Monthly Archives: October 2025

How neighbors could spy on smart homes

Even with strong wireless encryption, privacy in connected homes may be thinner than expected. A new study from Leipzig University shows that someone in an adjacent apartment could learn personal details about a household without breaking any encryption. By monitoring the wireless traffic of nearby smart devices, the “nosy neighbor” can infer what people are doing, when they are home, and even which room they are in. Listening through the wall The researcher tested what … More → The post How neighbors could spy on smart homes appeared first on Help Net Security.
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How the City of Toronto embeds security across governance and operations

In this Help Net Security interview, Andree Noel, Deputy CISO at City of Toronto, discusses how the municipality strengthens its cyber defense by embedding security into strategic objectives and digital governance. She outlines the City’s approach to addressing evolving threats and modernizing legacy systems. Noel also shares how data-driven metrics guide leadership in advancing municipal cyber resilience. How do you translate the City of Toronto’s strategic objectives into a cyber security risk framework? The City … More → The post How the City of Toronto embeds security across governance and operations appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Your photo could be all AI needs to clone your voice

A photo of someone’s face may be all an attacker needs to create a convincing synthetic voice. A new study from Australia’s national science agency explores this possibility, testing how well deepfake detectors perform against FOICE (Face-to-Voice), an attack attack method that generates speech from photos. Illustration of face to voice deepfake From faces to voices A new technique is changing how voice deepfakes are made. Instead of using text or a voice sample, it … More → The post Your photo could be all AI needs to clone your voice appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: October 2025

This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. Chekov: Open-source static code analysis tool Checkov is an open-source tool designed to help teams secure their cloud infrastructure and code. At its core, it’s a static code analysis tool for infrastructure as code (IaC), but it also goes a step further by providing software composition analysis (SCA) for container images and open source packages. DefectDojo: Open-source … More → The post Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: October 2025 appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Email breaches are the silent killers of business growth

78% of organizations were hit by an email breach in the past 12 months, according to the Email Security Breach Report 2025 by Barracuda. Phishing, impersonation, and account takeover continue to drive incidents that often lead to ransomware and data loss. Breaches are widespread and interconnected Phishing and spear phishing were the most common breach types, followed by business email compromise and account takeover. These attacks often overlap. A single phishing email can expose credentials … More → The post Email breaches are the silent killers of business growth appeared first on Help Net Security.
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16 puts AI in the operating system

SUSE has released SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 16, calling it AI-ready and built for long-term use. The release marks the first major update in the Enterprise Server line in more than five years and signals a new direction for how Linux might integrate with AI tools in the future. A Linux built for the next decade SLES 16 is the company’s first release built on its new Adaptable Linux Platform. It’s designed for the … More → The post SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16 puts AI in the operating system appeared first on Help Net Security.
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