Author: cnhadmin

Despite warning against behaviours that might expose their organisations to an increased degree of risk, 55% of security professionals admit that they are no cyber angels themselves and have engaged in risky activities. This is according to an informal study of security professionals who visited training firm KnowBe4’s stand at the recent Infosecurity Europe trade…

A generative AI tool called WormGPT that operates without the ethical boundaries or hard-coded limitations of legitimate services such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google Bard is being sold right now to cyber criminal operators on the dark web, it has emerged. The existence of the tool was uncovered by researchers at email security specialist SlashNext…

Encryption is a fundamental aspect of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) – a service used to confirm identity by proving ownership of a private key. Encryption plays a crucial role in this process, ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of data to build confidence that senders and receivers of information are who they say they are. However,…

The impending accession of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) holds the potential to drive market growth and consolidation in the Nordic region’s cyber security services sector. The membership path of the two military unaligned states to NATO is already producing unprecedented levels of mergers and acquisitions activity across Nordic borders…

Two vulnerabilities in the Adobe ColdFusion platform are being actively exploited by threat actors in a series of cyber attacks, apparently after a proof of concept (PoC) for one of them was accidentally released to the public by researchers. The two vulnerabilities in question are CVE-2023-29298, an access control bypass flaw, and CVE-2023-38203, a remote…

The digital realm has undergone a dramatic transformation over the last decade. At the forefront of this evolution is Software as a Service (SaaS), which has revolutionised the business ecosystem by offering customised solutions and seamless connectivity. But as we integrate these technologies deeper into our business fabric, one critical issue looms large: privacy. According…

On the other hand, AI can also be a powerful tool within the hands of cyber security professionals, with many AI-powered security technologies being developed and applied in the cyber security industry to strengthen defences and safeguard against emerging threats. With the wider business using AI, studies show 35% are utilising and 42% of businesses…