6 Free Cybersecurity Training and Awareness Courses

Most are designed to help organizations address teleworking risks related to COVID-19 scams. 1 of 7 The surge in teleworking in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened cyber-risks for organizations across industries — especially those with little prior experience dealing with a remote workforce. Indeed, threat actors attempting to take advantage of the situation
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Viral WhatsApp Scam Promises Free Streaming Services

Cybercriminals capitalize on the popularity of media and entertainment to target consumers looking for at-home activities. As businesses across industries suffer losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some have noticed a benefit to more people staying at home. Streaming services, for example, have seen their memberships surge as people look for at-home activities. Cybercriminals are
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Limited-Time Free Offers to Secure the Enterprise …

These products and services could be of immediate help to infosec pros now protecting their organizations while working from home. 1 of 10 The novel coronavirus has had an impact on the global economy unlike any health-related issue in modern times. Companies have been told to close offices, while employees have been instructed to shelter
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7 Free Tools for Better Visibility Into Your Network

It’s hard to protect what you don’t know is there. These free tools can help you understand just what it is that you need to protect — and need to protect yourself from. 1 of 8 What’s on your network? It’s a simple question, but one that countless security and network management teams struggle to
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New Free Emulator Challenges Apple's Control of iOS

An open-source tool gives researchers and jailbreakers a free option for researching vulnerabilities in the operating system – and gives Apple a new headache. A security researcher at Black Hat Europe in London next week plans to release an open source low-level emulator that can run a version of Apple’s mobile operating system. The project, based
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10 Low-Cost (or Free!) Ways to Boost Your Security …

The following hardware and software options will amplify your know-how about artificial intelligence and how to apply it to security – without busting any budgets. 1 of 11 From IT to marketing to HR, artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way throughout the enterprise. For security professionals, learning about the technology and how to apply
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8 Free Tools to Be Showcased at Black Hat and DEF CON

Enterprise Vulnerabilities From DHS/US-CERT’s National Vulnerability Database CVE-2019-14361PUBLISHED: 2019-07-31 ** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2019-14439. Reason: This candidate is a reservation duplicate of CVE-2019-14439. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2019-14439 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to preve… CVE-2019-14452PUBLISHED: 2019-07-31
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FEC Gives Green Light for Free Cybersecurity Help …

Official opinion issued by the Federal Election Commission to nonprofit Defending Digital Campaigns is good news for free and reduced-cost security offerings to political candidates and committees. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has approved a request by nonprofit Defending Digital Campaigns (DDC) to offer federal candidates and national political party committees free and discounted cybersecurity
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Free Princeton Application Provides IoT Traffic Insight

The application developed by a research group allows users to spot possible IoT security problems. A project at Princeton University is studying IoT devices used in homes and, in the process, has developed a tool that can give individuals a great deal of insight into the IoT activity going on all around them. The Princeton
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FireEye Creates Free Attack Toolset for Windows

The security services company releases a distribution of 140 programs for penetration testers who need to launch attacks and tools from an instance of Windows. Kali Linux has become the standard tool for offensive security specialists, but for penetration testers who need native Windows functionality, there has not been a similarly maintained set of tools.
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