Tag: control
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8 steps CISOs can take to empower their teams
Once when we were rolling out a well-known EDR tool, I knew the settings weren’t tight enough, nor were the received updates applied fast enough. So I asked two people to own this, come up with suggestions for tightening the screws, and guarantee a successful rollout on multiple OSes in parallel. The phased approach took…
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Windows 11 KB5079391 update rolls out Smart App Control improvements
Microsoft has released the KB5079391 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2, which includes 29 changes, such as Smart App Control and Display improvements. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-kb5079391-update-rolls-out-smart-app-control-improvements/
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BIND 9 Security Flaws Allow Attackers to Bypass Security Controls and Crash Servers
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released critical security advisories addressing three new vulnerabilities in the widely used BIND 9 Domain Name System (DNS) software suite. If left unpatched, remote attackers could exploit these weaknesses to bypass access control lists, consume excessive system resources, or crash DNS servers entirely. Network administrators must apply the provided…
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AitM Phishing Targets TikTok Business Accounts Using Cloudflare Turnstile Evasion
Threat actors are using adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing pages to seize control of TikTok for Business accounts in a new campaign, according to a report from Push Security.Business accounts associated with social media platforms are a lucrative target, as they can be weaponized by bad actors for malvertising and distributing malware.”TikTok has been historically abused to…
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The Next Billion Users Won’t Be Human: Securing the Agentic Enterprise
Menlo Security’s Ramin Farassat speaks with TechRepublic about how browser-based controls can protect AI agents from prompt injection and other fast-scaling enterprise risks. The post The Next Billion Users Won’t Be Human: Securing the Agentic Enterprise appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-ai-agents-enterprise-security-trust-gap/
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Mission to smuggle $170 million worth of AI tech to China collapsed for three men
Three individuals, Stanley Yi Zheng, Matthew Kelly, and Tommy Shad English, have been charged with conspiracy to commit smuggling and export control violations after allegedly … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/26/ai-chips-smuggling-scheme-china/
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[Webinar] Stop Guessing. Learn to Validate Your Defenses Against Real Attacks
Most teams have security tools in place. Alerts are firing, dashboards look clean, threat intel is flowing in. On the surface, everything feels under control.But one question usually stays unanswered: Would your defenses actually stop a real attack?That’s where things get shaky. A control exists, so it’s assumed to work. A detection rule is active,…
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Agentic bots and synthetic identities fuel surge in fraud
LexisNexis Risk Solutions warns of a massive 450% rise in agentic traffic and an eight-fold increase in synthetic identity fraud as cyber criminals scale automation to bypass security controls First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366640815/Agentic-bots-and-synthetic-identities-fuel-surge-in-fraud
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Node.js Releases Urgent Patches for Multiple Vulnerabilities Exposing Systems to DoS and Crashes
The Node.js project issued a critical security update for its Long-Term Support (LTS) branch, marking version 20.20.2 ‘Iron’ as a security release. This urgent patch addresses seven distinct vulnerabilities impacting TLS error handling, HTTP/2 flow control, cryptographic timing, and permission models. Several of these issues can be exploited remotely without authentication, posing an immediate risk…
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How Cyberattacks Can Turn Battery Farms Into Grid Blackouts
Centrii’s Rafael Narezzi on Dangers of Weak Controls in Decentralized Energy Systems. As power systems decentralize to support AI workloads and rising energy demand, cyber defenses haven’t been keeping pace, says Rafael Narezzi of Centrii. In fact, in December 2025 in Poland, cyberattackers disrupted the power grid balance by targeting battery storage systems. First seen…
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Why CISOs Need to Start Taking AI Third-Party Risk Seriously
Keyrock CISO David Cass on Managing Agentic AI Risk in Financial Services. As financial institutions accelerate AI adoption, traditional governance models are falling short. David Cass, CISO at Keyrock, explains why organizations must rethink accountability, asset visibility and identity controls to manage emerging risks from LLMs and agentic AI systems. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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RSAC 2026 Proved the Industry Agrees on the Problem, Now Comes the Hard Part
Agentic AI dominated RSAC 2026, but security leaders warn governance is lagging. Here’s why discovery isn’t enough, and where control must evolve. The post RSAC 2026 Proved the Industry Agrees on the Problem, Now Comes the Hard Part appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-agentic-ai-governance-rsac-2026-insights/
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Inside RSA 2026: Security Leaders Grapple With AI’s Growing Role and Risks
RSA Conference 2026 spotlights AI in cybersecurity, from SOC automation to governance challenges, as experts weigh trust, control, and risk. The post Inside RSA 2026: Security Leaders Grapple With AI’s Growing Role and Risks appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-rsa-conference-2026-ai-cybersecurity-soc-governance/
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Helping MSPs Take Control of Certificate Management: Introducing Sectigo Partner Platform
The digital trust ecosystem is undergoing its fastest shift in decades, and for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), this change creates a major market opportunity. As of March 15, 2026, the lifespan of newly issued SSL/TLS certificates has been cut from 12 months to just six, instantly doubling the renewal workload for every certificate an organization…
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Miggo Security Expands Runtime Defense Platform With AI-BOM, Agentic Detection, and MCP Monitoring
Miggo Security is significantly expanding its Runtime Defense Platform at RSA Conference 2026, adding an AI Bill of Materials, runtime guardrails, and Agentic Detection and Response capabilities. The release is aimed at organizations running AI agents, Model Context Protocol toolchains, and shadow AI in production environments where existing security controls fall short. The problem Miggo..…
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When Data Mining Conti Leaks Leads to Actual Binaries and to a Hardcoded C2 With an Encryption Key on Tripod.com Part Five
Tags: backdoor, control, data, detection, encryption, infrastructure, leak, malicious, malware, network, resilience, software, windowsDear blog readers, Continuing the “When Data Mining Conti Leaks Leads to Actual Binaries and to a Hardcoded C2 With an Encryption Key on Tripod.com – Part Four” blog post series in this post I’ll continue analyzing the next malicious software binary which I obtained by data mining Conti Leaks with a lot of success. …
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You Can’t Monetize What You Can’t See: AI Traffic Detection for Publishers
You can’t monetize what you can’t see. Learn how DataDome’s AI traffic detection helps publishers control access, stop content theft, and turn risk into revenue. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/you-cant-monetize-what-you-cant-see-ai-traffic-detection-for-publishers/
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Trivy supply chain breach compromises over 1,000 SaaS environments, Lapsus$ joins the extortion wave
Tags: access, breach, business, ceo, control, credentials, extortion, github, incident response, Internet, malicious, mandiant, open-source, saas, software, supply-chain, theft, updateA pattern of persistent access: This is the second compromise affecting the Trivy ecosystem within roughly a month. Socket identified compromised Aqua Trivy VS Code extension releases on OpenVSX in late February, and now trivy-action, Trivy’s official GitHub Action for running scans in CI/CD workflows, has been abused through manipulated version tags to distribute malicious…
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Five Malicious npm Packages Target Crypto Developers, Steal Wallet Keys via Telegram
Five malicious npm packages impersonating popular crypto libraries are stealing wallet keys from Solana and Ethereum developers and exfiltrating them directly to a hardcoded Telegram bot. Each package typosquats or wraps a legitimate crypto library and funnels stolen private keys to the same Telegram bot-based command-and-control (C2) channel. The campaign hits both Solana and Ethereum…
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SQL Server Ransomware Attacks: How They Work and How to Harden Your Database
Key Takeaways â— Documented SQL Server attacks have moved from initial access to ransomware deployment within the hour when exposure is high and defenses are absent, but attack timelines vary widely depending on privileges, host controls, segmentation, and attacker quality. â— Attackers escalate from SQL privileges to OS […] The post SQL Server Ransomware Attacks:…
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Why AI Adoption Starts With Security
Meerah Rajavel of Palo Alto Networks on AI Security, Governance and Use-Case Fit. As AI outpaces governance and security frameworks, enterprise leaders face a more pressing question: How can they move fast without losing control? Meerah Rajavel of Palo Alto Networks says organizations need security guardrails, clear use cases and firm limits on probabilistic AI.…
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Why AI Adoption Starts With Security
Meerah Rajavel of Palo Alto Networks on AI Security, Governance and Use-Case Fit. As AI outpaces governance and security frameworks, enterprise leaders face a more pressing question: How can they move fast without losing control? Meerah Rajavel of Palo Alto Networks says organizations need security guardrails, clear use cases and firm limits on probabilistic AI.…
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Microsoft Proposes Better Identity, Guardrails for AI Agents
Companies need better controls to manage key threats rising from the growth of agentic AI. These new features provide a starting point. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/microsoft-proposes-better-identity-guardrails-ai-agents
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Autonomous AI adoption is on the rise, but it’s risky
Big risk, big reward: Herein lies the rub: AI experts see huge potential advantages with autonomous AI, with the possibility of creating huge workplace efficiencies, but the risks are substantial.Riley acknowledges both security concerns and the potential for agentic AI to take actions that users didn’t anticipate. While users haven’t yet seen autonomous AI able…
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Streamline physical security to enable data center growth in the era of AI
Tags: access, ai, automation, best-practice, business, control, data, framework, identity, risk, threat, tool, vulnerabilityThink beyond delivery : Every company operates as an economy of projects. But at AI scale, projects must evolve into programs. Designing and delivering AI-capable data centers requires an integrated, fast-moving production model built on repeatable processes and structured knowledge transfer. Intelligent reuse of project elements, including toolsets, intellectual property, templates, design standards and best practices, becomes…
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Netenrich Launches Cyber Risk Operations to Replace Alert-Centric Security Models
Netenrich launched Cyber Risk Operations at RSAC 2026 Monday, a new operating model powered by its Resolution Intelligence Cloud platform that aims to move enterprise security from reactive alert management toward continuous validation of control effectiveness. The offering targets CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs who are jointly accountable for enterprise security posture. Netenrich’s central argument is..…
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Netenrich Launches Cyber Risk Operations to Replace Alert-Centric Security Models
Netenrich launched Cyber Risk Operations at RSAC 2026 Monday, a new operating model powered by its Resolution Intelligence Cloud platform that aims to move enterprise security from reactive alert management toward continuous validation of control effectiveness. The offering targets CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs who are jointly accountable for enterprise security posture. Netenrich’s central argument is..…
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Cisco Ships Zero Trust for AI Agents, Self-Service Red Teaming, and Agentic SOC Tools at RSAC 2026
Cisco announced a broad set of security products at RSAC 2026 Monday aimed at securing the growing use of AI agents in enterprise environments. The announcements span identity management, pre-deployment testing, open-source tooling, and SOC automation. The centerpiece is Zero Trust Access for AI agents, which extends Cisco’s existing access control model to cover agentic..…
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Rubrik Launches SAGE to Govern AI Agents in Real Time
Rubrik has unveiled SAGE, the Semantic AI Governance Engine, at RSAC 2026 in San Francisco. The company is positioning it as the first AI governance engine purpose-built to secure and control autonomous agents in real time. SAGE powers Rubrik Agent Cloud, replacing manual, rules-based oversight with intent-driven governance. The core problem SAGE addresses is a..…
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Are enterprises truly satisfied with their secrets sprawl control
Tags: controlWhat is Driving Enterprise Satisfaction in Secrets Sprawl Control? Is your organization effectively managing its secrets sprawl, and how satisfied are you with the current control measures in place? Enterprises across various industries are grappling with the challenge of overseeing multitudinous machine identities and the secrets associated with them. This management takes on added significance……