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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: August 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 …
HOL Guard: Open-source antivirus for AI agents
HOL Guard is a tool that sits between an AI assistant and the computer it runs on. Its core local runtime is free and open source. When the assistant tries something risky, …
The cybercrime supply chain has five stages, each with a price
In this Help Net Security video, Chris Nyhuis, CEO at Vigilant, explains why the picture of a lone ransomware attacker is about 15 years out of date. He walks through the …
New TCG guidance gives buyers a way to test PQC-ready TPM claims
The Trusted Computing Group has published requirements that spell out what a Trusted Platform Module has to do before anyone calls it quantum-safe. A TPM is the chip that …
Cybersecurity job ads demanding AI skills double in a year
Job postings asking for AI skills in cybersecurity have doubled in a single year in G7 countries according to new research from the Cisco-founded AI Workforce Consortium. …
Ransomware attackers are zeroing in on mid-market companies
Mid-sized companies accounted for 73% of publicly disclosed ransomware and data-extortion incidents with known revenue in North America and Europe between January 2023 and …
AWS makes it easier to spot firewall rules that have gone quiet
AWS Network Firewall’s rule hit count capability gives security teams visibility into which stateful firewall rules are matching traffic, helping them identify unused or …
Nearly half of enterprises have no one leading PQC migration
Enterprises believe they are prepared for the security challenges posed by quantum computing, but gaps in ownership, testing and visibility could complicate their transition …
AWS limits AI agents’ data access, even when manipulated
AWS has detailed an approach for propagating user authorization context through AI agents, allowing access controls to be enforced by infrastructure and downstream services …
OpenAI previews privacy-focused system for detecting AI misuse
OpenAI is previewing Private Safety Processing with early customers seeking greater certainty about how their data will be protected as AI systems become more capable. The …
8,539 reasons to rethink how vulnerabilities get patched
The window for responding to newly disclosed security flaws is getting shorter. Exploit code can appear quickly, exploitability can be tested soon after disclosure, and …
OpenAI puts major frontier AI training run on hold over cyber risks
OpenAI temporarily paused reinforcement learning (RL) training on its latest models intended for deployment for two weeks while it hardened and red-teamed research …
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