Tag: awareness
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NDSS 2025 Attributing Open-Source Contributions Is Critical But Difficult
Tags: attack, awareness, conference, cryptography, email, github, Internet, malicious, network, open-source, programming, software, supply-chainSession 9D: Github + OSN Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Jan-Ulrich Holtgrave (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Kay Friedrich (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Fabian Fischer (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Nicolas Huaman (Leibniz University Hannover), Niklas Busch (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Jan H. Klemmer (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information…
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Microsoft Flags Multi-Stage AitM Phishing and BEC Attacks Targeting Energy Firms
Microsoft has warned of a multi”‘stage adversary”‘in”‘the”‘middle (AitM) phishing and business email compromise (BEC) campaign targeting multiple organizations in the energy sector.”The campaign abused SharePoint file”‘sharing services to deliver phishing payloads and relied on inbox rule creation to maintain persistence and evade user awareness,” the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team said. First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Channel Women In Security: A Conversation With Fernanda Silva On Ambition, Trust And The Future of Cybersecurity Sales
What does leadership look like when you don’t have direct authority, only influence? Fernanda Silva shares how ambition, trust, cultural awareness and storytelling shape modern channel sales leadership and why success in cybersecurity today is defined by outcomes, not transactions. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/a-conversation-with-fernanda-silva-on-ambition-trust-and-the-future-of-cybersecurity-sales
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Google Gemini flaw exposes new AI prompt injection risks for enterprises
Real enterprise exposure: Analysts point out that the risk is significant in enterprise environments as organizations rapidly deploy AI copilots connected to sensitive systems.”As internal copilots ingest data from emails, calendars, documents, and collaboration tools, a single compromised account or phishing email can quietly embed malicious instructions,” said Chandrasekhar Bilugu, CTO of SureShield. “When employees…
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From arts degree to cybersecurity: Rona Michele Spiegel brings fresh perspective to cyber leadership
Tags: ai, awareness, business, cisco, ciso, cloud, compliance, computer, cyber, cybersecurity, data, governance, group, hacking, Hardware, intelligence, jobs, network, office, penetration-testing, privacy, psychology, risk, risk-management, skills, software, startup, strategy, supply-chain, technology, tool, vulnerabilityRona Michele Spiegel’s journey to cybersecurity might seem unconventional to some: She studied the arts. But as someone who grew up when computers first appeared and everyone wanted to experiment with them, she did a lot of multimedia work. She was always interested in technology and discussed with art colleagues about where the world was…
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2025 Threat Landscape in Review: Lessons for Businesses Moving Into 2026
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, backdoor, breach, business, captcha, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, credit-card, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, ddos, defense, encryption, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, google, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, leak, malicious, mitigation, monitoring, network, pypi, risk, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerability, windows2025 Threat Landscape in Review: Lessons for Businesses Moving Into 2026 andrew.gertz@t“¦ Thu, 01/15/2026 – 16:48 Nadav Avital – Senior Director of Threat Research at Thales More About This Author > 2025 was a year that tested how businesses think about security. Some attacks happened in new, unexpected ways, while others employed old tricks, taken…
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Driving Passwordless Adoption with FIDO and Biometric Authentication
Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, banking, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, cyber, data, defense, fido, finance, fraud, government, Hardware, iam, identity, insurance, login, mobile, passkey, password, phishing, risk, service, technology, threat, trainingDriving Passwordless Adoption with FIDO and Biometric Authentication madhav Tue, 01/13/2026 – 06:13 For decades, passwords have been the default mechanism for securing digital access. They are deeply embedded in enterprise systems and workflows, yet they were never designed to withstand today’s threat landscape. Cybersecurity Sarah Lefavrais – IAM Product Marketing Manager More About This…
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Iran-linked MuddyWater APT deploys Rust-based implant in latest campaign
Rust offers evasion advantages: CloudSEK researchers said RustyWater was developed in Rust, which they said is increasingly used by malware authors for its memory safety features and cross-platform capabilities, according to the blog post. Other state-sponsored groups, including Russia’s Gossamer Bear and China-linked actors, have also deployed Rust-based malware in recent campaigns, according to security…
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NDSS 2025 ReThink: Reveal The Threat Of Electromagnetic Interference On Power Inverters
Session 8B: Electromagnetic Attacks Authors, Creators & Presenters: Fengchen Yang (Zhejiang University; ZJU QI-ANXIN IoT Security Joint Laboratory), Zihao Dan (Zhejiang University; ZJU QI-ANXIN IoT Security Joint Laboratory), Kaikai Pan (Zhejiang University; ZJU QI-ANXIN IoT Security Joint Laboratory), Chen Yan (Zhejiang University; ZJU QI-ANXIN IoT Security Joint Laboratory), Xiaoyu Ji (Zhejiang University; ZJU QI-ANXIN IoT…
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KnowBe4 erneut Leader in G2-Winter-Grid-Reports für Security-Awareness-Training und Incident-Response
KnowBe4 wurde in den G2-Grid-Reports für Winter 2026 sowohl im Bereich Security-Awareness-Training als auch im Bereich Incident Response Software als führendes Unternehmen ausgezeichnet. Diese doppelte Auszeichnung unterstreicht den umfassenden Ansatz von KnowBe4, Unternehmen beim Management von Cyberrisiken durch Menschen und KI zu unterstützen und eine stärkere Security-Culture aufzubauen. Die G2-Grid-Reports bewerten Produkte auf der Grundlage…
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How to eliminate IT blind spots in the modern, AI-driven enterprise
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, awareness, cio, cloud, control, data, detection, endpoint, governance, group, identity, injection, intelligence, metric, monitoring, network, radius, risk, service, technology, tool, training, vulnerabilityThe more organizations lean on artificial intelligence (AI), spread workloads across different environments, and tie systems together, the harder it becomes for traditional security practices to present a complete picture of what’s going on. The result is a growing number of blind spots hidden misconfigurations, inconsistent controls, and unpredictable behaviors across systems and AI agents…
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How to eliminate IT blind spots in the modern, AI-driven enterprise
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, awareness, cio, cloud, control, data, detection, endpoint, governance, group, identity, injection, intelligence, metric, monitoring, network, radius, risk, service, technology, tool, training, vulnerabilityThe more organizations lean on artificial intelligence (AI), spread workloads across different environments, and tie systems together, the harder it becomes for traditional security practices to present a complete picture of what’s going on. The result is a growing number of blind spots hidden misconfigurations, inconsistent controls, and unpredictable behaviors across systems and AI agents…
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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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Turning AI Risk Awareness Into Robust AI Governance – Kovrr
Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/turning-ai-risk-awareness-into-robust-ai-governance-kovrr/
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Kontinuierliche Awareness statt Einmal-Schulungen – Phishing und Deepfakes erfordern 2026 eine gelebte Sicherheitskultur
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/phishing-deepfakes-sicherheitskultur-2026-a-b792dc4889ba7dc7634552ac2f747a73/
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Cybersecurity Awareness: Why Centralized Monitoring Is No Longer Optional
In today’s digital world, cybersecurity is no longer just an IT problem, it is a business survival requirement. Organizations are deploying multiple tools such as firewalls, EDR, databases, operating systems, cloud platforms, WAFs, proxies, and more. However, simply deploying tools does not guarantee security. What truly matters is how effectively you monitor, correlate, and respond…
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Equifax Europe CISO: Notorious breach spurred cybersecurity transformation
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, ceo, cio, ciso, cloud, computer, control, corporate, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, dora, espionage, finance, framework, google, government, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, network, nis-2, phishing, regulation, risk, risk-management, security-incident, service, strategy, technology, threat, updateCloud as a new technological axis: Equifax’s $3 billion migration to the cloud, “which had been brewing for about seven years” and which the company says is the largest technological investment in its history, has involved moving more than 300 systems, over 30 product families, and thousands of customers to the company’s cloud platform, Equifax Cloud, in Spain…
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Indian Income TaxLure Campaign Deploying Multi-Stage Malware Against Businesses
Tax-themed phishing campaigns have intensified in recent months, capitalizing on the heightened awareness surrounding India’s Income Tax Return (ITR) filing season. Public discussions about refund timelines and compliance deadlines create an ideal backdrop for attackers to craft credible lures. Recent analysis of emails impersonating the Indian Income Tax Department reveals a sophisticated operation far more…
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Preparing Healthcare Workers for Secure, Responsible AI Use
Preparing a healthcare workforce to responsibly engage with AI tools without over relying on automation or undermining human oversight will require awareness training akin to phishing exercises, said Skip Sorrels, field CTO and CISO at security firm Claroty. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/preparing-healthcare-workers-for-secure-responsible-ai-use-i-5510
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Cyber Pros Emerge as Bold AI Adopters, While AI Changes Data Security Game, CSA Reports Say
Tags: advisory, ai, api, attack, awareness, business, cloud, compliance, control, credit-card, crime, crimes, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, finance, framework, google, governance, guide, healthcare, injection, intelligence, law, LLM, lockbit, malicious, metric, mitigation, monitoring, network, office, openai, ransom, ransomware, risk, risk-management, service, skills, sql, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityFormerly “AI shy” cyber pros have done a 180 and become AI power users, as AI forces data security changes, the CSA says. Plus, PwC predicts orgs will get serious about responsible AI usage in 2026, while the NCSC states that, no, prompt injection isn’t the new SQL injection. And much more! Key takeaways Cyber…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Cyber Pros Emerge as Bold AI Adopters, While AI Changes Data Security Game, CSA Reports Say
Tags: advisory, ai, api, attack, awareness, business, cloud, compliance, control, credit-card, crime, crimes, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, finance, framework, google, governance, guide, healthcare, injection, intelligence, law, LLM, lockbit, malicious, metric, mitigation, monitoring, network, office, openai, ransom, ransomware, risk, risk-management, service, skills, sql, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityFormerly “AI shy” cyber pros have done a 180 and become AI power users, as AI forces data security changes, the CSA says. Plus, PwC predicts orgs will get serious about responsible AI usage in 2026, while the NCSC states that, no, prompt injection isn’t the new SQL injection. And much more! Key takeaways Cyber…
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The Biggest Cyber Stories of the Year: What 2025 Taught Us
Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, banking, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, government, healthcare, iam, identity, incident, incident response, Internet, law, metric, mfa, monitoring, network, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-day, zero-trustThe Biggest Cyber Stories of the Year: What 2025 Taught Us madhav Thu, 12/18/2025 – 10:30 2025 didn’t just test cybersecurity; it redefined it. From supply chains and healthcare networks to manufacturing floors and data centers, the digital world was reminded of a simple truth: everything is connected, and everything is at risk. Data Security…
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The devil of proposed SEC AI disclosure rule is in the details
Tags: advisory, ai, awareness, business, ceo, compliance, cybersecurity, data, government, intelligence, jobs, law, risk, sans, service, software, strategy, technology, tool, trainingnot use AI for some purposes. Attorneys who have studied the proposal note that the AI rule, just like the SEC’s cybersecurity rule from about two years ago, won’t technically require anything to be reported that wouldn’t have already required reporting. The new rule refers only to material AI efforts and ever since the creation of…