Long simmering suspicions about the loyalty of Kaspersky Software, a cybersecurity firm headquartered in Russia, came to a head this week after the U.S. government banned the sale of the company’s software, effective July 20th, to both companies and individual consumers. In addition, the U.S. Treasury Department has placed sanctions on 12 senior leaders of..

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An analysis of ransomware attacks claimed to have been perpetrated by cybercriminal syndicates that was published today by NCC Group, a provider of managed security services, finds LockBit 3.0 has reemerged to claim the top spot amongst the most prominent threat actors. Previously dormant following the groups’ takedown by law enforcement officials earlier this year,..

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Cato Networks today launched a framework for IT services partners that promises to make it simple to integrate its secure access service edge (SASE) service with third-party services.

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CHOROLOGY.ai today emerged from stealth to apply generative artificial intelligence (AI) to data governance.

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IRONSCALES has made generally available a phishing simulation tool that makes use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to enable cybersecurity teams to create as many as 2,000 simulations of a spear phishing attack in less than an hour.

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A global survey of more than 1,033 security and IT leaders published today finds nearly two-thirds (65%) lack confidence that their existing security tooling cannot effectively detect breaches.

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Microsoft president says the company accepts full responsibility for every cybersecurity issue raised in a recent Cyber Safety Review Board report created by multiple officials from several U.S. government agencies

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Cisco plans to embed AI capabilities into its Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) software and Cisco Security Cloud.

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Stress? What stress? 43% of IT professionals report that their organization had experienced a security breach that caused downtime and cost $1-10 million.

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