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Simbian AI Pentest Agent delivers continuous, context-aware penetration testing

Simbian announced the launch of the Simbian AI Pentest Agent, a new solution designed to provide enterprises with ongoing, on-demand penetration testing. Simbian’s AI Pentest Agent is the first automated penetration testing solution to incorporate business context, ensuring that findings are focused on each customer’s specific security risks and priorities. Developed in partnership the leading global risk management partner LRQA, the AI agent allows security teams to move beyond manual, point-in-time assessments to validate their … More → The post Simbian AI Pentest Agent delivers continuous, context-aware penetration testing appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Poland restricts Chinese-made cars at protected military sites

Poland’s military leadership has decided that cars manufactured in the People’s Republic of China will no longer cross the gates of sensitive military bases. The decision follows a risk analysis focused on the growing integration of digital systems in cars and the potential for uncontrolled acquisition and use of data by those systems. The new rules also prohibit connecting official phones to infotainment systems in China-made cars. They also apply to other motor vehicles equipped … More → The post Poland restricts Chinese-made cars at protected military sites appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Data on 1.2 million French bank accounts accessed in registry breach

In late January 2026, a malicious intruder accessed France’s national bank account registry, FICOBA, enabling them to view information tied to 1.2 million accounts, the Ministry of the Economy and Finance disclosed on Wednesday. TV5 Monde reported that the perpetrator (or perpetrators) obtained login credentials belonging to a civil cervant authorized to use the database and then used those credentials to explore its contents. They managed to access bank account information and related personal data: … More → The post Data on 1.2 million French bank accounts accessed in registry breach appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Adidas investigates alleged data breach affecting 815,000 records

Adidas confirmed it is investigating a possible data breach involving one of its third-party customer service providers. The company stated that there is no indication its IT infrastructure, e-commerce platforms, or consumer data were impacted by the incident. An individual claiming to belong to the Lapsus$ Group posted on BreachForums alleging they had compromised the sportswear giant’s extranet. The stolen dataset is described as containing 815,000 rows of information, including names, email addresses, passwords, birthdays, … More → The post Adidas investigates alleged data breach affecting 815,000 records appeared first on Help Net Security.
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2025 Cloud Threat Hunting and Defense Landscape

Threat actors are doubling down on cloud infrastructure — exploiting misconfigurations, abusing native services, and pivoting through hybrid environments to maximize impact. See how attack patterns are evolving across exploitation, ransomware, credential abuse, and AI service targeting in this latest cloud threat roundup.
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The new gold standard: Why the world is hedging against the $38.5 trillion debt

As the national debt spirals, a growing chorus of investors is looking back to the oldest form of wealth: physical gold.
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Bug in widely used VoIP phones allows stealthy network footholds, call interception (CVE-2026-2329)

A critical security vulnerability (CVE-2026-2329) in Grandstream VoIP phones could let hackers remotely take full control of the devices and even intercept calls, Rapid7 researchers discovered. “The vulnerability is present in the device’s web-based API service, and is accessible in a default configuration,” Rapid7 researcher Stephen Fewer noted. The risks related to CVE-2026-2329 exploitation CVE-2026-2329 stems from improper bounds checking in a web management endpoint. An attacker can send a specially crafted request to the … More → The post Bug in widely used VoIP phones allows stealthy network footholds, call interception (CVE-2026-2329) appeared first on Help Net Security.
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PromptSpy: First Android malware to use generative AI in its execution flow

ESET researchers have discovered PromptSpy, the first known Android malware to abuse generative AI as part of its execution flow in order to achieve persistence. This marks the first time generative AI has been deployed in this way. Because the attackers rely on prompting an AI model, specifically Google’s Gemini, to guide malicious UI manipulation, ESET has named this malware family PromptSpy. The malware can capture lockscreen data, block uninstallation attempts, gather device information, take … More → The post PromptSpy: First Android malware to use generative AI in its execution flow appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Men sentenced to 8 years in $1.3 million computer intrusion and tax fraud scheme

Matthew A. Akande, a Nigerian national, was sentenced by a U.S. District Court to eight years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a scheme to break into Massachusetts tax preparation firms’ computer networks and file fraudulent tax returns. The operation generated over $1.3 million in fraudulent tax refunds. “Between in or about June 2016 and June 2021, Akande worked with others to steal money from the United States … More → The post Men sentenced to 8 years in $1.3 million computer intrusion and tax fraud scheme appeared first on Help Net Security.
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