Most AI and SaaS apps are outside IT’s control 2025-06-26 at 07:08 By Help Net Security 60% of enterprise SaaS and AI applications operate outside IT’s visibility, according to CloudEagle.ai. This surge in invisible IT is fueling a crisis in AI identity governance, leading to increased breaches, audit failures, and compliance risk across enterprises. A […]
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Medical device cyberattacks push hospitals into crisis mode 2025-06-23 at 07:14 By Help Net Security 22% of healthcare organizations have experienced cyberattacks that directly impacted medical devices, according to RunSafe Security. Three-quarters of these incidents disrupted patient care, including 24% that required patient transfers to other facilities. The survey reveals that healthcare cybersecurity has evolved
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Who’s guarding the AI? Even security teams are bypassing oversight 2025-06-20 at 08:07 By Help Net Security Even security teams, the ones responsible for protecting the business, are adding to AI-related risk. A new survey by AI security company Mindgard, based on responses from over 500 cybersecurity professionals at RSAC 2025 Conference and Infosecurity Europe
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How C-suite roles are shaping the future of tech leadership 2025-06-19 at 07:01 By Help Net Security As companies accelerate towards technology-driven business models, the tech C-suite is embracing new skills, greater influence, and a unified approach to business transformation, according to Deloitte. Top priorities for tech leaders (Source: Deloitte) With insights from a range
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Employees are using AI where they know they shouldn’t 2025-06-18 at 07:06 By Help Net Security Despite widespread anticipation about AI’s positive impact on workforce productivity, most employees feel they were overpromised on its potential, according to GoTo. In fact, 62% believe AI has been significantly overhyped. However, this is likely because employees aren’t making
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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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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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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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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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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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AI agents have access to key data across the enterprise 2025-05-30 at 08:14 By Help Net Security 82% of organizations already use AI agents, but only 44% of organizations report having policies in place to secure them, according to SailPoint. While 53% are in the process of developing such policies, the reality is that most
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How CISOs can regain ground in the AI fraud war 2025-05-29 at 08:31 By Help Net Security Fraudsters are winning the AI arms race, first-party fraud is rising, and siloed systems are holding back defenses, according to DataVisor. Their 2025 Fraud & AML Executive Report, based on surveys of banks, fintechs, credit unions, and digital
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GitHub becomes go-to platform for malware delivery across Europe 2025-05-28 at 07:32 By Help Net Security Phishing has become the go-to method for attackers looking to get past security controls and access sensitive environments in Europe, according to Netskope. Users are now constantly dealing with phishing attempts, which have become so common and credible that
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4.5% of breaches now extend to fourth parties 2025-05-27 at 07:32 By Help Net Security Security teams can no longer afford to treat third-party security as a compliance checkbox, according to SecurityScorecard. Traditional vendor risk assessments, conducted annually or quarterly, are too slow to detect active threats. 35.5% of all breaches in 2024 were third-party
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AI forces security leaders to rethink hybrid cloud strategies 2025-05-26 at 07:01 By Help Net Security Hybrid cloud infrastructure is under mounting strain from the growing influence of AI, according to Gigamon. Cyberthreats grow in scale and sophistication As cyberthreats increase in both scale and sophistication, breach rates have surged to 55% during the past
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