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Containers are just processes: The illusion of namespace security

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Containers are just processes: The illusion of namespace security 2025-05-20 at 08:31 By Help Net Security In the early days of commercial open source, major vendors cast doubt on its security, claiming transparency was a flaw. In fact, that openness fueled strong communities and faster security improvements, making OSS often more secure than proprietary code. […]

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Why legal must lead on AI governance before it’s too late

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Why legal must lead on AI governance before it’s too late 2025-05-20 at 08:05 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Brooke Johnson, Chief Legal Counsel and SVP of HR and Security, Ivanti, explores the legal responsibilities in AI governance, highlighting how cross-functional collaboration enables safe, ethical AI use while mitigating risk and

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CTM360 maps out real-time phishing infrastructure targeting corporate banking worldwide

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CTM360 maps out real-time phishing infrastructure targeting corporate banking worldwide 2025-05-19 at 16:50 By Anamarija Pogorelec A phishing operation that targets corporate banking accounts across the globe has been analyzed in a new report by CTM360. The campaign uses fake Google ads, advanced filtering techniques, to steal sensitive login credentials and bypass MFA. Researchers uncovered

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Malicious RVTools installer found on official site, researcher warns

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Malicious RVTools installer found on official site, researcher warns 2025-05-19 at 15:05 By Zeljka Zorz The official site for RVTools has apparently been hacked to serve a compromised installer for the popular utility, a security researcher has warned. It’s difficult to say how long the malicious version has been available for download, but the website

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AI hallucinations and their risk to cybersecurity operations

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AI hallucinations and their risk to cybersecurity operations 2025-05-19 at 08:31 By Mirko Zorz AI systems can sometimes produce outputs that are incorrect or misleading, a phenomenon known as hallucinations. These errors can range from minor inaccuracies to misrepresentations that can misguide decision-making processes. Real world implications “If a company’s AI agent leverages outdated or

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Why EU encryption policy needs technical and civil society input

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Why EU encryption policy needs technical and civil society input 2025-05-19 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Full Professor at University of Leuven, unpacks the European Commission’s encryption agenda, urging a balanced, technically informed approach to lawful access that safeguards privacy, security, and fundamental rights across the EU. Given the

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Hanko: Open-source authentication and user management

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Hanko: Open-source authentication and user management 2025-05-19 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz Hanko is an open-source, API-first authentication solution purpose-built for the passwordless era. “We focus on helping developers and organizations modernize their authentication flows by migrating users towards passkeys, while still supporting all common authentication methods like email/password, MFA, OAuth, as well as SAML

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Inside MITRE ATT&CK v17: Smarter defenses, sharper threat intel

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Inside MITRE ATT&CK v17: Smarter defenses, sharper threat intel 2025-05-19 at 07:04 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Adam Pennington, MITRE ATT&CK Lead, breaks down what’s new in the ATT&CK v17 release. He highlights the addition of the ESXi platform, new and updated techniques for Linux, refinements to mitigation guidance, and

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CISA: Recently fixed Chrome vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2025-4664)

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CISA: Recently fixed Chrome vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2025-4664) 2025-05-16 at 13:47 By Zeljka Zorz A high-severity Chrome vulnerability (CVE-2025-4664) that Google has fixed on Wednesday is being leveraged by attackers, CISA has confirmed by adding the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. About CVE-2025-4664 CVE-2025-4664 stems from insufficient policy enforcement in Google

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Deepfake attacks could cost you more than money

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Deepfake attacks could cost you more than money 2025-05-16 at 09:04 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Camellia Chan, CEO at X-PHY, discusses the dangers of deepfakes in real-world incidents, including their use in financial fraud and political disinformation. She explains AI-driven defense strategies and recommends updating incident response plans and internal

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Coinbase suffers data breach, gets extorted (but won’t pay)

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Coinbase suffers data breach, gets extorted (but won’t pay) 2025-05-15 at 17:35 By Zeljka Zorz Cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase has suffered a breach, which resulted in attackers acquiring customers’ data that can help them mount social engineering attacks, the company confirmed today by filing a report with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The

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Samsung patches MagicINFO 9 Server vulnerability exploited by attackers

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Samsung patches MagicINFO 9 Server vulnerability exploited by attackers 2025-05-15 at 14:18 By Zeljka Zorz Companies running Samsung MagicINFO, a platform for managing content on Samsung commercial digital displays, should upgrade to the latest available version of its v9 branch to fix a vulnerability that’s reportedly being exploited by attackers. If this advice sounds familiar,

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Building cybersecurity culture in science-driven organizations

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Building cybersecurity culture in science-driven organizations 2025-05-15 at 08:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Anne Sofie Roed Rasmussen, CISO at Novonesis, discusses how a science-driven organization approaches cybersecurity, aligning innovation with protection, measuring cultural progress, managing shadow IT, and earning trust from scientific leaders. How do you measure progress when it

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How Kim Crawley challenges big tech in “Digital Safety in a Dangerous World”

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How Kim Crawley challenges big tech in “Digital Safety in a Dangerous World” 2025-05-15 at 07:34 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Kim Crawley, cybersecurity expert and Professor at the Open Institute of Technology, discusses her upcoming book Digital Safety in a Dangerous World, which will feature her expert advice, as well

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Google strengthens secure enterprise access from BYOD Android devices

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Google strengthens secure enterprise access from BYOD Android devices 2025-05-14 at 19:21 By Zeljka Zorz Google has introduced Device Trust from Android Enterprise, a new solution for making sure that private Android devices used for work are secure enough to access corporate resources and data. Device Trust from Android Enterprise (Source: Google) What is Device

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Southwest Airlines CISO on tackling cyber risks in the aviation industry

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Southwest Airlines CISO on tackling cyber risks in the aviation industry 2025-05-14 at 08:33 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Carrie Mills, VP and CISO, Southwest Airlines talks about the cybersecurity challenges facing the aviation industry. She explains how being part of critical infrastructure, a major consumer brand, and an airline each

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Insider risk management needs a human strategy

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Insider risk management needs a human strategy 2025-05-14 at 08:01 By Mirko Zorz Insider risk is not just about bad actors. Most of the time, it’s about mistakes. Someone sends a sensitive file to the wrong address, or uploads a document to their personal cloud to work from home. In many cases, there is no

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 5 actively exploited zero-days

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 5 actively exploited zero-days 2025-05-13 at 23:00 By Zeljka Zorz On May 2025 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released security fixes for 70+ vulnerabilities, among them five actively exploited zero-days and two publicly disclosed (but not exploited) vulnerabilities. The zero-days and the publicly disclosed flaws Among the zero-days patched is a memory

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Zero-day exploited to compromise Fortinet FortiVoice systems (CVE-2025-32756)

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Zero-day exploited to compromise Fortinet FortiVoice systems (CVE-2025-32756) 2025-05-13 at 21:48 By Zeljka Zorz Fortinet has patched a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-32756) that has been exploited in the wild to compromise FortiVoice phone / conferencing systems, the company’s product security incident response team has revealed on Tuesday. About CVE-2025-32756 CVE-2025-32756 is a stack-based overflow vulnerability that

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Ivanti EPMM vulnerabilities exploited in the wild (CVE-2025-4427, CVE-2025-4428)

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Ivanti EPMM vulnerabilities exploited in the wild (CVE-2025-4427, CVE-2025-4428) 2025-05-13 at 20:31 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers have exploited vulnerabilities in open-source libraries to compromise on-prem Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) instances of a “very limited” number of customers, Ivanti has confirmed on Tuesday, and urged customers to install a patch as soon as possible. “The

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