Metis is an open source tool that uses AI to help engineers run deep security reviews on code. Arm’s product security team built Metis to spot subtle flaws that are often buried in large or aging codebases where traditional tools…
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How to cut security tool sprawl without losing control
In this Help Net Security video, Jon Taylor, Director and Principal of Security at Versa Networks, talks about how organizations can deal with security tool sprawl. He explains why many teams end up with too many tools, especially as zero…
Product showcase: Proton Pass, a password manager with identity protection
Managing passwords can be a real headache, and it’s still common to fall back on reusing them or storing them in a browser without much protection. Proton Pass, built by the Swiss company Proton AG (the team behind Proton Mail…
Internet slowly recovers after far-reaching Cloudflare outage
A currently undisclosed issue has crippled Cloudflare’s network and has rendered a large swathe of internet’s most popular sites and services temporily inaccessible today. Some of the sites and services affected by the Cloudflare outage (Source: Down Detector) What happened?…
Kentik AI Advisor brings intelligence and automation to network design and operations
Kentik has launched the Kentik AI Advisor, an agentic AI solution that understands enterprise and service provider networks, thinks critically, and offers guidance for designing, operating, and protecting infrastructure at scale. “We’ve been using Kentik AI Advisor in early access,…
Google patches yet another exploited Chrome zero-day (CVE-2025-13223)
Google has shipped an emergency fix for a Chrome vulnerability (CVE-2025-13223) reported as actively exploited in the wild by its Threat Analysis Group (TAG). About CVE-2025-13223 CVE-2025-13223 is a type confusion vulnerability in V8, the JavaScript and WebAssembly engine used…
How attackers use patience to push past AI guardrails
Most CISOs already assume that prompt injection is a known risk. What may come as a surprise is how quickly those risks grow once an attacker is allowed to stay in the conversation. A new study from Cisco AI Defense…
What security pros should know about insurance coverage for AI chatbot wiretapping claims
AI-powered chatbots raise profound concerns under federal and state wiretapping and eavesdropping statutes that is being tested by recent litigation, creating greater exposure to the companies and developers that use this technology. Security professionals that integrate AI-chatbots into their business…
Agentic AI puts defenders on a tighter timeline to adapt
Security teams know that attackers rarely wait for defenders to be ready. The latest AI Maturity in Cybersecurity Report from Arkose Labs shows how quickly the threat landscape is shifting and how slowly organizations can respond in comparison. Attackers test…
The privacy panic around machine learning is overblown
We often hear warnings about how machine learning (ML) models may expose sensitive information tied to their training data. The concern is understandable. If a model was trained on personal records, it may seem reasonable to assume that releasing it…
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: November 18, 2025
Application Security Engineer Vim | Israel | Hybrid – View job details As an Application Security Engineer, you will conduct internal penetration testing against Vim’s applications and APIs. Design, build, and implement the Secure SDLC process, integrating security into all…
Cloudflare to acquire Replicate, aiming for seamless serverless AI at global scale
Cloudflare has agreed to acquire Replicate, an AI platform that makes it easy for developers to deploy and run AI models. This acquisition will accelerate the company’s vision to make Cloudflare Workers the leading end-to-end platform for building and running…
Logitech confirms data breach
Logitech, the Swiss multinational electronics and technology company best known for marketing computer peripherals and hardware, has suffered a data breach. “While the investigation is ongoing, at this time Logitech believes that the unauthorized third party used a zero-day vulnerability…
Synack unveils Sara Pentest to accelerate scalable AI-driven penetration testing
Synack has announced Sara Pentest, a new agentic AI product built on the Synack Autonomous Red Agent (Sara) architecture. Sara Pentest performs penetration testing on hosts and web applications, speeding up vulnerability detection and remediation and reducing the window of…
The internet isn’t free: Shutdowns, surveillance and algorithmic risks
Global internet freedom has declined for the 15th straight year, according to the latest Freedom House report. Out of 72 countries evaluated, 28 recorded declines and 17 saw improvements. Shutdowns hit high-stakes zones The report documents large-scale infrastructure used to…
Five men admit helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate US companies
US federal prosecutors have secured guilty pleas from five men who helped North Korean IT workers get hired by companies in the United States. This group of domestic facilitators helped a sanctioned government move money, slip past hiring checks, and…
Strix: Open-source AI agents for penetration testing
Security teams know that application flaws tend to show up at the worst time. Strix presents itself as an open source way to catch them earlier by using autonomous agents that behave like human attackers. These agents run code, explore…
The tech that turns supply chains from brittle to unbreakable
In this Help Net Security interview, Sev Kelian, CISO and VP of Security at Tecsys, discusses how organizations can strengthen supply chain resilience through a more unified and forward-looking strategy. Kelian also shares how new technologies and a blended view…
Product showcase: SecAlerts – Relevant, actionable, up-to-the-minute vulnerability alerts
Do you spend countless hours tracking vulnerabilities in order to keep your software secure? Are you looking for a service to make your job easier by providing relevant, actionable vulnerability alerts? SecAlerts does just that. It saves you valuable time…
The next tech divide is written in AI diffusion
AI is spreading faster than any major technology in history, according to a Microsoft report. More than 1.2 billion people have used an AI tool within three years of the first mainstream releases. The growth is fast, but it puts…