AI agents can leak company data through simple web searches
When a company deploys an AI agent that can search the web and access internal documents, most teams assume the agent is simply working as…
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Early reporting helps credit unions stop fraudulent transfers faster
In this Help Net Security interview, Carl Scaffidi, CISO at VyStar Credit Union, discusses how credit unions are adapting to an evolving fraud landscape and…
Product showcase: Syteca – The human-centric insider threat management platform
Most organizations think the greatest danger lurks outside their walls. But statistics keep proving otherwise. According to Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigation Report, 60% of…
Proximity: Open-source MCP security scanner
Proximity is a new open-source tool that scans Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. It identifies the prompts, tools, and resources that a server makes available,…
PoC code drops for remotely exploitable BIND 9 DNS flaw (CVE-2025-40778)
A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-40778) affecting BIND 9 DNS resolvers could be leveraged by remote, unauthenticated attackers to manipulate DNS entries via cache poisoning, allowing them…
Nozomi Networks enhances OT security with latest Arc release
Nozomi Networks announced a cybersecurity solution designed to safely automate threat response in operational environments. With the latest release of Nozomi Arc, users gain automated…
Italian-made spyware Dante linked to Chrome zero-day exploitation campaign
CVE-2025-2783, a Chrome zero-day vulnerability that was detected being exploited in March 2025 and was subsequently fixed by Google, was used by unknown attackers to…
IRISSCON 2025 to address the human impact on cybersecurity
Recent high-profile cybersecurity breaches affecting global brands share a common link: the human factor. Expert speakers will cover this subject in depth at IRISSCON 2025,…
Elastic Streams uses agentic AI to simplify log parsing and accelerate issue resolution for SREstic
Elastic announced Streams, an agentic AI-powered solution that rethinks how teams work with logs to enable much faster incident investigation and resolution. Streams uses AI…
FS launches PicOS AI Switch System to power large-scale AI and HPC workloads
FS has released its PicOS AI Switch System, a comprehensive networking solution engineered to support large-scale AI training, inference, and HPC workloads. By integrating advanced…
Managing legacy medical devices that can no longer be patched
In this Help Net Security interview, Patty Ryan, Senior Director and CISO at QuidelOrtho, discusses how the long lifecycles of medical devices impact cybersecurity in…
Chain of security weaknesses found in smart air compressor model
Contractors and workshops often rely on air compressors to power their tools and keep projects running. But when those compressors are connected to the internet,…