Category: Help Net Security

Avocado OS: Open-source Linux platform for embedded systems

Peridio, a platform for building and maintaining advanced embedded products, has launched Avocado OS, an open-source embedded Linux distribution made to simplify the way developers build complex embedded systems. Avocado OS focuses on delivering a smooth developer experience while offering…

RSA defends organizations against AI-powered identity attacks

RSA announced cybersecurity innovations that defend organizations against the next wave of AI powered identity attacks, including IT Help Desk bypasses, malware, social engineering, and other threats. These advancements are especially critical for organizations implementing passwordless strategies and further solidify…

Wallarm Agentic AI Protection blocks attacks against AI agents

Wallarm unveiled Agentic AI Protection, a capability designed to secure AI agents from emerging attack vectors, such as prompt injection, jailbreaks, system prompt retrieval, and agent logic abuse. The new feature extends Wallarm’s API Security Platform to actively monitor, analyze,…

NetRise ZeroLens identifies undisclosed software weaknesses

NetRise announced a new product, NetRise ZeroLens. NetRise’s category redefining platform creates a software asset inventory, which is critical to manage organizational risk. NetRise analyzes compiled code to find risk in software that actually executes on devices and other systems.…

Allurity acquires Infigo IS to strengthen its position in Europe

Allurity announces its acquisition of Croatian cybersecurity company Infigo IS. With deep technical expertise and one of southern Europe’s strongest offensive security teams, Infigo brings strengths that accelerate Allurity’s journey to become the preferred cybersecurity partner in Europe. Founded in…

GoSearch: Open-source OSINT tool for uncovering digital footprints

GoSearch is an open-source OSINT tool built to uncover digital footprints linked to specific usernames. Designed for speed and accuracy, it lets users quickly track someone’s online presence across multiple platforms. GoSearch incorporates data from Hudson Rock’s Cybercrime Database, offering…

Ransomware attacks are getting smarter, harder to stop

Ransomware attacks are becoming more refined and pervasive, posing significant challenges to organizations globally. A Veeam report reveals that while the percentage of companies impacted by ransomware attacks has slightly declined from 75% to 69%, the threat remains substantial. This…

Most critical vulnerabilities aren’t worth your attention

Web applications face a wide range of risks, including known-exploitable vulnerabilities, supply chain attacks, and insecure identity configurations in CI/CD, according to the Datadog State of DevSecOps 2025 report. 14% of Java services still contain at least one vulnerability By…

Vanta AI Security Assessment evaluates AI risk

Vanta announced new ways to help organizations demonstrate AI security and evaluate AI risk across their ecosystem. With the launch of Vanta’s new AI Security Assessment offering, customers using, developing or building with AI can now more effectively address critical…

Dashlane introduces Omnix for AI-powered credential protection

Dashlane unveiled a new approach to addressing human risk in response to the rise of AI-driven phishing attacks and shadow IT in corporate environments. Built on innovation that pushes beyond vault-based password management, Dashlane Omnix is the AI-accelerated credential security platform…

BreachLock AEV simulates Real attacks to validate and prioritize exposures

BreachLock AEV automates multistep, threat-intelligence-led attack scenarios—helping security teams uncover real exposures and prioritize what matters most. Going beyond just showing security teams their risk, BreachLock Adversarial Exposure Validation simulates how real-world adversaries would exploit it by mirroring their behavior…

Flexible working models fuel surge in device theft

76% of respondents have been impacted by incidents of device theft in the past two years, with incidents more common in organizations with more flexible working models, according to Kensington. For instance, research revealed that 85% of organizations with flexible…

Exposure validation emerges as critical cyber defense component

Organizations have implemented various aspects of threat exposure validation, including security control validation (51%) and filtering threat exposures based on the effectiveness of security controls to mitigate threats (48%), according to Cymulate. At the same time, nearly all respondents say…