Week in review

Week in review: Microsoft fixes exploited Office zero-day, Fortinet patches FortiCloud SSO flaw 2026-02-01 at 11:37 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: When open science meets real-world cybersecurity In this Help Net Security interview, Matthew Kwiatkowski, CISO at Fermilab, America’s particle physics […]

Week in review: Fully patched FortiGate firewalls are getting compromised, attackers probe Cisco RCE flaw 2026-01-25 at 11:02 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Review: AI Strategy and Security AI Strategy and Security is a guide for organizations planning enterprise AI programs.

Week in review: PoC for FortiSIEM flaw released, Rakuten Viber CISO/CTO on messaging risks 2026-01-18 at 11:22 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: What security teams can learn from torrent metadata Security teams often spend time sorting through logs and alerts that

Week in review: PoC for Trend Micro Apex Central RCE released, Patch Tuesday forecast 2026-01-11 at 11:27 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Pharma’s most underestimated cyber risk isn’t a breach Chirag Shah, Global Information Security Officer & DPO at Model N

Week in review: WatchGuard Firebox firewalls attacked, infosec enthusiasts targeted with fake PoCs 2025-12-28 at 11:41 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Building cyber talent through competition, residency, and real-world immersion In this Help Net Security interview, Chrisma Jackson, Director of Cybersecurity

Week in review: Exploited zero-day in Cisco email security appliances, Kali Linux 2025.4 released 2025-12-21 at 11:06 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: How researchers are teaching AI agents to ask for permission the right way People are starting to hand more

Week in review: 40 open-source tools securing the stack, invisible IT to be the next workplace priority 2025-12-14 at 11:04 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: 40 open-source tools redefining how security teams secure the stack Open source security software has become

Week in review: React, Node.js flaw patched, ransomware intrusion exposes espionage foothold 2025-12-07 at 11:38 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Creative cybersecurity strategies for resource-constrained institutions In this Help Net Security interview, Dennis Pickett, CISO at RTI International, talks about how

Week in review: Fake “Windows Update” fuels malware, Salesforce details Gainsight breach 2025-11-30 at 11:05 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Quantum encryption is pushing satellite hardware to its limits In this Help Net Security interview, Colonel Ludovic Monnerat, Commander Space Command,

Week in review: Stealth-patched FortiWeb vulnerability under active exploitation, Logitech data breach 2025-11-23 at 11:06 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: The tech that turns supply chains from brittle to unbreakable In this Help Net Security interview, Sev Kelian, CISO and VP

Week in review: Windows kernel flaw patched, suspected Fortinet FortiWeb zero-day exploited 2025-11-16 at 11:10 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Adopting a counterintelligence mindset in luxury logistics In this Help Net Security interview, Andrea Succi, Group CISO at Ferrari Group, discusses

Week in review: Cisco fixes critical UCCX flaws, November 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast 2025-11-09 at 11:00 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Securing real-time payments without slowing them down In this Help Net Security interview, Arun Singh, CISO at Tyro, discusses what

Week in review: WSUS vulnerability exploited to drop Skuld infostealer, PoC for BIND 9 DNS flaw published 2025-11-02 at 11:24 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Can your earbuds recognize you? Researchers are working on it Biometric authentication has moved from fingerprints

Week in review: Actively exploited Windows SMB flaw, trusted OAuth apps turned into cloud backdoors 2025-10-26 at 11:46 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Most AI privacy research looks the wrong way Most research on LLM privacy has focused on the wrong

Week in review: F5 data breach, Microsoft patches three actively exploited zero-days 2025-10-19 at 19:21 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Building a healthcare cybersecurity strategy that works In this Help Net Security interview, Wayman Cummings, CISO at Ochsner Health, talks about

Week in review: Hackers extorting Salesforce, CentreStack 0-day exploited 2025-10-12 at 11:02 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: How to get better results from bug bounty programs without wasting money The wrong bug bounty strategy can flood your team with low-value reports.

Week in review: Many Cisco ASA firewalls still unsecure, hackers claim Red Hat’s GitLab breach 2025-10-05 at 11:02 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Keeping the internet afloat: How to protect the global cable network The resilience of the world’s submarine cable

Week in review: Cisco ASA zero-day vulnerabilities exploited, Fortra GoAnywhere instances at risk 2025-09-28 at 11:19 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: How Juventus protects fans, revenue, and reputation during matchdays In this Help Net Security interview, Mirko Rinaldini, Head of ICT

Week in review: Chrome 0-day fixed, npm supply chain attack, LinkedIn data used for AI 2025-09-21 at 11:06 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Most enterprise AI use is invisible to security teams Most enterprise AI activity is happening without the knowledge

Week in review: Salesloft Drift breach investigation results, malicious GitHub Desktop installers 2025-09-14 at 11:06 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Salesloft Drift data breach: Investigation reveals how attackers got in The attack that resulted in the Salesloft Drift data breach started