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Update your Apple devices to fix actively exploited vulnerabilities! (CVE-2025-14174, CVE-2025-43529)

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Update your Apple devices to fix actively exploited vulnerabilities! (CVE-2025-14174, CVE-2025-43529) 2025-12-15 at 12:58 By Zeljka Zorz Apple has issued security updates with fixes for two WebKit vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-14174, CVE-2025-43529) that have been exploited as zero-days. Several days before the release of these updates, Google fixed CVE-2025-14174 in the desktop version of Chrome, though at […]

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

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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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Prometheus: Open-source metrics and monitoring systems and services

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Prometheus: Open-source metrics and monitoring systems and services 2025-12-15 at 08:43 By Anamarija Pogorelec Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting system built for environments where services change often and failures can spread fast. For security teams and DevOps engineers, it has become a common way to track system behavior, spot early warning signs, and

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What types of compliance should your password manager support?

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What types of compliance should your password manager support? 2025-12-15 at 07:49 By Sinisa Markovic Lost credentials and weak authentication controls still sit at the center of many security incidents. IT leaders and CISOs know this problem well. They also know that regulators watch how organizations protect passwords, track access, and document security decisions. That

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What 35 years of privacy law say about the state of data protection

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What 35 years of privacy law say about the state of data protection 2025-12-12 at 09:52 By Anamarija Pogorelec Privacy laws have expanded around the world, and security leaders now work within a crowded field of requirements. New research shows that these laws provide stronger rights and duties, but the protections do not always translate

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40 open-source tools redefining how security teams secure the stack

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40 open-source tools redefining how security teams secure the stack 2025-12-11 at 09:07 By Anamarija Pogorelec Open source security software has become a key way for teams to get flexibility, transparency, and capability without licensing costs. The free tools in this roundup address problems security teams deal with, from managing large environments to catching misconfigurations

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Password habits are changing, and the data shows how far we’ve come

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Password habits are changing, and the data shows how far we’ve come 2025-12-11 at 08:13 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Andréanne Bergeron, Security Researcher at Flare, explains how changes in user habits, policy shifts, and new tools have shaped password security over nearly twenty years. She walks through research based

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Product showcase: Tuta – secure, encrypted, private email

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Product showcase: Tuta – secure, encrypted, private email 2025-12-11 at 08:13 By Help Net Security Tuta, formerly known as Tutanota, is built for anyone who wants email that stays private. Instead of treating encryption like a bonus feature, the service encrypts almost everything by default. That means your messages are locked down from the moment

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Henkel CISO on the messy truth of monitoring factories built across decades

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Henkel CISO on the messy truth of monitoring factories built across decades 2025-12-10 at 09:08 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Stefan Braun, CISO at Henkel, discusses how smart manufacturing environments introduce new cybersecurity risks. He explains where single points of failure hide, how attackers exploit legacy systems, and why monitoring must

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The hidden dynamics shaping who produces influential cybersecurity research

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The hidden dynamics shaping who produces influential cybersecurity research 2025-12-10 at 08:52 By Mirko Zorz Cybersecurity leaders spend much of their time watching how threats and tools change. A new study asks a different question, how has the research community itself changed over the past two decades. Researchers from the University of Southampton examined two

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UTMStack: Open-source unified threat management platform

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UTMStack: Open-source unified threat management platform 2025-12-10 at 08:52 By Sinisa Markovic UTMStack is an open-source unified threat management platform that brings SIEM and XDR features into one system. The project focuses on real time correlation of log data, threat intelligence, and malware activity patterns gathered from different sources. The goal is to help organizations

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LLMs are everywhere in your stack and every layer brings new risk

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LLMs are everywhere in your stack and every layer brings new risk 2025-12-10 at 07:52 By Mirko Zorz LLMs are moving deeper into enterprise products and workflows, and that shift is creating new pressure on security leaders. A new guide from DryRun Security outlines how these systems change long standing assumptions about data handling, application

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Building SOX compliance through smarter training and stronger password practices

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Building SOX compliance through smarter training and stronger password practices 2025-12-10 at 07:00 By Sinisa Markovic A SOX audit can reveal uncomfortable truths about how a company handles access to financial systems. Even organizations that invest in strong infrastructure often discover that everyday password habits weaken the controls they thought were solid. CISOs know that

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AI-driven threats are heading straight for the factory floor

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AI-driven threats are heading straight for the factory floor 2025-12-09 at 09:07 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Natalia Oropeza, Chief Cybersecurity Officer at Siemens, discusses how industrial organizations are adapting to a shift in cyber risk driven by AI. She notes that in-house capability, especially for OT response and recovery, is

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AI agents break rules in unexpected ways

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AI agents break rules in unexpected ways 2025-12-09 at 08:31 By Mirko Zorz AI agents are starting to take on tasks that used to be handled by people. These systems plan steps, call tools, and carry out actions without a person approving every move. This shift is raising questions for security leaders. A new research

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The simple shift that turns threat intel from noise into real insight

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The simple shift that turns threat intel from noise into real insight 2025-12-09 at 08:02 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Alankrit Chona, CTO at Simbian, explains how security teams can put threat intelligence to work in a way that supports detection, response, and hunting. Chona walks through why many teams

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Download: Evaluating Password Monitoring Vendors

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Download: Evaluating Password Monitoring Vendors 2025-12-08 at 16:10 By Help Net Security Organizations using Active Directory must update their password policies to block and detect compromised passwords. However, comparing vendors in this area can be challenging. By asking the right questions, you can identify the right partner and avoid introducing new technical, security, and compliance

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December 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: And it’s a wrap

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December 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: And it’s a wrap 2025-12-08 at 09:56 By Help Net Security It’s hard to believe that we’re in December of 2025 already and the end of the year is fast approaching. Looking back on the year, there are two major items that really stand out in my mind. First, there

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NVIDIA research shows how agentic AI fails under attack

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NVIDIA research shows how agentic AI fails under attack 2025-12-08 at 09:56 By Sinisa Markovic Enterprises are rushing to deploy agentic systems that plan, use tools, and make decisions with less human guidance than earlier AI models. This new class of systems also brings new kinds of risk that appear in the interactions between models,

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The Bastion: Open-source access control for complex infrastructure

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The Bastion: Open-source access control for complex infrastructure 2025-12-08 at 09:56 By Anamarija Pogorelec Operational teams know that access sprawl grows fast. Servers, virtual machines and network gear all need hands-on work and each new system adds more identities to manage. A bastion host tries to bring order to this problem. It acts as a

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