Category: HelpnetSecurity

The diagnosis is in: Mobile health apps are bad for your privacy
15
Oct
2025

The diagnosis is in: Mobile health apps are bad for your privacy

Sensitive data is moving through Android healthcare apps without adequate protection. Researchers found that many transmit information without encryption, store…

The power grid is getting old, and so is the cybersecurity protecting it
15
Oct
2025

The power grid is getting old, and so is the cybersecurity protecting it

Critical infrastructure is getting older, and the cost of that decay is starting to show. The Arthur D. Little Built…

Regula simplifies identity verification with its new all-in-one IDV Platform
14
Oct
2025

Regula simplifies identity verification with its new all-in-one IDV Platform

Regula has launched its Regula IDV Platform. This ready-to-use orchestration solution is designed to replace fragmented identity verification and management…

What Chat Control means for your privacy
14
Oct
2025

What Chat Control means for your privacy

The EU’s proposed Chat Control (CSAM Regulation) aims to combat child sexual abuse material by requiring digital platforms to detect,…

What if your privacy tools could learn as they go?
14
Oct
2025

What if your privacy tools could learn as they go?

A new academic study proposes a way to design privacy mechanisms that can make use of prior knowledge about how…

The solar power boom opened a backdoor for cybercriminals
14
Oct
2025

The solar power boom opened a backdoor for cybercriminals

Solar isn’t low risk anymore. Adoption has turned inverters, aggregators, and control software into attack surfaces capable of disrupting service…

Security validation: The key to maximizing ROI from security investments
14
Oct
2025

Security validation: The key to maximizing ROI from security investments

Every sizable organization invests heavily in firewalls, SIEMs, EDRs, and countless other technologies that form the backbone of a modern…

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: October 14, 2025
14
Oct
2025

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: October 14, 2025

Cyber Security Analyst I First Citizens Bank | USA | Remote – View job details As a Cyber Security Analyst,…

Building a healthcare cybersecurity strategy that works
13
Oct
2025

Building a healthcare cybersecurity strategy that works

In this Help Net Security interview, Wayman Cummings, CISO at Ochsner Health, talks about building a healthcare cybersecurity strategy, even…

AI-generated images have a problem of credibility, not creativity
13
Oct
2025

AI-generated images have a problem of credibility, not creativity

GenAI simplifies image creation, yet it creates hard problems around intellectual property, authenticity, and accountability. Researchers at Queen’s University in…

Attackers don’t linger, they strike and move on
13
Oct
2025

Attackers don’t linger, they strike and move on

Cyber attacks are happening faster than ever. Intrusions that once took weeks or months now unfold in minutes, leaving little…

When hackers hit, patient safety takes the fall
13
Oct
2025

When hackers hit, patient safety takes the fall

93% of U.S. healthcare organizations experienced at least one cyberattack in the past year, with an average of 43 incidents…