Tag: awareness
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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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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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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…
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TDL 007 – Cyber Warriors Digital Shadows: Insights from Canada’s Cybersecurity Leader
Tags: ai, awareness, backup, breach, browser, business, cio, ciso, communications, conference, control, corporate, country, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, dns, email, encryption, finance, government, healthcare, identity, incident, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, leak, linux, malicious, mfa, mitigation, network, organized, phone, privacy, ransom, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, router, service, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, windowsSummary In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop interviews Sami Khoury, the Senior Official for Cybersecurity for the Government of Canada. With a career spanning 33 years at the Communication Security Establishment (CSE), Khoury shares how a coincidental job application blossomed into a lifelong passion for national security. Khoury emphasizes that modern…
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AI Agent Security: Whose Responsibility Is It?
The shared responsibility model of data security, familiar from cloud deployments, is key to agentic services, but cybersecurity teams and corporate users often struggle with awareness and managing that risk. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/ai-agent-security-awareness-responsibility
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KnowBe4 warns of new PayPal invoice phishing scam
Security awareness firm KnowBe4 has issued a warning about a new PayPal themed phishing scam that uses real PayPal email addresses to trick victims into handing over sensitive financial information. The scam begins when victims receive an email from a legitimate PayPal domain containing an invoice for a large purchase they never made. The The…
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Microsoft identifies boardroom cyber awareness as a top priority
Digital security report urges IT leaders to convince company boards that cyber security is a board-level problem First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366632783/Microsoft-identifies-boardroom-cyber-awareness-as-a-top-priority
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Fehleinschätzungen, Phishing und riskante KI-Nutzung der Mensch bleibt größtes Sicherheitsrisiko
Der diesjährige Human-Risk-Report 2025 von Arctic Wolf, einem weltweit führenden Anbieter von Security-Operations, zeigt deutlich: Der ‘Faktor Mensch” bleibt eine der größten Schwachstellen in der Cybersicherheitsstrategie von Unternehmen weltweit. Die zum zweiten Mal durchgeführte Studie legt offen, wie Fehleinschätzungen, riskantes Verhalten und mangelnde Awareness die Angriffsfläche von Organisationen massiv erweitern. Mit zunehmender Bedrohungsaktivität und wachsender…
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API Attack Awareness: When Authentication Fails, Exposing APIs to Risk
Authentication issues seem like low-level attacks. But authentication today especially API authentication can be more difficult than people expect. Companies rely on APIs to carry sensitive information every day. If access to those APIs is not properly secured, all the sophisticated security solutions companies use to protect their data elsewhere are completely undermined. […] First…
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API Attack Awareness: When Authentication Fails, Exposing APIs to Risk
Authentication issues seem like low-level attacks. But authentication today especially API authentication can be more difficult than people expect. Companies rely on APIs to carry sensitive information every day. If access to those APIs is not properly secured, all the sophisticated security solutions companies use to protect their data elsewhere are completely undermined. […] First…
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API Attack Awareness: When Authentication Fails, Exposing APIs to Risk
Authentication issues seem like low-level attacks. But authentication today especially API authentication can be more difficult than people expect. Companies rely on APIs to carry sensitive information every day. If access to those APIs is not properly secured, all the sophisticated security solutions companies use to protect their data elsewhere are completely undermined. […] First…
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API Attack Awareness: When Authentication Fails, Exposing APIs to Risk
Authentication issues seem like low-level attacks. But authentication today especially API authentication can be more difficult than people expect. Companies rely on APIs to carry sensitive information every day. If access to those APIs is not properly secured, all the sophisticated security solutions companies use to protect their data elsewhere are completely undermined. […] First…
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Forescout kommentiert Cybersecurity Awareness Month Oktober 25
Und wenn die heutigen Bedrohungen schon überwältigend erscheinen, sind die Risiken, die von Quantencomputern ausgehen, exponentiell größer. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/forescout-kommentiert-cybersecurity-awareness-month-oktober-25/a42389/
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How eCommerce Founders Can Build Trust and Security That Scales
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How eCommerce Founders Can Build Trust and Security That Scales Introduction: Awareness Means Nothing Without Action October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but awareness alone doesn’t protect your store. Every Q4, eCommerce founders double down on sales, but attackers double down too. The question is no longer “Will I be targeted?” but…The post…
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How eCommerce Founders Can Build Trust and Security That Scales
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How eCommerce Founders Can Build Trust and Security That Scales Introduction: Awareness Means Nothing Without Action October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but awareness alone doesn’t protect your store. Every Q4, eCommerce founders double down on sales, but attackers double down too. The question is no longer “Will I be targeted?” but…The post…