Category: Help Net Security

Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: May 2026

Presented here is a curated selection of noteworthy open-source cybersecurity solutions that have drawn recognition for their ability to enhance security postures across diverse settings. Pipelock: Open-source AI agent firewall AI coding agents run with shell access, environment variables containing…

AI chatbot recommendations lure users to cryptojacking malware sites

Cybercriminals are using AI chatbot interactions alongside poisoned search results to direct users to malicious download sites in an active cryptojacking campaign, Microsoft has warned. The campaign impersonates legitimate software tools such as CrystalDiskInfo, HWMonitor, Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU), FurMark,…

Apple makes its quantum-resistant encryption open source

Apple has published its post-quantum cryptography implementations in corecrypto, together with mathematical proofs and verification tools for independent expert evaluation, allowing external researchers to review the work and reproduce the company’s analysis. Post-quantum cryptography is designed to protect encrypted data…