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Google agrees to pay $135 million over Android data harvesting claims

Google agrees to pay $135 million over Android data harvesting claims 2026-01-29 at 12:13 By Sinisa Markovic Google agrees to pay $135 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit brought by Android smartphone users over alleged unauthorized cellular data transmissions. After fees and administrative costs are deducted, the remaining settlement funds would be divided […]

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SolarWinds fixes critical Web Help Desk RCE vulnerabilities, upgrade ASAP!

SolarWinds fixes critical Web Help Desk RCE vulnerabilities, upgrade ASAP! 2026-01-29 at 11:34 By Zeljka Zorz SolarWinds has fixed six critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in its popular Web Help Desk (WHD) support ticketing and asset management solution, and is urging customers to upgrade to v2026.1 as soon as possible. The vulnerabilities The WHD vulnerabilities fixed

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Open-source malware zeroes in on developer environments

Open-source malware zeroes in on developer environments 2026-01-29 at 08:36 By Anamarija Pogorelec Open source malware activity during 2025 concentrated on a single objective: executing code inside developer environments, according to Sonatype. The focus reflected a broader shift in supply chain attacks away from end users and toward the tools, machines, and pipelines used to

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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: January 2026

Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: January 2026 2026-01-29 at 08:06 By Anamarija Pogorelec This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. OpenAEV: Open-source adversarial exposure validation platform OpenAEV is an open source platform designed to plan, run, and review cyber adversary simulation campaigns

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A practical take on cyber resilience for CISOs

A practical take on cyber resilience for CISOs 2026-01-29 at 08:06 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Shebani Baweja, CISO for Consumer, Private, Wealth & Business Banking at Standard Chartered, explains how security leaders should think about cyber resilience. She outlines why preparation for extreme events matters as much as day

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OPNsense 26.1 brings updates to open-source firewall management

OPNsense 26.1 brings updates to open-source firewall management 2026-01-29 at 01:17 By Anamarija Pogorelec OPNsense, the open-source firewall and network security platform, reached version 26.1, adding a range of updates affecting management, traffic visibility, automation interfaces, and core services. Changes in firewall management and APIs Version 26.1, code-named Witty Woodpecker, introduces revisions to the firewall

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WinRAR vulnerability still a go-to tool for hackers, Mandiant warns

WinRAR vulnerability still a go-to tool for hackers, Mandiant warns 2026-01-28 at 17:02 By Zeljka Zorz State-sponsored hackers and financially motivated attackers continue leveraging a critical WinRAR vulnerability (CVE-2025-8088) that’s been fixed over half a year ago. CVE-2025-8088 is a path traversal vulnerability that can be exploited via maliciously crafted RAR archives. “The exploit chain

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CERT UEFI Parser: Open-source tool exposes UEFI architecture to uncover vulnerabilities

CERT UEFI Parser: Open-source tool exposes UEFI architecture to uncover vulnerabilities 2026-01-28 at 09:10 By Sinisa Markovic CERT UEFI Parser, a new open-source security analysis tool from the CERT Coordination Center has been released to help researchers and defenders examine the structure of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) software and identify classes of vulnerabilities that

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Why prevention-first secrets security will define enterprise scale: Learnings from a leading telecom

Why prevention-first secrets security will define enterprise scale: Learnings from a leading telecom 2026-01-28 at 08:15 By Help Net Security Once a secret enters Git, it’s expensive to remediate. But the real problem runs deeper than cost. Grégory Maitrallain, Solution Architect at Orange Business, discovered this reality during their implementation: “Once a secret is pushed

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Fortinet starts patching exploited FortiCloud SSO zero-day (CVE-2026-24858)

Fortinet starts patching exploited FortiCloud SSO zero-day (CVE-2026-24858) 2026-01-28 at 02:21 By Zeljka Zorz Fortinet has begun releasing FortiOS versions that fix CVE-2026-24858, a critical zero-day vulnerability that allowed attackers to log into targeted organizations’ FortiGate firewalls. “This vulnerability was found being exploited in the wild by two malicious FortiCloud accounts, which were locked out

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Attackers use Windows App-V scripts to slip infostealer past enterprise defenses

Attackers use Windows App-V scripts to slip infostealer past enterprise defenses 2026-01-27 at 17:17 By Zeljka Zorz A malware delivery campaign detailed by Blackpoint researchers employs an impressive array of tricks to deliver an infostealer to employees without triggering enterprise defenses or close examination by security researchers. The attackers aim to get the Amatera Stealer

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Microsoft reveals actively exploited Office zero-day, provides emergency fix (CVE-2026-21509)

Microsoft reveals actively exploited Office zero-day, provides emergency fix (CVE-2026-21509) 2026-01-27 at 11:22 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft released emergency Office security updates to fix a security feature bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-21509) that its threat intelligence and security teams spotted being exploited in the wild in zero-day attacks. Users and admins are advised to review the associated

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When open science meets real-world cybersecurity

When open science meets real-world cybersecurity 2026-01-27 at 09:44 By Mirko Zorz Scientific research environments are built for openness and collaboration, often prioritizing long-term discovery over traditional enterprise security. In this Help Net Security interview, Matthew Kwiatkowski, CISO at Fermilab, America’s particle physics and accelerator laboratory, discusses where cybersecurity blind spots emerge, why availability can

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Poland repels data-wiping malware attack on energy systems

Poland repels data-wiping malware attack on energy systems 2026-01-26 at 14:37 By Zeljka Zorz Suspected Russian cyber attackers tried to take down parts of Poland’s energy infrastructure with new data-wiping malware – and failed. According to information shared by the Polish government earlier this month, the attacks happened on 29 and 30 December 2025, and

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Inside Microsoft’s veteran-to-tech workforce pipeline

Inside Microsoft’s veteran-to-tech workforce pipeline 2026-01-26 at 12:12 By Zeljka Zorz The technology workforce is changing, and military veterans are increasingly being recognized as one of the industry’s most valuable and dependable talent pools. In this Help Net Security interview, Chris Cortez, Vice President of Military Affairs at Microsoft and longtime leader of the Microsoft

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Brakeman: Open-source vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications

Brakeman: Open-source vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications 2026-01-26 at 08:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Brakeman is an open-source security scanner used by teams that build applications with Ruby on Rails. The tool focuses on application code and configuration, giving developers and security teams a way to identify common classes of web application risk during

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Incident response lessons learned the hard way

Incident response lessons learned the hard way 2026-01-26 at 07:36 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Ryan Seymour, VP, Consulting and Education at ConnectSecure, shares lessons from more than two decades in cybersecurity incident response. He explains why many response failures are set in motion long before an attack begins. The

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Okta users under attack: Modern phishing kits are turbocharging vishing attacks

Okta users under attack: Modern phishing kits are turbocharging vishing attacks 2026-01-23 at 15:31 By Zeljka Zorz Threat actors who specialize in vishing (i.e., voice phishing) have started using phishing kits that can intercept targets’ login credentials while also allowing attackers to control the authentication flow in a targeted user’s browser in real-time. At least

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One-time SMS links that never expire are exposing personal data for years

One-time SMS links that never expire are exposing personal data for years 2026-01-23 at 08:47 By Sinisa Markovic Online services often treat one-time links sent by text message as low-risk conveniences. A new study shows that these links can expose large amounts of personal data for years. Malicious URLs continue to shift from email to

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More employees get AI tools, fewer rely on them at work

More employees get AI tools, fewer rely on them at work 2026-01-23 at 08:03 By Mirko Zorz People across many organizations now have access to AI tools, and usage keeps spreading. Some groups rely on AI during regular work, others treat it as an occasional helper. That gap between access and routine use sits at

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