August 2025

Alleged Rapper Bot DDoS botnet master arrested, charged
US federal prosecutors have charged a man with running Rapper Bot, a powerful botnet that was rented out to launch large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks …

Commvault plugs holes in backup suite that allow remote code execution
Commvault has fixed four security vulnerabilities that may allow unauthenticated attackers to compromise on-premises deployments of its flagship backup and replication suite. …

StackHawk empowers security teams to expand their API testing coverage
StackHawk releaseed LLM-Driven OpenAPI Specifications, a powerful new capability that creates API documentation directly from source code, empowering security teams to expand …

LastPass now supports passkeys
LastPass announced passkey support, giving users and businesses a simpler, more secure way to log in across a variety of devices, browsers, and operating systems. Starting …

Password crisis in healthcare: Meeting and exceeding HIPAA requirements
In 2025, healthcare organizations are facing a new wave of password security risks. Recent data from the HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey reveals that 74% experienced at least one …

Exploit for critical SAP Netweaver flaws released (CVE-2025-31324, CVE-2025-42999)
A working exploit concatenating two critical SAP Netweaver vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-31324, CVE-2025-42999) that have been previously exploited in the wild has been made …

Javelin MCP Security protects agentic systems and AI‑enabled applications
Javelin announced MCP Security, a defense-in-depth solution for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the connective tissue between AI assistants, tools, and enterprise data. The …

The 6 challenges your business will face in implementing MLSecOps
Organizations that don’t adapt their security programs as they implement AI run the risk of being exposed to a variety of threats, both old and emerging ones. MLSecOps …

LudusHound: Open-source tool brings BloodHound data to life
LudusHound is an open-source tool that takes BloodHound data and uses it to set up a working Ludus Range for safe testing. It creates a copy of an Active Directory environment …

The AI security crisis no one is preparing for
In this Help Net Security interview, Jacob Ideskog, CTO of Curity, discusses the risks AI agents pose to organizations. As these agents become embedded in enterprise systems, …

Why CISOs in business services must close the edge security gap
Cloud adoption is speeding ahead in the business services sector, but security for remote and edge environments is falling behind. At the same time, generative AI is moving …

iOS security features you should use to protect your privacy
iOS 18 comes with several privacy and security features that many iPhone users overlook. Knowing how to use them can help you protect your personal information and control …
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