Security News > 2025

94% of firms say pentesting is essential, but few are doing it right
2025-04-15 05:00

Organizations are fixing less than half of all exploitable vulnerabilities, with just 21% of GenAI app flaws being resolved, according to Cobalt. Big firms take longer to fix pentest issues 94% of...

Gladinet’s Triofox and CentreStack Under Active Exploitation via Critical RCE Vulnerability
2025-04-15 04:39

A recently disclosed security flaw in Gladinet CentreStack also impacts its Triofox remote access and collaboration solution, according to Huntress, with seven different organizations compromised...

Chief Legal Officers step up in cybersecurity oversight
2025-04-15 04:30

In this Help Net Security video, Jennifer Chen, Executive Director of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Foundation, discusses how globally, Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) are becoming...

Meta Resumes E.U. AI Training Using Public User Data After Regulator Approval
2025-04-15 04:10

Meta has announced that it will begin to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models using public data shared by adults across its platforms in the European Union, nearly a year after it paused...

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: April 15, 2025
2025-04-15 04:00

CISO Department of Justice | Australia | On-site – View job details As a CISO, you will be responsible for developing and implementing a cyber security strategy as well as establishing and...

Don't delete that mystery empty folder. Windows put it there as a security fix
2025-04-14 23:16

Copilot vibe coding for OS development? Why not Canny Windows users who've spotted a mysterious folder on hard drives after applying last week's security patches for the operating system can rest...

Hertz confirms customer info, drivers' licenses stolen in data breach
2025-04-14 23:16

Car rental giant Hertz Corporation warns it suffered a data breach after customer data for its Hertz, Thrifty, and Dollar brands was stolen in the Cleo zero-day data theft attacks. [...]

New SSL/TLS certs to each live no longer than 47 days by 2029
2025-04-14 21:31

IT admins, get ready to grumble CA/Browser Forum – a central body of web browser makers, security certificate issuers, and friends – has voted to cut the maximum lifespan of new SSL/TLS certs to...

Govtech giant Conduent confirms client data stolen in January cyberattack
2025-04-14 20:50

American business services giant and government contractor Conduent disclosed today that client data was stolen in a January 2025 cyberattack. [...]

Cybersecurity firm buying hacker forum accounts to spy on cybercriminals
2025-04-14 19:36

Swiss cybersecurity firm Prodaft has launched a new initiative called 'Sell your Source' where the company purchases verified and aged accounts on hacking forums to to spy on cybercriminals. [...]