What CISOs need to know about agentic AI 2025-06-13 at 08:34 By Anamarija Pogorelec GenAI has been the star of the show lately. Tools like ChatGPT impressed everyone with how well they can summarize, write, and respond. But something new is gaining ground: agentic AI. These systems don’t just answer questions. They make decisions, take […]
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Security flaws in government apps go unpatched for years 2025-06-13 at 08:02 By Help Net Security 78% of public sector organizations are operating with significant security debt, flaws left unaddressed for more than a year, according to Veracode. 55% are burdened with ‘critical’ security debt, representing long-standing vulnerabilities with severe risk potential. Public sector flaw
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Cybercriminals are turning stolen data into a thriving black market 2025-06-12 at 09:18 By Help Net Security Cybercriminals are stealing data and running full-scale businesses around it. Europol’s latest Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report reveals how personal data is now a core currency in the underground economy. Data is the product Cybercriminals go
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CISOs call for operational threat intelligence integration 2025-06-12 at 08:05 By Help Net Security 98% of CISOs face challenges when using threat intelligence, according to Trellix. The biggest problems are keeping up with changing threats, integration difficulties, and regulatory rules. As a result, threat intelligence defaults to a reactive function within a workstream, rather than
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Email security risks healthcare IT can’t afford to ignore 2025-06-12 at 07:32 By Help Net Security 92% of healthcare IT leaders say they’re confident in their ability to prevent email-based data breaches, but according to Paubox, they’re not. Healthcare compliance confidence gap Email remains one of the biggest security risks in healthcare. Outdated systems and
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44% of mobile users encounter scams every day 2025-06-12 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Nearly half of of mobile users encounter mobile scams daily, with people in the US and UK more likely to be targeted than those in other regions, according to Malwarebytes. Most users say it’s hard to tell a scam from
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AI forces IT leaders to rethink their network strategies 2025-06-11 at 07:42 By Help Net Security As AI assistants, agents, and data-driven workloads reshape how work gets done, they’re creating more latency-sensitive, and more complex network traffic, according to Cisco. Cisco research highlights Combined with the ubiquity of connected devices, 24/7 uptime demands, and security
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86% of all LLM usage is driven by ChatGPT 2025-06-11 at 07:01 By Help Net Security ChatGPT remains the most widely used LLM among New Relic customers, making up over 86% of all tokens processed. Developers and enterprises are shifting to OpenAI’s latest models, such as GPT-4o and GPT-4o mini, even when more affordable alternatives
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AI threats leave SecOps teams burned out and exposed 2025-06-10 at 08:39 By Mirko Zorz Security teams are leaning hard into AI, and fast. A recent survey of 500 senior cybersecurity pros at big U.S. companies found that 86% have ramped up their AI use in the past year. The main reason? They’re trying to
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Cloud and AI drive efficiency, but open doors for attackers 2025-06-10 at 07:45 By Help Net Security AI adoption is increasing, with 84% of organizations now using AI in the cloud, according to Orca Security. But this innovation comes with new risks: 62% of organizations have at least one vulnerable AI package, and some of
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Enterprise SIEMs miss 79% of known MITRE ATT&CK techniques 2025-06-09 at 07:32 By Help Net Security Using the MITRE ATT&CK framework as a baseline, organizations are generally improving year-over-year in understanding security information and event management (SIEM) detection coverage and quality, but plenty of room for improvement remains, according to CardinalOps. MITRE ATT&CK enhances SOC
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Employees repeatedly fall for vendor email compromise attacks 2025-06-09 at 07:02 By Help Net Security In just 12 months, attackers attempted to steal more than $300 million via vendor email compromise (VEC), with 7% of engagements coming from employees who had engaged with a previous attack, according to Abnormal AI. Vendor email compromise risks increase
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Ransomware and USB attacks are hammering OT systems 2025-06-06 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz Ransomware, trojans, and malware delivered through USB devices are putting growing pressure on industrial systems, according to the Honeywell 2025 Cyber Threat Report, which draws on data from monitoring tools deployed across industrial sites around the world. The findings highlight persistent
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AI becomes key player in enterprise ransomware defense 2025-06-06 at 07:32 By Help Net Security Ransomware breaches continue to rise even as fewer victims pay, according to a Delinea report. 69% of organizations globally have fallen victim to ransomware, with 27% being hit more than once. While only 57% of organizations paid ransoms, down from
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The cloud security crisis no one’s talking about 2025-06-05 at 08:33 By Help Net Security Security teams are overwhelmed by a flood of alerts, most of which lack the context needed to accurately assess and espond to threats, according to ARMO. Respondents report receiving an average of 4,080 security alerts per month – or 136
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Google survey shows Americans are changing how they fight scams 2025-06-05 at 08:11 By Sinisa Markovic If it seems like scams are popping up everywhere lately, you’re not wrong. A new survey from Google shows most Americans feel the same, and they’re starting to change how they handle things online because of it. But different
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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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Ramnit Malware Infections Spike in OT as Evidence Suggests ICS Shift 2025-06-04 at 14:17 By Eduard Kovacs Industrial giant Honeywell has published its 2025 Cybersecurity Threat Report with information on the latest trends. The post Ramnit Malware Infections Spike in OT as Evidence Suggests ICS Shift appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt
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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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48% of security pros are falling behind compliance requirements 2025-06-02 at 07:07 By Help Net Security 32% of security professionals think they can deliver zero-vulnerability software despite rising threats and compliance regulations, according to Lineaje. Meanwhile, 68% are more realistic, noting they feel uncertain about achieving this near impossible outcome. Software compliance adoption varies across
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