Category: HelpnetSecurity

25
Aug
2025

Why a new AI tool could change how we test insider threat defenses

Insider threats are among the hardest attacks to detect because they come from people who already have legitimate access. Security…

25
Aug
2025

Kopia: Open-source encrypted backup tool for Windows, macOS, Linux

Kopia is an open-source backup and restore tool that lets you create encrypted snapshots of your files and store them…

25
Aug
2025

Review: Adversarial AI Attacks, Mitigations, and Defense Strategies

Adversarial AI Attacks, Mitigations, and Defense Strategies shows how AI systems can be attacked and how defenders can prepare. It’s…

24
Aug
2025

Week in review: Covertly connected and insecure Android VPN apps, Apple fixes exploited zero-day

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Android VPN apps used by…

22
Aug
2025

China-linked Murky Panda targets and moves laterally through cloud services

In its recently released 2025 Threat Hunting Report, Crowdstrike pointed out an interesting trend: a 136% surge in cloud intrusions….

22
Aug
2025

Interpol operation seizes $97 million in African cybercrime sweep

Authorities in Africa have arrested 1,209 people in an Interpol-led crackdown on cybercrime that targeted nearly 88,000 victims. 11,432 malicious…

22
Aug
2025

AI gives ransomware gangs a deadly upgrade

Ransomware continues to be the major threat to large and medium-sized businesses, with numerous ransomware gangs abusing AI for automation,…

22
Aug
2025

The new battleground for CISOs is human behavior

Attackers don’t always need a technical flaw. More often, they just trick your people. Social engineering works, and AI makes…

22
Aug
2025

Local governments struggle to defend critical infrastructure as threats grow

A small-town water system, a county hospital, and a local school district may not seem like front-line targets in global…

22
Aug
2025

New infosec products of the week: August 22, 2025

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Doppel, Druva, LastPass, and StackHawk….

21
Aug
2025

Russian threat actors using old Cisco bug to target critical infrastructure orgs

A threat group linked to the Russian Federal Security Service’s (FSB) Center 16 unit has been compromising unpatched and end-of-life…

21
Aug
2025

AWS Trusted Advisor flaw allowed public S3 buckets to go unflagged

AWS’s Trusted Advisor tool, which is supposed to warn customers if their (cloud) S3 storage buckets are publicly exposed, could…