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Millions of Android devices roped into Badbox 2.0 botnet. Is yours among them?

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Millions of Android devices roped into Badbox 2.0 botnet. Is yours among them? 2025-06-06 at 16:09 By Zeljka Zorz Millions of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices running the open-source version of the Android operating system are part of the Badbox 2.0 botnet, the FBI has warned. Cyber criminals are using the botnet to perform ad fraud and […]

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June 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: Second time is the charm?

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June 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: Second time is the charm? 2025-06-06 at 09:57 By Help Net Security Microsoft has been busy releasing more out-of-band (OOB) patches than usual throughout May. The May Patch Tuesday release of updates was typical in number of vulnerabilities addressed with 41 in both Windows 10 and 11, and their associated

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Why IAM should be the starting point for AI-driven cybersecurity

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Why IAM should be the starting point for AI-driven cybersecurity 2025-06-06 at 09:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Benny Porat, CEO at Twine Security, discusses applying AI agents to security decisions. He explains why identity and access management (IAM) is the ideal starting point for both augmentation and automation, and shares

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Protecting patient data starts with knowing where it’s stored

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Protecting patient data starts with knowing where it’s stored 2025-06-06 at 08:31 By Sinisa Markovic Patient data is often stored or processed outside the country where it was collected. When that happens, the data falls under the laws of the country where it resides. Depending on those laws, local governments may have legal access to

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Ransomware and USB attacks are hammering OT systems

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Ransomware and USB attacks are hammering OT systems 2025-06-06 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz Ransomware, trojans, and malware delivered through USB devices are putting growing pressure on industrial systems, according to the Honeywell 2025 Cyber Threat Report, which draws on data from monitoring tools deployed across industrial sites around the world. The findings highlight persistent

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Meta open-sources AI tool to automatically classify sensitive documents

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Meta open-sources AI tool to automatically classify sensitive documents 2025-06-05 at 09:17 By Mirko Zorz Meta has released an open source AI tool called Automated Sensitive Document Classification. It was originally built for internal use and is designed to find sensitive information in documents and apply security labels automatically. The tool uses customizable classification rules

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Why SAP security updates are a struggle for large enterprises

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Why SAP security updates are a struggle for large enterprises 2025-06-05 at 07:33 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Jonathan Stross, SAP Security Analyst at Pathlock, examines why managing SAP security updates is so complex for enterprises. From highly customized, interconnected environments to the pressure of real-time patching, Strauss highlights why

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Attackers fake IT support calls to steal Salesforce data

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Attackers fake IT support calls to steal Salesforce data 2025-06-04 at 17:47 By Zeljka Zorz Over the past several months, a threat group has been actively breaching organizations’ Salesforce instances and exfiltrating customer and business data, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has warned. The attackers in question – currently tracked as UNC6040 – are masters

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Google fixes Chrome zero-day with in-the-wild exploit (CVE-2025-5419)

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Google fixes Chrome zero-day with in-the-wild exploit (CVE-2025-5419) 2025-06-04 at 14:17 By Zeljka Zorz Google has fixed two Chrome vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw (CVE-2025-5419) with an in-the-wild exploit. About CVE-2025-5419 CVE-2025-5419 is a high-severity out of bounds read and write vulnerability in V8, the JavaScript and WebAssembly engine developed by Google for the Chromium

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How to manage your cyber risk in a modern attack surface

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How to manage your cyber risk in a modern attack surface 2025-06-04 at 09:01 By Help Net Security According to research, 62% of organizations said their attack surface grew over the past year. It’s no coincidence that 76% of organizations also reported a cyberattack due to an exposed asset in 2024, as expanding digital footprints

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The hidden risks of LLM autonomy

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The hidden risks of LLM autonomy 2025-06-04 at 08:42 By Help Net Security Large language models (LLMs) have come a long way from the once passive and simple chatbots that could respond to basic user prompts or look up the internet to generate content. Today, they can access databases and business applications, interact with external

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Agentic AI and the risks of unpredictable autonomy

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Agentic AI and the risks of unpredictable autonomy 2025-06-04 at 08:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Thomas Squeo, CTO for the Americas at Thoughtworks, discusses why traditional security architectures often fail when applied to autonomous AI systems. He explains why conventional threat modeling needs to adapt to address autonomous decision-making and

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Rethinking governance in a decentralized identity world

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Rethinking governance in a decentralized identity world 2025-06-04 at 07:36 By Mirko Zorz Decentralized identity (DID) is gaining traction, and for CISOs, it’s becoming a part of long-term planning around data protection, privacy, and control. As more organizations experiment with verifiable credentials and self-sovereign identity models, a question emerges: Who governs the system when no

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How global collaboration is hitting cybercriminals where it hurts

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How global collaboration is hitting cybercriminals where it hurts 2025-06-03 at 09:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, William Lyne, Deputy Director of UK’s National Crime Agency, discusses the cybercrime ecosystem and the threats it enables. He explains how cybercrime is becoming more accessible and fragmented. Lyne also talks about key trends,

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Vet: Open-source software supply chain security tool

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Vet: Open-source software supply chain security tool 2025-06-03 at 08:34 By Help Net Security Vet is an open source tool designed to help developers and security engineers spot risks in their software supply chains. It goes beyond traditional software composition analysis by detecting known vulnerabilities and flagging malicious packages. Vet supports several ecosystems, including npm,

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Bankers Association’s attack on cybersecurity transparency

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Bankers Association’s attack on cybersecurity transparency 2025-06-03 at 08:04 By Help Net Security A coalition of banking industry associations, including SIFA, the American Bankers Association (ABA), Bank Policy Institute (BPI), and several other lobbying groups have made a disgraceful appeal to the SEC to eliminate the rule requiring public disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents within

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Attackers breached ConnectWise, compromised customer ScreenConnect instances

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Attackers breached ConnectWise, compromised customer ScreenConnect instances 2025-06-02 at 20:19 By Zeljka Zorz A suspected “sophisticated nation state actor” has compromised ScreenConnect cloud instances of a “very small number” of ConnectWise customers, the company has revealed on Wednesday. “We have not observed any additional suspicious activity in ScreenConnect cloud instances since the patch was released

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Product showcase: Smarter pentest reporting and exposure management with PlexTrac

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Product showcase: Smarter pentest reporting and exposure management with PlexTrac 2025-06-02 at 09:03 By Help Net Security The threat landscape is evolving faster than ever. Staying ahead means going beyond automated scans and check-the-box assessments. It demands continuous, hands-on testing through a security approach that proactively identifies, prioritizes, and mitigates threats in real time. To

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CISO 3.0: Leading AI governance and security in the boardroom

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CISO 3.0: Leading AI governance and security in the boardroom 2025-06-02 at 08:50 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Aaron McCray, Field CISO at CDW, discusses how AI is transforming the CISO role from a tactical cybersecurity guardian into a strategic enterprise risk advisor. With AI now embedded across business functions, CISOs

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Review: Metasploit, 2nd Edition

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Review: Metasploit, 2nd Edition 2025-06-02 at 08:18 By Mirko Zorz If you’ve spent any time in penetration testing, chances are you’ve crossed paths with Metasploit. The second edition of Metasploit tries to bring the book in line with how pentesters are using the tool. It mostly succeeds, with some caveats depending on your experience level

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