API management (APIM): What It Is and Where It’s Going
So, where does this leave businesses that want to leverage the power of APIs? For starters, they need to invest in an API security strategy that covers all their bases. A robust strategy will be held up by a number of different tools and methodologies, including API management (APIM). In this article, we’re taking a…
Twitter data of “+400 million unique users” up for sale – what to do?
Hot on the heels of the LastPass data breach saga, which first came to light in August 2022, comes news of a Twitter breach, apparently based on a Twitter bug that first made headlines back in the same month. According to a screenshot posted by news site Bleeping Computer, a cybercriminal has advertised: I’m selling…
Why the Culture Shift on Privacy and Security Means Today’s Data Looks Different
Over the past 15 years, several events have reshaped how we think about data — what it means from a business perspective and what rights individuals have regarding how their personal information is used. Data security governance undoubtedly will play a large role in the future; however, conversations are still in relatively early stages. In…
Proofpoint Introduces a Smarter Way to Stay Compliant with New Intelligent Compliance Platform
Proofpoint Inc., a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today announced the launch of its Intelligent Compliance Platform, offering enterprises modern regulatory compliance safeguards while simplifying corporate legal protection practices. The platform leverages Proofpoint’s proprietary machine learning engine to provide business leaders with AI-powered collection, classification, detection, prevention, search, eDiscovery, supervision, and next generation predictive analytics…
Using real customer data in testing environments creates unnecessary risk
A new study polling 1,000 software developers and startup employees found 29% of companies use unprotected production data (real customer data) in testing environments when testing and troubleshooting their company’s software — increasing the risk of exposure in the event of a data breach. Unprotected production data is defined as data that is not de-identified…
Transport Layer Security (TLS): Issues & Protocol
Transport layer security (TLS) is the modern version of the now-deprecated secure socket layer (SSL) protocol. Due to multiple vulnerabilities within SSL, organizations require a more robust protocol to coincide with the increasing number of web-based technologies. For example, unlike SSL, TSL allows you to negotiate encryption on regular ports and protocols such as IMAP…
Demo: Your data has been encrypted! Stopping ransomware attacks with Malwarebytes EDR
It’s no secret that ransomware is one of the most pressing cyber threats of our day. What worse, ransomware gangs have increased their attacks on a range of vulnerable industries, with disruptions to business operations, million-dollar ransom demands, data exfiltration, and extortion. With Malwarebytes Endpoint Detection and Response, however, you can fight—and defeat—advanced ransomware that…
Data Stolen in Breach at Security Company Entrust
The breach was discovered on June 18 and the firm started notifying customers on July 6. However, the intrusion came to light only on July 21 when security researcher Dominic Alvieri came across a copy of the notification sent by Entrust to customers. Entrust is a Minneapolis, MN-based company that provides security solutions for user…
TalonWork Mobile empowers organizations to safeguard enterprise assets
Talon Cyber Security introduced TalonWork Mobile, a version of its TalonWork browser made specifically for mobile endpoints. With TalonWork Mobile, customers can extend secure access and control to the mobile endpoints that are used to connect to corporate resources and data, yet are historically unmanaged by organizations. Talon is the first secure enterprise browser provider…
Cyberattack Disrupts Unemployment Benefits in Some States
In Tennessee, the website for unemployment benefits remained down Thursday morning after the vendor, Geographic Solutions Inc., told the state Sunday that service would be interrupted. Some 12,000 Tennesseans rely on the unemployment program, and for now, they’re not getting their payments. The company said that it expects Tennessee’s system to be back online before…
