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AI models more vulnerable than claimed when faced with iterative attacks

CISOs relying on LLM runtime guardrails and official safety scores when making security decisions about their organizations’ AI usage and model selection are due for a wakeup call. According to a new study from Cisco, frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, and Amazon have significantly worse risk profiles when pressured in multi-turn attacks compared…

Social media bans might steer kids into riskier corners of the internet

Governments are moving to block children under 16 from social media in the name of safety. But once these measures move from policy to practice, they raise a harder question: what happens when protecting kids requires collecting more data than ever before and may put them at greater risk? Age checks spark debate over privacy…

Aura Business Debuts BYOD Security Solution for MSPs

AI-powered online safety platform Aura has introduced a new business security solution to help shrink the unmanaged device gap that exists in today’s security stacks. The new identity-centric bring your own device solution built for MSPs Aura Business for MSPs is a new identity-centric BYOD security solution designed to protect businesses and employees.  It allows…

ClickFix Meets AI: A Multi-Platform Attack Targeting macOS in the Wild

For years, macOS environments carried an aura of relative safety. Not immunity, but lower priority in the threat landscape. That perception has aged about as well as an unpatched server.  The reality in 2026 is very different. Apple devices now make up a significant share of corporate endpoints. And they sit in the hands of the people attackers most want…

ClickFix Meets AI: A Multi-Platform Attack Targeting macOS in the Wild

For years, macOS environments carried an aura of relative safety. Not immunity, but lower priority in the threat landscape. That perception has aged about as well as an unpatched server.  The reality in 2026 is very different. Apple devices now make up a significant share of corporate endpoints. And they sit in the hands of the people attackers most want…

Jamf warns of massive app insecurities

“Be wary then; best safety lies in fear,” said Laertes to sister Ophelia in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. That’s a quote that should be on the desk of every business professional, as the digital environment is full of danger.  Jamf provides us with a good look at what’s becoming a dangerous environment for Mac and iOS…

Construction Safety Compliance Software: Keep Your Site Safe and Audit‑Ready Every Day

Discover how Construction Safety Compliance Software: Keep Your Site Safe and Audit‑Ready Every Day can enhance safety and streamline your site’s compliance. Key Highlights Embrace construction safety software to streamline your site safety and compliance management. In Australia, some of the most popular construction safety compliance software solutions include HammerTech, SiteDocs, and Procore, which are…

4chan shrugs off UK regulator, refuses to pay £520,000 over online safety violations

The U.K.’s media regulator Ofcom fined 4chan £450,000 under the Online Safety Act for failing to introduce age checks to stop children from accessing pornographic content on its platform. 4chan is an online forum notorious for its extreme right-wing content, gory videos, and non-consensual pornography. The regulator ordered the company to introduce age assurance measures…

Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., speaks at a rally in support of the Kids Online Safety Act on Dec. 10, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Accountable Tech In August 2024, the Biden administration hosted hundreds of influencers at the White House for the first-ever Creator Economy Conference. Neera Tanden, a senior Biden adviser,…

Single prompt breaks AI safety in 15 major language models

A single benign-sounding prompt can systematically strip safety guardrails from major language and image models, raising fresh questions about the durability of AI alignment when models are customized for enterprise use, according to Microsoft research. The technique, dubbed GRP-Obliteration, weaponizes a common AI training method called Group Relative Policy Optimization, normally used to make models…

United Airlines CISO on building resilience when disruption is inevitable

Aviation runs on complex digital systems built for stability, safety, and long lifecycles. That reality creates a unique cybersecurity challenge for airlines, where disruption can quickly become an operational and public trust crisis. In this Help Net Security interview, Deneen DeFiore, VP and CISO at United Airlines, explains how the company approaches modernization without compromising…

United Airlines CISO on building resilience when disruption is inevitable

Aviation runs on complex digital systems built for stability, safety, and long lifecycles. That reality creates a unique cybersecurity challenge for airlines, where disruption can quickly become an operational and public trust crisis. In this Help Net Security interview, Deneen DeFiore, VP and CISO at United Airlines, explains how the company approaches modernization without compromising…