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Who will be the Stanislav Petrov in your organization?

The recent news coverage of “rogue AI” systems hacking innocent companies reminded me of one of the world’s most unsung heroes and genuinely someone who may well have saved the world. In 1983, the USSR’s early warning systems reported that the United States had launched nuclear missiles towards the Soviet Union. The officer on duty, Stanislav Petrov, did something computers still struggle to do. He applied context, experience, and human judgement to determine the warning … More → The post Who will be the Stanislav Petrov in your organization? appeared first on Help Net Security.
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An AI tool found 84 flaws in 5G network software and 23 of them still have no fix

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University turned a set of AI agents loose on the software that runs 4G and 5G phone networks, and the agents came back with 84 security flaws nobody had reported before. Developers have confirmed 83 of them, and 81 now carry CVE numbers. The most serious one lets an attacker take over a subscriber’s data session, so the network delivers that subscriber’s traffic to the attacker instead of to the internet. … More → The post An AI tool found 84 flaws in 5G network software and 23 of them still have no fix appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Previously unseen entry vector used to breach Polish energy plant

The December 29 cyberattack on a Polish combined heat and power (CHP) plant was the first observed case of attackers gaining access to an OT network through a private APN, according to CERT Polska. The private APN is a dedicated mobile network that a Distribution System Operator (DSO), the company running the local electricity grid, sets up with a mobile carrier. Illustrative use of a private APN in distributed energy resources (Source: CERT Polska) The … More → The post Previously unseen entry vector used to breach Polish energy plant appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Your security vendor gets the frontier cyber model, you get the findings

Selected red team specialists can now use OpenAI’s cyber models to find and exploit weaknesses in client applications and infrastructure. Those clients never get the models themselves. That split is the design of the Daybreak Cyber Partner Program, which OpenAI expanded on August 10: access to the underlying models stays with the approved partner and is not transferred directly to the customer. Approved partners choose between Daybreak Blue and Daybreak Red, reached through Daybreak Access, … More → The post Your security vendor gets the frontier cyber model, you get the findings appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: August 11, 2026

CTI Detection Engineer Department of Parliamentary Services | Australia | Hybrid – View job details As a CTI Detection Engineer, you will lead the detection lifecycle by identifying detection gaps, developing and validating detection logic, deploying and tuning analytics, maintaining cyber threat intelligence workflows, and continuously improving detections to keep pace with evolving adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). Cloud Solution Architect Tata Consultancy Services | Canada | On-site – View job details As a … More → The post Cybersecurity jobs available right now: August 11, 2026 appeared first on Help Net Security.
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