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When typing becomes tracking: Study reveals widespread silent keystroke interception

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When typing becomes tracking: Study reveals widespread silent keystroke interception 2025-09-11 at 09:17 By Mirko Zorz You type your email address into a website form but never hit submit. Hours later, a marketing email shows up in your inbox. According to new research, that is not a coincidence. A team of researchers from UC Davis, […]

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How attackers weaponize communications networks

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How attackers weaponize communications networks 2025-09-11 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Gregory Richardson, Vice President, Advisory CISO Worldwide, at BlackBerry, talks about the growing risks to communications networks. He explains why attackers focus on these networks and how their motivations range from corporate espionage to geopolitical influence. The discussion […]

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The state of DMARC adoption: What 10M domains reveal

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The state of DMARC adoption: What 10M domains reveal 2025-09-11 at 07:43 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, John Wilson, Senior Fellow, Threat Research at Fortra, explores the state of DMARC adoption across the top 10 million internet domains. He explains how SPF, DKIM, and DMARC work together to prevent email […]

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Microsoft, Adobe, SAP deliver critical fixes for September 2025 Patch Tuesday

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Microsoft, Adobe, SAP deliver critical fixes for September 2025 Patch Tuesday 2025-09-10 at 13:56 By Zeljka Zorz On September 2025 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released patches for 80+ vulnerabilities in its various software products, but the good news is that none of them are actively exploited. Among the critical and important vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft […]

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Automated network pentesting uncovers what traditional tests missed

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Automated network pentesting uncovers what traditional tests missed 2025-09-10 at 11:45 By Zeljka Zorz Most organizations run an annual network penetration test, remediate the issues it uncovers, and move on. But attackers are probing networks every day, using publicly available tools to exploit common misconfigurations and overlooked vulnerabilities. A new report, based on over 50,000 […]

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Deepfakes are rewriting the rules of geopolitics

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Deepfakes are rewriting the rules of geopolitics 2025-09-10 at 09:21 By Sinisa Markovic Deception and media manipulation have always been part of warfare, but AI has taken them to a new level. Entrust reports that deepfakes were created every five minutes in 2024, while the European Parliament estimates that 8 million will circulate across the […]

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Garak: Open-source LLM vulnerability scanner

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Garak: Open-source LLM vulnerability scanner 2025-09-10 at 09:00 By Help Net Security LLMs can make mistakes, leak data, or be tricked into doing things they were not meant to do. Garak is a free, open-source tool designed to test these weaknesses. It checks for problems like hallucinations, prompt injections, jailbreaks, and toxic outputs. By running […]

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Fixing silent failures in security controls with adversarial exposure validation

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Fixing silent failures in security controls with adversarial exposure validation 2025-09-10 at 08:16 By Help Net Security Organizations often operate as if their security controls are fully effective simply because they’re deployed, configured, and monitored. Firewalls are in place, endpoints are protected, and SIEM rules are running. All good, right? Not so fast. Appearances can […]

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Plex tells users to change passwords due to data breach, pushes server owners to upgrade

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Plex tells users to change passwords due to data breach, pushes server owners to upgrade 2025-09-09 at 19:42 By Zeljka Zorz Media streaming company Plex has suffered a data breach and is urging users to reset their account password and enable two-factor authentication. “An unauthorized third party accessed a limited subset of customer data from […]

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Download: Cyber defense guide for the financial sector

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Download: Cyber defense guide for the financial sector 2025-09-09 at 15:46 By Help Net Security Data breaches cost more for financial organizations than they do for those in many other industries. In attempting to strengthen your financial organization’s cybersecurity, you must contend with evolving regulatory obligations, outdated IT infrastructure, and other challenges. How do you […]

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Nearly 500 researchers urge EU to rethink controversial CSAM scanning proposal

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Nearly 500 researchers urge EU to rethink controversial CSAM scanning proposal 2025-09-09 at 10:22 By Mirko Zorz Nearly 500 scientists and researchers have signed an open letter warning that the latest version of the EU’s Chat Control Proposal would weaken digital security while failing to deliver meaningful protection for children. The signatories represent 34 countries […]

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Ongoing malvertising campaign targets European IT workers with fake GitHub Desktop installers

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Ongoing malvertising campaign targets European IT workers with fake GitHub Desktop installers 2025-09-09 at 09:46 By Zeljka Zorz Researchers have spotted a malvertising (and clever malware delivery) campaign targeting IT workers in the European Union with fake GitHub Desktop installers. “We believe the goal of this campaign was to gain initial access to organizations for […]

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Connected cars are racing ahead, but security is stuck in neutral

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Connected cars are racing ahead, but security is stuck in neutral 2025-09-09 at 09:46 By Mirko Zorz Connected cars are already on Europe’s roads, loaded with software, sensors, and constant data connections. Drivers love the features these vehicles bring, from remote apps to smart navigation, but each new connection also opens a door to potential […]

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Salesloft Drift data breach: Investigation reveals how attackers got in

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Salesloft Drift data breach: Investigation reveals how attackers got in 2025-09-08 at 14:33 By Zeljka Zorz The attack that resulted in the Salesloft Drift data breach started with the compromise of the company’s GitHub account, Salesloft confirmed this weekend. Supply chain compromise On August 26, the company publicly revealed that earlier that month, a threat […]

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Cybersecurity research is getting new ethics rules, here’s what you need to know

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Cybersecurity research is getting new ethics rules, here’s what you need to know 2025-09-08 at 09:01 By Mirko Zorz Top cybersecurity conferences are introducing new rules that require researchers to formally address ethics in their work. Starting with the 2026 USENIX Security Symposium, all submissions must include a stakeholder-based ethics analysis. Other major venues such […]

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InterceptSuite: Open-source network traffic interception tool

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InterceptSuite: Open-source network traffic interception tool 2025-09-08 at 08:34 By Mirko Zorz InterceptSuite is an open-source, cross-platform network traffic interception tool designed for TLS/SSL inspection, analysis, and manipulation at the network level. “InterceptSuite is designed primarily for non-HTTP protocols, although it does support HTTP/1 and HTTP/2. It offers support for databases, SMTP, and custom protocols, […]

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Cyber defense cannot be democratized

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Cyber defense cannot be democratized 2025-09-08 at 08:14 By Help Net Security The democratization of AI has fundamentally lowered the barrier for threat actors, creating a bigger pool of people who can carry out sophisticated attacks. The so-called democratization of security, on the other hand, has resulted in chaos. The problem In an earnest attempt […]

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Attackers are exploiting critical SAP S/4HANA vulnerability (CVE-2025-42957)

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Attackers are exploiting critical SAP S/4HANA vulnerability (CVE-2025-42957) 2025-09-05 at 15:03 By Zeljka Zorz A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-42957) in SAP S/4HANA enterprise resource planning software is being exploited by attackers “to a limited extent”, the Dutch National Cyber Security Center (NCSC NL) has warned on Friday. Their alert seems to be based on a report […]

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