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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 …

software
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 …

cybersecurity week in review
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 threats
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 …

AI
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
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 …

cybersecurity week in review
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 …

search
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 …

social engineering
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

cloud
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 …

phishing
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 …

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