In this Help Net Security video, Garfield Jones, SVP Global Strategy and Research, QuSecure, lays out what CISOs should do over the next 24 months. A recent Google paper moved the expected arrival of a cryptographically relevant quantum computer from 2035 to 2029, leaving organizations about two and a half years to prepare. Such a…
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FIRESIDE CHAT: Deepfakes exploit human emotion, making employee reflex training essential
The wire transfer went through. The CFO on the video call looked right, sounded right, and gave the authorization — except there was no CFO on that call. Related: The industrializing of identity fraud Corporate deepfake attacks of that kind, executives impersonated to authorize fraudulent wire transfers, accounted for roughly $550 million of the $2.19…
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How to Get the Most From Your Explainer Video Production Services
Video can simplify a hard offer, shorten sales conversations, and improve recall. Those gains depend on disciplined planning…
AI, Global Security News, Risk Management
Governing shadow AI without killing innovation
In this Help Net Security video, Alan Snyder, CEO at NowSecure, talks about governing shadow AI without stopping innovation. He frames the problem as two opposing forces. Companies need to adopt AI fast because attackers and competitors will outpace them otherwise, but they also need to do it safely. Snyder argues the pressure to move…
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Building a risk-based vulnerability management program that scales
In this Help Net Security video, Shankar Somasundaram, CEO at Asimily, explains how to build a risk-based vulnerability program. He notes that vulnerabilities are exploding by an order of magnitude in the age of AI-driven attacks, with one customer finding a thousand vulnerabilities for every one they knew about. Patching everything is not workable, and…
Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Risk Management
Focus on Cyber Insurance: How Quantifying Risk Is Reshaping Security
In this latest installment of the Reporters’ Notebook video series, we discuss how cyber insurance is forcing organizations to quantify risk, what’s covered (and what’s not), and why this could be the best thing to happen to cybersecurity.
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The alert economy is driving security analyst burnout
In this Help Net Security video, Ido Livneh, CEO of Jazz, explains why security analysts burn out and what leaders can do about it. The cause, he argues, is not long hours but meaningless work. Analysts spend their days closing repetitive tickets while the institutional knowledge of senior staff walks out the door when they…
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Boards want cyber risk in dollars, not CVE counts
In this Help Net Security video, Ziv Levi, SVP of Technology at CYE, explains why translating cyber risk into dollars is one of the most pressing tasks for security leaders. Boards and executives want cyber exposure described in business terms, not technical jargon. Levi walks through a three-step financial translation framework. First, identify business exposure…
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Discord adds end-to-end encryption to voice and video calls by default
Discord now enables end-to-end encryption by default for all voice and video calls, making conversations inaccessible even to the platform itself. No announcement fanfare, no opt-in required, no settings to dig through. Discord flipped a switch on Monday and end-to-end encryption is now the default for every voice and video call on the platform. If…
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What happens when your identity provider becomes the kill chain
In this Help Net Security video, Colin Constable, CTO at Atsign, explains why your identity provider (IdP) has become the kill chain in cyberattacks. Attackers steal session cookies, tokens, or consent grants you’ve already issued and walk in behind you. Constable breaks down how passwords, session cookies, and OAuth grants all rely on shared secrets…
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Discord rolls out end-to-end encryption on voice, video calls
Discord announced that all voice and video calls through the communication platform are now protected by default with end-to-end encryption (E2EE). […]
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The end of unencrypted Discord calls is here
Discord has protected voice and video calls in DMs, group DMs, voice channels, and Go Live streams with end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default. The company began experimenting with E2EE for voice and video in 2023, starting a long-term effort. End-to-end encryption allows only participants in a call to access its content, while Discord does not…
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Closing the AI governance gap in your enterprise
In this Help Net Security video, Casey Bleeker, CEO at SurePath AI, talks about the AI governance gap that exists in almost every organization. Drawing from three years of conversations with IT, business, and security leaders, Casey explains why AI adoption is outpacing governance maturity by a wide margin, creating friction between security teams pushing…
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Top Video Downloaders in 2026: Why Wondershare UniConverter Remains a Strong Choice
As video content continues to dominate entertainment, education, and social media platforms, more users are searching for reliable…
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ScarCruft Hacks Gaming Platform to Deploy BirdCall Malware on Android and Windows
The North Korea-aligned state-sponsored hacking group known as ScarCruft has compromised a video game platform in a supply chain espionage attack, trojanizing its components with a backdoor called BirdCallto likely target ethnic Koreans residing in China. While prior versions of the backdoor have primarily targeted Windows users only, the supply chain attack is assessed to…
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A college student is suing a dating app that allegedly used her TikTok videos to target men in her dormitory
A 19-year-old woman is suing the makers of a dating app, alleging they took a video she posted online, repurposed it without her consent into an advertisement for the app, then used geofencing to target that ad to people in her area. According to the lawsuit filed Apr. 28 in Tennessee and an interview with…
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Spotting third-party cyber risk before attackers do
In this Help Net Security video, Jeffrey Wheatman, SVP and Cyber Strategist at Black Kite, discusses how organizations can identify and manage third-party cyber exposures before attackers exploit them. He argues that businesses should move beyond a data-loss mindset toward one centered on resilience, meaning keeping operations running when vendors or partners get hit. Wheatman…
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5 Best Anti-Piracy Video Hosting Platforms to Protect Premium Content
In this post, I will show you the 5 best anti-piracy video hosting platforms to protect premium content. Someone in a creator community recently posted: “I just found my entire 12-module course being resold on a Telegram channel for $5. I had 600 paying students.” The response thread went viral. Not because it was unusual.…
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Anthropic’s Mythos Has Landed: Here’s What Comes Next for Cyber
In this latest installment of the Reporters’ Notebook video series, we discuss how the new AI model threatens to completely upend cybersecurity, and what industry leaders are telling the press.
AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News
ShinyHunters exploit Anodot incident to target Vimeo
The video platform Vimeo confirmed a security breach via Anodot that exposed metadata, video titles, and some user emails. Vimeo said some user data was accessed after a breach at Anodot. Anodot is a company that provides AI-driven data analytics and anomaly detection tools. Most of the exposed information includes technical data, video titles, and…
Global Security News, Venture
Weekly Update 500
Looking back at this milestone video, it’s the audience question towards the end I liked most: “are you happy”? Charlotte and I have chosen a path that’s non-traditional, intense and at times, pretty stressful. There’s no clear delineation of when work starts and ends, no holidays where we don’t work, nor weekends, birthdays or Christmases.…
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How to Remove Objects from Video: AI Tools & Pro Tips (2026)
Remove unwanted objects from video effortlessly with AI in 2026. Learn step-by-step methods, best tools, and pro tips to clean up your footage like a professional.
AI, Endpoint, Global Security News, Network Security
Zero trust at year two: What nobody planned for
In this Help Net Security video, Jim Alkove, CEO of Oleria, walks through where zero trust programs typically stand one to two years in. Most organizations have made gains in endpoint security and network segmentation, but identity remains the stubborn problem. Identity sprawl, legacy system exceptions, and workforce friction each contribute to stalls that few…
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Meta and Alphabet show interest in Australian tech company Ion
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: Australian technology company Ion Video (ASX IOV) is in discussions with two of the world’s largest tech companies – Meta and Alphabet – about its ground-breaking video technology.
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Why manual certificate management is running out of time
In this video, John Murray, Senior Vice President of Sales at GlobalSign, explains what’s changing in the certificate industry and what companies need to do about it. Certificate validity periods are shrinking, which means companies will need to rotate certificates far more often than before. Small and mid-sized businesses are the most exposed. Smaller teams,…
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AI agent intent is a starting point, not a security strategy
In this Help Net Security video, Itamar Apelblat, CEO of Token Security, walks through findings from the company’s research, which shows that 65% of agentic chatbots have never been used yet still hold live access credentials. He explains why organizations treat AI agents more like quick experiments than governed identities, and why that creates risks…
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How Mimecast brings enterprise-grade email protection to API deployment
In this Help Net Security video, Andrew Williams, Senior Product Manager at Mimecast, walks through the company’s API-based email security protection for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace environments. The video covers a core problem: AI-generated phishing and business email compromise are slipping past native Microsoft 365 controls. According to Mimecast’s State of Human Risk report,…
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Your customer passed authentication. So why are they sending money to a scammer?
In this Help Net Security video, Lenny Gusel, Head of Fraud Solutions in North America at Feedzai, explains how customer identity and access management has converged with digital fraud detection, and why treating them as separate systems creates real risk. The core idea is continuous, contextual trust. Where traditional IAM grants access at a single…
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Proton launches new “Meet” privacy-focused conferencing platform
Proton has announced a new video conferencing service named Meet and positioned it as a privacy-focused alternative to mainstream services like Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. […]
AI, Apps, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy
TrueConf Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks on Southeast Asian Government Networks
A high-severity security flaw in the TrueConf client video conferencing software has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day as part of a campaign targeting government entities in Southeast Asia dubbed TrueChaos. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-3502 (CVSS score: 7.8), a lack of integrity check when fetching application update code, allowing an attacker…
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The art of making technical risk make sense to executives
In this Help Net Security video, Jay Miller, CISO at Paessler, explains how security leaders can communicate technical risk to executives and board members in terms they understand. The focus is on business impact: financial loss, compliance fines, reputation damage, and productivity. Miller walks through three principles: describe impact in plain language, come prepared with…
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DJI Avata 360 8K Drone Sets New Standards for Immersive 360 FPV Flying
Equipped with DJI’s flagship 1-inch imaging, O4+ video transmission, and omnidirectional obstacle sensing, creators can now film 360 footage in 8K with ease while flying with confidence
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OpenAI’s Sora exit signals enterprise-first AI shift
OpenAI has discontinued its AI video generation platform Sora. The company announced the development in a sudden and unexpected post on X, stating that it was “saying goodbye” to the Sora app. “We’re saying goodbye to the Sora app. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you. What…
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Why your phishing simulations aren’t building a security culture
Security culture isn’t built by phishing simulations. In this Help Net Security video, Dan Potter, VP of Cyber Resilience at Immersive, argues that annual training videos and quarterly phishing tests happen in calm, controlled settings that tell us nothing about how people perform when a real incident hits. Real attacks trigger anxiety, cognitive narrowing, and…
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Getac announces CommandCore: remote drone control solution for defence, public safety and utilities in Australia and New Zealand
COMPANY NEWS: Getac Technology Corporation (Getac), a leading provider of rugged computing and mobile video solutions and a manufacturer with advanced in-house capabilities, today announced the launch of its brand new CommandCore rugged drone control solution for defence, public safety and utilities in Australia and New Zealand.
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Cloud misconfiguration has evolved and your controls haven’t
In this Help Net Security video, Kat Traxler, Principal Security Researcher – Public Cloud at Vectra AI, walks through two AWS misconfigurations that go beyond the basics of bucket visibility. The first is bucket name squatting. Because S3 uses a global namespace, attackers can register bucket names they expect a target company will use, then…
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Milestone Systems Redefines the Open Platform for an AI-Native Era
Milestone Systems, a global leader in data-driven video technology, today announced significant advancements to its XProtect video management software (VMS) and BriefCam video analytics. The XProtect App Platform, a new containerized application platform for VMS, and a new BriefCam analytics engine are designed to deliver increased reliability, greater customization, more efficient hardware utilization, and full readiness for Generative AI and analytics, empowering security…
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Ion Video restructures video to enable AI to supercharge its use
Melbourne tech company Ion Video says it has solved one of the biggest structural limitations of the internet: video’s incompatibility with AI.
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What to do in the first 24 hours of a breach
In this Help Net Security video, Arvind Parthasarathi, CEO of CYGNVS, walks through a 10-step process for handling a cybersecurity breach. The first five steps cover preparation: setting up an out-of-band communication platform, identifying internal stakeholders, selecting external providers like legal counsel and forensic firms, building cross-functional playbooks, and running tabletop exercises to test those…
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Video Games and Viral Memes: How the Trump Administration Is Selling the Iran War
Watch our analysis of more than 100 video posts shared on the White House’s TikTok and X accounts since the war began.
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New SmartSuite Integration brings IQSight Video Intelligence Seamlessly into Milstone XProtect
Milestone Systems and IQSIGHT, previously Bosch Video Systems, strengthen their collaboration with the release of SmartSuite, a consolidated plugin suite for Milestone XProtect® video management software. SmartSuite cuts installation time for system integrators by 70% and adds powerful new camera and analytics capabilities.
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Zero trust, zero buzzwords: Here’s what it means
In this Help Net Security video, Murat Balaban, CEO of Zenarmor, breaks down zero trust and zero trust network access (ZTNA) without the buzzwords. The video covers why this approach matters, including the risk of lateral movement after a breach and the growing number of remote workers accessing private resources. Murat walks through three real-world…
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Why phishing still works today
In this Help Net Security video, Gal Livschitz, Senior Penetration Tester at Terra Security, explains how phishing has evolved and why employees still fall for it. He outlines how phishing now uses HTTPS, branded pages, and lookalike domains, making attacks harder to spot. He highlights communication overload as a key weakness that attackers exploit. Livschitz…
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VAST Data and TwelveLabs Partner to Expand Video Intelligence for the World’s Largest and Most Secure Video Archives
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: New collaboration extends TwelveLabs’ video foundation models beyond public cloud deployments, introducing a first-of-its-kind customer-managed deployment path on the VAST AI Operating System to power video search, analytics, and reasoning at massive scale
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When cyber threats start thinking for themselves
In this Help Net Security video, Jason Rivera, Field CISO & Head of Solution Engineering at SimSpace, discusses how autonomous AI agents are changing cyber threats. Drawing on experience in the US Army, NSA, Deloitte, and CrowdStrike, he describes how security teams have traditionally measured risk through volume, speed, and sophistication. He outlines how AI-driven…
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New York sues Valve for promoting illegal gambling via game loot boxes
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued video game developer and publisher Valve Corporation for using game loot boxes to facilitate illegal gambling activities among children and teenagers. […]
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Roku’s New Ad Deals and Cost Cuts Help It End a Three-Year Profit Slide
Investments in digital ads help propel the streaming video platform to its first year in the black since 2021.
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Binding Operational Directive 26-02 sets deadlines for edge device replacement
In this Help Net Security video, Jen Sovada, General Manager, Public Sector at Claroty, explains CISA’s Binding Operational Directive 26-02 and what it means for federal agencies. The directive requires agencies to inventory, report, decommission, and replace unsupported edge devices such as firewalls, routers, switches, load balancers, and wireless access points. Unsupported devices don’t receive…
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Using Jet Engines to Power Data Centers
Plus, tips on how to vibe code and why TikTok’s new AI video tool has spooked Hollywood.
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Australia to host first global Milestone XPerience Days event of 2026
COMPANY NEWS: Milestone Systems, a world leader in data-driven video technology, will kick off its 2026 global XPerience Days (MXD) series in Australia, with MXD South Pacific 2026 taking place March 18-19 at the Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort in Port Douglas, Queensland.
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Cybersecurity in cross-border logistics operations
In this Help Net Security video, Dieter Van Putte, CTO at Landmark Global, discusses how cybersecurity has become a core part of global supply chain operations. He explains that logistics is now also about data moving between carriers, customs authorities, warehouses, brokers, and customers. That constant flow increases risk and expands the attack surface. Van…
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Apple privacy labels often don’t match what Chinese smart home apps do
Smart home devices in many homes collect audio, video, and location data. The apps that control those devices often focus on the account owner, even when the technology also captures guests, neighbors, and other people who never agreed to be monitored. New research examined whether Chinese smart home apps provide privacy protections for these bystanders.…
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Don’t panic over CISA’s KEV list, use it smarter
In this Help Net Security video, Tod Beardsley, VP of Security Research at runZero, explains what CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog is and how security teams should use it. He shares his perspective as a former section chief for KEV at CISA and breaks down common misunderstandings about what the list represents. He points…
Global Security News, Network Security
D-Link Australia appoints Dicker Data as new distributor
Networking, wireless, video surveillance, storage and home automation solutions provider D-Link Australia has appointed Dicker Data (ASX: DDR) as a new distributor, significantly expanding reach into the physical security and systems integration channel through Dicker Data’s DAS distribution business, alongside Dicker Data’s wider IT channels.
AI, Apple, CryptoCurrency, Global Security News, malware, Security
North Korean hackers use new macOS malware in crypto-theft attacks
North Korean hackers are running tailored campaigns using AI-generated video and the ClickFix technique to deliver malware for macOS and Windows to targets in the cryptocurrency sector. […]
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AI-driven scams are eroding trust in calls, messages, and meetings
In this Help Net Security video, Miguel Fornés, Governance and Compliance Manager at Surfshark, discusses how AI is changing social engineering attacks. He describes how tasks that once took weeks, such as research and targeting, are now automated and cheap. This shift has lowered the skills and cost needed to run scams and phishing campaigns.…
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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…