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Hackers are knocking on office doors pretending to be IT staff

The Silent Ransom Group (SRG) is targeting law firms using social engineering techniques and an unusual tactic for cybercriminals: showing up at victims’ offices in person while posing as IT staff, the FBI warns. The group, also known as Luna Moth, Chatty Spider, and UNC3753, has been active since at least 2022 and has targeted companies in several sectors, including insurance, finance, and healthcare, though law firms remain its primary target. The FBI said SRG … More → The post Hackers are knocking on office doors pretending to be IT staff appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Google AI Threat Defense targets attackers using AI to find flaws faster

Google Cloud introduced AI Threat Defense, an automated cybersecurity platform that combines several of the company’s security assets to find, prioritize, and patch software vulnerabilities at machine speed. The product is aimed at enterprises contending with attackers who use AI to discover and exploit flaws in hours or days, compressing windows that once stretched into weeks. The platform fuses the Gemini family of models, the cloud security firm Wiz, the AI code-fixing agent CodeMender, and … More → The post Google AI Threat Defense targets attackers using AI to find flaws faster appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Claude now reviews and fixes vulnerabilities as you write code

Anthropic introduced a security-guidance plugin for Claude Code that reviews code changes for common vulnerabilities and helps Claude identify and fix issues during the same development session. The company says the plugin is designed to catch issues such as injection flaws, unsafe deserialization, and insecure DOM APIs before code reaches pull requests, reducing the amount of manual security review later in the development process. Once installed, the plugin runs automatically during development sessions, without requiring … More → The post Claude now reviews and fixes vulnerabilities as you write code appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Cogent targets exploit-to-remediation gap with new AI-powered security capabilities

Cogent has launched two new platform capabilities designed to reduce the time between vulnerability disclosure and confirmed remediation. Zero Day Response identifies exposure within minutes of public disclosure, without waiting for scanner signatures. Autonomous Remediation determines the right fix, assesses business impact before execution, and confirms that the vulnerability has been resolved. The releases arrive as AI-assisted exploit development compresses attacker timelines faster than most security programs can keep pace. Time to exploit has collapsed … More → The post Cogent targets exploit-to-remediation gap with new AI-powered security capabilities appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Ping Identity advances agentic security with AI governance and trusted access

Ping Identity announced new capabilities that extend the Ping Identity Platform for the agentic enterprise, where AI agents, automation, and developers increasingly shape how access is managed, governed, and secured across organizations. AI agents are changing both sides of the identity equation. They are new actors that need to be discovered, governed, and managed across their lifecycle, and they are also new operators that can help builders administer and secure identity environments through machine-native interfaces. … More → The post Ping Identity advances agentic security with AI governance and trusted access appeared first on Help Net Security.
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eSentire launches new Atlas AI Operatives for autonomous threat detection and response

eSentire has unveiled new preempt, detect, and respond capabilities within the Atlas Platform, a unified agentic AI platform with purpose-built AI Operatives that work together in a continuous security lifecycle. Controlled autonomy SecOps The Atlas Platform delivers purpose-built and adaptive AI operative infrastructure in a continuous closed loop across autonomous AI offensive security, exposure management, and Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services. It executes hundreds of thousands of autonomous investigations and responses across 2,000+ customer … More → The post eSentire launches new Atlas AI Operatives for autonomous threat detection and response appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Fake ChatGPT and Claude installers on GitHub are dropping Deno RAT malware

Attackers are hosting counterfeit installers and plugins on GitHub and SourceForge that pose as widely used software, including ChatGPT, Claude, AutoTune, Kontakt, Ableton Live, and ZENOLOGY. The downloads deliver a backdoor called DinDoor, which then loads a remote access Trojan built on the Deno JavaScript runtime, according to Malwarebytes. Compromised YouTube channels push victims toward the malicious repositories. The videos promoting the fake tools have accumulated more than 50,000 views. The attackers rotate through GitHub … More → The post Fake ChatGPT and Claude installers on GitHub are dropping Deno RAT malware appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Apple makes its quantum-resistant encryption open source

Apple has published its post-quantum cryptography implementations in corecrypto, together with mathematical proofs and verification tools for independent expert evaluation, allowing external researchers to review the work and reproduce the company’s analysis. Post-quantum cryptography is designed to protect encrypted data from future quantum computers that could break widely used public-key encryption algorithms. A new approach to formal verification of Apple corecrypto (Source: Apple) Corecrypto, the cryptography library used throughout Apple operating systems and services, provides … More → The post Apple makes its quantum-resistant encryption open source appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Franklin Access adds three-layer security system to Wi-Fi routers

Franklin Access has launched a three-layer security system integrated into its Wi-Fi routers, delivering enterprise-grade protection for consumers and small businesses. The system runs automatically in the background, blocking millions of malicious websites in real time to protect families, children, seniors, and businesses from online threats. Franklin’s Wi-Fi routers include advanced security protocols and privacy features designed to safeguard connected devices and user data. Layer 1: Foundation Franklin’s DNS filters block and redirect outgoing traffic … More → The post Franklin Access adds three-layer security system to Wi-Fi routers appeared first on Help Net Security.
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