A safer way to break industrial systems (on purpose)
Cybersecurity teams often struggle to test defenses for industrial control systems without risking disruption. A group of researchers from Curtin University has developed a way…
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Maltrail: Open-source malicious traffic detection system
Maltrail is an open-source network traffic detection system designed to spot malicious or suspicious activity. It works by checking traffic against publicly available blacklists, as…
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 files without safeguards, or share…
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 to Last? report says that…
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 systems with a single, unified…
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, report, and remove illegal content,…
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 data is distributed, even when…
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 and undermining confidence in the…
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 enterprise’s cyber defenses. Yet despite…
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 when resources are tight. He…
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 Canada examined watermarking as a…
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 time to react. Attackers move…