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September 01, 2022

Social media's role in spreading U.S. election disinformation in the spotlight

Before Twitter's former CISO sounded the alarm bell, the U.S. government defined steps to counter misinformation and disinformation at the state, local and federal levels. Read more ▶

Image: Intro to MongoDB’s queryable encryption

Intro to MongoDB’s queryable encryption

MongoDB 6.0 introduces a preview feature that pulls off the quasi-magical feat of allowing encrypted data to be used as the target of searches, without ever transmitting the keys to the database.

7 critical steps for successful security onboarding

Creating a culture of security starts on day one, say veteran security leaders. Here’s their advice for making that initial security training more effective.

Resolving conflicts between security best practices and compliance mandates

Sometimes the latest security best practices don't align with an organization's compliance templates. These are some of the areas where you might need an exception.

Image: Stuxnet explained: The first known cyberweapon

Stuxnet explained: The first known cyberweapon

Thanks to Stuxnet, we now live in a world where code can destroy machinery and stop (or start) a war.

Palo Alto adds new SaaS compliance, threat prevention, URL filtering features to Prisma solution

Cybersecurity vendor updates Prisma solution to help customers address increasing SaaS security challenges, along with detecting and preventing phishing, ransomware, and C2 attacks.

Multi-stage crypto-mining malware hides in legitimate apps with month-long delay trigger

The Nitrokod cryptocurrency mining campaign goes to great lengths to avoid detection and can remain active for years.

Women in cybersecurity form non-profit organization The Forte Group

The group aims to create a safe space for women in cybersecurity to discuss everything from pay to best practices in ransomware.

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