Free ChatGPT users get ads picked from whatever they just asked about

Say you’re on the free plan and you ask ChatGPT to help you pick a mattress. An ad may turn up next to the answer, and it got there because of what you just asked about, plus your rough location and whatever device you’re on. What ChatGPT r… Continue reading Free ChatGPT users get ads picked from whatever they just asked about

Week in review: Compromised Zimbra servers, previously patched Citrix NetScaler flaw exploited

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Unpatched Zimbra servers are falling to CVE-2026-73570 attacks At least 274 internet-facing Zimbra instances have been compromised by unknown attackers vi… Continue reading Week in review: Compromised Zimbra servers, previously patched Citrix NetScaler flaw exploited

New infosec products of the month: August 2026

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from A10 Networks, Abnormal AI, F5 Networks, Intezer, Netscout, ScienceLogic, Searchlight Cyber, SelectHub, ServiceNow, Snyk, Tanium, and Tufin. ServiceNow organizes … Continue reading New infosec products of the month: August 2026

The best human hacking team still out-solved the best AI team

Bring an AI agent to a hacking competition and you would expect to find it propping up the teams who were struggling. In the 2026 Global Cyber Skills Benchmark, agents showed up in 17 of the Top 25 finishers. The people who least needed help were the o… Continue reading The best human hacking team still out-solved the best AI team

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 first, according to Gartner. Three months earlier the same quarterly survey pu… Continue reading AI vulnerability discovery scores the highest impact of 20 emerging risks

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 diverse settings. SkillSpector: NVIDIA’s open-source security scanner for AI agent… Continue reading Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: August 2026

HOL Guard: Open-source antivirus for AI agents

HOL Guard is a free, open-source tool that sits between an AI assistant and the computer it runs on. When the assistant tries something risky, the tool pauses it and asks you first. It installs in about a minute, runs on your own machine, and a typical… Continue reading HOL Guard: Open-source antivirus for AI agents

Product showcase: AI Paper Trail shows the privacy cost of talking to AI

Proton’s AI Paper Trail is a free tool designed to make the information accumulated across AI conversations easier to see. It analyzes exported ChatGPT or Claude conversation data and produces a personal privacy report showing what can be inferred from… Continue reading Product showcase: AI Paper Trail shows the privacy cost of talking to AI

Ransomware attackers are zeroing in on mid-market companies

Mid-sized companies accounted for 73% of publicly disclosed ransomware and data-extortion incidents with known revenue in North America and Europe between January 2023 and June 2026, according to Black Kite. The analysis covered 13,336 incidents with k… Continue reading Ransomware attackers are zeroing in on mid-market companies