Category: Help Net Security

Critical Start expands MDR capabilities with multi-agent AI system

Critical Start has released SOC AI, a production-proven multi-agent framework powering its AI-led Managed Detection and Response (MDR). SOC AI coordinates ten specialized agents across the full alert investigation and response lifecycle, covering detection, triage, response, threat hunting, and continuous…

A small Slovenian team handles 6,000 cyber incidents a year

Online fraud complaints, ransomware cases, and phishing tips reach Slovenia’s national cyber response center in steady volume, and a team of around a dozen analysts sorts through them. Gorazd Božič, who manages SI-CERT at the public agency ARNES, described that…

Meta adds stricter guardrails for teen feeds

Meta has expanded its Teen Accounts 13+ content settings globally on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. The safeguards are designed to help young users see age-appropriate content by default. The company also introduced Limited Content on Instagram for parents seeking stricter…

Google fixes actively exploited Android vulnerability (CVE-2025-48595)

Google has announced the June 2026 Android security updates, which fix a bucketload of vulnerabilities, including a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-48595) in the Android Framework that “may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” About CVE-2025-48595 CVE-2025-48595 is an integer overflow vulnerability in…

Diligent automates cyber risk assessments and reporting

Diligent has announced Diligent Cyber Risk Management, an agentic solution designed to help organizations manage cybersecurity risk in a business context. Available in summer 2026, the platform reduces cyber risk assessment work from weeks to hours and links cyber threats…

Microsoft Entra pushes passkeys, tightens identity security

Microsoft has released multiple identity and network access capabilities for Entra, its family of identity and network access products that help organizations implement a zero trust security strategy, over the last 30 days. Features reaching general availability Identity and authentication…

Sophos uncovers AI-powered malware lab built for EDR evasion

A threat actor used AI technologies to build a malware-testing framework for developing and refining endpoint detection and response (EDR) evasion techniques, according to Sophos. The investigation began after an anomalous endpoint in a customer environment triggered alerts tied to…

OpenAI brings frontier AI to existing AWS environments

OpenAI frontier models and Codex are now available on AWS, giving customers access to OpenAI capabilities within AWS environments and the controls needed to move more quickly from evaluation to deployment. OpenAI capabilities on Amazon Bedrock These capabilities are available…