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How to manage and protect your biometric data
Biometric data refers to unique physical or behavioral characteristics that are used to verify a person’s identity. Revoking or changing biometric data is more complicated …
Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: March 2025
This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. Hetty: Open-source …
ETSI releases security standard for the quantum future
ETSI launched post-quantum security standard to guarantee the protection of critical data and communications in the future. The specification “Efficient Quantum-Safe …
Enemies with benefits: RansomHub and rival gangs share EDRKillShifter tool
ESET researchers have published an in-depth analysis highlighting significant shifts within the ransomware landscape, spotlighting the rise of RansomHub. This relatively new …
China-linked FamousSparrow APT group resurfaces with enhanced capabilities
ESET investigated suspicious activity on the network of a trade group in the United States that operates in the financial sector. While helping the affected entity remediate …
Whitepaper: Voice of Security 2025
Discover insights from 900 security leaders across the globe in IDC’s Voice of Security 2025 survey, sponsored by Tines in partnership with AWS. Understand the biggest …
A CISO’s guide to securing AI models
In AI applications, machine learning (ML) models are the core decision-making engines that drive predictions, recommendations, and autonomous actions. Unlike traditional IT …
The vCISO Academy: Transforming MSPs and MSSPs into cybersecurity powerhouses
By now, it’s no secret—cyber threats are on the rise, and the need for strong cybersecurity is greater than ever. Globally small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are prime …
Spring clean your security data: The case for cybersecurity data hygiene
Spring cleaning isn’t just for your closets; security teams should take the same approach to their security operations data, where years of unchecked log growth have created a …
How AI agents could undermine computing infrastructure security
In this Help Net Security video, Ev Kontsevoy, CEO at Teleport, explores the risks AI agents pose to computing infrastructure, particularly when exposed to social engineering …
Report: Fortune 500 employee-linked account exposure
A backbone of our economy, Fortune 500 companies employ more than 31 million people worldwide. According to data analyzed by the Enzoic research team, over the past three …
How AI, corruption and digital tools fuel Europe’s criminal underworld
Europol has released its 2025 report on serious and organized crime in the EU. The EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (EU-SOCTA) is based on intelligence from EU …