Tag: detection

How Piggybacking Attacks Threaten Organizational Security?

Mar 10, 2026 8:47 AM

Tags: access, attack, cybersecurity, detection, endpoint, identity, security-incident, social-engineering, threat, zero-trust

Organizations invest heavily in advanced cybersecurity technologies such as endpoint detection, identity access management, zero trust architecture, and continuous monitoring. However, a significant number of security incidents still originate from physical security weaknesses rather than purely digital vulnerabilities. Such often overlooked threats are piggybacking attacks. It is a social engineering and physical access attack technique……
How Piggybacking Attacks Threaten Organizational Security?

Mar 10, 2026 8:47 AM

Tags: access, attack, cybersecurity, detection, endpoint, identity, security-incident, social-engineering, threat, zero-trust

Organizations invest heavily in advanced cybersecurity technologies such as endpoint detection, identity access management, zero trust architecture, and continuous monitoring. However, a significant number of security incidents still originate from physical security weaknesses rather than purely digital vulnerabilities. Such often overlooked threats are piggybacking attacks. It is a social engineering and physical access attack technique……
How Piggybacking Attacks Threaten Organizational Security?

Mar 10, 2026 8:47 AM

Tags: access, attack, cybersecurity, detection, endpoint, identity, security-incident, social-engineering, threat, zero-trust

Organizations invest heavily in advanced cybersecurity technologies such as endpoint detection, identity access management, zero trust architecture, and continuous monitoring. However, a significant number of security incidents still originate from physical security weaknesses rather than purely digital vulnerabilities. Such often overlooked threats are piggybacking attacks. It is a social engineering and physical access attack technique……
When AI safety constrains defenders more than attackers

Mar 10, 2026 8:47 AM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, business, chatgpt, ciso, control, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, LLM, malicious, malware, marketplace, microsoft, offense, open-source, openai, penetration-testing, phishing, RedTeam, service, social-engineering, spear-phishing, strategy, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability

The attacker advantage: Threat actors operate under no such constraints. They simply use jailbroken models, locally hosted open-source alternatives, or purpose-built malicious tools that have proliferated across underground markets.WormGPT, originally shut down in 2023, has reappeared largely as a recycled brand name for uncensored AI tools. New variants posted on underground marketplace BreachForums between October…
When AI safety constrains defenders more than attackers

Mar 10, 2026 8:47 AM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, business, chatgpt, ciso, control, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, LLM, malicious, malware, marketplace, microsoft, offense, open-source, openai, penetration-testing, phishing, RedTeam, service, social-engineering, spear-phishing, strategy, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability

The attacker advantage: Threat actors operate under no such constraints. They simply use jailbroken models, locally hosted open-source alternatives, or purpose-built malicious tools that have proliferated across underground markets.WormGPT, originally shut down in 2023, has reappeared largely as a recycled brand name for uncensored AI tools. New variants posted on underground marketplace BreachForums between October…
My Really Fun RSA 2026 Presentations!

Mar 10, 2026 5:47 AM

Tags: ai, apt, automation, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, google, governance, guide, lessons-learned, malware, soc, strategy, threat

This blog is perhaps a little bit more like an ad, so if you don’t want to check the ads, consider not reading it. a very cyber image (Gemini) But this year at RSA 2026, I’m speaking on three topics: securing AI, using AI for SOC, and sharing lessons about how Google applies AI and other technologies…
Anomalous Prompt Injection Detection in Quantum-Secured AI Pipelines

Mar 10, 2026 1:48 AM

Tags: ai, cryptography, detection, injection

Learn how to detect anomalous prompt injections in quantum-secured AI pipelines using lattice-based cryptography and behavioral AI analysis for MCP environments. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/anomalous-prompt-injection-detection-in-quantum-secured-ai-pipelines/
Attackers Probe Critical Infrastructure for Low-Cost Entry

Mar 9, 2026 9:47 PM

Tags: cyber, detection, infrastructure, usa, zero-trust

CS4CA USA Summit Speaker Daryl Haegley on Zero Trust and OT Visibility. Critical infrastructure operators face constant cyber probing from state adversaries targeting energy, water and industrial systems. A U.S. Air Force cyber resiliency leader explains why zero trust, IT-OT separation and stronger anomaly detection are essential to defend mission-critical operations. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
Stop Chasing Threats, Start Containing Them

Mar 9, 2026 9:47 PM

Tags: attack, automation, ciso, data, defense, detection, identity, resilience, risk, soc, threat, tool

Why SOCs Must Move Beyond Alerts and Adopt Identity-Aware Defense Models Today Security operations centers are overwhelmed by alerts, fragmented identity data and tool sprawl. As identity-based attacks rise, CISOs are shifting toward identity-aware detection, automation and outcome-driven security operations to reduce risk and improve resilience across hybrid environments. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
Documentation Fraud: a Verification Architecture Failure

Mar 9, 2026 9:47 PM

Tags: detection, finance, fraud

Similar Fraud Rates Across Documents Reveal Weaknesses in Verification Workflows. One in 16 documents processed across financial institutions last year showed signs of manipulation, fabrication or misrepresentation. Most fraud teams want better document detection and tighter review queues. But financial institutions may be looking in the wrong place. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
Identity Crisis: Global Firms Face Mounting Risks Amid AI Surge and Lack of Recovery Testing

Mar 9, 2026 7:48 PM

Tags: ai, attack, detection, identity, risk, software, threat, vulnerability

Organizations may be increasingly adopting Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) practices, but a critical gap in disaster recovery readiness is leaving many vulnerable to catastrophic failure. The annual State of ITDR survey from Quest Software, which gathered insights from 650 IT and security executives worldwide, reveals a startling lack of preparedness around post-attack restoration……
Tenable Named a Challenger in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for CPS Protection Platforms

Mar 9, 2026 7:48 PM

Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, business, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, data, defense, detection, firmware, gartner, guide, Hardware, identity, incident, intelligence, metric, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, service, software, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, usa, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windows

Security is no longer a siloed effort. Find out how Tenable integrates mature industrial security capabilities into an enterprise-ready approach for unified exposure management. Key takeaways In our view, this year’s Gartner Magic Quadrant for CPS Protection Platforms validates a critical market transition away from a sole focus on niche, standalone OT tools. By integrating…
Tenable Named a Challenger in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for CPS Protection Platforms

Mar 9, 2026 7:48 PM

Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, business, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, data, defense, detection, firmware, gartner, guide, Hardware, identity, incident, intelligence, metric, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, service, software, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, usa, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windows

Security is no longer a siloed effort. Find out how Tenable integrates mature industrial security capabilities into an enterprise-ready approach for unified exposure management. Key takeaways In our view, this year’s Gartner Magic Quadrant for CPS Protection Platforms validates a critical market transition away from a sole focus on niche, standalone OT tools. By integrating…
AI-Based Cybersecurity Monitoring

Mar 9, 2026 6:47 PM

Tags: ai, cloud, cybersecurity, detection, endpoint, infrastructure, login, monitoring, network, saas, threat

Transforming Security Operations with Intelligent, Real-Time Threat Detection The Growing Need for Intelligent Security Monitoring Modern enterprises operate in highly dynamic digital environments where cloud platforms, SaaS applications, remote work infrastructure, and connected devices continuously generate vast volumes of security data. Every login attempt, network request, endpoint activity, and application interaction contributes to an expanding…
Security Risk Advisors Releases “The Purple Perspective 2026” Report

Mar 9, 2026 5:47 PM

Tags: cyber, cybersecurity, detection, risk

Philadelphia, PA, United States, March 9th, 2026, CyberNewswire Security Risk Advisors (SRA) is proud to announce the release of its inaugural report, The Purple Perspective 2026. This comprehensive analysis examines real-world detection and prevention performance against a curated set of high-priority adversary techniques, providing actionable insights to improve cybersecurity defenses. The report is based on the…
Real Attack Alert Analysis: Strengthening Organizational Cyber Defense Through Early Detection

Mar 9, 2026 3:48 PM

Tags: attack, control, cyber, data, defense, detection, endpoint, monitoring, threat

Executive Overview Organizations today face an expanding range of cyber threats targeting sensitive data, operational systems, and critical infrastructure. Attackers continuously refine their techniques to bypass traditional security controls, making proactive monitoring and rapid response essential for preventing major incidents. Modern security platforms such as endpoint detection and response systems and security information and event…
APT36 unleashes AI-generated ‘vibeware’ to flood targets

Mar 9, 2026 3:48 PM

Tags: ai, detection, group, malicious, programming, threat

The Pakistani threat group has been using AI to rewrite malicious code across multiple programming languages, prioritising scale over sophistication to evade detection, security researchers have found First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366639830/APT36-unleashes-AI-generated-vibeware-to-flood-targets
Rogues gallery: 15 worst ransomware groups active today

Mar 9, 2026 10:47 AM

Tags: access, ai, alphv, apt, attack, backup, breach, cloud, cyber, cybercrime, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, detection, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, extortion, finance, government, group, healthcare, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, korea, law, leak, linux, lockbit, malicious, malware, moveIT, network, north-korea, organized, phishing, ransom, ransomware, russia, service, social-engineering, software, strategy, threat, tool, usa, vmware, vpn, vulnerability, windows, zero-day

Black Basta: History: Black Basta appeared on the ransomware scene in early 2022 and is believed to be a spin-off from Conti, a group notorious for attacking major organizations.How it works: Black Basta usually deploys malware through exploitation of known vulnerabilities and social engineering campaigns. “Employees in the target environment are email bombed and then…
4 ways to prepare your SOC for agentic AI

Mar 9, 2026 9:47 AM

Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, best-practice, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, framework, governance, guide, identity, injection, intelligence, least-privilege, metric, mitre, radius, RedTeam, risk, siem, skills, soar, soc, threat, tool

Build capabilities for AI governance, content and quality: Upskilling existing analysts alone is not enough. As AI agents begin operating across tools, making decisions and triggering actions with minimal human involvement, the demands on the SOC will extend well beyond traditional analyst capabilities, experts say.Content engineering, for instance, is one emerging requirement. In an AI-enabled…
Tarnung als Taktik: Warum Ransomware-Angriffe raffinierter werden

Mar 9, 2026 5:46 AM

Tags: access, ai, ciso, control, cyber, cyberattack, detection, encryption, endpoint, extortion, framework, intelligence, lockbit, mitre, openai, ransomware, RedTeam, service, software, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerability

Statt eines kurzen, aber sehr schmerzhaften Stiches setzen Cyberkrimelle zunehmend darauf, sich in ihren Opfern festzubeißen und beständig auszusaugen.Ransomware-Angreifer ändern zunehmend ihre Taktik und setzen vermehrt auf unauffällige Infiltration. Dies liegt daran, dass die Drohung mit der Veröffentlichung sensibler Unternehmensdaten zum Hauptdruckmittel bei Erpressungen geworden ist.Der jährliche Red-Teaming-Bericht von Picus Security zeigt, dass Angreifer zunehmen…
ClickFix attackers using new tactic to evade detection, says Microsoft

Mar 6, 2026 11:48 PM

Tags: access, attack, awareness, blockchain, ciso, computer, control, crypto, cybersecurity, defense, detection, email, endpoint, infosec, infrastructure, injection, login, malicious, malware, microsoft, phishing, powershell, risk, tactics, tool, training, windows

AppData\Local that is then invoked through cmd.exe to write a VBScript to %Temp%. The batch script is executed via cmd.exe with the /launched command-line argument, and is then executed again through MSBuild.exe, resulting in LOLBin abuse. The script connects to Crypto Blockchain RPC endpoints, indicating etherhiding technique, and also performs QueueUserAPC()-based code injection into chrome.exe…
Building Bridges, Breaking Pipelines: Introducing Trajan

Mar 6, 2026 7:50 PM

Tags: attack, detection, github, gitlab, open-source, risk, tool, vulnerability

TL;DR: Trajan is an open-source CI/CD security tool from Praetorian that unifies vulnerability detection and attack validation across GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, and Jenkins in a single cross-platform engine. It ships with 32 detection plugins and 24 attack plugins covering poisoned pipeline execution, secrets exposure, self-hosted runner risks, and AI/LLM pipeline vulnerabilities. It……
Teenage hacker myth primed for a middle-age criminal makeover

Mar 6, 2026 10:47 AM

Tags: access, breach, business, corporate, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, extortion, finance, group, hacker, hacking, infrastructure, jobs, malware, network, penetration-testing, programming, ransomware, service, skills, software, technology, threat, vulnerability

Cybercrime cartels: Dray Agha, senior security operations manager at managed detection and response services firm Huntress, said the analysis illustrates that the “Hollywood image of a teenage lone wolf hacking for bragging rights” is vastly outdated since the threat landscape is dominated by “highly organised, profit-driven syndicates.””While young people may still engage in digital vandalism…
Challenges and projects for the CISO in 2026

Mar 6, 2026 10:47 AM

Tags: access, ai, authentication, automation, awareness, cisco, ciso, cloud, communications, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, finance, framework, group, identity, intelligence, leak, mobile, network, service, soc, sophos, strategy, technology, training

Hazel DÃez (Banco Santander), Roberto Lara (Vodafone), Marijus Briedis (NordVPN), Ãlvaro FernÃ¡ndez (Sophos), and Ãngel Ortiz (Cisco). Banco Santander, Vodafone, NordVPN, Sophos y Cisco. Montaje: Foundry Against this backdrop, Cisco defines AI as “the fundamental technology that will set the cybersecurity agenda in 2026,” in the words of Ortiz, who refers to the company’s Integrated…
Zero-day exploits hit enterprises faster and harder

Mar 6, 2026 9:48 AM

Tags: access, apple, attack, backdoor, business, china, cisco, cve, data, detection, endpoint, espionage, exploit, firewall, flaw, fortinet, google, group, hacker, infrastructure, ivanti, least-privilege, mobile, network, oracle, radius, ransomware, risk, router, russia, service, software, technology, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day

Enterprise environments under siege: Chinese threat actors continued to display a preference for targets that are difficult to monitor and allow persistent access to strategic networks. Notable examples include the groups that GTIG tracks as UNC5221, which exploited a flaw in Ivanti Connect Secure (CVE-2025-0282) and UNC3886, which exploited a vulnerability in Juniper routers (CVE-2025-21590).Another…
The Top 5 Questions: How DSPM Illuminates the Murky World of Multi-Cloud Data Security

Mar 5, 2026 8:47 PM

Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, corporate, cryptography, cyber, data, data-breach, detection, encryption, exploit, firewall, intelligence, mitigation, monitoring, PCI, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, service, software, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, vulnerability

The Top 5 Questions: How DSPM Illuminates the Murky World of Multi-Cloud Data Security andrew.gertz@t“¦ Thu, 03/05/2026 – 16:09 Multi-cloud data security threats are escalating at an unprecedented rate. According to Forrester and the 2025 Thales Global Cloud Data Security Study, the primary drivers of multi-cloud risks are: growing complexity, insufficient access controls, and the…
3 Data-Based Shifts Defining AI-Native Cybersecurity Stacks

Mar 5, 2026 5:47 PM

Tags: ai, cybersecurity, data, detection, soc

The SOC is changing faster than you realize. Discover the 3 data-based shifts defining the AI-native cybersecurity era: from upstream detection to AI-powered triage and enrichment. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/3-data-based-shifts-defining-ai-native-cybersecurity-stacks/
3 Data-Based Shifts Defining AI-Native Cybersecurity Stacks

Mar 5, 2026 5:47 PM

Tags: ai, cybersecurity, data, detection, soc

The SOC is changing faster than you realize. Discover the 3 data-based shifts defining the AI-native cybersecurity era: from upstream detection to AI-powered triage and enrichment. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/3-data-based-shifts-defining-ai-native-cybersecurity-stacks/
How a Music Streaming CEO Built an Open-Source Global Threat Map in His Spare Time

Mar 5, 2026 11:47 AM

Tags: ceo, data, detection, open-source, threat

Frustrated by fragmented war news, Anghami’s Elie Habib built World Monitor, a platform that fuses global data, like aircraft signals and satellite detections, to track conflicts as they unfold. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/world-monitor-elie-habib/
State-affiliated hackers set up for critical OT attacks that operators may not detect

Mar 5, 2026 8:46 AM

Tags: access, antivirus, attack, conference, control, credentials, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, firmware, fortinet, group, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, Intruder, lessons-learned, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, password, penetration-testing, phishing, regulation, russia, service, spear-phishing, supply-chain, threat, tool, ukraine, update, vulnerability

Russia’s OT attack teams expand beyond Ukraine: The Russia-linked pair Kamacite and Electrum, which Dragos has tracked since the mid-2010s and is responsible for the 2015 and 2016 cyberattacks that took down parts of Ukraine’s power grid, expanded operations into NATO territory in 2025 after years focused almost exclusively on Ukrainian targets.Kamacite, which serves as…