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Researchers found that Google API keys long treated as harmless can now unlock access to Gemini.

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Modern organizations operate in environments where cyber risks evolve daily, cloud infrastructure changes continuously, and compliance expectations intensify across jurisdictions. In this environment, traditional risk management that relies on staticrisk assessments and manual effort is no longer sufficient.

The post Operationalizing Risk: Automating Cyber Risk Processes appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Discover the potential vulnerabilities posed by advanced AI-driven attack strategies and the importance of cybersecurity for athletes, organizers, and supporting businesses.

The post AI, Geopolitics and the Cyberthreats That Faced the 2026 Milan–Cortina Winter Games   appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Iran is slowly emerging from the most severe communications blackout in its history and one of the longest in the world. Triggered as part of January’s government crackdown against citizen protests nationwide, the regime implemented an internet shutdown that transcends the standard definition of internet censorship. This was not merely blocking social media or foreign websites; it was a total communications shutdown.

Unlike previous Iranian internet shutdowns where Iran’s domestic intranet—the National Information Network (NIN)—remained functional to keep the banking and administrative sectors running, the 2026 blackout ...

The post Why Tehran’s Two-Tiered Internet Is So Dangerous appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Law enforcement agencies across 28 countries have spent the past year building cases against a loosely organized collective known as The Com, a decentralized network of mostly teenagers and young adults linked to high-profile ransomware attacks, financial extortion, and the coercion of vulnerable children. Europol announced the first operational results of Project Compass, reporting 30 arrests and the full or partial identification of 179 perpetrators since the initiative launched in January 2025. Investigators have also … More →

The post Europol goes after The Com’s ransomware and extortion networks appeared first on Help Net Security.

Google’s second beta of Android 17 continues updates to platform behavior and introduces new APIs focused on protecting sensitive data. Protecting contact and local network data A new system-level Contacts Picker gives apps temporary access only to the contact information a user selects. It limits contact data exposure and works across both personal and work profiles on the device. Contacts Picker (Source: Google) The update also introduces the EyeDropper API, which lets apps select a … More →

The post Android 17 second beta expands privacy controls for contacts, SMS and local networks appeared first on Help Net Security.

The Notepad++ supply chain compromise is the latest proof that sophisticated adversaries are deliberately targeting the gap between two disciplines: Vulnerability management and detection and response. 

The post The Seam in Cybersecurity Defenses That Nation-States Keep Exploiting appeared first on Security Boulevard.