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industry
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 …

danger
Threat group reroutes software updates through hacked network gear

Sometimes an attack hides in the most ordinary corner of a network. ESET researchers say a China aligned threat group known as PlushDaemon has been quietly using hacked …

mobile
The long conversations that reveal how scammers work

Online scammers often take weeks to build trust before making a move, which makes their work hard to study. A research team from UC San Diego built a system that does the …

cybersecurity tools
How to cut security tool sprawl without losing control

In this Help Net Security video, Jon Taylor, Director and Principal of Security at Versa Networks, talks about how organizations can deal with security tool sprawl. He …

AI agents
Agentic AI puts defenders on a tighter timeline to adapt

Security teams know that attackers rarely wait for defenders to be ready. The latest AI Maturity in Cybersecurity Report from Arkose Labs shows how quickly the threat …

AI
The privacy panic around machine learning is overblown

We often hear warnings about how machine learning (ML) models may expose sensitive information tied to their training data. The concern is understandable. If a model was …

Sev Kelian
The tech that turns supply chains from brittle to unbreakable

In this Help Net Security interview, Sev Kelian, CISO and VP of Security at Tecsys, discusses how organizations can strengthen supply chain resilience through a more unified …

world map
The year ahead in cyber: What’s next for cybersecurity in 2026

In this Help Net Security video, Dick O’Brien, Principal Intelligence Analyst at Symantec, outlines the major cyber risks expected in 2026. He explains that attackers are …

Artificial intelligence
The next tech divide is written in AI diffusion

AI is spreading faster than any major technology in history, according to a Microsoft report. More than 1.2 billion people have used an AI tool within three years of the first …

Adnan Ahmed
Why your security strategy is failing before it even starts

In this Help Net Security interview, Adnan Ahmed, CISO at Ornua, discusses how organizations can build a cybersecurity strategy that aligns with business goals. He explains …

AI
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 …

Agentic AI
What happens when employees take control of AI

Executives may debate AI strategy, but many of the advances are happening at the employee level. A recent Moveworks study shows that AI adoption is being led from the ground …

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