Tag: automation
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TruffleNet and Cloud Abuse at Scale: An Identity Architecture Failure
The recent TruffleNet campaign, first documented by Fortinet, highlights a familiar and uncomfortable truth for security leaders: some of the most damaging cloud attacks aren’t exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities. They’re exploiting identity models that were never designed for the scale and automation of modern cloud environments. Nothing about this attack was novel. That’s precisely the problem….…
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The 12 Months of Innovation: How Salt Security Helped Rewrite API AI Security in 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, crowdstrike, cyber, data, data-breach, defense, detection, email, exploit, github, governance, injection, insurance, intelligence, privacy, risk, risk-management, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, wafAs holiday lights go up and inboxes fill with year-in-review emails, it’s tempting to look back on 2025 as “the year of AI.” But for security teams, it was something more specific the year APIs, AI agents, and MCP servers collided across the API fabric, expanding the attack surface faster than most organizations could keep…
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LLM-Driven Automation: A New Catalyst for Ransomware and RaaS Ecosystems
SentinelLABS has released a comprehensive assessment regarding the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) into the ransomware ecosystem, concluding that while AI is not yet driving a fundamental transformation in tactics, it is significantly accelerating the operational lifecycle. The research indicates that measurable gains in speed, volume, and multilingual reach are reshaping the threat landscape,…
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The 5 power skills every CISO needs to master in the AI era
Tags: ai, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, framework, governance, identity, jobs, law, leak, metric, network, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, skills, technology, threat, tool, updateWhy traditional skill sets are no longer enough: CISO action item: Run a 1-hour “AI Bias Audit” on your top 3 detection rules this quarter.Ask: “What data is missing? Who is underrepresented?”According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, nearly 40% of core job skills will change by 2030, driven primarily by AI,…
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The 5 power skills every CISO needs to master in the AI era
Tags: ai, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, framework, governance, identity, jobs, law, leak, metric, network, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, skills, technology, threat, tool, updateWhy traditional skill sets are no longer enough: CISO action item: Run a 1-hour “AI Bias Audit” on your top 3 detection rules this quarter.Ask: “What data is missing? Who is underrepresented?”According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, nearly 40% of core job skills will change by 2030, driven primarily by AI,…
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The new frontline: How AI and automation are securing the supply chain
In today’s digital economy, trust isn’t a given, it’s engineered across the entire supply chain. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/spons/the-new-frontline-how-ai-and-automation-are-securing-the-supply-chain/807541/
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New VolkLocker Ransomware Variant Targets Both Linux and Windows Systems
CyberVolk, a pro-Russia hacktivist group first documented in late 2024, has resurfaced with a sophisticated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering called VolkLocker after months of dormancy caused by Telegram enforcement actions. The group returned in August 2025 with version 2.x, featuring advanced Telegram-based automation and cross-platform capabilities targeting both Linux and Windows systems. VolkLocker is built in…
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New VolkLocker Ransomware Variant Targets Both Linux and Windows Systems
CyberVolk, a pro-Russia hacktivist group first documented in late 2024, has resurfaced with a sophisticated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering called VolkLocker after months of dormancy caused by Telegram enforcement actions. The group returned in August 2025 with version 2.x, featuring advanced Telegram-based automation and cross-platform capabilities targeting both Linux and Windows systems. VolkLocker is built in…
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Cybersecurity leaders’ top seven takeaways from 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, governance, government, grc, identity, international, malicious, network, nist, phishing, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability2. AI forced companies to rethink their security strategies: At the same time, Abousselham notes how the rapid rollout of AI forced companies to shift their resources to keep pace with the change, while maintaining safe product releases. He calls 2025 the “chaotic introduction of agentic AI”.”I don’t think the industry was ready or expected…
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Cybersecurity leaders’ top seven takeaways from 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, governance, government, grc, identity, international, malicious, network, nist, phishing, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability2. AI forced companies to rethink their security strategies: At the same time, Abousselham notes how the rapid rollout of AI forced companies to shift their resources to keep pace with the change, while maintaining safe product releases. He calls 2025 the “chaotic introduction of agentic AI”.”I don’t think the industry was ready or expected…
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Guided redaction in Tonic Textual: Human-precision, streamlined by AI
Guided Redaction blends AI automation with human judgment to help teams finalize sensitive document redactions faster, more accurately, and with full auditability. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/guided-redaction-in-tonic-textual-human-precision-streamlined-by-ai/
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High-Severity Jenkins Flaw Enables Unauthenticated DoS Through HTTP CLI
Jenkins has released a critical security advisory addressing a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability affecting millions of organizations that rely on the popular automation server. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-67635, allows unauthenticated attackers to disrupt Jenkins instances by exploiting improper handling of corrupted HTTP-based CLI connections. Vulnerability Overview The vulnerability resides in Jenkins’ HTTP-based command-line interface, where…
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The Impact of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) on Identity and Access Management
As enterprises refine their strategies for handling Non-Human Identities (NHIs), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has become a powerful tool for streamlining operations and enhancing security. However, since RPA bots have varying levels of access to sensitive information, enterprises must be prepared to mitigate a variety of challenges. In large organizations, bots are starting to outnumber…
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The Impact of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) on Identity and Access Management
As enterprises refine their strategies for handling Non-Human Identities (NHIs), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has become a powerful tool for streamlining operations and enhancing security. However, since RPA bots have varying levels of access to sensitive information, enterprises must be prepared to mitigate a variety of challenges. In large organizations, bots are starting to outnumber…
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Microsoft Copilot Studio Security Risk: How Simple Prompt Injection Leaked Credit Cards and Booked a $0 Trip
The no-code power of Microsoft Copilot Studio introduces a new attack surface. Tenable AI Research demonstrates how a simple prompt injection attack of an AI agent bypasses security controls, leading to data leakage and financial fraud. We provide five best practices to secure your AI agents. Key takeaways: The no-code interface available in Microsoft Copilot…
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Microsoft Copilot Studio Security Risk: How Simple Prompt Injection Leaked Credit Cards and Booked a $0 Trip
The no-code power of Microsoft Copilot Studio introduces a new attack surface. Tenable AI Research demonstrates how a simple prompt injection attack of an AI agent bypasses security controls, leading to data leakage and financial fraud. We provide five best practices to secure your AI agents. Key takeaways: The no-code interface available in Microsoft Copilot…
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Empowering Security and Control: Thales CipherTrust Cloud Key Management Integrates with Oracle Fusion Cloud Services
Tags: access, ai, automation, best-practice, business, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, data, data-breach, encryption, finance, GDPR, governance, government, guide, healthcare, HIPAA, intelligence, network, oracle, PCI, resilience, risk, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, tool, zero-trustEmpowering Security and Control: Thales CipherTrust Cloud Key Management Integrates with Oracle Fusion Cloud Services madhav Thu, 12/11/2025 – 06:50 In a landscape where the safeguarding of sensitive information is paramount, the collaboration between Thales and Oracle Fusion Cloud Services helps create operational independence, data sovereignty, and uncompromising control for organizations worldwide. At Thales, our…
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Empowering Security and Control: Thales CipherTrust Cloud Key Management Integrates with Oracle Fusion Cloud Services
Tags: access, ai, automation, best-practice, business, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, data, data-breach, encryption, finance, GDPR, governance, government, guide, healthcare, HIPAA, intelligence, network, oracle, PCI, resilience, risk, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, tool, zero-trustEmpowering Security and Control: Thales CipherTrust Cloud Key Management Integrates with Oracle Fusion Cloud Services madhav Thu, 12/11/2025 – 06:50 In a landscape where the safeguarding of sensitive information is paramount, the collaboration between Thales and Oracle Fusion Cloud Services helps create operational independence, data sovereignty, and uncompromising control for organizations worldwide. At Thales, our…
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How to justify your security investments
Tags: ai, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, computing, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, encryption, finance, Hardware, incident, infrastructure, resilience, risk, saas, service, strategy, technology, tool, vulnerabilityThe language of risks and returns: Boards of directors make decisions considering concepts such as risk and return. These include financial risks, operational risks, and reputational risks for the company. Board members assess the probability, exposure, and impact of incidents in each of these areas. Accordingly, the CISO’s role is to clarify how a proposed…
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How to justify your security investments
Tags: ai, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, computing, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, encryption, finance, Hardware, incident, infrastructure, resilience, risk, saas, service, strategy, technology, tool, vulnerabilityThe language of risks and returns: Boards of directors make decisions considering concepts such as risk and return. These include financial risks, operational risks, and reputational risks for the company. Board members assess the probability, exposure, and impact of incidents in each of these areas. Accordingly, the CISO’s role is to clarify how a proposed…
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Polymorphic AI malware exists, but it’s not what you think
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, detection, edr, email, espionage, government, group, identity, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, phishing, radius, ransomware, risk, soc, technology, theft, threat, toolwhat the code block should do, or how it’s going to evade an antivirus. It’s just working under the assumption that Gemini just instinctively knows how to evade antiviruses (it doesn’t). There’s also no entropy to ensure the ‘self-modifying’ code differs from previous versions, or any guardrails to ensure it actually works. The function was…
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Polymorphic AI malware exists, but it’s not what you think
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, detection, edr, email, espionage, government, group, identity, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, phishing, radius, ransomware, risk, soc, technology, theft, threat, toolwhat the code block should do, or how it’s going to evade an antivirus. It’s just working under the assumption that Gemini just instinctively knows how to evade antiviruses (it doesn’t). There’s also no entropy to ensure the ‘self-modifying’ code differs from previous versions, or any guardrails to ensure it actually works. The function was…
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Polymorphic AI malware exists, but it’s not what you think
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, detection, edr, email, espionage, government, group, identity, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, phishing, radius, ransomware, risk, soc, technology, theft, threat, toolwhat the code block should do, or how it’s going to evade an antivirus. It’s just working under the assumption that Gemini just instinctively knows how to evade antiviruses (it doesn’t). There’s also no entropy to ensure the ‘self-modifying’ code differs from previous versions, or any guardrails to ensure it actually works. The function was…
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Racks, sprawl and the myth of redundancy: Why your failover isn’t as safe as you think
Tags: access, automation, backup, breach, cloud, control, data, data-breach, defense, detection, dns, encryption, firmware, flaw, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, metric, mobile, network, resilience, software, strategy, supply-chain, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-dayCloud complexity and policy traps: Networks, however, no longer stay confined to racks. They live in routing tables, BGP sessions, cloud control planes and software-defined overlays. Many organizations rush to multi-region cloud setups, believing geographic distance alone guarantees resilience. It does not. Last year, I oversaw a global e-commerce platform with active-passive failover across two…
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Racks, sprawl and the myth of redundancy: Why your failover isn’t as safe as you think
Tags: access, automation, backup, breach, cloud, control, data, data-breach, defense, detection, dns, encryption, firmware, flaw, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, metric, mobile, network, resilience, software, strategy, supply-chain, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-dayCloud complexity and policy traps: Networks, however, no longer stay confined to racks. They live in routing tables, BGP sessions, cloud control planes and software-defined overlays. Many organizations rush to multi-region cloud setups, believing geographic distance alone guarantees resilience. It does not. Last year, I oversaw a global e-commerce platform with active-passive failover across two…
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Checkmarx Purchases Tromzo to Boost AI Security Automation
Tromzo Acquisition Adds AI Team and Technology for Automated Security Remediation. Checkmarx acquired AI security startup Tromzo to jumpstart its roadmap for agentic application security. The deal gives Checkmarx a ready-built platform and team focused on enterprise-grade triage and remediation agents designed to streamline vulnerability management. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/checkmarx-purchases-tromzo-to-boost-ai-security-automation-a-30226
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Ignoring AI in the threat chain could be a costly mistake, experts warn
Tags: ai, attack, automation, ceo, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, exploit, government, hacker, skills, sophos, technology, threat, toolHow CISOs could cut through the confusion: The conflicting narratives around AI threats leave many CISOs struggling to reconcile hype with operational reality.Given the emergence of AI-enabled cyber threats amid pushback from some cyber experts who contend these threats are not real, Sophos CEO Joe Levy tells CSO that AI is becoming a “Rorschach test,…
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Offensive security takes center stage in the AI era
Tags: ai, attack, automation, business, ciso, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, framework, hacker, hacking, incident response, intelligence, malicious, offense, phishing, RedTeam, regulation, risk, skills, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windowsRed teaming, where ethical hackers simulate real-world attacks to test detection and response capabilities. Red teams aim to emulate threat actors by using stealthy tactics to bypass controls and achieve objectives such as data exfiltration or privilege escalation.Adversary emulation, where security pros re-create known threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) based on threat intelligence…
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Offensive security takes center stage in the AI era
Tags: ai, attack, automation, business, ciso, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, framework, hacker, hacking, incident response, intelligence, malicious, offense, phishing, RedTeam, regulation, risk, skills, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windowsRed teaming, where ethical hackers simulate real-world attacks to test detection and response capabilities. Red teams aim to emulate threat actors by using stealthy tactics to bypass controls and achieve objectives such as data exfiltration or privilege escalation.Adversary emulation, where security pros re-create known threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) based on threat intelligence…