Sovereignty vs. security: Microsoft’s Roger Halbheer says you’re asking the wrong question 2026-10-22 at 10:02 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Roger Halbheer, Customer Security Officer at Microsoft, argues that digital sovereignty is a security question first. He explains why organizations underestimate speed, the time it takes to detect and stop […]
AI agent permissions are outrunning security 2026-10-22 at 09:02 By Mirko Zorz Most organizations have handed AI agents work that used to need a person’s sign-off. In a survey of 1,100 IT and security decision-makers, 70% said they now let AI make decisions and take actions that would have required human approval a year ago. […]
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Privacy-preserving AI can protect your heart data, the bill is the problem 2026-10-21 at 10:02 By Mirko Zorz A heart monitor used to be a box beside a hospital bed. Electrodes fed a cable, the cable fed a screen, and a nurse watched the screen. The threat model fit on a sticky note. Cardiac care […]
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Proofpoint Inks $6.3 Billion All-Cash Deal to Acquire Varonis 2026-10-16 at 10:12 By Eduard Kovacs The Thoma Bravo-owned Proofpoint will acquire Varonis in an all-cash transaction and Varonis will become a private company. The post Proofpoint Inks $6.3 Billion All-Cash Deal to Acquire Varonis appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek […]
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Immuta CISO predicts critical AI incidents at major enterprises within 18 months 2026-10-15 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Michael Scott, CISO at Immuta, talks about how organizations should handle permissions for AI agents. He argues agents should be treated as lower-trust identities that don’t inherit everything their user can […]
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Apple to Tighten Full Disk Access Controls in macOS Amid AI Risks 2026-10-06 at 14:48 By Ionut Arghire Citing growing risks posed by more capable and autonomous AI agents, Apple will introduce additional controls. The post Apple to Tighten Full Disk Access Controls in macOS Amid AI Risks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]
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Windows, Linux, Android File Notification Systems Leak User Activity 2026-09-25 at 13:53 By Eduard Kovacs Researchers show that file-change notification systems can leak keystroke timing, browsing activity, and WhatsApp media events. The post Windows, Linux, Android File Notification Systems Leak User Activity appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original […]
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Cyera Raises $400 Million at $12+ Billion Valuation 2026-09-22 at 17:29 By SecurityWeek News The data security company received the new investment from Goldman Sachs Alternatives, extending its Series G funding round. The post Cyera Raises $400 Million at $12+ Billion Valuation appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original […]
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MIND Secures $72 Million for AI-Powered DLP 2026-09-18 at 10:25 By Ionut Arghire The company will use the funding to accelerate platform development and expand its presence in key enterprise markets. The post MIND Secures $72 Million for AI-Powered DLP appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Kiteworks Acquires Bonfy.AI to Fill the AI Gap in Data Governance 2026-09-11 at 13:56 By Kevin Townsend Financials have not been disclosed, but the estimated cost is in the tens of millions of dollars. The post Kiteworks Acquires Bonfy.AI to Fill the AI Gap in Data Governance appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an […]
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BleachBit 6.0.4 fixes secure wiping that skipped clusters on Windows 2026-09-09 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec The open source cleaner BleachBit reached version 6.0.4 this week, erasing caches, browser traces, and files on Windows, Linux, and now macOS. If you shredded a sensitive file on Windows with an earlier build, parts of it may still […]
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17 draft Cyber Resilience Act standards are open for comment 2026-08-14 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec A company selling a connected toy in Europe must show by the end of 2027 that the product meets the Cyber Resilience Act. The law states what manufacturers have to achieve and stops there, which leaves the toymaker to […]
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A stranger has been reading Salesforce and ServiceNow portals worldwide for 17 months 2026-08-12 at 16:51 By Mirko Zorz Most security stories start with something broken. This one starts with everything working as designed. Researchers at Reco have been tracking a campaign they call City-Forum, named after a domain registered in 2002, abandoned, and now […]
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DataBahn Raises $40 Million for Agentic Data Pipeline Management 2026-07-30 at 17:00 By Ionut Arghire The company will accelerate investments in R&D and product innovation to expand its agentic data control plane. The post DataBahn Raises $40 Million for Agentic Data Pipeline Management appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View […]
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Cyera Acquiring Oasis Security in $1 Billion Deal 2026-07-28 at 17:55 By Eduard Kovacs Oasis Security recently raised $120 million in Series B funding for its agentic access management platform. The post Cyera Acquiring Oasis Security in $1 Billion Deal appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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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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Most teams accept higher risk for faster AI database work 2026-06-29 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Database professionals are using AI for everyday work like writing queries, building schemas, and reviewing code, and a growing share rely on autonomous tools that act on the database itself. The use of AI in database management has almost […]
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Making the cloud prove it followed your privacy wishes 2026-06-11 at 08:43 By Sinisa Markovic Making companies that store personal data in cloud key-value databases handle deletion requests by running the operation and confirming the job is complete. The people making those requests and the regulators overseeing them have had limited means to confirm the […]
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Your work apps are quietly handing 19 data points to someone 2026-05-04 at 09:46 By Mirko Zorz Office work in 2026 runs through a stack of mobile apps that sit on the same phones people use for banking, messaging family, and tracking their location. Ten of the most common workplace apps in use across U.S. […]
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Open-source privacy proxy masks PII before prompts reach external AI services 2026-05-01 at 11:49 By Sinisa Markovic Enterprise developers routinely send prompts to external large language models that contain customer emails, support transcripts, and other identifying information, often without a sanitization layer between the application and the API. Dataiku has released Kiji Privacy Proxy, an […]
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