Tag: control
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Hydra Saiga Espionage Campaign Targets Critical Utilities Using Telegram C2 for Data Theft
Hydra Saiga is running a long-running espionage campaign that abuses Telegram as command-and-control (C2) to infiltrate critical utilities in Central Asia and exfiltrate sensitive data from government and infrastructure networks. The first known Hydra Saiga activity dates to December 2024, when an executable named “Letter from the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN addressed…
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Is Your AppSec Program Truly Mature?
Learn how to build a high-maturity Application Security program with secure SDLC, developer-first practices, automated AppSec controls, practical threat modeling, runtime API protection, and meaningful security metrics. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/is-your-appsec-program-truly-mature/
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Is Your AppSec Program Truly Mature?
Learn how to build a high-maturity Application Security program with secure SDLC, developer-first practices, automated AppSec controls, practical threat modeling, runtime API protection, and meaningful security metrics. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/is-your-appsec-program-truly-mature/
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5 trends that should top CISO’s RSA 2026 agendas
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, backup, business, cio, ciso, cloud, conference, control, corporate, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, finance, framework, governance, group, healthcare, identity, incident response, intelligence, network, okta, resilience, risk, saas, service, skills, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-trustCTEM in the spotlight: In another evolutionary trend, most organizations are moving beyond scanning for software snafus to continuous threat exposure management (CTEM). By doing so, security teams hope to get a full picture of all assets, as well as their configurations, locations, software vulnerabilities, ownership, and business criticality.Armed with this data, CTEM platforms look…
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Claude Code Lets Users Control Terminal Sessions Remotely from Their Phones
Anthropic has unveiled a significant update to its Claude Code platform, introducing a new >>Remote Control<< feature. This capability allows developers to manage terminal sessions directly from their smartphones or remote web browsers, bridging the gap between desktop development and mobile accessibility. The feature is currently available in a Research Preview phase for Claude Max…
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NDSS 2025 type++: Prohibiting Type Confusion With Inline Type Information
Session 13D: Software Security: Code and Compiler Authors, Creators & Presenters: Nicolas Badoux (EPFL), Flavio Toffalini (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, EPFL), Yuseok Jeon (UNIST), Mathias Payer (EPFL) PAPER type++: Prohibiting Type Confusion with Inline Type Information Type confusion, or bad casting, is a common C++ attack vector. Such vulnerabilities cause a program to interpret an object as…
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NDSS 2025 On Borrowed Time Preventing Static Side-Channel Analysis
Tags: attack, conference, control, data, exploit, Internet, network, side-channel, technology, threatSession 13C: Side Channels 2 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Robert Dumitru (Ruhr University Bochum and The University of Adelaide), Thorben Moos (UCLouvain), Andrew Wabnitz (Defence Science and Technology Group), Yuval Yarom (Ruhr University Bochum) PAPER On Borrowed Time — Preventing Static Side-Channel Analysis In recent years a new class of side-channel attacks has emerged. Instead…
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Anthropic’s Remote Control feature brings Claude Code to mobile devices
Anthropic has introduced a new Claude Code feature called Remote Control, allowing developers to continue a local coding session from a phone, tablet, or any web browser. The … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/25/anthropic-remote-control-claude-code-feature/
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Boards don’t need cyber metrics, they need risk signals
Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, automation, awareness, business, ciso, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, framework, governance, intelligence, metric, phishing, riskThe seduction of counting: Even when metrics are not too technical and align with business impact, another problem emerges: What gets counted can crowd out what matters.Wendy Nather, a longtime CISO who is now an advisor at EPSD, cautions against equating measurement with understanding. “When you are reporting to the board, there are some things…
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Android RAT SURXRAT Grants Hackers Full Device Control and Data Exfiltration
SURXRAT is an actively developed Android Remote Access Trojan (RAT) sold as a commercial malware-as-a-service (MaaS) on Telegram, giving attackers full device control and powerful data”‘stealing capabilities. It combines large”‘scale affiliate distribution, cloud”‘hosted command”‘and”‘control, and even experimental AI modules, making it a serious and evolving threat for Android users. The Indonesian operator runs a channel…
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SolarWinds Patches 4 Critical Serv-U 15.5 Flaws Allowing Root Code Execution
SolarWinds has released updates to address four critical security flaws in its Serv-U file transfer software that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution.The vulnerabilities, all rated 9.1 on the CVSS scoring system, are listed below -CVE-2025-40538 – A broken access control vulnerability that allows an attacker to create a system admin user…
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Microsoft adds Copilot data controls to all storage locations
Microsoft is expanding data loss prevention (DLP) controls to block the Microsoft 365 Copilot AI assistant from processing confidential Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents, regardless of their location. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-adds-copilot-data-controls-to-all-storage-locations/
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The Coming Regulatory Wave for AI Agents Their APIs
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, ciso, compliance, control, corporate, data, endpoint, finance, framework, governance, guide, infrastructure, leak, monitoring, regulation, risk, toolFor the past two years, the adoption of Generative AI has felt like a gold rush. Organizations raced to integrate Large Language Models and build autonomous agents to assist employees. They often bypassed standard governance processes in the name of speed and innovation. That era of unrestricted experimentation is rapidly drawing to a close. A…
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Identity-First AI Security: Why CISOs Must Add Intent to the Equation
AI agents now provision infrastructure and approve actions, but many inherit over-scoped privileges without proper governance. Token Security explains why CISOs must treat agents as identities and add intent-based controls so access is granted only when purpose and context align. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/identity-first-ai-security-why-cisos-must-add-intent-to-the-equation/
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Shai-Hulud-style NPM worm hits CI pipelines and AI coding tools
Poisoning the AI developer interface: The campaign was specifically flagged for its direct targeting of AI coding assistants. The malware deploys a malicious Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and injects it into configurations of popular AI tools, embedding itself as a trusted component in the assistant’s environment.Once this is achieved, prompt-injection techniques can trick the…
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Cybercriminals Exploit Windows Management Instrumentation WMI to Maintain Stealthy Access and Silent Control
Tags: access, control, cyber, cybercrime, exploit, infrastructure, malware, startup, strategy, windowsWindows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a critical utility built into the Windows operating system designed to help administrators monitor status and automate routine tasks. However, cybercriminals have increasingly weaponized this legitimate infrastructure to maintain persistent access to compromised networks. Unlike traditional malware strategies that rely on visible startup folders or registry run keys, WMI abuse…
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Identity Prioritization isn’t a Backlog Problem – It’s a Risk Math Problem
Most identity programs still prioritize work the way they prioritize IT tickets: by volume, loudness, or “what failed a control check.” That approach breaks the moment your environment stops being mostly-human and mostly-onboarded.In modern enterprises, identity risk is created by a compound of factors: control posture, hygiene, business context, and intent. Any one of these…
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Master Your Passwordless Future: Introducing Thales Authenticator Lifecycle Manager
Tags: access, attack, authentication, automation, breach, compliance, container, control, data, fido, Hardware, identity, login, msp, phishing, service, software, tool, zero-trustMaster Your Passwordless Future: Introducing Thales Authenticator Lifecycle Manager madhav Tue, 02/24/2026 – 07:53 The move to passwordless authentication is no longer a distant goal; it’s a present-day necessity. Organizations are rapidly adopting FIDO2 authenticators to defend against phishing and strengthen their security posture. While this shift enhances security, it introduces a new challenge: managing…
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Why CISOs should prioritize continuous controls monitoring in 2026
In a recent roundup of strategic initiatives for CISOs, I argued that continuous assurance is the 2026 operating model. Across all ten initiatives, the pattern was clear. Security is no longer being evaluated by effort, it’s being evaluated by outcomes. Boards, customers, and regulators are no longer asking what tools you deployed or how busy…The…
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It’s time to rethink CISO reporting lines
Tags: ai, business, ceo, cio, ciso, control, cyber, data, governance, infrastructure, jobs, risk, threat, vulnerabilityWhat’s in a reporting line?: Aaron Painter, CEO of security vendor Nametag, contends that reporting structures often mean less than the respect the CISO is granted.Painter is “less dogmatic about where the CISO reports and more focused on whether they actually have a seat at the table,” he says.”Org charts matter far less than influence,”…
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Anthropic’s Claude Code Security rollout is an industry wakeup call
Anchors security posture to the model: However, those assurances didn’t make all concerns evaporate. “The moment those vibe coders plug a foundation model into their CI pipeline, their entire security posture is no longer anchored only to the company’s code,” I-Gentic AI CEO Zahra Timsah pointed out.”It is anchored to the current behavior of that model.…
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Russian group uses AI to exploit weakly-protected Fortinet firewalls, says Amazon
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, business, ciso, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data-breach, detection, exploit, firewall, fortinet, group, Internet, linkedin, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, password, russia, software, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerabilityRecommendations: The Amazon report makes a number of recommendations to network admins with FortiGate devices. They include ensuring device management interfaces aren’t exposed to the internet, or, if they have to be, restricting access to known IP ranges and using a bastion host or out-of-band management network. As basic cybersecurity demands, all default and common…
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Beyond Remediation: How Mitigation Controls Close the Gap in Segregation of Duties Compliance
Managing Segregation of Duties risk doesn’t always mean removing access. Sometimes, the smarter path is monitoring the risk you’ve chosen to accept. The Segregation of Duties Compliance Challenge Every Organization Faces Segregation of Duties (SoD) is a foundational control in enterprise governance. The principle is simple: no single individual should have access that allows……
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Cracks in the Bedrock: Bypassing SCP Enforcement with Long-Lived API Keys
Introduction Following the release of Amazon Bedrock Powered by AWS Mantle, I discovered a mechanism to bypass Service Control Policy (SCP) statements limiting the use of bedrock-mantle IAM permissions. By leveraging long-lived API keys backed by Service Specific Credentials, I was able to successfully leverage bedrock-mantle:CreateInference despite an SCP statement denying that action. SCPs are……
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Confronting Vault Sprawl And The Risks It Brings
Vault sprawl means duplicated secrets, fragmented access, and unclear ownership. Learn how GitGuardian’s NHI Governance restores control across the enterprise. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/confronting-vault-sprawl-and-the-risks-it-brings/
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Fake Huorong security site infects users with ValleyRAT
Tags: controlOne extra letter in the domain is all it takes to hand over remote control of your system. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/fake-huorong-security-site-infects-users-with-valleyrat/
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CVE-2026-1731 fuels ongoing attacks on BeyondTrust remote access products
Attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-1731 in BeyondTrust RS and PRA to deploy VShell, gain persistence, move laterally, and control compromised systems. Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-1731 (CVSS score: 9.9), in BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA). The flaw is being used to conduct a wide…
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CVE-2026-1731 fuels ongoing attacks on BeyondTrust remote access products
Attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-1731 in BeyondTrust RS and PRA to deploy VShell, gain persistence, move laterally, and control compromised systems. Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-1731 (CVSS score: 9.9), in BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA). The flaw is being used to conduct a wide…