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Where policy meets profit: Navigating the new frontier of defense tech startups

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Where policy meets profit: Navigating the new frontier of defense tech startups 2025-07-11 at 08:33 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Thijs Povel, Managing Partner at Ventures.eu, discusses how the firm evaluates emerging technologies through the lens of defense and resilience. He explains how founders from both defense and adjacent sectors are […]

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Employees are quietly bringing AI to work and leaving security behind

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Employees are quietly bringing AI to work and leaving security behind 2025-07-11 at 08:06 By Help Net Security While IT departments race to implement AI governance frameworks, many employees have already opened a backdoor for AI, according to ManageEngine. The rise of unauthorized AI use Shadow AI has quietly infiltrated organizations across North America, creating

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Financial firms are locking the front door but leaving the back open

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Financial firms are locking the front door but leaving the back open 2025-07-11 at 07:32 By Anamarija Pogorelec Financial institutions are building stronger defenses against direct cyberattacks, but they may be overlooking a growing problem: their vendors. According to Black Kite’s new report, third-party risk has become one of the biggest cybersecurity threats facing the

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What EU’s PQC roadmap means on the ground

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What EU’s PQC roadmap means on the ground 2025-07-10 at 09:11 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, David Warburton, Director at F5 Labs, discusses how the EU’s Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) roadmap aligns with global efforts and addresses both the technical and regulatory challenges of migrating to PQC. Warburton also outlines practical steps

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Fake online stores look real, rank high, and trap unsuspecting buyers

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Fake online stores look real, rank high, and trap unsuspecting buyers 2025-07-10 at 08:32 By Sinisa Markovic Shopping on a fake online store can lead to more than a bad purchase. It could mean losing money, having your identity stolen, or even getting malware on your device. E-shop scams rose by 790% in the first

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Open source has a malware problem, and it’s getting worse

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Open source has a malware problem, and it’s getting worse 2025-07-10 at 08:27 By Help Net Security Sonatype has published its Q2 2025 Open Source Malware Index, identifying 16,279 malicious open source packages across major ecosystems such as npm and PyPI. This brings the total number of malware packages discovered by the company to 845,204.

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C-suites step up on OT cybersecurity, and it’s paying off

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C-suites step up on OT cybersecurity, and it’s paying off 2025-07-10 at 07:44 By Help Net Security There has been a significant increase in the global trend of corporations planning to integrate cybersecurity under the CISO or other executives, according to Fortinet. Growing maturity in OT cybersecurity processes and solutions (Source: Fortinet) OT security moves

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Global software supply chain visibility remains critically low

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Global software supply chain visibility remains critically low 2025-07-10 at 07:44 By Help Net Security Only 23% of organizations are confident that they have very high visibility of their software supply chain, according to LevelBlue’s Data Accelerator. The limited visibility reported by organizations significantly impacts their cyber resilience. Poor risk visibility leaves software supply chains

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Train smarter, respond faster: Close the skill gaps in your SOC

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Train smarter, respond faster: Close the skill gaps in your SOC 2025-07-09 at 16:05 By Zeljka Zorz “In today’s fast-paced digital landscape” – as AI chatbots are fond of phrasing it – a cyber attack targeting your organization is a statistical certainty. But is your security team ready to respond when it happens? Can they

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Why your security team feels stuck

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Why your security team feels stuck 2025-07-09 at 08:44 By Mirko Zorz Cybersecurity friction usually gets framed as a user problem: password policies that frustrate employees, MFA that slows down logins, or blocked apps that send workers into the arms of shadow IT. But there’s a different kind of friction happening behind the scenes, and

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It’s time to give AI security its own playbook and the people to run it

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It’s time to give AI security its own playbook and the people to run it 2025-07-09 at 08:04 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Dr. Nicole Nichols, Distinguished Engineer in Machine Learning Security at Palo Alto Networks, discusses why existing security models need to evolve to address the risks of AI agents.

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Kanvas: Open-source incident response case management tool

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Kanvas: Open-source incident response case management tool 2025-07-09 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz Kanvas is an open-source incident response case management tool with a simple desktop interface, built in Python. It gives investigators a place to work with SOD (Spreadsheet of Doom) or similar files, so they can handle key tasks without jumping between different

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6 eye-opening books on AI’s rise, risks, and realities

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6 eye-opening books on AI’s rise, risks, and realities 2025-07-09 at 07:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec AI is changing how we detect, prevent, and respond to cyber threats. From traditional networks to emerging spaces, it is shaping security operations, identity management, and threat response. This collection of AI books offers diverse perspectives, including practical implementations, strategic

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Exposure management is the answer to: “Am I working on the right things?”

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Exposure management is the answer to: “Am I working on the right things?” 2025-07-08 at 09:07 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Dan DeCloss, Founder and CTO at PlexTrac, discusses the role of exposure management in cybersecurity and how it helps organizations gain visibility into their attack surface to improve risk assessment

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Cyberattacks are changing the game for major sports events

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Cyberattacks are changing the game for major sports events 2025-07-08 at 08:32 By Sinisa Markovic Sports fans and cybercriminals both look forward to major sporting events, but for very different reasons. Fake ticket sites, stolen login details, and DDoS attacks are common ways criminals try to make money or disrupt an event. Why are sports

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Can your security stack handle AI that thinks for itself?

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Can your security stack handle AI that thinks for itself? 2025-07-08 at 08:03 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Art Poghosyan, CEO at Britive, explores the rise of agentic AI and its impact on identity security. As autonomous AI agents begin to think, act, and interact more like humans, traditional identity

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CISOs urged to fix API risk before regulation forces their hand

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CISOs urged to fix API risk before regulation forces their hand 2025-07-08 at 07:33 By Mirko Zorz Most organizations are exposing sensitive data through APIs without security controls in place, and they may not even realize it, according to Raidiam. Their report, API Security at a Turning Point, draws on a detailed assessment of 68

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AI built it, but can you trust it?

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AI built it, but can you trust it? 2025-07-07 at 09:02 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, John Morello, CTO at Minimus, discusses the security risks in AI-driven development, where many dependencies are pulled in quickly. He explains why it’s hard to secure software stacks that no one fully understands. He also

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Review: Attack Surface Management

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Review: Attack Surface Management 2025-07-07 at 08:04 By Mirko Zorz Attack Surface Management (ASM) has become one of those buzzwords that gets used a lot but rarely explained in detail. The authors of this book offer a practical guide that aims to change that. About the authors Ron Eddings is the Executive Producer at Hacker

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New technique detects tampering or forgery of a PDF document

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New technique detects tampering or forgery of a PDF document 2025-07-07 at 07:37 By Sinisa Markovic Researchers from the University of Pretoria presented a new technique for detecting tampering in PDF documents by analyzing the file’s page objects. The technique employs a prototype that can detect changes to a PDF document, such as changes made

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