Monthly Archives: December 2025

ServiceNow to acquire Armis for $7.75 billion

ServiceNow entered into an agreement to acquire Armis for $7.75 billion in cash. The acquisition will expand ServiceNow’s security workflow offerings and advance AI-native, proactive cybersecurity and vulnerability response across all connected devices. Together, ServiceNow and Armis will create a unified, end-to-end security exposure and operations stack that can see, decide, and act across the entire technology footprint by connecting real-time asset discovery, threat intelligence, and risk prioritization with automated remediation and response workflows. Security … More → The post ServiceNow to acquire Armis for $7.75 billion appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Five identity-driven shifts reshaping enterprise security in 2026

2026 marks the tipping point when artificial intelligence begins to fundamentally reshape cyber risk. After several years of widespread adoption, AI moves beyond influencing how we work and starts transforming the enterprise itself. AI is now embedded at every layer of the organization, from workflows and applications to customer experience, DevOps, IT automation, and strategic decision, making. Yet governance, security controls, and identity protections have not kept pace. The result is growing blind spots, rapidly … More → The post Five identity-driven shifts reshaping enterprise security in 2026 appeared first on Help Net Security.
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What if your face could say “don’t record me”? Researchers think it’s possible

Phones, smart glasses, and other camera-equipped devices capture scenes that include people who never agreed to be recorded. A newly published study examines what it would take for bystanders to signal their privacy choices directly to nearby cameras. BLINDSPOT system overview A direct signal from bystanders to cameras To address this, researchers at the University of California, Irvine designed BLINDSPOT, an on-device privacy signaling system. It allows bystanders to communicate privacy preferences to camera-enabled devices … More → The post What if your face could say “don’t record me”? Researchers think it’s possible appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Conjur: Open-source secrets management and application identity

Conjur is an open-source secrets management project designed for environments built around containers, automation, and dynamic infrastructure. It focuses on controlling access to credentials such as database passwords, API keys, and tokens that applications need at runtime. The project is maintained in the open and developed with input from a user and contributor base. Secrets management has become a core requirement for teams running Kubernetes, CI pipelines, and microservices. Static credentials stored in files or … More → The post Conjur: Open-source secrets management and application identity appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Governance maturity defines enterprise AI confidence

AI security has reached a point where enthusiasm alone no longer carries organizations forward. New Cloud Security Alliance research shows that governance has become the main factor separating teams that feel prepared from those that do not. Governance separates confidence from uncertainty Governance maturity stands out as the strongest indicator of readiness. About one quarter of surveyed organizations report having comprehensive AI security governance in place. The remainder rely on partial guidelines or policies still … More → The post Governance maturity defines enterprise AI confidence appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Elementary OS 8.1 rolls out with a stronger focus on system security

Elementary OS 8.1 is now available for download and shipping on select hardware from retailers such as Star Labs, Slimbook, and Laptop with Linux. The update arrives after more than a year of refinements based on community feedback and issue reports. The release makes the Secure Session the default login environment. Secure Session uses the Wayland display system to provide an updated graphical experience and expanded support for modern hardware. The Classic Session remains available … More → The post Elementary OS 8.1 rolls out with a stronger focus on system security appeared first on Help Net Security.
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This new 3D chip could break AI’s biggest bottleneck

Researchers have created a new kind of 3D computer chip that stacks memory and computing elements vertically, dramatically speeding up how data moves inside the chip. Unlike traditional flat designs, this approach avoids the traffic jams that limit today’s AI hardware. The prototype already beats comparable chips by several times, with future versions expected to go much further. Just as important, it was manufactured entirely in a U.S. foundry, showing the technology is ready for real-world production.
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Counterfeit defenses built on paper have blind spots

Counterfeit protection often leans on the idea that physical materials have quirks no attacker can copy. A new study challenges that comfort by showing how systems built on paper surface fingerprints can be disrupted or bypassed. The research comes from teams at the University of Maryland and North Carolina State University, and examines paper based physically unclonable functions, or paper PUFs, which rely on microscopic surface variations in paper to authenticate products. Paper PUFs have … More → The post Counterfeit defenses built on paper have blind spots appeared first on Help Net Security.
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What happens to enterprise data when GenAI shows up everywhere

Generative AI is spreading across enterprise workflows, shaping how employees create, share, and move information between systems. Security teams are working to understand where data ends up, who can access it, and how its use reshapes security assumptions. This article explores how GenAI is increasing data exposure, creating new threats, and outpacing existing policies, controls, and testing. GenAI is exposing sensitive data at scale Sensitive data is everywhere and growing fast. A new report highlights … More → The post What happens to enterprise data when GenAI shows up everywhere appeared first on Help Net Security.
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“Purifying” photons: Scientists found a way to clean light itself

A new discovery shows that messy, stray light can be used to clean up quantum systems instead of disrupting them. University of Iowa researchers found that unwanted photons produced by lasers can be canceled out by carefully tuning the light itself. The result is a much purer stream of single photons, a key requirement for quantum computing and secure communication. The work could help push photonic quantum technology closer to real-world use.
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