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Synack unveils Sara Pentest to accelerate scalable AI-driven penetration testing

Synack has announced Sara Pentest, a new agentic AI product built on the Synack Autonomous Red Agent (Sara) architecture. Sara Pentest performs penetration testing on hosts and web applications, speeding up vulnerability detection and remediation and reducing the window of exposure from months to days. Organizations gain better overall test coverage and can meet the threat from AI-powered adversaries using open source agents to speed up their own offensive security operations. Sara Pentest agents emulate … More → The post Synack unveils Sara Pentest to accelerate scalable AI-driven penetration testing appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Lessons from the shutdown, and what to do before funding runs out again

“Really, there are no particular winners, I think, when you have a government shutdown,” said WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller. The post Lessons from the shutdown, and what to do before funding runs out again first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Lessons from the shutdown, and what to do before funding runs out again

“Really, there are no particular winners, I think, when you have a government shutdown,” said WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller. The post Lessons from the shutdown, and what to do before funding runs out again first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Five men admit helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate US companies

US federal prosecutors have secured guilty pleas from five men who helped North Korean IT workers get hired by companies in the United States. This group of domestic facilitators helped a sanctioned government move money, slip past hiring checks, and place foreign workers inside more than one hundred American firms, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) says. The uncovered schemes In Georgia, three US nationals admitted that they let overseas workers pose as them to … More → The post Five men admit helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate US companies appeared first on Help Net Security.
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The internet isn’t free: Shutdowns, surveillance and algorithmic risks

Global internet freedom has declined for the 15th straight year, according to the latest Freedom House report. Out of 72 countries evaluated, 28 recorded declines and 17 saw improvements. Shutdowns hit high-stakes zones The report documents large-scale infrastructure used to silence dissent and disrupt connectivity. For example, in Kenya authorities shut down internet access for roughly seven hours during protests in June 2024, and arrested hundreds of participants. Authoritarian states such as China and Myanmar … More → The post The internet isn’t free: Shutdowns, surveillance and algorithmic risks appeared first on Help Net Security.
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The tech that turns supply chains from brittle to unbreakable

In this Help Net Security interview, Sev Kelian, CISO and VP of Security at Tecsys, discusses how organizations can strengthen supply chain resilience through a more unified and forward-looking strategy. Kelian also shares how new technologies and a blended view of cyber and physical risk are changing the way teams think about strategy and long-term planning. What are the most common misconceptions you see when organizations begin developing a supply chain strategy? When organizations begin … More → The post The tech that turns supply chains from brittle to unbreakable appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Strix: Open-source AI agents for penetration testing

Security teams know that application flaws tend to show up at the worst time. Strix presents itself as an open source way to catch them earlier by using autonomous agents that behave like human attackers. These agents run code, explore an application, uncover weaknesses, and prove those findings with working proof of concepts. Strix packages a hacker style toolkit into an automated system that can run alone or in groups. Its agents work together and … More → The post Strix: Open-source AI agents for penetration testing appeared first on Help Net Security.
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