Tag: Help Net Security

European Vulnerability Database goes live, but who benefits?

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has unveiled the European Vulnerability Database (EUVD), an initiative under the NIS2 Directive aimed at enhancing digital security across the EU. The database serves as a centralized repository offering aggregated and actionable information…

Ransomware spreads faster, not smarter

The fall of two of the most dominant ransomware syndicates, LockBit and AlphV, triggered a power vacuum across the cybercriminal landscape, acccording to a Black Kite survey. In their place, dozens of new actors emerged, many of them lacking the…

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 5 actively exploited zero-days

On May 2025 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released security fixes for 70+ vulnerabilities, among them five actively exploited zero-days and two publicly disclosed (but not exploited) vulnerabilities. The zero-days and the publicly disclosed flaws Among the zero-days patched is a…

Tufin TOS Discovery automates device discovery and onboarding

Tufin launched Tufin Orchestration Suite (TOS) Discovery, a new solution that helps security teams ensure their network topology is always accurate and up-to-date. Maintaining up-to-date network topology is a crucial task – one that enables proper enforcement of security policies…

Product showcase: Go beyond VPNs and Tor with NymVPN

If you care about online privacy, you probably already know: Centralized VPNs and even Tor aren’t enough anymore. Traditional VPNs require you to trust a single company with your internet activity. Even if they promise “no logs,” you’re still handing…

DefectDojo boosts unified vulnerability management

DefectDojo launched risk-based prioritization capabilities for DefectDojo Pro. This new feature enables application and infrastructure security teams to prioritize vulnerabilities based on real-world risk—not just severity scores—using a range of factors including exploitability, reachability, revenue impact, potential compliance penalties, user…

CISOs must speak business to earn executive trust

In this Help Net Security interview, Pritesh Parekh, VP, CISO at PagerDuty talks about how CISOs can change perceptions of their role, build influence across the organization, communicate risk in business terms, and use automation to support business goals. What…