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Shame and sleepless nights haunt scam victims long after the money is gone

Scams and identity theft hurt people in different ways, and recovering involves much more than getting money back, according to ITRC’s 2026 Consumer Impact Report. Scam victims often struggle with shame and self-blame, while identity theft victims can spend weeks of personal effort trying to repair the damage. Source: ITRC Conducted in August and September 2026, the research surveyed 1,111 U.S. adults and a separate…

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Qualys CISO on what security teams can do as exploit campaigns grow

In this Help Net Security interview, Nathan Smolenski, CISO at Qualys, talks about how security teams can handle the growing volume of AI-discovered vulnerabilities. He explains why CISOs should track the average window of exposure instead of standard MTTR, and why only a small share of disclosed flaws, under one percent in 2025, pose active risk. Smolenski also covers how teams can build trust in autonomous remediat…

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IT bosses are confident they’ve found the certificates they don’t know about

Forty percent of 500 senior IT and security leaders surveyed for certificate authority Sectigo said they are very prepared for monthly TLS certificate renewals because automated systems are already in place. Their more specific answers point elsewhere. Only 4% said their certificate management is already automated, and 61% said their organization had a certificate-related outage or incident in the past 12 months. Sou…

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Stolen staff logins are spreading attacks between K-12 school districts

Last school year, 808 K-12 school organizations got some unwelcome news. The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) told them their staff accounts or credentials were circulating on underground and dark web marketplaces. That’s 808 of the center’s 6,116 K-12 members, and attackers are using those logins to get in the door and then reach the next district. In cases MS-ISAC tracked, an attacker p…

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GitHub’s npm package firewall can block brand-new versions before they install

GitHub announced a package firewall that checks npm packages against an enterprise’s policy before they install. It blocks known malware, critical vulnerabilities, and brand-new versions, and any developer can turn it on by pointing npm at the firewall. The checks run before a package reaches a laptop, a build, or a coding agent. GitHub says AI agents are helping developers build more software, faster, and the firewa…

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