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Investing in security? It’s not helping you fix what matters faster

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Investing in security? It’s not helping you fix what matters faster 2025-04-29 at 07:30 By Help Net Security Automation and structured collaboration have a strong, positive influence on the efficiency of vulnerability management, according to Seemplicity. However, manual processes, unstructured workflows, and excessive noise from vulnerability scanning tools continue to slow remediation efforts, leading to […]

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Ransomware attacks are getting smarter, harder to stop

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Ransomware attacks are getting smarter, harder to stop 2025-04-28 at 07:36 By Help Net Security Ransomware attacks are becoming more refined and pervasive, posing significant challenges to organizations globally. A Veeam report reveals that while the percentage of companies impacted by ransomware attacks has slightly declined from 75% to 69%, the threat remains substantial. This

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Most critical vulnerabilities aren’t worth your attention

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Most critical vulnerabilities aren’t worth your attention 2025-04-28 at 07:03 By Help Net Security Web applications face a wide range of risks, including known-exploitable vulnerabilities, supply chain attacks, and insecure identity configurations in CI/CD, according to the Datadog State of DevSecOps 2025 report. 14% of Java services still contain at least one vulnerability By analyzing

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Exposure validation emerges as critical cyber defense component

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Exposure validation emerges as critical cyber defense component 2025-04-25 at 08:13 By Help Net Security Organizations have implemented various aspects of threat exposure validation, including security control validation (51%) and filtering threat exposures based on the effectiveness of security controls to mitigate threats (48%), according to Cymulate. At the same time, nearly all respondents say

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Coaching AI agents: Why your next security hire might be an algorithm

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Coaching AI agents: Why your next security hire might be an algorithm 2025-04-24 at 08:31 By Help Net Security Security teams are drowning in alerts. The sheer volume of threats, suspicious activity, and false positives makes it nearly impossible for analysts to investigate everything effectively. Enter agentic AI, capable of completing hundreds of tasks simultaneously

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A new era of cyber threats is approaching for the energy sector

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A new era of cyber threats is approaching for the energy sector 2025-04-24 at 08:17 By Sinisa Markovic Cyber threats targeting the energy sector come in many forms, including state-sponsored actors seeking to disrupt national infrastructure, cybercriminals motivated by profit, and insiders intentionally causing damage. The consequences of a successful attack can be severe, potentially

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Review: Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity

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Review: Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity 2025-04-24 at 07:39 By Mirko Zorz Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity is a practical guide to how AI and machine learning are changing the way we defend digital systems. The book aims to explain how AI can help solve real cybersecurity problems. It does that well, but it’s not for everyone.

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One in three security teams trust AI to act autonomously

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One in three security teams trust AI to act autonomously 2025-04-24 at 07:39 By Help Net Security While AI adoption is widespread, its impact on productivity, trust, and team structure varies sharply by role and region, according to Exabeam. The findings confirm a critical divide: 71% of executives believe AI has significantly improved productivity across

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2025 Data Breach Investigations Report: Third-party breaches double

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2025 Data Breach Investigations Report: Third-party breaches double 2025-04-23 at 14:55 By Sinisa Markovic The exploitation of vulnerabilities has seen another year of growth as an initial access vector for breaches, reaching 20%, according to Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report. Researchers analyzed 22,052 real-world security incidents, of which 12,195 were confirmed data breaches. This

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When confusion becomes a weapon: How cybercriminals exploit economic turmoil

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When confusion becomes a weapon: How cybercriminals exploit economic turmoil 2025-04-23 at 09:02 By Help Net Security It begins with a simple notification: “Markets in Free Fall.” Within moments, the headlines multiply: new tariffs, emergency actions, plummeting consumer confidence. Across boardrooms and break rooms, anxiety ripples at every level. People begin refreshing inboxes and apps

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The dark side of YouTube: Malicious links, phishing, and deepfakes

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The dark side of YouTube: Malicious links, phishing, and deepfakes 2025-04-23 at 08:01 By Sinisa Markovic With billions of users, YouTube has become a tempting target for cybercriminals. They post malicious links in video descriptions and comments. Some send phishing emails to creators, posing as sponsors but attaching malware. Others hijack popular channels to promote

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Phishing emails delivering infostealers surge 84%

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Phishing emails delivering infostealers surge 84% 2025-04-23 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Cybercriminals continued to shift to stealthier tactics, with lower-profile credential theft spiking, while ransomware attacks on enterprises declined, according to IBM. Researchers observed an 84% increase in emails delivering infostealers in 2024 compared to the prior year, a method threat actors relied

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The legal blind spot of shadow IT

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The legal blind spot of shadow IT 2025-04-22 at 09:36 By Mirko Zorz Shadow IT isn’t just a security risk, it’s a legal one. When teams use unsanctioned tools, they can trigger compliance violations, expose sensitive data, or break contracts. Let’s look at where the legal landmines are and what CISOs can do to stay

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The C-suite gap that’s putting your company at risk

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The C-suite gap that’s putting your company at risk 2025-04-22 at 08:03 By Help Net Security New research from EY US shows that cyber attacks are creating serious financial risks. C-suite leaders don’t always agree on how exposed their companies are or where the biggest threats come from. CISOs more concerned about cybersecurity (Source: EY

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What school IT admins are up against, and how to help them win

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What school IT admins are up against, and how to help them win 2025-04-22 at 07:33 By Anamarija Pogorelec School IT admins are doing tough, important work under difficult conditions. From keeping Wi-Fi stable during exams to locking down systems from phishing emails, their job is part technician, part strategist, part firefighter. But they’re stretched

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Compliance weighs heavily on security and GRC teams

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Compliance weighs heavily on security and GRC teams 2025-04-22 at 07:24 By Help Net Security Only 29% of all organizations say their compliance programs consistently meet internal and external standards, according to Swimlane. Their report reveals that fragmented workflows, manual evidence gathering and poor collaboration between security and governance, risk and compliance (GRC) teams are

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Hawk Eye: Open-source scanner uncovers secrets and PII across platforms

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Hawk Eye: Open-source scanner uncovers secrets and PII across platforms 2025-04-21 at 08:37 By Mirko Zorz Hawk Eye is an open-source tool that helps find sensitive data before it leaks. It runs from the command line and checks many types of storage for PII and secrets: passwords, API keys, and personal information. “Unlike most open-source

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Cybercriminals blend AI and social engineering to bypass detection

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Cybercriminals blend AI and social engineering to bypass detection 2025-04-21 at 08:04 By Help Net Security Attackers are focusing more on stealing identities. Because of this, companies need to use zero trust principles. They should also verify user identities more carefully, says DirectDefense. Researchers analyzed thousands of alerts, mapping them to the MITRE ATT&CK framework,

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Cyber threats now a daily reality for one in three businesses

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Cyber threats now a daily reality for one in three businesses 2025-04-21 at 07:40 By Help Net Security Businesses are losing out on an average of $98.5 million a year as a consequence of cyber threats, fraud, regulatory hurdles and operational inefficiencies, according to research from FIS and Oxford Economics. The cost of disharmony is

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Why CISOs are watching the GenAI supply chain shift closely

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Why CISOs are watching the GenAI supply chain shift closely 2025-04-21 at 07:08 By Help Net Security In supply chain operations, GenAI is gaining traction. But according to Logility’s Supply Chain Horizons 2025 report, many security leaders remain uneasy about what that means for data protection, legacy tech, and trust in automation. The survey of

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