Over the years, the number of services we use has exploded, and so has the need to protect our credentials. Back in what I like to call “the age of innocence,” we scribbled passwords on paper or reused “password123” across…
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Machine unlearning gets a practical privacy upgrade
Machine learning models are everywhere now, from chatbots to credit scoring tools, and they carry traces of the data they were trained on. When someone asks to have their personal data erased under laws like the GDPR, their data also…
What a mature OT security program looks like in practice
In this Help Net Security interview, Cindy Segond von Banchet CC, Cybersecurity Lead at Yokogawa Europe, shares her insights on what defines a sustainable OT security program. She outlines the key differences between short-term fixes and long-term resilience, and discusses…
Akeyless SecretlessAI protects machine-to-machine communication
Akeyless has launched Akeyless SecretlessAI, a solution purpose-built to secure AI agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. As enterprises accelerate AI adoption, these autonomous systems are increasingly entrusted with accessing sensitive data, APIs, and internal tools to fulfill their…
Legit Security delivers automated security reviews for AppSec and development teams
Legit Security announced enhanced capabilities for significant code change and workflow orchestration within its platform. These capabilities provide insight into changes in code, configuration, or infrastructure that can impact an application’s security or compliance posture. With visibility into where everyday…
Socure Workforce Verification detects manipulated or fabricated identities
Socure launched Workforce Verification solution to address the growing threat of employee fraud. Socure’s Workforce Verification adapts its enterprise-grade identity verification and fraud prevention specific to hiring workflows, detecting manipulated or fabricated identities before they enter organizations and addressing workforce…
Update Google Chrome to fix actively exploited zero-day (CVE-2025-6558)
For the fifth time this year, Google has patched a Chrome zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-6558) exploited by attackers in the wild. About CVE-2025-6558 CVE-2025-6558 is a high-severity vulnerability that stems from incorrect validation of untrusted input in ANGLE – the Almost…
Global crackdown hits pro-Russian cybercrime, 100+ systems taken down worldwide
In a major blow to pro-Russian cybercrime, authorities across Europe and the United States launched a sweeping international crackdown on the hacking group NoName057(16) between 14 and 17 July. The coordinated operation, codenamed Eastwood and led by Europol and Eurojust,…
Immersive unveils role-specific cybersecurity capabilities
Immersive announced its Immersive One AI-powered Lab Builder feature to give customers and partners new ways to improve cyber skills across teams through customized labs and learning experiences. With this new tool supporting Immersive’s Prove, Improve, Benchmark, and Report (PIBR)…
Real-world numbers for estimating security audit costs
At the end of Star Wars: A New Hope, Luke Skywalker races through the Death Star trench, hearing the ghostly voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi telling him to trust him. Luke places blind trust in an intangible energy that surrounds him,…