Tag: automation
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Elevating the Human Factor in a Zero-Trust World
Zero-trust isn’t just technology, it’s a human-centered strategy. Real security depends on context, judgment and collaboration, not automation alone. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/elevating-the-human-factor-in-a-zero-trust-world/
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AI-powered bug hunting shakes up bounty industry, for better or worse
Tags: access, ai, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, business, ciso, cloud, control, credentials, data, detection, exploit, flaw, guide, identity, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, risk, risk-management, sql, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerabilityFirehose of ‘false positives’: Gunter Ollmann, CTO at Cobalt.io, warns that AI is exacerbating the existing problem that comes from vendors getting swamped with often low-quality bug submissions.Security researchers turning to AI is creating a “firehose of noise, false positives, and duplicates,” according to Ollmann.”The future of security testing isn’t about managing a crowd of…
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AI-powered bug hunting shakes up bounty industry, for better or worse
Tags: access, ai, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, business, ciso, cloud, control, credentials, data, detection, exploit, flaw, guide, identity, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, risk, risk-management, sql, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerabilityFirehose of ‘false positives’: Gunter Ollmann, CTO at Cobalt.io, warns that AI is exacerbating the existing problem that comes from vendors getting swamped with often low-quality bug submissions.Security researchers turning to AI is creating a “firehose of noise, false positives, and duplicates,” according to Ollmann.”The future of security testing isn’t about managing a crowd of…
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Malicious Multilingual ZIP Files Strike Banks and Government Offices
A sophisticated phishing campaign leveraging multilingual ZIP file lures has emerged across East and Southeast Asia, targeting government institutions and financial organizations with unprecedented coordination. Security researchers utilizing Hunt.io’s AttackCapture and HuntSQL datasets have uncovered an interconnected network of 28 malicious webpages operating across three language clusters, revealing a scalable, automation-driven infrastructure designed to deliver…
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Gartner Recognizes Flowable in 2025 Magic Quadrant for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies
ZÜRICH, Switzerland Flowable, a global provider of enterprise automation and orchestration software, has been recognized in the… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/gartner-flowable-2025-magic-quadrant-automation-tech/
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The Hidden Cost of Secrets Sprawl
Manual secrets management costs organizations $172,000+ annually per 10 developers. Discover the hidden productivity drain, security risks, and how automation can recover at least 1.2 FTE worth of capacity. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/the-hidden-cost-of-secrets-sprawl/
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AI layoffs to backfire: Half quietly rehired at lower pay
Bosses banking on automation? 55% will regret those job cuts First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
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Jenkins Flaws Expose SAML Authentication Bypass and MCP Server Plugin Weaknesses
Tags: advisory, authentication, automation, credentials, cyber, flaw, infrastructure, threat, vulnerabilityJenkins automation server users face critical security threats following the disclosure of 14 distinct vulnerabilities spanning multiple plugins. The security advisory reveals a widespread pattern of authentication bypass mechanisms, missing permission enforcement, and credential exposure issues that collectively put enterprise CI/CD infrastructure at serious risk. SAML Authentication Bypass Threatens User Sessions The most critical flaw…
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Jenkins Flaws Expose SAML Authentication Bypass and MCP Server Plugin Weaknesses
Tags: advisory, authentication, automation, credentials, cyber, flaw, infrastructure, threat, vulnerabilityJenkins automation server users face critical security threats following the disclosure of 14 distinct vulnerabilities spanning multiple plugins. The security advisory reveals a widespread pattern of authentication bypass mechanisms, missing permission enforcement, and credential exposure issues that collectively put enterprise CI/CD infrastructure at serious risk. SAML Authentication Bypass Threatens User Sessions The most critical flaw…
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Chromium flaw crashes Chrome, Edge, Atlas: Researcher publishes exploit after Google’s silence
Beyond desktop crashes: enterprise automation at risk: While crashed browsers disrupt individual users, the vulnerability poses greater risks to enterprise automation. Organizations running headless Chromium browsers for AI agents, trading systems, or operational monitoring face potential workflow paralysis, the document stated.Pino’s documentation outlined several enterprise attack scenarios. AI agents querying compromised websites could crash mid-analysis,…
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Cybersecurity management for boards: Metrics that matter
Tags: ai, attack, automation, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, deep-fake, detection, dora, finance, firewall, governance, insurance, jobs, metric, mitigation, nis-2, nist, phishing, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, scam, soc, threat, trainingWhy does this matter? Resilience aligns with your actual business goals: continuity, trust and long-term value. It reflects your appetite for risk and your ability to adapt. And with regulations like DORA and NIS2 pushing accountability higher up the ladder, your board is on the hook. Financial impact and continuity metrics: You can’t fight cyber…
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Chromium flaw crashes Chrome, Edge, Atlas: Researcher publishes exploit after Google’s silence
Beyond desktop crashes: enterprise automation at risk: While crashed browsers disrupt individual users, the vulnerability poses greater risks to enterprise automation. Organizations running headless Chromium browsers for AI agents, trading systems, or operational monitoring face potential workflow paralysis, the document stated.Pino’s documentation outlined several enterprise attack scenarios. AI agents querying compromised websites could crash mid-analysis,…
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Atroposia malware kit lowers the bar for cybercrime, and raises the stakes for enterprise defenders
Tags: apt, authentication, automation, ciso, credentials, crime, cybercrime, defense, detection, dns, endpoint, infrastructure, mail, malicious, malware, mfa, monitoring, rat, service, spam, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityRAT toolkits proliferating: Atroposia is one of a growing number of RAT tools targeting enterprises; Varonis has also recently discovered SpamGPT and MatrixPDF, a spam-as-a-service platform and malicious PDF builder, respectively.Shipley noted that these types of packages which identify additional avenues to maintain persistence have been around for some time; Mirai, which goes back to…
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Rethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, captcha, ceo, container, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, fraud, Hardware, iam, identity, login, malware, mfa, monitoring, passkey, password, phishing, risk, risk-management, scam, threat, tool, vulnerabilityRethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI madhav Tue, 10/28/2025 – 06:35 Traditional identity protections were never designed for the age of AI. They can’t stop the lightning-fast, highly convincing identity attacks AI facilitates. There’s a reason that nearly 60% of businesses say compromised credentials are the leading cause of breaches. Data Security Marco…
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Rethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, captcha, ceo, container, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, fraud, Hardware, iam, identity, login, malware, mfa, monitoring, passkey, password, phishing, risk, risk-management, scam, threat, tool, vulnerabilityRethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI madhav Tue, 10/28/2025 – 06:35 Traditional identity protections were never designed for the age of AI. They can’t stop the lightning-fast, highly convincing identity attacks AI facilitates. There’s a reason that nearly 60% of businesses say compromised credentials are the leading cause of breaches. Data Security Marco…
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Palo Alto Networks Bets Big on Agentic AI
CEO Nikesh Arora: Next-Generation Security Play Ties Automation to Identity, Cloud. With new products set to launch, Palo Alto Networks is expanding its AI cybersecurity footprint. Chairman and CEO Nikesh Arora introduced the AgentiX platform, a retooled cloud approach, identity enhancements and a deal making Palo Alto the core security provider for Oracle Cloud. First…
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Palo Alto Networks Unveils AgentiX Automation Platform: 5 Things To Know
Palo Alto Networks debuted its new platform for building and governing AI agents, Cortex AgentiX, which represents ‘the next step in security automation,’ CEO Nikesh Arora says. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/palo-alto-networks-unveils-agentix-automation-platform-5-things-to-know
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Palo Alto Adds Agentic AI to Supercharge Security Automation
CEO Nikesh Arora: Next-Generation Security Play Ties Automation to Identity, Cloud. With new products set to launch, Palo Alto Networks is expanding its AI cybersecurity footprint. Chairman and CEO Nikesh Arora introduced the AgentiX platform, a retooled cloud approach, identity enhancements and a deal making Palo Alto the core security provider for Oracle Cloud. First…
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Volvo’s recent security breach: 5 tips to speed incident response while preserving forensic integrity
Tags: access, automation, breach, business, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, endpoint, finance, framework, gartner, GDPR, guide, incident, incident response, insurance, metric, mitigation, nist, resilience, risk, risk-management, saas, security-incident, siem, soar, supply-chain, vulnerabilityIdentify and catalog your evidence sources in advance (endpoints, memory, logs, cloud assets)Stage scripts or agents that can snapshot memory and archive logs immediately when an IR trigger firesMake forensic collection part of containment, not something you tack on afterwardModern approaches and even NIST’s updated guidance emphasize that evidence gathering should begin during, not after,…
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Volvo’s recent security breach: 5 tips to speed incident response while preserving forensic integrity
Tags: access, automation, breach, business, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, endpoint, finance, framework, gartner, GDPR, guide, incident, incident response, insurance, metric, mitigation, nist, resilience, risk, risk-management, saas, security-incident, siem, soar, supply-chain, vulnerabilityIdentify and catalog your evidence sources in advance (endpoints, memory, logs, cloud assets)Stage scripts or agents that can snapshot memory and archive logs immediately when an IR trigger firesMake forensic collection part of containment, not something you tack on afterwardModern approaches and even NIST’s updated guidance emphasize that evidence gathering should begin during, not after,…
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Three Factors Determine Whether a Ransomware Group is Successful
ReliaQuest’s Threat Spotlight: How Automation, Customization, and Tooling Signal Next Ransomware exposes how elite Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) groups thrive. Automation, advanced tools, and attack customization attract top affiliates and drive faster, more effective ransomware operations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/three-factors-determine-whether-a-ransomware-group-is-successful/
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Bionic Hackbots Rise, Powerful Partners to Humans
The rapid rise of AI and automation has helped create a new breed of researcher, the bionic hacker. Think of a Steve Austen-type researcher, only instead of body parts replaced by machines, human creativity is being augmented by automation. These bionic hackers use “AI as a catalyst, accelerating recon, triage, scaling pattern recognition, and.. First…
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Three Factors Determine Whether a Ransomware Group is Successful
ReliaQuest’s Threat Spotlight: How Automation, Customization, and Tooling Signal Next Ransomware exposes how elite Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) groups thrive. Automation, advanced tools, and attack customization attract top affiliates and drive faster, more effective ransomware operations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/three-factors-determine-whether-a-ransomware-group-is-successful/
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Bionic Hackbots Rise, Powerful Partners to Humans
The rapid rise of AI and automation has helped create a new breed of researcher, the bionic hacker. Think of a Steve Austen-type researcher, only instead of body parts replaced by machines, human creativity is being augmented by automation. These bionic hackers use “AI as a catalyst, accelerating recon, triage, scaling pattern recognition, and.. First…
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Assured Security with Enhanced NHIs
How Can Organizations Ensure Assured Security with Enhanced Non-Human Identities? Maintaining assured security requires more than just safeguarding human credentials. When organizations increasingly rely on automation, cloud environments, and interconnected systems, they also encounter the intricacies of managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs). These machine identities, much like their human counterparts, can pose significant security risks if……
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Assured Security with Enhanced NHIs
How Can Organizations Ensure Assured Security with Enhanced Non-Human Identities? Maintaining assured security requires more than just safeguarding human credentials. When organizations increasingly rely on automation, cloud environments, and interconnected systems, they also encounter the intricacies of managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs). These machine identities, much like their human counterparts, can pose significant security risks if……
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How to Detect Shadow AI in Your Organization FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, api, automation, awareness, business, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, detection, endpoint, guide, identity, monitoring, network, software, toolOct 24, 2025 – Alan Fagan – Quick Facts: Shadow AI DetectionShadow AI often hides in day-to-day tools; chatbots, plug-ins, or automation apps.It rarely looks like a threat; it starts as convenience.The signs: odd data access, unknown app traffic, missing visibility.Firetail AI helps uncover hidden AI tools and activity before problems escalate.The earlier you detect…
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Capable Defenses Against Advanced Threats
How Can Organizations Fortify Their Cybersecurity with Non-Human Identities? Where automation is ubiquitous, how can organizations ensure their systems remain secure against sophisticated threats? The answer lies in managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs) effectively. While digital ecosystems expand, the security of machine identities becomes a critical consideration for cybersecurity professionals, especially for organizations with robust cloud……
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CAASM and EASM: Top 12 attack surface discovery and management tools
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, blockchain, business, cloud, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, detection, dns, endpoint, exploit, framework, guide, hacking, HIPAA, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, leak, marketplace, microsoft, monitoring, network, open-source, PCI, risk, risk-assessment, service, soc, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityCAASM and EASM tools for attack surface discovery and management: Periodic scans of the network are no longer sufficient for maintaining a hardened attack surface. Continuous monitoring for new assets and configuration drift are critical to ensure the security of corporate resources and customer data.New assets need to be identified and incorporated into the monitoring…