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The behavioral signals that sharpen Trojan malware detection

Malware analysts spend a lot of time deciding which signals from a sandbox run are worth keeping. A sample executed in a controlled environment can generate hundreds of measurable attributes covering file structure, registry edits, process behavior, and network traffic. Most of those attributes add noise. A recent study works through this problem in detail, and the part that earns attention from working defenders is the feature selection, not the deep learning model attached to … More → The post The behavioral signals that sharpen Trojan malware detection appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Product showcase: TotalAV helps iOS users clean up their digital mess

TotalAV Mobile Security helps protect devices from malicious websites, SMS scams, unsafe public Wi-Fi networks, and exposed credentials. The app is available for Windows, Android, macOS, and iOS devices. After downloading the app from the App Store, users provide an email address, select what they want to scan, and start a Smart Scan. The scan reviews device settings, browser protections, breach exposure, and other security-related areas before presenting a summary of the device’s status. The … More → The post Product showcase: TotalAV helps iOS users clean up their digital mess appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Building a risk-based vulnerability management program that scales

In this Help Net Security video, Shankar Somasundaram, CEO at Asimily, explains how to build a risk-based vulnerability program. He notes that vulnerabilities are exploding by an order of magnitude in the age of AI-driven attacks, with one customer finding a thousand vulnerabilities for every one they knew about. Patching everything is not workable, and relying on CVSS scores fails because two-thirds of published CVEs are marked high risk. Shankar walks through a better approach. … More → The post Building a risk-based vulnerability management program that scales appeared first on Help Net Security.
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New infosec products of the month: May 2026

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from Alation, AppOmni, Apricorn, ASAPP, Babel Street, Checksum, Cogent, CTERA, Forward, LastPass, Operant AI, Riverbed, Sysdig, Trust3 AI, TrustCloud, VIAVI, Versa Networks, and XM Cyber. Operant AI Endpoint Protector secures AI agents and MCP tools Operant AI has launched Operant Endpoint Protector, a new addition to its AI Defense Platform that enables enterprise IT and security teams to discover, detect, and … More → The post New infosec products of the month: May 2026 appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Salesforce touts Agentforce growth as other segments lag

The company’s flagship agentic platform drew in $1 billion in annual recurring revenue, but other categories such as Tableau, fell behind expectations.
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Google Cloud, Workday team up to launch HR and finance AI agent tools

The companies are working to break down data silos across enterprise software and automate common tasks for HR and finance teams.
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Snowflake targets AI agent adoption with AWS deal, acquisition

The data warehousing and analytics vendor is targeting the “agentic enterprise” with additional compute and governance capabilities.
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IBM and Red Hat are betting $5 billion that open source needs a security guard

IBM and Red Hat announced Project Lightwell, a $5 billion commitment backed by new frontier AI capabilities and a global force of more than 20,000 engineers to help enterprises secure open source software. Together, these investments establish a new model for enterprise use of open source software, from upstream development through production environments. Project Lightwell will establish a trusted enterprise clearinghouse combined with a global force of engineers to identify and fix vulnerabilities at scale. … More → The post IBM and Red Hat are betting $5 billion that open source needs a security guard appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Cybercriminals sail away with data from 6 million Carnival customers

Carnival Corporation, one of the world’s largest cruise operators, confirmed a data breach weeks after the ShinyHunters hacking group claimed it had stolen millions of customer records. Carnival acknowledged a phishing incident involving a single employee account and stated that it was investigating the scope of the unauthorized activity. “On April 14, 2026, the company’s IT security team identified unauthorized activity involving an employee’s account. An unauthorized actor used social engineering to deceive an employee … More → The post Cybercriminals sail away with data from 6 million Carnival customers appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Microsoft’s Copilot trust test: Zero findings, more models, wider oversight

Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat (Copilot) have been recertified under ISO/IEC 42001:2023 by an independent auditor for the second consecutive year. Copilot first received ISO 42001 certification in March 2025. This year’s recertification recorded zero non-conformities and zero improvement observations, resulting in a second audit in a row. The certification evaluates the AI management system in areas including governance, risk assessment, data management, transparency, human oversight, and supplier management. Microsoft 365 Copilot is an … More → The post Microsoft’s Copilot trust test: Zero findings, more models, wider oversight appeared first on Help Net Security.
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