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Infosec products of the week
New infosec products of the week: August 15, 2025

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Brivo, Envoy, Prove, Rubrik, and Trellix. Rubrik Agent Rewind enables organizations …

email
For $40, you can buy stolen police and government email accounts

Active police and government email accounts are being sold on the dark web for as little as $40, giving cybercriminals a direct line into systems and services that rely on …

Kubernetes
AI is changing Kubernetes faster than most teams can keep up

AI is changing how enterprises approach Kubernetes operations, strategy, and scale. The 2025 State of Production Kubernetes report from Spectro Cloud paints a picture of where …

DNS
Why DNS threats should be on every CISO’s radar in 2025

DNS is once again in the crosshairs of threat actors. According to the 2025 DNS Threat Landscape Report by Infoblox, attackers are changing tactics, and enterprises are …

WinRAR
WinRAR zero-day exploited by RomCom hackers in targeted attacks

ESET researchers have discovered a previously unknown vulnerability in WinRAR, exploited in the wild by Russia-aligned group RomCom. If you use WinRAR or related components …

healthcare data
Breaches are up, budgets are too, so why isn’t healthcare safer?

A new report from Resilience outlines a growing cyber crisis in the U.S. healthcare sector, where ransomware attacks, vendor compromise, and human error continue to cause …

attack
From fake CAPTCHAs to RATs: Inside 2025’s cyber deception threat trends

Cybercriminals are getting better at lying. That’s the takeaway from a new LevelBlue report, which outlines how attackers are using social engineering and legitimate tools to …

ChatGPT
What GPT‑5 means for IT teams, devs, and the future of AI at work

OpenAI has released GPT‑5, the newest version of its large language model. It’s now available to developers and ChatGPT users, and it brings some real changes to how AI can be …

search
CISOs say they’re prepared, their data says otherwise

Most security teams believe they can act quickly when a threat emerges. But many don’t trust the very data they rely on to do so, and that’s holding them back. A new Axonius …

CISO
What’s keeping risk leaders up at night? AI, tariffs, and cost cuts

Enterprise risk leaders are most concerned about rising tariffs and trade tensions heading into the second half of 2025, according to a new report from Gartner. The firm’s …

water management cybersecurity
It’s time to sound the alarm on water sector cybersecurity

A cyberattack on a water facility can put entire communities and businesses at risk. Even a short disruption in clean water supply can have serious public health and safety …

Smartphone in chains
Security gaps still haunt shared mobile device use in healthcare

Shared mobile devices are becoming the standard in hospitals and health systems. While they offer cost savings and workflow improvements, many organizations are still …

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