Energy companies are blind to thousands of exposed services
07
Aug
2025

Energy companies are blind to thousands of exposed services

Many of America’s largest energy providers are exposed to known and exploitable vulnerabilities, and most security teams may not even…

GPT-5
07
Aug
2025

Microsoft accidentally confirms GPT-5, GPT-5-Mini, GPT-5-Nano ahead of launch

OpenAI is hosting a live stream at 10AM PT to announce GPT-5, but Microsoft has already confirmed the details. In…

WhatsApp Removes 6.8 Million Accounts Over Malicious Activity Concerns
07
Aug
2025

WhatsApp Removes 6.8 Million Accounts Over Malicious Activity Concerns

WhatsApp has permanently removed 6.8 million accounts during the first half of 2024 as part of an aggressive crackdown on…

Elastic AI SOC Engine helps SOC teams expose hidden threats
07
Aug
2025

Elastic AI SOC Engine helps SOC teams expose hidden threats

Elastic AI SOC Engine (EASE) is a new serverless, easy-to-deploy security package that brings AI-driven context-aware detection and triage into…

Diversity Think Tank: Inclusion matters – here’s why you should care
07
Aug
2025

Diversity Think Tank: Stepping back? A look at DEI in the current climate

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) have long been championed as pillars of modern, progressive workplaces. However recent trends, particularly across…

Hackers Uses Social Engineering Attack to Gain Remote Access in 300 Seconds
07
Aug
2025

Hackers Uses Social Engineering Attack to Gain Remote Access in 300 Seconds

Threat actors successfully compromised corporate systems within just five minutes using a combination of social engineering tactics and rapid PowerShell…

Hackers Exploit Social Engineering to Gain Remote Access in Just 5 Minutes
07
Aug
2025

Hackers Exploit Social Engineering to Gain Remote Access in Just 5 Minutes

Cybersecurity experts are raising alarms over a sophisticated social engineering attack that allowed threat actors to compromise corporate systems in…

Beyond PQC: Building adaptive security programs for the unknown
07
Aug
2025

Beyond PQC: Building adaptive security programs for the unknown

In this Help Net Security interview, Jordan Avnaim, CISO at Entrust, discusses how to communicate the quantum computing threat to…

New Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Admin Privilege Escalation
07
Aug
2025

New Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Admin Privilege Escalation

Microsoft has disclosed a high-severity security vulnerability affecting Exchange Server hybrid deployments that could allow attackers with administrative access to…

Cybercriminals are getting personal, and it's working
07
Aug
2025

Cybercriminals are getting personal, and it’s working

Cybercriminals are deploying unidentifiable phishing kits (58% of phishing sites) to propagate malicious campaigns at scale, indicating a trend towards…

AI can write your code, but nearly half of it may be insecure
07
Aug
2025

AI can write your code, but nearly half of it may be insecure

While GenAI excels at producing functional code, it introduces security vulnerabilities in 45 percent of cases, according to Veracode’s 2025…

Justice Department headquarters at night
07
Aug
2025

Nigerian accused of hacking tax preparation businesses extradited to US

French authorities extradited a 39-year-old Nigerian national to the United States Monday for allegedly hacking into tax preparation businesses and…