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LinkedIn wants to make verification a portable trust signal

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LinkedIn wants to make verification a portable trust signal 2026-01-15 at 08:34 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Oscar Rodriguez, VP Trust Product at LinkedIn, discusses how verification is becoming a portable trust signal across the internet. He explains how LinkedIn is extending professional identity beyond its platform to address rising AI-driven […]

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Firmware scanning time, cost, and where teams run EMBA

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Firmware scanning time, cost, and where teams run EMBA 2026-01-14 at 13:25 By Mirko Zorz Security teams that deal with connected devices often end up running long firmware scans overnight, checking progress in the morning, and trying to explain to colleagues why a single image consumed a workday of compute time. That routine sets the […]

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How AI image tools can be tricked into making political propaganda

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How AI image tools can be tricked into making political propaganda 2026-01-14 at 08:01 By Sinisa Markovic A single image can shift public opinion faster than a long post. Text to image systems can be pushed to create misleading political visuals, even when safety filters are in place, according to a new study. The researchers […]

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Rakuten Viber CISO/CTO on balancing encryption, abuse prevention, and platform resilience

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Rakuten Viber CISO/CTO on balancing encryption, abuse prevention, and platform resilience 2026-01-13 at 09:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Liad Shnell, CISO and CTO at Rakuten Viber, discusses how messaging platforms have become critical infrastructure during crises and conflicts. He explains how it influences cybersecurity priorities, from encryption and abuse prevention […]

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Teaching cybersecurity by letting students break things

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Teaching cybersecurity by letting students break things 2026-01-13 at 09:01 By Sinisa Markovic Cybersecurity students show higher engagement when the work feels tangible. A new study from Airbus Cybersecurity and Dauphine University describes what happens when courses move beyond lectures and place students inside structured hacking scenarios, social engineering exercises, and competitive games. From theory […]

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Rethinking OT security for project heavy shipyards

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Rethinking OT security for project heavy shipyards 2026-01-12 at 09:09 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Hans Quivooij, CISO at Damen Shipyards Group, discusses securing OT and ICS in the shipyard. He outlines how project-based operations, rotating contractors, and temporary systems expand the threat surface and complicate access control. Quivooij also covers […]

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What security teams can learn from torrent metadata

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What security teams can learn from torrent metadata 2026-01-12 at 08:10 By Mirko Zorz Security teams often spend time sorting through logs and alerts that point to activity happening outside corporate networks. Torrent traffic shows up in investigations tied to policy violations, insider risk, and criminal activity. A new research paper looks at that same […]

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Turning plain language into firewall rules

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Turning plain language into firewall rules 2026-01-06 at 09:00 By Sinisa Markovic Firewall rules often begin as a sentence in someone’s head. A team needs access to an application. A service needs to be blocked after hours. Translating those ideas into vendor specific firewall syntax usually involves detailed knowledge of zones, objects, ports, and rule […]

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Pharma’s most underestimated cyber risk isn’t a breach

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Pharma’s most underestimated cyber risk isn’t a breach 2026-01-05 at 08:47 By Mirko Zorz Chirag Shah, Global Information Security Officer & DPO at Model N examines how cyber risk in pharma and life sciences is shifting beyond traditional breaches toward data misuse, AI-driven exposure and regulatory pressure. He explains why executives still underestimate silent control […]

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AI security risks are also cultural and developmental

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AI security risks are also cultural and developmental 2026-01-05 at 08:32 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security teams spend much of their time tracking vulnerabilities, abuse patterns, and system failures. A new study argues that many AI risks sit deeper than technical flaws. Cultural assumptions, uneven development, and data gaps shape how AI systems behave, where they […]

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What if your face could say “don’t record me”? Researchers think it’s possible

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What if your face could say “don’t record me”? Researchers think it’s possible 2025-12-24 at 10:01 By Sinisa Markovic Phones, smart glasses, and other camera-equipped devices capture scenes that include people who never agreed to be recorded. A newly published study examines what it would take for bystanders to signal their privacy choices directly to […]

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Building cyber talent through competition, residency, and real-world immersion

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Building cyber talent through competition, residency, and real-world immersion 2025-12-22 at 09:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Chrisma Jackson, Director of Cybersecurity & Mission Computing Center and CISO at Sandia National Laboratories, reflects on where the cyber talent pipeline breaks down and what it takes to fix it. She discusses skill […]

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Browser agents don’t always respect your privacy choices

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Browser agents don’t always respect your privacy choices 2025-12-22 at 08:49 By Sinisa Markovic Browser agents promise to handle online tasks without constant user input. They can shop, book reservations, and manage accounts by driving a web browser through an AI model. A new academic study warns that this convenience comes with privacy risks that […]

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AI isn’t one system, and your threat model shouldn’t be either

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AI isn’t one system, and your threat model shouldn’t be either 2025-12-19 at 09:02 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Naor Penso, CISO at Cerebras Systems, explains how to threat model modern AI stacks without treating them as a single risk. He discusses why partitioning AI systems by function and impact matters, […]

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The soft underbelly of space isn’t in orbit, it’s on the ground

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The soft underbelly of space isn’t in orbit, it’s on the ground 2025-12-18 at 09:08 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Øystein Thorvaldsen, CISO at KSAT, discusses how adversaries view the ground segment as the practical way to reach space systems and why stations remain a focal point for security efforts. He […]

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Privacy risks sit inside the ads that fill your social media feed

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Privacy risks sit inside the ads that fill your social media feed 2025-12-18 at 08:34 By Sinisa Markovic Regulatory limits on explicit targeting have not stopped algorithmic profiling on the web. Ad optimization systems still adapt which ads appear based on users’ private attributes. At the same time, multimodal LLMs have lowered the barrier for […]

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Why vulnerability reports stall inside shared hosting companies

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Why vulnerability reports stall inside shared hosting companies 2025-12-17 at 09:24 By Mirko Zorz Security teams keep sending vulnerability notifications, and the same pattern keeps repeating. Many alerts land, few lead to fixes. A new qualitative study digs into what happens after those reports arrive and explains why remediation so often stops short. The research […]

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The messy data trails of telehealth are becoming a security nightmare

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The messy data trails of telehealth are becoming a security nightmare 2025-12-16 at 09:24 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Scott Bachand, CIO/CISO at Ro, discusses how telehealth reshapes the flow of patient data and what that means for security. He explains why organizations must strengthen data classification and visibility as systems […]

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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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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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