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When every day is threat assessment day

In this Help Net Security interview, Paul J. Mocarski, VP & CISO at Sammons Financial Group, discusses how insurance carriers are adapting their cybersecurity strategies. He explains how ongoing threat assessments, AI-driven automation, and third-party risk management help maintain readiness. Mocarski also shares how collaboration, integration, and disciplined response are shaping the industry’s defense against next-generation attacks. When you conduct ongoing threat assessments, what signals or patterns are you paying closest attention to, and how … More → The post When every day is threat assessment day appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Autonomous AI could challenge how we define criminal behavior

Whether we ever build AI that thinks like a person is still uncertain. What seems more realistic is a future with more independent machines. These systems already work across many industries and digital environments. Alongside human-to-human and human-to-machine contact, communication between machines is growing fast. Criminology should start to look at what this shift means for crime and social control. A new academic paper from Gian Maria Campedelli of Fondazione Bruno Kessler argues that society … More → The post Autonomous AI could challenge how we define criminal behavior appeared first on Help Net Security.
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ProxyBridge: Open-source proxy routing for Windows applications

ProxyBridge is a lightweight, open-source tool that lets Windows users route network traffic from specific applications through SOCKS5 or HTTP proxies. It can redirect both TCP and UDP traffic and gives users the option to route, block, or allow connections on a per-application basis. The tool operates at the kernel level using WinDivert, which means it works even with applications that are not proxy-aware. Users do not need to change any app settings or modify … More → The post ProxyBridge: Open-source proxy routing for Windows applications appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Shadow AI risk: Navigating the growing threat of ungoverned AI adoption

AI is transforming how businesses operate, but it’s also creating new, often hidden risks. As employees and business units eagerly embrace and experiment with AI solutions, many organizations are losing control over where and how AI is being used. A new threat is emerging: shadow AI. This unsanctioned use of AI tools without oversight from IT or security teams has quickly become a top concern for CISOs. According to Delinea’s 2025 AI in Identity Security … More → The post Shadow AI risk: Navigating the growing threat of ungoverned AI adoption appeared first on Help Net Security.
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What the latest data reveals about hard drive reliability

What really counts as a hard drive failure? That’s the question at the center of Backblaze’s Q3 2025 Drive Stats report, which tracks the performance of 328,348 hard drives across its global data centers. The latest findings build on more than a decade of data that has made Backblaze one of the most transparent sources on drive reliability for IT teams, researchers, and data professionals. Backblaze hard drive failure rates for Q3 2025 “After more … More → The post What the latest data reveals about hard drive reliability appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Banks turn to AI supervisors as agent use surges

Financial institutions are rapidly deploying AI agents in pursuit of billions in economic value, according to Capgemini.
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