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Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: What smart factories keep getting wrong about cybersecurity In this Help Net Security interview, Packsize CSO Troy Rydman breaks down the biggest vulnerab… Continue reading Week in review: ScreenConnect servers open to attack, exploited Microsoft SharePoint flaw
In this Help Net Security video, Kat Traxler, Principal Security Researcher – Public Cloud at Vectra AI, walks through two AWS misconfigurations that go beyond the basics of bucket visibility. The first is bucket name squatting. Because S3 uses a… Continue reading Cloud misconfiguration has evolved and your controls haven’t
In this Help Net Security video, Arvind Parthasarathi, CEO of CYGNVS, walks through a 10-step process for handling a cybersecurity breach. The first five steps cover preparation: setting up an out-of-band communication platform, identifying internal st… Continue reading What to do in the first 24 hours of a breach
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Turning expertise into opportunity for women in cybersecurity Speaker diversity in cybersecurity has been a talking point for over a decade, with panels, … Continue reading Week in review: AiTM phishing kit used to hijack AWS accounts, year-long malware campaign targets HR
Passwords weren’t enough, so we added MFA. Now MFA isn’t enough either. In this Help Net Security video, Karlo Zatylny, CTO/CISO at Portnox, walks through why each layer of identity security has failed and what comes next. SMS codes can be … Continue reading Passwords, MFA, and why neither is enough
The cybersecurity industry runs on trust. The belief that when a vendor says they will behave a certain way, they will, that critical CVEs are in fact critical, or when companies say they’re GDPR compliant, they really are. But earning trust is n… Continue reading Does Anthropic deserve the trust of the cybersecurity community?
In this Help Net Security video, Murat Balaban, CEO of Zenarmor, breaks down zero trust and zero trust network access (ZTNA) without the buzzwords. The video covers why this approach matters, including the risk of lateral movement after a breach and th… Continue reading Zero trust, zero buzzwords: Here’s what it means
ESET researchers have traced the resurgence of Sednit through a modern toolkit built around two complementary implants, BeardShell and Covenant, each relying on a separate cloud provider to ensure operational resilience. This dual-implant architecture … Continue reading This spy tool has been quietly stealing data for years
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: BlacksmithAI: Open-source AI-powered penetration testing framework BlacksmithAI is an open-source penetration testing framework that uses multiple AI agen… Continue reading Week in review: Weaponized OAuth redirection logic delivers malware, Patch Tuesday forecast
Developers and analysts are using more AI tools to produce code and to test both the performance and security of the finished products. They are also embedding AI functionality in their products directly. But just how secure are these AI tools and rout… Continue reading March 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Is AI security an oxymoron?