Software package hijacking has become a prominent concern for individuals, businesses, and the cybersecurity community at large. We’ve seen this new threat trend rise over the past couple of years, with the potential to severely impact the software supply chain by attackers exploiting software packages to execute malicious code. This blog post details a case study conducted by our security research team, in an effort to trace the typical time before a package hijack is detected.

Nightfall AI is excited to announce a new generation of detectors powered by generative AI (GenAI). Read on to learn more about recent advancements in our PII, PHI, secrets, and images detectors—as well as how they stack up against competitors like AWS Comprehend, Google DLP, and Microsoft Purview.

Cyber threats emerge and evolve at an astonishing pace, and the ability to respond quickly and efficiently is more crucial than ever. Real-Time Threat Intelligence has become a vital tool in this ongoing battle, providing organizations with the agility and insight needed to counteract these threats effectively.

Know Your Customer (KYC) isn’t merely a regulatory requirement; it’s the linchpin of financial integrity and security. In an era where fraudulent activities and money laundering schemes are increasingly sophisticated, KYC stands as the first line of defense. It serves a dual purpose: safeguarding financial institutions from becoming unwitting accomplices in illegal activities and protecting the economy at large from financial crimes.

As the holiday season comes into full swing, it’s estimated that cyberattacks go up by as much as 30% during this period. To help increase cyber resilience—and stay vigilant well into the new year—SecurityScorecard is sharing some of our key AI predictions for 2024 based on the trends we’ve observed this past year.

There are various ways to measure any given machine learning (ML) model’s ability to produce correct predictions, depending on the task that the system performs. Named Entity Recognition (NER) is one such task, in which a model identifies spans of sensitive data within a document. Nightfall uses NER models extensively to detect sensitive data across cloud apps like Slack, Microsoft Teams, GitHub, Jira, ChatGPT, and more.

Southern Illinois Healthcare oversees the operations of Harrisburg Medical Center (HMC), a not-for-profit community hospital with over 70 beds and 140 physicians. They are partnered with other clinics in the area, providing a comprehensive healthcare network for residents in the region. HMC suffered a network data breach nearly a year ago.

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Researchers at Abnormal have discovered the latest evolution in call-back phishing campaigns.