Meta and PortSwigger drive offensive security further to find what others miss

This Help Net Security feed covers multiple security developments: Meta Bug Bounty and PortSwigger partnered to improve offensive-security training and tooling (Burp Suite); the European Commission awarded up to €180M for sovereign cloud services to four EU-based providers; Boost Security released SmokedMeat, an open-source framework that simulates attacker chains inside CI/CD pipelines; guidance on detecting North Korean deepfake job-interview impostors; a Syncthing product showcase; a week-in-review noting an Acrobat Reader flaw exploitation and broader AI/security discussions; Google used/‑