While IT departments race to implement AI governance frameworks, many employees have already opened a backdoor for AI, according to ManageEngine. The rise of unauthorized AI use Shadow AI has quietly infiltrated organizations across North America, creating blind spots that…
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Financial firms are locking the front door but leaving the back open
Financial institutions are building stronger defenses against direct cyberattacks, but they may be overlooking a growing problem: their vendors. According to Black Kite’s new report, third-party risk has become one of the biggest cybersecurity threats facing the financial sector. Ransomware…
New infosec products of the week: July 11, 2025
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Barracuda Networks, Cynomi, Lepide, Tosibox, and Zenni Optical. Cynomi’s platform updates enable service providers to prioritize their security efforts Cynomi has launched new business impact…
Four arrested in connection with M&S, Co-op ransomware attacks
Four individuals suspected of having been involved in the ransomware attacks that hit UK-based retailers earlier this year have been arrested by the UK National Crime Agency. “Two males aged 19, another aged 17, and a 20-year-old female were apprehended…
Ruckus network management solutions riddled with unpatched vulnerabilities
Claroty researcher Noam Moshe has discovered serious vulnerabilities in two Ruckus Networks (formerly Ruckus Wireless) products that may allow attackers to compromise the environments managed by the affected software, Carnegie Mellon University’s CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) has warned. The vulnerabilities…
Sigma360 AI Investigator Agent reduces manual reviews
Sigma360 launched AI Investigator Agent, an autonomous GenAI agent that transforms how compliance teams handle risk alerts. This innovation leverages advanced AI and entity resolution models to clear easily identifiable false positives, reducing manual match reviews by up to 90%…
Cynomi’s platform updates enable service providers to prioritize their security efforts
Cynomi has launched new business impact analysis (BIA) and business continuity planning (BCP) features. Designed to help cybersecurity professionals identify and protect mission-critical business processes, these new capabilities enable service providers to prioritize security efforts effectively, streamline continuity planning, and…
Lepide Protect detects, prioritizes, and revokes excessive permissions
In a move set to redefine the way organizations manage data access and implement zero trust, Lepide launched Lepide Protect, an AI-powered permissions management solution designed to help organizations move beyond visibility and into action. Part of the 25.1 release of…
Fake online stores look real, rank high, and trap unsuspecting buyers
Shopping on a fake online store can lead to more than a bad purchase. It could mean losing money, having your identity stolen, or even getting malware on your device. E-shop scams rose by 790% in the first quarter of…
What EU’s PQC roadmap means on the ground
In this Help Net Security interview, David Warburton, Director at F5 Labs, discusses how the EU’s Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) roadmap aligns with global efforts and addresses both the technical and regulatory challenges of migrating to PQC. Warburton also outlines practical…
Open source has a malware problem, and it’s getting worse
Sonatype has published its Q2 2025 Open Source Malware Index, identifying 16,279 malicious open source packages across major ecosystems such as npm and PyPI. This brings the total number of malware packages discovered by the company to 845,204. Compared to…
C-suites step up on OT cybersecurity, and it’s paying off
There has been a significant increase in the global trend of corporations planning to integrate cybersecurity under the CISO or other executives, according to Fortinet. Growing maturity in OT cybersecurity processes and solutions (Source: Fortinet) OT security moves up the…
Global software supply chain visibility remains critically low
Only 23% of organizations are confident that they have very high visibility of their software supply chain, according to LevelBlue’s Data Accelerator. The limited visibility reported by organizations significantly impacts their cyber resilience. Poor risk visibility leaves software supply chains…
Red Hat introduces Enterprise Linux for Business Developers
Red Hat announced Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Business Developers to simplify access to the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform for business-focused development and testing scenarios. A new self-service offering through the Red Hat Developer Program, Red Hat Enterprise Linux…
AlertMedia Incident Response improves coordination and visibility into resolving incidents
AlertMedia launched Incident Response, an addition to its AI-enabled platform designed to help organizations mitigate risks and resolve incidents faster. When impacted by critical events like natural disasters, workplace or public safety emergencies, cybersecurity incidents, and system failures, organizations often…
Train smarter, respond faster: Close the skill gaps in your SOC
“In today’s fast-paced digital landscape” – as AI chatbots are fond of phrasing it – a cyber attack targeting your organization is a statistical certainty. But is your security team ready to respond when it happens? Can they confidently determine…
Microsoft fixes critical wormable Windows flaw (CVE-2025-47981)
For July 2025 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released patches for 130 vulnerabilities, among them one that’s publicly disclosed (CVE-2025-49719) and a wormable RCE bug on Windows and Windows Server (CVE-2025-47981). CVE-2025-49719 and CVE-2025-49717, in Microsoft SQL Server CVE-2025-49719 is an…
It’s time to give AI security its own playbook and the people to run it
In this Help Net Security interview, Dr. Nicole Nichols, Distinguished Engineer in Machine Learning Security at Palo Alto Networks, discusses why existing security models need to evolve to address the risks of AI agents. She explains how organizations should approach…
Why your security team feels stuck
Cybersecurity friction usually gets framed as a user problem: password policies that frustrate employees, MFA that slows down logins, or blocked apps that send workers into the arms of shadow IT. But there’s a different kind of friction happening behind…
IPinfo boosts privacy detection capabilities with Residential Proxy Detection API
IPinfo launched Residential Proxy Detection API, extending its privacy detection capabilities to help security and fraud prevention teams identify one of the most evasive forms of anonymized IP traffic. Residential Proxy Detection is also available via downloadable database and Snowflake…