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Articles Posted Week of Sep 1st, 2025 — Sep 7th, 2025 (330/1/7)
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Security
Top 10 Best Password Managers In 2025 For Maximum Online Security
Making Self-Service Password Reset And Account Recovery Secure
I'm Ditching Passwords For Passkeys For One Reason - And It's Not What You Think
AI
Why Enterprise AI's Next Breakthrough Lies In Spatial Intelligence
AI Is Taking Over Cybersecurity - But Businesses Still Know The Risks
FOSS
As Open Source AI Takes Off, Accountability And Governance Must Keep Pace
LibreOffice 25.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is What's New
Backup
Cisco News
Citrix News
Proofpoint News
Not Safe For Work: Tracking And Investigating Stealerium And Phantom Infostealers
Strengthen Human Resilience During Cybersecurity Awareness Month - And All Year Long
Trend Micro News
Every October, organizations across the country recognize Cybersecurity Awareness Month— but too often, the effort becomes a box-checking exercise. Employees skim a few slides, click through an online module, and move on without truly changing their behaviors. At DC Edge, we believe awareness should be engaging, memorable, and impactful.
That’s why we’ve partnered with an industry leader to bring you Virtual Cyber Escape Rooms—a fun, interactive way to teach critical cybersecurity skills. Instead of passively watching or reading, your team steps into a high-energy challenge where they must collaborate, solve puzzles, and outsmart a hacker.
Security
Top 10 Best Password Managers In 2025 For Maximum Online Security
1Password to LastPass: Which Password Managers in 2025 Offer the Best Security and Convenience?...more
Making Self-Service Password Reset And Account Recovery Secure
Self-service password reset (SSPR) and self-service account recovery (SSAR) are essential for reducing IT workload and empowering users. However, these solutions, if not implemented securely, can become an organization's biggest security hole....more
I'm Ditching Passwords For Passkeys For One Reason - And It's Not What You Think
Passkeys promise to replace passwords. The reality is far more confusing. But you should move to them anyway. Here's why....more
AI
Why Enterprise AI's Next Breakthrough Lies In Spatial Intelligence
Spatial intelligence represents a critical evolution in AI...more
AI Is Taking Over Cybersecurity - But Businesses Still Know The Risks
99% agree AI will influence their cybersec purchases or renewals...more
Synthetic Data + AutoML For Data Scarce Environments
Are you building a machine learning model? If yes, and barely have any data to start with? It could be simply understood that you are a health-tech startup and working on a rare disease....more
FOSS
As Open Source AI Takes Off, Accountability And Governance Must Keep Pace
As models like DeepSeek-R1 rival proprietary systems at a fraction of the cost, the AI landscape is shifting toward transparency and governance - making the database the new control plane for responsible innovation....more
This fireside chat, featuring Unit 42 expert insights from real-world cases, will expose the true cost of cloud insecurity and how defenders can protect their cloud assets and data. We'll then reveal how Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud delivers comprehensive, AI-driven defense, simplifying security from development to runtime. Register
LibreOffice 25.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is What's New
Highlights include support for exporting PDF 2.0, optimized memory management, and up to 30% faster opening of files in Writer and Calc....more
Backup
You Backed Up Your Data, But Can You Bring It Back?
Despite investing in backup solutions, organizations struggle with complex recovery processes. Here are seven practices that strengthen backup and recovery....more
Cisco News
The Data Catalyst: Blended Finance Paving The Way For Climate AI Solutions
Artificial intelligence (AI) holds great promise for climate innovation, but its effectiveness depends on access to diverse, high-quality data - something that can be difficult and costly to obtain in the climate sector....more
Citrix News
Worker-Led AI Isn't Shadow IT. It's Shadow Strategy
Last week, I wrote about the challenges enterprises have when implementing AI like traditional IT projects, including their frequent struggle to show value, tendency to go over budget, and failure to achieve true workflow transformation....more
Proofpoint News
Not Safe For Work: Tracking And Investigating Stealerium And Phantom Infostealers
Threat actors are increasingly turning to information stealers in malware delivery, and Proofpoint threat researchers have observed an increase in the variety of commodity information stealers regularly used by cybercriminal threat actors....more
Strengthen Human Resilience During Cybersecurity Awareness Month - And All Year Long
Modern cyberattacks don't just exploit technology-they exploit people. While email remains the primary attack vector, cybercriminals are expanding their tactics and exploiting additional channels, like Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp....more
Trend Micro News
Three Critical Facts About Cyber Risk Management
For CISOs responsible for cyber risk management, these three insights will help build a strong and reliable foundation for your proactive security strategy....more
An MDR Analysis Of The Amos Stealer Campaign Targeting macOS Via 'Cracked' Apps
Trend Research analyzed a campaign distributing Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS), a malware family targeting macOS users. Attackers disguise the malware as 'cracked' versions of legitimate apps, luring users into installation....more
Now in its eighth year, DevOps Experience returns on September 25, 2025, to celebrate eight years of transformation, innovation, and community. Register
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