Claude Code users keep 50% higher limits until July 19
Anthropic has extended a limited-time promotion that increases weekly usage limits in Claude Code by 50% through July 19, 2026, at 11:59 PM PT. When…
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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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
5,811 arrests, $293 million seized over social engineering scams
Criminals who pose as police officers, romantic partners, and business suppliers have built fraud operations that reach across continents. A four-month enforcement campaign against these…
Microsoft releases fix for RoguePlanet Defender flaw (CVE-2026-50656)
Microsoft has finally released a security update for its Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, which fixes CVE-2026-50656, the Windows Defender local privilege escalation vulnerability triggered by…
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…