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CEOs must act now to embrace AI or risk falling behind
While 4 out of 5 CEOs recognize AI’s potential, many worry gaps in their understanding will impact strategic decisions, risking missed opportunities and falling behind …
February 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: New directions for AI development
February 2025 Patch Tuesday is now live: Microsoft fixes two actively exploited zero-days (CVE-2025-21418, CVE-2025-21391) The new year has started with a whirlwind of …
Security validation: The new standard for cyber resilience
Security validation has officially turned a corner. Once considered a “nice-to-have” it’s now a top priority for security leaders worldwide. This shift has been accelerated by …
Evolving uses of tokenization to protect data
Tokenization replaces sensitive data, such as credit card numbers or personal identifiers, with unique, non-sensitive tokens with no exploitable value. This method helps …
Week in review: Exploited 7-Zip 0-day flaw, crypto-stealing malware found on App Store, Google Play
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Russian cybercrooks exploiting 7-Zip zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-0411) …
Self-sovereign identity could transform fraud prevention, but…
The way we manage digital identity is fundamentally broken. The root of the problem lies in traditional, centralized identity models, where a single organization holds and …
Ghidra 11.3 released: New features, performance improvements, bug fixes
NSA’s Research Directorate released version 11.3 of Ghidra, an open-source software reverse engineering (SRE) framework. It offers advanced analysis tools, enabling users to …
Infosec pros struggle under growing compliance
The implementation of new regulatory measures that impact the UK, EU, and beyond are driving organizations to enhance vigilance in addressing evolving cybersecurity and …
Overconfident execs are making their companies vulnerable to fraud
Cyber fraud (which includes activity such as hacking, deepfakes, voice cloning and highly sophisticated phishing schemes) rose by 14% year over year, according to Trustpair. …
Enterprises invest heavily in AI-powered solutions
AI is driving significant changes in attack sources, with 88% of enterprises observing an increase in AI-powered bot attacks in the last two years, according to Arkose Labs. …
The API security crisis and why businesses are at risk
In this Help Net Security video, Ivan Novikov, CEO of Wallarm, discusses the 2025 API ThreatStats Report, highlighting how APIs have become the primary attack surface over the …
More destructive cyberattacks target financial institutions
Financial institutions will continue to be the ultimate targets for criminals and threat actors, as a successful attack offers a significant payoff, according to Contrast …