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Unauthenticated RCE in Splunk Enterprise under active attack (CVE-2026-20253)

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Unauthenticated RCE in Splunk Enterprise under active attack (CVE-2026-20253) 2026-06-19 at 13:50 By Zeljka Zorz CISA has added CVE-2026-20253, a critical, remotely exploitable vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and ordered US federal civilian agencies to apply mitigations by June 21, 2026. In-the-wild exploitation has also been confirmed by the vendor […]

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Onspring CISO on where automated GRC systems fall short

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Onspring CISO on where automated GRC systems fall short 2026-06-15 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Nichole Windholz, CISO at Onspring, talks about the limits of automated GRC systems and continuous control monitoring. She explains why color-coded dashboards can hide nuance, how teams can check the data feeding their

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Product Showcase: Fing Desktop puts network visibility on your screen

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Product Showcase: Fing Desktop puts network visibility on your screen 2026-03-09 at 07:48 By Anamarija Pogorelec Phones, laptops, smart TVs, cameras, and smart home equipment all use the same network. Knowing what’s connected helps users manage performance and security. Fing Desktop provides tools that identify devices, test connectivity, and analyze network activity. Account creation The

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Security leaders push for continuous controls as audits stay manual

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Security leaders push for continuous controls as audits stay manual 2026-01-21 at 07:03 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security teams say they want real-time insight into controls, but still rely on periodic checks that trail daily operations. New RegScale research shows how wide that gap remains and where organizations are directing time, staff, and budget to manage

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Anubis: Open-source web AI firewall to protect from scraper bots

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Anubis: Open-source web AI firewall to protect from scraper bots 2025-12-22 at 08:49 By Sinisa Markovic Anubis is an open-source tool designed to protect websites from automated scraping and abusive traffic by adding computational friction before a request is served. Maintained by TecharoHQ, the project targets a growing problem for site operators who want to

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Zabbix: Open-source IT and OT observability solution

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Zabbix: Open-source IT and OT observability solution 2025-12-17 at 08:08 By Anamarija Pogorelec Zabbix is an open source monitoring platform designed to track the availability, performance, and integrity of IT environments. It monitors networks along with servers, virtual machines, applications, services, databases, websites, and cloud resources. For cybersecurity professionals, this visibility matters because operational issues

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Prometheus: Open-source metrics and monitoring systems and services

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Prometheus: Open-source metrics and monitoring systems and services 2025-12-15 at 08:43 By Anamarija Pogorelec Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting system built for environments where services change often and failures can spread fast. For security teams and DevOps engineers, it has become a common way to track system behavior, spot early warning signs, and

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The tech that turns supply chains from brittle to unbreakable

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The tech that turns supply chains from brittle to unbreakable 2025-11-17 at 16:32 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Sev Kelian, CISO and VP of Security at Tecsys, discusses how organizations can strengthen supply chain resilience through a more unified and forward-looking strategy. Kelian also shares how new technologies and a blended

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AI can flag the risk, but only humans can close the loop

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AI can flag the risk, but only humans can close the loop 2025-11-05 at 09:07 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Dilek Çilingir, Global Forensic & Integrity Services Leader at EY, discusses how AI is transforming third-party assessments and due diligence. She explains how machine learning and behavioral analytics help organizations detect

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Faster LLM tool routing comes with new security considerations

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Faster LLM tool routing comes with new security considerations 2025-10-23 at 09:23 By Sinisa Markovic Large language models depend on outside tools to perform real-world tasks, but connecting them to those tools often slows them down or causes failures. A new study from the University of Hong Kong proposes a way to fix that. The

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Everyone wants AI, but few are ready to defend it

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Everyone wants AI, but few are ready to defend it 2025-10-16 at 08:05 By Anamarija Pogorelec The rush to deploy AI is reshaping how companies think about risk, according to Cisco. A global study finds that while most organizations are moving quickly to adopt AI, many are not ready for the pressure it puts on

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Maltrail: Open-source malicious traffic detection system

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Maltrail: Open-source malicious traffic detection system 2025-10-15 at 08:30 By Sinisa Markovic Maltrail is an open-source network traffic detection system designed to spot malicious or suspicious activity. It works by checking traffic against publicly available blacklists, as well as static lists compiled from antivirus reports and user-defined sources. These “trails” can include domain names, URLs,

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Nagios: Open-source monitoring solution

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Nagios: Open-source monitoring solution 2025-10-10 at 08:19 By Anamarija Pogorelec Nagios is an open-source monitoring solution, now included as part of the robust Nagios Core Services Platform (CSP). It delivers end-to-end visibility across the entire IT infrastructure, covering everything from websites and DNS to servers, routers, switches, workstations, and critical services. It helps organizations proactively

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4 ways to use time to level up your security monitoring

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4 ways to use time to level up your security monitoring 2025-10-03 at 09:09 By Help Net Security SIEMs excel at correlating events and firing alerts, but their ingest pipelines can get overwhelmed when scaled. And because most SIEMs rely on general-purpose log storage platforms, even with lower-cost archive tiers, long-term retention at full fidelity

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High-impact IT outages cost businesses $2 million per hour

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High-impact IT outages cost businesses $2 million per hour 2025-09-23 at 08:09 By Anamarija Pogorelec The financial stakes of downtime are climbing, and IT leaders are being pushed to rethink how they monitor complex systems. According to the 2025 Observability Forecast from New Relic, the median cost of a high-impact outage has reached $2 million

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Building security that protects customers, not just auditors

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Building security that protects customers, not just auditors 2025-09-16 at 09:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Nir Rothenberg, CISO at Rapyd, discusses global differences in payment security maturity and the lessons that can be learned from leading regions. He points out that good engineering usually leads to strong security, and cautions

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Static feeds leave intelligence teams reacting to irrelevant or late data

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Static feeds leave intelligence teams reacting to irrelevant or late data 2025-09-15 at 07:12 By Anamarija Pogorelec Boards and executives are not asking for another feed of indicators. They want to know whether their organization is being targeted, how exposed they are, and what steps need to be taken. A new report from Flashpoint argues

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AI agents are here, now comes the hard part for CISOs

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AI agents are here, now comes the hard part for CISOs 2025-09-10 at 07:40 By Mirko Zorz AI agents are being deployed inside enterprises today to handle tasks across security operations. This shift creates new opportunities for security teams but also introduces new risks. Google Cloud’s new report, The ROI of AI 2025, shows that

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Detecting danger: EASM in the modern security stack

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Detecting danger: EASM in the modern security stack 2025-09-03 at 08:03 By Help Net Security In today’s complex threat environment, the challenge for security professionals isn’t just defeating threats – it’s finding your vulnerabilities in the first place. That’s where External Attack Surface Management (EASM) tools come in. EASM can identify the many weaknesses that

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The AI security crisis no one is preparing for

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The AI security crisis no one is preparing for 2025-08-20 at 08:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Jacob Ideskog, CTO of Curity, discusses the risks AI agents pose to organizations. As these agents become embedded in enterprise systems, the potential for misuse, data leakage, and unauthorized access grows. Ideskog warns that

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