Cloud deployment and hosting platform Vercel has suffered a security breach that resulted in attackers accessing some of its internal systems and compromising Vercel credentials of a “limited subset of customers”. Advice for affected customers “The incident originated with a…
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AI platform ATHR makes voice phishing a one-person job
For $4,000 and a cut of the take, a lone criminal can now run a fully automated voice-phishing operation via ATHR, a plaform that spoofs emails alerts from Google, Microsoft, and Coinbase, buries a phone number in each message, and…
Meta and PortSwigger drive offensive security further to find what others miss
Meta Bug Bounty and PortSwigger have formed a partnership to help security researchers sharpen their skills, collaborate more closely, and improve vulnerability discovery. The initiative combines Meta’s bug bounty program with PortSwigger’s Burp Suite, reflecting a shared focus on improving…
EU pushes for stronger cloud sovereignty, awards €180 million to four providers
The European Commission is stepping up efforts to strengthen the EU’s digital sovereignty by awarding a cloud services tender worth up to €180 million over six years. The initiative gives EU institutions and agencies access to sovereign cloud services delivered…
How to spot a North Korean fake in a job interview
North Korean operatives are getting hired at companies by passing job interviews using fake identities and AI tools. In this Help Net Security video, Adrian Cheek, a senior cybercrime researcher at Flare, outlines several ways organizations can catch these attempts…
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 against CI/CD infrastructure so engineering and security teams can see what an attacker would do in their specific environment. What the tool does SmokedMeat takes a flagged pipeline…
Product showcase: Syncthing for secure, private file synchronization
Syncthing is a free and open-source application that synchronizes files directly between your devices. Instead of uploading data to a central server, it uses a peer-to-peer approach, transferring files whenever peers are online. This decentralized model ensures that your data…
Week in review: Acrobat Reader flaw exploited, Claude Mythos offensive capabilities and limits
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, explains how the rise of…
Google wipes out 602 million scam ads with Gemini on duty
Google claims that its security teams work around the clock using its Gemini AI models to detect and stop harmful ads. “Bad actors are using generative AI to create deceptive ads at scale, and Gemini helps us detect and block…
Researcher drops two more Microsoft Defender zero-days, all three now exploited in the wild
The security researcher who earlier this month published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Defender is back with two more. The first, dubbed “RedSun,” is another privilege escalation flaw in the same platform. The…
GitLab 18.11 brings agentic AI to security fixes, CI pipelines, and delivery analytics
GitLab has released GitLab 18.11, expanding agentic AI across the entire software lifecycle with security remediation, pipeline configuration, and delivery analytics. AI-generated code moves faster than the systems around it can keep up with, creating the AI paradox: faster code…
Mozilla challenges enterprise AI providers with Thunderbolt, open-source AI client under your control
For organizations that want to keep company data within their own systems and have more control over how AI is deployed, Mozilla is offering an alternative to externally hosted AI services with Thunderbolt, an open-source AI client designed for self-hosted…
Liongard upgrades LiongardIQ with AI access, live asset data, and deeper discovery
Liongard has announced the expansion of LiongardIQ with new capabilities spanning programmatic AI integration, conversational querying, enhanced network discovery, and deeper identity mapping, extending its system of authority for asset intelligence across the full IT stack. Without a trusted foundation…
Codex can now operate between apps. Where are the boundaries?
OpenAI is rolling out a major update to the Codex desktop app for users signed in with ChatGPT. Personalization features, including context-aware suggestions and memory, will roll out to Enterprise, Edu, and users in the EU and UK soon. Computer…
Android 17 Beta 4 arrives with post-quantum cryptography and new memory limits
Google shipped Android 17 Beta 4 on April 16, marking the last scheduled beta in the Android 17 release cycle. The build targets app compatibility testing and platform stability ahead of the final release, and it carries several behavior changes…
Apple AirTag tracking can be misled by replayed Bluetooth signals
Apple’s AirTag is designed to help users track lost items by relying on a vast network of nearby Apple devices. New research shows that this same system can be manipulated to display locations where an AirTag has never been. Relaying…
New infosec products of the week: April 17, 2026
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Axonius, Broadcom, Siemens, and Sitehop. Axonius updates Asset Cloud with AI, exposure management, and asset trust standard Axonius has expanded its Asset Cloud with AI-powered…
Workplace stress in 2026 is still worse than before the pandemic
Roughly 40% of employees worldwide said they experienced a lot of stress during the previous day, according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2026 report, a figure that has remained above pre-pandemic levels for several years. Daily anger stood…
Social media bans might steer kids into riskier corners of the internet
Governments are moving to block children under 16 from social media in the name of safety. But once these measures move from policy to practice, they raise a harder question: what happens when protecting kids requires collecting more data than…
ImmuniWeb brings AI upgrades, post-quantum detection and more in Q1 2026
ImmuniWeb unveiled technical updates, new features and functionalities across all products available on the ImmuniWeb AI Platform. ImmuniWeb Discovery Launch of a dedicated Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) dashboard Advanced detection of exposed AI-related assets, services and software Enhanced detection of…