Tag: awareness
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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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Lawsuit against NYPD alleges its surveillance system is unconstitutional
The sprawling Domain Awareness System violates New York City residents’ constitutional rights, an advocacy group says in a lawsuit filed on behalf of people who have an NYPD camera pointed at their home. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/nypd-domain-awareness-system-civil-rights-lawsuit
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How evolving regulations are redefining CISO responsibility
Tags: attack, awareness, breach, ciso, communications, compliance, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, governance, identity, incident response, intelligence, iot, nis-2, phone, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, sbom, service, software, threat, tool, vulnerabilityIncreasing attacks on IoT and OT device vulnerabilities Cyberattacks are increasingly driven by software vulnerabilities embedded in OT and IoT devices. The 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report noted that 20% of breaches were vulnerability-based, which is a close second to credential abuse, accounting for 22% of breaches. Year over year, breaches resulting from software…
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How to Take Vulnerability Management to the Next Level and Supercharge Your Career
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, cve, cvss, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, framework, governance, identity, metric, mfa, risk, skills, strategy, technology, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementAt Tenable, we believe the next generation of great CISOs and security leaders will arise from those vulnerability management professionals who are driving the shift to exposure management today. Key takeaways: Vulnerability management is crucial for the evolution toward a more strategic, business-aligned approach to cybersecurity, that’s why these professionals are best positioned to lead…
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Hackers Target 81% of Routers with Default Admin Passwords
The latest 2025 Broadband Genie router security survey reveals alarming trends in network security awareness among internet users. This year’s results, while showing marginal improvements in some areas, underscore the persistent gap between knowing how to secure a network and actually taking action. The research team conducted their fourth comprehensive router security survey to compare…
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So hält KI die Cybersecurity-Landschaft beschäftigt
Der Cyber-Security-Awareness-Month geht zu Ende, doch eine Frage wird die Fachwelt noch lange beschäftigen: Wer profitiert eigentlich mehr von den Möglichkeiten der künstlichen Intelligenz die Security-Verantwortlichen oder die Kriminellen? Ein aktuelles Stimmungsbild. KI ist in der Cybersecurity zugleich Hoffnungsträger und Risikoquelle. Laut einer TÜV-Studie vermuten 51 Prozent der deutschen Unternehmen KI-basierte Angriffe, aber nur 10 […]…
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The 10 biggest issues CISOs and cyber teams face today
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ceo, ciso, computing, crime, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, email, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, governance, group, hacker, international, mitigation, organized, phishing, ransom, risk, scam, service, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability2. Escalating, and accelerating, AI-enabled attacks: A 2025 survey from Boston Consulting Group found that 80% of CISOs worldwide cited AI-powered cyberattacks as their top concern, a 19-point increase from the previous year. A 2025 survey from Darktrace, a security technology firm, found that 78% of CISOs reported a significant impact from AI-driven threats, up…
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Cyber Awareness Month: Protecting Your Child in the Digital Age
How can you be a cyber-smart parent? In this interview with Chad Rychlewski, the co-author of a new book, we unpack what family online protection looks like in 2025. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/cyber-awareness-month-protecting-your-child-in-the-digital-age/
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Top Advice for Detecting and Preventing AI Attacks, and for Securing AI Systems
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, chatgpt, china, ciso, cloud, computing, container, control, credentials, crime, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, exploit, extortion, finance, flaw, framework, fraud, google, governance, government, group, guide, hacker, hacking, healthcare, iam, identity, incident response, intelligence, LLM, malicious, malware, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, openai, organized, phishing, ransom, risk, risk-management, russia, sans, scam, service, skills, soc, strategy, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, zero-trustAs organizations eagerly adopt AI, cybersecurity teams are racing to protect these new systems. In this special edition of the Cybersecurity Snapshot, we round up some of the best recent guidance on how to fend off AI attacks, and on how to safeguard your AI systems. Key takeaways Developers are getting new playbooks from groups…
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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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AI browsers can be abused by malicious AI sidebar extensions: Report
‘Dumpster fires’: David Shipley, head of Canadian employee security awareness training firm Beauceron Security, agrees.”I think if CISOs are bored and want to spice up their lives with an incident, they should roll out these AI-powered hot messes to their users,” he said .”But, if they’re like most CISOs and they have lots of problems,…
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Impuls für nachhaltige Sicherheitskultur zum CybersecurityMonth
Der Cybersecurity-Awareness-Month im Oktober rückt jedes Jahr die Bedeutung digitaler Sicherheit in den Fokus. Angriffe auf Unternehmen nehmen zu, die Angriffsfläche wächst, und viele erfolgreiche Attacken beginnen mit einem simplen Klick auf einen schädlichen Link. Der Monat bietet daher eine Gelegenheit, nicht nur Aufmerksamkeit zu schaffen, sondern konkrete Sicherheitsroutinen zu etablieren und die Resilienz von…
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025 – Lagebild zeigt, dass sich Cyberangriffe auf Mittelstand vervierfacht
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cyberangriffe-auf-deutsche-unternehmen-analyse-a-a2e9e8ae6c6f5bda7d975abf77ec0f84/
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Smarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSmarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security madhav Thu, 10/23/2025 – 05:36 Critical infrastructure (CI) organizations are, as the name suggests, some of the most important in the global economy. They’re also some of the most technologically complex and, crucially, vulnerable. Their security must reflect that. Data Security…
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Smarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSmarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security madhav Thu, 10/23/2025 – 05:36 Critical infrastructure (CI) organizations are, as the name suggests, some of the most important in the global economy. They’re also some of the most technologically complex and, crucially, vulnerable. Their security must reflect that. Data Security…
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The Best End User Security Awareness Programs Aren’t About Awareness Anymore
The goal is to apply psychology principles to security training to change behaviors and security outcomes. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/best-end-user-security-awareness-programs-arent-about-awareness-anymore
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The Best End User Security Awareness Programs Aren’t About Awareness Anymore
The goal is to apply psychology principles to security training to change behaviors and security outcomes. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/best-end-user-security-awareness-programs-arent-about-awareness-anymore
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Is for Security Leaders, Too
Think you know all there is to know about cybersecurity? Guess again. Shadow AI is challenging security leaders with many of the same issues raised by other “shadow” technologies. Only this time, it’s evolving at breakneck speed. Key takeaways: The vast majority of organizations (89%) are either using AI or piloting it. Shadow AI lurks…
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‘I am not a robot’: Russian hackers use fake CAPTCHA lures to deploy espionage tools
Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, captcha, ceo, communications, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, email, endpoint, espionage, exploit, group, hacker, incident response, least-privilege, login, malicious, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, phishing, powershell, russia, strategy, tactics, theft, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustEvolving tactics and strategies: Analysts said ColdRiver, which for years focused on credential theft and email account compromise, is shifting toward multi-stage intrusions that rely on users to execute malicious code.By using ClickFix pages that mimic CAPTCHA verification screens, the group can bypass email security filters and deliver malware directly to victims’ devices, increasing the…
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Cybersecurity beginnt im Posteingang warum ESicherheit mehr ist als nur Verschlüsselung
Der Oktober steht ganz im Zeichen der Cybersicherheit. Der Cybersecurity-Awareness-Month soll nicht nur an die steigende Zahl digitaler Bedrohungen erinnern, sondern vor allem Bewusstsein dafür schaffen, dass IT-Sicherheit längst zur Grundvoraussetzung moderner Kommunikation geworden ist. Oft bestimmen hier Themen wie Ransomware-Angriffe, Datenlecks oder kompromittierte Cloud-Zugänge die Schlagzeilen. Es fällt jedoch auf, dass die Sicherheit von…
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KI-Prompt-Manipulation öffnet die Büchse der Pandora
Die rasche Integration von künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in Unternehmen tritt an, die Effizienz von Geschäftsabläufen zu revolutionieren, Arbeitsabläufe zu rationalisieren und Entscheidungsprozesse zu beschleunigen. Allerdings birgt die Nutzung dieser Tools in den falschen Händen ebenso große Risiken. Der Cyber-Security-Awareness-Monat ruft zur Wachsamkeit auf angesichts der sich rapide entwickelnden Angriffsmethoden mit Hilfe von KI. Der neueste…
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CISOs’ security priorities reveal an augmented cyber agenda
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, business, cio, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, edr, email, framework, governance, healthcare, incident response, intelligence, malware, microsoft, mssp, phishing, ransomware, risk, service, siem, soc, software, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustCSOConsequently, 41% are planning to leverage AI to detect threats, for anomaly detection, and to automate security responses. Other respondents cited plans to leverage AI for malware detection and real-time risk prediction (39%), as well as DLP and improving enterprise system visibility.Further, 40% expect to see AI enhancements as part of their existing security systems,…
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Thales gibt Tipps für eine bessere Cyberhygiene
Der Cybersecurity Awareness Month erinnert uns daran, dass digitale Sicherheit kein einmaliges Projekt ist, sondern eine tägliche Routine. Technologien entwickeln sich ständig weiter First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/thales-gibt-tipps-fuer-eine-bessere-cyberhygiene/a42415/
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CISOs’ security priorities reveal an augmented cyber agenda
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, business, cio, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, edr, email, framework, governance, healthcare, incident response, intelligence, malware, microsoft, mssp, phishing, ransomware, risk, service, siem, soc, software, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustCSOConsequently, 41% are planning to leverage AI to detect threats, for anomaly detection, and to automate security responses. Other respondents cited plans to leverage AI for malware detection and real-time risk prediction (39%), as well as DLP and improving enterprise system visibility.Further, 40% expect to see AI enhancements as part of their existing security systems,…
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Why security awareness training doesn’t work, and how to fix it
Companies have built their security strategies around phishing simulations and educational webinars, tactics that research shows are ineffective. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cybersecurity-awareness-training-research-flaws/803201/
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Cyber Academy Founder Champions Digital Safety for All
Aliyu Ibrahim Usman, founder of the Cyber Cadet Academy in Nigeria, shares his passion for raising cybersecurity awareness in the wake of mounting security concerns worldwide. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-careers/cyber-academy-founder-champions-digital-safety-for-all
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: F5 Breach Prompts Urgent U.S. Gov’t Warning, as OpenAI Details Disrupted ChatGPT Abuses
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, backdoor, breach, business, chatgpt, china, cisa, cloud, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, framework, fraud, governance, government, group, hacker, incident, infrastructure, Internet, iran, law, LLM, malicious, malware, mitigation, monitoring, network, openai, organized, phishing, privacy, resilience, risk, russia, scam, security-incident, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, training, update, vulnerabilityF5’s breach triggers a CISA emergency directive, as Tenable calls it “a five-alarm fire” that requires urgent action. Meanwhile, OpenAI details how attackers try to misuse ChatGPT. Plus, boards are increasing AI and cyber disclosures. And much more! Key takeaways A critical breach at cybersecurity firm F5, attributed to a nation-state, has triggered an urgent…