96% of organizations are deploying AI models, and virtually no organization can move into the future without considering how ML and intelligent apps might soon affect its operations, according to F5. Only 2% of global organizations are highly ready to…
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Buy Now, Pay Later… with your data
Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) apps are everywhere these days. Whether you’re buying sneakers or groceries, chances are you’ve seen the option to split your payments over time. It’s quick and easy. But behind the convenience is a growing privacy…
New infosec products of the week: July 18, 2025
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from At-Bay, Immersive, NETSCOUT, Socure, and Stellar Cyber. Stellar Cyber 6.0.0 enhances automation, workflow intelligence, and user experience The 6.0.0 release builds on Stellar Cyber’s vision…
Stellar Cyber enhances identity security with ITDR capabilities
At the upcoming Black Hat USA 2025 in Las Vegas, Stellar Cyber will debut its Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) capabilities, fully embedded into its open, unified, AI-driven SecOps platform. See Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) capabilities in…
Review: Passwork 7.0, self-hosted password manager for business
Over the years, the number of services we use has exploded, and so has the need to protect our credentials. Back in what I like to call “the age of innocence,” we scribbled passwords on paper or reused “password123” across…
Machine unlearning gets a practical privacy upgrade
Machine learning models are everywhere now, from chatbots to credit scoring tools, and they carry traces of the data they were trained on. When someone asks to have their personal data erased under laws like the GDPR, their data also…
What a mature OT security program looks like in practice
In this Help Net Security interview, Cindy Segond von Banchet CC, Cybersecurity Lead at Yokogawa Europe, shares her insights on what defines a sustainable OT security program. She outlines the key differences between short-term fixes and long-term resilience, and discusses…
Akeyless SecretlessAI protects machine-to-machine communication
Akeyless has launched Akeyless SecretlessAI, a solution purpose-built to secure AI agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. As enterprises accelerate AI adoption, these autonomous systems are increasingly entrusted with accessing sensitive data, APIs, and internal tools to fulfill their…
Legit Security delivers automated security reviews for AppSec and development teams
Legit Security announced enhanced capabilities for significant code change and workflow orchestration within its platform. These capabilities provide insight into changes in code, configuration, or infrastructure that can impact an application’s security or compliance posture. With visibility into where everyday…
Socure Workforce Verification detects manipulated or fabricated identities
Socure launched Workforce Verification solution to address the growing threat of employee fraud. Socure’s Workforce Verification adapts its enterprise-grade identity verification and fraud prevention specific to hiring workflows, detecting manipulated or fabricated identities before they enter organizations and addressing workforce…
Update Google Chrome to fix actively exploited zero-day (CVE-2025-6558)
For the fifth time this year, Google has patched a Chrome zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-6558) exploited by attackers in the wild. About CVE-2025-6558 CVE-2025-6558 is a high-severity vulnerability that stems from incorrect validation of untrusted input in ANGLE – the Almost…
Global crackdown hits pro-Russian cybercrime, 100+ systems taken down worldwide
In a major blow to pro-Russian cybercrime, authorities across Europe and the United States launched a sweeping international crackdown on the hacking group NoName057(16) between 14 and 17 July. The coordinated operation, codenamed Eastwood and led by Europol and Eurojust,…
Immersive unveils role-specific cybersecurity capabilities
Immersive announced its Immersive One AI-powered Lab Builder feature to give customers and partners new ways to improve cyber skills across teams through customized labs and learning experiences. With this new tool supporting Immersive’s Prove, Improve, Benchmark, and Report (PIBR)…
Real-world numbers for estimating security audit costs
At the end of Star Wars: A New Hope, Luke Skywalker races through the Death Star trench, hearing the ghostly voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi telling him to trust him. Luke places blind trust in an intangible energy that surrounds him,…
Experts unpack the biggest cybersecurity surprises of 2025
2025 has been a busy year for cybersecurity. From unexpected attacks to new tactics by threat groups, a lot has caught experts off guard. We asked cybersecurity leaders to share the biggest surprises they’ve seen so far this year and…
Product showcase: Enzoic for Active Directory
Enzoic for Active Directory is an easy-to-install plugin that integrates with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) to set, monitor, and remediate unsafe passwords and credentials. In essence, it serves as an always-on sentinel for AD, preventing users from choosing compromised or…
Falco: Open-source cloud-native runtime security tool for Linux
Falco is an open-source runtime security tool for Linux systems, built for cloud-native environments. It monitors the system in real time to spot unusual activity and possible security threats. Falco is a graduated project from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation…
Most cybersecurity risk comes from just 10% of employees
A new report from Living Security and the Cyentia Institute sheds light on the real human element behind cybersecurity threats, and it’s not what most organizations expect. The Risky Business: Who Protects & Who Puts You at Risk report analyzes…
NETSCOUT Adaptive Threat Analytics improves incident response
NETSCOUT announced Adaptive Threat Analytics, a new enhancement to its Omnis Cyber Intelligence Network Detection and Response (NDR) solution, designed to improve incident response and reduce risk. Adaptive Threat Analytics enables security teams to investigate, hunt, and respond to cyber…
F5 accelerates application delivery and security
F5 announced new tools to reduce the immense complexity cross-functional operations (XOps) teams face in managing hybrid, multicloud, and AI-driven application environments. F5 AI Assistant now provides a single natural language interface across F5 BIG-IP, F5 NGINX One, and F5…