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Tag: Help Net Security
FastNetMon eliminates third-party bgp lookups with Netomics
FastNetMon is introducing Netomics, a self-hosted BGP routing intelligence platform that combines live routing data, registry information, RPKI validation, routing history and AI-assisted querying into a single application. Built for internet service providers (ISPs), cloud providers, Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)…
Why SBOMs, signing, and provenance still don’t tell you if software is safe
We have made real progress in software supply chain security, improving visibility into software components, authenticity and build integrity. Much of this progress traces back to Executive Order 14028, which pushed agencies, contractors and enterprises to invest in SBOMs, signing…
Cynative: Open-source deep research agent
Running a large language model against a live cloud account to hunt for security holes comes with an obvious hazard. An agent that holds real credentials and a mandate to poke around can delete a bucket, flip a permission, or…
Microsoft demystifies how Windows updates work
Microsoft has published a guide explaining the Windows servicing model, outlining the purpose of monthly security updates, optional preview releases, hotpatch updates, and the mechanisms used to deliver new features throughout the year. “Most individuals and organizations regularly deploy monthly…
A hardware security AI assistant that checks chips for hidden backdoors
Chip designers license blocks of circuitry from outside vendors and drop them into larger products. A single processor can carry components from a range of suppliers, each written by a company the buyer may never deal with directly. A malicious…
99.9% of fixable AI vulnerabilities remain unpatched
Organizations build, deploy, and operate AI in the cloud, but basic cybersecurity hygiene is often sacrificed for speed, according to Orca Security’s 2026 State of AI Security Report. Building AI without security Fifty-six percent of AI adopters have deployed agent…
Enterprises are rethinking where their AI applications run
Growing demand for compute capacity, power, cooling and low-latency connectivity is prompting organizations to reassess where AI applications run, according to CoreSite. Public cloud continues to support experimentation and rapid deployment, while colocation is increasingly used for workloads that require…
Debian 13.6 security update patches over a hundred advisories in trixie
Most PCs still run with a UEFI Secure Boot certificate authority, installed by default since 2013, that has now expired. That certificate signed the bootloaders letting machines start with Secure Boot turned on. Its expiry sits at the center of…
Week in review: Accenture data breach, great open-source cybersecurity tools
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Securing the inbox: Where identity, brand and security meet Getting a verified logo to appear next to your email has traditionally meant having to work…
Incode brings on-device processing to age estimation for privacy-focused verification
Incode has launched On-Device Age Estimation, an age verification capability that performs age estimation and liveness detection directly on the user’s device, without transmitting facial data off the device. The company’s age estimation models are now available to run entirely…
July 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Is CVE tracking still practical?
I was off by a month in my forecast of record-setting CVE releases from Microsoft. In June, we saw the deluge of over 200 reported CVEs that I expected in May. There were 116 CVEs for Windows 11 and 104…
The open source library holding up your stack might have one maintainer
Every serious software product runs on code that someone else wrote and released for free. A web service leans on a cryptography library, a data pipeline pulls in a parser, and a mobile app ships a handful of small utilities…
Workato expands Agent Studio with Headless API, AI guardrails
Workato has announced two new capabilities for Agent Studio: Headless API and Agent Guardrails. Headless API lets Genies, Workato’s AI agents built on Agent Studio, be embedded into any business application surface, on web, mobile, or inside another agent’s own…
Most data brokers won’t tell you what happened to your deletion request
Data brokers collect personal details on most adults in the United States and sell them to buyers that include employers, landlords, insurance companies, and government agencies. California gives residents a way to push back. You can ask a broker to…
Microsoft is rewriting Windows patch guidance because of AI
Microsoft is recommending that organizations shorten Windows update deployment timelines, warning that advances in AI are reducing the time attackers need to identify and exploit vulnerabilities after security updates are released. The company says organizations should reassess how quickly they…
Turning software supply chain security into a daily habit
In this Help Net Security video, Anastasia Tikhonova, Global Threat Research Lead at Group-IB, explains how to operationalize software supply chain risk. Instead of filing an SBOM away as a compliance document, she argues teams should use it every day…
AWS gives its ERP agent deny-by-default rules and a separate identity
Accounts receivable teams at large companies spend hours each day matching incoming bank payments to invoices by hand. When those payments sit unmatched for days, cash flow suffers and days sales outstanding climbs. The same pattern repeats across blocked invoices,…
Only 28% of financial workforce MFA is phishing-resistant
Passwords remain part of many workforce authentication flows in financial organizations, making phishing and credential theft major identity security risks, according to a new Secret Double Octopus report. Key challenges preventing universal implementation of phishing-resistant MFA (Source: Secret Double Octopus)…
Extortion crew hijacks Microsoft 365 accounts via fake passkey setup
The Pink cyber extortion crew is tricking employees into giving them access to their Microsoft 365 accounts by faking Entra passkey enrollment requests. The attack The attack starts with a vishing call to an employee. The caller poses as IT…