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

Permify: Open-source authorization as a service

10+ hour, 27+ 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

11+ hour, 27+ 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 > 09/10/2026 > google-android-password-manager-transfer

Your passkeys can now move between password managers on Android

3+ day, 23+ 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 > wordpress-automated-plugin-security-review

WordPress adds automated security checks to block risky plugin releases

4+ day, 5+ 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 > product-showcase-gitguardian-honeytoken-decoy-service

Product showcase: GitGuardian Honeytoken catches credential theft as it happens

4+ day, 10+ 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 > 09/09/2026 > akeyless-agentic-runtime-authority-identity-control-layer

Akeyless adds real-time enforcement for AI agents in production

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (203+ words) AI agents today do more than answer questions. They access databases and applications, execute workflows, and make decisions inside live production environments. Traditional access controls can determine whether an agent is allowed into a system, but not whether every action…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/09/2026 > orchid-security-ai-agents-application-level-kill-switches

Orchid Security targets AI agent risk with drift detection and kill switches

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (21+ words) Orchid Security adds drift detection and kill switches for AI agents to help enterprises control access as autonomous AI adoption scales....

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/09/2026 > securin-exposure-management-platform

Securin Platform helps security teams prove when attack paths are closed

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (292+ words) Securin has announced the general availability of the Securin Platform, an AI-native Preemptive Exposure Management platform designed to answer three questions security teams struggle with every day: What can attackers actually exploit? What should we fix first? And did the…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/09/2026 > bleachbit-6-0-4-released

BleachBit 6.0.4 fixes secure wiping that skipped clusters on Windows

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (275+ words) The open source cleaner BleachBit reached version 6.0.4 this week, erasing caches, browser traces, and files on Windows, Linux, and now macOS. If you shredded a sensitive file on Windows with an earlier build, parts of it may still sit on…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/08/2026 > jellyfin-12-0-security-fixes

Jellyfin 12.0 security fixes arrive alongside the removal of legacy client logins

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (335+ words) Jellyfin shipped version 12.0 of its media server. Several of the security fixes in it block requests built to reach files outside the folders the server is supposed to hand out. The rest of the security work touches first-run setup, plugin…...