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Phishing and Ransomware: How Threat Actors Attack the Financial Services Sector

Trustwave SpiderLabs is prepped to launch its newest threat intelligence research, the 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Financial Services Sector. The upcoming report, which is set to be released on September 10, promises to be an indispensable resource for cybersecurity professionals. This comprehensive report not only sheds light on the modus operandi of a dominant ransomware gang but also delves into the persistent use of phishing and brute-force attacks to compromise credentials.

Understanding Adjust Memory Quotas for a Process

The windows security setting adjust memory quotas for a process, specifies who has the permission to change the maximum amount of random access memory (RAM) that a program or application can access at any specific time. Doing so controls and manages system resources, ensuring the system runs smoothly. The adjust memory quotas for a process setting decides who can change a program or process' memory quota.

Threat Actors Increasingly Exploit Deepfakes for Social Engineering

The availability of deepfake technology has given threat actors a valuable tool for social engineering attacks, according to researchers at BlackBerry. “Typically, online scams prey on the presumed weaknesses and susceptibility of the targeted individual,” the researchers write.

Keeper Named Value Leader by EMA for Privileged Access Management

Keeper is cost-effective and easy to deploy – and the industry is taking notice. Keeper Security’s zero-trust Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution, KeeperPAM, has again been recognized as a Value Leader by the IT and data management analyst research and consulting firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) in its 2024 PAM Radar Report: Read the Full Report.

How To Spot a Credit Card Skimmer

According to the FBI, credit card skimming costs individuals and banks approximately $1 billion annually. You can spot a credit card skimmer by searching for a tampered security seal, checking for misalignments, wiggling the card reader or looking inside the card reader. Continue reading to learn more about credit card skimmers, how to spot them and what you can do if your card gets skimmed.

Prompt Sanitization: 5 Steps for Protecting Data Privacy in AI Apps

As Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) become integral to modern apps, we face a critical challenge of protecting sensitive user data from inadvertent exposure. In this article, we’ll explore the importance of content filtering in LLM-powered apps, and provide strategies for its implementation. Looking for step-by-step tutorials on prompt sanitization for OpenAI, Langchain, Anthropic, and more? Skip down to the “Tutorials & further learning” section below.

Install ggshield On macOS Using Signed .pkg Files

MacOS users can now opt to install ggshield using our new signed packages. Installing ggshield, the GitGuardian CLI is a very quick process, but traditionally has required use of python's pip or homebrew on a macOS system. With the release of ggshield 1.27.0 we are now proud to offer signed DOT P G K files, making it possible to easily distribute ggshield to your team and leverage the official Mac Installer. Since it is officially signed, once downloaded, it just takes a couple of clicks to get it installed.