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How to build AI into your business without breaking compliance

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How to build AI into your business without breaking compliance 2025-06-11 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz AI is supposed to make businesses faster, smarter, and more competitive, but most projects fall short. The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) says the real issue is companies cramming AI into old, rigid processes that just can’t keep up. “AI […]

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AI forces IT leaders to rethink their network strategies

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AI forces IT leaders to rethink their network strategies 2025-06-11 at 07:42 By Help Net Security As AI assistants, agents, and data-driven workloads reshape how work gets done, they’re creating more latency-sensitive, and more complex network traffic, according to Cisco. Cisco research highlights Combined with the ubiquity of connected devices, 24/7 uptime demands, and security

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86% of all LLM usage is driven by ChatGPT

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86% of all LLM usage is driven by ChatGPT 2025-06-11 at 07:01 By Help Net Security ChatGPT remains the most widely used LLM among New Relic customers, making up over 86% of all tokens processed. Developers and enterprises are shifting to OpenAI’s latest models, such as GPT-4o and GPT-4o mini, even when more affordable alternatives

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How Scammers Are Using AI to Steal College Financial Aid

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How Scammers Are Using AI to Steal College Financial Aid 2025-06-11 at 04:16 By Associated Press Fake college enrollments have been surging as crime rings deploy “ghost students” — chatbots that join online classrooms and stay just long enough to collect a financial aid check. The post How Scammers Are Using AI to Steal College

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AI threats leave SecOps teams burned out and exposed

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AI threats leave SecOps teams burned out and exposed 2025-06-10 at 08:39 By Mirko Zorz Security teams are leaning hard into AI, and fast. A recent survey of 500 senior cybersecurity pros at big U.S. companies found that 86% have ramped up their AI use in the past year. The main reason? They’re trying to

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Securing agentic AI systems before they go rogue

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Securing agentic AI systems before they go rogue 2025-06-10 at 08:24 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Eoin Wickens, Director of Threat Intelligence at HiddenLayer, explores the security risks posed by agentic AI. He breaks down how agentic AI functions, its potential to revolutionize business operations, and the vulnerabilities it introduces,

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Cloud and AI drive efficiency, but open doors for attackers

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Cloud and AI drive efficiency, but open doors for attackers 2025-06-10 at 07:45 By Help Net Security AI adoption is increasing, with 84% of organizations now using AI in the cloud, according to Orca Security. But this innovation comes with new risks: 62% of organizations have at least one vulnerable AI package, and some of

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Why IAM should be the starting point for AI-driven cybersecurity

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Why IAM should be the starting point for AI-driven cybersecurity 2025-06-06 at 09:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Benny Porat, CEO at Twine Security, discusses applying AI agents to security decisions. He explains why identity and access management (IAM) is the ideal starting point for both augmentation and automation, and shares

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AI becomes key player in enterprise ransomware defense

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AI becomes key player in enterprise ransomware defense 2025-06-06 at 07:32 By Help Net Security Ransomware breaches continue to rise even as fewer victims pay, according to a Delinea report. 69% of organizations globally have fallen victim to ransomware, with 27% being hit more than once. While only 57% of organizations paid ransoms, down from

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Meta open-sources AI tool to automatically classify sensitive documents

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Meta open-sources AI tool to automatically classify sensitive documents 2025-06-05 at 09:17 By Mirko Zorz Meta has released an open source AI tool called Automated Sensitive Document Classification. It was originally built for internal use and is designed to find sensitive information in documents and apply security labels automatically. The tool uses customizable classification rules

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Healthcare organizations are at a turning point with AI

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Healthcare organizations are at a turning point with AI 2025-06-05 at 07:01 By Help Net Security 32% of healthcare executives say their organization suffered a breach in the past 12 months, and 46% say they are experiencing a higher volume of attacks, according to LevelBlue. AI brings hope and concern As AI promises healthcare organizations

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Going Into the Deep End: Social Engineering and the AI Flood

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Going Into the Deep End: Social Engineering and the AI Flood 2025-06-04 at 16:18 By Trevin Edgeworth AI is transforming the cybersecurity landscape—empowering attackers with powerful new tools while offering defenders a chance to fight back. But without stronger awareness and strategy, organizations risk falling behind. The post Going Into the Deep End: Social Engineering

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The hidden risks of LLM autonomy

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The hidden risks of LLM autonomy 2025-06-04 at 08:42 By Help Net Security Large language models (LLMs) have come a long way from the once passive and simple chatbots that could respond to basic user prompts or look up the internet to generate content. Today, they can access databases and business applications, interact with external

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Agentic AI and the risks of unpredictable autonomy

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Agentic AI and the risks of unpredictable autonomy 2025-06-04 at 08:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Thomas Squeo, CTO for the Americas at Thoughtworks, discusses why traditional security architectures often fail when applied to autonomous AI systems. He explains why conventional threat modeling needs to adapt to address autonomous decision-making and

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CISO 3.0: Leading AI governance and security in the boardroom

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CISO 3.0: Leading AI governance and security in the boardroom 2025-06-02 at 08:50 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Aaron McCray, Field CISO at CDW, discusses how AI is transforming the CISO role from a tactical cybersecurity guardian into a strategic enterprise risk advisor. With AI now embedded across business functions, CISOs

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48% of security pros are falling behind compliance requirements

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48% of security pros are falling behind compliance requirements 2025-06-02 at 07:07 By Help Net Security 32% of security professionals think they can deliver zero-vulnerability software despite rising threats and compliance regulations, according to Lineaje. Meanwhile, 68% are more realistic, noting they feel uncertain about achieving this near impossible outcome. Software compliance adoption varies across

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Using AI to outsmart AI-driven phishing scams

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Using AI to outsmart AI-driven phishing scams 2025-05-30 at 08:32 By Sinisa Markovic Phishing scams used to be filled with awkward wording and obvious grammar mistakes. Not anymore. AI is now making it harder to distinguish what is real. According to Cofense, email-based scams surged 70% year over year, driven by AI’s ability to automate

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AI agents have access to key data across the enterprise

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AI agents have access to key data across the enterprise 2025-05-30 at 08:14 By Help Net Security 82% of organizations already use AI agents, but only 44% of organizations report having policies in place to secure them, according to SailPoint. While 53% are in the process of developing such policies, the reality is that most

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Unbound Raises $4 Million to Secure Gen-AI Adoption

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Unbound Raises $4 Million to Secure Gen-AI Adoption 2025-05-29 at 19:09 By Ionut Arghire Security startup Unbound has raised $4 million in funding to help organizations adopt generative-AI tools securely and responsibly. The post Unbound Raises $4 Million to Secure Gen-AI Adoption appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Beyond GenAI: Why Agentic AI Was the Real Conversation at RSA 2025

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Beyond GenAI: Why Agentic AI Was the Real Conversation at RSA 2025 2025-05-29 at 12:37 By Marc Solomon Agentic AI can be a great tool for many of the ‘gray area’ tasks that SOC analysts undertake. The post Beyond GenAI: Why Agentic AI Was the Real Conversation at RSA 2025 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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