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Adaptive Shield unveils ITDR platform for SaaS

Adaptive Shield has unveiled its Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) platform for SaaS environments. The recent Snowflake breach served as a wake-up call for the SaaS industry. On May 27, a threat group announced the sale of 560 million stolen records from targeted attacks on single-factor authentication users in Snowflake. This event, which continues to make headlines, follows a series of significant breaches in SaaS applications over recent months. “The Snowflake breach is a … More → The post Adaptive Shield unveils ITDR platform for SaaS appeared first on Help Net Security.
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VMware ESXi auth bypass zero-day exploited by ransomware operators (CVE-2024-37085)

Ransomware operators have been leveraging CVE-2024-37085, an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Active Directory domain-joined VMware ESXi hypervisors, to gain full administrative access to them and encrypt their file system. VMware owner Broadcom has released a fix for CVE-2024-37085 on June 25, 2024 and credited Microsoft’s researchers for flagging it, but did not mention that the vulnerability – at that time, a zero-day – was under active exploitation. Attackers exploiting CVE-2024-37085 “ESXi is a bare-metal hypervisor … More → The post VMware ESXi auth bypass zero-day exploited by ransomware operators (CVE-2024-37085) appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Critical Acronis Cyber Infrastructure vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2023-45249)

CVE-2023-45249, a critical vulnerability affecting older versions of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure, is being exploited by attackers. About Acronis Cyber Infrastructure Acronis is a privately held Swiss cybersecurity and data protection technology company. Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) is an IT infrastructure solution that provides storage, compute, and network resources. Businesses and service providers use it for data storage, backup storage, creating and managing virtual machines and software-defined networks, running cloud-native applications in production environments, and more. … More → The post Critical Acronis Cyber Infrastructure vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2023-45249) appeared first on Help Net Security.
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NIST Participates in White House Summit on Standards for Critical and Emerging Technology

A new Implementation Roadmap provides recommendations and actions for putting the U.S. standards strategy into effect.
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Piloting Success: The Critical Role of Efficient Contact Centers to Optimize Airport Operations

Contact centers are key for airport operations, ultimately enhancing the passenger experience.
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Why a strong patch management strategy is essential for reducing business risk

In this Help Net Security interview, Eran Livne, Senior Director of Product Management, Endpoint Remediation at Qualys and Thomas Scheffler, Security Operations Manager of Cintas Corporation, discuss their experiences with automated patch management. Scheffler details how Cintas transitioned from manual processes to Qualys’ solution, significantly improving their patching efficiency. Livne explains the role of effective patch management in minimizing business risk and maintaining strong cybersecurity. Can you speak to the importance of a good patch … More → The post Why a strong patch management strategy is essential for reducing business risk appeared first on Help Net Security.
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When allocating scarce resources with AI, randomization can improve fairness

Researchers argue that, in some situations where machine-learning models are used to allocate scarce resources or opportunities, randomizing decisions in a structured way may lead to fairer outcomes.
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