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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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CISOs prioritize AI-driven automation to optimize cybersecurity spending

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CISOs prioritize AI-driven automation to optimize cybersecurity spending 2025-05-29 at 08:04 By Help Net Security Cybersecurity leaders and consultants identified AI-driven automation and cost optimization as top organizational priorities, according to Wipro. 30% of respondents are investing in AI automation to enhance their cybersecurity operations. AI-driven automation can help in detecting and responding to threats

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Vietnamese Hackers Distribute Malware via Fake AI-Themed Websites

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Vietnamese Hackers Distribute Malware via Fake AI-Themed Websites 2025-05-28 at 16:29 By Ionut Arghire Mandiant warns that a Vietnamese hacking group tracked as UNC6032 is distributing malware via fake AI video generator websites. The post Vietnamese Hackers Distribute Malware via Fake AI-Themed Websites appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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The Root of AI Hallucinations: Physics Theory Digs Into the ‘Attention’ Flaw

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The Root of AI Hallucinations: Physics Theory Digs Into the ‘Attention’ Flaw 2025-05-28 at 13:13 By Kevin Townsend Physicist Neil Johnson explores how fundamental laws of nature could explain why AI sometimes fails—and what to do about it. The post The Root of AI Hallucinations: Physics Theory Digs Into the ‘Attention’ Flaw appeared first on

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Why data provenance must anchor every CISO’s AI governance strategy

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Why data provenance must anchor every CISO’s AI governance strategy 2025-05-28 at 08:30 By Help Net Security Across the enterprise, artificial intelligence has crept into core functions – not through massive digital transformation programs, but through quiet, incremental adoption. Legal departments are summarizing contracts. HR is rewording sensitive employee communications. Compliance teams are experimenting with

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How AI agents reshape industrial automation and risk management

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How AI agents reshape industrial automation and risk management 2025-05-27 at 08:33 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Michael Metzler, Vice President Horizontal Management Cybersecurity for Digital Industries at Siemens, discusses the cybersecurity implications of deploying AI agents in industrial environments. He talks about the risks that come with AI agents making

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LlamaFirewall: Open-source framework to detect and mitigate AI centric security risks

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LlamaFirewall: Open-source framework to detect and mitigate AI centric security risks 2025-05-26 at 08:52 By Mirko Zorz LlamaFirewall is a system-level security framework for LLM-powered applications, built with a modular design to support layered, adaptive defense. It is designed to mitigate a wide spectrum of AI agent security risks including jailbreaking and indirect prompt injection,

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AI forces security leaders to rethink hybrid cloud strategies

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AI forces security leaders to rethink hybrid cloud strategies 2025-05-26 at 07:01 By Help Net Security Hybrid cloud infrastructure is under mounting strain from the growing influence of AI, according to Gigamon. Cyberthreats grow in scale and sophistication As cyberthreats increase in both scale and sophistication, breach rates have surged to 55% during the past

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The Blind Spots of Multi-Agent Systems: Why AI Collaboration Needs Caution

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The Blind Spots of Multi-Agent Systems: Why AI Collaboration Needs Caution 2025-05-23 at 16:04 By Muhammad Ahmad Multi-agent systems (MAS) are reshaping industries from IT services to innovative city governance by enabling autonomous AI agents to collaborate, compete, and solve complex problems. This powerful transformation comes with a cost. As multi-agent systems grow, their risks

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Digital trust is cracking under the pressure of deepfakes, cybercrime

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Digital trust is cracking under the pressure of deepfakes, cybercrime 2025-05-23 at 08:02 By Help Net Security 69% of global respondents to a Jumio survey say AI-powered fraud now poses a greater threat to personal security than traditional forms of identity theft. This number rises to 74% in Singapore, with 71% also indicating that AI-generated

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Many rush into GenAI deployments, frequently without a security net

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Many rush into GenAI deployments, frequently without a security net 2025-05-22 at 08:03 By Help Net Security 70% percent of organizations view the pace of AI development, particularly in GenAI, as the leading security concern related to its adoption, followed by lack of data integrity (64%) and trustworthiness (57%), according to Thales. GenAI becomes a

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Be careful what you share with GenAI tools at work

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Be careful what you share with GenAI tools at work 2025-05-22 at 07:04 By Sinisa Markovic We use GenAI at work to make tasks easier, but are we aware of the risks? According to Netskope, the average organization now shares more than 7.7GB of data with AI tools per month, and 75% of enterprise users

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