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Detecting danger: EASM in the modern security stack
In today’s complex threat environment, the challenge for security professionals isn’t just defeating threats, it’s finding your vulnerabilities in the first place. That’s …

Five habits of highly secure development teams
In this Help Net Security video, Brendon Collins, Principal Consultant at Optiv, explores how organizations can embed security and privacy into the software development …

What the GitGuardian secrets sprawl report reveals about leaked credentials
In this Help Net Security video, Dwayne McDaniel, Senior Developer Advocate at GitGuardian, presents findings from The State of Secrets Sprawl 2025. McDaniel explains why …

Week in review: 300k+ Plex Media Server instances still vulnerable to attack, exploited Git RCE flaw
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: 300k+ Plex Media Server instances still vulnerable to attack via …

AI isn’t taking over the world, but here’s what you should worry about
In this Help Net Security video, Josh Meier, Senior Generative AI Author at Pluralsight, debunks the myth that AI could “escape” servers or act on its own. He explains how …

How to build a secure AI culture without shutting people down
In this Help Net Security video, Michael Burch, Director of Application Security at Security Journey, explains how organizations can build a secure AI culture. He highlights …

Kopia: Open-source encrypted backup tool for Windows, macOS, Linux
Kopia is an open-source backup and restore tool that lets you create encrypted snapshots of your files and store them in cloud storage, on a remote server, on network-attached …

Week in review: Covertly connected and insecure Android VPN apps, Apple fixes exploited zero-day
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Android VPN apps used by millions are covertly connected AND insecure Three …

Five ways OSINT helps financial institutions to fight money laundering
Here are five key ways OSINT tools can help financial firms develop advanced strategies to fight money laundering criminals. 1. Reveal complex networks and ownership …

The new battleground for CISOs is human behavior
This article is no longer available. Check out our news from this week here: Week in review: Covertly connected and insecure Android VPN apps, Apple fixes exploited zero-day

DevOps in the cloud and what is putting your data at risk
In this Help Net Security video, Greg Bak, Head of Product Enablement at GitProtect, walks through some of the biggest security risks DevOps teams are dealing with. He covers …

URL-based threats become a go-to tactic for cybercriminals
Cybercriminals are using advanced social engineering and AI-generated content to make malicious URLs difficult for users to identify, according to Proofpoint. Whether through …