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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 …

Commvault plugs holes in backup suite that allow remote code execution
Commvault has fixed four security vulnerabilities that may allow unauthenticated attackers to compromise on-premises deployments of its flagship backup and replication suite. …

For $40, you can buy stolen police and government email accounts
Active police and government email accounts are being sold on the dark web for as little as $40, giving cybercriminals a direct line into systems and services that rely on …

NIST finalizes lightweight cryptography standard for small devices
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized a lightweight cryptography standard to protect even the smallest networked devices from cyberattacks. …

The food supply chain has a cybersecurity problem
It’s unsettling to think that our food supply chain could be targeted or that the safety of our food could be compromised. But this is exactly the challenge the agri-food …

Six months into DORA, most financial firms are still not ready
It’s been six months since the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) came into effect, but a new Censuswide survey shows that nearly all financial services …

Phishing campaign targets U.S. Department of Education’s G5 portal
A new phishing campaign is targeting users of the U.S. Department of Education’s G5 portal, a site used by educational institutions and vendors to manage grants and federal …

Ports are getting smarter and more hackable
A new policy brief from NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) warns that critical port infrastructure, responsible for 80 percent of global trade, is …

Microsoft SharePoint servers under attack via zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-53770)
This is a developing story, new update here: Microsoft pins on-prem SharePoint attacks on Chinese threat actors Attackers are exploiting a zero-day variant (CVE-2025-53770) of …

Where policy meets profit: Navigating the new frontier of defense tech startups
In this Help Net Security interview, Thijs Povel, Managing Partner at Ventures.eu, discusses how the firm evaluates emerging technologies through the lens of defense and …

Researchers unearth keyloggers on Outlook login pages
Unknown threat actors have compromised internet-accessible Microsoft Exchange Servers of government organizations and companies around the world, and have injected the …

Infostealer crackdown: Operation Secure takes down 20,000 malicious IPs and domains
More than 20,000 malicious IP addresses and domains used by information-stealing malware were taken down during an international cybercrime crackdown led by INTERPOL. Called …
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