APIs are indispensable, but also pose a security risk
APIs are everywhere these days. You can hardly have a conversation about IT without talking about them. However, this ubiquity also means that APIs become targets for attackers. So how do you make sure your APIs are secure and stay secure? At Noname Security, they claim to have an answer to this qu...
What are the current cyber security threats? An overview.
Cybersecurity is in a state of constant change. The attack surfaces on which cybercriminals capitalize are as versatile as the overall development of information technology. Insight into both attackers and this attack surface is essential. Only by knowing what a threat looks like can we defend ours...
It’s still better to prevent than recover from ransomware
Ransomware is becoming an increasing problem. In Europe alone, there are so many examples of large and small organisations that have fallen victim to ransomware. Year on year, the number of ransomware cases keeps surging by a couple hundred percent. Reason enough to take it seriously and incorporat...
HP OMEN Gaming Hub had serious vulnerability
HP Inc. seems to be on the radar of SentinelOne's SentinelLabs researchers. Several months ago they reported on a vulnerability in HP and Samsung printers. The researchers have now discovered something similar in a driver that belongs to HP's OMEN Gaming Hub. The vulnerability has been given the "n...
Don’t make cybersecurity the end user’s problem
Human beings are the weakest link in the chain of cybersecurity, you often hear. Roel van Rijsewijk from Thales is very annoyed about this approach. The reason for this is that the responsibility in this area lies not with the people who deal with it, but with the end users. That must and can be do...
Deep Instinct uses deep learning for proactive endpoint security
Everyone who does anything with cybersecurity will no doubt recognize the statement "it's not a matter of if, but when". At Deep Instinct, however, they fundamentally disagree with that statement. According to this supplier, deep learning is the way to go from reactive endpoint security back to pro...
HP installs vulnerable printer drivers on PCs for 16 years
SentinelOne recently uncovered a vulnerability in HP and Samsung printers. This is a so-called escalation of privilege vulnerability that originated in a poorly designed and not properly maintained printer driver. CVE-2021-3438, as the vulnerability is officially called, has received a CVSS score o...
Onegini and iWelcome become OneWelcome: largest European CIAM company
Two Dutch companies active in Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) have decided to join forces. Onegini and iWelcome will from now be OneWelcome. The merger creates the largest European supplier of Identity & Access Management software.
In the field of IAM you have several flavor...
Palo Alto Networks focuses on container security
Palo Alto Networks is investing heavily to expand its portfolio. This by further developing its own products and acquiring other companies. Container security has played a prominent role in this growth strategy for a number of years now. We spoke to Director Systems Engineering Northern Europe Mike...
Snyk brings security to the software development life cycle
Snyk offers an application security platform that is getting more popular. It has grown into a security vendor in six years with a valuation of almost 4 billion euros (4.7 billion dollars). We spoke to CEO Peter McKay after the recent Series E financing of hundreds of millions.
Snyk was founded ...
SentinelOne is the flight recorder for endpoint protection
To become truly successful in the crowded and competitive security market, you have to have a unique story. SentinelOne has that, on multiple levels. At least that is what André Noordam, Director Sales Engineering EMEA-North at the vendor, tells us. This piqued our curiosity, of course. What follo...
Zscaler expands Zero Trust from cloud to on-prem
Zero Trust is a term you come across a lot in conversations around security. It is no surprise that Zscaler also focuses strongly on this. Today, the company announced the necessary additions that should make Zero Trust more attainable for more organizations.
When it comes to Zero Trust, you're ...