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Hegseth is quickly sworn in as defense secretary after dramatic Senate vote

Hegseth took the oath Saturday from Vice President Vance less than 12 hours after a dramatic late-night vote installed him as the Pentagon’s leader. The post Hegseth is quickly sworn in as defense secretary after dramatic Senate vote first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Trump uses mass firing to remove independent inspectors general at a series of agencies

The action removes oversight in many parts of his new administration, and some members of Congress are suggesting the dismissals violate federal oversight laws. The post Trump uses mass firing to remove independent inspectors general at a series of agencies first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Silobreaker Tickets empowers intelligence teams with AI-augmented tools

Silobreaker launched Tickets, a workflow management feature designed to elevate the efficiency, collaboration and impact of intelligence teams. Tickets is built with native support for Threat Intelligence teams, offering robust capabilities to manage and fulfil intelligence requirements across cyber, geopolitical and physical security domains – all supported by AI-driven insights. Tickets empowers teams of all sizes to prioritise and manage both incoming Requests for Information (RFI) and outbound incidents, which are surfaced from Silobreaker’s extensive … More → The post Silobreaker Tickets empowers intelligence teams with AI-augmented tools appeared first on Help Net Security.
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An unusual “shy z-wasp” phishing, (Mon, Jan 27th)

Threat actors who send out phishing messages have long ago learned that zero-width characters and unrendered HTML entities can be quite useful to them. Inserting a zero-width character into a hyperlink can be used to bypass some URL security checks without any negative impact on the function of the link, while any unrendered entities can be used to break up any suspicious words or sentences that might lead to the message being classified as a potential phishing, without the recipient being aware of their inclusion.
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5 tips to avoid IT modernization failure

Most modernization efforts flounder, fail or miss their ROI targets — often taking twice as long and costing twice as much, Kyndryl’s Petra Goude writes.
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AI security posture management will be needed before agentic AI takes hold

As I’m currently knee deep in testing agentic AI in all its forms, as well as new iterations of current generative AI models such as OpenAI’s O1, the complexities of securing AI bot frameworks for enterprise security teams are beginning to crystallize. The post AI security posture management will be needed before agentic AI takes hold appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Don’t let these open-source cybersecurity tools slip under your radar

This article showcases free, open-source cybersecurity tools that help you identify and address vulnerabilities, detect intrusion, protect websites from cyber attacks, monitor and detect suspicious activities across your network. Am I Isolated: Open-source container security benchmark Am I Isolated is an open-source container security benchmark that probes users’ runtime environments and tests for container isolation. Argus: Open-source information gathering toolkit Argus is an open-source toolkit that simplifies information gathering and reconnaissance. It features a user-friendly … More → The post Don’t let these open-source cybersecurity tools slip under your radar appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Cyber trends set to influence business strategies

Diligent convened a group of 65 board members, C-suite executives, and leading subject matter experts to explore topics shaping the future of business: generative AI, cybersecurity and data privacy, geopolitical risk, and financial fraud and abuse. In this Help Net Security video, Dottie Schindlinger, Executive Director of the Diligent Institute, discusses how 2025 presents boards with a technological headache and how these topics will shape cyber strategies at a board level across the new year … More → The post Cyber trends set to influence business strategies appeared first on Help Net Security.
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How to use Apple’s App Privacy Report to monitor data tracking

The App Privacy Report, which Apple introduced in iOS 15.2, allows users to monitor how apps access data and interact with third-party services. The report provides an in-depth analysis of the types of sensitive data accessed by apps, the external domains they communicate with, and the extent to which apps utilize Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) to request user consent for tracking activity across other apps and websites. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to … More → The post How to use Apple’s App Privacy Report to monitor data tracking appeared first on Help Net Security.
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, January 27th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9296, (Mon, Jan 27th)

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