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What boards need to hear about cyber risk, and what they don’t

What boards need to hear about cyber risk, and what they don’t 2026-02-02 at 09:10 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Rishi Kaushal, CIO at Entrust, explains how security leaders should talk to the board about cyber risk. He focuses on what matters to board members and what does not. He […]

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n8n adds Chat Hub to centralize AI access inside automation workflows

n8n adds Chat Hub to centralize AI access inside automation workflows 2026-01-28 at 12:32 By Anamarija Pogorelec Teams using automation platforms are starting to treat conversational AI as another operational interface. That change is reflected in a new feature from n8n, which has introduced a built-in Chat Hub designed to let users interact with AI […]

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Security leaders push for continuous controls as audits stay manual

Security leaders push for continuous controls as audits stay manual 2026-01-21 at 07:03 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security teams say they want real-time insight into controls, but still rely on periodic checks that trail daily operations. New RegScale research shows how wide that gap remains and where organizations are directing time, staff, and budget to manage […]

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Automation forces a reset in security strategy

Automation forces a reset in security strategy 2025-12-29 at 08:08 By Anamarija Pogorelec Enterprise security teams are working under the assumption that disruption is constant. A global study by Trellix shows that resilience has moved from a long term goal to a structural requirement for CISOs. Infrastructure design, operational integration, and the use of AI […]

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Anubis: Open-source web AI firewall to protect from scraper bots

Anubis: Open-source web AI firewall to protect from scraper bots 2025-12-22 at 08:49 By Sinisa Markovic Anubis is an open-source tool designed to protect websites from automated scraping and abusive traffic by adding computational friction before a request is served. Maintained by TecharoHQ, the project targets a growing problem for site operators who want to […]

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Identity risk is changing faster than most security teams expect

Identity risk is changing faster than most security teams expect 2025-12-19 at 07:35 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security leaders are starting to see a shift in digital identity risk. Fraud activity is becoming coordinated, automated, and self-improving. Synthetic personas, credential replay, and high speed onboarding attempts now operate through shared infrastructures that behave less like scattered […]

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Zabbix: Open-source IT and OT observability solution

Zabbix: Open-source IT and OT observability solution 2025-12-17 at 08:08 By Anamarija Pogorelec Zabbix is an open source monitoring platform designed to track the availability, performance, and integrity of IT environments. It monitors networks along with servers, virtual machines, applications, services, databases, websites, and cloud resources. For cybersecurity professionals, this visibility matters because operational issues […]

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CISOs are spending big and still losing ground

CISOs are spending big and still losing ground 2025-12-08 at 07:31 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security leaders are entering another budget cycle with more money to work with, but many still feel no safer. A new benchmark study from Wiz shows a widening gap between investment and impact. Budgets keep rising, cloud programs keep expanding, and […]

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Threat intelligence programs are broken, here is how to fix them

Threat intelligence programs are broken, here is how to fix them 2025-12-03 at 07:12 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security teams often gather large amounts of threat data but still struggle to improve detection or response. Analysts work through long lists of alerts, leaders get unclear insights, and executives see costs that do not lead to better […]

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The collapse of trust at the identity layer

The collapse of trust at the identity layer 2025-12-02 at 07:49 By Anamarija Pogorelec Identity verification has become the latest front in the fight against industrialized fraud, according to a new report from Regula. The shift is visible across sectors that once relied on predictable verification routines. Criminals have learned to target the identity step […]

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cnspec: Open-source, cloud-native security and policy project

cnspec: Open-source, cloud-native security and policy project 2025-11-24 at 08:32 By Sinisa Markovic cnspec is an open source tool that helps when you are trying to keep a sprawling setup of clouds, containers, APIs and endpoints under control. It checks security and compliance across all of it, which makes it easier to see what needs […]

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Chinese cyber spies used Claude AI to automate 90% of their attack campaign, Anthropic claims

Chinese cyber spies used Claude AI to automate 90% of their attack campaign, Anthropic claims 2025-11-14 at 17:03 By Zeljka Zorz Anthropic threat researchers believe that they’ve uncovered and disrupted the first documented case of a cyberattack executed with the help of its agentic AI and minimal human intervention. “The threat actor manipulated [Anthropic’s large […]

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What happens when employees take control of AI

What happens when employees take control of AI 2025-11-14 at 07:42 By Anamarija Pogorelec Executives may debate AI strategy, but many of the advances are happening at the employee level. A recent Moveworks study shows that AI adoption is being led from the ground up, with employees, not senior leaders, driving the change. The research […]

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Automation can’t fix broken security basics

Automation can’t fix broken security basics 2025-11-13 at 07:39 By Anamarija Pogorelec Most enterprises continue to fall short on basic practices such as patching, access control, and vendor oversight, according to Swimlane’s Cracks in the Foundation: Why Basic Security Still Fails report. Leadership often focuses on broad resilience goals while the day-to-day work that supports […]

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Autonomous AI could challenge how we define criminal behavior

Autonomous AI could challenge how we define criminal behavior 2025-11-12 at 10:44 By Sinisa Markovic Whether we ever build AI that thinks like a person is still uncertain. What seems more realistic is a future with more independent machines. These systems already work across many industries and digital environments. Alongside human-to-human and human-to-machine contact, communication […]

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When every day is threat assessment day

When every day is threat assessment day 2025-11-12 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Paul J. Mocarski, VP & CISO at Sammons Financial Group, discusses how insurance carriers are adapting their cybersecurity strategies. He explains how ongoing threat assessments, AI-driven automation, and third-party risk management help maintain readiness. Mocarski also […]

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Metrics don’t lie, but they can be misleading when they only tell IT’s side of the story

Metrics don’t lie, but they can be misleading when they only tell IT’s side of the story 2025-11-07 at 13:28 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Rik Mistry, Managing Partner at Interval Group, discusses how to align IT strategy with business goals. He explains how security, governance, and orchestration shape IT operations […]

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PortGPT: How researchers taught an AI to backport security patches automatically

PortGPT: How researchers taught an AI to backport security patches automatically 2025-11-05 at 09:07 By Mirko Zorz Keeping older software versions secure often means backporting patches from newer releases. It is a routine but tedious job, especially for large open-source projects such as the Linux kernel. A new research effort has built a tool that […]

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Google says 2026 will be the year AI supercharges cybercrime

Google says 2026 will be the year AI supercharges cybercrime 2025-11-05 at 07:06 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security leaders are staring down a year of major change. In its Cybersecurity Forecast 2026, Google paints a picture of a threat landscape transformed by AI, supercharged cybercrime, and increasingly aggressive nation-state operations. Attackers are moving faster, scaling their […]

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Attackers turn trusted OAuth apps into cloud backdoors

Attackers turn trusted OAuth apps into cloud backdoors 2025-10-22 at 15:43 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers are increasingly abusing internal OAuth-based applications to gain persistent access to cloud environments, Proofpoint researchers warn. These apps often remain unnoticed for quite some time and allow attackers to maintain access to high-privileged accounts even after passwords are reset or […]

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