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Pharma’s most underestimated cyber risk isn’t a breach

Pharma’s most underestimated cyber risk isn’t a breach 2026-01-05 at 08:47 By Mirko Zorz Chirag Shah, Global Information Security Officer & DPO at Model N examines how cyber risk in pharma and life sciences is shifting beyond traditional breaches toward data misuse, AI-driven exposure and regulatory pressure. He explains why executives still underestimate silent control […]

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Duplicati: Free, open-source backup client

Duplicati: Free, open-source backup client 2025-12-31 at 09:29 By Sinisa Markovic Duplicati is an open source backup client that creates encrypted, incremental, compressed backup sets and sends them to cloud storage services or remote file servers. What the project is and where it runs Duplicati operates as a client side application designed to back up […]

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Conjur: Open-source secrets management and application identity

Conjur: Open-source secrets management and application identity 2025-12-24 at 08:34 By Sinisa Markovic Conjur is an open-source secrets management project designed for environments built around containers, automation, and dynamic infrastructure. It focuses on controlling access to credentials such as database passwords, API keys, and tokens that applications need at runtime. The project is maintained in […]

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Counterfeit defenses built on paper have blind spots

Counterfeit defenses built on paper have blind spots 2025-12-24 at 08:17 By Anamarija Pogorelec Counterfeit protection often leans on the idea that physical materials have quirks no attacker can copy. A new study challenges that comfort by showing how systems built on paper surface fingerprints can be disrupted or bypassed. The research comes from teams […]

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How researchers are teaching AI agents to ask for permission the right way

How researchers are teaching AI agents to ask for permission the right way 2025-12-15 at 09:06 By Mirko Zorz People are starting to hand more decisions to AI agents, from booking trips to sorting digital files. The idea sounds simple. Tell the agent what you want, then let it work through the steps. The hard […]

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What security leaders should watch for when companies buy or sell a business

What security leaders should watch for when companies buy or sell a business 2025-12-05 at 08:59 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Lane Sullivan SVP, CISO and Strategy Officer at Concentric AI, explains what security leaders should think about during mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. Sullivan talks about the types of risk […]

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Aircraft cabin IoT leaves vendor and passenger data exposed

Aircraft cabin IoT leaves vendor and passenger data exposed 2025-11-25 at 08:34 By Sinisa Markovic The expansion of IoT devices in shared, multi-vendor environments, such as aircraft cabins, has created tension between the benefits of data collaboration and the risks to passenger privacy, vendor intellectual property, and regulatory compliance. A new study finds that even […]

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The privacy tension driving the medical data shift nobody wants to talk about

The privacy tension driving the medical data shift nobody wants to talk about 2025-11-24 at 08:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec Most people assume their medical data sits in quiet storage, protected by familiar rules. That belief gives a sense of safety, but new research argues that the world around healthcare data has changed faster than the […]

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Humans built the problem, AI just scaled it

Humans built the problem, AI just scaled it 2025-11-06 at 08:04 By Anamarija Pogorelec Information moves across cloud platforms, personal devices, and AI tools, often faster than security teams can track it. Proofpoint’s 2025 Data Security Landscape report shows that most organizations faced data loss last year, usually caused by their own people. With AI […]

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Veeam to Acquire Data Security Firm Securiti AI for $1.7 Billion

Veeam to Acquire Data Security Firm Securiti AI for $1.7 Billion 2025-10-21 at 19:13 By Eduard Kovacs The acquisition will unify data resilience with DSPM, privacy, governance, and AI trust across production and secondary data. The post Veeam to Acquire Data Security Firm Securiti AI for $1.7 Billion appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]

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10 data security companies to watch in 2026

10 data security companies to watch in 2026 2025-10-21 at 08:52 By Sinisa Markovic At Help Net Security, we’ve been tracking the cybersecurity world for nearly three decades. Through our Industry News section, we’ve watched countless companies rise, and push the limits of what’s possible in data protection. Some vendors consistently stand out, not just […]

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Most AI privacy research looks the wrong way

Most AI privacy research looks the wrong way 2025-10-20 at 13:19 By Mirko Zorz Most research on LLM privacy has focused on the wrong problem, according to a new paper by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Northeastern University. The authors argue that while most technical studies target data memorization, the biggest risks come from […]

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The diagnosis is in: Mobile health apps are bad for your privacy

The diagnosis is in: Mobile health apps are bad for your privacy 2025-10-15 at 07:40 By Sinisa Markovic Sensitive data is moving through Android healthcare apps without adequate protection. Researchers found that many transmit information without encryption, store files without safeguards, or share it through third-party components. Study design showing data collection, static security analysis […]

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What if your privacy tools could learn as they go?

What if your privacy tools could learn as they go? 2025-10-14 at 11:49 By Mirko Zorz A new academic study proposes a way to design privacy mechanisms that can make use of prior knowledge about how data is distributed, even when that information is incomplete. The method allows privacy guarantees to stay mathematically sound while […]

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Biotech platforms keep missing the mark on security fundamentals

Biotech platforms keep missing the mark on security fundamentals 2025-10-02 at 08:27 By Anamarija Pogorelec A new security posture report on the biotech sector shows how quickly attackers could reach sensitive health data with only basic reconnaissance. Researchers needed less than two hours per company to uncover exposed genomic records, unprotected APIs, and misconfigured systems, […]

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Western Digital My Cloud NAS devices vulnerable to unauthenticated RCE (CVE-2025-30247)

Western Digital My Cloud NAS devices vulnerable to unauthenticated RCE (CVE-2025-30247) 2025-09-30 at 14:11 By Zeljka Zorz Western Digital has fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-30247) in the firmware powering its My Cloud network-attached storage (NAS) devices, and has urged users to upgrade as soon as possible. About CVE-2025-30247 Western Digital’s My Cloud […]

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GenAI is exposing sensitive data at scale

GenAI is exposing sensitive data at scale 2025-09-25 at 07:46 By Anamarija Pogorelec Sensitive data is everywhere and growing fast. A new report from Concentric AI highlights how unstructured data, duplicate files, and risky sharing practices are creating serious problems for security teams. The findings show how generative AI tools like Microsoft Copilot are adding […]

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Creating a compliance strategy that works across borders

Creating a compliance strategy that works across borders 2025-09-17 at 08:37 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Marco Goldberg, Managing Director at EQS Group, discusses how compliance and regulation are evolving worldwide. He talks about how organizations can stay compliant with international rules while keeping their systems practical and user-friendly. Goldberg points […]

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Static feeds leave intelligence teams reacting to irrelevant or late data

Static feeds leave intelligence teams reacting to irrelevant or late data 2025-09-15 at 07:12 By Anamarija Pogorelec Boards and executives are not asking for another feed of indicators. They want to know whether their organization is being targeted, how exposed they are, and what steps need to be taken. A new report from Flashpoint argues […]

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Your heartbeat could reveal your identity, even in anonymized datasets

Your heartbeat could reveal your identity, even in anonymized datasets 2025-09-12 at 09:12 By Mirko Zorz A new study has found that electrocardiogram (ECG) signals, often shared publicly for medical research, can be linked back to individuals. Researchers were able to re-identify people in anonymous datasets with surprising accuracy, raising questions about how health data […]

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