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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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Cloudbrink adds AI innovations to its platform to protect agents, apps, and data

Cloudbrink has expanded security and performance benefits for AI agents and online AI services. The new AI capabilities are available on the same platform as Cloudbrink’s secure connectivity, allowing companies to secure users, apps, and AI in a more unified way. According to a McKinsey report, 88 percent of enterprises globally are using AI for at least one business function. Along with this rapid AI adoption rate come the cybersecurity risks associated with AI, compounded … More → The post Cloudbrink adds AI innovations to its platform to protect agents, apps, and data appeared first on Help Net Security.
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AI that talks to itself learns faster and smarter

AI may learn better when it’s allowed to talk to itself. Researchers showed that internal “mumbling,” combined with short-term memory, helps AI adapt to new tasks, switch goals, and handle complex challenges more easily. This approach boosts learning efficiency while using far less training data. It could pave the way for more flexible, human-like AI systems.
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Fortinet expands FortiCNAPP with network, data, and runtime-aware risk prioritization

Fortinet announced new enhancements to FortiCNAPP that help organizations better understand and prioritize cloud risk beyond what many CNAPP solutions offer. By correlating cloud configuration, identity exposure, vulnerabilities, network enforcement, data sensitivity, and runtime behavior within a single workflow, FortiCNAPP enables security teams to focus on the risks that matter most. “Cloud security teams aren’t struggling because they lack data. They’re struggling because growing complexity, limited resources, and skills gaps make it harder to manage … More → The post Fortinet expands FortiCNAPP with network, data, and runtime-aware risk prioritization appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Teleport’s Agentic Identity Framework protects AI agents in production environments

Teleport has unveiled the Teleport Agentic Identity Framework, an AI-centered framework that provides organizations with a roadmap for securely deploying agentic AI across production cloud and on-premises environments. The framework will evolve alongside the industry and community needs, defining the policies, practices, developer tools, and reference architecture required to operate autonomous and semi-autonomous AI agents as trusted identities across infrastructure, reducing the risk of data compromise, misuse, and external adversarial threats. As enterprises accelerate AI … More → The post Teleport’s Agentic Identity Framework protects AI agents in production environments appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Yubico extends hardware passkey deployment options

Yubico announced a significant expansion of YubiKey as a Service, introducing new capabilities that make modern organizations more agile and cyber resilient. With new Self-Service Ordering of YubiKeys enabled through a more streamlined Customer Portal, organizations can deliver phishing-resistance company-wide. Designed to enable the rollout and management of YubiKeys at a global scale, these enhancements enable organizations to move towards passwordless authentication with hardware passkeys. “As the cyber threat landscape continues evolving with AI-driven attacks, … More → The post Yubico extends hardware passkey deployment options appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Volante’s Multi-cloud Resiliency Service keeps payments running during cloud outages

Volante Technologies announced the launch of its Multi-cloud Resiliency Service, engineered to keep financial institutions’ payment operations running seamlessly during major cloud provider outages. Built on Volante’s cloud-native payments platform, the service provides cross-cloud continuity, eliminating single-cloud/provider dependency for the payments layer. Recent large-scale outages across hyperscale cloud providers have demonstrated the real-world impact of cloud concentration risk for banks: delayed or failed transactions, SLA penalties, customer churn, operational recovery costs, and reputational damage. While … More → The post Volante’s Multi-cloud Resiliency Service keeps payments running during cloud outages appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Pondurance RansomSnare blocks file encryption and data exfiltration

Pondurance launched RansomSnare, a new module for its MDR service that halts ransomware attacks at the moment the malicious process attempts to encrypt files and prevents threat actors from exfiltrating sensitive data. RansomSnare is a next-generation ransomware prevention capability that works by immediately suspending a malicious process the moment it attempts to encrypt its first file—long before traditional tools would detect or react to the attack. Unlike signature-based or behaviorally trained controls, RansomSnare requires no … More → The post Pondurance RansomSnare blocks file encryption and data exfiltration appeared first on Help Net Security.
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WhatsApp rolls out new security feature to protect users from sophisticated attacks

To add an extra layer of protection to its end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp has begun rolling out a new privacy and security feature called Strict Account Settings. It is designed to help users protect their accounts from sophisticated cyberattacks. “We think you should be able to have a private conversation online, just like you would in-person. We will always defend that right to privacy for everyone, starting with default end-to-end encryption,” company said in a blog … More → The post WhatsApp rolls out new security feature to protect users from sophisticated attacks appeared first on Help Net Security.
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