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Why Morgan Stanley open-sourced its app development tool

A software validation framework helps the bank accelerate compliance and security reviews. Last week, it released the tool through FINOS.
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Interpol operation seizes $97 million in African cybercrime sweep

Authorities in Africa have arrested 1,209 people in an Interpol-led crackdown on cybercrime that targeted nearly 88,000 victims. 11,432 malicious infrastructures were dismantled during Operation Serengeti 2025 (Source: Interpol) Operation Serengeti 2.0 The operation, which ran from June to August 2025, recovered $97.4 million and shut down 11,432 malicious online systems. Called Operation Serengeti 2.0, the effort brought together investigators from 18 African nations and the United Kingdom. It focused on serious cybercrimes such as … More → The post Interpol operation seizes $97 million in African cybercrime sweep appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Scientists just cracked the quantum code hidden in a single atom

A research team has created a quantum logic gate that uses fewer qubits by encoding them with the powerful GKP error-correction code. By entangling quantum vibrations inside a single atom, they achieved a milestone that could transform how quantum computers scale.
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Five ways OSINT helps financial institutions to fight money laundering

Here are five key ways OSINT tools can help financial firms develop advanced strategies to fight money laundering criminals. 1. Reveal complex networks and ownership structures Money launderers often use layered networks of offshore entities and shell companies to mask the true ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) of a company. Without technology, the manual process of trying to understand ownership and identify UBOs can be very time-consuming and inefficient – insights can even be missed altogether. … More → The post Five ways OSINT helps financial institutions to fight money laundering appeared first on Help Net Security.
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The new battleground for CISOs is human behavior

Attackers don’t always need a technical flaw. More often, they just trick your people. Social engineering works, and AI makes it harder to catch.” Only about one in four cybersecurity teams are effective at collaborating with the broader business (Source: LevelBlue) A new LevelBlue report shows how this problem is growing worldwide. Forty-one percent of organizations say they are experiencing more cyberattacks than a year ago, rising to 49% in Asia-Pacific. Employees are struggling to … More → The post The new battleground for CISOs is human behavior appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Local governments struggle to defend critical infrastructure as threats grow

A small-town water system, a county hospital, and a local school district may not seem like front-line targets in global conflict, but they are. These organizations face daily cyber attacks, from ransomware to foreign adversaries probing for weak points. What happens to them can ripple into national security, disrupting everything from healthcare to transportation. That is the warning in a new report from the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), which reviews the current … More → The post Local governments struggle to defend critical infrastructure as threats grow appeared first on Help Net Security.
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DevOps in the cloud and what is putting your data at risk

In this Help Net Security video, Greg Bak, Head of Product Enablement at GitProtect, walks through some of the biggest security risks DevOps teams are dealing with. He covers how AI tools can introduce vulnerabilities, including cases where they ignore safeguards and cause data loss, and explains how ransomware is now targeting Git repositories through exposed credentials. Greg also talks about major outages and vulnerabilities in popular SaaS platforms like Jira, GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, … More → The post DevOps in the cloud and what is putting your data at risk appeared first on Help Net Security.
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New infosec products of the week: August 22, 2025

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Doppel, Druva, LastPass, and StackHawk. StackHawk empowers security teams to expand their API testing coverage StackHawk releaseed LLM-Driven OpenAPI Specifications, a powerful new capability that creates API documentation directly from source code. With this new capability, StackHawk analyzes source code repositories, extracts API details using homegrown LLMs, and produces accurate OpenAPI specifications automatically. Doppel Simulation combats social engineering attacks Informed … More → The post New infosec products of the week: August 22, 2025 appeared first on Help Net Security.
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ISC Stormcast For Friday, August 22nd, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9582, (Fri, Aug 22nd)

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