Meta adds three new features to keep WhatsApp accounts secure
Meta has added new security enhancements to WhatsApp, this time in the form of stronger two-step verification, additional information about calls from unknown numbers, and the …
Production data in testing is still common, and Tricentis’ CISO wants it gone
In this Help Net Security interview, Erika Dean, CISO at Tricentis, talks about keeping production data out of test environments and why she thinks the alternatives are good …
AI vulnerability discovery scores the highest impact of 20 emerging risks
Risk managers, auditors and senior executives at 316 companies spent April and May ranking 20 threats they have not yet felt. AI discovery of cyber vulnerabilities came back …
Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: August 2026
Presented here is a curated selection of noteworthy open-source cybersecurity solutions that have drawn recognition for their ability to enhance security postures across …
INTERPOL crackdown on West African crime rings uncovers troubling new trend
Police across 22 countries arrested 58 people and identified 263 suspects during an eight-month INTERPOL operation targeting West African organized crime groups. Suspects …
Fake OpenAI Codex download tricks macOS users into installing malware
A malware campaign using a sponsored search ad and a fake OpenAI Codex download page to trick macOS users into pasting a malicious command into Terminal has been uncovered by …
Unpatched Zimbra servers are falling to CVE-2026-73570 attacks
At least 274 internet-facing Zimbra instances have been compromised by unknown attackers via CVE-2026-73570, the Shadowserver Foundation shared on Monday. About CVE-2026-73570 …
ShinyHunters taunts ReliaQuest after its own employee falls for social engineering attack
Cybersecurity company ReliaQuest has confirmed that one of its own employees fell for a social engineering attack, handing attackers a password and a brief window into the …
AI supply chain risk is showing up in developer workflows first
In this Help Net Security interview, Dr. Jaushin Lee, CEO of Zentera Systems, discusses where AI supply chain risk shows up. He says most incidents still hit developer …
HOL Guard: Open-source antivirus for AI agents
HOL Guard is a tool that sits between an AI assistant and the computer it runs on. Its core local runtime is free and open source. When the assistant tries something risky, …
The cybercrime supply chain has five stages, each with a price
In this Help Net Security video, Chris Nyhuis, CEO at Vigilant, explains why the picture of a lone ransomware attacker is about 15 years out of date. He walks through the …
New TCG guidance gives buyers a way to test PQC-ready TPM claims
The Trusted Computing Group has published requirements that spell out what a Trusted Platform Module has to do before anyone calls it quantum-safe. A TPM is the chip that …
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