Topic: security tools
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Recover Your Google Account with a Friend's Help
Google has introduced new account recovery options, including using a linked mobile number or designated trusted contacts to verify identity when locked out. The Recovery Contacts feature allows preselected individuals to help regain account access, while Sign in with Mobile Number simplifies rec...
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Cloud-Audit: Fast, Open-Source AWS Security Scanner
Cloud-audit is an open-source Python CLI tool that provides actionable security findings for AWS, executing 45 curated checks across core services and mapping them to CIS benchmarks. It delivers specific remediation steps for each finding, including AWS CLI commands or Terraform snippets, and can...
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Browser Attacks That EDR, Email, and SASE Can't Stop
The web browser is now the primary workspace for critical business tasks, yet it remains a major security blind spot, creating a dangerous gap between where work happens and where security is focused. Sophisticated attacks exploit this visibility gap by operating entirely within the browser, usin...
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Parrot OS Unveils 2026 Roadmap for Security & Platform Upgrades
Parrot OS is a specialized Debian-based Linux distribution for cybersecurity, integrating tools for penetration testing, forensics, malware analysis, and privacy research. The 2026 roadmap focuses on platform upgrades, including enhanced support for lightweight and container-based deployments, an...
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Why Attackers Are Phishing on LinkedIn
Phishing attacks have expanded beyond email, with 34% now occurring on platforms like LinkedIn, targeting executives in finance and tech sectors, but are severely underreported due to reliance on email-focused security metrics. LinkedIn phishing evades conventional defenses by bypassing email sec...
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Open-Source CAI: The Ultimate AI Security Framework
Cybersecurity AI (CAI) is an open-source framework that enables the creation of AI agents for both offensive and defensive security operations, such as vulnerability scanning and exploitation. Its modular, agent-based design includes built-in safeguards and supports integration with over 300 AI m...
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Australia excels at detecting cyberattacks but struggles with alert fatigue, Illumio finds
Australian organizations lead globally in detecting lateral movement security incidents (97% detection rate) but face severe operational challenges from overwhelming alert volumes and false positives. Security teams receive an average of 2,061 alerts daily, leading to alert fatigue and spending n...
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Find and Fix Internal Vulnerabilities with Detectify Scanning
Detectify's new Internal Scanning solution extends security testing to private networks, addressing the visibility gap and allowing organizations to efficiently find and fix vulnerabilities in internal applications. The solution uses advanced proprietary technology, including a crawling engine po...
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Qilin Ransomware Exploits WSL to Deploy Linux Encryptors
The Qilin ransomware group uses the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to deploy Linux encryptors on Windows machines, evading detection by security tools designed for Windows threats. They have targeted over 700 organizations across 62 countries, employing remote access tools and BYOVD attacks to...
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ZEST Security Launches Free AI Risk Assessment Tool
ZEST Security offers a free AI-driven tool that provides curated remediation pathways, helping organizations focus on the most critical threats rather than just identifying vulnerabilities. The tool uses AI to filter out irrelevant or non-exploitable vulnerabilities and models the most efficient ...
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Cisco ASA Zero-Day & Fortra GoAnywhere Under Active Attack
A wave of sophisticated cyberattacks is exploiting newly discovered zero-day vulnerabilities in critical enterprise infrastructure, including Cisco's ASA and Fortra's GoAnywhere, posing significant risks to organizational networks and sensitive data. Law firms are increasingly targeted by cybercr...
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CISO Strategies: Maximizing Impact with Limited Resources
CISOs can maintain strong cybersecurity on limited budgets by maximizing the value of existing tools and forming strategic alliances instead of seeking more funding. Understanding and fully utilizing current security solutions, along with building strong vendor relationships, can uncover addition...
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Oneleet Secures $33M to Revolutionize Security Compliance
Bryan Onel founded Oneleet to address the gap between compliance and actual security, moving beyond "compliance theatre" by integrating a full suite of security tools for comprehensive protection. Oneleet has secured $33 million in Series A funding, led by Dawn Capital, to expand its engineering ...
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CISOs in Survival Mode: Navigating Risk Under Pressure
CISOs face an overwhelming threat environment where most believe a successful breach is inevitable, leading to a focus on rapid response amid frequent, high-impact attacks and low confidence in employee threat detection. Generative AI is a top priority as both a major security risk and a tool for...
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Terra Security Launches Continuous Exploitability Validation for CTEM
Terra Security has launched a continuous exploitability validation solution to help organizations determine if detected vulnerabilities are actually exploitable within their unique, live environments, moving beyond simple detection. A key challenge is that traditional security tools often fail to...
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How Hackers Poison AI and How to Stop Them
Cybercriminals are leveraging AI to create sophisticated spam, malicious code, and phishing campaigns, while also directly targeting AI systems to exploit vulnerabilities. Attackers use AI to refine deceptive communications through A/B testing and exploit AI assistants and security tools, leading...
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Outcome-based SOC fixes slow teams caused by too many alerts
Attackers are increasingly using stolen credentials and trusted administrative tools like PowerShell to bypass traditional malware, making alert-based detection less effective by generating noise that slows SOC teams. The real bottleneck in security operations is the overwhelming volume of alerts...
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Shift Left Security Nightmare: Why It's Failing Developers
The "shift left" security model has failed by overburdening developers with security tasks, creating conflict between the need for rapid feature delivery and robust protection. A critical vulnerability stems from the unchecked use of public container registries, where malicious images and exposed...
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SmarterTools Breached by Hackers Exploiting Own Software Flaw
The Warlock ransomware gang breached SmarterTools by exploiting an unpatched SmarterMail server, demonstrating how a single overlooked system can compromise an entire network. Attackers used a specific authentication bypass vulnerability to gain access, moved laterally with Windows tools, but wer...
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Python Foundation Rejects US Security Grant
The Python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5 million U.S. government grant because the terms would have prohibited its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, conflicting with its core mission. The grant was intended to fund the development of proactive security tools for the Python...
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