Tag: automation
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Critical n8n Vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) Allows Unauthenticated Attackers to Take Full Control
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of yet another maximum-severity security flaw in n8n, a popular workflow automation platform, that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain complete control over susceptible instances.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21858 (CVSS score: 10.0), has been codenamed Ni8mare by Cyera Research Labs. Security researcher Dor Attias has been First seen on…
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The Future of Cybersecurity Includes Non-Human Employees
Non-human employees are becoming the future of cybersecurity, and enterprises need to prepare accordingly. As organizations scale Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud automation, there is exponential growth in Non-Human Identities (NHIs), including bots, AI agents, service accounts and automation scripts. In fact, 51% of respondents in ConductorOne’s 2025 Future of Identity Security Report First seen…
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n8n Warns of CVSS 10.0 RCE Vulnerability Affecting Self-Hosted and Cloud Versions
Tags: automation, cloud, cve, cvss, exploit, flaw, open-source, rce, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityOpen-source workflow automation platform n8n has warned of a maximum-severity security flaw that, if successfully exploited, could result in authenticated remote code execution (RCE).The vulnerability, which has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-21877, is rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system.”Under certain conditions, an authenticated user may be able to cause untrusted code to be…
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8 things CISOs can’t afford to get wrong in 2026
Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, automation, awareness, breach, business, ciso, cloud, communications, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, dora, encryption, finance, firmware, GDPR, healthcare, identity, incident response, india, infrastructure, injection, insurance, intelligence, iot, jobs, law, malicious, monitoring, network, privacy, ransom, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, scam, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-trust“Identity and access controls for AI agents and AI platforms are one of the most important areas of concern for CISOs,” says Jason Stading, director at global technology research and advisory firm ISG. “Right now, permissions and access rights for AI are a black box in many areas. We will see a major push over…
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New n8n Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Commands
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in n8n, an open-source automation and workflow platform, that could allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable systems. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-68668, affects all n8n versions from 1.0.0 to 1.999.999 and has a CVSS score of 9.1, indicating severe risk. Attribute Details CVE ID CVE-2025-68668 Vulnerability…
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Startup Trends Shaking Up Browsers, SOC Automation, AppSec
In 2025, these startups have reimagined browser security, pioneered application security for AI-generated code, and are building consensus on agentic vs. human costs. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/startup-trends-shaking-up-browsers-soc-automation-appsec
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Advisor360 Gets a Handle on Shadow AI via Automation
With employees looking for the benefits of artificial intelligence, a FinTech company stepped up controls with automation. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/advisor360-gets-handle-on-shadow-ai-via-automation
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AI, Quantum, and the New Threat Frontier: What Will Define Cybersecurity in 2026?
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, container, control, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, encryption, exploit, finance, flaw, framework, governance, government, healthcare, iam, identity, infrastructure, injection, LLM, malicious, metric, monitoring, network, nist, open-source, oracle, regulation, resilience, risk, service, skills, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, waf, zero-day, zero-trustAI, Quantum, and the New Threat Frontier: What Will Define Cybersecurity in 2026? madhav Tue, 01/06/2026 – 04:44 If we think 2025 has been fast-paced, it’s going to feel like a warm-up for the changes on the horizon in 2026. Every time this year, Thales experts become cybersecurity oracles and predict where the industry is…
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Critical n8n Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary Command Execution (CVE-2025-68668)
A newly disclosed n8n vulnerability has been confirmed to allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary system commands on affected servers. The issue, tracked as CVE-2025-68668, has been assigned a CVSS score of 9.9, placing it firmly in the critical severity range. The flaw impacts the open-source workflow automation platform n8n and affects a broad range of deployed versions. First…
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New n8n Vulnerability (9.9 CVSS) Lets Authenticated Users Execute System Commands
A new critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in n8n, an open-source workflow automation platform, that could enable an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the underlying host.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68668, is rated 9.9 on the CVSS scoring system. It has been described as a case of a protection mechanism failure.It affects…
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Managing the Explosion of Machine Identities in Financial Services
CyberArk and Accenture Experts Discuss Modernization, Identity Sprawl, Securing AI. Enterprises are embracing modernization by adopting artificial intelligence tools, automation and DevOps-driven development in the cloud, but these new platforms have introduced an attack surface saturated with human and machine identities, said CyberArk’s Barak Feldman and Accenture’s Rex Thexton. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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How the Organizational Risk Culture Standard can supercharge your cybersecurity culture
Tags: automation, ceo, communications, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, email, finance, framework, group, guide, intelligence, law, metric, nist, phishing, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, tool, updateThe 10 dimensions, translated for cybersecurity: The ORCS framework defines ten dimensions. Treat them as a system. Each one is distinct; together they are complete. Leadership & governance. Leaders set the tone, model the behavior and anchor accountability. If leaders treat cyber as only an IT issue, everyone else will, too. When leaders make risk-informed…
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AWS CISO: Need for Continuous Observability is Now Critical
AWS CISO Amy Herzog urges security leaders to invest in visibility and automation to counter increasingly AI-driven cyberattacks in real time. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/aws-ciso-need-for-continuous-observability-is-now-critical/
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Predictions for 2026: AI Attack Acceleration, Automated Remediation, Custom-Made AI Security Tools, Machine Identity Threats, and More
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, ciso, cloud, computer, conference, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, governance, group, identity, intelligence, mitigation, risk, service, threat, tool, zero-dayIn this special edition, Tenable leaders forecast key 2026 trends, including: AI will make attacks more plentiful and less costly; machine identities will become the top cloud risk; preemptive cloud and exposure management will dethrone runtime detection; and automated remediation gets the go-ahead. Key takeaways AI will supercharge the speed and volume of traditional cyber…
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Why 47-Day TLS and SSL Certificate Renewal Cycles Alarm CIOs
Visibility Gaps Increase the Risk of Certificate-Driven Outages. Moving to 47-day TLS and SSL certificate renewal cycles by 2029 will turn certificate management into an enterprise risk. Automation and crypto-governance are now board-level imperatives. Enterprises can prepare for continuous renewal cycles without losing resilience, says Sectigo CEO Kevin Weiss. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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NeuroSploit v2 Launches as AI-Powered Penetration Testing Framework
Tags: ai, automation, cyber, framework, intelligence, penetration-testing, technology, threat, vulnerabilityNeuroSploit v2 is an advanced AI-powered penetration testing framework designed to automate and enhance offensive security operations. Leveraging cutting-edge large language model (LLM) technology, the framework brings automation to vulnerability assessment, threat simulation, and security analysis workflows. NeuroSploit v2 represents a significant evolution in how organizations approach penetration testing by combining artificial intelligence with established…
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Automation forces a reset in security strategy
Enterprise security teams are working under the assumption that disruption is constant. A global study by Trellix shows that resilience has moved from a long term goal to a … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/29/trellix-hybrid-security-infrastructure-report/
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NDSS 2025 Automated Data Protection For Embedded Systems Via Data Flow Based Compartmentalization
Tags: access, automation, breach, conference, data, exploit, firmware, Hardware, healthcare, Internet, network, tool, vulnerabilityNDSS 2025 – Automated Data Protection For Embedded Systems Via Data Flow Based Compartmentalization Session 7B: Trusted Hardware and Execution Authors, Creators & Presenters: Zelun Kong (University of Texas at Dallas), Minkyung Park (University of Texas at Dallas), Le Guan (University of Georgia), Ning Zhang (Washington University in St. Louis), Chung Hwan Kim (University of…
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How to Detect Insider Threats Before They Damage Your Business
Learn how deception, identity verification, automation, and zero trust help detect insider threats before they cause real business damage. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/how-to-detect-insider-threats-before-they-damage-your-business/
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Implementing NIS2, without getting bogged down in red tape
Tags: access, ai, automation, backup, bsi, business, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, email, encryption, iam, identity, incident response, infrastructure, law, least-privilege, metric, monitoring, network, nis-2, regulation, saas, sbom, service, siem, soc, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-dayIT in transition: From text documents to declarative technology: NIS2 essentially requires three things: concrete security measures; processes and guidelines for managing these measures; and robust evidence that they work in practice.Process documentation, that is, policies, responsibilities, and procedures, is not fundamentally new for most larger companies. ISO 27001-based information security management systems, HR processes, and…
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Conjur: Open-source secrets management and application identity
Conjur is an open-source secrets management project designed for environments built around containers, automation, and dynamic infrastructure. It focuses on controlling access … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/24/conjur-open-source-secrets-management/
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ServiceNow’s $7.75 billion cash deal for Armis illustrates shifting strategies
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, business, ceo, cio, ciso, computing, control, cyber, governance, identity, incident response, intelligence, iot, risk, service, strategy, tool, update, vulnerabilityVisibility is the key: “For decades, the CIO’s white whale has been a precise, real-time Configuration Management Database [CMDB]. Most are outdated the moment they are populated,” said Whisper Security CEO Kaveh Ranjbar. The Armis acquisition “is an admission that in an era of IoT, OT, and edge computing, you cannot rely on manual entry…
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NDSS 2025 A Large-Scale Measurement Study Of The PROXY Protocol And Its Security Implications
Tags: access, automation, cctv, conference, control, data, email, Internet, iot, leak, monitoring, network, service, vulnerabilitySession 7A: Network Security 2 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Stijn Pletinckx (University of California, Santa Barbara), Christopher Kruegel (University of California, Santa Barbara), Giovanni Vigna (University of California, Santa Barbara) PAPER A Large-Scale Measurement Study Of The PROXY Protocol And Its Security Implications Reverse proxy servers play a critical role in optimizing Internet services, offering…
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103K n8n Automation Instances at Risk From RCE Flaw
A critical n8n RCE flaw puts more than 103,000 automation instances at risk of full system compromise. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/103k-n8n-automation-instances-at-risk-from-rce-flaw/
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Critical n8n flaw could enable arbitrary code execution
A critical flaw in the n8n automation platform could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code if exploited under specific conditions. Researchers warn that a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68613 (CVSS score of 9.9), in the n8n workflow automation platform could allow attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution under certain circumstances. The package gets about 57,000 downloads per week,…
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Critical n8n flaw could enable arbitrary code execution
A critical flaw in the n8n automation platform could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code if exploited under specific conditions. Researchers warn that a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68613 (CVSS score of 9.9), in the n8n workflow automation platform could allow attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution under certain circumstances. The package gets about 57,000 downloads per week,…
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Critical n8n Vulnerability Exposes 103,000+ Automation Instances to RCE Attacks
Tags: attack, automation, cve, cvss, cyber, flaw, open-source, rce, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityA critical remote code execution vulnerability in n8n, a popular open-source workflow automation platform, threatens over 103,000 potentially vulnerable instances worldwide. Tracked as CVE-2025-68613 with a maximum CVSS severity score of 9.9, the flaw allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with n8n process privileges, risking complete instance compromise. Field Description CVE-ID CVE-2025-68613 CVSS Score…
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PoC Exploit Released for Critical n8n RCE Vulnerability
Security researchers have confirmed the release of proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for CVE-2025-68613, a critical remote code execution flaw affecting n8n workflow automation platform. The vulnerability carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 and impacts versions from v0.211.0 through v1.120.3. n8n is widely deployed in enterprise environments where it automates critical workflows and integrates with…