Tag: control
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The Top 5 Questions: How DSPM Illuminates the Murky World of Multi-Cloud Data Security
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, corporate, cryptography, cyber, data, data-breach, detection, encryption, exploit, firewall, intelligence, mitigation, monitoring, PCI, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, service, software, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, vulnerabilityThe Top 5 Questions: How DSPM Illuminates the Murky World of Multi-Cloud Data Security andrew.gertz@t“¦ Thu, 03/05/2026 – 16:09 Multi-cloud data security threats are escalating at an unprecedented rate. According to Forrester and the 2025 Thales Global Cloud Data Security Study, the primary drivers of multi-cloud risks are: growing complexity, insufficient access controls, and the…
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Cybersecurity’s Fundamental Flaw: It’s Still an Open-Loop System
<div cla The cybersecurity industry has no shortage of tools, frameworks, controls, and acronyms. Organizations deploy SIEM/SOARs, vulnerability scanners, EDRs, IAM platforms, SSE, and Zero Trust architectures, often simultaneously. Yet breaches continue. And they’re accelerating. This isn’t a tooling failure. It’s a systems-engineering failure. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/cybersecuritys-fundamental-flaw-its-still-an-open-loop-system/
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DataDome and Botify Partner to Give Businesses Full Control Over Agentic Commerce, from Discovery to Transaction
DataDome and Botify partner to help businesses optimize agentic commerce”, ensuring AI agents can discover products and transact securely. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/datadome-and-botify-partner-to-give-businesses-full-control-over-agentic-commerce-from-discovery-to-transaction/
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DataDome and Botify Partner to Give Businesses Full Control Over Agentic Commerce, from Discovery to Transaction
DataDome and Botify partner to help businesses optimize agentic commerce”, ensuring AI agents can discover products and transact securely. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/datadome-and-botify-partner-to-give-businesses-full-control-over-agentic-commerce-from-discovery-to-transaction/
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New in Classroom Manager: Greater Google Classroom Management, Built on What Customers Already Trust
Cloud Monitor users consistently praise its intuitive, domain-wide visibility, especially when managing Google Classrooms. A centralized, organized view makes monitoring simpler, faster, and more actionable. Based on that feedback, we’ve brought the same trusted functionality into Classroom Manager. With this update to its Google Classroom tab, IT teams and educators gain more effective control over…
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Should Cloud Be Classed as Critical Infrastructure?
Tags: access, authentication, banking, breach, business, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, dora, encryption, fido, finance, framework, governance, Hardware, healthcare, identity, incident, infrastructure, mfa, network, nis-2, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, strategy, supply-chain, technologyShould Cloud Be Classed as Critical Infrastructure? madhav Thu, 03/05/2026 – 09:53 Over the past few years, large-scale cloud outages have demonstrated just how deeply digital services are woven into the fabric of modern society. When widely used cloud platforms experience disruption, the impact extends far beyond individual applications; banking services stall, transport systems falter,…
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State-affiliated hackers set up for critical OT attacks that operators may not detect
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, conference, control, credentials, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, firmware, fortinet, group, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, Intruder, lessons-learned, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, password, penetration-testing, phishing, regulation, russia, service, spear-phishing, supply-chain, threat, tool, ukraine, update, vulnerabilityRussia’s OT attack teams expand beyond Ukraine: The Russia-linked pair Kamacite and Electrum, which Dragos has tracked since the mid-2010s and is responsible for the 2015 and 2016 cyberattacks that took down parts of Ukraine’s power grid, expanded operations into NATO territory in 2025 after years focused almost exclusively on Ukrainian targets.Kamacite, which serves as…
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State-affiliated hackers set up for critical OT attacks that operators may not detect
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, conference, control, credentials, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, firmware, fortinet, group, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, Intruder, lessons-learned, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, password, penetration-testing, phishing, regulation, russia, service, spear-phishing, supply-chain, threat, tool, ukraine, update, vulnerabilityRussia’s OT attack teams expand beyond Ukraine: The Russia-linked pair Kamacite and Electrum, which Dragos has tracked since the mid-2010s and is responsible for the 2015 and 2016 cyberattacks that took down parts of Ukraine’s power grid, expanded operations into NATO territory in 2025 after years focused almost exclusively on Ukrainian targets.Kamacite, which serves as…
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14 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, communications, computer, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, dns, dos, encryption, exploit, flaw, hacker, Hardware, infosec, infrastructure, Internet, kaspersky, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, stuxnet, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayAge: 30 yearsDate introduced: 1995Date fixed: February 2026Researchers unearthed a legacy flaw in the widely used libpng open-source library that had existed since the technology was first released more than 30 years ago.The heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-25646) meant that applications using the flawed software would crash when presented with a maliciously constructed PNG raster…
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14 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, communications, computer, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, dns, dos, encryption, exploit, flaw, hacker, Hardware, infosec, infrastructure, Internet, kaspersky, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, stuxnet, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayAge: 30 yearsDate introduced: 1995Date fixed: February 2026Researchers unearthed a legacy flaw in the widely used libpng open-source library that had existed since the technology was first released more than 30 years ago.The heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-25646) meant that applications using the flawed software would crash when presented with a maliciously constructed PNG raster…
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Microsoft leads takedown of Tycoon2FA phishing service infrastructure
Stringent defenses needed: CSOs must employ stringent defenses against tools that use reverse proxies, Beggs said, including strengthening email filtering by enforcing DMARC, DKIM, and SPF; enforcing secure session handling at the edge by using client-bound session tokens tied to device or TLS certificates; ensuring continuous validation by issuing a new challenge when the device fingerprint…
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Microsoft leads takedown of Tycoon2FA phishing service infrastructure
Stringent defenses needed: CSOs must employ stringent defenses against tools that use reverse proxies, Beggs said, including strengthening email filtering by enforcing DMARC, DKIM, and SPF; enforcing secure session handling at the edge by using client-bound session tokens tied to device or TLS certificates; ensuring continuous validation by issuing a new challenge when the device fingerprint…
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AI Should Be the First Defense for Stablecoin Payment Fraud
Millisecond Detection and Layered Controls Will Shape Future Payment Security. Stablecoins can remove chargebacks and make transactions irreversible in fraud cases. This trend is forcing banks to analyze risks before a payment executes. AI models must work within milliseconds while maintaining accuracy and minimizing friction for legitimate users. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Iranian cyberattacks fail to materialize but threat remains acute
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, ceo, control, country, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, defense, endpoint, finance, government, group, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iran, malware, mfa, monitoring, phishing, risk, service, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, update, vpnTargeting and response: According to Adrian Cheek, a senior cybercrime researcher at Canadian threat intelligence company Flare, the most at-risk sectors are critical infrastructure, including the defense and government supply chain, financial services, energy, and healthcare.”Water, energy, and healthcare sectors are currently the most exposed. These sectors combine high targeting priority with weak baseline security,…
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New RFP Template for AI Usage Control and AI Governance
As AI becomes the central engine for enterprise productivity, security leaders are finally getting the green light, and the budget, to secure it. But there’s a quiet crisis unfolding in the boardroom: many organizations know they need “AI Governance,” but they have no idea what they are actually looking for.The CISO’s Dilemma: You Have the…
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Shadow AI vs Managed AI: What’s the Difference? FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, chatgpt, ciso, cloud, computer, control, credentials, credit-card, data, data-breach, framework, google, injection, intelligence, Internet, law, LLM, malicious, mitre, monitoring, network, password, phishing, phone, risk, software, switch, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityMar 04, 2026 – – Quick Facts: Shadow AI vs. Managed AIShadow AI is a visibility gap: It refers to any AI tool used by employees that the IT department doesn’t know about. Most companies have 10x more AI tools in use than they realize.Managed AI is a “Paved Path”: It uses approved, secure versions…
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IPVanish VPN for macOS Flaw Enables Privilege Escalation and Code Execution
A high-severity security vulnerability has been discovered in the IPVanish VPN application for macOS. This flaw allows any unprivileged local user to execute arbitrary code with root privileges without requiring any user interaction. The attack bypasses standard macOS security features, including code signature verification, and grants a local attacker complete control over the compromised system.”‹…
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LexisNexis Faces Data Breach After 2.04 GB of Data Allegedly Stolen
A threat actor known as FulcrumSec has claimed responsibility for a data breach at LexisNexis Legal & Professional, the legal information division of RELX Group. The actor alleges they have stolen 2.04 GB of structured data from the company’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure. The incident highlights significant security flaws, particularly concerning access controls…
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How to know you’re a real-deal CSO, and whether that job opening truly seeks one
Tags: access, ai, breach, business, communications, compliance, control, cyber, data, data-breach, finance, framework, governance, incident response, infosec, insurance, jobs, metric, privacy, radius, risk, skills, strategy, threat, training, vulnerabilityStriking the right balance of experience and responsibility: Mark G. McCreary, partner and chief AI and IT security officer at Boston-based legal firm Fox Rothschild LLP, has seen both extremes: security being completely sidelined and security professionals given excessive, unjustified authority.In some firms, a newly appointed CSO might be positioned as a gatekeeper without the…
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Malicious Laravel Packages Deploy PHP RAT, Grant Remote Access to Attackers
Malicious Packagist packages masquerading as Laravel helper utilities are delivering an obfuscated PHP remote access trojan (RAT) that grants full remote control over compromised hosts. Two of these, nhattuanbl/lara-helper and nhattuanbl/simple-queue, embed a byte”‘for”‘byte identical RAT payload in src/helper.php. A third package, nhattuanbl/lara-swagger, appears benign but hard”‘depends on lara-helper, ensuring the malware is installed transitively whenever developers require the swagger utility.…
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Startup JetStream Secures $34M Seed Round for AI Governance
Blueprint Model From Ex-CrowdStrike Product Leader Targets MCP Servers, Cost Sprawl. JetStream has raised $34 million in seed funding to tackle enterprise AI governance challenges. The startup introduced blueprint-based controls to manage shadow AI, MCP servers and token-level spending while helping CISOs gain visibility and enforce guardrails across cloud and SaaS environments. First seen on…
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Groups Push Back on HHS’ Proposed Health IT Rollbacks
CHIME, AHA, Others Contend Privacy, Security Burden Would Shift to Providers. Proposals to eliminate certain longstanding health IT certification criteria – including privacy and security related controls – will shift regulatory burden from health IT developers to healthcare providers, some industry groups contend in their public response to proposed federal rulemaking. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Juniper PTX Routers at Risk, Critical Takeover Flaw Disclosed
Juniper Tells Customers to Tune Their Firewall. A critical vulnerability in Juniper Networks’ primary operating system could give threat actors root level privileges to execute code on Juniper’s PTX Series routers. Successful exploitation would give attackers full command and control over devices without the need for authentication. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/juniper-ptx-routers-at-risk-critical-takeover-flaw-disclosed-a-30904
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Human vs. AI Identity: Why AI Agents Are Breaking Identity
4 min readTraditional IAM was built for predictable workloads. Learn why AI agents demand a new approach to identity, access control, and credential management. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/human-vs-ai-identity-why-ai-agents-are-breaking-identity/
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Fake Tech Support Spam Deploys Customized Havoc C2 Across Organizations
Threat hunters have called attention to a new campaign as part of which bad actors masqueraded as fake IT support to deliver the Havoc command-and-control (C2) framework as a precursor to data exfiltration or ransomware attack.The intrusions, identified by Huntress last month across five partner organizations, involved the threat actors using email spam as lures,…
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AI Emerges as the New Insider Threat: Thales Releases the 2026 Data Threat Report
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, cyber, data, deep-fake, encryption, governance, identity, infrastructure, risk, saas, skills, software, strategy, theft, threat, toolAI Emerges as the New Insider Threat: Thales Releases the 2026 Data Threat Report madhav Tue, 03/03/2026 – 15:00 Over the past year, I’ve watched AI move to operational reality across nearly every industry we work with. The conversation is no longer about whether AI will transform business. It already has. Cybersecurity Todd Moore –…
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Zenity Details Perplexity AI Browser Vulnerability
Zenity, a provider of a platform for securing artificial intelligence (AI) applications and agents, today detailed how a zero-click attack could be launched against the Comet AI browser developed by Perplexity. Company CTO Michael Bargury said the attack vector, dubbed PerplexedComet, enables a malicious attacker to control content in a way that can be used..…
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OAuth phishers make ‘check where the link points’ advice ineffective
Tags: authentication, automation, awareness, business, cloud, control, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, governance, identity, login, malicious, microsoft, monitoring, phishing, saas, threat, toolContext, not the URL, is the new red flag: Sakshi Grover, Senior Research Manager at IDC Asia/Pacific, said the longstanding advice to hover over a link and verify its domain was built for an era of lookalike domains and that it no longer holds in environments where authentication flows routinely pass through trusted identity providers.”Organizations…
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HPE AutoPass Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Bypass Authentication
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has disclosed a remote authentication-bypass vulnerability in HPE AutoPass License Server (APLS) that could let unauthenticated attackers bypass login controls over the network. The issue is tracked as CVE-2026-23600 and is fixed in APLS 9.19 and later.”‹ Item Details Vendor bulletin HPESBGN05003 rev.1 (Security Bulletin), initial release 27 Feb 2026; last…
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Chrome security flaw enabled spying via Gemini Live assistant
A Google Chrome vulnerability lets malicious extensions hijack Gemini Live to spy on users and steal sensitive files. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks found a Chrome vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0628, that could let malicious extensions take control of the Gemini Live AI assistant. By abusing the flaw, attackers could spy on users and exfiltrate sensitive…