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Security Threats to Payroll Data: How Can Your Firm Manage Them?

In modern, connected workplaces, security is a perpetual concern. Some departments in your organization handle high-risk information, such as personal employee data and company finances. Any data breach can bring on a reputational crisis and endanger internal strategic approaches. In February 2025, HR Dive reported the impact of a data breach at an employee screening services provider. The breach affected an unnerving 3.3 million people, leaking people's names and financial account information. Social Security numbers and other ID numbers also got compromised.
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How Much Service Do You Need from DRaaS?

All Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) providers do the same basic thing: They manage the recovery of data and applications following an outage or cyberattack. The growing frequency of cyber-attacks highlights the importance of these services. Cloudflare, for example, mitigated $6.9 million DDoS attacks in Q4 2024, a 16% increase quarter-over-quarter and an 83% rise year-over-year.

Security for AI: enabling secure AI adoption across the enterprise

AI is transforming productivity across every industry—from marketing and design to legal and engineering. But while employees rush to embrace tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot, many are using other tools without oversight from IT or security. As this grassroots usage grows, so does the volume—and sensitivity—of data flowing into AI tools.

The Role of Data Transfer Monitoring with DLP in Tracking Internal & External Data Movement

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tools are crucial for protecting sensitive information as it moves within and outside an organization. They help prevent data leaks and unauthorized access by allowing organizations to monitor, control, and respond to potential data transfer risks. In this article, let’s learn more about how DLP tools play a vital role in secure data transfers.

Yet Another NodeJS Backdoor (YaNB): A Modern Challenge

During an Advanced Continual Threat Hunt (ACTH) investigation conducted in early March 2025, Trustwave SpiderLabs identified a notable resurgence in malicious campaigns exploiting deceptive CAPTCHA verifications. These campaigns trick users into executing NodeJS-based backdoors, subsequently deploying sophisticated NodeJS Remote Access Trojans (RATs) similar to traditional PE structured legacy RATs.

Introducing Mend's Integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud

We’re excited to announce a powerful new integration between Mend.io and Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDC)—a step forward in our mission to bring intelligent, actionable, and context-rich open source security directly into the cloud security workflow. As organizations embrace cloud-native architectures, security teams face the growing challenge of identifying and prioritizing the open source software risks that truly matter.

Keeper Wins CHIP Password Manager Test for Third Year Running

Keeper Security has once again earned the coveted title of “Test Winner” in a recent comparison of top password managers conducted by CHIP Magazine, a leading consumer technology publication in Germany. This achievement marks Keeper’s third consecutive win, following its 2023 and 2024 triumphs. In the April 2025 edition of CHIP, the magazine’s dedicated test center rigorously evaluated Keeper Password Manager alongside 10 other leading solutions.