cybersecurity
Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: October 2025
This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. Chekov: …
Email breaches are the silent killers of business growth
78% of organizations were hit by an email breach in the past 12 months, according to the Email Security Breach Report 2025 by Barracuda. Phishing, impersonation, and account …
OpenAI’s gpt-oss-safeguard enables developers to build safer AI
OpenAI is releasing a research preview of gpt-oss-safeguard, a set of open-weight reasoning models for safety classification. The models come in two sizes: …
AI agents can leak company data through simple web searches
When a company deploys an AI agent that can search the web and access internal documents, most teams assume the agent is simply working as intended. New research shows how …
Early reporting helps credit unions stop fraudulent transfers faster
In this Help Net Security interview, Carl Scaffidi, CISO at VyStar Credit Union, discusses how credit unions are adapting to an evolving fraud landscape and strengthening …
Scammers target international students by threatening their visa status
In 2025, the U.S. government revoked thousands of visas from international students, often without warning or explanation. According to a newly released study, this opened a …
Managing legacy medical devices that can no longer be patched
In this Help Net Security interview, Patty Ryan, Senior Director and CISO at QuidelOrtho, discusses how the long lifecycles of medical devices impact cybersecurity in …
Chain of security weaknesses found in smart air compressor model
Contractors and workshops often rely on air compressors to power their tools and keep projects running. But when those compressors are connected to the internet, convenience …
How to stop third-party risk from becoming your biggest headache
In this Help Net Security video, Robert Kraczek, Global IAM Strategist at One Identity, takes a deep dive into the growing problem of third-party cyber exposure and what it …
Can your earbuds recognize you? Researchers are working on it
Biometric authentication has moved from fingerprints to voices to facial scans, but a team of researchers believes the next step could be inside the ear. New research explores …
Dependency-Track: Open-source component analysis platform
Software is a patchwork of third-party components, and keeping tabs on what’s running under the hood has become a challenge. The open-source platform Dependency-Track tackles …
DDoS, data theft, and malware are storming the gaming industry
When the pandemic kept people at home in 2020, millions turned to games for an escape. The surge turned every console, PC, and phone into part of a vast online network. More …
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