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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/14/2026 > permify-open-source-authorization-as-a-service

Permify: Open-source authorization as a service

3+ hour, 2+ min ago   (209+ words) Permify is an open-source authorization service that answers access questions at run time: can user X view document Y, which posts can members of team Y edit. It keeps those rules in one place, apart from the application code that…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/14/2026 > digicert-certificate-management-automation-report

Certificate failures can cost firms over $250,000

4+ hour, 2+ min ago   (603+ words) The move toward 47-day public TLS certificates by 2029 will increase the certificate management workload for enterprises, according to DigiCert’s Certificate Management Outlook. Organizations will need to renew certificates more than eight times as often as under the previous certificate lifecycle…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/13/2026 > week-in-review-linux-rootkit-deployed-on-f5-big-ip-apm-devices-cisco-fmc-bugs-exploited

Week in review: Linux rootkit deployed on F5 BIG-IP APM devices, Cisco FMC bugs exploited

1+ day, 32+ min ago   (1419+ words) Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Zero trust AI agents demand a different kind of security In this interview, Chris Webber, VP, Product Marketing at Teleport, explains why zero trust principles…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/11/2026 > automox-mitigation-worklet-pipeline

Automox Mitigation Worklets cut endpoint exposure to unpatchable flaws

3+ day, 44+ min ago   (207+ words) Automox has announced its AI-speed Mitigation Worklet Pipeline, which automates mitigation to reduce risk from the increased volume and velocity of frontier-model AI vulnerabilities. Now the time from vulnerability disclosure to exposure mitigation is shortened from days or weeks to…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/10/2026 > google-android-password-manager-transfer

Your passkeys can now move between password managers on Android

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (305+ words) Google turned on a transfer feature in Android that moves passwords and passkeys straight from one password manager to another, with no file to download along the way. You start it from inside the app you are switching to, and…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/10/2026 > scytale-ai-third-party-risk-management-capabilities

Scytale expands vendor risk management with AI-powered TPRM tools

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (205+ words) Scytale has announced the launch of their latest AI-powered third-party risk management (TPRM) capabilities within its Vendors module. The release further extends vendor risk management from a periodic review exercise into a continuously updated vendor risk intelligence engine, giving security…...

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

WordPress adds automated security checks to block risky plugin releases

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (460+ words) WordPress’ automated security review will now assess every plugin release before it is distributed through the WordPress.org update API. Releases considered a potential security risk will be blocked automatically. “A plugin can be secure today and introduce a vulnerability,…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/10/2026 > browser-based-phishing-blob-urls-microsoft-oauth

Cybercriminals are building phishing pages that exist only inside victims' browsers

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (352+ words) A phishing campaign routes victims through genuine Microsoft OAuth and Teams infrastructure before showing them a fake login page built entirely inside their own browser, according to researchers at Barracuda. “Instead of delivering a phishing page from a web server,…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/10/2026 > product-showcase-gitguardian-honeytoken-decoy-service

Product showcase: GitGuardian Honeytoken catches credential theft as it happens

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (730+ words) Credential harvesting on developer machines has widened. Earlier infostealers worked from a short list of known targets, mostly browser stores and a few cloud credential paths. The families active now cast a much wider net. Shai-Hulud, for instance, ran a…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > event > logicon-2026

LogicON 2026

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (169+ words) Help Net Security The event brings together professionals responsible for managing, securing, and overseeing their organizations’ technology environments. Attendees include practitioners and decision-makers across IT, cybersecurity, and executive leadership, such as CIOs, CISOs, IT and security leaders, CEOs, COOs, and…...