Are your employees using Chinese GenAI tools at work? 2025-07-21 at 07:35 By Anamarija Pogorelec Nearly one in 12 employees are using Chinese-developed generative AI tools at work, and they’re exposing sensitive data in the process. That’s according to new research from Harmonic Security, which analyzed the behavior of roughly 14,000 end users in the […]
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Why we must go beyond tooling and CVEs to illuminate security blind spots 2025-07-18 at 09:41 By Help Net Security In April, the cybersecurity community held its breath as the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program was plunged into a moment of existential crisis. In the end, an eleventh-hour reprieve saved the day. While CVEs
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Making security and development co-owners of DevSecOps 2025-07-18 at 09:41 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Galal Ibrahim Maghola, former Head of Cybersecurity at G42 Company, discusses strategic approaches to implementing DevSecOps at scale. Drawing on experience in regulated industries such as finance, telecom, and critical infrastructure, he offers tips on ownership
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AI adoption is booming but secure scaling not so much 2025-07-18 at 09:35 By Help Net Security 96% of organizations are deploying AI models, and virtually no organization can move into the future without considering how ML and intelligent apps might soon affect its operations, according to F5. Only 2% of global organizations are highly
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Review: Passwork 7.0, self-hosted password manager for business 2025-07-17 at 13:09 By Help Net Security Over the years, the number of services we use has exploded, and so has the need to protect our credentials. Back in what I like to call “the age of innocence,” we scribbled passwords on paper or reused “password123” across
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What a mature OT security program looks like in practice 2025-07-17 at 09:08 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Cindy Segond von Banchet CC, Cybersecurity Lead at Yokogawa Europe, shares her insights on what defines a sustainable OT security program. She outlines the key differences between short-term fixes and long-term resilience, and
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Why silent authentication is the smarter way to secure BYOD 2025-07-17 at 09:08 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Andy Ulrich, CISO at Vonage, explains how silent authentication offers a smarter, seamless solution to the security and productivity challenges of BYOD. He breaks down how it works, why it matters, and
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Machine unlearning gets a practical privacy upgrade 2025-07-17 at 09:08 By Mirko Zorz Machine learning models are everywhere now, from chatbots to credit scoring tools, and they carry traces of the data they were trained on. When someone asks to have their personal data erased under laws like the GDPR, their data also needs to
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Tired of gaps in your security? These open-source tools can help 2025-07-17 at 07:42 By Anamarija Pogorelec When it comes to spotting threats, security teams need tools that can pull data from all over and make it easier to analyze. In this article, we’ll take a look at some popular open-source tools that help with
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Product showcase: Enzoic for Active Directory 2025-07-16 at 08:19 By Help Net Security Enzoic for Active Directory is an easy-to-install plugin that integrates with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) to set, monitor, and remediate unsafe passwords and credentials. In essence, it serves as an always-on sentinel for AD, preventing users from choosing compromised or weak passwords
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Experts unpack the biggest cybersecurity surprises of 2025 2025-07-16 at 08:19 By Mirko Zorz 2025 has been a busy year for cybersecurity. From unexpected attacks to new tactics by threat groups, a lot has caught experts off guard. We asked cybersecurity leaders to share the biggest surprises they’ve seen so far this year and what
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Real-world numbers for estimating security audit costs 2025-07-16 at 08:10 By Help Net Security At the end of Star Wars: A New Hope, Luke Skywalker races through the Death Star trench, hearing the ghostly voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi telling him to trust him. Luke places blind trust in an intangible energy that surrounds him, he
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Most cybersecurity risk comes from just 10% of employees 2025-07-16 at 07:46 By Anamarija Pogorelec A new report from Living Security and the Cyentia Institute sheds light on the real human element behind cybersecurity threats, and it’s not what most organizations expect. The Risky Business: Who Protects & Who Puts You at Risk report analyzes
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AsyncRAT evolves as ESET tracks its most popular malware forks 2025-07-15 at 12:50 By Sinisa Markovic AsyncRAT is an open-source remote access trojan that first appeared on GitHub in 2019. It includes a range of typical RAT capabilities, such as keylogging, screen capture, credential theft, and more. Its simplicity and open-source design have made it
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Securing vehicles as they become platforms for code and data 2025-07-15 at 08:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Robert Knoblauch, CISO at Element Fleet Management, discusses how the rise of connected vehicles and digital operations is reshaping fleet management cybersecurity. He points to growing risks like API breaches, tampering with onboard
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Stop settling for check-the-box cybersecurity policies 2025-07-15 at 07:43 By Sinisa Markovic After every breach, people ask: How did this happen if there were cybersecurity policies in place? The truth is, just having them doesn’t stop attacks. They only work if people know them and follow them when it matters. That’s where things often break
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FAPI 2.0: How the OpenID Foundation is enabling scalable interoperability in global healthcare 2025-07-14 at 09:32 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Gail Hodges, Executive Director at the OpenID Foundation, discusses how the Foundation ensures global consistency in FAPI 2.0 implementations and helps different industries, including healthcare, adopt secure and interoperable identity
Bitdefender PHASR: Proactive hardening demo overview 2025-07-14 at 08:35 By Help Net Security Discover how Bitdefender PHASR enables organizations to identify and remediate security misconfigurations before attackers can exploit them. This demo walks through PHASR’s proactive hardening capabilities, showing how it transforms visibility into actionable protection. The post Bitdefender PHASR: Proactive hardening demo overview appeared
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Why your Microsoft 365 setup might be more vulnerable than you think 2025-07-14 at 08:15 By Help Net Security 60% of organizations rate their Microsoft 365 security as “established” or “advanced”, according to CoreView. Yet, 60% of those same organizations have experienced account compromise attacks. The Microsoft 365 attack surface is wide and unpredictable. Risks
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Ransomware drops, but don’t relax yet 2025-07-14 at 07:44 By Help Net Security WatchGuard has released its latest Internet Security Report, covering malware, network, and endpoint threats spotted by its Threat Lab in the first quarter of 2025. The report shows a 171% jump in unique malware detections compared to the previous quarter, the highest
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