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WinRAR vulnerability still a go-to tool for hackers, Mandiant warns

State-sponsored hackers and financially motivated attackers continue leveraging a critical WinRAR vulnerability (CVE-2025-8088) that’s been fixed over half a year ago. CVE-2025-8088 is a path traversal vulnerability that can be exploited via maliciously crafted RAR archives. “The exploit chain often involves concealing the malicious file within the ADS of a decoy file inside the archive. While the user typically views a decoy document (such as a PDF) within the archive, there are also malicious ADS … More → The post WinRAR vulnerability still a go-to tool for hackers, Mandiant warns appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Veracode’s platform enhancements help prevent software supply chain attacks

Veracode announced significant platform innovations introduced through the second half of 2025. Headlining the release is Package Firewall, a preventive control for software supply chains, advancing the company’s mission to help organizations run secure software from code to cloud. With supply chain-related third-party breaches doubling year over year— from 15 to 30 percent according to the Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report— the need to strengthen security across the software ecosystem has never been greater. … More → The post Veracode’s platform enhancements help prevent software supply chain attacks appeared first on Help Net Security.
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MIND DLP for Agentic AI protects sensitive data and controls AI access

MIND announced DLP for Agentic AI, a data-centric approach to AI security designed to help organizations safely achieve the business value of agentic AI by ensuring sensitive data and AI systems interact safely and responsibly. Agentic AI can autonomously create, access, transform and share data across SaaS applications, local devices, homegrown systems and third-party tools. While this unlocks meaningful gains in speed and scale, it also introduces new risks. Without clear visibility and controls, data … More → The post MIND DLP for Agentic AI protects sensitive data and controls AI access appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Rein Security launches to provide protection inside application production environments

Rein Security emerged from stealth to address blind spots in application and AI security. Building on an initial $8 million seed round led by Glilot Capital, Rein delivers a patent pending technology that provides real-time context and protection inside application production environments. Enterprises across a variety of industries, such as financial and other business-critical services, rely on Rein to protect applications running in production, including Lemonade and HiBob. The AppSec landscape is undergoing rapid change … More → The post Rein Security launches to provide protection inside application production environments appeared first on Help Net Security.
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n8n adds Chat Hub to centralize AI access inside automation workflows

Teams using automation platforms are starting to treat conversational AI as another operational interface. That change is reflected in a new feature from n8n, which has introduced a built-in Chat Hub designed to let users interact with AI models and internal automation through a single chat interface. Chat Hub sits inside the n8n platform and gives users the ability to send prompts to LLMs, invoke workflow-backed agents, and receive responses without direct access to workflow … More → The post n8n adds Chat Hub to centralize AI access inside automation workflows appeared first on Help Net Security.
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French government abandons Zoom and Microsoft Teams over security concerns

France intends to phase out non-European videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams from its public administration, opting instead for a nationally developed solution due to security considerations. Ending the use of paid software licenses is expected to generate significant savings, estimated at about €1 million per year for every 100,000 users who switch from licensed solutions. The government confirmed that the French-made platform Visio will replace existing videoconferencing tools. The platform was developed … More → The post French government abandons Zoom and Microsoft Teams over security concerns appeared first on Help Net Security.
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McAfee upgrades Scam Detector to spot QR code scams and suspicious messages

McAfee announced upgrades to Scam Detector that improve protection across common scam channels. The enhanced tool helps users check QR code safety and identify suspicious direct messages across apps. In 2025, according to McAfee’s 2026 State of the Scamiverse report, Americans were hit hard by online scams, receiving an average of 14 scam messages per day across text, email, and social media. On top of that, people lost nearly 114 hours a year just trying … More → The post McAfee upgrades Scam Detector to spot QR code scams and suspicious messages appeared first on Help Net Security.
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