cybersecurity
What a financial planner taught me about cybersecurity
When I spoke at a recent cybersecurity awareness event for financial planners and tax advisors, the audience really engaged with the subject. As happens at conferences the …
AI-generated code risks reach security, legal, and compliance teams
Most engineering organizations write code with AI, and a good number of them keep that code away from customers. A Flux survey of engineering leaders and practitioners found …
Getting boards to fund ERM means speaking their currency
In this Help Net Security video, Greg Young, VP Cybersecurity and Corporate Development at TrendAI, explains how to build Enterprise Risk Management that a board will pay for. …
Product showcase: Scam calls, phishing, and data breaches? Meet AVG Mobile Security
AVG Mobile Security for iOS helps protect users against online threats with features including Web Guard, VPN, Scam Guardian Pro, Hack Alerts, and Photo Vault. It also …
Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: June 2026
Presented here is a curated selection of noteworthy open-source cybersecurity solutions that have drawn recognition for their ability to enhance security postures across …
Half the defense base still builds security around compliance
CMMC requirements are appearing in defense contracts and moving down through supplier networks to thousands of companies new to this kind of compliance work. Many run on …
GPT-5.6 gets better at cybersecurity
OpenAI has started rolling out the GPT-5.6 series models in limited preview to a small group of trusted partners through the API and Codex. The series includes Sol as the …
DarkMoon: Open-source AI pentesting platform
Penetration testing has long run on expert time, with specialists spending days probing a network or web application by hand. Manual engagements stretch across weeks, expert …
Companies keep bolting AI onto their products, and the security bill is coming due
Companies keep bolting AI and LLM features onto their products, and the security results are starting to show a pattern. The vulnerabilities those features create get rated …
Most teams accept higher risk for faster AI database work
Database professionals are using AI for everyday work like writing queries, building schemas, and reviewing code, and a growing share rely on autonomous tools that act on the …
Critical open-source projects get a new security framework
Open source software projects are getting a new framework for handling security vulnerabilities as AI shortens the time between flaw discovery and exploitation. The Linux …
A privacy-first take on local malware analysis
Submitting a suspicious file to VirusTotal or MalwareBazaar places a copy of that file on a platform other people can search. Analysts across the industry rely on these …
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