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Deneen DeFiore
United Airlines CISO on building resilience when disruption is inevitable

Aviation runs on complex digital systems built for stability, safety, and long lifecycles. That reality creates a unique cybersecurity challenge for airlines, where disruption …

Allama
Allama: Open-source AI security automation

Allama is an open-source security automation platform that lets teams build visual workflows for threat detection and response. It includes integrations with 80+ types of …

AI agents
AI agents behave like users, but don’t follow the same rules

Security and governance approaches to autonomous AI agents rely on static credentials, inconsistent controls, and limited visibility. Securing these agents requires the same …

cybersecurity week in review
Week in review: Notepad++ supply chain attack details and targets, Patch Tuesday forecast

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Global Threat Map: Open-source real-time situational awareness platform …

Signal app
State-backed phishing attacks targeting military officials and journalists on Signal

German security authorities are warning that a likely state-backed hacking group is engaged in attempts at phishing senior political figures, military officials, diplomats, …

Poland’s energy control systems were breached through exposed VPN access

On 29 December 2025, coordinated cyberattacks unfolded across Poland’s critical infrastructure, targeting energy and industrial organizations. The attackers struck numerous …

networking
CISA orders US federal agencies to replace unsupported edge devices

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a new binding operational directive aimed at reducing a long-standing cyber risk across federal networks: …

alert
Ransomware attackers are exploiting critical SmarterMail vulnerability (CVE-2026-24423)

For the third time in two weeks, CISA added a vulnerability (CVE-2026-24423) affecting SmarterTools’ SmarterMail email and collaboration server to its Known Exploited …

Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6 improves agentic performance and model safety

Claude Opus 4.6 builds on earlier releases with improved coding performance and more consistent behavior in complex tasks. Opus 4.6 finds real vulnerabilities in codebases …

Patch Tuesday
February 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Lots of OOB love this month

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and Microsoft has been giving us a lot of love with a non-stop supply of patches starting with January 2026 Patch Tuesday. The …

mobile device
Mobile privacy audits are getting harder

Mobile apps routinely collect and transmit personal data in ways that are difficult for users, developers, and regulators to verify. Permissions can reveal what an app can …

idea
The hidden cost of putting off security decisions

In this Help Net Security video, Hanah Darley, Chief AI Officer, Geordie AI, talks about how putting off security risk decisions creates long-term costs that often stay …

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