
FBI removed PlugX malware from U.S. computers
The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that, alongside international partners, the FBI deleted “PlugX” malware from thousands of infected computers worldwide. …

Contextal Platform: Open-source threat detection and intelligence
Contextal Platform is an open-source cybersecurity solution for contextual threat detection and intelligence. Developed by the original authors of ClamAV, it offers advanced …

Using cognitive diversity for stronger, smarter cyber defense
In this Help Net Security interview, Mel Morris, CEO of Corpora.ai, discusses how cognitive biases affect decision-making during cybersecurity incidents. Morris shares …

Cybersecurity is stepping into a new era of complexity
Cybersecurity is entering a new era of complexity, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 report. Growing complexity intensifies cyber …

Microsoft fixes actively exploited Windows Hyper-V zero-day flaws
Microsoft has marked January 2025 Patch Tuesday with a hefty load of patches: 157 CVE-numbered security issues have been fixed in various products, three of which (in Hyper-V) …

Fortinet fixes FortiOS zero-day exploited by attackers for months (CVE-2024-55591)
Fortinet has patched an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-55591) affecting its FortiOS firewalls and FortiProxy web gateways that has been exploited as a zero-day …

Malicious actors’ GenAI use has yet to match the hype
Generative AI has helped lower the barrier for entry for malicious actors and has made them more efficient, i.e., quicker at creating convincing deepfakes, mounting phishing …

This is the year CISOs unlock AI’s full potential
In 2025, CISOs will have powerful new capabilities as generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) continues to mature. Evolving beyond providing answers to questions, GenAI …

How AI and ML are transforming digital banking security
In this Help Net Security interview, Nuno Martins da Silveira Teodoro, VP of Group Cybersecurity at Solaris, discusses the latest advancements in digital banking security. He …

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: January 14, 2025
Some of the jobs listed here are no longer accepting applications. For a fresh list of open cybersecurity jobs, go here. Application Security DevOps engineer Twixor | India | …

What 2024 taught us about security vulnerabilties
From zero-day exploits to weaknesses in widely used software and hardware, the vulnerabilities uncovered last year underscore threat actors’ tactics and the critical …

UK domain registry Nominet breached via Ivanti zero-day
The number of internet-facing Ivanti Connect Secure instances vulnerable to attack via CVE-2025-0282 has fallen from 2,048 to 800 in the last four days, the Shadowserver …
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