Security spending is losing momentum with a third of CISOs reporting flat or reduced budgets this year. These numbers come from a recent annual survey of 755 cybersecurity decision-makers conducted by IANS Research. Decreased spending in the face of growing cyberattacks put pressure on security leaders to find better ways to optimize their processes. Fortunately, CISOs are discovering solutions for this problem by following the tried-and-true tactics of simplification, consolidation, and innovation.

In today’s rapidly evolving retail landscape, where digital transformation is no longer a choice but a necessity, the importance of a robust and agile network and security infrastructure cannot be overstated. Retailers face a multitude of challenges, from managing vast networks across geographically dispersed locations to safeguarding sensitive customer data in an increasingly complex threat environment.

With the recent release of Ubuntu 24.04, we at Snyk Security Labs thought it would be interesting to examine the latest version of this Linux distribution to see if we could find any interesting privilege escalation vulnerabilities. I’ll let the results speak for themselves: During our research, we successfully identified a privilege escalation from the default user on a fresh Ubuntu Desktop installation to root.

Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a cryptographic protocol designed to provide secure communication between web browsers and servers. It is used in almost every app nowadays. Many IP-based protocols such as HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, and FTP support TLS. Disable TLS 1.0 is a critical task for security and compliance.

As crypto markets continue to grow, there’s never been more competition for exchanges to grow their retail and institutional user bases. To create a competitive advantage against industry stalwarts (like Coinbase, Binance, or Gemini), exchanges must overcome key challenges that impact their ability to scale, offer differentiated products & services, and remain as secure as possible.

Download the “4 Ways Exchanges Can Create a Competitive Advantage in Today’s Market” cheat sheet As crypto markets continue to grow, there’s never been more competition for exchanges to grow their retail and institutional user bases. To create a competitive advantage against industry stalwarts (like Coinbase, Binance, or Gemini), exchanges must overcome key challenges that impact their ability to scale, offer differentiated products and services, and remain as secure as possible.

In this tutorial, we’ll break down how you can use osquery’s ATC feature to expand osquery’s data collection capabilities.