Monthly Archives: June 2025

The many topics vying for congressional attention

“What is the Senate version of this package going to look like? What are the differences from the House?” said Bloomberg Deputy News Director Loren Duggan. The post The many topics vying for congressional attention first appeared on Federal News Network.
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How PepsiCo moves past AI pilot purgatory

The food and beverage company focuses on “four or five big bets” and provides an internal sandbox for employee experimentation, said Athina Kanioura, EVP, chief strategy and transformation officer.
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Balancing cybersecurity and client experience for high-net-worth clients

In this Help Net Security interview, Renana Friedlich-Barsky, EVP and CISO at LPL Financial, discusses how threat actors are targeting high-net-worth clients and exploiting digital touchpoints in wealth management. She explains why firms must embed security from the start to protect sensitive assets and ensure seamless, secure client experiences. How are threat actors evolving their tactics to target high-net-worth clients or exploit digital touchpoints in wealth management platforms? Threat actors are becoming more targeted and … More → The post Balancing cybersecurity and client experience for high-net-worth clients appeared first on Help Net Security.
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CISOs, are you ready for cyber threats in biotech?

The threat landscape in the bioeconomy is different from what most CISOs are used to. It includes traditional risks like data breaches, but the consequences are more complex. A compromise of genomic databases, for example, does not just expose personal health data. It can also leak proprietary genetic sequences that represent years of research and investment. These are not just privacy violations; they are breaches that can cripple a business’s future R&D pipeline. One example … More → The post CISOs, are you ready for cyber threats in biotech? appeared first on Help Net Security.
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fiddleitm: Open-source mitmproxy add-on identifies malicious web traffic

fiddleitm is an open-source tool built on top of mitmproxy that helps find malicious web traffic. It works by checking HTTP requests and responses for known patterns that might point to malware, phishing, or other threats. fiddleitm features “I created fiddleitm because I needed a replacement for a similar project I ran for years using Fiddler. It needed to be cross platform compatible and highly extensible. This is a web proxy and debugging tool by … More → The post fiddleitm: Open-source mitmproxy add-on identifies malicious web traffic appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Enterprise SIEMs miss 79% of known MITRE ATT&CK techniques

Using the MITRE ATT&CK framework as a baseline, organizations are generally improving year-over-year in understanding security information and event management (SIEM) detection coverage and quality, but plenty of room for improvement remains, according to CardinalOps. MITRE ATT&CK enhances SOC visibility Founded in 2013, the framework’s underlying goal remains unchanged–to help defenders align their defenses and prepare to detect and prevent a wide range of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) observed in real-life attack scenarios. Mapping … More → The post Enterprise SIEMs miss 79% of known MITRE ATT&CK techniques appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Employees repeatedly fall for vendor email compromise attacks

In just 12 months, attackers attempted to steal more than $300 million via vendor email compromise (VEC), with 7% of engagements coming from employees who had engaged with a previous attack, according to Abnormal AI. Vendor email compromise risks increase with organization size Employees struggle to differentiate between legitimate messages and attacks, especially when those emails appear to come from a trusted vendor. Employees in the largest organizations, with workforces of 50,000 or more, had … More → The post Employees repeatedly fall for vendor email compromise attacks appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Photonic quantum chips are making AI smarter and greener

A team of researchers has shown that even small-scale quantum computers can enhance machine learning performance, using a novel photonic quantum circuit. Their findings suggest that today s quantum technology isn t just experimental it can already outperform classical systems in specific tasks. Notably, this photonic approach could also drastically reduce energy consumption, offering a sustainable path forward as machine learning s power needs soar.
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, June 9th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9484, (Mon, Jun 9th)

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How outdated phones can power smart cities and save the seas

In a world where over a billion smartphones are produced yearly, a team of researchers is flipping the script on electronic waste. Instead of tossing out older phones, they ve demonstrated a groundbreaking approach: turning outdated smartphones into micro data centers. This low-cost innovation (just 8 euros per phone) offers practical applications from tracking bus passengers to monitoring marine life without needing new tech.
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