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CSO US First Look
The day's top cybersecurity news and in-depth coverage
January 24, 2025
GDPR fines hit â¬1.2 billion in 2024 on 8.3% more breach reports
Down 33%, the total was the first decline since GDPR went into enforcement, largely due to 2023âs record-setting fine versus Meta.
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Tricking the bad guys: realism and robustness are crucial to deception operations
The tactic of luring bad actors into digital traps goes beyond honeypots, requiring robust infrastructure and highly realistic lures to gather intelligence on intruders and identify insider threats.
Cisco patches antivirus decommissioning bug as exploit code surfaces
The flaw could allow remote attackers to shut down ClamAV scanning and compromise critical security workflows.
10 top XDR tools and how to evaluate them
Extended detection and response tools provide a deeper and more automated means to identify and respond to threats. These are some of the most popular options.
Mastercardâs multi-year DNS cut-and-paste nightmare
What is frightening about this mistake is not how much damage cyberthieves could have done, but how easy it is to make and how difficult it is to discover.
Trump disbands Cyber Safety Review Board, Salt Typhoon inquiry in limbo
Some experts are concerned that the dismissal of the Cyber Safety Review Board removes a critical security blanket and cancels a report that could have been valuable to cybersecurity leaders.
Cybersecurity is tough: 4 steps leaders can take now to reduce team burnout
A happy team makes for a happy CISO, which reduces burnout and staff turnover at all levels. Here are some low-budget approaches top professionals have taken to ease the stress.
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