Five men admit helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate US companies

US federal prosecutors have secured guilty pleas from five men who helped North Korean IT workers get hired by companies in the United States. This group of domestic facilitators... Read more »

The internet isn’t free: Shutdowns, surveillance and algorithmic risks

Global internet freedom has declined for the 15th straight year, according to the latest Freedom House report. Out of 72 countries evaluated, 28 recorded declines and 17 saw improvements.... Read more »

The tech that turns supply chains from brittle to unbreakable

In this Help Net Security interview, Sev Kelian, CISO and VP of Security at Tecsys, discusses how organizations can strengthen supply chain resilience through a more unified and forward-looking... Read more »

Strix: Open-source AI agents for penetration testing

Security teams know that application flaws tend to show up at the worst time. Strix presents itself as an open source way to catch them earlier by using autonomous... Read more »

Product showcase: SecAlerts – Relevant, actionable, up-to-the-minute vulnerability alerts

Do you spend countless hours tracking vulnerabilities in order to keep your software secure? Are you looking for a service to make your job easier by providing relevant, actionable... Read more »

The year ahead in cyber: What’s next for cybersecurity in 2026

In this Help Net Security video, Dick O’Brien, Principal Intelligence Analyst at Symantec, outlines the major cyber risks expected in 2026. He explains that attackers are often breaching networks... Read more »

The next tech divide is written in AI diffusion

AI is spreading faster than any major technology in history, according to a Microsoft report. More than 1.2 billion people have used an AI tool within three years of... Read more »

Week in review: Windows kernel flaw patched, suspected Fortinet FortiWeb zero-day exploited

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Adopting a counterintelligence mindset in luxury logistics In this Help Net Security interview, Andrea... Read more »

Chinese cyber spies used Claude AI to automate 90% of their attack campaign, Anthropic claims

Anthropic threat researchers believe that they’ve uncovered and disrupted the first documented case of a cyberattack executed with the help of its agentic AI and minimal human intervention. “The... Read more »

A suspected Fortinet FortiWeb zero-day is actively exploited, researchers warn

A suspected (but currently unidentified) zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb is being exploited by unauthenticated attackers to create new admin accounts on vulnerable, internet-facing devices. Whether intentionally or accidentally,... Read more »
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