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Why is a Comprehensive Cybersecurity Strategy Essential? A robust cybersecurity strategy is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Whether it is financial services, healthcare, or travel, organizations are making significant shifts to the digital domain. It has become critical to safeguard sensitive data from threats and risks. But how can businesses build confidence in […]

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How Does Secure Access Management Fuel Innovation? Have you ever pondered the correlation between innovation security and business success? With businesses heavily rely on technology to innovate and drive growth, secure access management has become a crucial element in their strategy. It is the linchpin that binds the concepts of technological advancement and data protection, […]

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Student mental well-being is continuing to worsen. 40% of school-aged students report persistent depressive symptoms, while 20% consider serious self-harm. As school communities debate the cause of increasing mental health issues among students, all agree on one thing: schools must proactively provide support. Supporting students starts with understanding how mental health conditions affect the various ...

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Author/Presenter: Angel Gamboa

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The shift to cloud-native infrastructure has introduced a difficult dilemma for many security and compliance teams: do compliance requirements and the desire for visibility impede the ability to use more secure systems in cloud-native environments? This tension arises from legacy tooling, evolving attack surfaces, and the rigidity of existing compliance standards. Without doubt, there are trade-offs between security, compliance, and visibility in modern containerized environments that are worth exploring.

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May 15, 2025 - Lina Romero - APIs power the modern internet as we know it. AI is grabbing the headlines, but less time is spent reporting on the APIs that connect these AI models behind the scenes to users, apps and data. As a result, API security remains a vital, but often overlooked, issue in 2025. And API testing is a crucial component of API security.
The Importance of Testing
API testing ensures that APIs perform as expected, process only the correctly formatted requests and return only the correct types of output. Without API testing, it is impossible to validate the various outputs and ensure both accuracy and functionality. This is especially true for fast-moving organizations that produce and consume a high number of APIs as a normal part of their technology strategy. Secure-by-design, as championed by CISA, would normally advocate for starting security even a few steps before API testing, for example with secure coding practices based around a threat model. However, once an organization is confident that the code of an API is acceptable (functionally / security requirements), the next step is to run this API and test it. Testing is vital for identifying errors such as incorrect formats, invalid responses, or other flaws that may not be caught manually and vulnerabilities that could lead to unauthorized access, data breaches, and other exploitation. API testing can fall into lots of different categories, even if only focusing on security testing of APIs: Each of these categories of tests will check for a different set of security risks. And it may be important to run these tests either as a completely external user, modeling an anonymous threat actor, or as a valid authenticated user. Catching these early can allow for faster fixes before a faulty API gets to production, and saves the developers both time and money during the build process. That’s why it’s important that each test comes with as much actionable contextual information for a developer or a responsible party to make the necessary fixes. Testing also identifies performance roadblocks and areas that could be optimized for efficiency. It ensures that the APIs can perform well, even at scale or with unpredictable traffic volumes or patterns. Without API, the internet as we know it would simply cease to operate. And without API testing, the APIs that help our internet function could be open to outside manipulation, leading to attacks at a scale we’ve never seen before. At FireTail, we believe strongly in the power and importance of frequent API testing. In fact, we test our own APIs with our product all the time! To see how FireTail can work for you and help you simplify your API security posture, schedule a demo or start your free trial today.

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Perimeter defenses can fail. Learn how microsegmentation halts lateral movement, securing your network from internal threats.

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Threat actors have all kinds of motivations for targeting open-source software (OSS) repositories like the Python Package Index (PyPI). Financial gain is one of them. As ReversingLabs (RL) 2025 Software Supply Chain Security Report noted, there were close to two dozen software supply chain campaigns in 2024 alone that targeted developers working on cryptocurrency applications. 

But financial gain is just one motivation. Geopolitical tensions and political activism are another, as can be seen in a new malicious campaign that RL researchers detected on the PyPI this week, which may be linked to a threat actor that works in support of Ukraine since the Russian invasion of that country in 2022.

On Tuesday, the RL threat research team detected a newly uploaded malicious package that poses as a Python debugging utility. When installed, the package implants a backdoor on the developer’s system, enabling malicious actors to execute malicious code and exfiltrate sensitive data. 

By comparing the malicious packages and attack techniques of previous malicious campaigns, RL researchers conclude that this new package may be attributable to a hacktivist gang known for its campaigns against Russian interests in support of Ukraine.

Here’s what RL researchers discovered — and what this ongoing campaign means for the current state of OSS security

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AttackIQ has released a new attack graph emulating the behaviors exhibited by VanHelsing ransomware, a new and rapidly growing ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) affiliate program that emerged in March 2025. This emulation enables defenders to test and validate their detection and response capabilities against this new threat.

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Arachnid alarm: Three major British retailers recently attacked, resulting in huge damage. Now we see the self-same scum spotlighting stores in the States.

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Author/Presenter: Sing Ambikapathi

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DHS cancelled a $2.4 billion contract to Leidos that was awarded last year for ACTS, a project aimed at supporting CISA. Rival Nightwing protested the award, but DHS said the contract was pulled in light of budgetary and mission changes at CISA since the Trump Administration assumed power in January.

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Unified visibility and context are the keys to an effective exposure management program. Learn how the new Tenable One connectors and unified dashboards give you a comprehensive view of your attack surface, help you streamline decision-making and empower your teams to uncover hidden risks, prioritize critical exposures and respond to threats with confidence.

In 2022, we unveiled a vision of how proactive cybersecurity processes needed to evolve. Legacy approaches relied on siloed tools and disconnected teams to deliver patchwork security across IT, cloud, application and OT environments. The problem, back then as it still is today, was that attackers don’t work in silos, and many exploited this limitation by finding entry points and escalating privileges in the cracks between various tools. Our goal was to enable organizations to secure all attack surfaces, leveraging context to more effectively prioritize critical risks and collaborate more efficiently with remediation stakeholders to address issues faster. We called this new discipline Exposure Management and launched one of the industry's first Exposure Management platforms, Tenable One.

Since then, we’ve been hard at work to make this vision a reality for our customers, releasing numerous enhancements to help you unify visibility, insight and action to reduce cyber risk. And we’re excited to announce a new milestone in our exposure management journey: the ability to connect your cybersecurity tool data — alongside your Tenable data — into Tenable One for a truly unified view of assets and exposures and a holistic view of risk. The need to integrate data from your security stack is no longer just a nice-to-have option — it’s an essential component of exposure management so you can understand your organization’s exposure in full context.

Unlocking full visibility: Tenable One connectors (available now!)

Tenable is turning the page to a new chapter in exposure management — one in which fragmented visibility doesn’t hold teams back. The new Tenable One connectors make it easy to bring in data from across your security ecosystem — including vulnerability management, cloud security, endpoint security, OT/IoT security, application security, CMDBs, and more — alongside your native Tenable findings.

This isn’t just about collecting more data. It’s about unlocking a truly unified, contextual view of your entire attack surface.

Source: Tenable, May 2025

With Tenable One connectors, you can:

• Manage risk from one place — Eliminate tool sprawl and operational silos with a single, unified platform.
• Detect toxic risk combinations — Spot where unpatched vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and excessive permissions come together to create critical exposure points.
• Prioritize critical exposures — Use cross-domain prioritization to zero in on the highest-impact risks, instead of trying to tackle every issue
• Maximize ROI — Streamline processes, cut costs and maximize the value of existing security investments by ensuring tools work together for better outcomes.

These third-party insights enhance every part of the Tenable One platform:

• A single, unified Inventory of asset and risk data across the attack surface

  Source: Tenable, May 2025

• Richer context in Exposure Signals to support smarter, cross-domain prioritization

  Source: Tenable, May 2025

• Consolidated Exposure Cards that bring all your risk data together for a comprehensive view of your risk posture.

  Source: Tenable, May 2025

Holistic risk analysis: Unified dashboards in Tenable One (available now!)

And we didn’t stop there. Another critical piece of the exposure management puzzle is how teams analyze and report on risk. Until now, doing so meant bouncing between tools, exporting reports and stitching together dashboards from fragmented data sources.

No more.

With unified dashboards in Tenable One, security teams can finally get a holistic view of their attack surface — all in one place.

Tenable One Dashboards allow teams to:

• Leverage pre-built dashboards — Access best-practice dashboards for quick, actionable insights into common security use cases.
• Create custom dashboards — Use a library of over 40 customizable widgets to build dashboards tailored to any use case or audience.
• Design custom widgets — Develop bespoke widgets that highlight specific data points and metrics that are most relevant to your security needs.
• Dive deeper with powerful filters — Apply customizable filters, slice data, and choose from various chart types to drill into the details and analyze trends with precision.
• Share and collaborate — Make dashboards private or share them across teams and easily export them in multiple formats for better collaboration.

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Whether you’re reporting to your CISO or digging deep into root causes, Tenable One Dashboards bring clarity and focus to your risk management efforts.

Experience Tenable One connectors and dashboards in action. Explore our guided demo to see how these new capabilities come to life in Tenable One: 

 

Not a customer yet? Book a demo now to discover how Tenable One can enhance your exposure management program.

Learn more about Tenable One connectors:

• Read the connectors one-pager to understand the value each connector category can bring to your exposure management program.
• Visit our new connectors web page to explore all available connectors in Tenable One.

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As a senior UX designer at Tidal Cyber, I often field questions from other designers and cybersecurity industry colleagues on how to work effectively in a lean team environment. Lean teams typically operate with a ratio of one designer for every 10 to 20 developers. So, it requires a lot of multi-tasking, context-switching, and cross-team collaboration that can be challenging to navigate. 

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Today, May 15, 2025, Castle extends its proven behavioral detection to the network edge through a no-code, fully managed Cloudflare integration.

The rise of AI allows attackers to operate faster and better than ever, which means fraud and abuse is now embedded in traffic from day one and often overwhelming

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The team at CyberSaint is thrilled to announce the latest additions and updates to the CyberStrong solution. To start, we’ve expanded Continuous Control Automation to help our clients streamline adoption and configuration, helping you assess your cyber risk data faster than ever before. We’ve also added updates to editing reports and an important update to tracking risk trends on the Executive Dashboard. 

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Google’s AlphaEvolve AI redefines algorithm creation, enhancing efficiency in data centers and revolutionizing real-world applications. Learn more!

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China launches 12 satellites for its AI space computing constellation, marking a leap in satellite technology. Discover how this changes the landscape of space computing.

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General availability of Neon Serverless Postgres on Azure, a scalable database solution for developers. Explore features and advantages now!

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\LegoGPT, the AI system that crafts stable LEGO designs from natural language. Explore its innovative tech and creative potential today!

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