Help Net Security
Insights on modern adversaries and their tactics, techniques, and procedures
In today’s ever-evolving cyber landscape, speed is essential for effective cyber defense. CrowdStrike’s Global Threat Report reveals “breakout time” – the critical window …
European standards org releases consumer IoT cybersecurity standard
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has released ETSI TS 103 645, a standard for cybersecurity in the Internet of Things, to establish a security …
Free decryption tool could save victims millions in ransomware payments
A new decryption tool has been released for free on the No More Ransom depository for the latest strand of GandCrab. This tool was developed by the Romanian Police in close …
Webinar: Defending account takeovers at Remitly
Account Takeover attacks don’t follow conventional attack patterns – they look, act, and feel like legitimate users. Without the right tooling, visibility into …
Building security into cloud native apps with NGINX
Companies like Airbnb, Uber and DoorDash, which have a cloud-based software infrastructure as one of their main enablers, are disrupting the hospitality, transportation and …
Indicators of poor password hygiene exposed
The recovered compromised credentials and personally identifiable information (PII) as well as the identified trends in online security habits and the data criminals tend to …
74% of organizations face outages due to expired certificates
As information security budgets grow and funds are allocated to protect the defensive perimeter, many companies have overlooked the critical importance of digital certificate …
The importance of consumer trust in the second-hand mobile market
58 percent of global consumers have yet to trade in an old mobile device, though almost two-thirds (64%) globally reported they would be willing to do so if more stringent …
2018 saw 6,515 reported breaches, exposing 5 billion sensitive records
There were 6,515 publicly disclosed data compromise events through December 31, 2018, exposing over 5 billion sensitive records, according to Risk Based Security’s Year …
Week in review: RunC, Snapd flaws, Zero Trust browsing, 5 years of NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Machine learning fundamentals: What cybersecurity professionals need to know In this …
Three reasons employee monitoring software is making a comeback
Companies are increasingly implementing employee and user activity monitoring software to: Ensure data privacy Protect intellectual property and sensitive data from falling …
Machine learning fundamentals: What cybersecurity professionals need to know
In this Help Net Security podcast, Chris Morales, Head of Security Analytics at Vectra, talks about machine learning fundamentals, and illustrates what cybersecurity …
Featured news
Resources
Don't miss
- Security work keeps expanding, even with AI in the mix
- Ivanti provides temporary patches for actively exploited EPMM zero-day (CVE-2026-1281)
- Google disrupts proxy network used by 550+ threat groups
- eScan AV users targeted with malicious updates
- Google agrees to pay $135 million over Android data harvesting claims