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Average global data breach cost now $4.44 million

IBM released its Cost of a Data Breach Report, which revealed AI adoption is greatly outpacing AI security and governance. While the overall number of organizations experiencing an AI-related breach is a small representation of the researched population, this is the first time security, governance and access controls for AI have been studied in this report, which suggests AI is already an easy, high value target. The AI oversight gap 13% of organizations reported breaches … More → The post Average global data breach cost now $4.44 million appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Open-source password recovery utility Hashcat 7.0.0 released

Hashcat is an open-source password recovery tool that supports five attack modes and more than 300 highly optimized hashing algorithms. It runs on CPUs, GPUs, and other hardware accelerators across Linux, Windows, and macOS, and includes features for distributed password cracking at scale. Hashcat 7.0.0 touches over 900,000 lines of code and welcoming contributions from 105 developers, including 74 first-timers. The update rolls all previously unannounced 6.2.x features into a single, well-documented release, setting a … More → The post Open-source password recovery utility Hashcat 7.0.0 released appeared first on Help Net Security.
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The surprising truth about identity security confidence

Organizations most confident in their identity security are often the least prepared, according to a new report from BeyondID. The study reveals a troubling gap between what organizations believe about their identity security programs and how they actually behave. Surprisingly, those expressing the highest confidence are adopting fewer best practices than their more cautious peers. While 74% of IT decision-makers rate their identity posture as “Established” or “Advanced,” their security practices paint a different picture: … More → The post The surprising truth about identity security confidence appeared first on Help Net Security.
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What’s keeping risk leaders up at night? AI, tariffs, and cost cuts

Enterprise risk leaders are most concerned about rising tariffs and trade tensions heading into the second half of 2025, according to a new report from Gartner. The firm’s second-quarter Emerging Risk Report, based on a survey of 223 senior risk, audit, and compliance executives, ranks the escalating trade war as the top emerging risk, up from third in the first quarter. Top emerging risks of Q2 2025 (Source: Gartner) The quarterly report tracks over-the-horizon risks … More → The post What’s keeping risk leaders up at night? AI, tariffs, and cost cuts appeared first on Help Net Security.
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, August 4th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9554, (Mon, Aug 4th)

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Legacy May Kill, (Sun, Aug 3rd)

Just saw something that I thought was long gone. The username “pop3user” is showing up in our telnet/ssh logs. I don't know how long ago it was that I used POP3 to retrieve e-mail from one of my mail servers. IMAP and various webmail systems have long since replaced this classic email protocol. But at least this one attacker is counting on someone still having a “pop3user” configured.
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