Why 90% of cyber leaders are feeling the heat 2025-08-06 at 08:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec 90% of cyber leaders find managing cyber risks harder today than five years ago, mainly due to the explosion of AI and expanding attack surfaces, according to BitSight. These threats are also fueling high rates of burnout, with 47% of […]
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CISOs say they’re prepared, their data says otherwise 2025-08-06 at 08:02 By Sinisa Markovic Most security teams believe they can act quickly when a threat emerges. But many don’t trust the very data they rely on to do so, and that’s holding them back. A new Axonius report, based on a survey of 500 U.S.-based […]
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Millions of Dell laptops could be persistently backdoored in ReVault attacks 2025-08-05 at 21:19 By Zeljka Zorz A set of firmware vulnerabilities affecting 100+ Dell laptop models widely used in government settings and by the cybersecurity industry could allow attackers to achieve persistent access even across Windows reinstalls, Cisco Talos researchers have discovered. About the […]
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Project Ire: Microsoft’s autonomous malware detection AI agent 2025-08-05 at 19:45 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft is working on a AI agent whose main goal is autonomous malware detection and the prototype – dubbed Project Ire – is showing great potential, the company has announced on Tuesday. Tested on a dataset of known malicious and benign […]
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Security tooling pitfalls for small teams: Cost, complexity, and low ROI 2025-08-05 at 10:11 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Aayush Choudhury, CEO at Scrut Automation, discusses why many security tools built for large enterprises don’t work well for leaner, cloud-native teams. He explains how simplicity, integration, and automation are key for […]
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BloodHound 8.0 debuts with major upgrades in attack path management 2025-08-05 at 10:11 By Help Net Security SpecterOps has released BloodHound 8.0, the latest iteration of its open-source attack path management platform, featuring major enhancements and expanded capabilities. BloodHound OpenGraph The release introduces BloodHound OpenGraph, a major advancement in identity attack path management that uncovers […]
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Back to basics webinar: The ecosystem of CIS Security best practices 2025-08-05 at 08:17 By Help Net Security Generative AI models, multi-cloud strategies, Internet of Things devices, third-party suppliers, and a growing list of regulatory compliance obligations all require the same security response: come together as a community to prioritize the basics. Watch this on-demand […]
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Your employees uploaded over a gig of files to GenAI tools last quarter 2025-08-05 at 08:17 By Help Net Security In Q2 2025, Harmonic reviewed 1 million GenAI prompts and 20,000 uploaded files across more than 300 GenAI and AI-powered SaaS apps, and the findings confirm that sensitive data is being exposed through GenAI tools, […]
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Ransomware groups shift to quadruple extortion to maximize pressure 2025-08-05 at 07:33 By Help Net Security Threat actors are using a new quadruple extortion tactic in ransomware campaigns, while double extortion remains the most common approach, according to Akamai. Ransomware extortion tactics (Source: Akamai) The emerging trend of quadruple extortion includes using DDoS attacks to […]
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: August 5, 2025 2025-08-05 at 07:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec CW – OT Security Officer SSE | United Kingdom | On-site – View job details As a CW – OT Security Officer, you will lead and prioritise a programme of security audits and assurance to identify vulnerabilities within existing controls. You […]
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SonicWall firewalls targeted in ransomware attacks, possibly via zero-day 2025-08-04 at 14:34 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers wielding the Akira ransomware and possibly a zero-day exploit have been spotted targeting SonicWall firewalls since July 15, 2025. “In the intrusions reviewed, multiple pre-ransomware intrusions were observed within a short period of time, each involving VPN access through […]
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AIBOMs are the new SBOMs: The missing link in AI risk management 2025-08-04 at 09:11 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Marc Frankel, CEO at Manifest Cyber, discusses how overlooked AI-specific risks, like poisoned training data and shadow AI, can lead to security issues that conventional tools fail to detect. He explains […]
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Average global data breach cost now $4.44 million 2025-08-04 at 08:37 By Anamarija Pogorelec IBM released its Cost of a Data Breach Report, which revealed AI adoption is greatly outpacing AI security and governance. While the overall number of organizations experiencing an AI-related breach is a small representation of the researched population, this is the […]
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Open-source password recovery utility Hashcat 7.0.0 released 2025-08-04 at 08:10 By Anamarija Pogorelec Hashcat is an open-source password recovery tool that supports five attack modes and more than 300 highly optimized hashing algorithms. It runs on CPUs, GPUs, and other hardware accelerators across Linux, Windows, and macOS, and includes features for distributed password cracking at […]
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The surprising truth about identity security confidence 2025-08-04 at 07:42 By Help Net Security Organizations most confident in their identity security are often the least prepared, according to a new report from BeyondID. The study reveals a troubling gap between what organizations believe about their identity security programs and how they actually behave. Surprisingly, those […]
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What’s keeping risk leaders up at night? AI, tariffs, and cost cuts 2025-08-04 at 07:10 By Sinisa Markovic Enterprise risk leaders are most concerned about rising tariffs and trade tensions heading into the second half of 2025, according to a new report from Gartner. The firm’s second-quarter Emerging Risk Report, based on a survey of […]
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Week in review: Food sector cybersecurity risks, cyber threats to space infrastructure 2025-08-03 at 10:07 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Review: LLM Engineer’s Handbook For all the excitement around LLMs, practical, engineering-focused guidance remains surprisingly hard to find. LLM Engineer’s Handbook […]
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Smart steps to keep your AI future-ready 2025-08-01 at 09:36 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Rohan Sen, Principal, Cyber, Data, and Tech Risk, PwC US, discusses how organizations can design autonomous AI agents with strong governance from day one. As AI becomes more embedded in business ecosystems, overlooking agent-level security can […]
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It’s time to sound the alarm on water sector cybersecurity 2025-08-01 at 09:07 By Sinisa Markovic A cyberattack on a water facility can put entire communities and businesses at risk. Even a short disruption in clean water supply can have serious public health and safety consequences, and threat actors know the damage they can cause. […]
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What attackers know about your company thanks to AI 2025-08-01 at 08:48 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Tom Cross, Head of Threat Research at GetReal Security, explores how generative AI is empowering threat actors. He breaks down three key areas: how GenAI lowers the technical barrier for attackers, enables highly […]
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