By Help Net Security
Publication Date: 2026-05-17 08:00:00
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos:
Review: Foundations of Cybersecurity, 2nd edition
Jason Andress has refreshed his introductory security text for No Starch Press. He writes in the introduction that the term security now extends past data center servers to cloud resources, mobile devices, the Internet of Things, and AI. Foundations of Cybersecurity: A Straightforward Introduction book is aimed at newcomers to the field, network and system administrators, and managers who need a working grasp of security concepts.
Rustinel: Open-source endpoint detection for Windows and Linux
Open-source endpoint detection has long been split between Windows-focused tools built around Sysmon and Linux tools built around eBPF or auditd. Defenders running mixed environments have had to stitch together separate pipelines, separate rule sets, and separate maintenance burdens. Rustinel, a Rust-based endpoint agent, is an attempt…