Best practices for AI in open-source work 2026-06-25 at 08:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Free and open source software developers us AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Copilot CLI, Antigravity, and OpenCode in their daily work. The Software Freedom Conservancy responded to that trend with a set of recommendations for contributors who use these tools, […]
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Senior engineers are spending their week cleaning up AI-generated code 2026-06-15 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec At most U.S. technology companies, machines now write the bulk of the code that ships each week. The engineer’s job has shifted toward reviewing what the AI produces, and that review gives the code high marks. Leaders rate AI-generated
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European AI adoption hits 99% with regulated data driving most policy violations 2026-05-27 at 09:24 By Sinisa Markovic Generative AI tools operate inside nearly every European workplace, embedded in meeting transcription services, writing assistants, coding copilots, and search features. Workers in the region pull these tools into daily routines that involve customer records, financial information,
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Open-source privacy proxy masks PII before prompts reach external AI services 2026-05-01 at 11:49 By Sinisa Markovic Enterprise developers routinely send prompts to external large language models that contain customer emails, support transcripts, and other identifying information, often without a sanitization layer between the application and the API. Dataiku has released Kiji Privacy Proxy, an
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NGate NFC malware targets Android users through trojanized payment app 2026-04-21 at 12:00 By Mirko Zorz NFC-based payment fraud is expanding geographically and operationally. A campaign active since November 2025 is targeting Android users in Brazil using a new variant of the NGate malware family, this time embedded in a trojanized version of HandyPay, a
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European AI spending set to hit $290 billion by 2029 2026-04-16 at 07:47 By Sinisa Markovic European enterprises are committing serious money to AI, and the numbers are accelerating. According to IDC’s Worldwide AI and Generative AI Spending Guide, AI spending across Europe will reach $290 billion by 2029, growing at a compound annual growth
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Financial groups lay out a plan to fight AI identity attacks 2026-04-01 at 10:34 By Mirko Zorz Generative AI tools have brought the cost of deepfake production low enough that criminals and state-sponsored actors now use them routinely against financial institutions. A joint paper from the American Bankers Association, the Better Identity Coalition, and the
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AI SOC vendors are selling a future that production deployments haven’t reached yet 2026-03-26 at 12:32 By Mirko Zorz Vendors selling AI-powered security operations platforms have built their pitches around a consistent set of promises: autonomous threat investigation, dramatic reductions in analyst workload, and an accelerating path toward humanless operations. Practitioners buying and deploying those
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Your security stack looks fine from the dashboard and that’s the problem 2026-03-25 at 08:07 By Anamarija Pogorelec One in five enterprise endpoints is operating outside a protected and enforceable state on any given day, according to device telemetry collected across tens of millions of corporate PCs. That figure, drawn from Absolute Security’s 2026 Resilience
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More AI tools, more burnout! New research explains why 2026-03-09 at 12:58 By Anamarija Pogorelec Workflows built around multiple AI agents and constant tool switching are adding cognitive strain across large enterprises. A recent Harvard Business Review analysis describes this pattern as “AI brain fry,” a form of mental fatigue tied to intensive use and
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Ransomware activity peaks outside business hours 2026-02-27 at 12:18 By Anamarija Pogorelec Intrusions continue to center on credential access and timed execution outside standard business hours. The Sophos Active Adversary Report 2026 analyzes 661 incident response and managed detection and response cases handled between November 1, 2024 and October 31, 2025, spanning organizations in 70
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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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Gen AI data violations more than double 2026-01-07 at 08:32 By Sinisa Markovic Security teams track activity that moves well beyond traditional SaaS platforms, with employees interacting daily with generative AI tools, personal cloud services, and automated systems that exchange data without direct human input. These patterns shape how sensitive information moves across corporate environments
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What happens to enterprise data when GenAI shows up everywhere 2025-12-24 at 08:17 By Anamarija Pogorelec Generative AI is spreading across enterprise workflows, shaping how employees create, share, and move information between systems. Security teams are working to understand where data ends up, who can access it, and how its use reshapes security assumptions. This
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How one quick AI check can leak your company’s secrets 2025-11-21 at 08:30 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Dinesh Nagarajan, Global Partner, Cyber Security Services at IBM Consulting, walks through a situation in which an employee shared production source code with a public AI tool. The tool learned from the
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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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AI chatbots are sliding toward a privacy crisis 2025-10-31 at 09:00 By Sinisa Markovic AI chat tools are taking over offices, but at what cost to privacy? People often feel anonymous in chat interfaces and may share personal data without realizing the risks. Cybercriminals see the same opening, and it may only be a matter
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AI’s split personality: Solving crimes while helping conceal them 2025-10-21 at 08:52 By Sinisa Markovic What happens when investigators and cybercriminals start using the same technology? AI is now doing both, helping law enforcement trace attacks while also being tested for its ability to conceal them. A new study from the University of Cagliari digs
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AI-generated images have a problem of credibility, not creativity 2025-10-13 at 08:34 By Sinisa Markovic GenAI simplifies image creation, yet it creates hard problems around intellectual property, authenticity, and accountability. Researchers at Queen’s University in Canada examined watermarking as a way to tag AI images so origin and integrity can be checked. Watermarking scenario overview
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Protegrity Developer Edition: Free containerized Python package to secure AI pipelines 2025-10-03 at 09:39 By Help Net Security Protegrity Developer Edition enables developers, data scientists, ML engineers, and security teams an easy way to add data protection into GenAI and unstructured data workflows, without the need for enterprise setup. Billed as the first enterprise-grade, governance-focused
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