When every day is threat assessment day 2025-11-12 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Paul J. Mocarski, VP & CISO at Sammons Financial Group, discusses how insurance carriers are adapting their cybersecurity strategies. He explains how ongoing threat assessments, AI-driven automation, and third-party risk management help maintain readiness. Mocarski also […]
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CISA: Patch Samsung flaw exploited to deliver spyware (CVE-2025-21042) 2025-11-11 at 17:38 By Zeljka Zorz CISA has added CVE-2025-21042, a vulnerability affecting Samsung mobile devices, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, and has ordered US federal civilian agencies to address it by the start of December. “This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack
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Attackers exploited another Gladinet Triofox zero-day (CVE-2025-12480) 2025-11-11 at 14:47 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers have exploited a now-fixed vulnerability (CVE-2025-12480) in the Gladinet Triofox secure file sharing and remote access platform while it was still a zero-day, Mandiant revealed on Monday. CVE-2025-12480 exploitation and attack details Gladinet’s Triofox solution is used by medium and large
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CISOs are cracking under pressure 2025-11-11 at 10:29 By Sinisa Markovic Cybersecurity leaders are hitting their limit. A new report from Nagomi Security shows that most CISOs are stretched thin, dealing with nonstop incidents, too many tools, and growing pressure from their boards. The pressures are so intense that many say they are burned out
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To get funding, CISOs are mastering the language of money 2025-11-11 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Chris Wheeler, CISO at Resilience, talks about how CISOs are managing changing cybersecurity budgets. While overall spending is up, many say the increases don’t match their most pressing needs. Wheeler explains how organizations
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Download: Strengthening Identity Security whitepaper 2025-11-10 at 16:00 By Help Net Security Identity threats are escalating. Attackers increasingly exploit compromised credentials, often undetected by organizations, and use social engineering to gain access. Most companies lack visibility into service account activity and don’t have the tools to detect identity-led threats. New identity security solutions are helping
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Adopting a counterintelligence mindset in luxury logistics 2025-11-10 at 11:28 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Andrea Succi, Group CISO at Ferrari Group, discusses how cybersecurity is integrated into every aspect of the logistics industry. He explains why protecting data can be as critical as securing physical assets and how a layered
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How to adopt AI security tools without losing control 2025-11-10 at 11:28 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Josh Harguess, CTO of Fire Mountain Labs, explains how to evaluate, deploy, and govern AI-driven security tools. He talks about the growing role of AI in security operations and the new kinds of
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sqlmap: Open-source SQL injection and database takeover tool 2025-11-10 at 11:28 By Sinisa Markovic Finding and exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities is one of the oldest and most common steps in web application testing. sqlmap streamlines this process. It is an open-source penetration testing tool that automates the detection and exploitation of SQL injection flaws and
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Wi-Fi signals may hold the key to touchless access control 2025-11-10 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz Imagine walking into a secure building where the door unlocks the moment your hand hovers near it. No keycards, no PINs, no fingerprints. Instead, the system identifies you by the way your palm distorts the surrounding Wi-Fi signal. That
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Attackers upgrade ClickFix with tricks used by online stores 2025-11-07 at 15:42 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers have taken the ClickFix technique further, with pages borrowing tricks from online sellers to pressure victims into performing the steps that will lead to a malware infection. Push Security has spotted one of these pages, showing an embedded tutorial
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November 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: Windows Exchange Server EOL? 2025-11-07 at 13:28 By Help Net Security October 2025 Patch Tuesday was one for the record books in so many ways. There was a big push by Microsoft to fix as many open vulnerabilities as possible in products that were reaching end-of-life (EOL). This included 116
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What keeps phishing training from fading over time 2025-11-07 at 13:28 By Mirko Zorz When employees stop falling for phishing emails, it is rarely luck. A new study shows that steady, mandatory phishing training can cut risky behavior over time. After one year of continuous simulations and follow-up lessons, employees were half as likely to
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Metrics don’t lie, but they can be misleading when they only tell IT’s side of the story 2025-11-07 at 13:28 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Rik Mistry, Managing Partner at Interval Group, discusses how to align IT strategy with business goals. He explains how security, governance, and orchestration shape IT operations
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Cisco fixes critical UCCX flaws, patch ASAP! (CVE-2025-20358, CVE-2025-20354) 2025-11-06 at 17:16 By Zeljka Zorz Cisco has fixed two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-20358, CVE-2025-20354) affecting Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX), which may allow attackers to bypass authentication, compromise vulnerable installations, and elevate privileges to root. The good news is that there is currently no evidence of
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SonicWall cloud backup hack was the work of a state actor 2025-11-06 at 15:30 By Zeljka Zorz Incident responders from Mandiant have wrapped up their investigation into the SonicWall cloud backup service hack, and the verdict is in: the culprit is a state-sponsored threat actor (though the specific nation wasn’t disclosed). “[The incident] was isolated
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Russia-linked hackers intensify attacks as global APT activity shifts 2025-11-06 at 14:50 By Anamarija Pogorelec State-aligned hacking groups have spent the past six months ramping up espionage, sabotage, and cybercrime campaigns across multiple regions, according to ESET’s APT Activity Report covering April through September 2025. The research highlights how operations linked to Russia, China, Iran,
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OpenGuardrails: A new open-source model aims to make AI safer for real-world use 2025-11-06 at 10:28 By Mirko Zorz When you ask a large language model to summarize a policy or write code, you probably assume it will behave safely. But what happens when someone tries to trick it into leaking data or generating harmful
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What shadow AI means for your company’s security 2025-11-06 at 07:45 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Peled Eldan, Head of Research at XM Cyber, explains the hidden risks of shadow AI. He describes how employees often use unapproved AI tools at work to save time or solve problems, even when
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Google uncovers malware using LLMs to operate and evade detection 2025-11-05 at 20:53 By Zeljka Zorz PromptLock, the AI-powered proof-of-concept ransomware developed by researchers at NYU Tandon and initially mistaken for an active threat by ESET, is no longer an isolated example: Google’s latest report shows attackers are now creating and deploying other malware that
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