Tag: automation
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AI platform n8n abused for stealthy phishing and malware delivery
Attackers abuse AI automation platform n8n to run phishing campaigns, deliver malware, and evade security by using trusted infrastructure. Threat actors are exploiting the popular AI workflow automation platform n8n to launch advanced phishing campaigns, deliver malware, and collect device data through automated emails. By using trusted infrastructure, they can bypass traditional security controls and…
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Rethinking Cybersecurity for AI Speed in the Mythos Era
Equifax CTO Jamil Farshchi on Cybersecurity’s Response to Flood of Vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity organizations must adapt to machine-speed threats in the age of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos, a new AI model that can uncover vulnerabilities and lead to a flood of repaid exploits. Equifax CTO Jamil Farshchi says security programs must be built for scale, automation and…
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Most “AI SOCs” Are Just Faster Triage. That’s Not Enough.
AI-powered SOC tools promise automation, but most only speed up triage instead of reducing real workload. Tines shows how real gains come from end-to-end workflows that execute actions across systems, not just summarize alerts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/most-ai-socs-are-just-faster-triage-thats-not-enough/
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Claude Mythos: Prepare for your board’s cybersecurity questions about the latest AI model from Anthropic
Tags: ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, best-practice, business, ceo, cisa, cloud, compliance, container, control, cve, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, fedramp, finance, flaw, framework, governance, group, HIPAA, identity, injection, insurance, kev, law, linkedin, linux, LLM, macOS, network, PCI, risk, service, soc, software, strategy, technology, threat, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windows, zero-day, zero-trustWith the Federal Reserve Chairman meeting with bank CEOs to discuss the security implications of Claude Mythos, you can bet that your board of directors will ask you about the impact of the AI model on your cybersecurity strategy. Here’s how to prepare. Key takeaways Anthropic announced Claude Mythos Preview, its most powerful general-purpose frontier…
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5 trends defining the future of AI-powered cybersecurity
Tags: ai, automation, backup, breach, business, cloud, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, endpoint, framework, government, metric, monitoring, msp, regulation, resilience, threatSee how AI is altering the landscape in the new N-able and Futurum report, Cybersecurity in the Age of AI: Moving from Fragile to Resilient. Get key insights on building a modern framework for business resilience. 2. From perimeter security to continuous cyber resilience: The “castle and moat” approach is obsolete. In a world of…
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Q1 2026 Open Source Malware Index: Adaptive Attacks, Familiar Weaknesses
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, cloud, credentials, crypto, data, github, guide, intelligence, kubernetes, linux, macOS, malicious, malware, open-source, pypi, risk, software, supply-chain, tactics, theft, tool, update, windows, worm<div cla TL;DR Sonatype identified 21,764 open source malware packages in Q1 2026, bringing the total logged since 2017 to 1,346,867. npm accounted for 75% of malicious packages this quarter. Trojans dominated, with most activity focused on credential theft, host reconnaissance, and staged payload delivery. The quarter’s defining pattern was trust abuse: attackers succeeded by…
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How AI is transforming threat detection
Tags: ai, attack, automation, best-practice, business, ceo, cisa, cve, cyber, data, detection, email, endpoint, framework, google, governance, group, incident response, intelligence, international, jobs, kev, malware, network, nist, organized, phishing, risk, skills, soc, switch, technology, threat, toolReducing alert fatigue: In alert triage, AI agents are reducing alert fatigue by clustering alert patterns and enabling risk-based prioritization, adds Dipto Chakravarty, chief product and technology officer at Black Duck.For example, natural language processing agents can summarize threat alerts at scale and correlate them with threat intel feeds such as CVE.org and the CISA KEV Catalog,…
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The AI inflection point: What security leaders must do now
The questions have matured: The AI discussion in security has evolved in phases.First came skepticism from security leaders, asking whether AI actually works in security operations. Given years of overpromised technology, the caution was warranted.Experimentation followed, with questions centering on what types of work AI should handle and where it introduces risk.Now, the dominant questions…
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The AI inflection point: What security leaders must do now
The questions have matured: The AI discussion in security has evolved in phases.First came skepticism from security leaders, asking whether AI actually works in security operations. Given years of overpromised technology, the caution was warranted.Experimentation followed, with questions centering on what types of work AI should handle and where it introduces risk.Now, the dominant questions…
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The Vuln Surge is Coming. CSA is Telling Us How to Survive It
The Cloud Security Alliance’s MythosReady report offers a calm, rational roadmap for navigating the AI-driven vulnerability surge. But two critical questions about exploit automation and the painful transition ahead deserve more attention. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/the-vuln-surge-is-coming-csa-is-telling-us-how-to-survive-it/
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Censys finds 5,219 devices exposed to attacks by Iranian APTs, majority in U.S.
Tags: apt, attack, automation, cisa, cyberattack, data-breach, exploit, infrastructure, Internet, iran, technology, threatCensys researchers found 5,219 exposed Rockwell PLCs online, mostly in the U.S., urging defenders to secure or disconnect them. On April 7, 2026, U.S. agencies, including FBI, CISA, and NSA, warned of Iran-linked APTs exploiting internet-exposed Rockwell Automation PLCs. Threat actors are carrying out cyberattacks targeting internet-connected operational technology (OT) across multiple critical infrastructure sectors.…
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TDL 019 – The Psychology Behind a Cyber Breach and the Leaders Who Survive It – Nim Nadarajah
Tags: access, ai, apple, automation, breach, business, cctv, ceo, cio, ciso, cloud, computing, conference, control, corporate, crowdstrike, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, dns, edr, email, finance, firewall, governance, group, healthcare, incident, incident response, infrastructure, injection, insurance, Internet, jobs, law, LLM, metric, microsoft, msp, network, office, powershell, privacy, programming, psychology, risk, saas, service, siem, soar, soc, software, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-trustLeading Through the Cyber Abyss In Episode 019 of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with Nim Nadarajah, CISO and Managing Partner of Critical Matrix, to explore the evolving landscape of cybersecurity leadership. From the “annual pilgrimage” of RSAC 2026 to the front lines of incident response, the conversation shifts from technical bits…
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TDL 019 – The Psychology Behind a Cyber Breach and the Leaders Who Survive It – Nim Nadarajah
Tags: access, ai, apple, automation, breach, business, cctv, ceo, cio, ciso, cloud, computing, conference, control, corporate, crowdstrike, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, dns, edr, email, finance, firewall, governance, group, healthcare, incident, incident response, infrastructure, injection, insurance, Internet, jobs, law, LLM, metric, microsoft, msp, network, office, powershell, privacy, programming, psychology, risk, saas, service, siem, soar, soc, software, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-trustLeading Through the Cyber Abyss In Episode 019 of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with Nim Nadarajah, CISO and Managing Partner of Critical Matrix, to explore the evolving landscape of cybersecurity leadership. From the “annual pilgrimage” of RSAC 2026 to the front lines of incident response, the conversation shifts from technical bits…
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Renovate Dependabot: The New Malware Delivery System
Recent supply chain attacks stayed live for hours. Automation tools silently merged their malware in minutes. Read how upgrade bots and AI agents became the insider threat. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/renovate-dependabot-the-new-malware-delivery-system/
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CMMC compliance in the age of AI
Tags: access, ai, automation, awareness, business, compliance, control, data, detection, email, governance, government, grc, metric, risk, tool, trainingThe primary readiness gap: data scope awareness: Central to preparation is gaining a complete understanding of the data subject to CMMC 2.0 controls. Many organizations are still struggling to define the full scope of systems, workflows and third-party relationships that process or store CUI. When contractors conduct detailed CMMC-focused data inventories, it’s common that they’ll…
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What to Know About CyberAv3ngers: The IRGC-Linked Group Targeting Critical Infrastructure
Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, authentication, automation, backup, cctv, chatgpt, cisa, communications, compliance, control, credentials, crypto, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, dns, email, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, government, group, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, international, Internet, iot, iran, kev, leak, linux, malicious, malware, mitigation, mitre, monitoring, network, office, openai, password, radius, resilience, risk, router, service, siem, software, strategy, switch, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementAn Iran-affiliated threat group has evolved from defacing water utility displays to deploying custom ICS malware and exploiting Rockwell Automation PLCs across multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors. Key takeaways: CyberAv3ngers is a state-directed threat group operating under Iran’s IRGC Cyber-Electronic Command. The U.S. Treasury sanctioned six named officials in February 2024 and the State Department…
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Patch windows collapse as timeexploit accelerates
N-day exploitation: Rapid7 Labs validated its findings about a more febrile threat environment by producing both n-day and zero-day exploits using AI-assisted research, substantially reducing development time.In practice, n-day bugs, or the development of exploits against patched software, are a bigger problem than headline-grabbing zero-day vulnerabilities, adds Leeann Nicolo, incident response lead at Coalition, a technology…
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Weak at the seams
Tags: advisory, ai, attack, automation, business, cloud, compliance, control, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, framework, healthcare, infrastructure, insurance, Internet, network, resilience, risk, service, supply-chain, technology, tool, update, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayThe normal choices are the dangerous ones: Consider the stack a typical large enterprise was running in 2024: One vendor for ERP and supply chain, another for perimeter enforcement, another for networking and another for endpoint protection. Standard choices, responsibly made. Within a twelve-month window, each of those categories experienced significant disruptions, from zero-day exploits…
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Weak at the seams
Tags: advisory, ai, attack, automation, business, cloud, compliance, control, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, framework, healthcare, infrastructure, insurance, Internet, network, resilience, risk, service, supply-chain, technology, tool, update, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayThe normal choices are the dangerous ones: Consider the stack a typical large enterprise was running in 2024: One vendor for ERP and supply chain, another for perimeter enforcement, another for networking and another for endpoint protection. Standard choices, responsibly made. Within a twelve-month window, each of those categories experienced significant disruptions, from zero-day exploits…
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Arelion employs NETSCOUT Arbor DDoS protection products
Tags: ai, attack, automation, business, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, ddos, defense, detection, government, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, mitigation, monitoring, network, risk, router, service, strategy, tactics, technology, threat“As a Tier-1 Internet carrier supporting the majority of global Internet traffic, this continued collaboration reflects our ongoing investment in best-of-breed network security solutions to protect the technology ecosystem. Our partnership combines Arelion’s global network performance and NETSCOUT’s leading Arbor DDoS attack protection solutions to provide world-class experiences for our customers.” Scott Nichols, Chief Commercial…
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Iran”‘linked PLC attacks cause real”‘world disruption at critical US infra sites
Tags: access, advisory, apt, attack, automation, ciso, control, cyber, group, healthcare, infrastructure, iran, switch, threatA recurring Iranian playbook: The advisory linked the current campaign to a pattern of Iranian state-affiliated targeting of US industrial control systems. The authoring agencies have previously reported similar activity by CyberAv3ngers, affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber Electronic Command, which compromised at least 75 Unitronics PLC devices across water, wastewater, and other…
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New eSentire CEO Pursues AI-Driven Managed Security Shift
James Foster Points to Agentic Security and Need for Customers to Outsource Defense. CEO James Foster says managed detection and response is evolving into an AI-powered agentic model as enterprises face faster AI-driven threats. He stresses balancing automation with human expertise while positioning eSentire as a vendor-neutral platform integrating best-of-breed security tools. First seen on…
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New eSentire CEO Pursues AI-Driven Managed Security Shift
James Foster Points to Agentic Security and Need for Customers to Outsource Defense. CEO James Foster says managed detection and response is evolving into an AI-powered agentic model as enterprises face faster AI-driven threats. He stresses balancing automation with human expertise while positioning eSentire as a vendor-neutral platform integrating best-of-breed security tools. First seen on…
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New eSentire CEO Pursues AI-Driven Managed Security Shift
James Foster Points to Agentic Security and Need for Customers to Outsource Defense. CEO James Foster says managed detection and response is evolving into an AI-powered agentic model as enterprises face faster AI-driven threats. He stresses balancing automation with human expertise while positioning eSentire as a vendor-neutral platform integrating best-of-breed security tools. First seen on…
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New eSentire CEO Pursues AI-Driven Managed Security Shift
James Foster Points to Agentic Security and Need for Customers to Outsource Defense. CEO James Foster says managed detection and response is evolving into an AI-powered agentic model as enterprises face faster AI-driven threats. He stresses balancing automation with human expertise while positioning eSentire as a vendor-neutral platform integrating best-of-breed security tools. First seen on…
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5 steps to strengthen supply chain security and improve cyber resilience
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, backup, breach, business, cloud, control, credentials, cyber, data, defense, detection, dns, edr, email, endpoint, exploit, framework, governance, identity, infrastructure, mfa, monitoring, msp, network, radius, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-trustAll software vendors and SaaS platformsOpen”‘source components embedded in your applicationsMSP or IT service providersCloud infrastructure and authentication servicesAPI integrations and automation workflowsOnce documented, classify each supplier by the impact they would have if compromised. A remote monitoring tool or authentication platform represents far greater risk than a basic productivity app. This prioritization helps you…