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Why SAP security updates are a struggle for large enterprises

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Why SAP security updates are a struggle for large enterprises 2025-06-05 at 07:33 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Jonathan Stross, SAP Security Analyst at Pathlock, examines why managing SAP security updates is so complex for enterprises. From highly customized, interconnected environments to the pressure of real-time patching, Strauss highlights why […]

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Healthcare organizations are at a turning point with AI

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Healthcare organizations are at a turning point with AI 2025-06-05 at 07:01 By Help Net Security 32% of healthcare executives say their organization suffered a breach in the past 12 months, and 46% say they are experiencing a higher volume of attacks, according to LevelBlue. AI brings hope and concern As AI promises healthcare organizations

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Attackers fake IT support calls to steal Salesforce data

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Attackers fake IT support calls to steal Salesforce data 2025-06-04 at 17:47 By Zeljka Zorz Over the past several months, a threat group has been actively breaching organizations’ Salesforce instances and exfiltrating customer and business data, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has warned. The attackers in question – currently tracked as UNC6040 – are masters

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Google fixes Chrome zero-day with in-the-wild exploit (CVE-2025-5419)

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Google fixes Chrome zero-day with in-the-wild exploit (CVE-2025-5419) 2025-06-04 at 14:17 By Zeljka Zorz Google has fixed two Chrome vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw (CVE-2025-5419) with an in-the-wild exploit. About CVE-2025-5419 CVE-2025-5419 is a high-severity out of bounds read and write vulnerability in V8, the JavaScript and WebAssembly engine developed by Google for the Chromium

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How to manage your cyber risk in a modern attack surface

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How to manage your cyber risk in a modern attack surface 2025-06-04 at 09:01 By Help Net Security According to research, 62% of organizations said their attack surface grew over the past year. It’s no coincidence that 76% of organizations also reported a cyberattack due to an exposed asset in 2024, as expanding digital footprints

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The hidden risks of LLM autonomy

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The hidden risks of LLM autonomy 2025-06-04 at 08:42 By Help Net Security Large language models (LLMs) have come a long way from the once passive and simple chatbots that could respond to basic user prompts or look up the internet to generate content. Today, they can access databases and business applications, interact with external

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Agentic AI and the risks of unpredictable autonomy

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Agentic AI and the risks of unpredictable autonomy 2025-06-04 at 08:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Thomas Squeo, CTO for the Americas at Thoughtworks, discusses why traditional security architectures often fail when applied to autonomous AI systems. He explains why conventional threat modeling needs to adapt to address autonomous decision-making and

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Rethinking governance in a decentralized identity world

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Rethinking governance in a decentralized identity world 2025-06-04 at 07:36 By Mirko Zorz Decentralized identity (DID) is gaining traction, and for CISOs, it’s becoming a part of long-term planning around data protection, privacy, and control. As more organizations experiment with verifiable credentials and self-sovereign identity models, a question emerges: Who governs the system when no

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CISOs need better tools to turn risk into action

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CISOs need better tools to turn risk into action 2025-06-04 at 07:01 By Help Net Security Many organizations are overwhelmed by the complexity of their IT systems, making it difficult to manage cybersecurity risks, according to a new Ivanti report. The “Exposure Management: From Subjective to Objective Cybersecurity” report points out that as companies keep

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Photos: Infosecurity Europe 2025

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Photos: Infosecurity Europe 2025 2025-06-03 at 14:46 By Help Net Security Infosecurity Europe 2025 is a cybersecurity event taking place from June 3 to 5 in London. Help Net Security is on-site and here’s a closer look at the conference. The featured vendors are: Okta, PlexTrac, ISC2, Insight, EasyDMARC, Defense.com, Tines, Darktrace, Torq, and Cyrebro.

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Scammers are impersonating Interactive Brokers: Here’s what you need to know

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Scammers are impersonating Interactive Brokers: Here’s what you need to know 2025-06-03 at 11:49 By Help Net Security Interactive Brokers is warning customers to be on high alert due to a wave of scams involving fraudsters posing as company representatives. Interactive Brokers (IBKR) is a global brokerage firm that lets investors trade stocks, options, futures,

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How global collaboration is hitting cybercriminals where it hurts

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How global collaboration is hitting cybercriminals where it hurts 2025-06-03 at 09:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, William Lyne, Deputy Director of UK’s National Crime Agency, discusses the cybercrime ecosystem and the threats it enables. He explains how cybercrime is becoming more accessible and fragmented. Lyne also talks about key trends,

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Vet: Open-source software supply chain security tool

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Vet: Open-source software supply chain security tool 2025-06-03 at 08:34 By Help Net Security Vet is an open source tool designed to help developers and security engineers spot risks in their software supply chains. It goes beyond traditional software composition analysis by detecting known vulnerabilities and flagging malicious packages. Vet supports several ecosystems, including npm,

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Bankers Association’s attack on cybersecurity transparency

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Bankers Association’s attack on cybersecurity transparency 2025-06-03 at 08:04 By Help Net Security A coalition of banking industry associations, including SIFA, the American Bankers Association (ABA), Bank Policy Institute (BPI), and several other lobbying groups have made a disgraceful appeal to the SEC to eliminate the rule requiring public disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents within

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Development vs. security: The friction threatening your code

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Development vs. security: The friction threatening your code 2025-06-03 at 07:32 By Sinisa Markovic Developers are driven to deliver new features quickly, while security teams prioritize risk mitigation, which often puts the two at odds. 61% of developers said that it’s critical that security doesn’t block or decelerate the development process or become a barrier

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Attackers breached ConnectWise, compromised customer ScreenConnect instances

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Attackers breached ConnectWise, compromised customer ScreenConnect instances 2025-06-02 at 20:19 By Zeljka Zorz A suspected “sophisticated nation state actor” has compromised ScreenConnect cloud instances of a “very small number” of ConnectWise customers, the company has revealed on Wednesday. “We have not observed any additional suspicious activity in ScreenConnect cloud instances since the patch was released

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Product showcase: Smarter pentest reporting and exposure management with PlexTrac

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Product showcase: Smarter pentest reporting and exposure management with PlexTrac 2025-06-02 at 09:03 By Help Net Security The threat landscape is evolving faster than ever. Staying ahead means going beyond automated scans and check-the-box assessments. It demands continuous, hands-on testing through a security approach that proactively identifies, prioritizes, and mitigates threats in real time. To

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CISO 3.0: Leading AI governance and security in the boardroom

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CISO 3.0: Leading AI governance and security in the boardroom 2025-06-02 at 08:50 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Aaron McCray, Field CISO at CDW, discusses how AI is transforming the CISO role from a tactical cybersecurity guardian into a strategic enterprise risk advisor. With AI now embedded across business functions, CISOs

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Review: Metasploit, 2nd Edition

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Review: Metasploit, 2nd Edition 2025-06-02 at 08:18 By Mirko Zorz If you’ve spent any time in penetration testing, chances are you’ve crossed paths with Metasploit. The second edition of Metasploit tries to bring the book in line with how pentesters are using the tool. It mostly succeeds, with some caveats depending on your experience level

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