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How neighbors could spy on smart homes
Even with strong wireless encryption, privacy in connected homes may be thinner than expected. A new study from Leipzig University shows that someone in an adjacent apartment …
How the City of Toronto embeds security across governance and operations
In this Help Net Security interview, Andree Noel, Deputy CISO at City of Toronto, discusses how the municipality strengthens its cyber defense by embedding security into …
AI agents can leak company data through simple web searches
When a company deploys an AI agent that can search the web and access internal documents, most teams assume the agent is simply working as intended. New research shows how …
Early reporting helps credit unions stop fraudulent transfers faster
In this Help Net Security interview, Carl Scaffidi, CISO at VyStar Credit Union, discusses how credit unions are adapting to an evolving fraud landscape and strengthening …
Managing legacy medical devices that can no longer be patched
In this Help Net Security interview, Patty Ryan, Senior Director and CISO at QuidelOrtho, discusses how the long lifecycles of medical devices impact cybersecurity in …
Can your earbuds recognize you? Researchers are working on it
Biometric authentication has moved from fingerprints to voices to facial scans, but a team of researchers believes the next step could be inside the ear. New research explores …
Faster LLM tool routing comes with new security considerations
Large language models depend on outside tools to perform real-world tasks, but connecting them to those tools often slows them down or causes failures. A new study from the …
Life, death, and online identity: What happens to your online accounts after death?
The rapid technological advances of recent decades have transformed nearly every aspect of our lives. One major shift is that many of us now maintain extensive digital …
When everything’s connected, everything’s at risk
In this Help Net Security interview, Ken Deitz, CISO at Brown & Brown, discusses how the definition of cyber risk has expanded beyond IT to include IoT, OT, and broader …
Most AI privacy research looks the wrong way
Most research on LLM privacy has focused on the wrong problem, according to a new paper by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Northeastern University. The authors …
A new approach to blockchain spam: Local reputation over global rules
Spam has long been a nuisance in blockchain networks, clogging transaction queues and driving up fees. A new research paper from Delft University of Technology introduces a …
When trusted AI connections turn hostile
Researchers have revealed a new security blind spot in how LLM applications connect to external systems. Their study shows that malicious Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers …
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