Communicating cyber risk in dollars boards understand
In this Help Net Security interview, Nick Nieuwenhuis, Cybersecurity Architect at Nedscaper, explains why cybersecurity has not delivered the resilience that decades of investment have…
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New macOS infostealer impersonates Apple, Microsoft, and Google in a single attack chain
A SHub macOS infostealer variant called Reaper impersonates Apple, Microsoft, and Google to trick users into executing malicious code, then targets browser data, password managers,…
Canonical ships Ubuntu Core 26 with 15 years of security maintenance
Operators of industrial sensors, edge AI controllers, and connected medical equipment now have a refreshed long-term Linux option for fleets that must stay patched for…
PureLogs infostealer is stealing credentials worldwide
A phishing campaign is smuggling the powerful PureLogs information stealer onto targets’ Windows machines by hiding encrypted malicious payloads inside cat photos, Fortinet researchers discovered.…
The end of unencrypted Discord calls is here
Discord has protected voice and video calls in DMs, group DMs, voice channels, and Go Live streams with end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default. The company…
Public Instagram posts provide raw material for AI phishing campaigns
A handful of public Instagram posts can give attackers enough material to generate convincing phishing emails with GenAI. Research from the University of Texas at…
Game over for 74 suspected scammers after Dutch cops plastered their faces on billboards
The Dutch police’s Game Over?! campaign, which publicly displays images of suspected fraudsters to encourage self-surrenders and gather public tips, is proving successful, with the…
AI is drowning software maintainers in junk security reports
AI-assisted vulnerability research has exploded, unleashing a firehose of low-quality reports on overworked software maintainers who are wasting hours sifting through noise instead of fixing…
Attackers are exploiting critical NGINX vulnerability (CVE-2026-42945)
A critical NGINX vulnerability (CVE-2026-42945) disclosed last week is being exploited by attackers, VulnCheck security researcher Patrick Garrity revealed on Saturday. The vulnerability, dubbed NGINX…
Attackers accessed, downloaded code from Grafana Labs’ GitHub
A threat actor has managed to access Grafana Labs’ GitHub environment and download the company’s codebase, the open-source observability and data visualization firm announced on…
The AI backdoor your security stack is not built to see
Enterprises deploying LLMs have spent the past two years building defenses around a reasonable assumption: malicious behavior leaves a trace in the input. Scan for…
Debian 13.5 point release lands with security fixes, bug patches
Debian 13.5 is the fifth point release for the stable distribution “trixie.” The update folds in roughly 100 Debian Security Advisories and corrections for more…