95% of C-suite leaders say that GenAI is driving a new level of innovation in their organizations, according to NTT DATA. While CEOs and business leaders are committed to GenAI adoption, CISOs and operational leaders lack the necessary guidance, clarity…
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AI Index 2025: What’s changing and why it matters
Stanford recently released its AI Index 2025, and it’s packed with insights on how AI is changing. For CISOs, it’s a solid check-in on where things stand. It covers what the tech can do now, how governments are responding, and…
Who’s guarding the AI? Even security teams are bypassing oversight
Even security teams, the ones responsible for protecting the business, are adding to AI-related risk. A new survey by AI security company Mindgard, based on responses from over 500 cybersecurity professionals at RSAC 2025 Conference and Infosecurity Europe 2025, found…
New infosec products of the week: June 20, 2025
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from BigID, Dashlane, Sumsub, and Jumio. Dashlane’s AI model alerts businesses to phishing risks In contrast to rule-based filters or reliance on a threat intel database,…
GPS tracker detection made easy with off-the-shelf hardware
Cyberstalkers are increasingly turning to cheap GPS trackers to secretly monitor people in real time. These devices, which often cost less than $30 and run on 4G LTE networks, are small, easy to hide under a bumper or in a…
Why AI code assistants need a security reality check
In this Help Net Security interview, Silviu Asandei, Security Specialist and Security Governance at Sonar, discusses how AI code assistants are transforming development workflows and impacting security. He explains how these tools can boost productivity but may also propagate vulnerabilities…
Thieves don’t need your car keys, just a wireless signal
A recent study by researchers at the University of Padova reveals that despite the rise in car thefts involving Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) systems, the auto industry has made little progress in strengthening security. Since RKE’s introduction in the early…
91% noise: A look at what’s wrong with traditional SAST tools
Traditional static application security testing (SAST) tools are falling short. That’s the key takeaway from a recent report that tested these tools against nearly 3,000 open-source code repositories. The results: more than 91% of flagged vulnerabilities were false positives. The…
How C-suite roles are shaping the future of tech leadership
As companies accelerate towards technology-driven business models, the tech C-suite is embracing new skills, greater influence, and a unified approach to business transformation, according to Deloitte. Top priorities for tech leaders (Source: Deloitte) With insights from a range of C-level…
AWS launches new cloud security features
Amazon Web Services has announced new and improved security features at its annual AWS re:Inforce cloud security conference. The company has also introduced features aimed at speeding up backup recovery, and has announced the completion of its push to protect…
Bitdefender acquires Mesh to boost email protection for businesses and MSPs
Bitdefender announced it has agreed to acquire Mesh Security Limited (Mesh), a provider of email security solutions. Through the acquisition, Mesh’s email security technology and capabilities will be integrated into Bitdefender’s extended detection and response (XDR) platform and managed detection…
Cloudflare Log Explorer detects security and performance issues
Cloudflare announced Cloudflare Log Explorer to help give businesses instant access to critical security and performance insights across their IT environments. Now, customers can analyze, investigate, and monitor for security attacks with log line level insights across their entire business–natively…
Chaining two LPEs to get “root”: Most Linux distros vulnerable (CVE-2025-6018, CVE-2025-6019)
Qualys researchers have unearthed two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-6018, CVE-2025-6019) that can be exploited in tandem to achieve root access on most Linux distributions “with minimal effort.” About the vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-6018, CVE-2025-6019) CVE-2025-6018 affects the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)…
Jumio Liveness Premium combats deepfakes and injection attacks
Jumio launched Jumio Liveness Premium with advanced deepfake detection, the company’s most advanced biometric liveness detection solution to date. Jumio’s premium solution leverages a patented Jumio technology, combining randomized color sequences and AI-driven analysis to confirm human presence in real…
Kernel-level container insights: Utilizing eBPF with Cilium, Tetragon, and SBOMs for security
As applications become more distributed, traditional monitoring and security tools are failing to keep pace. This article explores how eBPF, when utilized by the graduated CNCF Cilium and its sub-project Tetragon, combined with Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs), can provide…
Kusari Inspector improves supply chain security
Kusari unveiled Kusari Inspector, an AI-based pull request security tool that brings cutting-edge security risk analysis directly into developers’ daily workflows. In Kusari Inspector, Kusari has brought together a powerful combination of industry standards, AI, and dependency graph analysis, to…
Dashlane’s AI model alerts businesses to phishing risks
Dashlane introduced AI phishing alerts, an advancement to the Dashlane Omnix platform that protects enterprises and users against threats targeting user credentials. Trained by Dashlane on both legitimate and phishing sources, the new innovation detects and alerts users to phishing…
35 open-source security tools to power your red team, SOC, and cloud security
This article showcases free, open-source security tools that support your organization’s teams in red teaming, threat hunting, incident response, vulnerability scanning, and cloud security. Autorize: Burp Suite extension for automatic authorization enforcement detection Autorize is an open-source Burp Suite extension…
AI is changing cybersecurity roles, and entry-level jobs are at risk
Will humans remain essential in cybersecurity, or is AI set to take over? According to Wipro, many CISOs are leveraging AI to improve threat detection and response times and to build enhanced incident response capabilities. What’s changing AI systems can…
From cleaners to creepers: The risk of mobile privilege escalation
In this Help Net Security video, Nico Chiaraviglio, Chief Scientist at Zimperium, explores how Android apps can be abused to escalate privileges, giving attackers access to sensitive data and system functions. Drawing on Zimperium’s recent research, he breaks down two…