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AI cut phishing from hours to seconds, which is where DMARC and BIMI come in

AI cut phishing from hours to seconds, which is where DMARC and BIMI come in 2026-08-03 at 08:00 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Mike Boyle, VP of Business Units at GMO GlobalSign, and Rahul Powar, CEO and founder of Red Sift, unpack the evolution of email security and why it […]

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Product showcase: Guardio Mobile Security turns breach alerts into a recovery plan

Product showcase: Guardio Mobile Security turns breach alerts into a recovery plan 2026-08-03 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Guardio Mobile Security brings several protection features to iPhone and Android, allowing users to monitor exposed personal information, identify phishing attempts, and receive alerts about emerging threats from a single application. It is available on smartphones and […]

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Buying TikTok followers can expose users to scams and account theft

Buying TikTok followers can expose users to scams and account theft 2026-08-03 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Buying TikTok followers, likes, or views could do more than inflate engagement metrics. According to Malwarebytes, many services selling social media growth operate through deceptive practices that can expose customers to scams, stolen accounts, and financial loss. The […]

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Week in review: Claude breached three companies during tests, AD CS domain-takeover PoC released

Week in review: Claude breached three companies during tests, AD CS domain-takeover PoC released 2026-08-02 at 11:00 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Nono: Open-source sandbox for AI agents AI coding agents run with the same permissions as their users, meaning they […]

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Cybercrime goes subscription: AI, malware and infrastructure on demand

Cybercrime goes subscription: AI, malware and infrastructure on demand 2026-07-31 at 16:55 By Anamarija Pogorelec Cybercrime has become a commercialized ecosystem where criminals can buy or rent nearly every capability needed to launch sophisticated attacks. These services provide anonymity, plausible deniability, and access to short-lived infrastructure that is difficult to detect, attribute, and disrupt, enabling […]

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Criminals used AI and children’s coding software to build a multimillion-dollar ad fraud empire

Criminals used AI and children’s coding software to build a multimillion-dollar ad fraud empire 2026-07-31 at 15:19 By Sinisa Markovic A security investigation into inexpensive Android TV boxes led researchers to an ad fraud operation that had remained unnoticed for several years. Fuyao apps ecosystem (Source: Bitsight) According to Bitsight, the operation, named Fuyao, uses […]

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Anthropic’s Claude breached three companies during security tests

Anthropic’s Claude breached three companies during security tests 2026-07-31 at 12:41 By Sinisa Markovic Anthropic has disclosed that its AI model Claude gained unauthorized access to the systems of three different organizations during cybersecurity evaluations. The disclosure follows OpenAI’s July 21 announcement that some of its models had escaped an isolated testing environment by exploiting […]

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Aviation cyber risk sits on the ground, the blindness sits in the air

Aviation cyber risk sits on the ground, the blindness sits in the air 2026-07-31 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Eliran Almong, CEO of Cyviation, explains why airline cyber losses happen on the ground while the aircraft stays unmonitored. He walks through GNSS jamming that leaves no trace in […]

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Companies push AI, sysadmins keep it on a short leash

Companies push AI, sysadmins keep it on a short leash 2026-07-31 at 08:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec In 2024, sysadmins expected AI to automate patch management optimization, vulnerability prioritization, infrastructure monitoring, and incident response within two years. Action1’s 2026 Survey Report: AI Impact on Sysadmins found that those expectations proved overly optimistic. The largest shortfalls appeared […]

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AI agents are changing where cybersecurity seed funding lands

AI agents are changing where cybersecurity seed funding lands 2026-07-31 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Founders pitching a cybersecurity seed round this summer are joining a line that keeps getting longer. Product Hunt launches hit their highest level since late 2023 last quarter, and the Census Bureau’s count of high-propensity business applications kept climbing. Seed […]

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New infosec products of the week: July 31, 2026

New infosec products of the week: July 31, 2026 2026-07-31 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from BlackCloak, Contrast Security, Dropzone AI, PortSwigger, Realm Security, Reco, Root Evidence, and ZeroFox. BlackCloak extends deepfake protection to the executive’s trusted circle Deepfakes have made […]

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AI takes on a bigger role in finding Chrome vulnerabilities

AI takes on a bigger role in finding Chrome vulnerabilities 2026-07-30 at 20:01 By Sinisa Markovic Google has expanded the use of AI in Chrome’s security workflow, using it to find vulnerabilities, triage bug reports, generate patches, and review code to shorten the time between discovering software flaws and delivering security updates. “Historically, triaging a […]

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Laundry Bear’s new Microsoft Exchange attack triggers on email open (CVE-2026-42897)

Laundry Bear’s new Microsoft Exchange attack triggers on email open (CVE-2026-42897) 2026-07-30 at 17:23 By Zeljka Zorz Russia-affiliated cyber espionage group Laundry Bear (aka Void Blizzard, aka TA488) is exploiting CVE-2026-42897, a cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange, to target US and European government entities and a variety of private sector organizations via email. The […]

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CISA sets a new SBOM baseline

CISA sets a new SBOM baseline 2026-07-30 at 15:23 By Anamarija Pogorelec The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), together with its co-authoring partners, has released the 2026 Minimum Elements for a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), replacing the 2021 guidance published by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). An SBOM is a […]

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Attackers are using Microsoft’s legitimate login system to camouflage phishing attacks

Attackers are using Microsoft’s legitimate login system to camouflage phishing attacks 2026-07-30 at 14:22 By Sinisa Markovic Attackers are moving away from fake Microsoft login pages in favor of abusing Microsoft’s own authentication system, letting phishing campaigns slip past the warning signs employees are trained to spot, according to Check Point. Between June 25 and […]

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Cisco FMC static credentials exploited by attackers (CVE-2026-20316)

Cisco FMC static credentials exploited by attackers (CVE-2026-20316) 2026-07-30 at 13:44 By Zeljka Zorz A static credentials vulnerability (CVE-2026-20316) in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC), a platform for centrally managing multiple Cisco Secure Firewall devices across a network, is being leveraged by attackers, CISA warned. Two FMC flaws, one indicator of compromise CVE-2026-20316, reported […]

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Coordinated cyberattack hits more than 30 Minnesota water utilities

Coordinated cyberattack hits more than 30 Minnesota water utilities 2026-07-30 at 11:59 By Sinisa Markovic A coordinated cyberattack on July 26 and 27 hit operational technology (OT) systems at more than 30 community water utilities across Minnesota, prompting an immediate response from Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) to contain the threat. MNIT confirmed the attack in […]

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Data breach cost 2026 averaged $4.99 million, AI attacks ran higher

Data breach cost 2026 averaged $4.99 million, AI attacks ran higher 2026-07-30 at 09:15 By Mirko Zorz More than one in four organizations hit by a malicious attack over the past year say AI drove it. Those breaches averaged about $1 million above the malicious attacks that ran without AI. Defenders bought similar technology and […]

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200 new CVEs a day and no realistic way to patch them all

200 new CVEs a day and no realistic way to patch them all 2026-07-30 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz Ryan Dewhurst, CEO at KEVIntel, explains how his team confirms exploitation that CISA’s catalog has not listed yet. He describes a global honeypot sensor network, AI triage, and human verification in a lab before a vulnerability […]

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