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2024 phishing trends tell us what to expect in 2025

Phishing has been the method most often employed by cybercriminals to achieve initial access to targeted organizations in 2024, according to risk advisory firm Kroll, which expects this trend to continue in 2025. But attackers have also increasingly been using valid accounts (i.e., credentials stolen via infostealers) and social engineering to get a foothold into targets’ systems and networks. “Social engineering tactics observed in 2024 included CEO-spoofing that takes advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) to … More → The post 2024 phishing trends tell us what to expect in 2025 appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Simulating scientists: New tool for AI-powered scientific discovery

Researchers have developed a generative AI tool that mimics scientists to support and speed up the process of scientific discoveries.
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New method searches through 10 sextillion drug molecules

A recent study shows that computer algorithms can be used to find molecules that can be developed into anti-inflammatory drugs. In the article, the researchers also describe how the same strategy can be used to search through 10 sextillion alternatives to identify the best drug candidate.
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New AI-powered tool could enhance traumatic brain injury investigations in forensics and law enforcement

A team of researchers has developed an advanced physics-based AI-driven tool to aid the forensic investigation of traumatic brain injuries (TBI).
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Trump administration says it’s cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court late Wednesday temporarily blocked a court order requiring the administration to release billions of dollars in foreign aid. The post Trump administration says it’s cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts first appeared on Federal News Network.
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DeepSeek’s AI shake-up could boost cybersecurity risks, spending: report

The cybersecurity market could grow to $338 billion in value by 2033, driven in part by expanding AI risks, Bloomberg Intelligence analysts said.
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CalypsoAI Security Leaderboard offers safety ranking of major GenAI models

CalypsoAI launched the CalypsoAI Security Leaderboard, an index of all the major AI models based on their security performance. The CalypsoAI Security Leaderboard ranks all the major models on their ability to withstand advanced security attacks and presents a risk-to-performance (RTP) ratio as well as a valuable cost of security (CoS) metric. CalypsoAI compiled the Leaderboard after stress-testing AI models with its new Inference Red-Team solution, which combines Agentic Warfare with automated attacks. “Our Inference Red-Team … More → The post CalypsoAI Security Leaderboard offers safety ranking of major GenAI models appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Aviatrix delivers multicloud security for Kubernetes

Aviatrix launched Aviatrix Kubernetes Firewall, a new solution designed to tackle the pervasive security and application modernization challenges faced by enterprises operating Kubernetes at scale, particularly those in hybrid and multicloud environments. In an era where enterprises are increasingly adopting Kubernetes for its agility and scalability, significant security challenges have emerged that threaten the integrity of cloud-native environments. While existing Kubernetes security solutions – including traditional Container Network Interfaces (CNIs) and service meshes – were built … More → The post Aviatrix delivers multicloud security for Kubernetes appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Siemens Teamcenter vulnerability could allow account takeover (CVE-2025-23363)

A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-23363) in the Siemens Teamcenter product lifecycle management (PLM) software could allow an attacker to steal users’ valid session data and gain unauthorized access to the vulnerable application. About CVE-2025-23363 Siemens Teamcenter is a suite of applications that is used by businesses to manage the entire lifecycle of a product, from initial concept to design, manufacturing, service, and eventual disposal. CVE-2025-23363 is an open redirect vulnerability in Teamcenter’s single sign-on (SSO) login … More → The post Siemens Teamcenter vulnerability could allow account takeover (CVE-2025-23363) appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Trustmi Behavioral AI combats social engineering attacks

Trustmi announced new Behavioral AI, anomaly detection, and risk-scoring capabilities to help enterprise customers combat social engineering attacks on their finance teams, payment systems, suppliers, and processes. The new wave of sophisticated AI-driven social engineering attacks generates highly personalized and convincing messages, making it increasingly difficult for employees and traditional security measures—such as email security—to differentiate between legitimate and malicious communications. These attacks have a singular focus: targeting finance teams and executives with access to … More → The post Trustmi Behavioral AI combats social engineering attacks appeared first on Help Net Security.
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