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Shadow AI risk: Navigating the growing threat of ungoverned AI adoption

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Shadow AI risk: Navigating the growing threat of ungoverned AI adoption 2025-11-12 at 10:44 By Help Net Security AI is transforming how businesses operate, but it’s also creating new, often hidden risks. As employees and business units eagerly embrace and experiment with AI solutions, many organizations are losing control over where and how AI is […]

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When every day is threat assessment day

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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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CISA: Patch Samsung flaw exploited to deliver spyware (CVE-2025-21042)

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CISA: Patch Samsung flaw exploited to deliver spyware (CVE-2025-21042) 2025-11-11 at 17:38 By Zeljka Zorz CISA has added CVE-2025-21042, a vulnerability affecting Samsung mobile devices, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, and has ordered US federal civilian agencies to address it by the start of December. “This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack

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Attackers exploited another Gladinet Triofox zero-day (CVE-2025-12480)

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Attackers exploited another Gladinet Triofox zero-day (CVE-2025-12480) 2025-11-11 at 14:47 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers have exploited a now-fixed vulnerability (CVE-2025-12480) in the Gladinet Triofox secure file sharing and remote access platform while it was still a zero-day, Mandiant revealed on Monday. CVE-2025-12480 exploitation and attack details Gladinet’s Triofox solution is used by medium and large

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To get funding, CISOs are mastering the language of money

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To get funding, CISOs are mastering the language of money 2025-11-11 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Chris Wheeler, CISO at Resilience, talks about how CISOs are managing changing cybersecurity budgets. While overall spending is up, many say the increases don’t match their most pressing needs. Wheeler explains how organizations

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Adopting a counterintelligence mindset in luxury logistics

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Adopting a counterintelligence mindset in luxury logistics 2025-11-10 at 11:28 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Andrea Succi, Group CISO at Ferrari Group, discusses how cybersecurity is integrated into every aspect of the logistics industry. He explains why protecting data can be as critical as securing physical assets and how a layered

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Wi-Fi signals may hold the key to touchless access control

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Wi-Fi signals may hold the key to touchless access control 2025-11-10 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz Imagine walking into a secure building where the door unlocks the moment your hand hovers near it. No keycards, no PINs, no fingerprints. Instead, the system identifies you by the way your palm distorts the surrounding Wi-Fi signal. That

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Attackers upgrade ClickFix with tricks used by online stores

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Attackers upgrade ClickFix with tricks used by online stores 2025-11-07 at 15:42 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers have taken the ClickFix technique further, with pages borrowing tricks from online sellers to pressure victims into performing the steps that will lead to a malware infection. Push Security has spotted one of these pages, showing an embedded tutorial

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November 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: Windows Exchange Server EOL?

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November 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: Windows Exchange Server EOL? 2025-11-07 at 13:28 By Help Net Security October 2025 Patch Tuesday was one for the record books in so many ways. There was a big push by Microsoft to fix as many open vulnerabilities as possible in products that were reaching end-of-life (EOL). This included 116

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What keeps phishing training from fading over time

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What keeps phishing training from fading over time 2025-11-07 at 13:28 By Mirko Zorz When employees stop falling for phishing emails, it is rarely luck. A new study shows that steady, mandatory phishing training can cut risky behavior over time. After one year of continuous simulations and follow-up lessons, employees were half as likely to

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Metrics don’t lie, but they can be misleading when they only tell IT’s side of the story

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Metrics don’t lie, but they can be misleading when they only tell IT’s side of the story 2025-11-07 at 13:28 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Rik Mistry, Managing Partner at Interval Group, discusses how to align IT strategy with business goals. He explains how security, governance, and orchestration shape IT operations

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Cisco fixes critical UCCX flaws, patch ASAP! (CVE-2025-20358, CVE-2025-20354)

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Cisco fixes critical UCCX flaws, patch ASAP! (CVE-2025-20358, CVE-2025-20354) 2025-11-06 at 17:16 By Zeljka Zorz Cisco has fixed two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-20358, CVE-2025-20354) affecting Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX), which may allow attackers to bypass authentication, compromise vulnerable installations, and elevate privileges to root. The good news is that there is currently no evidence of

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SonicWall cloud backup hack was the work of a state actor

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SonicWall cloud backup hack was the work of a state actor 2025-11-06 at 15:30 By Zeljka Zorz Incident responders from Mandiant have wrapped up their investigation into the SonicWall cloud backup service hack, and the verdict is in: the culprit is a state-sponsored threat actor (though the specific nation wasn’t disclosed). “[The incident] was isolated

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OpenGuardrails: A new open-source model aims to make AI safer for real-world use

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OpenGuardrails: A new open-source model aims to make AI safer for real-world use 2025-11-06 at 10:28 By Mirko Zorz When you ask a large language model to summarize a policy or write code, you probably assume it will behave safely. But what happens when someone tries to trick it into leaking data or generating harmful

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Google uncovers malware using LLMs to operate and evade detection

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Google uncovers malware using LLMs to operate and evade detection 2025-11-05 at 20:53 By Zeljka Zorz PromptLock, the AI-powered proof-of-concept ransomware developed by researchers at NYU Tandon and initially mistaken for an active threat by ESET, is no longer an isolated example: Google’s latest report shows attackers are now creating and deploying other malware that

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Critical Control Web Panel vulnerability is actively exploited (CVE-2025-48703)

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Critical Control Web Panel vulnerability is actively exploited (CVE-2025-48703) 2025-11-05 at 14:59 By Zeljka Zorz On Tuesday, CISA added two vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: CVE-2025-11371, which affects Gladinet’s CentreStack and Triofox file-sharing and remote access platforms, and CVE-2025-48703, a vulnerability in Control Web Panel (CWP), a web hosting control panel designed for

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PortGPT: How researchers taught an AI to backport security patches automatically

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PortGPT: How researchers taught an AI to backport security patches automatically 2025-11-05 at 09:07 By Mirko Zorz Keeping older software versions secure often means backporting patches from newer releases. It is a routine but tedious job, especially for large open-source projects such as the Linux kernel. A new research effort has built a tool that

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Connected homes: Is bystander privacy anyone’s responsibility?

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Connected homes: Is bystander privacy anyone’s responsibility? 2025-11-05 at 09:07 By Sinisa Markovic Smart doorbells, connected cameras, and home monitoring systems have become common sights on doorsteps and living rooms. They promise safety and convenience, but they also raise a problem. These devices record more than their owners. They capture neighbors, visitors, and anyone passing

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Former ransomware negotiators allegedly targeted US firms with ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware

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Former ransomware negotiators allegedly targeted US firms with ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware 2025-11-04 at 15:04 By Zeljka Zorz A ransomware negotiator and an incident response manager have been indicted in Florida for allegedly conspiring to deploy the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware against multiple US companies and extorting nearly $1.3 million from one of the victims. According to a federal

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