Tag: defense
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How GenAI Is Aiding a Rise in Identity-Based Threats
Thales CISO Eric Liebowitz Outlines Urgent Defenses for AI-Driven Phishing Threats. The shift from brute-force attacks to AI-powered phishing is creating tougher challenges for defenders. Thales CISO, Americas, Eric Liebowitz says combining employee training with behavioral monitoring and AI guardrails is essential to mitigate identity risk. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/how-genai-aiding-rise-in-identity-based-threats-a-30493
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GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/gofundme-ice-jonathan-ross-renee-good-fundraiser/
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Cybersecurity in the Public Sector: Challenges, Strategies and Best Practices
Public sector cybersecurity faces outdated systems, budget gaps, and rising attacks. Learn key challenges, defense strategies, and proven best practices. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/cybersecurity-public-sector-challenges-strategies-practices/
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Iran-linked MuddyWater APT deploys Rust-based implant in latest campaign
Rust offers evasion advantages: CloudSEK researchers said RustyWater was developed in Rust, which they said is increasingly used by malware authors for its memory safety features and cross-platform capabilities, according to the blog post. Other state-sponsored groups, including Russia’s Gossamer Bear and China-linked actors, have also deployed Rust-based malware in recent campaigns, according to security…
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How impenetrable are modern secret defenses?
How Secure Is Your Cloud Environment With Non-Human Identities? Have you ever considered the crucial role that non-human identities (NHIs) play in modern cloud security? The concept of NHIs is rapidly gaining traction, acting as a linchpin for organizations striving to build more impenetrable secret defenses. Understanding Non-Human Identities and Their Importance NHIs refer to……
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ISMG Editors: Lack of MFA Keeps Fueling Cloud Data Breaches
Also: Turning AI Data Into AI Defense, Autonomous Border Patrol Robots. In this week’s panel, four ISMG editors discussed how basic security failures are still opening the door to major breaches, how researchers are rethinking data protection in the age of AI and the implications of robots with artificial intelligence patrolling national borders. First seen…
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Why AI-Powered Cyber Defense Is No Longer Optional for Modern Businesses
Large businesses or governments aren’t the only ones threatened by cyber attacks. Every organization is now equally threatened…. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/ai-powered-cyber-defense-modern-businesses/
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INFORM 2026: MITRE’s Updated Threat-Informed Defense Maturity Model Explained
On January 8th, MITRE’s Center for Threat-Informed Defense (CTID) published a significant update to INFORM, its threat-informed defense maturity model. This update reflects the joint efforts of MITRE researchers, AttackIQ, and several CTID members to enhance INFORM based on two years of operational use and broad security community feedback. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to…
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CrowdStrike Acquires SGNL for $740 Million to Thwart AI-Powered Cyber Threats
Tags: ai, credentials, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, exploit, hacker, identity, intelligence, startup, technology, threatCrowdStrike Inc. said Thursday it will acquire identity security startup SGNL in a deal valued at $740 million the latest move by the cybersecurity giant to fortify its defenses against increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cyberattacks. The acquisition centers on SGNL’s continuous identity technology, designed to prevent hackers from exploiting user credentials as entry.. First…
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Cisco Snort 3 Vulnerability Leading to Sensitive Data Disclosure
Cisco has disclosed two critical vulnerabilities in the Snort 3 detection engine affecting multiple enterprise security products, including firewalls, threat defense systems, and edge platforms. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2026-20026 and CVE-2026-20027 under advisory cisco-sa-snort3-dcerpc-vulns-J9HNF4tH, could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to leak sensitive information or cause denial-of-service conditions by disrupting packet inspection capabilities. The vulnerabilities…
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UK Government Launches Cyber Action Plan to Bolster Public Sector Security
The UK government has unveiled an ambitious £210 million cyber security initiative designed to fortify digital defenses across public sector departments and restore confidence in online government services. The centerpiece of the initiative is the newly formed Government Cyber Unit, which will coordinate risk management and incident response operations across all government departments. This centralized…
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Voice cloning defenses are easier to undo than expected
Many voice protection tools promise to block cloning by adding hidden noise to speech. Researchers at a Texas university found that widely used voice protection methods can be … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/08/voice-authentication-audio-cleanup-risk/
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Microsoft warns of a surge in phishing attacks exploiting email routing gaps
Hardening configurations can help: The disclosure emphasizes that proper configuration of mail authentication mechanisms is the most effective defense against this spoofing vector. Organizations are advised to adopt strict DMARC reject policies and enforce SPF hard fails so that unauthenticated mail claiming to be from their domains is rejected or safely quarantined.Additionally, recommendations include ensuring…
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UK announces plan to strengthen public sector cyber defenses
The United Kingdom has announced a new cybersecurity strategy, backed by more than £210 million ($283 million), to boost cyber defenses across government departments and the wider public sector. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-announces-plan-to-strengthen-public-sector-cyber-defenses/
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Der Weg zur CMMC-Compliance
Das Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) ist ein vom US-Verteidigungsministerium entwickeltes Framework zur Bewertung der Cybersicherheitsreife von Unternehmen in der Defense Industrial Base (DIB). First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/der-weg-zur-cmmc-compliance/a43278/
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8 things CISOs can’t afford to get wrong in 2026
Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, automation, awareness, breach, business, ciso, cloud, communications, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, dora, encryption, finance, firmware, GDPR, healthcare, identity, incident response, india, infrastructure, injection, insurance, intelligence, iot, jobs, law, malicious, monitoring, network, privacy, ransom, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, scam, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-trust“Identity and access controls for AI agents and AI platforms are one of the most important areas of concern for CISOs,” says Jason Stading, director at global technology research and advisory firm ISG. “Right now, permissions and access rights for AI are a black box in many areas. We will see a major push over…
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Seceon Launches aiBAS360: AI-Powered Breach Attack Simulation Platform Enables Organizations to Test Defenses Against Real-World APTs and Threat Actors
New Platform Features MITRE ATT&CK Framework Mapping and is Now Available Within OTM Platform as well as in aiSIEM-CGuard 2.0; Global Webinar Series Underway to Showcase Capabilities to MSSP Partners Worldwide WESTFORD, Mass., Jan. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/, Seceon Inc., a global leader in AI/ML-driven cybersecurity solutions, today announced the general availability of aiBAS360, its innovative Breach First…
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NDSS 2025 Exploiting the Complexity Of Modern CSS For Email And Browser Fingerprinting
Session 8A: Email Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Leon Trampert (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Daniel Weber (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Lukas Gerlach (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Christian Rossow (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Michael Schwarz (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security) PAPER Cascading Spy Sheets: Exploiting the Complexity…
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The Role of Behavioral Analytics in Enhancing Cybersecurity Defense
Behavioral analytics, or BA, is becoming increasingly useful in the world of cybersecurity. With cyberthreats ever-evolving and with businesses of all shapes and sizes striving to keep up, BA is helping companies future-proof their data, networks, and other assets with greater confidence BA uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to train on threat..…
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AI, Quantum, and the New Threat Frontier: What Will Define Cybersecurity in 2026?
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, container, control, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, encryption, exploit, finance, flaw, framework, governance, government, healthcare, iam, identity, infrastructure, injection, LLM, malicious, metric, monitoring, network, nist, open-source, oracle, regulation, resilience, risk, service, skills, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, waf, zero-day, zero-trustAI, Quantum, and the New Threat Frontier: What Will Define Cybersecurity in 2026? madhav Tue, 01/06/2026 – 04:44 If we think 2025 has been fast-paced, it’s going to feel like a warm-up for the changes on the horizon in 2026. Every time this year, Thales experts become cybersecurity oracles and predict where the industry is…
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6 strategies for building a high-performance cybersecurity team
Tags: advisory, ai, apple, attack, business, ciso, communications, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, intelligence, resilience, risk, service, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability2. Be clear on the mission: Sharon Chand, US cyber defense and resilience leader at professional services firm Deloitte, says a characteristic of a high-performing team is alignment on the team’s mission.To do that, though, team members need to know what the mission is and buy into it.”It has to be a very clear mission…
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6 strategies for building a high-performance cybersecurity team
Tags: advisory, ai, apple, attack, business, ciso, communications, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, intelligence, resilience, risk, service, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability2. Be clear on the mission: Sharon Chand, US cyber defense and resilience leader at professional services firm Deloitte, says a characteristic of a high-performing team is alignment on the team’s mission.To do that, though, team members need to know what the mission is and buy into it.”It has to be a very clear mission…