Tag: cyber
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Adaptive Security Leadership in an Expanding Threat Surface
Tags: access, attack, automation, control, cyber, data, identity, least-privilege, resilience, risk, saas, service, technology, threat, zero-trustLast week I joined fellow security leaders at CISO Inspire Summit North for a panel discussion on The Expanding Threat Surface: Adaptive Security Leadership for 2026 and Beyond. It was a timely discussion, because the challenge facing security leaders today is not simply more threats. It is more connections, more dependencies, and more complexity. Suppliers, SaaS, identities, automation…
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Researchers unearth industrial sabotage malware that predated Stuxnet by 5 years
fast16.sys, is briefly mentioned in the 2017 Shadow Brokers leak of documents covering exploits and tools used by US National Security Agency cyber teams.”This 2005 attack is a harbinger for sabotage operations targeting ultra expensive high-precision computing workloads of national importance like advanced physics, cryptographic, and nuclear research workloads,” the SentinelOne researchers said in their…
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Claude Mythos Fears Startle Japan’s Financial Services Sector
Global financial institutions are panicked over Anthropic’s new superhacker AI model. Cyber experts aren’t quite as worried. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/claude-mythos-startle-japans-financial-sector
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Congress, industry ponder government posture for protecting data centers
A hearing of the House Homeland Security panel’s cyber subcommittee weighed whether to designate data centers as a standalone critical infrastructure sector. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/congress-industry-ponder-government-posture-for-protecting-data-centers/
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CyberAct Was KMUs jetzt tun müssen
Der Cyber-Resilience-Act (CRA) ist seit Dezember 2024 in Kraft. Doch für viele kleine und mittlere Unternehmen bleibt er ein Buch mit sieben Siegeln. Das ändert sich gerade: Ab September 2026 greifen die ersten Meldepflichten, und das deutsche Durchführungsgesetz, das die Umsetzung regeln soll, steckt in der Kritik. Verbände wie Teletrust bemängeln, dass die vorgesehene Unterstützung…
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CyberAct Was KMUs jetzt tun müssen
Der Cyber-Resilience-Act (CRA) ist seit Dezember 2024 in Kraft. Doch für viele kleine und mittlere Unternehmen bleibt er ein Buch mit sieben Siegeln. Das ändert sich gerade: Ab September 2026 greifen die ersten Meldepflichten, und das deutsche Durchführungsgesetz, das die Umsetzung regeln soll, steckt in der Kritik. Verbände wie Teletrust bemängeln, dass die vorgesehene Unterstützung…
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Mastering agentic AI security through exposure management
As AI tools evolve from siloed chatbots to autonomous, hyperconnected systems, they create a vast new attack surface. Discover how to manage this risk by focusing on visibility, agency, and semantic security to protect your organization’s increasingly complex landscape of agentic AI systems. Key takeaways Organizations have moved from siloed AI chatbots to autonomous, hyperconnected…
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Mastering agentic AI security through exposure management
As AI tools evolve from siloed chatbots to autonomous, hyperconnected systems, they create a vast new attack surface. Discover how to manage this risk by focusing on visibility, agency, and semantic security to protect your organization’s increasingly complex landscape of agentic AI systems. Key takeaways Organizations have moved from siloed AI chatbots to autonomous, hyperconnected…
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CyberAct Was KMUs jetzt tun müssen
Der Cyber-Resilience-Act (CRA) ist seit Dezember 2024 in Kraft. Doch für viele kleine und mittlere Unternehmen bleibt er ein Buch mit sieben Siegeln. Das ändert sich gerade: Ab September 2026 greifen die ersten Meldepflichten, und das deutsche Durchführungsgesetz, das die Umsetzung regeln soll, steckt in der Kritik. Verbände wie Teletrust bemängeln, dass die vorgesehene Unterstützung…
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Hackernoon – Why Cloud Monitoring Has Become K12’s Most Critical Cyber Defense Tool
This article was originally published in Hackernoon on 04/23/26 by Charlie Sander. It starts with a simple student login”¦ One account gets phished, a file is dropped into a shared drive, and within minutes, malware has synced and spread across the entire network. By the time IT teams notice, the damage is already systemic ……
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State CISOs losing confidence in ability to manage cyber risks
Deloitte-NASCIO study shows AI, budget pressures are forcing states to make tough decisions. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/state-cisos-losing-confidence-ability-manage-cyber-risks/818670/
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Protective Security in the NCSC CAF: A Practical Guide for UK SMEs
Protective security is one of those topics that can sound broader and more complex than it needs to be. For UK SMEs, the practical question is simple: what do you need to protect, how much protection is enough, and how do you make it work without creating unnecessary overhead? Within the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework,……
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Protective Security in the NCSC CAF: A Practical Guide for UK SMEs
Protective security is one of those topics that can sound broader and more complex than it needs to be. For UK SMEs, the practical question is simple: what do you need to protect, how much protection is enough, and how do you make it work without creating unnecessary overhead? Within the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework,……
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Cursor AI Extension Flaw Exposes Developer Tokens to Credential Theft
Security researchers at LayerX have uncovered a high-severity vulnerability in the popular AI-powered development environment, Cursor. Dubbed >>CursorJacking,<< this flaw carries a CVSS score of 8.2 and exposes developers to immediate credential theft. Any installed extension can silently access a user's API keys and session tokens without requiring special permissions or user interaction. Standard security…
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Cursor AI Coding Agent Vulnerability Lets Attackers Run Code on Developers’ Machines
A newly disclosed high-severity vulnerability in the Cursor AI-powered coding environment could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a developer’s machine, raising fresh concerns about the security of AI-assisted development workflows. The vulnerability was officially published by Cursor in February 2026, following remediation efforts. Researchers emphasized that testing was conducted under strict ethical guidelines…
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Cursor AI Coding Agent Vulnerability Lets Attackers Run Code on Developers’ Machines
A newly disclosed high-severity vulnerability in the Cursor AI-powered coding environment could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a developer’s machine, raising fresh concerns about the security of AI-assisted development workflows. The vulnerability was officially published by Cursor in February 2026, following remediation efforts. Researchers emphasized that testing was conducted under strict ethical guidelines…
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Cursor AI Coding Agent Vulnerability Lets Attackers Run Code on Developers’ Machines
A newly disclosed high-severity vulnerability in the Cursor AI-powered coding environment could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a developer’s machine, raising fresh concerns about the security of AI-assisted development workflows. The vulnerability was officially published by Cursor in February 2026, following remediation efforts. Researchers emphasized that testing was conducted under strict ethical guidelines…
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CISA Warns of ConnectWise ScreenConnect Flaw Exploited in Attacks
Tags: attack, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent warning regarding a critical security flaw in ConnectWise ScreenConnect. CVE-2024-1708 is currently being exploited in real-world attacks. Because of this active threat, CISA officially added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on April 28, 2026. This addition serves as a major…
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CISA Warns of ConnectWise ScreenConnect Flaw Exploited in Attacks
Tags: attack, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent warning regarding a critical security flaw in ConnectWise ScreenConnect. CVE-2024-1708 is currently being exploited in real-world attacks. Because of this active threat, CISA officially added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on April 28, 2026. This addition serves as a major…
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CISA Warns of ConnectWise ScreenConnect Flaw Exploited in Attacks
Tags: attack, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent warning regarding a critical security flaw in ConnectWise ScreenConnect. CVE-2024-1708 is currently being exploited in real-world attacks. Because of this active threat, CISA officially added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on April 28, 2026. This addition serves as a major…
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U.S. Charges Suspected Scattered Spider Member Over Cyber Intrusions
Federal authorities have charged 19-year-old Peter Stokes, known online as >>Bouquet,<< for his alleged role in the notorious cybercriminal group Scattered Spider. Law enforcement arrested the dual U.S. and Estonian citizen earlier this month in Helsinki as he attempted to board a flight to Japan. At the time of his arrest, Stokes carried multiple electronics,…
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A Quarter of Healthcare Organizations Report Medical Device Cyber-Attacks
RunSafe report reveals most attacks on medical devices disrupt patient care First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/quarter-healthcare-medical-device/
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AI Governance and Risk Insights for Enterprises – Kovrr
Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/ai-governance-and-risk-insights-for-enterprises-kovrr/
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AI Governance and Risk Insights for Enterprises – Kovrr
Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/ai-governance-and-risk-insights-for-enterprises-kovrr-2/
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AI Governance and Risk Insights for Enterprises – Kovrr
Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/ai-governance-and-risk-insights-for-enterprises-kovrr-2/
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AI Governance and Risk Insights for Enterprises – Kovrr
Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/ai-governance-and-risk-insights-for-enterprises-kovrr-2/
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VECT 2.0 Ransomware Wipes Large Files Across Windows, Linux ESXi
The “new” VECT 2.0 ransomware is essentially a cross”‘platform data wiper that permanently destroys most enterprise files rather than encrypting them for recovery. For any file larger than 131,072 bytes (128 KB), VECT processes four separate chunks using four different randomly generated ChaCha20″‘IETF nonces, but only writes the last nonce to disk at the end…
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CERT-In Warns of AI-Driven Cyber Threat Surge, MSMEs at Highest Risk
India’s cybersecurity watchdog, CERT-In, has raised concerns of the nature of modern cyber threats, particularly those driven by artificial intelligence. In its latest advisory, the cybersecurity watchdog has highlighted how frontier AI technologies are reshaping the threat landscape, making cyberattacks faster, more scalable, and far more accessible, even to less skilled attackers. First seen on thecyberexpress.com…
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SLOTAGENT Malware Hides API Calls and Strings to Thwart Analysis
A previously unknown remote access trojan (RAT), dubbed SLOTAGENT, after analyzing a suspicious ZIP archive uploaded from Japan to a public malware repository in early 2026. The malware demonstrates advanced evasion techniques and flexible post-exploitation capabilities, making it a notable addition to the evolving threat landscape. The ZIP file contains a malicious executable, WindowsOobeAppHost.AOT.exe, which triggers the…