The Blockchain Security Standards Council (BSSC) launched its first four security standards, marking a significant milestone in the journey towards a more secure and trustworthy blockchain ecosystem. These standards are designed to address critical aspects of blockchain security, elevating trust…
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Google strengthens secure enterprise access from BYOD Android devices
Google has introduced Device Trust from Android Enterprise, a new solution for making sure that private Android devices used for work are secure enough to access corporate resources and data. Device Trust from Android Enterprise (Source: Google) What is Device…
Foxit Smart Redact Server automates the redaction of sensitive data
Foxit launched Smart Redact Server, a new AI-driven platform built to automate the redaction of sensitive data at scale across enterprise environments. Designed for organizations that manage large volumes of regulated content, the solution enables legal, financial, healthcare, and compliance…
Obsidian’s browser extension manages shadow SaaS and AI tools
Obsidian Security has launched a new browser extension to help businesses safely use SaaS and AI apps online. The extension automatically finds and manages shadow SaaS and AI tools, blocks advanced spear-phishing attacks targeting access tokens, and gives real-time protection…
McAfee’s Scam Detector identifies scams across text, email, and video
McAfee is introducing McAfee’s Scam Detector, a new feature that automatically identifies scams across text, email, and video. Available now in all core McAfee plans at no extra cost, it arrives at a critical moment: nearly 1 in 3 Americans…
Nobara Linux 42 brings performance boost and better hardware support
The Nobara Project has released a new version of its Linux distribution, bringing updated packages, performance improvements, and a few visual tweaks aimed at making life easier for users who want a system that works well out of the box.…
SecuX releases Bitcoin self-managed solution for SMBs
SecuX launched hardware-based cybersecurity solution tailored for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). At the core is Cyber Athena, an enterprise-grade cold wallet that integrates PUF-based authentication via PUFido and PUFhsm hardware modules, designed to meet rising demand for secure, self-managed…
Resilience helps businesses understand their cyber risk in financial terms
Resilience launched Cyber Risk Calculator to provide organizations with a financial snapshot of their cyber risk. The AI-powered tool provides security and risk practitioners and C-Suite executives alike with a common, data-driven language to better understand and quantify their cyber risk.…
LastPass launches SaaS Monitoring to reduce shadow IT and AI risks
LastPass has announced the general availability of SaaS Monitoring. This new capability empowers organizations of all sizes to gain visibility into their Software-as-a-Service ecosystem, reduce risk from Shadow IT and Shadow AI, and optimize costs. The post LastPass launches SaaS…
Insider risk management needs a human strategy
Insider risk is not just about bad actors. Most of the time, it’s about mistakes. Someone sends a sensitive file to the wrong address, or uploads a document to their personal cloud to work from home. In many cases, there…
Southwest Airlines CISO on tackling cyber risks in the aviation industry
In this Help Net Security interview, Carrie Mills, VP and CISO, Southwest Airlines talks about the cybersecurity challenges facing the aviation industry. She explains how being part of critical infrastructure, a major consumer brand, and an airline each brings its…
Cerbos: Open-source, scalable authorization solution
Cerbos is an open-source solution designed to simplify and modernize access control for cloud-native, microservice-based applications. Instead of hardcoding authorization logic into your application, Cerbos lets you write flexible, context-aware access policies using a YAML syntax. These policies are managed…
European Vulnerability Database goes live, but who benefits?
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has unveiled the European Vulnerability Database (EUVD), an initiative under the NIS2 Directive aimed at enhancing digital security across the EU. The database serves as a centralized repository offering aggregated and actionable information…
Ransomware spreads faster, not smarter
The fall of two of the most dominant ransomware syndicates, LockBit and AlphV, triggered a power vacuum across the cybercriminal landscape, acccording to a Black Kite survey. In their place, dozens of new actors emerged, many of them lacking the…
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 5 actively exploited zero-days
On May 2025 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released security fixes for 70+ vulnerabilities, among them five actively exploited zero-days and two publicly disclosed (but not exploited) vulnerabilities. The zero-days and the publicly disclosed flaws Among the zero-days patched is a…
Zero-day exploited to compromise Fortinet FortiVoice systems (CVE-2025-32756)
Fortinet has patched a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-32756) that has been exploited in the wild to compromise FortiVoice phone / conferencing systems, the company’s product security incident response team has revealed on Tuesday. About CVE-2025-32756 CVE-2025-32756 is a stack-based overflow vulnerability…
Ivanti EPMM vulnerabilities exploited in the wild (CVE-2025-4427, CVE-2025-4428)
Attackers have exploited vulnerabilities in open-source libraries to compromise on-prem Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) instances of a “very limited” number of customers, Ivanti has confirmed on Tuesday, and urged customers to install a patch as soon as possible. “The…
Lenovo intoduces ThinkShield Solutions to secure organizations with limited IT resources
Lenovo introduced ThinkShield Solutions, security offerings tailored to protect small and medium sized business (SMBs), schools, and other organizations with limited IT resources facing significant risks. The new offering is part of Lenovo ThinkShield’s portfolio of enterprise-grade cybersecurity solutions. Cybercriminals…
Tufin TOS Discovery automates device discovery and onboarding
Tufin launched Tufin Orchestration Suite (TOS) Discovery, a new solution that helps security teams ensure their network topology is always accurate and up-to-date. Maintaining up-to-date network topology is a crucial task – one that enables proper enforcement of security policies…
Product showcase: Go beyond VPNs and Tor with NymVPN
If you care about online privacy, you probably already know: Centralized VPNs and even Tor aren’t enough anymore. Traditional VPNs require you to trust a single company with your internet activity. Even if they promise “no logs,” you’re still handing…