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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/01/2026 > berlin-data-breach-rhysida-ransomware

Berlin refuses to be blackmailed after network breach

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (417+ words) state government has confirmed an extortion attempt following a data theft from its administrative network...demands, and said the State Criminal Police Office, the public prosecutor’s office, and federal security...The affected departments weren’t disconnected from the state network until…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/01/2026 > spring-ring-vishing-campaign-microsoft-teams

Vishing campaign abuses Microsoft Teams to give attackers a foothold in company networks

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (462+ words) installing malware or granting remote access to their computers, according to Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks...Full attack flow of the two Spring Ring campaigns (Source: Palo Alto Networks) One campaign relied on...Running the downloaded file triggered browser hijacking, scanning…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/10/2026 > wordpress-automated-plugin-security-review

WordPress adds automated security checks to block risky plugin releases

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (460+ words) Releases considered a potential security risk will be blocked automatically....The system assigned the release a high security score....A higher score indicates a higher potential security risk....An accidental security issue can receive the same score as deliberately added…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/07/2026 > chris-webber-teleport-zero-trust-ai-agents

Zero trust AI agents demand a different kind of security

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (239+ words) also discusses Teleport’s approach: trusted runtimes with zero starting privileges, and identity security...He argues that security teams must move from spotting anomalies after the fact to enforcing rules at...and the monitoring and response required to act when needed,…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 08/17/2026 > windows-11-security-bypass-research

s strongest security defenses can be bypassed without a screwdriver

4+ week, 11+ hour ago   (597+ words) Our work exploits the fact that all processes share the same memory to bypass Windows’ strongest security...guarantees,” said Tom Chothia, professor of cyber security at Birmingham....misconfiguration was originally a reliability issue, this attack shows the importance of adopting…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/09/2026 > securin-exposure-management-platform

Securin Platform helps security teams prove when attack paths are closed

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (292+ words) Platform, an AI-native Preemptive Exposure Management platform designed to answer three questions security...Security teams have spent years collecting more findings than they can act on: more scanners, more dashboards...The goal is not to produce another backlog of security…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/08/2026 > mars-security-real-time-intel-based-detection

Mars Security brings threat intelligence to detection in real time

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (257+ words) backtesting against the customer’s own environment, with no data ingestion and no changes to the existing security...already be written, already tested against your data, and waiting for a click,” Ran Lerer, CTO, Mars Security...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/08/2026 > jellyfin-12-0-security-fixes

Jellyfin 12.0 security fixes arrive alongside the removal of legacy client logins

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (335+ words) Several of the security fixes in it block requests built to reach files outside the folders the server...The rest of the security work touches first-run setup, plugin installs, parental controls, and the web...identifiers, or rate severity, so an…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/09/2026 > orchid-security-ai-agents-application-level-kill-switches

Orchid Security targets AI agent risk with drift detection and kill switches

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (21+ words) Orchid Security adds drift detection and kill switches for AI agents to help enterprises control access...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 08/30/2026 > week-in-review-compromised-zimbra-servers-previously-patched-citrix-netscaler-flaw-exploited

Week in review: Compromised Zimbra servers, previously patched Citrix NetScaler flaw exploited

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1277+ words) AI supply chain risk is showing up in developer workflows first In this Help Net Security interview,...Production data in testing is still common, and Tricentis’ CISO wants it gone In this Help Net Security...CISA’s logging guidance works beyond…...

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