The Instagram accounts for the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force were briefly defaced with pro-Iranian images and messages over the weekend, after instructions began circulating on Telegram showing how to trick Meta’s “AI support assistant” bot into resetting account passwords. A screenshot from a video released on…
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Why Oura Made Its Smart Ring Smaller Than Ever
Watch Oura Chief Executive Tom Hale answer our questions about the company’s latest redesign, the future of health tracking and the rise of health anxiety.
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What happens when security teams inherit identity
At the Span Cyber Security Arena conference, I sat down with Eric Woodruff, Chief Identity Architect at Semperis, to talk about how organizations perceive identity and the challenges those perceptions create for security. He shared his perspective on where organizations struggle with identity, why identity platforms can become difficult to manage, how phishing-resistant authentication is…
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FBI Chief Kash Patel’s Clothing Store Hacked in ClickFix Infostealer Attack
Hackers compromised FBI Chief Kash Patel’s clothing store in a ClickFix attack that tricked macOS users into installing infostealer malware.
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Meet Mark Zuckerberg’s Right-Hand Man Who’s Unleashing AI at Meta
Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s outspoken chief technology officer, has a new mission: transforming the company’s workforce using AI.
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Jamf Elevates Former CTO Beth Tschida to CEO Role
Jamf has appointed Beth Tschida as chief executive officer, naming its former chief technology officer to lead the Apple device management and security company as it begins its next chapter under private ownership. Tschida’s appointment is effective immediately. She had served as interim CEO since March 2026 and previously spent eight years as Jamf’s CTO,…
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Optiv Refines Partner Program as AI Reshapes Cybersecurity
John Hurley, chief revenue officer at Optiv, said the company’s OptivOne partner program was designed to bring more transparency, predictability, and defined rules of engagement to a cybersecurity ecosystem he described as “hyper competitive.” “This marketplace that we deal with today is very competitive, like hyper competitive,” Hurley told Channel Insider. “When you partner with…
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For Palantir, AI Is a Product, a Punching Bag—and a Problem
As Chief Executive Alex Karp derides “slop,” investors and some employees see a real threat of the company ceding business to AI models.
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OpenAI Wants to Go Public. First Sarah Friar Needs to Get It to Grow Up.
The chief financial officer is managing Sam Altman—and ambitions for one of the biggest IPOs ever.
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Apple Boosts Starting Price for Mac Mini After AI Demand Surge
Chief Executive Tim Cook has said desktop computers are likely to face supply-demand imbalance for several months.
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Federal CIO cautious on Anthropic’s Mythos despite planned rollout
Federal Chief Information Officer Greg Barbaccia said Tuesday the government is approaching Anthropic’s Mythos model with measured expectations, acknowledging both its potential to strengthen federal cyber defenses and the significant uncertainties that remain about how it would perform in real-world conditions. Barbaccia said his direct exposure to Mythos has been limited to evaluations and benchmarking…
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Can Apple’s new CEO turn things around?
When Apple rolled out hardware chief John Ternus as the CEO to replace Tim Cook, the reaction was kind but muted. That’s because Ternus has said nothing yet to indicate he has a specific plan to position Apple for the future. (To be fair, he’s said next to nothing about anything — no easily found…
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What a New Apple CEO Will Mean for You and Your Devices
With incoming chief John Ternus, Apple is doubling down on hardware in the age of AI.
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The endless CISO reporting line debate — and what it says about cybersecurity leadership
It is difficult to understand why, in 2026, we are still debating the reporting line of the chief information security officer (CISO). It is one of the first topics I wrote about in 2015, and after more than two decades of high-profile cyber incidents, sustained regulatory pressure, massive technology investments and the steady elevation of…
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Space Force official touts AI’s impact on cyber compliance
Seth Whitworth, who is both acting Associate Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Cyber and Data and acting chief information security officer, said he believes AI tools are shifting the way defenders review cyber risk, both for individual systems and more holistically throughout an enterprise. In particular, Large Language Models can be used to systematically…
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UserTesting appoints Ryan Roland as Chief Financial Officer
UserTesting today announced the appointment of Ryan Roland as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, he will lead UserTesting’s global finance organisation, including accounting, financial planning and analysis, and information technology.
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Customer Science Appoints James Johnstone as Chief Operating Officer
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: Inaugural Chief Operating Officer Appointment Will Support Company’s Goals for International Expansion into the UK and US Markets
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What vibe hunting gets right about AI threat hunting, and where it breaks down
In this Help Net Security interview, Aqsa Taylor, Chief Security Evangelist, Exaforce, explains vibe hunting, an AI-driven approach to threat detection that inverts traditional hypothesis-driven methods. Instead of analysts defining attack vectors upfront, the AI scans datasets for anomalous patterns and surfaces potential threats. Taylor draws a firm line on responsibility: analysts must be able…
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What managing partners should ask AI vendors before signing any contract
In this Help Net Security interview, Kumar Ravi is the Chief Security & Resilience Officer at TMF Group, argues that over-privileged access and weak workflow controls pose more danger than ransomware attacks, precisely because they accumulate quietly and go unnoticed. He addresses the tension between legal privilege and timely threat-sharing, the challenge of managing fourth-party…
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McDonald’s CEO Responds to the Viral Big Arch Backlash
Watch as McDonald’s chief takes his first on-camera bite since going viral.
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McDonald’s CEO Responds to the Viral Big Arch Backlash
Watch as McDonald’s chief takes his first on-camera bite since going viral.
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Wyden warns Social Security chief: Trump’s voter database is ‘blatant voter suppression’
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., warned Social Security Administration chief Frank Bisignano that any follow-through on President Donald Trump’s executive order creating a new database of U.S. voters using agency data would be viewed by Democrats as a conscious choice on the part of SSA officials to participate in “blatant voter suppression.” “Facilitating Donald Trump’s directive…
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Ransomware Will Hit Hospitals. Rehearsals Are Key to Defense
A chief medical information officer provided a peek into what hospitals face when they inevitably suffer a ransomware attack—whether it leads to short or long-term outages.
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ERP is dead, says Rimini Street CTO. Do we believe him?
GUEST OPINION: At a recent event in Brisbane, Rimini Street Chief Technology Officer Eric Helmer walked onto the stage after being introduced as the guy whose presentation was titled: “ERP software is dead. Agentic AI ERP is here and it changes everything.”
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Iran-Linked Handala Hackers Breach FBI Chief Kash Patel’s Gmail
Iran-linked Handala hackers breached FBI Chief Kash Patel’s Gmail, leaking photos and documents. Officials say no classified data was exposed.
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RSAC 2026: How Zscaler Is Securing the AI Ecosystem
At RSAC 2026, I sat down with Adam Geller, Chief Product Officer at Zscaler, to talk about one of the biggest challenges facing security teams right now: how to secure AI without slowing it down. What struck me was how differently Zscaler is approaching the problem compared to many others in the space. Rethinking AI…
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Meta Names New Leader of Push to Adopt AI Throughout Its Workforce
Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s chief technology officer, will oversee the company’s “AI For Work” initiatives as focus shifts away from the metaverse.
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Kong names Bruce Felt as Chief Financial Officer
Kong Inc. has announced that Bruce Felt has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Felt is a seasoned finance leader who brings deep experience guiding enterprise software companies through their most critical growth phases, including several initial public offerings, strategic acquisitions, and expansion into global markets.
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Building an AI Agent to Help Him Be CEO
The Meta Platforms chief uses the tool to get information faster as the company seeks to embrace artificial intelligence in all it does.
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Confluent CTO: AI will fail without real-time data
Confluent’s Chief Technology Officer Stephen Deasy opened his keynote address at the company’s Data Streaming World Tour event in Melbourne with a simple question: “Would you be willing to cross the street based on a map of where the cars were yesterday?
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Kinetic IT appoints Dean Langenbach as CEO to accelerate sovereign technology leadership and drive national growth
Kinetic IT today announced Dean Langenbach as its new Chief Executive Officer to shape the company’s next phase of growth and drive technology-driven transformation.
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Canada Says OpenAI CEO Altman Pledged to Toughen Safety Protocols
Canada says OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman agreed to take immediate steps to strengthen safety protocols regarding notifying police about potentially suspicious use of the company’s ChatGPT chatbot.
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Amperity appoints Bridget Perry as Chief Marketing Officer to accelerate AI-driven enterprise growth
Amperity today announced the appointment of Bridget Perry as Chief Marketing Officer. Perry brings more than two decades of experience scaling high-growth B2B SaaS companies and leading marketing organisations through major technology shifts, including the transition to cloud and product-led growth. Most recently, Perry served as CMO at Later, where she unified global marketing following a…
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CISA CIO Robert Costello exits agency
The chief information officer at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced his departure Tuesday, ending his nearly five-year run at CISA. Robert Costello, an 18-year veteran of the Department of Homeland Security, posted about the move on LinkedIn. “Serving as CIO at CISA has been one of the greatest privileges of my career,” he…
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The FBI’s cyber chief is using Winter SHIELD to accelerate China prep, threat intelligence sharing
The FBI’s cyber chief is prioritizing preparation for stepped-up Chinese threats, enhanced confrontation of adversaries in cyberspace and quicker intelligence sharing with industry as the bureau enters the second and final month of a unique cybersecurity awareness campaign. Brett Leatherman, who took over as assistant director of the FBI’s cyber division last summer, listed those…
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iTWire TV – We’re Losing the Cyber War: Inside ISACA’s Mission to Build the World’s Largest Cybersecurity Certification Machine
Appointed by the US Department of War as the global credentialing authority for CMMC, ISACA’s Chief Global Strategy Officer Chris Dimitriadis warns that AI is weaponising cybercrime faster than the world can defend against it – and says a trained workforce is the only answer.
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VIDEO – We’re Losing the Cyber War: Inside ISACA’s Mission to Build the World’s Largest Cybersecurity Certification Machine
Appointed by the US Department of War as the global credentialing authority for CMMC, ISACA’s Chief Global Strategy Officer Chris Dimitriadis warns that AI is weaponising cybercrime faster than the world can defend against it – and says a trained workforce is the only answer.
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: February 17, 2026
Chief Security Officer Seven Eleven Club & Hotels | India | On-site – View job details As a Chief Security Officer, you will oversee physical, operational, and cybersecurity programs, protect sensitive data and infrastructure, and assess risks to prevent incidents. You will lead incident response, ensure compliance with safety and data privacy regulations, educate staff…
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Ten career-ending mistakes CISOs make and how to avoid them
The Chief Information Security Officer role has become one of the most precarious positions in the C-suite. According to a Hitch Partners study, the average CISO tenure is 39 months — a timeframe that reflects the intense pressure and high stakes of the position. With 77% of CISOs fearing dismissal after a major breach, the…
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The hidden cost of putting off security decisions
In this Help Net Security video, Hanah Darley, Chief AI Officer, Geordie AI, talks about how putting off security risk decisions creates long-term costs that often stay hidden. Drawing on her work with CISOs and security leaders, she shows how delayed choices around visibility, vulnerability management, and risk assessment lead to blind spots that grow…
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Myriota appoints George Kanuck as Chief Operating Officer to ‘drive global growth and operational excellence’
Satellite IoT connectivity company Myriota has appointed George Kanuck as Chief Operating Officer “to propel the company’s global growth strategy”.
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January 2026 Leadership Moves Across the Channel, Part 1
Newly created roles and chief customer officers are defining the beginning of the year. As we start the new year, a significant number of leadership moves have been made across the channel. This is just part one of the January 2026 leadership recap. Let’s dive in and stay tuned for the follow-up story later this…