Monthly Archives: February 2025

Norton’s AI-powered features defend against scams and social engineering threats

Norton is setting the standard for scam protection with a new range of AI-powered features fully integrated in Norton Cyber Safety products to help protect people from the most widespread cyberthreat of our time. Like the first domino tipping over and setting off a chain reaction, scams are the initial event that can trigger a series of serious attacks, including identity theft and financial fraud. The Company reports that 90% of all cyberthreats now originate … More → The post Norton’s AI-powered features defend against scams and social engineering threats appeared first on Help Net Security.
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1Password helps MSPs boost security and streamline their operations

1Password introduced 1Password Enterprise Password Manager – MSP Edition, a dedicated solution that transforms how MSPs safeguard client data and helps them confront complex threat environments. With features tailored to MSPs’ unique needs, this comprehensive solution strengthens client security posture and boosts productivity, all while enabling MSPs to scale their operations efficiently and maximize profitability. “The demand we’ve seen from MSPs since the beta program has been extraordinary,” said Jason Eberhardt, VP of Global MSP … More → The post 1Password helps MSPs boost security and streamline their operations appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Lumu Playback strengthens threat detection

Lumu announced Playback feature for Managed Service Providers (MSPs). Playback collects, analyzes and stores network metadata including network logs, and turns them into actionable threat intelligence. This enterprise-grade technology is widely adopted by the financial sector, healthcare, government, and education, and is now being made available to the MSP market and its SMB clients. Playback enables MSPs to efficiently meet compliance requirements, and strengthen threat detection while significantly reducing operational costs. Via a self-service experience, … More → The post Lumu Playback strengthens threat detection appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Unknown and unsecured: The risks of poor asset visibility

In this Help Net Security interview, Juliette Hudson, CTO of CybaVerse, discusses why asset visibility remains a critical cybersecurity challenge. She explains how to maintain security without slowing down operations, shares ways to improve visibility in OT environments, and explains how AI can be both a solution and a challenge. Hudson also provides actionable advice for security leaders seeking to enhance their organization’s security posture. Why is asset visibility still such a critical issue? You … More → The post Unknown and unsecured: The risks of poor asset visibility appeared first on Help Net Security.
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300% increase in endpoint malware detections

The third quarter of 2024 saw a dramatic shift in the types of malware detected at network perimeters, according to a new WatchGuard report. The report’s key findings include a 300% increase quarter over quarter of endpoint malware detections, highlighted by growing threats that exploit legitimate websites or documents for malicious purposes as threat actors turn to more social engineering tactics to execute their attacks. While Microsoft documents like Word and Excel have long been … More → The post 300% increase in endpoint malware detections appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Like human brains, large language models reason about diverse data in a general way

Researchers find large language models process diverse types of data, like different languages, audio inputs, images, etc., similarly to how humans reason about complex problems. Like humans, LLMs integrate data inputs across modalities in a central hub that processes data in an input-type-agnostic fashion.
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Using ES|QL in Kibana to Queries DShield Honeypot Logs, (Thu, Feb 20th)

With the Elastic released of version 8.17.0, it included “The technical preview of new MATCH and query string (QSTR) functions in ES|QL makes log searches easier and more intuitive.”[1] With this released, I started exploring some of the many options available with ES|QL in Kibana [2], enabled by default, to do various types of queries to quickly summarize data, outside of the default or custom dashboards.
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ISC Stormcast For Thursday, February 20th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9332, (Thu, Feb 20th)

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Lawmakers press Hegseth about cost, morale, readiness impact of border operations

DoD has estimated that the southern border operations will cost $1 billion over eight months. GAO found DoD didn’t have reliable cost estimates in the past. The post Lawmakers press Hegseth about cost, morale, readiness impact of border operations first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Lawmakers press Hegseth about cost, morale, readiness impact of border operations

DoD has estimated that the southern border operations will cost $1 billion over eight months. GAO found DoD didn’t have reliable cost estimates in the past. The post Lawmakers press Hegseth about cost, morale, readiness impact of border operations first appeared on Federal News Network.
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