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AWS limits AI agents’ data access, even when manipulated

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AWS limits AI agents’ data access, even when manipulated 2026-08-20 at 14:17 By Anamarija Pogorelec AWS has detailed an approach for propagating user authorization context through AI agents, allowing access controls to be enforced by infrastructure and downstream services rather than relying on the agent itself. Customers using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore can build AI agents […]

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Product Showcase: AppViewX Agent Identity Security

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Product Showcase: AppViewX Agent Identity Security 2026-07-23 at 08:30 By Help Net Security AI is multiplying enterprise identities as quantum computing reshapes the cryptographic trust that secures them, and enterprises need to solve both together. Traditional identity security was built for people with predictable, auditable access, not autonomous, short-lived agents that share credentials and break

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Only 28% of financial workforce MFA is phishing-resistant

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Only 28% of financial workforce MFA is phishing-resistant 2026-07-10 at 08:41 By Anamarija Pogorelec Passwords remain part of many workforce authentication flows in financial organizations, making phishing and credential theft major identity security risks, according to a new Secret Double Octopus report. Key challenges preventing universal implementation of phishing-resistant MFA (Source: Secret Double Octopus) Workforce

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The future of payment fraud could be automated

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The future of payment fraud could be automated 2026-07-06 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Payment fraud is becoming more organized as criminal groups use fake websites, large-scale operations, and, in some cases, forced labor to steal money and personal information. Advances in agentic AI could automate many stages of payment fraud, from collecting and assembling

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Forget traffic lights, Google’s reCAPTCHA may ask for hand gestures

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Forget traffic lights, Google’s reCAPTCHA may ask for hand gestures 2026-06-19 at 13:46 By Anamarija Pogorelec Google has introduced hand gesture verification for reCAPTCHA, a new method for verifying that a user is human. Google’s reCAPTCHA is part of Google Cloud Fraud Defense, a fraud and abuse prevention platform for bot, account, and transaction protection.

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The CISO selling confidence in a market full of breach headlines

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The CISO selling confidence in a market full of breach headlines 2026-05-28 at 10:16 By Mirko Zorz Engineering teams across enterprise IT are writing their own software with AI coding assistants, spinning up agents that act on their behalf, and assigning those agents the same access privileges their human creators hold. The shift has pulled

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Product showcase: F-Secure Internet Security blocks phishing sites, fake stores, and SMS scams

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Product showcase: F-Secure Internet Security blocks phishing sites, fake stores, and SMS scams 2026-05-26 at 08:37 By Anamarija Pogorelec F-Secure Internet Security protects against viruses, ransomware, spyware, infected email attachments, and other cyber threats. It focuses on securing devices and online activity through malware protection, scam prevention, safe browsing, and banking safeguards. The platform supports

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What happens when your identity provider becomes the kill chain

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What happens when your identity provider becomes the kill chain 2026-05-20 at 09:34 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Colin Constable, CTO at Atsign, explains why your identity provider (IdP) has become the kill chain in cyberattacks. Attackers steal session cookies, tokens, or consent grants you’ve already issued and walk in

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Machine identities outnumber humans 109 to 1

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Machine identities outnumber humans 109 to 1 2026-05-14 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Organizations manage an average of 109 machine identities for every human identity. AI agents account for a growing share of those identities, with companies expecting AI agent growth of 85% over the next 12 months. Machine identities are projected to increase by

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Bringing governance and visibility to machine and AI identities

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Bringing governance and visibility to machine and AI identities 2026-04-13 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Archit Lohokare, CEO of AppViewX, explains how the rise of AI marked a turning point where machine and AI agent identities began converging into a single problem. Drawing on his experience across IBM and

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Product showcase: Proton Authenticator is an end-to-end encrypted, open source 2FA app

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Product showcase: Proton Authenticator is an end-to-end encrypted, open source 2FA app 2026-04-06 at 09:16 By Anamarija Pogorelec Proton Authenticator is a free and open-source two-factor authentication (2FA) app that generates time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) to help secure online accounts. It is available on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, allowing users to access their

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Product showcase: 2FAS Auth – Free, open-source 2FA for iOS

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Product showcase: 2FAS Auth – Free, open-source 2FA for iOS 2026-02-03 at 07:47 By Anamarija Pogorelec Online accounts usually rely on a password, but passwords alone can be weak if they’re reused, easily guessed, or stolen. Two-factor authentication (2FA) adds a second layer of verification, usually a six-digit code generated by an app on your

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What insurers expect from cyber risk in 2026

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What insurers expect from cyber risk in 2026 2026-01-13 at 07:33 By Anamarija Pogorelec Technology shifts, policy decisions, and attacker behavior are changing at the same time, and their effects increasingly overlap. Insurers, brokers, and security teams are feeling that pressure across underwriting, claims, and risk management. A new global study by CyberCube examines how

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Five identity-driven shifts reshaping enterprise security in 2026

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Five identity-driven shifts reshaping enterprise security in 2026 2025-12-24 at 11:18 By Help Net Security 2026 marks the tipping point when artificial intelligence begins to fundamentally reshape cyber risk. After several years of widespread adoption, AI moves beyond influencing how we work and starts transforming the enterprise itself. AI is now embedded at every layer

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Identity risk is changing faster than most security teams expect

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Identity risk is changing faster than most security teams expect 2025-12-19 at 07:35 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security leaders are starting to see a shift in digital identity risk. Fraud activity is becoming coordinated, automated, and self-improving. Synthetic personas, credential replay, and high speed onboarding attempts now operate through shared infrastructures that behave less like scattered

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Convenience culture is breaking personal security

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Convenience culture is breaking personal security 2025-11-21 at 08:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec AI is changing how scams are built, shared, and trusted. A new global survey from Bitdefender shows how far the problem has spread. AI is helping scams evolve faster than people can respond Over seven in ten consumers encountered some form of scam

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Early reporting helps credit unions stop fraudulent transfers faster

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Early reporting helps credit unions stop fraudulent transfers faster 2025-10-29 at 08:48 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Carl Scaffidi, CISO at VyStar Credit Union, discusses how credit unions are adapting to an evolving fraud landscape and strengthening payment security. As cybercriminals leverage social engineering and AI-driven tactics, Scaffidi explains how innovation

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Inside the economy built on stolen credentials

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Inside the economy built on stolen credentials 2025-09-26 at 09:08 By Sinisa Markovic Instead of going after software flaws or network weaknesses, attackers are targeting something much easier to steal: identity credentials. A new report from BeyondID calls this growing black market the identity economy, where usernames, passwords, tokens, and access rights are bought and

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Most data breaches have unknown causes as transparency continues to fall

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Most data breaches have unknown causes as transparency continues to fall 2025-07-24 at 11:57 By Help Net Security The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reports 1,732 publicly disclosed data breaches in H1 2025, marking a 5% increase over the same period in 2024. The ITRC could track a record number of compromises in 2025 if

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