McAfee Mobile Security for iOS combines scam protection, web protection, VPN, Wi-Fi security, and device security checks in a single app. It is also available for Android. After downloading the app from the App Store, I created an account and…
Category: Help Net Security
Open-source collaboration is growing worldwide and putting pressure on maintainers
Developers are pushing code and opening pull requests across economy borders at a rate GitHub has rarely seen. Outbound collaboration, the sum of git pushes and pull requests sent from developers in one economy to public repositories in another, grew…
Messaging fraud trends point to smarter attacks, stronger blocking
Fraudsters spent 2025 investing in scale. New routes, new tools, and higher message volumes moved through the SMS, voice, and chat channels that businesses rely on to reach customers. Money follows that activity. The Communications Fraud Control Association puts global…
Wireshark 4.6.7 patches a dozen security flaws
Network analysts who open packet captures in Wireshark push untrusted data through a large set of protocol dissectors, and each parser is a spot where a malformed frame can trip up the software. The 4.6.7 maintenance release closes twelve of…
A single malware file can outweigh an entire AI dataset
Antivirus vendors and security startups keep shipping AI features that promise to read malware the way a seasoned analyst would. The results inside security teams tell a quieter story. A new paper argues that static analysis of software, the job…
Attackers using Langflow flaw for credential harvesting (CVE-2026-55255)
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning about yet another Langflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-55255) leveraged by attackers in the wild. The flaw was added to the agency’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Tuesday, July 7, nearly two weeks…
Blackpoint AI SOC Agent autonomously contains identity-based attacks
Blackpoint Cyber has unveiled the generally available autonomous response capability, Blackpoint AI SOC Agent for identity threat detection and response (ITDR). Using an AI + human hybrid model, the AI SOC Agent acts on high-confidence threats targeting Microsoft 365 and…
Censys Internet Map links real-time DNS data to internet infrastructure
Censys has announced the expansion of the Censys Internet Map to include real-time DNS visibility. Security teams can now seamlessly pivot between domains, names, and the Internet infrastructure behind them on the Censys Platform. With active DNS data now part…
FalconStor Cloud Clean Room enables validated recovery without dedicated infrastructure
FalconStor has announced FalconStor Cloud Clean Room, an on-demand infrastructure platform designed to let organizations perform validated recovery testing in a persistent secure enclave. Each test starts from a known state, reducing the risk of carrying issues over from previous…
First Recon AI Security Runtime helps enterprises govern AI with audit-ready evidence
First Recon AI has announced the public launch and general availability of First Recon’s AI Security Runtime, a security platform that both governs and secures how enterprises use artificial intelligence across an organization. First Recon’s runtime inspects every AI interaction…
DNSFilter makes its DNS threat protection available to OEM partners
DNSFilter has launched an Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) program that lets external ISPs, cybersecurity firms, device makers, and other consumer app developers to embed their DNS threat protection, domain analysis, and privacy solutions into their own platforms and solutions. Partners…
Attestiv DeepScan combines AI and forensic analysis for file validation
Attestiv announced the launch of DeepScan, a new platform built to help organizations automatically validate submitted files before they drive critical business decisions. DeepScan represents a major architectural shift for Attestiv and its customers: moving from detecting fake or manipulated…
Accenture acknowledges security incident following 35GB data theft claim
Accenture appears to have suffered a data breach, the extent of which is currently unknown. On Monday, a threat actor going by the handle “888” posted on the cybercrime forum PwnForums, claiming to have breached the technology consulting company and…
Crusoe brings serverless fine-tuning to AI model development
Crusoe has announced Serverless Fine-Tuning and Self-Serve Deployments in Crusoe Intelligence Foundry, the managed AI platform for Crusoe Cloud. These capabilities give data scientists and ML engineers a complete path from proprietary data to production-ready models, on purpose-built AI infrastructure,…
Automox MCP Server adds visual reviews and AI-driven patch policy creation
Automox has released Automox MCP Server 2.2, adding interactive review surfaces, first-class Patch by Severity policy creation, and live capability discovery to its governed agentic interface for endpoint operations. The release advances Automox MCP beyond natural-language access alone, giving IT…
Codenotary launches AI security platform that learns from AI agent behavior
Codenotary has announced AgentMon 3, the latest generation of its enterprise AI security platform, introducing adaptive runtime security policies. These continuously evolve as AI agents operate across an organization by learning from customer-specific workflows, observed behavioral patterns, and newly emerging…
ScienceLogic adds geographic service visibility to Skylar One
ScienceLogic has released the “Kyoto” update for Skylar One, the core observability offering in its AI Platform. The release adds geographic service visibility, simplified location and device management, enhanced relationship mapping, and platform updates aimed at improving observability across hybrid…
Thousands of malicious AI skills found capable of stealing data, running malware
AI agents can browse the web, use external tools, execute commands, and perform tasks on behalf of users. Many rely on skills that define how they interact with services and data. Malicious skills can abuse those capabilities to steal data,…
Claude Cowork turns your phone into a remote control for AI work
Anthropic started rolling out Claude Cowork, an AI agent that completes multi-step tasks, in beta for Max users on mobile and the web. They describe a goal, and Claude plans the work, uses the required tools, and produces outputs such…
Orbia CISO Miranda Ritchie on building security into sustainable infrastructure
In this interview with Help Net Security, Miranda Ritchie, industrial cybersecurity, CISO at Orbia, talks about protecting industrial systems where software runs water, chemical and manufacturing processes. She explains why a cyber incident in these settings can harm people, equipment…