Cybersecurity

3 ways to achieve crypto agility in a post-quantum world – Help Net Security

Working at the speed of digital business is a constant challenge. But in today’s increasingly automated operational environment, crypto agility—i.e., an organization’s ability to (at the moment of compromise) switch rapidly and seamlessly between certificate authorities, encryption standards and keys and certificates with minimal disruption to one’s digital infrastructure—becomes essential to business. Crypto agility is […]

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Security automation gains traction, prompting a “shift everywhere” philosophy – Help Net Security

The use of automated security technology is growing rapidly, which in turn is propagating the “shift everywhere” philosophy – performing security tests throughout the entire software development life cycle – across more organizations, according to Synopsys. This year’s findings revealed a clear trend of firms increasingly taking advantage of security automation to replace manual, subject […]

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Rise in automated attacks troubles ecommerce industry – Help Net Security

Automated attacks on application business logic, carried out by sophisticated bad bots, were the leading threat for online retailers, according to Imperva. In addition, account takeover, DDoS, API abuse, and client-side attacks were significant risks. The ecommerce industry remains a lucrative target for cybercriminal activity. Built on a vast network of API connections and third-party […]

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Phylum Discovers SeroXen RAT in Typosquatted NuGet Package

On October 6, 2023, Phylum’s automated risk detection platform alerted us to a suspicious publication on NuGet. After working through several layers of obfuscation we ultimately discovered that this package was delivering SeroXen RAT. The package in question is Pathoschild.Stardew.Mod.Build.Config published by a user called Disti. The package is a typosquat of a legitimate package […]

Cybersecurity

Hands-on threat simulations: Empower cybersecurity teams to confidently combat threats – Help Net Security

Security processes are increasingly automated which has led some businesses to deprioritize developing their security teams’ defense skills. While antivirus and non-human generated threat detections efficiently identify vulnerabilities, they cannot detect every single threat. With the rising number of cyber-attacks, organizations must make sure they are ready to defend themselves. That means equipping cybersecurity teams […]