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Top Vulnerabilities and the Power of Patch Management

The cybersecurity landscape in 2023 was increasingly complex, marked by sophisticated types of cyber threats such as ransomware and cyber espionage. Over half of the high-risk vulnerabilities were exploited by threat actors, with ransomware payouts averaging a significant $1,542,333, up from $812,380 in 2022. Phishing attacks dominated, accounting for over 80% of incidents, and 57% of organizations experienced frequent phishing attempts. Additionally, 4,000 ransomware attacks occurred daily since 2016.

Mastering Cybersecurity: Essential OWASP Guidelines for Effective Protection

Join Dwayne McDaniel as he discusses the challenges and essentials of effective cybersecurity, highlighting the impact of bad security practices, the benefits of robust security measures, and the importance of community collaboration. This talk explores practical insights on improving security protocols, leveraging community knowledge, and the significant role of automation in ensuring safe, uninterrupted digital environments.

Navigating the Threat Landscape: Managing Ransomware Vulnerability with RBVM

Ivanti’s Amer Child previews his session at ISS 2024, zeroing in on Ivanti’s RBVM dashboard and how it can be used to manage your organization’s susceptibility to ransomware in a fast-moving threat landscape. Ivanti finds, heals, and protects every device, everywhere – automatically. Whether your team is down the hall or spread around the globe, Ivanti makes it easy and secure for them to do what they do best.

Detect and score application vulnerabilities

With AppDynamics and Cisco Secure Application, you can quickly identify where application vulnerabilities exist and gain insights as to how best to remediate them based on business risk observability. Let technology work for you by keeping up with the most recent vulnerabilities and help you prioritize what to remediate based on business risk.

WAF and Compliance: Meeting Legal and Regulatory Requirements

Building a web application in an online environment that hosts a countless number of bad bots, malicious hackers, and other security threats can be complicated. A web application must first be built to be functional (easy enough, sort of), and to be secure. Ideally, security will be considered from the beginning, and then flaws will need to be addressed upon completion. So, if your organization handles customer data, which it almost certainly does, there are legal and regulatory compliance rules you have to follow.

10 Best Vulnerability Management Tools for IT Professionals

Searching for the best vulnerability management tools in the market today? You’ve come to the right place. We’ve done all the research, compiled data from leading review sites, such as G2 and Capterra, and created this comprehensive guide on what to look for when selecting the best software vulnerability management tools for your business. When using this guide, it’s important to remember that vulnerability management, as a category, is essentially comprised of two functions.

XZ Vulnerability

You drink tap water every day, right? Do you know who invented the filtering mechanism that makes water pure and clean?… Well, do you actually care? Do you know that this mechanism is exactly the same in all the taps of all the houses of any country? Do you know that this specialized piece is the work of an engineer who does it just because? Can you imagine what could happen if this person had a bad day?

xz Backdoor: What to Know + What to Do About the XZ Utils Vulnerability

The xz backdoor is a vulnerability in XZ Utils, a popular data compression library. The xz backdoor can let unauthorized users gain admin-level access to systems, endangering data security and much more. Read on to learn more about the xz backdoor, who’s affected, and what you can do now to find out if your systems are at risk.

Microsoft Releases Out-of-band Updates to Address Critical Windows Server Domain Controller Issue

In a recent development that has sent ripples across the IT landscape, Microsoft has identified a critical issue plaguing Windows Server Domain Controllers (DCs). This issue, originating from a memory leak within the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS), has emerged as a significant concern for organizations relying on both on-premises and cloud-based Active Directory domain controllers to process Kerberos authentication requests.