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Itamar Apelblat
AI agent intent is a starting point, not a security strategy

In this Help Net Security interview, Itamar Apelblat, CEO of Token Security, walks through findings from the company’s research, which shows that 65% of agentic chatbots …

prompt injection
Prompt injection tags along as GenAI enters daily government use

Routine use of GenAI has moved into daily operations in state and territorial government environments, placing new security risks within common workflows. A Center for …

hands
Cybercriminals move deeper into networks, hiding in edge infrastructure

Attack activity is moving toward infrastructure outside endpoint visibility. Proxy networks support a wide range of operations, edge devices serve as initial access points, …

network
Residential proxies make a mockery of IP-based defenses

Attack traffic moved through ordinary home and mobile connections in ways that limited the usefulness of IP reputation on its own. GreyNoise observed 4 billion malicious …

wireless
IT talent looks the other way as wireless security incidents pile up

Enterprise wireless networks are supporting a growing mix of devices and applications, increasing operational demand and security exposure. The 2026 Cisco State of Wireless …

CISO
CISOs grapple with AI demands within flat budgets

Security spending continues to edge upward across large organizations, though the changes remain gradual and tightly managed. The 2026 RH-ISAC CISO Benchmark reflects a steady …

send money
Click, wait, repeat: Digital trust erodes one login at a time

Sign-up forms that drag on, login steps that repeat, and access requests that take longer than expected have become a normal part of using digital services. These moments …

cloud
AWS, Wasabi, Cloudflare, and Backblaze go head-to-head in new cloud storage test

Cloud storage buyers rarely get vendor-provided performance data that includes the vendor’s own weak spots. Backblaze’s Q1 2026 Performance Stats report, attempts …

face
Financial groups lay out a plan to fight AI identity attacks

Generative AI tools have brought the cost of deepfake production low enough that criminals and state-sponsored actors now use them routinely against financial institutions. A …

leaked secrets
AI frenzy feeds credential chaos, secrets leak through code, tools, and infrastructure

Code keeps moving through pipelines, and credentials continue to surface alongside it. GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl 2026 puts the count at 28.65 million new hardcoded …

AI
AI SOC vendors are selling a future that production deployments haven’t reached yet

Vendors selling AI-powered security operations platforms have built their pitches around a consistent set of promises: autonomous threat investigation, dramatic reductions in …

AI agent
Who owns AI agent access? At most companies, nobody knows

AI agents are operating across production enterprise environments at scale, and the identity infrastructure managing their access has not kept up with their deployment. A …

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