Tag: Help Net Security

RidgeSphere streamlines security validation operations

Ridge Security announced RidgeSphere, a centralized management platform designed to simplify the orchestration of multiple RidgeBot , the AI-powered automated security validation platform, across client environments. Built for Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) and large enterprises, RidgeSphere eliminates operational silos,…

Download: Edgescan 2025 Vulnerability Statistics Report

Edgescan’s 2025 Vulnerability Statistics Report explores risk density patterns across network/device and application layers, uncovers complex vulnerabilities that automated tools consistently miss, and evaluates the real-world effectiveness of leading vulnerability scoring methodologies, including EPSS, CISA KEV, CVSS, and our proprietary…

Property renters targeted in simple BEC scam

Emails purportedly sent by rental property management firms are being used to steal money from people in France and Canada, Proofpoint researchers have warned. A BEC scam preying on renters “Most campaigns are sent from compromised mailboxes belonging to educational…

Frontegg releases identity management platform for AI agent builders

Frontegg launched Frontegg.ai, an identity management platform purpose-built for developers building AI agents. As AI agents move beyond experiments to becoming critical internal and market-facing enterprise products, secure, scalable identity infrastructure becomes essential to achieve market-readiness. While standards like Anthropic’s…

Securonix brings autonomous decision-making to security operations

Securonix announced the next phase of Securonix EON, introducing modular GenAI Agents. These specialized, decision-capable agents are designed to perform high-impact jobs to be done (JTBD) across the threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR) lifecycle. These intelligent security agents represent…

Torii launches agentic SaaS Management Platform

Torii unveiled Torii Eko, an agentic SaaS Management Platform, ushering in a new era of AI-powered execution for modern software management. Torii Eko includes three intelligent in-platform agents: Eko Assist, available now; and Eko Insight and Eko Act, both coming…

Product showcase: Ledger Flex secure crypto wallet

The Ledger Flex is a hardware wallet designed for the secure storage of cryptocurrencies and NFTs. It combines security features with a user-friendly interface, making it suitable for both beginners and more experienced users. Ledger Flex stores your private keys…

Trellix DLP Endpoint Complete prevents data leaks in Windows and macOS

Trellix announced advancements to Trellix DLP Endpoint Complete, available globally in Q2 2025. New offerings and features incorporate intelligent capabilities to enhance Trellix’s data loss prevention (DLP) solutions, enabling customers to protect sensitive information in non-text file formats, strengthen compliance…

Mobile security is a frontline risk. Are you ready?

The mobile threat landscape has shifted. According to Zimperium’s 2025 Global Mobile Threat Report, attackers are now prioritizing mobile devices over desktops. For enterprises, mobile is no longer a secondary risk. It’s now one of the primary attack surfaces. CVE…

Securing the invisible: Supply chain security trends

Adversaries are infiltrating upstream software, hardware, and vendor relationships to quietly compromise downstream targets. Whether it’s a malicious update injected into a CI/CD pipeline, a rogue dependency hidden in open-source code, or tampered hardware components, these attacks bypass traditional defenses…

Why cyber resilience must be part of every organization’s DNA

As AI brings about excitement and transformative potential, the report reveals that organizations are forging ahead with innovations despite increased security concerns, according to LevelBlue’s 2025 Futures Report. In fact, just 29% of executives surveyed say they are reluctant to…

ExtraHop strenghtens network detection and response

ExtraHop launched all-in-one sensor designed to unify network traffic collection that scales across a number of security use cases. This further advances ExtraHop’s vision to consolidate NDR, network performance monitoring (NPM), intrusion detection (IDS), and full packet forensics into an…

CISA warns about actively exploited Broadcom, Commvault vulnerabilities

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added three new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Monday, affecting Commvault (CVE-2025-3928), Active! Mail (CVE-2025-42599), and Broadcom Brocade (CVE-2025-1976) solutions. CISA’s KEV catalog is constantly updated and provides IT…

Marks & Spencer cyber incident linked to ransomware group

The “cyber incident” that British multinational retailer Marks & Spencer has been struggling with for over a week is a ransomware attack, multiple sources have asserted. The Telegraph’s sources say ransomware was deployed by a unnamed criminal gang. Bleeping Computer’s…

Huntress upgrades Managed ITDR to disrupt hacker tradecraft

Huntress has unveiled its newly enhanced Managed Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) solution, purpose-built to wreck hacker identity tradecraft, alongside new research on the growing threat of identity-based attacks and organizations’ ability to defend against them. Drawing insights from…

Lumu SecOps Platform allows teams to unify their entire security stack

Lumu released Lumu SecOps Platform, a fully integrated Security Operations (SecOps) platform that unifies threat detection, response, automation, compliance, and intelligence across the network, identities and endpoints—delivering full attack context and enabling security teams to autonomously detect and neutralize complex…

Eyes, ears, and now arms: IoT is alive

I’ve never quite seen anything like this in my two decades of working in the Internet of Things (IoT) space. In just a few years, devices at home and work started including cameras to see and microphones to hear. Now,…

What’s worth automating in cyber hygiene, and what’s not

Cyber hygiene sounds simple. Patch your systems, remove old accounts, update your software. But for large organizations, this gets messy fast. Systems number in the thousands. Teams are scattered. Some machines haven’t been rebooted in months. Automation can help. But…

DDoS attacks jump 358% compared to last year

Cloudflare says it mitigated 20.5 million DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2025. This is a 358% increase compared to the same time last year. Their Q1 2025 DDoS report highlights a rise in the number and size of…

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: April 29, 2025

Analyst IV – Cybersecurity Carpenter Technology | USA | On-site – View job details As an Analyst IV – Cybersecurity, you will guide IT teams on IAM tasks, including account provisioning, password vaulting, access reviews, and encryption key management. You…

Investing in security? It’s not helping you fix what matters faster

Automation and structured collaboration have a strong, positive influence on the efficiency of vulnerability management, according to Seemplicity. However, manual processes, unstructured workflows, and excessive noise from vulnerability scanning tools continue to slow remediation efforts, leading to delays and security…

ArmorCode Anya accelerates critical security decisions

ArmorCode launched Anya, an agentic AI champion purpose-built for AppSec and product security teams. Following a successful early access program, Anya is now available to all ArmorCode enterprise customers, delivering intelligent, conversation-driven security insights that close the expertise gap and…

Trend Micro helps organizations secure AI-driven workloads

Trend Micro announced new AI-powered threat detection capabilities designed specifically for enterprises embracing AI at scale. This effort brings together Trend’s security expertise with NVIDIA accelerated computing and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, leveraging AWS infrastructure to support scalable, enterprise-ready deployment.…

Sentra Data Security for AI Agents protects AI-powered assistants

Sentra launched Data Security for AI Agents solution, specifically designed to address the emerging challenges associated with proliferating AI assistants and empower large enterprises to embrace AI innovation securely and responsibly. With the solution, Sentra also announced platform support for…

Anetac Human Link Pro secures both human and non-human identities

Anetac announced the global rollout of Human Link Pro. This new capability unifies the management of human and non-human identity vulnerabilities within the Anetac Identity Vulnerability Management Platform. Already in use by organizations in financial services, retail, healthcare and critical…

Flashpoint Ignite enhancements improve threat intelligence

Flashpoint announced new capabilities to its flagship platform, Flashpoint Ignite. These innovations are designed to deliver insights that align with customers’ threat intelligence needs, enabling organizations to make informed decisions and protect their most critical assets. “Too often, high-value threat…

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…

Top must-visit companies at RSAC 2025

RSAC 2025 Conference is taking place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from April 28 – May 1. With hundreds of booths, countless product demos, and nonstop buzz, navigating RSAC can be overwhelming. That’s why we’ve done the legwork…

13 core principles to strengthen AI cybersecurity

The new ETSI TS 104 223 specification for securing AI provides reliable and actionable cybersecurity guidance aimed at protecting end users. Adopting a whole-lifecycle approach, the framework outlines 13 core principles that expand into 72 detailed, trackable principles across five…

New infosec products of the week: April 25, 2025

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Bitdefender, PowerDMARC, Skyhawk Security, Stellar Cyber, Swimlane, and Veracode. Email authentication simplified: How PowerDMARC makes DMARC effortless With PowerDMARC, users can generate and publish DMARC,…

DirectDefense launches Security Essentials to protect growing SMBs

DirectDefense has launched DirectDefense Security Essentials, a fully managed, subscription-based security program purpose-built for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs). With Security Essentials, DirectDefense is addressing the critical security needs of the underserved SMB market by combining virtual CISO (vCISO) services,…

Swimlane CAR solution automates compliance control mapping

Swimlane announced Compliance Audit Readiness (CAR) Solution, designed to streamline compliance management and accelerate audit readiness. Powered by the Swimlane Turbine AI Automation Platform and built on the Secure Controls Framework, CAR automates compliance control mapping, streamlines audit evidence gathering…

Understanding 2024 cyber attack trends

Mandiant has released the M-Trends 2025 report, which outlines global cyber attack trends based on their own incident response engagements from 2024. Key trends and insights In 2024, Mandiant handled more incidents in the financial sector than in any other…

Veracode platform enhancements improve software security

Veracode announced new capabilities to help organizations address emerging threats, giving security professionals better visibility and control in one place. The launch includes new AI-powered functionality in the Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)product and an External Attack Surface Management (EASM)…

Metomic AI Data Protection prevents data leakage in AI tools

Metomic launched AI Data Protection Solution, an offering designed to prevent sensitive business data from being inadvertently exposed through AI tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Glean, Notion AI, Box AI, and others. As enterprises accelerate AI integration, this solution empowers…

Exposed and unaware: The state of enterprise security in 2025

The Edgescan 2025 Vulnerability Statistics Report offers a data-rich snapshot of the global cybersecurity landscape, drawing from thousands of assessments and penetration tests conducted in 2024. Now in its 10th year, the report analyzes full-stack security trends across industries, highlighting…

A new era of cyber threats is approaching for the energy sector

Cyber threats targeting the energy sector come in many forms, including state-sponsored actors seeking to disrupt national infrastructure, cybercriminals motivated by profit, and insiders intentionally causing damage. The consequences of a successful attack can be severe, potentially disrupting energy supplies…

Review: Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity

Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity is a practical guide to how AI and machine learning are changing the way we defend digital systems. The book aims to explain how AI can help solve real cybersecurity problems. It does that well, but…

One in three security teams trust AI to act autonomously

While AI adoption is widespread, its impact on productivity, trust, and team structure varies sharply by role and region, according to Exabeam. The findings confirm a critical divide: 71% of executives believe AI has significantly improved productivity across their security…

TufinAI strengthens network security policy management

Tufin announced TufinAI, an AI-powered engine designed to transform the way enterprises manage and protect their networks. Backed by its strong financial foundation and record results in 2024, Tufin has been able to invest boldly in innovation – pushing far…

IRONSCALES introduces deepfake protection capabilities

IRONSCALES announced deepfake protection for enterprise email security. The announcement comes as deepfake-driven social engineering attacks continue to gain momentum. From 2022 to 2023, the total volume of deepfake-driven cyberattacks levied against private enterprises grew by a staggering 1,000% globally…

Armis expands vulnerability exposure and assessment capabilities

Armis is expanding its vulnerability exposure and assessment capabilities with the free availability of the Armis Vulnerability Intelligence Database. The community-driven database integrates exploited vulnerabilities, emerging threats and AI-powered insights, providing the cybersecurity industry with the knowledge organizations need to…

NinjaOne unifies vulnerability and patch management

NinjaOne announced new capabilities that unify vulnerability management and patching workflows, ensuring a risk-based approach to patching and reducing time to remediate vulnerabilities. The new tools automate the import of vulnerability data, giving IT teams continuous visibility into vulnerabilities, so…

Released: MITRE ATT&CK v17.0, now with ESXi attack TTPs

MITRE has released the latest version of its ATT&CK framework, which now also includes a new section (“matrix”) to cover the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) used to target VMware ESXi hypervisors. About MITRE ATT&CK MITRE ATT&CK is a regularly…

Attackers phish OAuth codes, take over Microsoft 365 accounts

Suspected Russian threat actors are using OAuth-based phishing attacks to get targets to grant them access to their Microsoft 365 (M365) accounts. “The primary tactics observed involve the attacker requesting victim’s supply Microsoft Authorization codes, which grant the attacker with…

Cohesity RecoveryAgent automates time-consuming and manual tasks

Cohesity announced Cohesity RecoveryAgent, a new AI-powered cyber orchestration solution for Cohesity NetBackup and DataProtect customers. RecoveryAgent automates cyber recovery preparation, testing, compliance, and response, enabling customers to recover from cyber incidents faster. It offers intelligent, customizable recovery blueprints and…

1Password provides secure access for AI agents

1Password announced Agentic AI Security capabilities as part of the 1Password Extended Access Management platform, built to secure and govern identities, credentials, and access of autonomous AI agents in the enterprise. As agentic AI reshapes how work gets done, from…