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SHARED INTEL Q&A: Forrester’s Geoff Cairns on why IAM is overdue for a fundamental reset - The Last Watchdog
Identity and Access Management (IAM) is no longer just about keeping the wrong people out—it’s about ensuring the right people, machines, and AI-driven agents can securely operate in an increasingly complex digital world. Related: How IAM can be a growth engine If 2024 was the year of Zero Trust acceleration, 2025 is shaping up to
News alert: SquareX discloses nasty browser-native ransomware that’s undetectable by antivirus - The Last Watchdog
Palo Alto, Calif., Mar 28, 2025, CyberNewswire -- From WannaCry to the MGM Resorts Hack, ransomware remains one of the most damaging cyberthreats to plague enterprises. Chainalysis estimates that corporations spend nearly $1 billion dollars on ransom each year, but the greater cost often comes from the reputational damage and operational disruption caused by the
News alert: INE receives a dozen G2 badges highlighting its cybersecurity training leadership - The Last Watchdog
Cary, NC, Mar. 27, 2025, CyberNewswire -- INE, a global leader in networking and cybersecurity training and certifications, is proud to announce it is the recipient of twelve badges in G2’s Spring 2025 Report, including Grid Leader for Cybersecurity Professional Development, Online Course Providers, and Technical Skills Development, which highlight INE’s superior performance relative to
News alert: IDT Corp., AccuKnox partner to deploy runtime security-powered CNAPP at the edge of IoT - The Last Watchdog
FinTech and Communications Leader, IDT Corporation partners with AccuKnox to deploy runtime security-powered CNAPP (Cloud Native Application Protection Platform) for IoT/Edge Security. Menlo Park, Calif., Mar. 25, 2025, CyberNewswire -- AccuKnox, Inc., announced that Telecom and FinTech Leader IDT Corporation has partnered with AccuKnox to deploy Zero Trust CNAPP. Gartner’s predictions for the Internet of
GUEST ESSAY: The case for making real-time business continuity a frontline cybersecurity priority - The Last Watchdog
It starts with a ripple of confusion, then panic. Hospital systems freeze mid-procedure. Electronic medical records become inaccessible. Related: Valuable intel on healthcare system cyber exposures In the ICU, alarms blare as doctors and nurses scramble to stabilize critical patients without access to real-time data. Admissions come to a standstill. Emergency rooms overflow with patients
News alert: RSAC 2025 ramps up – watch Byron Acohido on Bospar’s Politely Pushy podcast - The Last Watchdog
The annual pilgrimage to San Francisco for RSA Conference is fast approaching—and the ramp-up has officially begun. In the latest episode of Bospar’s Politely Pushy podcast, Last Watchdog Editor-in-Chief Byron V. Acohido joins DigiCert’s Christina Knittel and ConnectSafely.org’s Larry Magid for a spirited roundtable on how to get the most out of RSAC 2025. Hosted
News alert: INE Security spotlights healthcare companies facing rising exposure to costly breaches - The Last Watchdog
Cary, NC, Mar. 24, 2025, CyberNewswire -- INE Security, a global provider of cybersecurity training and certification, today announced its initiative to spotlight the increasing cyber threats targeting healthcare institutions. In recognition of National Physicians Week 2025, the company is drawing attention to new industry data showing a sharp rise in cyberattacks on hospitals and
News alert: Arsen introduces new AI-based phishing tests to improve social engineering resilience - The Last Watchdog
Paris, France, Mar. 24, 2025, CyberNewswire -- Arsen, a leading cybersecurity company specializing in social engineering defense, today announced the full release of Conversational Phishing, a groundbreaking feature embedded in its phishing simulation platform. This AI-powered tool introduces dynamic, adaptive phishing conversations to train employees against evolving threats more effectively than ever before. Advanced phishing
SHARED INTEL Q&A: Forrester highlights why companies need to strive for ‘cryptoagility’– today - The Last Watchdog
Quantum computing’s ability to break today’s encryption may still be years away—but security leaders can’t afford to wait. Forrester’s The Future of Quantum Security makes it clear: the transition to quantum-safe cryptography must start now. Related: Quantum standards come of age The real threat isn’t just the eventual arrival of quantum decryption—it’s that nation-state actors
News alert: Knocknoc raises seed funding to scale its just-in-time network access control technology - The Last Watchdog
Sydney, Australia, Mar. 19, 2025, CyberNewswire -- Sydney-based cybersecurity software company Knocknoc has raised a seed round from US-based venture capital firm Decibel Partners with support from CoAct and SomethingReal. The funding will support go-to-market, new staff, customer onboarding and product development. The company has appointed Adam Pointon as Chief Executive Officer. "The opportunity here
News alert: SecPod launches ‘Saner Cloud’ — CNAPP platform for real-time, automated security - The Last Watchdog
Bengaluru, India, Mar. 19, 2025, CyberNewswire -- SecPod, a global cybersecurity provider, has announced the General Availability of Saner Cloud, a Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform designed to provide automated remediation and workload security across multi-cloud environments. Unlike conventional security solutions that focus primarily on detection, Saner Cloud integrates security using AI-driven automation to remediate threats
News alert: SpyCloud study shows Darknet identity exploitation arising to become a primary cyber risk - The Last Watchdog
Austin, TX, Ma. 19, 2025, CyberNewswire -- The average corporate user now has 146 stolen records linked to their identity, an average 12x increase from previous estimates, reflecting a surge in holistic identity exposures. SpyCloud, the leading identity threat protection company, today released its 2025 SpyCloud Annual Identity Exposure Report, highlighting the rise of darknet-exposed
News alert: SquareX’s “Year of Browser Bugs” project exposes critical cybersecurity blind spots - The Last Watchdog
Palo Alto, Calif., Mar. 18, 2025, CyberNewswire -- SquareX, a pioneer in Browser Detection and Response (BDR) space, announced the launch of the "Year of Browser Bugs" (YOBB) project today, a year-long initiative to draw attention to the lack of security research and rigor in what remains one of the most understudied attack vectors -
My Take: Here’s why Google’s $32B Wiz grab is the latest Big Tech leap sure to further erode privacy - The Last Watchdog
We’ve seen this movie before. Alphabet, Google’s parent company's, $32 billion bid for Wiz isn’t just about security and privacy. It’s the latest round in Big Tech’s long-running game of business leapfrog—where each giant keeps lunging into the next guy’s home turf, trying to reshape the battlefield in its favor. Think about it. Google tried
News alert: Link11’s research shows DDoS attacks are more targeted — and doubled — year-over-year - The Last Watchdog
Frankfurt, Germany, Mar. 17, 2025, CyberNewswire -- Cyberattacks are no longer an abstract threat - they dominate risk planning for companies worldwide. The latest Link11 European Cyber Report shows an alarming trend: the number of DDoS attacks has more than doubled, and they are shorter, more targeted, and more technically sophisticated. Organizations that do not
News alert: Aptori’s AI-driven platform reduces risk, ensures compliance — now on Google Marketplace - The Last Watchdog
San Jose, Calif., Mar. 12, 2025, CyberNewswire -- Aptori, a leader in AI-driven application security, today announced the launch of its AI-driven AppSec Platform on Google Cloud Marketplace as part of graduating from Google Cloud’s ISV Startup Springboard program. This new agentic AI solution leverages semantic reasoning to analyze application code and logic in real
News alert: 360 Privacy secures $36M to deliver turnkey digital executive protection platform - The Last Watchdog
Nashville, TN – Mar. 11, 2025 – 360 Privacy, a leading digital executive protection platform, today announced that it has secured a $36 million growth equity investment from FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity firm with a successful track record of investing across the enterprise technology landscape. The investment will enable 360 Privacy to expand its engineering and
News alert: GitGuardian discloses 70% of leaked secrets remain active 2 years — remediation urgent - The Last Watchdog
Boston, Mass., Mar. 11, 2025, CyberNewswire -- GitGuardian, the security leader behind GitHub's most installed application, today released its comprehensive "2025 State of Secrets Sprawl Report," revealing a widespread and persistent security crisis that threatens organizations of all sizes. The report exposes a 25% increase in leaked secrets year-over-year, with 23.8 million new credentials detected
GUEST ESSAY: Four essential strategies to bolster cyber resilience in critical infrastructure - The Last Watchdog
In 2023, victims reported nearly 900,000 cybercrime complaints to the FBI. Altogether, losses eclipsed $12.5 billion — a significant 22% increase from the losses in 2022. Related: Closing the resiliency gap Unsurprisingly, experts predict this trend will continue to grow as we move further into the future. While any business is a potential target for
News alert: Hunters announces ‘Pathfinder AI’ to enhance detection and response in SOC workflows - The Last Watchdog
Boston and Tel Aviv, Mar. 4, 2025, CyberNewswire -- Hunters, the leader in next-generation SIEM, today announced Pathfinder AI, a major step toward a more AI-driven SOC. Building on Copilot AI, which is already transforming SOC workflows with LLM-powered investigation guidance, Hunters is introducing its Agentic AI vision, designed to autonomously enhance detection, investigation, and response.
News alert: Bubba AI launches Comp AI to help 100,000 startups get SOC 2 compliant by 2032 - The Last Watchdog
San Francisco, Calif., Mar. 3, 2025, CyberNewswire -- With the growing importance of security compliance for startups, more companies are seeking to achieve and maintain compliance with frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001 & GDPR. Bubba AI, Inc. is building a comprehensive solution for these organizations to easily integrate compliance workflows and build their own
GUEST ESSAY: How AI co-pilots boost the risk of data leakage — making ‘least privilege’ a must - The Last Watchdog
The rise of AI co-pilots is exposing a critical security gap: sensitive data sprawl and excessive access permissions. Related: Weaponizing Microsoft's co-pilot Until now, lackluster enterprise search capabilities kept many security risks in check—employees simply couldn’t find much of the data they were authorized to access. But Microsoft Copilot changes the game, turbocharging enterprise search
News alert: INE secures spot in G2’s 2025 Top 50 education software rankings - The Last Watchdog
Cary, NC, Feb. 25, 2025, CyberNewswire -- INE, the leading provider of networking and cybersecurity training and certifications, today announced its recognition as an enterprise and small business leader in online course providers and cybersecurity professional development, along with its designation as the recipient of G2’s 2025 Best Software Awards for Education Products. This category
News alert: INE Security’s focus on practical security training enhances career stability in tech - The Last Watchdog
Cary, NC, Feb. 19, 2025, CyberNewswire -- 2025 marks a time of unprecedented volatility in the technology job market. On one hand, dependence on technology is soaring. The growth of AI and machine learning is propelling a surge in new technologies, tactics, and ideas. At the same time, organizations are trying to adapt to the
News alert: Gcore Radar reveals 56% rise in DDoS attacks – gaming industry targeted the most - The Last Watchdog
Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Feb. 11, 2025, CyberNewswire -- Gcore, the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, today announced the findings of its Q3-Q4 2024 Radar report into DDoS attack trends. DDoS attacks have reached unprecedented scale and disruption in 2024, and businesses need to act fast to protect themselves from this evolving threat.
MY TAKE: Securing the Internet of Everything: why self-healing devices are the next frontier - The Last Watchdog
We’re just getting started down the road to the Internet of Everything (IoE.) Related: IoT growing at a 24% clip To get there – to fully tap the potential of a hyper-interconnected ecosystem where devices, data, AI and humans converge to benefit humankind – cybersecurity must first catch up. I had an edifying conversation about
My Take: Will decentralizing connected systems redistribute wealth or reinforce Big Tech’s grip? - The Last Watchdog
For the past 25 years, I’ve watched the digital world evolve from the early days of the Internet to the behemoth it is today. Related: Self-healing devices on the horizon What started as a decentralized, open platform for innovation has slowly but surely been carved up, controlled, and monetized by a handful of tech giants.
News alert: SpyCloud operationalizes darknet data, pioneers shift to holistic identity threat protection - The Last Watchdog
Austin, TX, Feb. 4, 2025, CyberNewswire -- SpyCloud’s Identity Threat Protection solutions spearhead a holistic identity approach to security, illuminating correlated hidden identity exposures and facilitating fast, automated remediation. SpyCloud, a leading identity threat protection company, announced key innovations in its portfolio, pioneering the shift to holistic identity threat protection. By operationalizing its vast collection
News alert: SquareX discloses ‘Browser Syncjacking’ – a new attack to hijack browser - The Last Watchdog
Palo Alto, Calif., Jan. 30, 2025, CyberNewswire -- Browser extensions have been under the spotlight in enterprise security news recently due to the wave of OAuth attacks on Chrome extension developers and data exfiltration attacks. However, until now, due to the limitations browser vendors place on the extension subsystem and extensions, it was thought to
News alert: Doppler announces integration with Datadog to streamline credential security - The Last Watchdog
San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 30, 2025, CyberNewswire -- Doppler, the leading provider of secrets management solutions, announced a new integration with Datadog, a cloud application monitoring and security platform.. This collaboration provides engineering and operations teams with an integrated solution for securely managing sensitive credentials and gaining insights into cloud environments through real-time monitoring. In
News alert: INE Security announces new initiative to help companies accelerate CMMC 2.0 compliance - The Last Watchdog
Cary, NC, Jan. 26, 2025, CyberNewswire -- INE Security, a leading global provider of cybersecurity training and certifications, today announced a new initiative designed to accelerate compliance with the Department of Defense's (DoD) newly streamlined Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0. This initiative aims to assist Defense Industry Base (DIB) contractors in swiftly adapting to the
MY TAKE: Here’s why Donald Trump really needs to fully embrace Joe Biden’s cybersecurity EO - The Last Watchdog
As one of his final official acts, President Joe Biden issued a landmark directive, addressing the evolving challenges posed by cyber threats while charting a strategic course toward a more secure digital ecosystem. Related: How Trump views of AI, crytocurrency, cybersecurity As a new White House administration takes charge, one can only hope that the
GUEST ESSAY: President Biden’s cybersecurity executive order is an issue of national security - The Last Watchdog
President Biden’s detailed executive order relating to cybersecurity is great to see. Biden’s order reflects the importance of cybersecurity at the highest levels – it is an issue of national security and should be treated as such. One of the big themes coming out of the order is the need to implement the right controls,
News alert: Aembit announces speakers for NHIcon event, highlighting non-human identity security - The Last Watchdog
Silver Spring, MD, Jan. 15, 2025, CyberNewswire -- Aembit, the non-human identity and access management (IAM) company, unveiled the full agenda for NHIcon 2025, a virtual event dedicated to advancing non-human identity security, streaming live on Jan. 28 and headlined by industry luminary Kevin Mandia. NHIcon 2025 is co-presented by Aembit and Veza, alongside industry
News alert: Sweet Security’s LLM-powered detection engine reduces cloud noise to 0.04% - The Last Watchdog
Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 15, 2025, CyberNewswire -- Sweet Security, a leader in cloud runtime detection and response, today announced the launch of its groundbreaking patent-pending Large Language Model (LLM)-powered cloud detection engine. This innovation enhances Sweet's unified detection and response solution, enabling it to reduce cloud detection noise to an unprecedented 0.04%. Sweet uses
News alert: Wultra secures €3M funding to help financial firms mitigate coming quantum threats - The Last Watchdog
Prague, Czech Republic, Jan. 15, 2025, CyberNewswire -- Quantum computing is set to revolutionize technology, but it also presents a significant security risk for financial institutions. Czech cybersecurity startup Wultra has raised €3 million from Tensor Ventures, Elevator Ventures, and J&T Ventures to accelerate the development of its post-quantum authentication technology, safeguarding banks and fintech
News Alert: Security Risk Advisors joins Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA) - The Last Watchdog
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 7, 2025, CyberNewswire -- Security Risk Advisors today announced it has become a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), an ecosystem of independent software vendors (ISVs) and managed security service providers (MSSPs) that have integrated their solutions with Microsoft Security technology to better defend mutual customers against a world of
News alert: CyTwist launches threat detection engine tuned to identify AI-driven malware in minutes - The Last Watchdog
Ramat Gan, Israel, January 7th, 2025, CyberNewswire -- CyTwist, a leader in advanced next-generation threat detection solutions, has launched its patented detection engine to combat the insidious rise of AI-generated malware. The cybersecurity landscape is evolving as attackers harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to develop advanced and evasive threats. The rise of AI-generated
News alert: SquareX exposes OAuth attack on Chrome extensions — days before a major breach - The Last Watchdog
Palo Alto, Calif., Dec. 30, 2024, CyberNewswire -- SquareX, an industry-first Browser Detection and Response (BDR) solution, leads the way in browser security. About a week ago, SquareX reported large-scale attacks targeting Chrome Extension developers aimed at taking over the Chrome Extension from the Chrome Store. On December 25th, 2024, a malicious version of Cyberhaven’s browser
LW ROUNDTABLE: Predictive analytics, full-stack visualization to solidify cyber defenses in 2025 - The Last Watchdog
To wrap up our 2024 year-end roundtable, we turn our attention to new technologies and trends that are emerging to help bridge the gaps. Part four of our four-part series From cybersecurity skills shortages to the pressures of hybrid work, the challenges facing organizations are at an all-time high. Experts here explore the importance of