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When open science meets real-world cybersecurity
Scientific research environments are built for openness and collaboration, often prioritizing long-term discovery over traditional enterprise security. In this Help Net …
Global tensions are pushing cyber activity toward dangerous territory
Cybersecurity is inseparable from geopolitics. Ongoing conflicts, sanctions, trade wars, geoeconomic rivalry, and technological competition have pushed state competition into …
AI-driven threats are heading straight for the factory floor
In this Help Net Security interview, Natalia Oropeza, Chief Cybersecurity Officer at Siemens, discusses how industrial organizations are adapting to a shift in cyber risk …
Smart grids are trying to modernize and attackers are treating it like an invitation
In this Help Net Security interview, Sonia Kumar, Senior Director Cyber Security at Analog Devices, discusses how securing decentralized smart grids demands a shift in …
Your critical infrastructure is running out of time
Cyber attackers often succeed not because they are inventive, but because the systems they target are old. A new report by Cisco shows how unsupported technology inside …
Quantum encryption is pushing satellite hardware to its limits
In this Help Net Security interview, Colonel Ludovic Monnerat, Commander Space Command, Swiss Armed Forces, discusses how securing space assets is advancing in response to …
When IT fails, OT pays the price
State groups, criminal crews, and hybrid operators are all using familiar IT entry points to reach systems that support industrial processes, according to the latest …
Internet slowly recovers after far-reaching Cloudflare outage
A currently undisclosed issue has crippled Cloudflare’s network and has rendered a large swathe of internet’s most popular sites and services temporily …
Los Alamos researchers warn AI may upend national security
For decades, the United States has built its defense posture around predictable timelines for technological progress. That assumption no longer holds, according to researchers …
UK’s new Cyber Security and Resilience Bill targets weak links in critical services
The UK government has introduced the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, a major piece of legislation designed to boost the country’s protection against cyber threats. The new …
A safer way to break industrial systems (on purpose)
Cybersecurity teams often struggle to test defenses for industrial control systems without risking disruption. A group of researchers from Curtin University has developed a …
The power grid is getting old, and so is the cybersecurity protecting it
Critical infrastructure is getting older, and the cost of that decay is starting to show. The Arthur D. Little Built to Last? report says that the systems powering energy, …
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