AI agents are being deployed inside enterprises today to handle tasks across security operations. This shift creates new opportunities for security teams but also introduces new risks. Google Cloud’s new report, The ROI of AI 2025, shows that 52% of…
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Plex tells users to change passwords due to data breach, pushes server owners to upgrade
Media streaming company Plex has suffered a data breach and is urging users to reset their account password and enable two-factor authentication. “An unauthorized third party accessed a limited subset of customer data from one of our databases. While we…
Hummingbird’s compliance and risk platform helps financial institutions manage risk
Hummingbird announced its unified platform for risk and compliance operations. The expanded platform brings together the full risk and compliance lifecycle with the launch of new solutions for both Transaction & Risk Monitoring and Customer Screening. Financial institutions, long stymied…
Vanta embeds agentic AI into policy and evidence workflows
Vanta has unveiled a new set of capabilities that integrates AI across core compliance and risk workflows. These features unify policy management with the Vanta AI Agent, expand first-party risk oversight and continuous monitoring for vendors, and deepen integrations, providing…
Relyance AI Data Defense Engineer secures AI-driven data
Relyance AI has released Data Defense Engineer, an AI-native feature that works 24/7 to understand, monitor, and protect thousands of data journeys, learns from every interaction, and autonomously enforces policies at machine speed. As organizations deploy AI systems, data becomes…
Cisco puts agentic AI at the core of Splunk Enterprise Security
Cisco introduced Splunk Enterprise Security Essentials Edition and Splunk Enterprise Security Premier Edition, providing customers two agentic AI-powered SecOps options that unify security workflows across threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR). Delivered within Splunk Enterprise Security 8.2, these advancements streamline…
NetApp StorageGRID 12.0 powers AI and data-intensive workloads
NetApp has released NetApp StorageGRID 12.0, a scalable, software-defined object storage solution designed for unstructured data. This latest version of StorageGRID introduces new capabilities designed to enhance AI initiatives, improve data security, and modernize organizations’ data infrastructure. Whether businesses are…
Fake npm 2FA reset email led to compromise of popular code packages
Malicious versions of at least 18 widely used npm packages were uploaded to the npm Registry on Monday, following the compromise of their maintainer’s account. “The packages were updated to contain a piece of code that would be executed on…
Download: Cyber defense guide for the financial sector
Data breaches cost more for financial organizations than they do for those in many other industries. In attempting to strengthen your financial organization’s cybersecurity, you must contend with evolving regulatory obligations, outdated IT infrastructure, and other challenges. How do you…
Silobreaker Requirements enables teams to improve threat intelligence
Silobreaker has launched Requirements, a new way for threat intelligence (TI) teams to define, operationalize and measure Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs). The new capability combines a PIR library with integrated monitoring tools and performance metrics, covering use cases across cyber…
Signal adds secure backup option for chat history
Losing a phone can mean losing years of conversations. Signal is rolling out a new secure backup feature to help users keep their messages safe without giving up privacy. The problem with lost chats Signal has long avoided cloud backups…
Nearly 500 researchers urge EU to rethink controversial CSAM scanning proposal
Nearly 500 scientists and researchers have signed an open letter warning that the latest version of the EU’s Chat Control Proposal would weaken digital security while failing to deliver meaningful protection for children. The signatories represent 34 countries and include…
Ongoing malvertising campaign targets European IT workers with fake GitHub Desktop installers
Researchers have spotted a malvertising (and clever malware delivery) campaign targeting IT workers in the European Union with fake GitHub Desktop installers. “We believe the goal of this campaign was to gain initial access to organizations for the purposes of…
Attackers test the limits of railway cybersecurity
Railway systems are the lifeblood of many economies, supporting everything from daily passenger transport to military and industrial operations, so the question arises: how secure are they from a cybersecurity perspective? Like all industries, the railway industry is undergoing its…
Connected cars are racing ahead, but security is stuck in neutral
Connected cars are already on Europe’s roads, loaded with software, sensors, and constant data connections. Drivers love the features these vehicles bring, from remote apps to smart navigation, but each new connection also opens a door to potential cyber risks.…
Are we headed for an AI culture war?
In this Help Net Security video, Matt Fangman, Field CTO at SailPoint, discusses whether an AI culture war is inevitable. He explores the rise of AI agents as a new identity type, the need for guardrails and human supervision, and…
Employees keep feeding AI tools secrets they can’t take back
Employees are putting sensitive data into public AI tools, and many organizations don’t have the controls to stop it. A new report from Kiteworks finds that most companies are missing basic safeguards to manage this data. Security control maturity pyramid…
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: September 9, 2025
Analyst, Cybersecurity DFIR ICE | Singapore | On-site – View job details As an Analyst, Cybersecurity DFIR, you will review and triage user-reported emails to identify phishing, malware, and other threats, taking containment actions and supporting eradication efforts. You will…
SentinelOne to acquire Observo AI, enhancing SIEM and security operations
SentinelOne has announced its intent to acquire Observo AI. The deal will serve as an immediate complement and catalyst to SentinelOne’s AI SIEM and data offerings, which are already amongst the company’s fastest growing solutions, delivering a record contribution to…
Salesloft Drift data breach: Investigation reveals how attackers got in
The attack that resulted in the Salesloft Drift data breach started with the compromise of the company’s GitHub account, Salesloft confirmed this weekend. Supply chain compromise On August 26, the company publicly revealed that earlier that month, a threat actor…