Google gives developers an AI bug hunter that also writes patches 2026-07-24 at 11:53 By Sinisa Markovic Google has launched a preview of CodeMender, an AI agent built to scan code for security flaws, confirm they are exploitable, and generate fixes for developers to review. (Source: Google) The company describes it as a response to […]
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Google’s newest sign-in method asks you to look at the camera 2026-07-24 at 11:33 By Anamarija Pogorelec Google’s selfie video sign-in option verifies that an account owner is a real person and that the account wasn’t created or used by computer programs or bots for the purpose of abuse, such as spamming. It is not
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The automotive software vulnerabilities hiding in your dashboard 2026-07-24 at 09:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Pop the hood on a new car and you won’t find much you can fix with a wrench. What you’ll find is software, and a lot of it. The screen in the dash probably runs Android or a flavor of Linux.
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PyPI hardens package security with new upload restrictions 2026-07-23 at 12:31 By Anamarija Pogorelec The Python Package Index (PyPI) now rejects uploads of new files to releases older than 14 days to prevent attackers from poisoning long-stable releases if a project’s publishing tokens or release workflows are compromised. “This change will protect Python users and
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GitHub revamps bug bounty program with new VIP tier, payout changes 2026-07-23 at 11:35 By Anamarija Pogorelec GitHub is changing its bug bounty program to reward higher-quality vulnerability reports and reduce low-effort submissions, including AI-generated reports. The changes will take effect on July 27, 2026. Reports submitted before that date will be honored under the
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Shadow AI is becoming enterprise security’s biggest blind spot 2026-07-23 at 09:00 By Help Net Security Artificial intelligence has moved from experimentation to everyday business operations with remarkable speed. Employees are using it to summarize documents, draft communications, analyze spreadsheets, write code, build automations, and create AI-powered workflows across nearly every business function. Microsoft’s 2026
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The AI code vulnerabilities that grow with your app 2026-07-23 at 07:30 By Mirko Zorz Theori built 28 apps with AI coding agents and scanned each one through its pentesting platform. Five models did the building, split between Anthropic and OpenAI, across apps written from a spec, thrown together from a casual prompt, and rewritten
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Building a defense in depth strategy for sensitive data 2026-07-23 at 07:00 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Venkata Pavan Kumar Gummadi, Professional Software Engineer at Broadridge, explains how to build a defense in depth strategy for protecting sensitive data. He argues that a single control, like encrypting a disk or
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OpenAI: Our models breached Hugging Face during a cyber capability test 2026-07-22 at 17:42 By Zeljka Zorz The recent Hugging Face breach was the work of several OpenAI models, the AI research company claimed in a blog post. The breach Late last week, the company behind Hugging Face, a platform that enables users to share
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Google’s Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber becomes a vulnerability hunter 2026-07-22 at 11:21 By Anamarija Pogorelec Google’s Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber model finds, validates, and patches vulnerabilities before they can be exploited while helping mitigate broader misuse. It is part of a limited-access pilot program that will soon be available to governments and trusted partners through
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Snowpick: Open-source ServiceNow exposure scanner 2026-07-22 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz An employee opens a company service portal, searches the knowledge base, and drops a file onto a ticket. Someone who never signed in can send a request to that same portal and get records back. Bishop Fox ran that test across 166 ServiceNow instances
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Security teams keep finding critical flaws after scheduled testing ends 2026-07-22 at 08:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Enterprise environments change between scheduled security assessments, leaving organizations with periods where new vulnerabilities can go undetected. Synack’s State of Continuous Security Validation report found that 95% of surveyed organizations identified high- or critical-severity vulnerabilities outside planned testing windows
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Cloud operations become the next big role for agentic AI 2026-07-22 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Companies are using agentic AI to manage growing application environments, automate routine tasks, and support decisions. Business and IT leaders increasingly see the technology as part of cloud application management, according to Unisys’ AI & Cloud Insights Report. To
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More alerts are making your team slower, and an outcome-based SOC fixes that 2026-07-20 at 08:30 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Thom Langford, EMEA CTO, Rapid7, explains why piling on more security alerts makes a SOC slower to respond. Attackers log in with stolen credentials and use trusted tools like
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Product showcase: ZoneAlarm Mobile Security adds customizable content filtering to mobile security 2026-07-20 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec ZoneAlarm Mobile Security is a security app from Check Point designed to protect mobile devices against phishing, malicious websites, unsafe networks, and fraudulent links. It is available for iPhone, iPad, Android, and can run on Apple silicon
Two new high severity WordPress vulnerabilities, patch immediately! 2026-07-18 at 17:57 By Help Net Security The 7.0.2 WordPress security release addresses one critical and one high severity security issue. The vulnerabilities reported to the WordPress security team include: CVE-2026-60137 – A facilitated SQL injection issue reported as a team by TF1T, dtro, and haongo CVE-2026-60137
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Claude can now sign into websites with 1Password without exposing your credentials 2026-07-17 at 12:17 By Anamarija Pogorelec 1Password has introduced 1Password for Claude, a beta integration that lets Anthropic’s AI assistant complete browser tasks requiring authentication without accessing users’ passwords or other secrets. The integration is available to paid Claude subscribers (Pro, Max, Team,
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The five step plan that cuts security budget waste 2026-07-17 at 08:00 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Viktor Bulanek, CTO of Penetrify, explains where security budget waste comes from. Budgets get built around vendor categories, compliance checkboxes, and last year’s headlines. Attackers work along attack paths, and that mismatch is
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Microsoft makes Windows SSO prompts easier to manage 2026-07-16 at 11:47 By Anamarija Pogorelec Microsoft is introducing a new registry-based policy that lets IT administrators automatically accept Windows SSO permissions on Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 devices managed with Microsoft Entra ID. Users with personal Microsoft accounts and devices outside policy-managed environments will continue
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What public money does to open-source projects 2026-07-16 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz Most of the software running inside a typical company was written by volunteers the company never paid. Open-source code sits under web apps, build pipelines, and the machine learning stacks getting so much attention right now. Roughly 96 percent of codebases carry
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