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Today, Salt Security announced that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security Competency status in the Application Security category. Salt is the only API security company to have earned AWS Security Competency. Having this certification differentiates Salt as an AWS Partner Network (APN) member that provides specialised software to assess code, logic, and applications to detect vulnerabilities and threats. To receive the designation, APN Partners must possess deep AWS expertise and deliver solutions seamlessly...

Over one in ten data breaches originate from a malicious insider, and they cost companies $4.18 million dollars per incident. And that’s only the malicious ones.   According to the 2023 Insider Threat Report by Cybersecurity Insiders, nearly three-fourths (74%) of organizations are at least moderately vulnerable to insider threats. It’s worth a company’s time to recognize the five main types of these kinds of attacks and know how to prevent them.  Recognizing Risk  Privileged Insiders...

New Specops Software research has unearthed the length of time it takes modern attackers to brute force user passwords. Plain text password storage is rare in these modern times, requiring attackers to adopt password cracking methods to make use of the majority of (hashed) password leaks. However, with the help of newer password-cracking hardware and software, the time to crack passwords is now considerably short. Darren James, Senior Product Manager at Specops Software, states “the...

Registration for this year’s International Cyber Expo (ICE) on the 26th and 27th of September 2023 at London Olympia is now open. The award-winning security event will once again showcase an impressive line-up of talks, demonstrations, and senior-level roundtable discussions led by reputable experts in the field; not least, Chair of the event’s Advisory Council, Ciaran Martin CB, Professor at Oxford University. To register for FREE, visit: https://ice-2023.reg.buzz/eskenzi-press-release-launch Off the back of the inaugural event...

Popular social media platform Discord has notified users it has suffered a data breach after a support agent’s account at a third party became compromised. A malicious individual then gained unauthorised access to the agent’s support queue, exposing user email addresses, Discord support messages and attachments sent via the ticket system. Discord - which has a user base of over 150 million monthly active users - has deactivated the compromised account and undertaken security checks...

Yesterday, comforte AG released the findings of a survey conducted on over 500 IT Security Specialists and Chief Information Officers across the UK, France and Germany. The research revealed that European IT and security leaders may be dangerously over-confident in their ability to avoid cyberattacks and mitigate the risk of serious data compromise. comforte AG commissioned Censuswide to conduct the interview. The findings reveal that most organisations have suffered a serious cyberattack in the last...

Today, systems management, data protection, and software security company, Quest Software and One Identity, part of the Quest family, announced shared success in the 2023 CRN Partner Program Guide.   CRN® is a brand of The Channel Company; the CRN 5-star Partner Program Designation recognises an elite subset of those vendors participating in the CRN Partner Program Guide who give solution providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs. Multiple 5-star ratings in the...

Charming Kitten, the infamous Iranian nation-state group, is actively targeting victims across Europe, U.S., India and Middle East with a new malware dubbed BellaCiao. The malware is the latest in their expansive custom tool kit. BellaCiao was discovered by Bitdefender, who describe the malware as a "personalised dropper" that's capable of delivering malware payloads onto a victim machine based on commands given by a third-party actor-controlled server. Charming Kitten is an Iranian state-sponsored APT group...

Today, Keeper Security announced it has been named an Overall Leader in the 2023 Leadership Compass- Secrets Management report by global information-security analyst firm KuppingerCole. Overall Leaders are identified based on the strength of products, market presence and innovation. KuppingerCole Analysts AG rated Keeper Secrets Manager (KSM) in the categories of security, functionality, deployment, interoperability and usability.  Keeper, as a vendor, was rated on innovation, market position, financial strength and ecosystem. The report recognises Keeper for fusion...

Yesterday, the winners of 11th coveted Global Infosec Awards were announced at the RSA conference in San Francisco. The awards are run by Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), who spent six months searching for over 4,300 companies who manage, create and offer the most respected information security products and services. Of these, CDM named over 400 as winners. The winners of the award were honoured because of their innovations and focus on attempting to stop tomorrow's...