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MITRE Caldera RCE vulnerability with public PoC fixed, patch ASAP! (CVE-2025–27364)

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MITRE Caldera RCE vulnerability with public PoC fixed, patch ASAP! (CVE-2025–27364) 2025-02-28 at 17:03 By Zeljka Zorz Users of the MITRE Caldera cyber security platform have been urged to plug a critical hole (CVE-2025–27364) that may allow unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution. About MITRE Caldera MITRE Caldera is a platform built on the […]

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OSPS Baseline: Practical security best practices for open source software projects

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OSPS Baseline: Practical security best practices for open source software projects 2025-02-28 at 14:49 By Help Net Security The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), a cross-industry initiative by the Linux Foundation, has announced the initial release of the Open Source Project Security Baseline (OSPS Baseline), a tiered framework of security practices that evolve with the

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Understanding the AI Act and its compliance challenges

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Understanding the AI Act and its compliance challenges 2025-02-28 at 08:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, David Dumont, Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth, discusses the implications of the EU AI Act and how organizations can leverage existing GDPR frameworks while addressing new obligations such as conformity assessments and transparency requirements. Dumont

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The art of balancing data security with business goals

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The art of balancing data security with business goals 2025-02-28 at 07:32 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Nathan Parks, Senior Research Specialist at Gartner, discusses their recent research, revealing that only 14% of security leaders effectively balance data security with business goals. 35% of leaders are focused on securing data,

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2024 phishing trends tell us what to expect in 2025

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2024 phishing trends tell us what to expect in 2025 2025-02-27 at 14:18 By Zeljka Zorz Phishing has been the method most often employed by cybercriminals to achieve initial access to targeted organizations in 2024, according to risk advisory firm Kroll, which expects this trend to continue in 2025. But attackers have also increasingly been

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Siemens Teamcenter vulnerability could allow account takeover (CVE-2025-23363)

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Siemens Teamcenter vulnerability could allow account takeover (CVE-2025-23363) 2025-02-27 at 11:32 By Zeljka Zorz A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-23363) in the Siemens Teamcenter product lifecycle management (PLM) software could allow an attacker to steal users’ valid session data and gain unauthorized access to the vulnerable application. About CVE-2025-23363 Siemens Teamcenter is a suite of applications that

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Is Agentic AI too smart for your own good?

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Is Agentic AI too smart for your own good? 2025-02-27 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz Agentic AI, which consists of systems that autonomously take action based on high-level goals, is becoming integral to enterprise security, threat intelligence, and automation. While these systems present significant potential, they also introduce new risks that CISOs must address. This

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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: February 2025

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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: February 2025 2025-02-27 at 07:31 By Help Net Security This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. Kunai: Open-source threat hunting tool for Linux Kunai is an open-source tool that provides deep and precise event monitoring for Linux

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Debunking 5 myths about network automation

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Debunking 5 myths about network automation 2025-02-27 at 06:02 By Help Net Security Imagine you’re a network engineer at an enterprise. You already have your hands full with IT priorities, including managing bandwidth related to working from home, the company’s new data center, and, more recently, computing needs to support AI adoption. Additionally, the security

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What cybersecurity pros read for fun

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What cybersecurity pros read for fun 2025-02-26 at 18:19 By Help Net Security While cybersecurity pros spend much of their time immersed in technical reports, risk assessments, and policy documents, fiction offers a refreshing perspective on security and hacking. Great cyber-themed novels can teach lessons on human psychology, cyber warfare, and the ethics of technology

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Is your email or password among the 240+ million compromised by infostealers?

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Is your email or password among the 240+ million compromised by infostealers? 2025-02-26 at 18:00 By Zeljka Zorz For the second time since the start of 2025, a huge number of login credentials extracted from infostealer logs has been added to the database powering the HaveIBeenPwned (HIBP) site and breach notification service. In January 2025,

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Hundreds of GitHub repos served up malware for years

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Hundreds of GitHub repos served up malware for years 2025-02-26 at 13:13 By Zeljka Zorz Kaspersky researchers have unearthed an extensive and long-running malware delivery campaign that exploited users’ propensity for downloading code from GitHub and using it without first verifying whether it’s malicious. “Over the course of the GitVenom campaign, the threat actors behind

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The compliance illusion: Why your company might be at risk despite passing audits

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The compliance illusion: Why your company might be at risk despite passing audits 2025-02-26 at 08:20 By Mirko Zorz For many CISOs, compliance can feel like a necessary evil and a false sense of security. While frameworks like ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI DSS offer structured guidelines, they don’t automatically equate to strong cybersecurity.

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Dalfox: Open-source XSS scanner

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Dalfox: Open-source XSS scanner 2025-02-26 at 08:20 By Mirko Zorz DalFox is an open-source tool for automating the detection of XSS vulnerabilities. With powerful testing capabilities and a wide range of features, it makes scanning, analyzing parameters, and verifying vulnerabilities faster and easier. “The uniqueness of Dalfox lies in its speed and ability to easily

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How enterprise leaders can secure and govern agentic AI

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How enterprise leaders can secure and govern agentic AI 2025-02-26 at 08:20 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Nataraj Nagaratnam, an IBM Fellow and CTO for Cloud Security, discusses enterprises’ steps to lay a secure foundation for agentic AI deployments. Recent research from IBM and Morning Consult shows that 99% of

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Background check, drug testing provider DISA suffers data breach

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Background check, drug testing provider DISA suffers data breach 2025-02-25 at 20:06 By Zeljka Zorz DISA Global Solutions, a Texas-based company that provides employment screening services (including drug and alcohol testing and background checks) for over 55,000 organizations, has suffered a cyber incident that led to a data breach, which resulted in the potential compromise

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China-based Silver Fox spoofs healthcare app to deliver malware

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China-based Silver Fox spoofs healthcare app to deliver malware 2025-02-25 at 18:33 By Zeljka Zorz Silver Fox, a China-based threat actor that may or may not be backed by the Chinese government, has been delivering the ValleyRAT backdoor to unsuspecting users by disguising the malware as legitimate healthcare app (the Philips DICOM viewer), a Windows

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Cybersecurity needs a leader, so let’s stop debating and start deciding

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Cybersecurity needs a leader, so let’s stop debating and start deciding 2025-02-25 at 18:09 By Help Net Security Have you ever heard anyone earnestly ask in a business, “Who owns legal?” or “Who sets the financial strategy?” Probably not – it should be obvious, right? Yet, when it comes to cybersecurity, the question of ownership

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Avoiding vendor lock-in when using managed cloud security services

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Avoiding vendor lock-in when using managed cloud security services 2025-02-25 at 08:05 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Marina Segal, CEO at Tamnoon, discusses the most significant obstacles when implementing managed cloud security in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. She shares insights on long onboarding times, legacy security gaps, vendor lock-in, and overlooked

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The CISO’s dilemma of protecting the enterprise while driving innovation

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The CISO’s dilemma of protecting the enterprise while driving innovation 2025-02-25 at 07:34 By Help Net Security CISOs are constantly navigating the challenge of protecting their organizations while ensuring business agility and innovation. For example, as companies move workloads to the cloud to support remote teams, security teams must secure data without slowing down productivity.

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