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Common Good Cyber Fund launches to support nonprofits protecting the internet

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Common Good Cyber Fund launches to support nonprofits protecting the internet 2025-06-24 at 11:49 By Sinisa Markovic The Common Good Cyber Fund is a new effort to support cybersecurity that protects everyone, especially those most at risk of harassment, harm, or coercion. It has the potential to make cybersecurity better and more accessible for billions […]

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Why work-life balance in cybersecurity must start with executive support

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Why work-life balance in cybersecurity must start with executive support 2025-06-24 at 08:34 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Stacy Wallace, CISO at Arizona Department of Revenue, talks about the realities of work-life balance in cybersecurity leadership. She shares how her team handles constant pressure, sets boundaries, and deals with stress. Wallace

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How CISOs can justify security investments in financial terms

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How CISOs can justify security investments in financial terms 2025-06-23 at 09:06 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, John Verry, Managing Director at CBIZ, discusses how insurers and financial risk professionals evaluate cybersecurity maturity through different lenses. He also shows how framing cyber risk in business terms can strengthen investment cases and

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Quantum risk is already changing cybersecurity

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Quantum risk is already changing cybersecurity 2025-06-23 at 08:18 By Mirko Zorz A new report from the Cyber Threat Alliance warns that the era of quantum risk is already underway, and security teams need to stop treating it like a problem for tomorrow. The report, Approaching Quantum Dawn: Closing the Cybersecurity Readiness Gap Before It’s

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71% of new hires click on phishing emails within 3 months

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71% of new hires click on phishing emails within 3 months 2025-06-23 at 07:35 By Anamarija Pogorelec New hires are more likely to fall for phishing attacks and social engineering than longer-term employees, especially in their first 90 days, according to Keepnet. Why new hires are easy targets for phishing attacks Based on data from

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Medical device cyberattacks push hospitals into crisis mode

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Medical device cyberattacks push hospitals into crisis mode 2025-06-23 at 07:14 By Help Net Security 22% of healthcare organizations have experienced cyberattacks that directly impacted medical devices, according to RunSafe Security. Three-quarters of these incidents disrupted patient care, including 24% that required patient transfers to other facilities. The survey reveals that healthcare cybersecurity has evolved

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Strategies to secure long-life IoT devices

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Strategies to secure long-life IoT devices 2025-06-20 at 09:07 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Rob ter Linden, CISO at Signify, discusses priorities for CISOs working on IoT security, including the need for compliant infrastructure, easy device management, and preparing for future tech like quantum computing and AI. He also covers challenges

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CISOs flag gaps in GenAI strategy, skills, and infrastructure

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CISOs flag gaps in GenAI strategy, skills, and infrastructure 2025-06-20 at 08:32 By Help Net Security 95% of C-suite leaders say that GenAI is driving a new level of innovation in their organizations, according to NTT DATA. While CEOs and business leaders are committed to GenAI adoption, CISOs and operational leaders lack the necessary guidance,

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Why AI code assistants need a security reality check

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Why AI code assistants need a security reality check 2025-06-19 at 09:02 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Silviu Asandei, Security Specialist and Security Governance at Sonar, discusses how AI code assistants are transforming development workflows and impacting security. He explains how these tools can boost productivity but may also propagate vulnerabilities

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Thieves don’t need your car keys, just a wireless signal

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Thieves don’t need your car keys, just a wireless signal 2025-06-19 at 08:01 By Sinisa Markovic A recent study by researchers at the University of Padova reveals that despite the rise in car thefts involving Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) systems, the auto industry has made little progress in strengthening security. Since RKE’s introduction in the

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91% noise: A look at what’s wrong with traditional SAST tools

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91% noise: A look at what’s wrong with traditional SAST tools 2025-06-19 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz Traditional static application security testing (SAST) tools are falling short. That’s the key takeaway from a recent report that tested these tools against nearly 3,000 open-source code repositories. The results: more than 91% of flagged vulnerabilities were false

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Kernel-level container insights: Utilizing eBPF with Cilium, Tetragon, and SBOMs for security

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Kernel-level container insights: Utilizing eBPF with Cilium, Tetragon, and SBOMs for security 2025-06-18 at 09:02 By Help Net Security As applications become more distributed, traditional monitoring and security tools are failing to keep pace. This article explores how eBPF, when utilized by the graduated CNCF Cilium and its sub-project Tetragon, combined with Software Bills of

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35 open-source security tools to power your red team, SOC, and cloud security

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35 open-source security tools to power your red team, SOC, and cloud security 2025-06-18 at 08:31 By Help Net Security This article showcases free, open-source security tools that support your organization’s teams in red teaming, threat hunting, incident response, vulnerability scanning, and cloud security. Autorize: Burp Suite extension for automatic authorization enforcement detection Autorize is

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AI is changing cybersecurity roles, and entry-level jobs are at risk

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AI is changing cybersecurity roles, and entry-level jobs are at risk 2025-06-18 at 08:00 By Sinisa Markovic Will humans remain essential in cybersecurity, or is AI set to take over? According to Wipro, many CISOs are leveraging AI to improve threat detection and response times and to build enhanced incident response capabilities. What’s changing AI

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Hackers love events. Why aren’t more CISOs paying attention?

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Hackers love events. Why aren’t more CISOs paying attention? 2025-06-17 at 09:04 By Mirko Zorz When CISOs think about risk, they usually think about cloud platforms, laptops, and data centers. But live events like conferences, trade shows, product launches, and shareholder meetings bring a different kind of cybersecurity exposure. These events gather people, devices, and

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Before scaling GenAI, map your LLM usage and risk zones

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Before scaling GenAI, map your LLM usage and risk zones 2025-06-17 at 08:46 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Paolo del Mundo, Director of Application and Cloud Security at The Motley Fool, discusses how organizations can scale their AI usage by implementing guardrails to mitigate GenAI-specific risks like prompt injection, insecure outputs,

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CURBy: A quantum random number generator you can verify

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CURBy: A quantum random number generator you can verify 2025-06-17 at 08:01 By Sinisa Markovic NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder have created a public service that delivers random numbers using quantum mechanics. Called the Colorado University Randomness Beacon (CURBy), the system offers a daily stream of certifiable random numbers generated through a process

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CISOs brace for a surge in domain-based cyber threats

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CISOs brace for a surge in domain-based cyber threats 2025-06-17 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz Cybersecurity threats are growing more complex, and domain-based attacks are at the center of this shift. CSC’s CISO Outlook 2025 report, based on a survey of 300 security leaders, reveals a rising sense of urgency as organizations confront both established

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Why banks’ tech-first approach leaves governance gaps

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Why banks’ tech-first approach leaves governance gaps 2025-06-16 at 09:06 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Rich Friedberg, CISO at Live Oak Bank, discusses how banks can better align cybersecurity efforts with broader cyber governance and risk priorities. Banking institutions often falter when cybersecurity is siloed as purely a technical or compliance

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MDEAutomator: Open-source endpoint management, incident response in MDE

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MDEAutomator: Open-source endpoint management, incident response in MDE 2025-06-16 at 08:36 By Help Net Security Managing endpoints and responding to security incidents in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) can be time-consuming and complex. MDEAutomator is an open-source tool designed to make that easier. MDEAutomator is a modular, serverless solution for IT and security teams looking

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