The Future (and Present) of the Internet, AI, and Tech with Nicholas Thompson

This week, host João Tomé is joined by Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic and former editor-in-chief of Wired, during his participation at Web Summit, the international event held in Lisbon with over 70,000 attendees. In this conversation, Thompson discusses the Internet, AI, social media, and the challenge of protecting content creators from AI crawlers—a problem Cloudflare’s AI Audit is designed to address. We also explore the 2024 media landscape, its future, and its role in supporting democracy.

FAQ: What Steps Can You Take to Speed Up ISO 27001?

ISO 27001 is one of the most important security frameworks in the world. Any business that wants to operate internationally, especially if they have contracts with certified brands or international governments, or they want to open the door to those contracts, will need to achieve ISO 27001 certification. There’s just one problem: it can take a long time to achieve. How long?

Arctic Wolf Observes Threat Campaign Targeting Palo Alto Networks Firewall Devices

On November 18, 2024, Palo Alto Networks disclosed the existence of two vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-0012 and CVE-2024-9474) in Palo Alto Networks OS (PAN-OS), the operating system used on their firewall devices. A day later, watchTowr released a report providing technical details on how to chain the two vulnerabilities together to achieve remote code execution of these vulnerabilities.

Threat Group Use AI Adult-Based "Deepnude" Image Generator Honeypots to Infect Victims

The threat group FIN7 is using the lure of generating nude images of favorite celebrities to get victims to download their NetSupport RAT. In any social engineering scam, there’s always the need to create some sense of urgency to act in order to make the potential victim take an action that enables the attack. In the case of a new attack by threat group FIN7, the urgency appears to be the desire to see deepfake nude images.

How Does Incognito Mode Work?

Incognito mode, also known as private browsing mode, stops your web browser from saving your browsing history on your device. By turning on incognito mode, you can browse the internet with the assurance that closing incognito mode will erase your cookies and data. Incognito mode also logs you out of your online accounts, which is useful if you’re sharing a device with others and want to maintain your privacy.

How to Combat Alert Fatigue to Retain and Empower Your Security Teams

In the high-stakes world of cybersecurity, organizations must ensure that their teams not only protect the organization but also stay motivated and productive. One of the most insidious threats to achieving this goal is alert fatigue. When analysts are bombarded with thousands of security alerts daily, they risk becoming overwhelmed and disillusioned in their roles.

Privileged Access for Modern Infrastructure: The Top Four Challenges

As organizations have transitioned from legacy IT infrastructure to cloud-native, ephemeral modern infrastructure, the needs of how privileged access is handled have shifted, too. Modern infrastructure presents unique challenges that legacy Privileged Access Management (PAM) tools, originally architected for more static environments, weren’t designed to handle. In this post, we explore why characteristics of modern infrastructure require a modern approach to PAM.

Security Bulletin: PAN-OS Authentication Bypass and Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

On November 19, 2024, Palo Alto Networks disclosed two critical vulnerabilities in its PAN-OS software, CVE-2024-0012 an Authentication Bypas, and CVE-2024-9474 a Privilege Escalation. These vulnerabilities enable attackers to gain unauthorized administrative access and escalate privileges to root level. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities, observed in the wild, has been attributed to a targeted campaign dubbed Operation Lunar Peek.

Integrating SASE and NDR: Building a Robust Security Framework

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is a holistic security model that integrates both networking and security functions into a single, cloud-native architecture. SASE security combines secure network access, SASE cloud security and zero-trust technologies to create a unified approach to protecting the enterprise networks of today. SASE can be extremely useful especially for organizations adopting digital transformation and remote work. Some of the SASE benefits are.