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insider threat
Why a new AI tool could change how we test insider threat defenses

Insider threats are among the hardest attacks to detect because they come from people who already have legitimate access. Security teams know the risk well, but they often …

Adversarial AI Attacks review
Review: Adversarial AI Attacks, Mitigations, and Defense Strategies

Adversarial AI Attacks, Mitigations, and Defense Strategies shows how AI systems can be attacked and how defenders can prepare. It’s essentially a walkthrough of …

LLMs IR
Using lightweight LLMs to cut incident response times and reduce hallucinations

Researchers from the University of Melbourne and Imperial College London have developed a method for using LLMs to improve incident response planning with a focus on reducing …

AI
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 …

GenAI
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 GenAI AI courses
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. …

ChatGPT
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 code
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 …

AI threats
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 …

AI
New AI model offers faster, greener way for vulnerability detection

A team of researchers has developed a new AI model, called White-Basilisk, that detects software vulnerabilities more efficiently than much larger systems. The model’s release …

Alisdair Faulkner
Fighting AI with AI: How Darwinium is reshaping fraud defense

AI agents are showing up in more parts of the customer journey, from product discovery to checkout. And fraudsters are also putting them to work, often with alarming success. …

Vulnhuntr
Vulnhuntr: Open-source tool to identify remotely exploitable vulnerabilities

Vulnhuntr is an open-source tool that finds remotely exploitable vulnerabilities. It uses LLMs and static code analysis to trace how data moves through an application, from …

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