OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 is out with expanded cybersecurity safeguards
Competition to release stronger AI models is accelerating, and just weeks after the release of GPT-5.4, OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.5, pointing to expanded safeguards in the …
AI is speeding up nation-state cyber programs
In this Help Net Security interview, Kaja Ciglic, Senior Director, Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy at Microsoft, discusses how nation-state cyber programs have changed over …
A study of 1,000 Android apps finds a privacy policy logging gap
Android developers write log statements for the same reasons they always have: debugging crashes, tracing performance issues, and understanding how features behave in …
IT spending to hit $6.31 trillion record, thanks to AI
Global spending on IT is expected to reach $6.31 trillion in 2026, according to the latest quarterly forecast from Gartner, marking a 13.5% increase from the previous year. …
Where AI in CI/CD is working for engineering teams
Developers have folded AI into daily coding work. Still, the same tools remain largely absent from the systems that validate and ship software. New research from JetBrains …
With AI’s help, North Korean hackers stumbled into a near-undetectable attack
For many years, state-sponsored hacking was defined by human expertise in finding security holes, writing malware and exploits, pulling off social engineering and phishing …
Hacker with a special interest in breaching sports institutions ends behind bars
French police have arrested a suspected hacker linked to a series of data breaches affecting organizations in the country. Citing authorities, Le Parisien reported that the …
Google brings instant email verification to Android, no OTP needed
Google has introduced cryptographically verified email credentials for Android through the Credential Manager API. This API aligns with the W3C Digital Credential API …
If cyber espionage via HDMI worries you, NCSC built a device to stop it
A new cybersecurity device developed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) should be a helpful solution for protecting governments and businesses from malicious …
Apple fixes iPhone bug that let FBI retrieve deleted Signal messages(CVE-2026-28950)
Apple has rolled out security updates for iPhones and iPads that fix CVE-2026-28950, a logging issue in Notification Services that made devices unexpectedly retain …
GopherWhisper APT group hides command and control traffic in Slack and Discord
Attackers continue to lean on everyday collaboration platforms to hide command and control traffic inside normal enterprise noise. A newly identified China-aligned APT group …
OpenAI tackles a bad habit people have when interacting with AI
Since people tend to paste personal data into AI tools such as ChatGPT, OpenAI has released Privacy Filter, an open-weight model designed to detect and redact personally …
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- OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 is out with expanded cybersecurity safeguards
- AI is speeding up nation-state cyber programs
- A study of 1,000 Android apps finds a privacy policy logging gap
- With AI’s help, North Korean hackers stumbled into a near-undetectable attack
- Apple fixes iPhone bug that let FBI retrieve deleted Signal messages(CVE-2026-28950)