Monthly Archives: October 2026

Many expect AI in the SOC to make entry jobs harder to get

A junior analyst in a security operations center, or SOC, has usually learned the job the slow way. You work the same phishing lure dozens of times, chase the same familiar malware pattern and write up the same case note at the end of the shift. Eventually you know what normal looks like, which is how you notice when something isn’t. AI tools handle a lot of that repetitive work, and the people doing the … More → The post Many expect AI in the SOC to make entry jobs harder to get appeared first on Help Net Security.
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The vulnerabilities AI finds are the ones attackers want

Attackers exploited a flaw found by an AI research agent within four days of its public disclosure, and they are exploiting more vulnerabilities overall, according to new research by Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). The researchers examined vulnerability disclosure and exploitation data from January 2025 to August 2026. Disclosures doubled, exploitation stays rare Monthly CVE disclosures doubled in 2026, from 5,045 in January to 10,740 in August. Only 0.23% of the vulnerabilities disclosed this year, … More → The post The vulnerabilities AI finds are the ones attackers want appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Employment scam victims tripled at financial firms in 21 countries

Reported victims of employment scams more than tripled over the past 12 months at more than 370 banks and other financial institutions in 21 countries. The 258% rise outran every other scam type, while total reported scams across the same institutions grew 35%. Scams by the numbers (Source: BioCatch) Researchers at BioCatch, a fraud-detection vendor, compiled the figures from reports filed by the institutions that use its software. The numbers matter for anyone running fraud … More → The post Employment scam victims tripled at financial firms in 21 countries appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Google says Gemini 4 Argon can find and patch critical software flaws

Google announced Gemini 4 Argon, its new frontier AI model, and is rolling it out to a set of trusted cyber defenders through its Fairwind Program. Google says the model can locate critical software vulnerabilities, validate them, and patch them without human help, and it will release a version without cyber guardrails to those defenders and to its own internal teams. Developers, enterprises, and consumers get Argon later, starting with paid API customers and Google … More → The post Google says Gemini 4 Argon can find and patch critical software flaws appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Product showcase: Proton Drive end-to-end encrypted cloud storage

Proton Drive is an end-to-end encrypted cloud storage service for storing, synchronizing, backing up, and sharing files. It also includes Proton Docs and Proton Sheets, allowing users to create and collaborate on documents and spreadsheets within the same encrypted environment. Proton Drive is available through the web and dedicated apps for Windows, macOS, iOS/iPadOS, and Android. Proton also offers a command-line interface for Windows, macOS, and Linux. After signing in or creating a Proton Account, … More → The post Product showcase: Proton Drive end-to-end encrypted cloud storage appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Google’s SynthID Bio can watermark AI-designed protein binders without breaking them

Google DeepMind has built SynthID Bio, a watermark for AI-designed proteins, and shown in wet-lab tests on protein binders that it leaves their function intact. The method hides a signature in the amino acid sequence of a designed protein and in the atomic coordinates of a predicted 3D structure. DeepMind says the signature can be checked on the physical protein after synthesis. DeepMind aims the watermark at DNA synthesis screening. Providers who turn digital protein … More → The post Google’s SynthID Bio can watermark AI-designed protein binders without breaking them appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Suspected state-sponsored hackers exploited NetScaler zero-day since early September (CVE-2026-88772)

“Advanced and suspected state-sponsored threat actors” are likely to be behind the initial targeted intrusions that leveraged CVE-2026-88772, one of the two recently disclosed NetScaler vulnerabilities that have been exploited as zero-days, says Mandiant CTO Charles Carmakal. Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) know of dozens of impacted organizations across North America and Europe, he added, “including in the government, financial services, education, telecommunications, and legal and professional services sectors.” Two NetScaler zero-days exploited … More → The post Suspected state-sponsored hackers exploited NetScaler zero-day since early September (CVE-2026-88772) appeared first on Help Net Security.
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AI coding agents leaked 13,000 internal company screenshots to public GitHub repos

When developers ask AI coding agents to prove that a user interface fix works, some agents have been posting the evidence where anyone can find it, according to Glow Labs. Diagram showing how AI agents leak screenshots to public repos (Source: Glow Labs) The researchers found more than 13,000 internal images published openly on GitHub by developers at over 300 organizations. The images, spread over more than 900 code repositories, include customer billing records and … More → The post AI coding agents leaked 13,000 internal company screenshots to public GitHub repos appeared first on Help Net Security.
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OpenInfra Europe’s JFrog Artifactory instance breached, packages potentially compromised

Attackers have compromised a self-hosted JFrog Artifactory instance operated by OpenInfra Europe, the regional hub of the OpenInfra Foundation warned in a security notice prominently displayed on its homepage. OpenInfra Europe’s security incident notice “Anyone who downloaded or installed artifacts from https://artifactory.nordix.org/ from August 28 and September 15, 2026 should immediately stop using them, remove them from their pipelines, and treat these packages as potentially compromised,” the message says. Compromise through CVE-2026-82329 The OpenInfra Foundation … More → The post OpenInfra Europe’s JFrog Artifactory instance breached, packages potentially compromised appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Signal brings encrypted local backups to iOS and desktop, adds cross-platform restore

Signal users who switch from an Android phone to an iPhone, or the other way around, can take their message history with them, and backups can be restored on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows. The option is part of a set of backup updates the company finished rolling out with Signal for iOS version 8.30. The changes build on Signal Secure Backups, an optional end-to-end encrypted backup service introduced in September 2025. Signal said … More → The post Signal brings encrypted local backups to iOS and desktop, adds cross-platform restore appeared first on Help Net Security.
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