Cyber threats against the defense industrial base (DIB) are intensifying, with adversaries shifting from traditional espionage toward operations designed to disrupt production capacity and compromise supply chains. In this Help Net Security interview, Luke McNamara, Deputy Chief Analyst, Google Threat Intelligence Group, explains how attackers target the broader defense ecosystem and why identity has become the new security boundary. At a strategic level, how do cyber operations against the defense industrial base differ from espionage campaigns against government agencies? Operations against government agencies often focus on immediate intelligence collection to gain tactical advantages during policy and trade negotiations, or even…
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This post was sponsored by No Fluff. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. When ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity mention a company, these large language models (LLMs) are deciding whether that business is safe to reference, not how long it has existed. Most business leaders assume one thing when they don’t show up in AI-generated answers: We’re too new. In reality, early testing across multiple AI platforms suggests something else is going on. In many cases, the problem has less to do with company age and more to do with how AI systems evaluate structure, repetition, and…
Google has been rapidly improving NotebookLM, rolling out major new updates or improvements almost every other week. Just a few months ago, the AI tool gained the ability to generate Slide Decks from added information sources. Now, Google is making it even better by adding one of the most-requested features: prompt-based customizations. Generating Slide Decks in NotebookLM is relatively easy. You can choose between Detailed Deck or Presenter Slides depending on your use case, along with the slide’s length and language. Then, describe the deck you want to create and hit Generate to let Gemini build it for you. The…
Vulnerabilities with high to critical severity ratings affecting popular Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extensions collectively downloaded more than 128 million times could be exploited to steal local files and execute code remotely. The security issues impact Live Server (CVE-2025-65715), Code Runner (CVE-2025-65716), Markdown Preview Enhanced (CVE-2025-65717), and Microsoft Live Preview (no identifier assigned). Researchers at application security company Ox Security discovered the flaws and tried to disclose them since June 2025. However, the researchers say that no maintainer responded. Remote code execution in IDE VSCode extensions are add-ons that expand the functionality of Microsoft’s integrated development environment (IDE). They can add…
SAN FRANCISCO — A new report released today offers journalists tips on cutting through the sales hype about police surveillance technology and report accurately on costs, benefits, privacy, and accountability as these invasive and often ineffective tools come to communities across the nation. The “Selling Safety” report is a joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Center for Just Journalism (CJJ), and IPVM. Police technology is often sold as a silver bullet: a way to modernize departments, make communities safer, and eliminate human bias from policing with algorithmic objectivity. Behind the slick marketing is a sprawling, under-scrutinized industry…
Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityTL;DR The Google Home app is getting pre-defined voice assistant actions in the automation editor. Google is also making it possible to remove pre-made routines. Google Home for web now supports continuous video clip downloads of up to five minutes. The biggest change is the addition of pre-defined voice assistant actions in the automation editor. Instead of typing out custom commands every time, you can now pick from a list of common actions and add them to your automations with just a tap. Don’t want to miss the best from Android Authority? These actions live under…
SecurityWeek’s Cyber Insights 2026 examines expert opinions on the expected evolution of more than a dozen areas of cybersecurity interest over the next 12 months. We spoke to hundreds of individual experts to gain their expert opinions. Here we explore securing industrial control systems and the strategies organizations are adopting to build long-term resilience. The cybersecurity challenge for Industrial Control Systems (ICS) is they were designed in conditions of peace but now operate in a continuous war zone. Bryson Bort, CEO and founder at SCYTHE, starts his conversations on ICS security with a joke: ‘How can you tell a computer…
Traffic from AI chatbots converts at a higher rate than traffic from Google, according to Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. He shared this tidbit on the company’s Q4 2025 earnings call: “And what we see is that traffic that comes from chatbots convert at a higher rate than traffic that comes from Google,” Chesky said on Feb. 12. Yes, but. He didn’t share specific conversion rates, and the company didn’t quantify chatbot traffic volume. But for Airbnb, early data suggests visitors arriving via AI chatbots may be further along in the booking process than those coming from traditional Google searches. Airbnb…
iOS 26.3 was a decidedly small update. It introduced a new tool to transfer data to Android, and gave some iPhones the ability to hide precise location data from cellular networks. But beyond some other small changes and security patches, that’s all there was to write home about. iOS 26.4 is a different story. The update, which is currently in beta testing, adds a number of interesting new features to compatible iPhones, especially if you’re an Apple Music user.As with all beta software, iOS 26.4 is currently in testing, which means these features are subject to change at any time.…
The certification covers how to secure AI platforms and functionality, how to use AI to improve processes such as incident response, security analytics, threat intelligence, and penetration testing. It also focuses on how AI can automate compliance and risk management procedures under human guidance, according to CompTIA. “CompTIA SecAI+ addresses the cybersecurity-AI trifecta,” said Dr. James Stanger, chief technology evangelist at CompTIA, in a statement. “First, it focuses on the best practices, processes, systems, and tools to ensure that AI platforms and functionality are as secure as possible. Next, it illustrates how to improve and de-friction processes such as incident…