Week in review: SimpleHelp vulnerability exploited, Oracle EBS Payments flaw under attack
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Companies keep bolting AI onto their products, and the security bill is …
Intezer helps SOC teams automate custom security tasks
Intezer has announced Custom Agents, a new capability that lets security teams build their own AI agents directly inside the Intezer platform. The launch builds on Intezer’s …
Non-interactive SSH attacks dominate after login
Anyone who runs a server with SSH exposed to the internet sees the same pattern in the logs. A steady stream of automated scanners tries to log in, hour after hour, from …
Geopolitical cyber threats are turning HR into a security front line
In this Help Net Security video, Roman Sannikov, Global Research Coordinator at iCOUNTER, explains why geopolitics belongs in every security team’s threat model. With …
Organizations struggle to prioritize known cyber risks
Organizations collect more cyber risk data than ever, with many still struggling to build a unified view of their exposure. The latest State of Threat Management report from …
New infosec products of the week: July 3, 2026
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Digi International, iboss, Jamf, and Netzilo. Digi International’s DANI automates …
Scattered Spider suspect extradited over $8 million ransom scheme
A suspected Scattered Spider member has been extradited to the United States to face charges linked to cyberattacks against U.S. companies, including the breach of a luxury …
New iboss platform gives organizations instant visibility into AI tools and usage
iboss has launched the AI Security Platform, a new service that gives any organization visibility into the AI tools its people are using, free of charge. Signup is instant, …
Cloudflare changes AI crawler access rules
Cloudflare introduced new controls that let website owners manage AI traffic across three categories: Search, Agent, and Training. The feature is available to all Cloudflare …
Opera blocks ClickFix attacks with new clipboard protection feature
Opera has launched Paste Protect, a clipboard protection feature designed to prevent clipboard-based attacks such as hijacking and pastejacking. Paste Protect includes …
The endpoint recovery gap many teams discover during an incident
In this interview with Help Net Security, IGEL CTO Matthias Haas explains why backups alone do not equal recovery. He makes the case that endpoint recovery is often …
Review: CTRL+ALT+PWN
Hacking gear that once sat in well-funded labs now ships to anyone with a credit card and a video tutorial. Frank Riccardi builds his consumer guide, CTRL+ALT+PWN: The …
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