Tag: cyber
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The Cloud and AI Velocity Trap: Why Governance Is Falling Behind Innovation
Tags: access, ai, attack, business, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, data, flaw, framework, governance, grc, iam, identity, least-privilege, malicious, malware, radius, risk, risk-management, service, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trustAI adoption is outpacing traditional cyber governance. The “Tenable Cloud and AI Security Risk Report 2026” reveals how overprivileged identities and unmonitored supply chain dependencies leave orgs exposed. We offer 10 tactics to shut down your most critical attack paths. Key takeaways The velocity trap: Security teams are fighting “machine-speed” threats with manual processes; you…
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The Cloud and AI Velocity Trap: Why Governance Is Falling Behind Innovation
Tags: access, ai, attack, business, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, data, flaw, framework, governance, grc, iam, identity, least-privilege, malicious, malware, radius, risk, risk-management, service, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trustAI adoption is outpacing traditional cyber governance. The “Tenable Cloud and AI Security Risk Report 2026” reveals how overprivileged identities and unmonitored supply chain dependencies leave orgs exposed. We offer 10 tactics to shut down your most critical attack paths. Key takeaways The velocity trap: Security teams are fighting “machine-speed” threats with manual processes; you…
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AI Under Control: Link11 Launches AI Management Dashboard for Clean Traffic
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, February 19th, 2026, CyberNewswire Link11 launches its new “AI Management Dashboard”, closing a critical gap in how companies manage AI traffic. Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing internet traffic. But while many companies are already feeling the strain of AI crawlers on their infrastructures, they often lack clarity, reliable data, and operational…
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AI Under Control: Link11 Launches AI Management Dashboard for Clean Traffic
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, February 19th, 2026, CyberNewswire Link11 launches its new “AI Management Dashboard”, closing a critical gap in how companies manage AI traffic. Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing internet traffic. But while many companies are already feeling the strain of AI crawlers on their infrastructures, they often lack clarity, reliable data, and operational…
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AI Under Control: Link11 Launches AI Management Dashboard for Clean Traffic
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, February 19th, 2026, CyberNewswire Link11 launches its new “AI Management Dashboard”, closing a critical gap in how companies manage AI traffic. Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing internet traffic. But while many companies are already feeling the strain of AI crawlers on their infrastructures, they often lack clarity, reliable data, and operational…
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Forescout research points to record number of ICS vulnerabilities in 2025
Forescout has released new research warning that industrial control systems (ICS) are facing unprecedented levels of cyber risk, with 2025 marking the highest number of recorded vulnerabilities to date. The report, ICS Cybersecurity in 2026: Vulnerabilities and the Path Forward, reveals that 508 ICS advisories were published in 2025, covering a total of 2,155 vulnerabilities,…
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: OpenSSL RCE, Foxit 0-Days, Copilot Leak, AI Password Flaws & 20+ Stories
The cyber threat space doesn’t pause, and this week makes that clear. New risks, new tactics, and new security gaps are showing up across platforms, tools, and industries, often all at the same time.Some developments are headline-level. Others sit in the background but carry long-term impact. Together, they shape how defenders need to think about…
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China’s Parallel CVE Systems Expose Alternate Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline
Beyond CVE, China’s dual vulnerability databases, CNVD and CNNVD, show that vulnerability disclosure is not a single, global, unified process but a set of parallel systems with different rules, incentives, and timelines. China runs two national vulnerability databases: CNNVD, operated under the Ministry of State Security, and CNVD, operated by CNCERT as a defender”‘focused coordination…
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UK sounds alarm on rising cyber risks to businesses
The UK government launched a national campaign urging businesses to strengthen basic cyber defenses. The initiative follows new figures highlighting the scale of the threat. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/19/uk-government-businesses-cyber-campaign/
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Citizen Lab Finds Evidence of Mobile Data Extraction from Detained Kenyan Activist
Citizen Lab says it found forensic evidence that Cellebrite’s mobile extraction technology was used on a Samsung Android phone belonging to detained Kenyan activist and politician Boniface Mwangi while the device was in police custody in July 2025. The group warns the case highlights how high-powered forensic tools can be used to access sensitive personal…
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Researchers Uncover DoS Vulnerabilities in Socomec DIRIS M-70 IIoT Power Meter via Thread Emulation Fuzzing
Selective thread emulation and coverage-guided fuzzing have exposed six denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities in the Socomec DIRIS M-70 IIoT power-monitoring gateway, all of which are now patched under Cisco’s Coordinated Disclosure Policy. The Socomec DIRIS M-70 gateway is a central communications node for energy monitoring, supporting RS485 and Ethernet plus protocols such as Modbus RTU, Modbus…
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The Caracas operation suggests cyber was part of the plan just not the whole operation
Tags: cyberA “precision cyber strike” makes for a clean narrative. The available evidence in the wake of the operation suggests something harder to label and harder to learn from. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/venezuela-blackout-cyberattack-vs-kinetic-damage-operation-absolute-resolve/
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UK sounds alarm on rising cyber risks to businesses
The UK government launched a national campaign urging businesses to strengthen basic cyber defenses. The initiative follows new figures highlighting the scale of the threat. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/19/uk-government-businesses-cyber-campaign/
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UK sounds alarm on rising cyber risks to businesses
The UK government launched a national campaign urging businesses to strengthen basic cyber defenses. The initiative follows new figures highlighting the scale of the threat. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/19/uk-government-businesses-cyber-campaign/
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Microsoft Defender Introduces Centralized Script Library Powered by Copilot for Live Response
Microsoft has unveiled a significant enhancement to its Defender platform: centralized library management for live response operations, powered by Microsoft Security Copilot. This new capability addresses a critical workflow limitation that previously required security analysts to upload scripts and tools during active investigation sessions. The library management feature transforms how Security Operations Center (SOC) teams…
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Threat Actors Using Fake Google Forms Site to Harvest Google Logins
A new phishing campaign in which threat actors are using a convincing fake version of Google Forms to steal Google account credentials. Cybercriminals are once again exploiting a trusted brand Google to trick job seekers and steal their credentials. The campaign’s malicious URLs all followed a similar structure: forms.google.ss-o[.]com/forms/d/e/{unique_id}/viewform?form=opportunitysecpromo= At first glance, these links appear…
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Hackers Hide Malware in Emoji-Based Code to Bypass Security Defenses
Hackers are increasingly abusing emoji and other Unicode tricks to hide malicious code, bypass filters, and evade modern security controls, including AI-powered defenses. This emerging technique, known as emoji or Unicode smuggling, turns harmless-looking characters into stealth carriers for commands, data, and exploit payloads. Emoji smuggling is an obfuscation technique in which attackers encode malicious content using…
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Hackers Hide Malware in Emoji-Based Code to Bypass Security Defenses
Hackers are increasingly abusing emoji and other Unicode tricks to hide malicious code, bypass filters, and evade modern security controls, including AI-powered defenses. This emerging technique, known as emoji or Unicode smuggling, turns harmless-looking characters into stealth carriers for commands, data, and exploit payloads. Emoji smuggling is an obfuscation technique in which attackers encode malicious content using…
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OpenAI Launches EVMbench: A New Framework to Detect and Exploit Blockchain Vulnerabilities
Tags: ai, blockchain, crypto, cyber, exploit, framework, intelligence, open-source, openai, vulnerabilityOpenAI has collaborated with crypto investment firm Paradigm to release EVMbench, a new benchmark designed to evaluate how artificial intelligence agents interact with smart contract security. As smart contracts currently secure over $100 billion in open-source crypto assets, the ability of AI to successfully read, write, and audit code is becoming a critical component of…
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OpenAI Launches EVMbench: A New Framework to Detect and Exploit Blockchain Vulnerabilities
Tags: ai, blockchain, crypto, cyber, exploit, framework, intelligence, open-source, openai, vulnerabilityOpenAI has collaborated with crypto investment firm Paradigm to release EVMbench, a new benchmark designed to evaluate how artificial intelligence agents interact with smart contract security. As smart contracts currently secure over $100 billion in open-source crypto assets, the ability of AI to successfully read, write, and audit code is becoming a critical component of…
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Researchers Expose DigitStealer C2 Infrastructure Targeting macOS Users
DigitStealer’s expanding command-and-control (C2) footprint is exposing more of its backend than its operators likely intended, giving defenders fresh opportunities to track and block new infrastructure linked to the macOS”‘targeting infostealer. Unlike many popular stealers, it does not expose a web panel for affiliates, strongly suggesting a closed-operation rather than a broad malware”‘as”‘a”‘service (MaaS) offering.…
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New Threat Emerges as Attackers Leverage Grok and Copilot to Evade Security Monitoring
Researchers at Check Point Research (CPR) have uncovered a novel technique where cybercriminals utilize popular AI platforms like Grok and Microsoft Copilot to orchestrate covert attacks. This method transforms benign AI web services into proxies for Command and Control (C2) communication. By leveraging the web browsing and URL-fetching capabilities of these assistants, attackers can tunnel…
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Critical MCP Server Enables Arbitrary Code Execution and Sensitive Data Exfiltration
MCP servers can silently turn AI assistants into powerful attack platforms, enabling arbitrary code execution, large”‘scale data exfiltration, and stealthy user manipulation across both local machines and cloud environments. New research and recent real”‘world incidents show that this emerging ecosystem is already being abused in the wild, including a malicious Postmark MCP server that quietly…
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A Busy Week for Cybersecurity Speaking Engagements
I have a busy week with podcasts, webinars, and a keynote! Communicating and sharing is vital to the cybersecurity industry. It is how we leverage shared knowledge and experiences to make more informed decisions and gain better positions against our adversaries. Yesterday (Tuesday Feb 17th) I was speaking on Convene Chats webinar with the amazing…