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Safari blocks trackers that turn your email into a tracking ID

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Safari blocks trackers that turn your email into a tracking ID 2026-10-21 at 11:53 By Anamarija Pogorelec Apple’s new anti-tracking protections in Safari and WebKit, the open-source web engine used by Safari, block connections to identity resolution services that turn email addresses into persistent tracking identifiers. How email addresses become tracking IDs This “post-cookie” tracking […]

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Ransomware pressure now reaches employees’ homes and families

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Ransomware pressure now reaches employees’ homes and families 2026-10-19 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Ransomware attackers threatened employees’ family members or friends at 37% of organizations surveyed for Semperis’ 2026 Ransomware Risk Report. The survey covered 1,200 IT and security professionals at organizations that had experienced at least one successful ransomware attack. “Ransomware has proven […]

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Product showcase: SimpleLogin keeps your email address private with aliases

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Product showcase: SimpleLogin keeps your email address private with aliases 2026-10-09 at 11:51 By Anamarija Pogorelec SimpleLogin is an email alias service from Proton that forwards messages to an existing mailbox. Users create addresses for registrations, purchases, and correspondence, giving them control over where their primary email address is shared. The service is open source […]

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AI agents keep access to company data after their work is done

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AI agents keep access to company data after their work is done 2026-10-02 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec IT teams responsible for identity security are concerned about AI agents’ ongoing access to company systems and the actions they take on users’ behalf, according to a Delinea’s 2026 Identity Security Report: The AI Enforcement Gap. “Written […]

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Hardcoded MCP credentials found in public GitHub files

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Hardcoded MCP credentials found in public GitHub files 2026-09-18 at 08:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Hardcoded API keys, access tokens and other credentials used by AI coding tools have been found in publicly accessible MCP configuration files on GitHub, according to research from Hush Security’s The State of MCP Configuration: The Identity Security Gaps report. The […]

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AI adoption brings new security headaches for already stretched CISOs

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AI adoption brings new security headaches for already stretched CISOs 2026-09-10 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec CISOs are taking on AI governance without a matching increase in resources or expertise, adding to an already broad remit spanning data protection, identity, resilience and compliance, according to Proofpoint’s 2026 Voice of the CISO report. The Al mandate […]

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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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