cybersecurity
Review: Digital Forensics, Investigation, and Response, 5th Edition
Digital Forensics, Investigation, and Response, 5th Edition presents a structured survey of the digital forensics discipline. The book spans foundational principles, platform …
AI-driven DAST reduces manual setup and surfaces exploitable vulnerabilities
In this Help Net Security interview, Joni Klippert, CEO at StackHawk, discusses what defines DAST coverage in 2026 and why scan completion does not equal security. She …
Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: February 2026
This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. Pompelmi: …
Cyber valuations climb as capital concentrates, AI security expands
Venture funding in cybersecurity continued to concentrate in large private rounds at the end of 2025, driving valuations higher across stages. Data from DataTribe shows total …
Airline brands become launchpads for phishing, crypto fraud
Airline brands sit at the center of peak travel booking cycles, loyalty programs, and high value transactions. Criminal groups continue to register thousands of lookalike …
Edge systems take the brunt of internet-wide exploitation attempts
Internet-facing VPNs, routers, and remote access services absorbed sustained exploitation attempts throughout the second half of 2025, with nearly 3 billion malicious sessions …
Microsoft extends security patching for three Windows products at a price
Support is ending for three Windows products released in 2016, with deadlines beginning in October 2026. Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016 and Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2016 …
Why SOCs are moving toward autonomous security operations in 2026
The modern security operations center faces a crisis of scale that human effort cannot fix. With alert volumes exponentially growing and threat actors automating their …
Claude Code scans, verifies, and patches code vulnerabilities
Anthropic brings Claude Code Security to Claude Code on the web through a limited research preview. Claude Code Security (Source: Anthropic) Claude Code Security analyzes code …
The hidden security cost of treating labs like data centers
In this Help Net Security interview, Rich Kellen, VP, CISO at IFF, explains why security teams should not treat OT labs like IT environments. He discusses how compromise can …
Enterprises are racing to secure agentic AI deployments
AI assistants are tied into ticketing systems, source code repositories, chat platforms, and cloud dashboards across many enterprises. In some environments, these systems can …
Identity verification systems are struggling with synthetic fraud
Fake and expired IDs keep showing up in routine customer transactions, from alcohol purchases to credit card applications. The problem shows up most often in industries that …
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