data protection
Your APIs are under siege, and attackers are just getting warmed up
Internet-facing systems are handling sustained levels of malicious traffic across APIs, web applications, and DDoS channels. Akamai’s State of the Internet security report …
EU Parliament backs extension of CSAM detection rules until 2027
The European Parliament has voted to extend a temporary exemption to EU privacy legislation that allows online platforms to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material …
Healthcare organizations are accepting cyber risk to cut costs
Healthcare organizations are cutting cybersecurity budgets under financial pressure even as the threats targeting their systems intensify. A PwC survey of 381 global …
5 years of shifting cybersecurity behavior
Online security is built through routine decisions made across devices and accounts. People choose how to create passwords, how often to reuse them, and how much effort to …
AI-driven DAST reduces manual setup and surfaces exploitable vulnerabilities
In this Help Net Security interview, Joni Klippert, CEO at StackHawk, discusses what defines DAST coverage in 2026 and why scan completion does not equal security. She …
Reddit fined $19.5 million for failing to protect children’s personal data
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Reddit $19.5 million after finding that the company failed to use children’s personal information lawfully, exposing …
Applying green energy tax policies to improve cybersecurity
For years, governments have focused only on the stick of compliance when they could leverage the carrot of tax incentives. Theoretically, compliance fines and penalties should …
Google Search introduces new ways to remove sensitive personal information and explicit images
Google expanded its “Results about you” tool to give users more control over sensitive personal information and added a way to request removal of non-consensual explicit …
Smart glasses are back, privacy issues included
AI smart glasses are the latest addition to fashion, and they include a camera, a microphone, AI, and privacy risks. After Google Glass failed to gain traction more than a …
Grammarly and QuillBot are among widely used Chrome extensions facing serious privacy questions
A new study shows that some of the most widely used AI-powered browser extensions are a privacy risk. They collect lots of data and require a high level of browser access. The …
OpenAI adds age prediction to ChatGPT to strengthen teen safety
OpenAI is rolling out age prediction on ChatGPT consumer plans to help determine whether an account likely belongs to someone under 18. Age prediction builds on protections …
New intelligence is moving faster than enterprise controls
AI is being integrated into core enterprise systems faster than many organizations can secure and govern it. A new global study from NTT shows companies expanding AI …