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5 Compelling Reasons Not To Manage Your Own VoIP Server

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5 Compelling Reasons Not To Manage Your Own VoIP Server

Voice over Internet Protocol does away with bulky desk phones and tangled wires, but it introduces something you didn’t need before: a VoIP server. It powers all the standard VoIP features, like call forwarding, recording, and voicemail, plus advanced tools, like call queues, interactive voice response, and integrations. In other words, you can’t use a VoIP system without a VoIP server. You can manage the server yourself, which is not recommended for most, or leave…

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Security Leaders Consider Banning AI-Generated Code

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Security Leaders Consider Banning AI-Generated Code

One of the most-touted benefits of the proliferation of artificial intelligence is how it can assist developers with menial tasks. However, new research shows that security leaders are not entirely on board, with 63% contemplating banning the use of AI in coding due to the risks it imposes. An even larger proportion, 92%, of the decision-makers surveyed are concerned about the use of AI-generated code in their organisation. Their main concerns all relate to the…

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Email Attacks a Problem for National Infrastructure Companies

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Email Attacks a Problem for National Infrastructure Companies

Cyber attackers are repeatedly using malicious emails to infiltrate critical national infrastructure. Up to 80% of CNI companies experienced an email-related security breach in the last year, according to a new report from security solution provider OPSWAT. Compromising CNI, like utilities, transport, telecommunications, and now data centres, can lead to widespread disruption, making it a prime target for cyber attacks. A recent report from Malwarebytes found that the services industry is the worst affected by…

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Three Quarters of Dependency Vulnerability Patches Lead to Breakages, Report Finds

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Three Quarters of Dependency Vulnerability Patches Lead to Breakages, Report Finds

Patches deployed for dependency vulnerabilities cause breakages 75% of the time, a new report has revealed. Minor updates were found to break clients 94% of the time, and for version upgrades this was 95%. Software dependencies — the external code or libraries that a project requires to function properly — are notoriously difficult to manage during application development. Remediating vulnerabilities in dependencies requires a major version update 24% of the time. “Seemingly the most straight-forward…

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Catches Four Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Catches Four Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Every second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft releases a bundle of fixes for Windows. This Tuesday brings four zero-day vulnerabilities, two high-criticality vulnerabilities, and some sister patches from Adobe. On Patch Tuesday, which Microsoft calls “Update Tuesday,” other large software companies like Adobe release major security fixes. It’s a time to launch updates across corporate networks, and it occurs during mid-morning Pacific Standard Time to keep admins and users from having to scramble at the…

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Most Tech Leaders Worry About SaaS Security Threats

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Most Tech Leaders Worry About SaaS Security Threats

Software-as-a-Service applications have long been targets of cyberthreats. A new study finds that these threats remain top of mind for 78% of U.S. technology leaders as more SaaS apps find their way into the enterprise. Although enterprises have been prioritizing data privacy and security, their continued reliance on SaaS and cloud offerings means they remain at risk, according to the The SaaS Disruption Report: Security & Data by Onymos and Enterprise Strategy Group. Shiva Nathan,…

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Report Highlights Rising Risks in Sensitive Data Management

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Report Highlights Rising Risks in Sensitive Data Management

The volume of sensitive data that companies are harbouring in non-production environments, like development, testing, analytics, and AI/ML, is rising, according to a new report. Executives are also getting more concerned about protecting it — and feeding it into new AI products is not helping. The “Delphix 2024 State of Data Compliance and Security Report” found that 74% of organisations that handle sensitive data increased the volume kept in non-production, also known as lower, environments…

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Ransomware Trends: Most Attacks Hit Between 1am and 5am, Study Finds

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Ransomware Trends: Most Attacks Hit Between 1am and 5am, Study Finds

Threat actors are taking advantage of when security professionals are off-duty to stage their ransomware attacks, new research has found. The ThreatDown 2024 State of Ransomware report from Malwarebytes has revealed most incidents in the last year occurred between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. The report’s authors used data from the ThreatDown Managed Detection and Response team to conduct their research. It found that global ransomware attacks increased by 33% in the last year, with…

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SOCI Act 2024: Insights on Critical Infrastructure

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SOCI Act 2024: Insights on Critical Infrastructure

A rise in ransomware incidents and the embrace of artificial intelligence are considered potential data risks facing Australia’s critical infrastructure organisations, according to a new report. This news comes as new cyber security rules under the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 come into force in August 2024. The Critical Infrastructure Edition of the 2024 Data Threat Report, by technology organisation Thales, found that ransomware incidents at critical infrastructure organisations are on the rise globally…

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National Public Data Breach: 2.7bn Records Leaked on Dark Web

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National Public Data Breach: 2.7bn Records Leaked on Dark Web

In August, a hacker dumped 2.7 billion data records, including social security numbers, on a dark web forum, in one of the biggest breaches in history. The data may have been stolen from background-checking service National Public Data at least four months ago. Each record has a person’s name, mailing address, and SSN, but some also contain other sensitive information, such as names of relatives, according to Bloomberg. How the data was stolen This breach…

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