Recently, Apple launched its Apple Vision Pro to much fanfare and has pushed the discussion of Augmented Reality (AR) beyond the realms of gaming and entertainment. From healthcare innovations to retail experiences and manufacturing enhancements, AR has the potential to reshape operational frameworks and redefine user interactions. Yet, as we pivot towards exploring the symbiotic relationship between AR and cybersecurity, we're opening Pandora's box to a new dimension of cyber threats.

In today's digital age, organizations are using data in innovative ways to understand their businesses and generate new value, making data the lifeblood of every operation. As a result, data is growing at an unprecedented rate across on-premises, SaaS, and multi-cloud environments. However, this rapid growth presents significant challenges for organizations, as they often struggle to identify sensitive or regulated data, where it’s located, and who has access to it.

Navvis & Company is a comprehensive healthcare network throughout the US, including Hawaii. They offer scalable healthcare services that push patients towards their health and wellness goals while supporting providers’ roles to achieve those milestones. In the middle of last year, mid-July, Navvis experienced a cyberattack; their experts responded, but not before the assailants got away with 462,861 records—and that’s just from Hawaii.

A passkey manager is a tool that aids users in generating, storing and managing the passkeys they use to log in to their accounts. There are many types of passkey managers available on the market, including ones that come built into your devices, browser-based passkey managers and dedicated passkey managers that allow you to access your passkeys from anywhere. Continue reading to learn more about what passkey managers are and why you should use them to store your passkeys.

This week was particularly active in Cybersecurity—attacks rained upon all states, from the Great Basin of Nevada to the Volcanoes of Hawaii. The week began with an announcement out of Texas: U.S. Renal Care found exposed information from a vendor breach in 2023, impacting over 132k patients. Connecticut College was also featured this week; investigations are ongoing, but victims shouldn’t wait to protect themselves. The public also got an update on the PJ&A data breach from 2023.

In a historic move, European Union member countries have unanimously agreed on the groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence Act. This achievement comes after overcoming last-minute concerns that the rulebook might impede European innovation. The EU deputy ambassadors provided the green light to the final compromise text, marking the conclusion of extensive negotiations between the Council, European Parliament members, and European Commission officials.

The increase in cyberattacks increases year-on-year with attacks being more and more sophisticated. It’s a daunting task for security teams to adapt security strategies to proactively mitigate threats against the backdrop of a shortage of cybersecurity talent and budgets stretched. This is leading to organisations adopting proactive defence strategies using tools with continuous monitoring capabilities.

When it comes to IoT, monitoring is not optional but mandatory for success. This comprehensive guide demystifies IoT monitoring in plain language—learn why it’s essential, which components need your attention, and how to implement it effectively. Prevent costly downtimes, secure your network, and gain unparalleled control over your IoT ecosystem.

CVE-2023-46214 is identified as a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability within Splunk Enterprise, as reported in the Splunk security advisory SVD-2023-1104 on November 16, 2023. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would give an attacker code execution on the target server. This can lead to exfiltration of sensitive information, persistence, lateral movement, destruction or impairment of the server, or many other malicious activities.

OWASP pen testing is the assessment of web applications to identify vulnerabilities outlined in the OWASP Top Ten. An OWASP pen test is designed to identify, safely exploit and help address these vulnerabilities so that risks can be mitigated before they are exploited by adversaries.