchange, and aligning with the mandates of the 21st Century…
Week in review: Apache Struts vulnerability exploit attempt, EOL Sophos firewalls get hotfix
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: SCS 9001 2.0 reveals enhanced controls for global supply chains In this Help Net Security interview, Mike Regan, VP of Business Performance at TIA, discusses…
Transcend enhances its privacy platform to address current and future compliance challenges
Transcend announced an expansion of its product suite—going even further to help the world’s best brands manage complex privacy compliance challenges. Powering privacy for Fortune 100 companies, the global 2000s, and high-growth start-ups, Transcend solves current and future compliance challenges…
WALLIX One helps mitigate risks associated with theft and identity compromise
WALLIX extends its suite of identity and digital access management software via its SaaS platform, WALLIX One. This platform includes essential services designated to safeguard the digital operations of companies. With WALLIX One, employees, external service providers, IT administrators, PLC…
OilRig targets Israel organizations with new lightweight downloaders
ESET researchers analyzed a growing series of new OilRig downloaders that the group used in several campaigns throughout 2022 to maintain access to target organizations of special interest, all located in Israel. They include an organization in the healthcare sector,…
New infosec products of the week: December 15, 2023
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Censys, Confirm, Drata, Safe Security, and SpecterOps. Nemesis: Open-source offensive data enrichment and analytic pipeline Nemesis is a centralized data processing platform that ingests, enriches,…