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Canonical releases Workshop for one-command sandboxed dev environments on Ubuntu

Canonical released Workshop, a tool that launches sandboxed development environments on Ubuntu with a single command. Environments are configured once and reproduced on different machines, giving teams consistent setups across development workstations and deployment pipelines. A terminal showing the output of the workshop launch and list commands (Source: Canonical) How Workshop defines environments Workshop environments are described in YAML files, which can be version-controlled and shared among contributors to a project. A single command creates, … More → The post Canonical releases Workshop for one-command sandboxed dev environments on Ubuntu appeared first on Help Net Security.
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AI chatbot recommendations lure users to cryptojacking malware sites

Cybercriminals are using AI chatbot interactions alongside poisoned search results to direct users to malicious download sites in an active cryptojacking campaign, Microsoft has warned. The campaign impersonates legitimate software tools such as CrystalDiskInfo, HWMonitor, Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU), FurMark, K-Lite Codec Pack, and PDFgear. Screenshot of search engine results showing a malicious source of hwmonitor (Source: Microsoft) “The selection of these brands is deliberate. Each application is favored by PC enthusiasts and hardware-focused users, … More → The post AI chatbot recommendations lure users to cryptojacking malware sites appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Hackers are knocking on office doors pretending to be IT staff

The Silent Ransom Group (SRG) is targeting law firms using social engineering techniques and an unusual tactic for cybercriminals: showing up at victims’ offices in person while posing as IT staff, the FBI warns. The group, also known as Luna Moth, Chatty Spider, and UNC3753, has been active since at least 2022 and has targeted companies in several sectors, including insurance, finance, and healthcare, though law firms remain its primary target. The FBI said SRG … More → The post Hackers are knocking on office doors pretending to be IT staff appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Google AI Threat Defense targets attackers using AI to find flaws faster

Google Cloud introduced AI Threat Defense, an automated cybersecurity platform that combines several of the company’s security assets to find, prioritize, and patch software vulnerabilities at machine speed. The product is aimed at enterprises contending with attackers who use AI to discover and exploit flaws in hours or days, compressing windows that once stretched into weeks. The platform fuses the Gemini family of models, the cloud security firm Wiz, the AI code-fixing agent CodeMender, and … More → The post Google AI Threat Defense targets attackers using AI to find flaws faster appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Claude now reviews and fixes vulnerabilities as you write code

Anthropic introduced a security-guidance plugin for Claude Code that reviews code changes for common vulnerabilities and helps Claude identify and fix issues during the same development session. The company says the plugin is designed to catch issues such as injection flaws, unsafe deserialization, and insecure DOM APIs before code reaches pull requests, reducing the amount of manual security review later in the development process. Once installed, the plugin runs automatically during development sessions, without requiring … More → The post Claude now reviews and fixes vulnerabilities as you write code appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Cogent targets exploit-to-remediation gap with new AI-powered security capabilities

Cogent has launched two new platform capabilities designed to reduce the time between vulnerability disclosure and confirmed remediation. Zero Day Response identifies exposure within minutes of public disclosure, without waiting for scanner signatures. Autonomous Remediation determines the right fix, assesses business impact before execution, and confirms that the vulnerability has been resolved. The releases arrive as AI-assisted exploit development compresses attacker timelines faster than most security programs can keep pace. Time to exploit has collapsed … More → The post Cogent targets exploit-to-remediation gap with new AI-powered security capabilities appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Ping Identity advances agentic security with AI governance and trusted access

Ping Identity announced new capabilities that extend the Ping Identity Platform for the agentic enterprise, where AI agents, automation, and developers increasingly shape how access is managed, governed, and secured across organizations. AI agents are changing both sides of the identity equation. They are new actors that need to be discovered, governed, and managed across their lifecycle, and they are also new operators that can help builders administer and secure identity environments through machine-native interfaces. … More → The post Ping Identity advances agentic security with AI governance and trusted access appeared first on Help Net Security.
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eSentire launches new Atlas AI Operatives for autonomous threat detection and response

eSentire has unveiled new preempt, detect, and respond capabilities within the Atlas Platform, a unified agentic AI platform with purpose-built AI Operatives that work together in a continuous security lifecycle. Controlled autonomy SecOps The Atlas Platform delivers purpose-built and adaptive AI operative infrastructure in a continuous closed loop across autonomous AI offensive security, exposure management, and Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services. It executes hundreds of thousands of autonomous investigations and responses across 2,000+ customer … More → The post eSentire launches new Atlas AI Operatives for autonomous threat detection and response appeared first on Help Net Security.
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