Tag: defense
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The best defense against AI attacks turns out to be a skeptical human
Analysts across the security industry now run generative AI through their daily work, from log triage to incident write-ups. Active use in cybersecurity strategy reached 78% … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/14/ai-attacks-skeptical-human/
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The best defense against AI attacks turns out to be a skeptical human
Analysts across the security industry now run generative AI through their daily work, from log triage to incident write-ups. Active use in cybersecurity strategy reached 78% … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/14/ai-attacks-skeptical-human/
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The best defense against AI attacks turns out to be a skeptical human
Analysts across the security industry now run generative AI through their daily work, from log triage to incident write-ups. Active use in cybersecurity strategy reached 78% … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/14/ai-attacks-skeptical-human/
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States are building their own election defense networks as federal support evaporates
Election officials are facing an impossible choice: follow federal directives they don’t trust, or risk becoming targets of a criminal investigation. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/trump-administration-eac-firings-doj-election-officials-threat/
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‘Yellow Teams’ Are Defining the Future of AI Security
In some companies, engineers are building defense and attack tools to test the potential of artificial intelligence for cybersecurity, and its threat. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/yellow-teams-defining-future-ai-security
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Officials once again warn defenders that Russian hackers are targeting network devices
State-sponsored attackers are targeting critical infrastructure networks in defense, communications, energy, finance, government and health care. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/russian-fsb-cisco-joint-cybersecurity-advisory/
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Russian FSB-Linked Turla Hackers Target French Ministries, Embassies, and Defense Entities
France has publicly attributed a long-running cyber-espionage campaign targeting government, diplomatic and defence-linked organisations to Turla, an intrusion set associated with the 16th Center of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), also known as military unit 71330. French authorities said the operation has affected entities across the French state since the 2010s, including ministries, diplomatic organizations,…
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Adaptive Malware Could Evade Signature Detection by Regenerating Its Attack Capabilities
Adaptive, AI-driven malware could challenge a foundational assumption in enterprise defense: that a malicious program’s exploitation logic remains fixed after deployment. New research on adaptive computer worms argues that a self-replicating agent paired with an onboard reasoning loop could assess different environments, select target-specific attack paths, and regenerate capabilities as older methods become less effective.…
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South Korea Military Faces Highest Cyberattack Volume Since 2021
Cyberattacks on South Korea military reached their highest level in five years in 2025, highlighting growing cybersecurity risks as the Ministry of National Defense struggles to retain trained cyber specialists. The rise in attacks, coupled with phishing emails and concerns over North Korea’s expanding cyber capabilities, has intensified calls for stronger defense measures. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to…
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South Korea Military Faces Highest Cyberattack Volume Since 2021
Cyberattacks on South Korea military reached their highest level in five years in 2025, highlighting growing cybersecurity risks as the Ministry of National Defense struggles to retain trained cyber specialists. The rise in attacks, coupled with phishing emails and concerns over North Korea’s expanding cyber capabilities, has intensified calls for stronger defense measures. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to…
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GodDamn Ransomware Attack Uses PsExec Lateral Movement and NirSoft Toolkit for Credential Theft
A targeted GodDamn ransomware incident shows the payload is not entirely new but the latest rebrand of a long-running family. Analysis reveals strong code overlap with Beast (the 2024 rebrand of Monster), and the operational playbook mirrors earlier Hyadina campaigns. Stealthy foothold, credential harvesting using NirSoft utilities, kernel-level defense subversion, remote-access tooling, and PsExec-driven lateral…
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AI Attacks Move in Minutes. Join This Webinar on Building a Defense That Keeps Up
AI has changed how fast attacks move. Work that once took an attacker days now takes minutes. Using models like Mythos, attackers write tailored bait, pick targets, test what lands, and jump to the next host before your team clears the first alert.That is the gap, and it is not your fault. The tools and…
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GodDamn Ransomware Uses PoisonX Driver to Disable Endpoint Defenses
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new ransomware family called GodDamn that employs the PoisonX kernel driver to neutralize security software as part of its defense evasion strategy.According to a new report published by the Threat Hunter Team from Symantec, the ransomware was first publicly spotted in the wild on May 21, 2026. It’s assessed to…
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American HackersHire Proposal Sparks Heavy Criticism
US Senate Committee Approves Private Sector Hacking Pilot. The United States could get its own hack-for-hire network of contractors deputized by the federal government to penetrate foreign adversaries under a provision approved by a Senate Committee on Armed Services in its version of an annual defense authorization bill. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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CISA Deploys Anthropic’s Mythos AI to Hunt Vulnerabilities in U.S. Government Code
CISA is using Anthropic’s Mythos AI to scan federal code for vulnerabilities, aiming to find flaws before hackers and foreign intelligence services. Three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that CISA, the U.S. government’s civilian cyber defense agency, is running Anthropic’s Mythos AI model against federal code repositories to find vulnerabilities before foreign intelligence…
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NCSC Touts National Scale, AI-Powered “Cyber Shield” for Defense
The National Cyber Security Centre wants to work with AI partners to build a new “Cyber Shield” to defend the UK First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ncsc-national-cyber-sheild-ai/
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Webinar tomorrow: Why modern email attacks require a new approach to defense
Tomorrow’s webinar explores how behavioral AI can help organizations detect sophisticated phishing, business email compromise, and account takeover attacks while reducing alert fatigue through automated investigation and response workflows. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/webinar-tomorrow-why-modern-email-attacks-require-a-new-approach-to-defense/
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4 Best Email Security Solutions to Keep Employee Inboxes Safe
Compare leading and best email security solutions with AI threat detection, phishing defense, malware blocking, and DLP features for teams. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/best-email-security-solutions-employee-inboxes-safe/
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US Cyber Agency Uses Anthropic Mythos to Audit Government Code for Bugs
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has started using Anthropic’s advanced AI model, Mythos, to audit government software for vulnerabilities. This marks a significant shift toward AI-assisted cyber defense operations. Sources familiar with the initiative report that CISA is deploying Mythos to systematically scan federal code repositories to identify security flaws that foreign…
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How Dragos Acquisition Expands Accenture’s OT Security Reach
Joint Accenture-Dragos Platform Adds OT, Threat Intelligence and Incident Response. Accenture says its acquisition of Dragos combines managed security services with leading OT threat intelligence, asset discovery and incident response capabilities, helping industrial organizations strengthen defenses as AI adoption and IT-OT convergence increase cyber risk. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/how-dragos-acquisition-expands-accentures-ot-security-reach-a-32148
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Why a Platform Approach to SASE is Your Best Defense Against Adversarial AI
SASE architectures, though not new, were formally introduced as a market capability in 2019. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/why-an-platform-approach-to-sase-is-your-best-defense-against-adversarial-ai
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Most cybersecurity workers have been told to conceal a breach, report finds
The security firm Bitdefender’s annual survey also found that U.S. companies were simultaneously more confident and more strained on cyber defense than foreign peers. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/data-breach-coverups-ai-bitdefender/824331/
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Azure Password-Spraying Attack Bypasses MFA Defenses
Threat Actor Uses Deprecated OAuth 2.0 Authentication Flow. Attackers behind a password-spraying campaign targeting Microsoft Office 365 accounts have amassed dozens of victims by abusing a deprecated feature in OAuth 2.0 to generate access tokens, in some cases sidestepping multifactor authentication controls, warn researchers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/azure-password-spraying-attack-bypasses-mfa-defenses-a-32128
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Webinar: Why traditional email security is no longer enough
Modern phishing, business email compromise, and account takeover attacks increasingly exploit trusted identities and legitimate business workflows, making them harder for traditional email defenses to detect. This webinar explores how behavioral AI can help organizations automate detection and response. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/webinar-why-traditional-email-security-is-no-longer-enough/
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Hackers Use Vulnerable Windows Drivers to Kill EDR in Ransomware Attacks
Hackers increasingly rely on vulnerable, legitimately signed Windows drivers to neutralize endpoint defenses, turning defense evasion into a decisive phase of modern ransomware attacks. Over the past three years the Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) technique has migrated from research proof-of-concept into a commoditized, routinely deployed capability in ransomware-as-a-service toolkits. By abusing signed kernel…
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NDR is a requirement for modern security defenses and the agentic SOC
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/native/ndr-is-a-requirement-for-modern-security-defenses-and-the-agentic-soc
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How Agentic AI Is Reshaping the Modern SOC
Agentic AI is redefining security operations by embedding intelligence across detection, investigation and response. Optiv’s Ben Spencer and Google Cloud’s Wayne Kearns explain how AI-powered SOCs strengthen defense, why human expertise is essential and how MSSPs can accelerate enterprise adoption. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/how-agentic-ai-reshaping-modern-soc-i-5554
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Why Cyber Resilience Must Outpace AI-Driven Threats
Former National Cyber Director Chris Inglis Calls for Coalition Defense Strategy. Cybersecurity leaders must shift from information sharing to true collaboration as AI accelerates ransomware and nation-state threats. Halcyon’s Chris Inglis explains why resilience, coalition defense and human accountability will help security teams outpace increasingly sophisticated attackers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/cyber-resilience-must-outpace-ai-driven-threats-a-32119
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Half the defense base still builds security around compliance
CMMC requirements are appearing in defense contracts and moving down through supplier networks to thousands of companies new to this kind of compliance work. Many run on … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/30/federal-cybersecurity-compliance-report/