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Essential AI Strategies to Strengthen Third Party Risk Management
Cyber Insurance: Making the Most of Your Policy
Preventing Breaches: The Power of Security Awareness Training
Webinar: Resiliency in the Face of Ransomware
Zero Trust: A Paradigm Shift in Cybersecurity
Unveiling Deception: How to Spot Scams Before They Spot You
Ransomware: Strategies for Safeguarding Your Digital Assets
Unraveling the Power of AI in Cybersecurity: Safeguarding the Digital Realm
Fortifying Cybersecurity Defenses
Optimizing Healthcare Cybersecurity Cost and Staffing: Balancing Resources and Risk in Healthcare
Leading Cybersecurity Companies GS Lab | GAVS and ASMGi Announce Strategic Partnership to Enhance Global Cyber Defense
Understanding the Importance of Third-Party Risk Management in Healthcare
Embracing Smart Manufacturing: Unveiling IoT Trends, Challenges, and Cybersecurity in the Era of Industry 4.0
Cybersecurity Update – Terin D. Williams – DHS – CISA
Real Life Cyber Attacks - Dec 1 Event
The age of IoT and AI is quickly advancing, demanding more compute power and lower latency at the edge to ensure quick response and great performance.
xIoT Device Risk: Turning the Industry Inside-Out
Cyber Insurance: Digital Risk Mitigation Plan From Financial Loss
AI In Healthcare
Cybersecurity News from Around the Web
Russian Cybercrime Groups Exploiting 7-Zip Flaw to Bypass Windows MotW Protections
A recently patched security vulnerability in the 7-Zip archiver tool was exploited in the wild to deliver the SmokeLoader malware. The flaw, CVE-2025-0411 (CVSS score: 7.0), allows remote attackers to circumvent mark-of-the-web (MotW) protections and execute arbitrary...
North Korean Hackers Deploy FERRET Malware via Fake Job Interviews on macOS
The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have been observed delivering a collection of Apple macOS malware strains dubbed FERRET as part of a supposed job interview process. "Targets are typically asked to communicate with an interviewer...
Watch Out For These 8 Cloud Security Shifts in 2025
As cloud security evolves in 2025 and beyond, organizations must adapt to both new and evolving realities, including the increasing reliance on cloud infrastructure for AI-driven workflows and the vast quantities of data being migrated to the cloud. But there are...
Taiwan Bans DeepSeek AI Over National Security Concerns, Citing Data Leakage Risks
Taiwan has become the latest country to ban government agencies from using Chinese startup DeepSeek's Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform, citing security risks. "Government agencies and critical infrastructure should not use DeepSeek, because it endangers national...
AMD SEV-SNP Vulnerability Allows Malicious Microcode Injection with Admin Access
A security vulnerability has been disclosed in AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) that could permit an attacker to load a malicious CPU microcode under specific conditions. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-56161, carries a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10.0,...
Microsoft Patches Critical Azure AI Face Service Vulnerability with CVSS 9.9 Score
Microsoft has released patches to address two Critical-rated security flaws impacting Azure AI Face Service and Microsoft Account that could allow a malicious actor to escalate their privileges under certain conditions. The flaws are listed below - CVE-2025-21396...
Google Patches 47 Android Security Flaws, Including Actively Exploited CVE-2024-53104
Google has shipped patches to address 47 security flaws in its Android operating system, including one it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-53104 (CVSS score: 7.8), which has been described as a case of...
Microsoft SharePoint Connector Flaw Could’ve Enabled Credential Theft Across Power Platform
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability impacting the Microsoft SharePoint connector on Power Platform that, if successfully exploited, could allow threat actors to harvest a user's credentials and stage follow-on attacks. This...
Microsoft Will Remove the Free VPN That Comes With Windows Defender Soon
The feature will no longer be available starting Feb. 28. Microsoft wants to focus on “new areas that will better align to customer needs.”
768 CVEs Exploited in 2024, Reflecting a 20% Increase from 639 in 2023
As many as 768 vulnerabilities with designated CVE identifiers were reported as exploited in the wild in 2024, up from 639 CVEs in 2023, registering a 20% increase year-over-year. Describing 2024 as "another banner year for threat actors targeting the exploitation of...