Security
Cybercriminals are going after law firms’ sensitive client data – Help Net Security
Regardless of their size, all law firms hold valuable data, including client communications, financial records, and confidential legal strategies. That data has never been more at risk. Cybercriminals are targeting law firms by exploiting vulnerabilities, weak passwords, outdated systems, and untrained staff. Experts say law firms fall into three groups when it comes to cybersecurity….
How to Completely Destroy a Hard Drive: The Ultimate Guide to Data Security
In the digital age, our lives are stored on computers, from personal photos and financial records to confidential work documents. When it’s time to upgrade or dispose of an old computer, laptop, or Mac, the hard drive often contains a treasure trove of sensitive data. Simply deleting files or reformatting the drive is insufficient to…
What is Hardware Security? | Definition from TechTarget
Hardware security is vulnerability protection that comes in the form of a physical device rather than software installed on a computer system’s hardware. Hardware security can pertain to a device used to scan a system or monitor network traffic. Common examples include hardware firewalls and proxy servers. Less common examples include hardware security modules (HSM)…
Gurucul’s AI-IRM accelerates insider risk detection – Help Net Security
Gurucul released its AI Insider Risk Management (AI-IRM) product, which extends autonomous triage, bias-free risk scoring, context-rich investigation, and human-AI collaboration to automate response workflows directly within insider risk operations. Organizations face a rise in insider threats, from employees, contractors and third parties to non-human accounts and AI agents. According to Cybersecurity Insiders’ 2024 Insider…
Bulletproof Host Stark Industries Evades EU Sanctions – Krebs on Security
In May 2025, the European Union levied financial sanctions on the owners of Stark Industries Solutions Ltd., a bulletproof hosting provider that materialized two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine and quickly became a top source of Kremlin-linked cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns. But new findings show those sanctions have done little to stop Stark from simply rebranding…
Positive vs. negative security: Choosing an AppSec model | TechTarget
An effective application security model is essential to protecting apps from threats and vulnerabilities. Two common models are positive security and negative security. While both approaches secure applications, they do so in different ways. In general, positive security models only allow approved traffic and actions and deny other requests, and negative security models block…
Your heartbeat could reveal your identity, even in anonymized datasets – Help Net Security
A new study has found that electrocardiogram (ECG) signals, often shared publicly for medical research, can be linked back to individuals. Researchers were able to re-identify people in anonymous datasets with surprising accuracy, raising questions about how health data is protected and shared. Linking ECG data to real people The research team tested how an…
18 Popular Code Packages Hacked, Rigged to Steal Crypto – Krebs on Security
At least 18 popular JavaScript code packages that are collectively downloaded more than two billion times each week were briefly compromised with malicious software today, after a developer involved in maintaining the projects was phished. The attack appears to have been quickly contained and was narrowly focused on stealing cryptocurrency. But experts warn that a…
SentinelOne to acquire Observo AI, enhancing SIEM and security operations – Help Net Security
SentinelOne has announced its intent to acquire Observo AI. The deal will serve as an immediate complement and catalyst to SentinelOne’s AI SIEM and data offerings, which are already amongst the company’s fastest growing solutions, delivering a record contribution to quarterly bookings in Q2 FY26. It will also help SentinelOne usher in a new era…
GOP Cries Censorship Over Spam Filters That Work – Krebs on Security
The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week sent a letter to Google’s CEO demanding to know why Gmail was blocking messages from Republican senders while allegedly failing to block similar missives supporting Democrats. The letter followed media reports accusing Gmail of disproportionately flagging messages from the GOP fundraising platform WinRed and sending…