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Artificial intelligence

data analytics
Humans built the problem, AI just scaled it

Information moves across cloud platforms, personal devices, and AI tools, often faster than security teams can track it. Proofpoint’s 2025 Data Security Landscape report shows …

shadow AI
What shadow AI means for your company’s security

In this Help Net Security video, Peled Eldan‏, Head of Research at XM Cyber, explains the hidden risks of shadow AI. He describes how employees often use unapproved AI tools …

AI threats
Google uncovers malware using LLMs to operate and evade detection

PromptLock, the AI-powered proof-of-concept ransomware developed by researchers at NYU Tandon and initially mistaken for an active threat by ESET, is no longer an isolated …

PortGPT
PortGPT: How researchers taught an AI to backport security patches automatically

Keeping older software versions secure often means backporting patches from newer releases. It is a routine but tedious job, especially for large open-source projects such as …

Dilek Çilingir
AI can flag the risk, but only humans can close the loop

In this Help Net Security interview, Dilek Çilingir, Global Forensic & Integrity Services Leader at EY, discusses how AI is transforming third-party assessments and due …

Google
Google says 2026 will be the year AI supercharges cybercrime

Security leaders are staring down a year of major change. In its Cybersecurity Forecast 2026, Google paints a picture of a threat landscape transformed by AI, supercharged …

shadow IT
Employees keep finding new ways around company access controls

AI, SaaS, and personal devices are changing how people get work done, but the tools that protect company systems have not kept up, according to 1Password. Tools like SSO, MDM, …

shadow AI
Shadow AI: New ideas emerge to tackle an old problem in new form

Shadow AI is the second-most prevalent form of shadow IT in corporate environments, 1Password’s latest annual report has revealed. Based on a survey of over 5,000 …

chatbot
AI chatbots are sliding toward a privacy crisis

AI chat tools are taking over offices, but at what cost to privacy? People often feel anonymous in chat interfaces and may share personal data without realizing the risks. …

Wade Bicknell
You can’t audit how AI thinks, but you can audit what it does

In this Help Net Security interview, Wade Bicknell, Head, IT Security & Operations, CFA Institute, discusses how CISOs can use AI while maintaining security and …

face
Your photo could be all AI needs to clone your voice

A photo of someone’s face may be all an attacker needs to create a convincing synthetic voice. A new study from Australia’s national science agency explores this …

AI agents
AI agents can leak company data through simple web searches

When a company deploys an AI agent that can search the web and access internal documents, most teams assume the agent is simply working as intended. New research shows how …

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