Many of us in the information security sphere have sat in front of a console and furiously executed various queries while either mumbling internally or externally, with varying levels of stress and frustration: what is going on? When investigating a particular system, an odd event, or a declared incident, we are all attempting to answer this question in one way or another. Detections, documented threat hunts and security operations procedures do not manifest out of thin air.

This policy setting determines if RPC clients authenticate with the Endpoint Mapper Service when their call includes authentication data. The Endpoint Mapper Service on Windows NT4 (all service packs) is unable to process authentication data provided in this manner. Disabling this policy means RPC clients won’t authenticate with the Endpoint Mapper Service, but they can still communicate with it on Windows NT4 Server. The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled.

Machine learning-based data loss prevention (DLP) file classifiers provide a fast and effective way to identify sensitive data in real-time, empowering organizations with granular, real-time DLP policy controls. Netskope Advanced DLP offers a wide range of predefined file classifiers, such as passports, driver’s licenses, checks, payment cards, screenshots, source code, tax forms, and business agreements.

On May 9, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) officially adopted new Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) requirements for Internal Network Security Monitoring (INSM). This is one of the last steps before Federal regulators make it an official standard for utilities and the electrical power grid industry. What does it mean? Compliance for CIP-015-1 is coming to your utility. Utilities will need monitoring tools with deep and wide asset intelligence and network control.

Explore Our Latest Insights on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Learn More. It is easy to assume that large language models (LLMs) and generative AI (GenAI) security products are a mysterious box of magic. While, in general, interactions with these models are abstract; you make an API call to a remote endpoint and receive a response without much exposure to the security controls around the model, there are security risks of AI to consider when using them.

Let’s catch up on the more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news gathered from articles across the web this week. This is what we have been reading about on our coffee break! A story of a total train crash… Good guy hits bad guy, hits another bad guy and maybe someone wins…

Being a security analyst tracking down threats can feel like being the Wile E. Coyote to an attacker’s Road Runner. You’re fast, but they’re faster. You set up alerts, but they still manage to get past your defenses. You’re monitoring systems, but they’re still able to hide their criminal activities.

In 2022, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the most powerful data privacy law in a generation, was used to fine a nosy neighbor.