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Kubernetes
AI is changing Kubernetes faster than most teams can keep up

AI is changing how enterprises approach Kubernetes operations, strategy, and scale. The 2025 State of Production Kubernetes report from Spectro Cloud paints a picture of where …

ransomware
Croatian research institute confirms ransomware attack via ToolShell vulnerabilities

The Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI), the largest Croatian science and technology research institute, has confirmed that it was the one of “at least 9,000 institutions …

NIST
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. …

Patch Tuesday
Microsoft fixes “BadSuccessor” Kerberos vulnerability (CVE-2025-53779)

For August 2025 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released security updates resolving 100+ security vulnerabilities in its various solutions, including a relative path traversal …

Fortinet
Fortinet warns about FortiSIEM vulnerability with in-the-wild exploit code (CVE-2025-25256)

Fortinet has released patches for a critical OS command injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-25256) in FortiSIEM, after practical exploit code surfaced in the wild. About …

Amy Herzog
AWS CISO explains how cloud-native security scales with your business

In this Help Net Security interview, Amy Herzog, CISO at AWS, discusses how cloud-native security enables scalable, flexible protection that aligns with how teams build in the …

Apricorn Aegis NVX
Product showcase: Apricorn Aegis NVX, a high-security, portable SSD

The Apricorn Aegis NVX is a hardware-based 256-Bit AES XTS external SSD drive with integrated USB-C cable. Its storage capacities range from 500GB to 2TB. The device is OS …

Cynomi_Ultimate_vCISO_Guide
How to build and grow a scalable vCISO practice as an MSP

The cybersecurity needs of small and midsize businesses have reached a critical point. Compliance mandates, increasing ransomware attacks, and cyber insurance requirements are …

OT
Global OT cyber risk could top $329 billion, new report warns

A new study from Dragos and Marsh McLennan puts hard numbers on the global financial risk tied to OT cyber incidents. The 2025 OT Security Financial Risk Report estimates that …

lock
CISOs face a complex tangle of tools, threats, and AI uncertainty

Most organizations are juggling too many tools, struggling with security blind spots, and rushing into AI adoption without governance, according to JumpCloud. The average …

Netscaler
Netscaler vulnerability was exploited as zero-day for nearly two months (CVE-2025-6543)

FortiGuard Labs has reported a dramatic spike in exploitation attempts targeting CitrixBleed 2, a critical buffer over‑read flaw (CVE‑2025‑5777) affecting Citrix NetScaler ADC …

WinRAR zero-day was exploited by two threat actors (CVE-2025-8088)

The RomCom attackers aren’t the only ones that have been leveraging the newly unveiled WinRAR vulnerability (CVE-2025-8088) in zero-day attacks: according to Russian …

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