Over the past decade, there’s something I’ve hinted at, mentioned in passing as a part of broader discussions, and told more people than I can count privately via email and other one-on-one conversations. And now, as the writer of the internet’s longest-standing Android column and newsletter — a fancy way of saying someone who is…
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Deepfake detection is losing ground to generative models
Deepfake detection has been built around a single question for close to a decade. Given a video or audio clip, is it real or synthetic? Commercial detectors analyze pixels, frequencies, and biometric signals to answer that question, and the best of them post strong accuracy numbers on standard benchmarks. In deployment, performance drops sharply on…
Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
The hidden smart fridge risks that emerge years after purchase
Household refrigerators are built to last more than a decade. The software, cloud services, and mobile apps that control them are not. A new analysis from Erik Buchmann at Leipzig University maps what happens when those two timelines collide, and the findings reach further than the kitchen. The study examines three current models on the…
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
Become a millionaire by bug hunting on Android
Over the past decade, Google has introduced a wide range of bug bounty programs for its software and services. The company has now announced that the reward for individuals who discover vulnerabilities in Android or the Chrome browser is being increased, bringing the maximum reward to $1.5 million. However, reports indicate that you must find…
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Measuring security performance in real-time, not once a quarter
Most organizations have invested heavily in security products over the past decade. The assumption embedded in that spending is that more tools equal better protection. Tim Nan, CEO of digiDations, says that assumption is the most persistent misconception he encounters when working with security leaders across industries. “Adversaries don’t operate on averages,” Nan says. “They…
AI, Global Security News, Network Security
FIRESIDE CHAT: In the AI age, your MFA, authentication apps can be compromised in minutes
The authentication layer that corporate America spent a decade building is now a liability. Listen to the podcast:The day MFA became the problem That’s the blunt assessment of Kevin Surace, chairman of Token, a Rochester, N.Y.-based security company whose biometric hardware is drawing attention from enterprise security teams and federal regulators alike. Surace made the…
AI, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, malware, Network Security
Can Zero Trust survive the AI era?
For the past decade, cybersecurity experts in the federal government have argued that trust, or a lack of it, was key to developing effective security policies for agency systems and data. But today, cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers are using artificial intelligence to develop and launch cyberattacks more quickly and efficiently. Governments and businesses are facing…
AI, APAC, china, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Chip wafer shortage will run through 2030 as AI demand overwhelms supply: SK Hynix chief
The global shortage of semiconductor wafers will not ease before the end of the decade, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said, delivering one of the most definitive long-range forecasts yet from the executive of the world’s leading supplier of high-bandwidth memory chips. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Nvidia’s GTC Conference in San Jose,…
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The Narwal Flow mops up the competition but its app needs reworking
It has been a decade and a half since I reviewed my first robot vacuum cleaner. It had no intelligent navigation. It simply bounced off walls at random angles. Since then we’ve seen a long list of improvements in robovacs.
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Turning expertise into opportunity for women in cybersecurity
Speaker diversity in cybersecurity has been a talking point for over a decade, with panels, pledges, and dedicated conference tracks failing to produce change. Stages still skew heavily male, even as women represent millions of qualified professionals in the field. SheSpeaksCyber, a free and open directory launched by the Women4Cyber Foundation, aims to close that…
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How Australian insurers are turning automation into competitive advantage
GUEST OPINION: Australia’s insurance industry has crossed a decisive threshold. For the past decade, artificial intelligence has lived at the edges of the business, mainly in pilots and innovation labs that didn’t fundamentally change workflows. However, by the end of 2025, most insurers had embraced generative AI and began actively seeking to shift early wins in key areas such as claims processing and underwriting into repeatable operational advantage.
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Google Disrupts ‘Prolific’ and ‘Elusive’ China-Linked Global Hacking Campaign
UNC2814 hit 53 victims in 42 countries with novel backdoor in decade long cyber espionage operation
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Security at AI speed: The new CISO reality
The CISO role has changed significantly over the past decade, but according to John White, EMEA Field CISO, Torq, the most disruptive shift is accountability driven by agentic AI. In this Help Net Security interview, White explains how security leaders must design and govern hybrid workforces where humans and AI agents operate side by side,…
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The DJI Neo 2 drone is the perfect drone for family, beginners, and hobbyists
Consumer drones have spent the past decade evolving from niche enthusiast gadgets into genuinely accessible creative tools, and few companies have driven that transition more effectively than DJI. Its aircraft are consistently regarded as the benchmark for stability, imaging quality and ease of use. Though, historically, drones required a learning curve that intimidated newcomers. The…
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Securing DNS With Secure Access at Black Hat Europe
For a decade, Cisco has secured Black Hat events with DNS security. Learn how the evolution to Cisco Secure Access provided visibility into 66 million queries and 6,000 unique apps in London.
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Securing DNS With Secure Access at Black Hat Europe
For a decade, Cisco has secured Black Hat events with DNS security. Learn how the evolution to Cisco Secure Access provided visibility into 66 million queries and 6,000 unique apps in London.
Black Hat, Cisco Breach Protection, Cisco Secure Access, Cisco Security Cloud, Global Security News, Security
Securing DNS With Secure Access at Black Hat Europe
For a decade, Cisco has secured Black Hat events with DNS security. Learn how the evolution to Cisco Secure Access provided visibility into 66 million queries and 6,000 unique apps in London.
Black Hat, Cisco Breach Protection, Cisco Secure Access, Cisco Security Cloud, Global Security News, Security
Securing DNS With Secure Access at Black Hat Europe
For a decade, Cisco has secured Black Hat events with DNS security. Learn how the evolution to Cisco Secure Access provided visibility into 66 million queries and 6,000 unique apps in London.
Black Hat, Cisco Breach Protection, Cisco Secure Access, Cisco Security Cloud, Global Security News, Security
Securing DNS With Secure Access at Black Hat Europe
For a decade, Cisco has secured Black Hat events with DNS security. Learn how the evolution to Cisco Secure Access provided visibility into 66 million queries and 6,000 unique apps in London.
AI, Global Security News, Network Security
How Samsung Knox Helps Stop Your Network Security Breach
As you know, enterprise network security has undergone significant evolution over the past decade. Firewalls have become more intelligent, threat detection methods have advanced, and access controls are now more detailed. However (and it’s a big “however”), the increasing use of mobile devices in business operations necessitates network security measures that are specifically
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The hack that brought back the zombie apocalypse
America’s airwaves are haunted by zombies again, as we dig into a decade of broadcasters leaving their hardware open to attack, giving hackers the chance to hijack TV shows, blast out fake emergency alerts, and even replace religious sermons with explicit furry podcasts. Meanwhile, we look at how a worker at a cybersecurity firm allegedly…