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High-impact IT outages cost businesses $2 million per hour

High-impact IT outages cost businesses $2 million per hour 2025-09-23 at 08:09 By Anamarija Pogorelec The financial stakes of downtime are climbing, and IT leaders are being pushed to rethink how they monitor complex systems. According to the 2025 Observability Forecast from New Relic, the median cost of a high-impact outage has reached $2 million […]

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How Juventus protects fans, revenue, and reputation during matchdays

How Juventus protects fans, revenue, and reputation during matchdays 2025-09-22 at 10:29 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Mirko Rinaldini, Head of ICT at Juventus Football Club, discusses the club’s approach to cyber risk strategy. Juventus has developed a threat-led, outcomes-driven program that balances innovation with protections across matchdays, e-commerce, and digital

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LLMs can boost cybersecurity decisions, but not for everyone

LLMs can boost cybersecurity decisions, but not for everyone 2025-09-19 at 09:11 By Mirko Zorz LLMs are moving fast from experimentation to daily use in cybersecurity. Teams are starting to use them to sort through threat intelligence, guide incident response, and help analysts handle repetitive work. But adding AI into the decision-making process brings new

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Shifting supply chains and rules test CPS security strategies

Shifting supply chains and rules test CPS security strategies 2025-09-19 at 08:31 By Sinisa Markovic Cyber-physical systems are getting harder to protect as the business landscape keeps shifting. Economic pressures, supply chain changes, and new regulations are creating more openings for attackers while complicating how organizations manage security. A new report from Claroty, based on

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The unseen side of malware and how to find it

The unseen side of malware and how to find it 2025-09-19 at 08:31 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security teams rely on threat reports to understand what’s out there and to keep their organizations safe. But a new report shows that these reports might only reveal part of the story. Hidden malware variants are quietly slipping past

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SonicWall says attackers compromised some firewall configuration backup files

SonicWall says attackers compromised some firewall configuration backup files 2025-09-18 at 18:49 By Zeljka Zorz Between attackers exploiting 0-day and n-day vulnerabilities in the company’s firewalls and Secure Mobile Access appliances, SonicWall and its customers have had a tough year. And, unfortunately for them, the troubles are not over: unknown attackers have managed to brute-force

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Behind the scenes of cURL with its founder: Releases, updates, and security

Behind the scenes of cURL with its founder: Releases, updates, and security 2025-09-18 at 09:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Daniel Stenberg, lead developer od cURL, discusses how the widely used tool remains secure across billions of devices, from cloud services to IoT. He shares insights into cURL’s decades-long journey of

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Shadow AI is breaking corporate security from within

Shadow AI is breaking corporate security from within 2025-09-18 at 08:26 By Anamarija Pogorelec Cybersecurity leaders know the attack surface has been growing for years, but the latest State of Information Security Report 2025 from IO shows how fast new risks are converging. Drawing on responses from more than 3,000 security professionals in the UK

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How a fake ICS network can reveal real cyberattacks

How a fake ICS network can reveal real cyberattacks 2025-09-17 at 09:03 By Mirko Zorz Researchers have introduced a new way to study and defend against ICS threats. Their project, called ICSLure, is a honeynet built to closely mimic a real industrial environment. Why traditional honeypots fall short Honeypots are systems designed to attract attackers

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Creating a compliance strategy that works across borders

Creating a compliance strategy that works across borders 2025-09-17 at 08:37 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Marco Goldberg, Managing Director at EQS Group, discusses how compliance and regulation are evolving worldwide. He talks about how organizations can stay compliant with international rules while keeping their systems practical and user-friendly. Goldberg points

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Old file types, new tricks: Attackers turn everyday files into weapons

Old file types, new tricks: Attackers turn everyday files into weapons 2025-09-17 at 07:44 By Anamarija Pogorelec Attackers are finding new ways to blend in with everyday business tools, hiding their activity inside formats and processes that workers and IT teams often trust. The latest quarterly Threat Insights Report from HP Wolf Security shows how

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Bots vs. humans? Why intent is the game-changer

Bots vs. humans? Why intent is the game-changer 2025-09-17 at 07:30 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Jérôme Segura, VP of Threat Research at Datadome, explains why intent, not just identifying bots, must be the new focus for cybersecurity teams. He explores how advanced AI agents and sophisticated bots blur the

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Building security that protects customers, not just auditors

Building security that protects customers, not just auditors 2025-09-16 at 09:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Nir Rothenberg, CISO at Rapyd, discusses global differences in payment security maturity and the lessons that can be learned from leading regions. He points out that good engineering usually leads to strong security, and cautions

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AI video surveillance could end privacy as we know it

AI video surveillance could end privacy as we know it 2025-09-16 at 08:40 By Sinisa Markovic AI-powered video surveillance brings up big questions about privacy. On one hand, it can make us feel safer, but on the other, it can easily cross the line into intrusion. The more we let technology watch and track our

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OT security needs continuous operations, not one-time fixes

OT security needs continuous operations, not one-time fixes 2025-09-16 at 08:40 By Anamarija Pogorelec Cyberattacks keep hitting the OT systems that critical infrastructure operators run, according to new research from Forrester. In a survey of 262 OT security decision-makers, 91% reported at least one breach or system failure caused by a cyberattack in the past

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What could a secure 6G network look like?

What could a secure 6G network look like? 2025-09-15 at 08:47 By Help Net Security The official standards for 6G are set to be announced by the end of 2029. While the industry is moving towards consensus around how the 6G network will be built, it also needs to anticipate how it will be compromised

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Why neglected assets are the hidden threat attackers love to find

Why neglected assets are the hidden threat attackers love to find 2025-09-15 at 07:58 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Tim Chase, Tech Evangelist at Orca Security, explores one of the most overlooked cybersecurity risks: neglected assets. From forgotten cloud resources and outdated OT systems to expired domains and abandoned storage,

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Static feeds leave intelligence teams reacting to irrelevant or late data

Static feeds leave intelligence teams reacting to irrelevant or late data 2025-09-15 at 07:12 By Anamarija Pogorelec Boards and executives are not asking for another feed of indicators. They want to know whether their organization is being targeted, how exposed they are, and what steps need to be taken. A new report from Flashpoint argues

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CISOs brace for a new kind of AI chaos

CISOs brace for a new kind of AI chaos 2025-09-12 at 08:47 By Anamarija Pogorelec AI is being added to business processes faster than it is being secured, creating a wide gap that attackers are already exploiting, according to the SANS Institute. The scale of the problem Attackers are using AI to work at speeds

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Attackers are coming for drug formulas and patient data

Attackers are coming for drug formulas and patient data 2025-09-12 at 08:18 By Sinisa Markovic In the pharmaceutical industry, clinical trial data, patient records, and proprietary drug formulas are prime targets for cybercriminals. These high-value assets make the sector a constant focus for attacks. Disruptions to research or medicine distribution can have life-threatening consequences. “During

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