cybersecurity
Security certification is a snapshot, and buyers read too much into it
In this Help Net Security video, Mariia Bakhtina, a research specialist at Masaryk University, explains what a Common Criteria or FIPS-140 certificate does and does not …
Google puts new limits on AI agents that hunt threats and fix vulnerabilities
Google Cloud is adding new controls to CodeMender, its AI tool for finding and fixing software vulnerabilities, allowing businesses to isolate attack simulations and target …
A banking malware sample led researchers to an Android bug that can loop-crash phones
Bitdefender Labs researchers built an Android app that contains no executable code and requests no permissions, and installing it leaves a Pixel 10 in a crash loop that can …
Apple is bringing harmful content checks to iCloud link sharing with potential account penalties
Apple will begin checking iCloud content shared using the “Anyone with the link” option for harmful material in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS 27.3 or later. When sharing …
AI agent detection signals that still work when agents look human
Bots follow a script. AI agents work toward a goal and choose their own steps, which makes them harder to catch. In this Help Net Security interview, Zohaib Ahmed, CEO of …
Healthcare can’t govern the AI tools it hasn’t found yet
Nearly nine in ten healthcare leaders say security or compliance staff always or usually review AI-written code that touches patient data before it goes live, and seven in ten …
Companies are spending more on AI governance and getting less control
Companies are increasing their cybersecurity budgets, with AI security and governance the top priority for additional spending, followed by cloud security, according to …
Most consumers aren’t ready to let AI agents shop unsupervised
Customer control, account security and ease of use are influencing the adoption of AI agents that make purchases, book services and access personal information, according to …
What AI-generated malware looks like under the microscope
In this Help Net Security interview, Lindsay Kaye, VP of Threat Intelligence at HUMAN Security, talks about what AI-generated malware looks like on the bench. She points to …
Ghostunnel: Open-source TLS proxy with mutual authentication
Ghostunnel is an open-source proxy that handles TLS for programs that cannot handle it themselves. It works in two directions. In server mode it sits in front of a backend, …
Secure your containers without breaking what works
Container security has a familiar problem. Teams identify vulnerabilities, but turning those findings into lower risk is much harder. A standard container image may include …
Companies going all in on AI could see their strategy backfire
Four of the five highest-ranked enterprise risks in Gartner’s Quarterly Emerging Risk Report were AI-related. AI strategy miscalculation and AI-driven competitive displacement …
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