A battery storage cyberattack would look exactly like a badly tuned controller
Batteries connected to the grid make money by reacting to frequency, pushing power out when it sags and soaking it up when it rises. A few hundred of them moving together, on …
Scareware ads keep running on Google’s transparency tool, even after they’re reported
A team of NYU and Radboud University researchers spent a year building a tool to find deceptive software ads inside Google’s public ad archive. It works. It also exposed …
Askeal, the AI cybersecurity assistant that gives verifiable, expert-backed answers
Askeal takes the opposite approach to omniscient Gen AI: rather than pretending to know everything, it combines AI with community expertise. Vetted vendors, researchers, and …
NIS2 compliance: Fixing IAM and access control before the 2026 audit
The NIS2 Directive places direct obligations on organizations across supply chain risk management, incident reporting, and board-level accountability. October brings a new …
AI will not fix a governance problem in your camera estate
Camera systems often outlive the companies that install them. In this Help Net Security interview, Rob Janssens, EMEA Cyber Security Director at Hikvision Europe, discusses …
Banks look for fraud signals in customer behavior
Banks are dealing with more fraud in which customers authorize payments after being manipulated by criminals. ThreatMark’s Fraud Readiness Benchmark 2026 describes a banking …
17 draft Cyber Resilience Act standards are open for comment
A company selling a connected toy in Europe must show by the end of 2027 that the product meets the Cyber Resilience Act. The law states what manufacturers have to achieve and …
What the first year of EU AI Act transparency enforcement could look like
In this Help Net Security interview, Edwin Weijdema, Field CTO at Veeam, answers questions on Article 50 of the EU AI Act and what the first year of enforcement might bring. …
Ransomware gangs find Europe’s weakest link in third-party suppliers
Ransomware attacks against European organizations increased during the first months of 2026, with third-party suppliers becoming a major entry point for attackers. Black Kite …
Mystery hackers use novel SharkLoader dropper against governments, software devs
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a previously unknown cyberattack campaign that has compromised government organizations and software development companies in multiple …
Ukraine can now tap EU cyber support during major attacks
Ukraine can now call on emergency cyber support from the European Union during large-scale cybersecurity incidents. The move follows a decision by the Council of the European …
Software supply chains are heading for a transparency test
Software supply chain visibility is becoming part of product security work as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) moves toward application in December 2027. ENISA’s SBOM …
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