(IN)SECURE Newsletter - December 17, 2025

A smorgasbord of knowledge and news - View in browser  (IN)SECURE Newsletter  December 17, 2025 A smorgasbord of knowledge and news What's new? Getting breached by two separate and likely unconnected cyber attack groups is a nightmare scenario for any organization, but can result in an unexpected silver lining: the noisier intrusion can draw attention to a far stealthier threat that might otherwise linger undetected for months. In 2025, law enforcement agencies disrupted the infrastructure and operations of established cybercriminal groups. These groups shift across borders, and the agencies pursuing them are adjusting to that. The internet stayed busy, brittle, and under constant pressure in 2025. Cloudflare's annual Radar Year in Review offers a wide view of how traffic moved, where attacks clustered, and what failed when systems were stressed. Ideas to consider, practices to implement Henkel CISO on the messy truth of monitoring factories built across decades How researchers are teaching AI agents to ask for permission the right way The hidden dynamics shaping who produces influential cybersecurity research AI-driven threats are heading straight for the factory floor NVIDIA research shows how agentic AI fails under attack Smart grids are trying to modernize and attackers are treating it like an invitation A day in the life of the internet tells a bigger story New observational auditing framework takes aim at machine learning privacy leaks What security leaders should watch for when companies buy or sell a business (Video)             Get our news via e-mail Subscribe to get regular updates from Help Net Security. Choose between our daily and weekly newsletters, or you can also opt for specialized newsletters: Breaking news – sent for major events Cybersecurity jobs – sent weekly Open-source cybersecurity tools – sent monthly   Open-source cybersecurity tools you should check out Prometheus - Metrics and monitoring systems and services UTMStack - An unified threat management platform The Bastion - An access control for complex infrastructure Portmaster - An application firewall       Resources Broaden your knowledge and resolve issues (registration may be required): Download: Evaluating Password Monitoring Vendors Download: Strengthening Identity Security whitepaper eBook: A quarter century of Active Directory   Copyright © 2025 Help Net Security, All rights reserved.  You are receiving Help Net Security daily security news because you opted in at our web site located on www.helpnetsecurity.com. Our mailing address is:  Help Net Security  Astus d.o.o.  Kastav 51215  Croatia  Add us to your address book No longer interested in receiving these emails? Unsubscribe Missed an issue? Access our past newsletters here: Archive