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certificates
Certificate failures can cost firms over $250,000

The move toward 47-day public TLS certificates by 2029 will increase the certificate management workload for enterprises, according to DigiCert’s Certificate Management …

Amazon AWS
AWS puts AI vulnerability detection to the test, and false positives pile up

AWS’ Deception Benchmark measures how well AI models distinguish genuine security vulnerabilities from code that looks risky but is safe. AWS is making it publicly available …

cybersecurity week in review
Week in review: Linux rootkit deployed on F5 BIG-IP APM devices, Cisco FMC bugs exploited

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Zero trust AI agents demand a different kind of security In this interview, …

PaperCut
AI agents exploited PaperCut flaws to breach 395 organizations

A threat actor built a working exploit for PaperCut print management software, then handed the job of breaking into hundreds of organizations to AI agents that did most of the …

data leak
IDScan confirms breach after 153 million driver’s licenses leak on dark web

Days after reports linked IDScan to a dark web database holding more than 153 million driver’s license scans, the identity verification company has confirmed hackers …

Help Net Security
Kiteworks expands runtime data governance with Bonfy.AI acquisition

Kiteworks has acquired Bonfy.AI, extending runtime data governance across its control plane. The acquisition enables organizations to govern data exchanges as they happen, …

Help Net Security
Automox Mitigation Worklets cut endpoint exposure to unpatchable flaws

Automox has announced its AI-speed Mitigation Worklet Pipeline, which automates mitigation to reduce risk from the increased volume and velocity of frontier-model AI …

lost smartphone
Getting a stranger’s phone kicked off the cellular network costs a few dollars

Researchers at Michigan State University and three partner schools bought a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, copied the identification number printed on the sealed box, and reported …

ransomware
Building a ransomware decision tree before the call comes in

In this Help Net Security video, Kerri Shafer-Page, VP of Incident Response at Arctic Wolf, walks through the ransomware decision tree in this video. She covers four areas …

phishing awareness
Companies may be measuring phishing resilience the wrong way

Companies that judge phishing simulation programs by how often employees click simulated attack emails may be overlooking more important indicators of cyber resilience, …

door
AI is changing what Salesforce security needs to govern

Existing security and governance practices have largely focused on identities, permissions, access, configurations and controls. WithSecure’s Navigating Trust in the Modern …

Ubuntu
Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS release patches security bugs across ten flavors

Canonical shipped Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS, bundling security updates and fixes for high-severity bugs into new installation media for the “Noble Numbat” release. Anyone …

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