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September 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: All we need is more time
UPDATE: September 2026 Patch Tuesday is now live The Patch Apocalypse is continuing unabated. We are seeing record numbers of patches being released and reported CVEs continue …
A five-part inventory for your AI agent credentials
In this Help Net Security video, Roy Katmor, co-founder and CEO of Orchid, explains why AI agents hold credentials that nobody reviews. Organizations build agents in AI …
Your threat feed is someone else’s database: What ingesting malware intel at scale takes
The advice is to consume shared threat intelligence. Join the ISAC. Wire the community feeds into your pipeline. This looks like a fine advice and I agree to it. What nobody …
Download: The Agentic Software Development Guide
AI makes it easy to ship more code. It does not make that code easier to trust. Most teams don’t fail because their developers can’t use AI. They fail because the dev’s job …
NIS2 compliance: Fixing IAM and access control before the 2026 audit
The NIS2 Directive places direct obligations on organizations across supply chain risk management, incident reporting, and board-level accountability. October brings a new …
The cybercrime supply chain has five stages, each with a price
In this Help Net Security video, Chris Nyhuis, CEO at Vigilant, explains why the picture of a lone ransomware attacker is about 15 years out of date. He walks through the …
New TCG guidance gives buyers a way to test PQC-ready TPM claims
The Trusted Computing Group has published requirements that spell out what a Trusted Platform Module has to do before anyone calls it quantum-safe. A TPM is the chip that …
Week in review: Records allegedly stolen from Azure tenants, Medusa ransomware hits 500+ orgs
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Windows 11’s strongest security defenses can be bypassed without a …
Download: 2026 Credential Risk Report
85% of cybersecurity professionals consider compromised credentials a primary attack path, yet only 19% continuously monitor active credentials and automatically remediate …
A hollowed out data layer is making CISOs fly blind into AI attacks
The security industry is currently transitioning to an era where both offense and defense are AI-led, and every SOC operates at machine speed. However, what most CISOs have …
Week in review: Salesforce and ServiceNow portals exposed for 17 months, exploited Metabase 0-day
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: GitHub Dependabot malware alerts now cover eight ecosystems GitHub has …
Four corporate investigation mistakes organizations make under pressure
In this Help Net Security video, Christine Gadsby, VP and Chief Security Advisor at BlackBerry, explains why corporate investigations go wrong before the forensic team …
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