Generative AI
Local governments struggle to defend critical infrastructure as threats grow
A small-town water system, a county hospital, and a local school district may not seem like front-line targets in global conflict, but they are. These organizations face daily …
How security teams are putting AI to work right now
AI is moving from proof-of-concept into everyday security operations. In many SOCs, it is now used to cut down alert noise, guide analysts during investigations, and speed up …
Fighting fraud with AI: The new identity security playbook
In this Help Net Security video, Hal Lonas, CTO at Trulioo, talks about the rise of synthetic identity fraud and how it’s quickly becoming one of the biggest threats in …
Employees race to build custom AI apps despite security risks
The latest Netskope findings show a 50% increase in GenAI platform usage among enterprise end-users, driven by growing employee demand for tools to develop custom AI …
Free courses: Master AI tools from Microsoft, AWS, and Google
Learn how AI technologies can be applied to enhance security, create safe and responsible applications, develop intelligent agents, and improve information discovery. …
Pentesting is now central to CISO strategy
Security leaders are rethinking their approach to cybersecurity as digital supply chains expand and generative AI becomes embedded in critical systems. A recent survey of 225 …
Fraud controls don’t guarantee consumer trust
Over a third of companies say they are using AI, including generative AI, to fight fraud, according to Experian. As fraud threats become more complex, companies are …
What GPT‑5 means for IT teams, devs, and the future of AI at work
OpenAI has released GPT‑5, the newest version of its large language model. It’s now available to developers and ChatGPT users, and it brings some real changes to how AI can be …
AI can write your code, but nearly half of it may be insecure
While GenAI excels at producing functional code, it introduces security vulnerabilities in 45 percent of cases, according to Veracode’s 2025 GenAI Code Security Report, which …
Security tooling pitfalls for small teams: Cost, complexity, and low ROI
In this Help Net Security interview, Aayush Choudhury, CEO at Scrut Automation, discusses why many security tools built for large enterprises don’t work well for leaner, …
Your employees uploaded over a gig of files to GenAI tools last quarter
In Q2 2025, Harmonic reviewed 1 million GenAI prompts and 20,000 uploaded files across more than 300 GenAI and AI-powered SaaS apps, and the findings confirm that sensitive …
What attackers know about your company thanks to AI
In this Help Net Security video, Tom Cross, Head of Threat Research at GetReal Security, explores how generative AI is empowering threat actors. He breaks down three key …
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