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![Ransomware Payments Decreased by 35% in 2024, Research Finds](/static/build/img/news/ransomware-payments-decreased-by-35-in-2024-research-finds-small.jpg)
Ransomware payments dropped 35% in 2024 due to law enforcement crackdowns and stronger cyber defenses, forcing attackers to adapt with new tactics.
![21% of CISOs Have Been Pressured Not to Report a Compliance Issue, Research Finds](/static/build/img/news/21-of-cisos-have-been-pressured-not-to-report-a-compliance-issue-research-finds-small.jpg)
CISOs face growing boardroom pressure, compliance challenges, and cyber threats. Discover key insights from Splunk’s latest report on cybersecurity leadership.
![New Research: The State of Web Exposure 2025](/static/build/img/news/new-research-the-state-of-web-exposure-2025-small.jpg)
Are your websites leaking sensitive data? New research reveals that 45% of third-party apps access user info without proper authorization, and 53% of risk exposures in Retail are due to the...
![Friday Squid Blogging: Opioid Alternatives from Squid Research](/static/build/img/news/alt/phishing-stats-2-small.jpg)
Is there nothing that squid research can’t solve? “If you’re working with an organism like squid that can edit genetic information way better than any other organism, then it makes sense that that...
![DNA sequencers found running ancient BIOS, posing risk to clinical research](/static/build/img/news/dna-sequencers-found-running-ancient-bios-posing-risk-to-clinical-research-small.jpg)
Devices on six-year-old firmware vulnerable to takeover and destruction Argentine cybersecurity shop Eclypsium claims security issues affecting leading DNA sequencing devices could lead to...
![Balancing proprietary and open-source tools in cyber threat research](/static/build/img/news/balancing-proprietary-and-open-source-tools-in-cyber-threat-research-small.jpg)
In this Help Net Security interview, Thomas Roccia, Senior Security Researcher at Microsoft, discusses how threat research drives faster, better decision-making in cybersecurity operations. Roccia...
![New Research Reveals Spectre Vulnerability Persists in Latest AMD and Intel Processors](/static/build/img/news/new-research-reveals-spectre-vulnerability-persists-in-latest-amd-and-intel-processors-small.jpg)
More than six years after the Spectre security flaw impacting modern CPU processors came to light, new research has found that the latest AMD and Intel processors are still susceptible to...
![YARA: Open-source tool for malware research](/static/build/img/news/yara-open-source-tool-for-malware-research-small.jpg)
YARA is a powerful tool designed primarily to aid malware researchers in identifying and categorizing malware samples, though its applications are broader. The tool enables users to create...
![Docker-OSX image used for security research hit by Apple DMCA takedown](/static/build/img/news/docker-osx-image-used-for-security-research-hit-by-apple-dmca-takedown-small.jpg)
The popular Docker-OSX project has been removed from Docker Hub after Apple filed a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown request, alleging that it violated its copyright. [...]
![New Research in Detecting AI-Generated Videos](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-attacker-small.jpg)
The new tool the research project is unleashing on deepfakes, called "MISLnet", evolved from years of data derived from detecting fake images and video with tools that spot changes made to digital video or images. These may include the addition or movement of pixels between frames, manipulation of the speed of the clip, or the removal of frames.