Tag: defense

What is Security Posture Management and Why is it Important?

Aug 20, 2026 3:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, breach, business, cisa, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, credentials, csf, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, framework, gartner, GDPR, governance, Hardware, HIPAA, ibm, identity, incident response, infrastructure, ISO-27001, kubernetes, least-privilege, mfa, microsoft, monitoring, network, nist, PCI, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-analysis, risk-management, saas, service, soc, software, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, vulnerability, windows, zero-trust

Modern organizations don’t operate from a single server room anymore. Today’s enterprise environment spans dozens of cloud services, SaaS applications, APIs, AI agents, and non-human identities, all of which are continuously changing. A quarterly security audit is no longer a safety net, but now considered a gap. Security posture is an indicator of an organization’s…
What is Security Posture Management and Why is it Important?

Aug 20, 2026 3:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, breach, business, cisa, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, credentials, csf, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, framework, gartner, GDPR, governance, Hardware, HIPAA, ibm, identity, incident response, infrastructure, ISO-27001, kubernetes, least-privilege, mfa, microsoft, monitoring, network, nist, PCI, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-analysis, risk-management, saas, service, soc, software, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, vulnerability, windows, zero-trust

Modern organizations don’t operate from a single server room anymore. Today’s enterprise environment spans dozens of cloud services, SaaS applications, APIs, AI agents, and non-human identities, all of which are continuously changing. A quarterly security audit is no longer a safety net, but now considered a gap. Security posture is an indicator of an organization’s…
Hackers Use Fake CAPTCHA to Deploy Malware That Shuts Down Endpoint Security

Aug 20, 2026 1:55 PM

Tags: captcha, cyber, defense, endpoint, hacker, infection, malicious, malware, powershell, service, threat

Threat actors are pairing fake CAPTCHA verification pages with a commercial malware loader capable of disabling endpoint defenses, creating a high-impact infection chain that begins with a victim manually executing a malicious PowerShell command. In late July 2026, multiple ClickFix campaigns generated through the ErrTraffic malware-as-a-service platform and used to deliver Cruciferra, a loader advertised…
OpenAI Pauses Frontier RL Training as It Tightens Defenses Against Unsafe AI Behavior

Aug 19, 2026 10:49 PM

Tags: ai, defense, intelligence, monitoring, openai, risk, training

OpenAI on Tuesday revealed that it paused reinforcement learning (RL) training for its latest artificial intelligence (AI) models for two weeks while it shored up additional defenses and increased the scope of its monitoring to avert another Hugging Face-like incident.”As models become more capable, the risks associated with developing and testing them internally also grow,”…
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3: Google Adds Customization and New Scam Defenses

Aug 19, 2026 7:58 PM

Tags: android, defense, google, scam, tool

Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 adds Pixel customization tools, call-forwarding scam protections, and experimental cellular security features. The post Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3: Google Adds Customization and New Scam Defenses appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-android-17-qpr2-beta-3-scam-protection/
Quantum-Safe Isn’t Cyber-Safe

Aug 19, 2026 6:41 PM

Tags: access, ai, api, breach, communications, compliance, computer, computing, credentials, cryptography, cyber, data, defense, encryption, exploit, flaw, google, group, ml, openai, password, radius, risk, threat, update

<div cla In the same week federal agencies began scoping migrations under the White House’s new Post-Quantum Cryptography Executive Order, a group of academic researchers published a paper that, on its face, had nothing to do with quantum computing at all. It described a flaw in how three of the most security-conscious engineering organizations on…
Phishing 3.0: The Fight Moves to Agent Versus Agent

Aug 19, 2026 4:12 PM

Tags: ai, defense, email, jobs, malicious, phishing

Most email defenses still do the job they did a decade ago. Scan the message, look for something malicious, block it. That worked when the danger sat in the payload, a bad link or an attachment. It stopped working when the danger moved into the message’s intent, and it is failing now that the sender…
AI-powered defense strategy: How to find and fix vulnerabilities at machine speed

Aug 19, 2026 5:55 AM

Tags: ai, defense, strategy, vulnerability

First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/resource/ai-powered-defense-strategy-how-to-find-and-fix-vulnerabilities-at-machine-speed
AI-powered defense strategy: How to find and fix vulnerabilities at machine speed

Aug 19, 2026 5:55 AM

Tags: ai, defense, strategy, vulnerability

First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/resource/ai-powered-defense-strategy-how-to-find-and-fix-vulnerabilities-at-machine-speed
‘Living Off the Plant’ OT Attacks Pose Physical Safety Risk

Aug 19, 2026 12:10 AM

Tags: access, attack, cyberespionage, defense, network, risk, tactics

Beware Abuse of Native OT Functionality, Says Orange Cyberdefense’s Ric Derbyshire. Attackers can employ living off the plant tactics to stealthily access and move laterally inside industrial networks, abusing native functionality to conduct cyberespionage or disruption campaigns. Orange Cyberdefense’s Ric Derbyshire details essential defenses against this threat. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/living-off-plant-ot-attacks-pose-physical-safety-risk-a-32591
OpenAI tightens defenses after AI agents breach research environment

Aug 18, 2026 12:55 PM

Tags: ai, breach, defense, infrastructure, openai

Following the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident, in which an agentic collective autonomously penetrated OpenAI’s research infrastructure and another company’s production … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/18/openai-strengthening-security-measures/
TDL 028 – When Privacy Creates Blind Spots – Andrew Campling

Aug 18, 2026 9:55 AM

Tags: ai, attack, ciso, communications, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, defense, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, government, group, Internet, malicious, monitoring, network, phone, privacy, risk, router, scam, service, software, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, unauthorized, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trust

The Blind Spot of Absolute Privacy: Why Defenders Need a Seat at the Standards Table When standard-setters build tighter internet encryption, who pays the price? In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sat down with Andrew Campling”, Director of 419 Consulting, IETF contributor, and trustee at the Internet Watch Foundation”, to unpack…
TDL 028 – When Privacy Creates Blind Spots – Andrew Campling

Aug 18, 2026 9:55 AM

Tags: ai, attack, ciso, communications, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, defense, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, government, group, Internet, malicious, monitoring, network, phone, privacy, risk, router, scam, service, software, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, unauthorized, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trust

The Blind Spot of Absolute Privacy: Why Defenders Need a Seat at the Standards Table When standard-setters build tighter internet encryption, who pays the price? In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sat down with Andrew Campling”, Director of 419 Consulting, IETF contributor, and trustee at the Internet Watch Foundation”, to unpack…
TDL 028 – When Privacy Creates Blind Spots – Andrew Campling

Aug 18, 2026 9:55 AM

Tags: ai, attack, ciso, communications, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, defense, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, government, group, Internet, malicious, monitoring, network, phone, privacy, risk, router, scam, service, software, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, unauthorized, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trust

The Blind Spot of Absolute Privacy: Why Defenders Need a Seat at the Standards Table When standard-setters build tighter internet encryption, who pays the price? In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sat down with Andrew Campling”, Director of 419 Consulting, IETF contributor, and trustee at the Internet Watch Foundation”, to unpack…
TDL 028 – When Privacy Creates Blind Spots – Andrew Campling

Aug 18, 2026 9:55 AM

Tags: ai, attack, ciso, communications, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, defense, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, government, group, Internet, malicious, monitoring, network, phone, privacy, risk, router, scam, service, software, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, unauthorized, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trust

The Blind Spot of Absolute Privacy: Why Defenders Need a Seat at the Standards Table When standard-setters build tighter internet encryption, who pays the price? In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sat down with Andrew Campling”, Director of 419 Consulting, IETF contributor, and trustee at the Internet Watch Foundation”, to unpack…
TDL 028 – When Privacy Creates Blind Spots – Andrew Campling

Aug 18, 2026 9:55 AM

Tags: ai, attack, ciso, communications, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, defense, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, government, group, Internet, malicious, monitoring, network, phone, privacy, risk, router, scam, service, software, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, unauthorized, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trust

The Blind Spot of Absolute Privacy: Why Defenders Need a Seat at the Standards Table When standard-setters build tighter internet encryption, who pays the price? In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sat down with Andrew Campling”, Director of 419 Consulting, IETF contributor, and trustee at the Internet Watch Foundation”, to unpack…
TDL 028 – When Privacy Creates Blind Spots – Andrew Campling

Aug 18, 2026 9:55 AM

Tags: ai, attack, ciso, communications, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, defense, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, government, group, Internet, malicious, monitoring, network, phone, privacy, risk, router, scam, service, software, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, unauthorized, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trust

The Blind Spot of Absolute Privacy: Why Defenders Need a Seat at the Standards Table When standard-setters build tighter internet encryption, who pays the price? In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sat down with Andrew Campling”, Director of 419 Consulting, IETF contributor, and trustee at the Internet Watch Foundation”, to unpack…
TDL 028 – When Privacy Creates Blind Spots – Andrew Campling

Aug 18, 2026 9:55 AM

Tags: ai, attack, ciso, communications, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, defense, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, government, group, Internet, malicious, monitoring, network, phone, privacy, risk, router, scam, service, software, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, unauthorized, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trust

The Blind Spot of Absolute Privacy: Why Defenders Need a Seat at the Standards Table When standard-setters build tighter internet encryption, who pays the price? In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sat down with Andrew Campling”, Director of 419 Consulting, IETF contributor, and trustee at the Internet Watch Foundation”, to unpack…
TDL 028 – When Privacy Creates Blind Spots – Andrew Campling

Aug 18, 2026 9:55 AM

Tags: ai, attack, ciso, communications, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, defense, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, government, group, Internet, malicious, monitoring, network, phone, privacy, risk, router, scam, service, software, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, unauthorized, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trust

The Blind Spot of Absolute Privacy: Why Defenders Need a Seat at the Standards Table When standard-setters build tighter internet encryption, who pays the price? In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sat down with Andrew Campling”, Director of 419 Consulting, IETF contributor, and trustee at the Internet Watch Foundation”, to unpack…
TDL 028 – When Privacy Creates Blind Spots – Andrew Campling

Aug 18, 2026 9:55 AM

Tags: ai, attack, ciso, communications, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, defense, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, government, group, Internet, malicious, monitoring, network, phone, privacy, risk, router, scam, service, software, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, unauthorized, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trust

The Blind Spot of Absolute Privacy: Why Defenders Need a Seat at the Standards Table When standard-setters build tighter internet encryption, who pays the price? In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sat down with Andrew Campling”, Director of 419 Consulting, IETF contributor, and trustee at the Internet Watch Foundation”, to unpack…
TDL 028 – When Privacy Creates Blind Spots – Andrew Campling

Aug 18, 2026 9:55 AM

Tags: ai, attack, ciso, communications, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, defense, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, government, group, Internet, malicious, monitoring, network, phone, privacy, risk, router, scam, service, software, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, unauthorized, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trust

The Blind Spot of Absolute Privacy: Why Defenders Need a Seat at the Standards Table When standard-setters build tighter internet encryption, who pays the price? In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sat down with Andrew Campling”, Director of 419 Consulting, IETF contributor, and trustee at the Internet Watch Foundation”, to unpack…
TDL 028 – When Privacy Creates Blind Spots – Andrew Campling

Aug 18, 2026 9:55 AM

Tags: ai, attack, ciso, communications, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, defense, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, government, group, Internet, malicious, monitoring, network, phone, privacy, risk, router, scam, service, software, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, unauthorized, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trust

The Blind Spot of Absolute Privacy: Why Defenders Need a Seat at the Standards Table When standard-setters build tighter internet encryption, who pays the price? In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sat down with Andrew Campling”, Director of 419 Consulting, IETF contributor, and trustee at the Internet Watch Foundation”, to unpack…
A hollowed out data layer is making CISOs fly blind into AI attacks

Aug 18, 2026 7:55 AM

Tags: ai, attack, ciso, data, defense, offense, soc

The security industry is currently transitioning to an era where both offense and defense are AI-led, and every SOC operates at machine speed. However, what most CISOs have … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/18/siem-data-blind-spots-mapping/
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…