Week in review

Week in review: High-severity LPE vulnerability in the Linux kernel, cPanel 0-day exploited for months 2026-05-03 at 12:54 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: The AI criminal mastermind is already hiring on gig platforms Labor-hire platforms let anyone with a credit card […]

Week in review: Claude Mythos finds 271 Firefox flaws, Vercel breach 2026-04-26 at 12:27 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: SmokedMeat: Open-source tool shows what attackers do inside CI/CD pipelines Boost Security has released SmokedMeat, an open-source framework that runs attack chains […]

Week in review: Acrobat Reader flaw exploited, Claude Mythos offensive capabilities and limits 2026-04-19 at 11:49 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Bringing governance and visibility to machine and AI identities In this Help Net Security interview, Archit Lohokare, CEO of AppViewX, […]

Week in review: Windows zero-day exploit leaked, Patch Tuesday forecast 2026-04-12 at 13:59 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Cloudflare moves up its post-quantum deadline as researchers narrow the path to Q-Day Cloudflare announced it is targeting 2029 to complete post-quantum security […]

Week in review: Axios npm supply chain compromise, critical FortiClient EMS bugs exploited 2026-04-05 at 11:17 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Financial groups lay out a plan to fight AI identity attacks Generative AI tools have brought the cost of deepfake […]

Week in review: NIST updates DNS security guidance, compromised LiteLLM PyPI packages 2026-03-29 at 18:17 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: NIST updates its DNS security guidance for the first time in over a decade DNS infrastructure underpins nearly every network connection […]

Week in review: ScreenConnect servers open to attack, exploited Microsoft SharePoint flaw 2026-03-22 at 12:37 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: What smart factories keep getting wrong about cybersecurity In this Help Net Security interview, Packsize CSO Troy Rydman breaks down the […]

Week in review: AiTM phishing kit used to hijack AWS accounts, year-long malware campaign targets HR 2026-03-15 at 15:12 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Turning expertise into opportunity for women in cybersecurity Speaker diversity in cybersecurity has been a talking point […]

Week in review: Weaponized OAuth redirection logic delivers malware, Patch Tuesday forecast 2026-03-08 at 11:32 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: BlacksmithAI: Open-source AI-powered penetration testing framework BlacksmithAI is an open-source penetration testing framework that uses multiple AI agents to execute different […]

Week in review: Self-spreading npm malware hits developers, Cisco SD-WAN 0-day exploited since 2023 2026-03-01 at 11:00 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Identity verification systems are struggling with synthetic fraud Fake and expired IDs keep showing up in routine customer transactions, […]

Week in review: Notepad++ supply chain attack details and targets, Patch Tuesday forecast 2026-02-08 at 11:00 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Global Threat Map: Open-source real-time situational awareness platform Global Threat Map is an open-source project offering security teams a live […]

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, […]