Tag: edr
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‘BlackSanta’ EDR Killer Targets HR Workflows
A campaign by Russian-speaking cyberattackers hijacks workflows to deliver security-busting malware, allowing attackers to steal data without detection. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/blacksanta-edr-killer-hr-workflows
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Fake job applications pack malware that kills EDR before stealing data
Russian-speaking attackers lure HR staff into downloading ISO files that disable defenses First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/10/malware_targeting_hr/
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Attackers Use Malformed ZIP Archives to Evade Antivirus and EDR Tools
Cybersecurity researchers at the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) have issued a warning regarding a newly disclosed evasion technique tracked as VU#976247. Threat actors are increasingly utilizing malformed ZIP archives to bypass Antivirus (AV) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) scanning engines. By manipulating the internal headers of these archives, attackers can successfully hide malicious payloads,…
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The Portland Timbers expand from data protection to cybersecurity with Acronis
The Portland Timbers’ continued partnership with Acronis reflects a shared vision for modern cyber resilience, one built on consolidation, threat intelligence and integrated protection. This expansion goes beyond backup and recovery to incorporate cybersecurity capabilities, including Acronis EDR, Acronis RMM and Acronis Email Security. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/the-portland-timbers-expand-from-data-protection-to-cybersecurity-with-acronis/
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4 ways to prepare your SOC for agentic AI
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, toolBuild 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…
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Sophos stellt praktische Tipps für eine stärkere Cyberabwehr zur Verfügung
In diesem Guide finden Sie 11 zentrale Cybersecurity-Kontrollen, die jedes Unternehmen durchführen sollte von Identitäts- und Zugriffsmanagement bis XDR und Backup Readiness. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/sophos-stellt-praktische-tipps-fuer-eine-staerkere-cyberabwehr-zur-verfuegung/a43982/
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Challenges and projects for the CISO in 2026
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, trainingHazel DÃez (Banco Santander), Roberto Lara (Vodafone), Marijus Briedis (NordVPN), Ãlvaro Fernández (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…
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Raubkopien öffnen Tür für Malware
Mehrere aktuelle Vorfälle zeigen, dass das Risiko nicht nur von außen kommt: Das Sicherheitsteam von Barracuda Managed XDR hat im vergangenen Monat wiederholt Versuche registriert, bei denen Mitarbeitende raubkopierte oder manipulierte Software auf ihren Dienstgeräten installieren wollten. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/raubkopien-oeffnen-tuer-fuer-malware
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Cybersecurity’s Fundamental Flaw: It’s Still an Open-Loop System
<div cla The cybersecurity industry has no shortage of tools, frameworks, controls, and acronyms. Organizations deploy SIEM/SOARs, vulnerability scanners, EDRs, IAM platforms, SSE, and Zero Trust architectures, often simultaneously. Yet breaches continue. And they’re accelerating. This isn’t a tooling failure. It’s a systems-engineering failure. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/cybersecuritys-fundamental-flaw-its-still-an-open-loop-system/
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OAuth phishers make ‘check where the link points’ advice ineffective
Tags: authentication, automation, awareness, business, cloud, control, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, governance, identity, login, malicious, microsoft, monitoring, phishing, saas, threat, toolContext, not the URL, is the new red flag: Sakshi Grover, Senior Research Manager at IDC Asia/Pacific, said the longstanding advice to hover over a link and verify its domain was built for an era of lookalike domains and that it no longer holds in environments where authentication flows routinely pass through trusted identity providers.”Organizations…
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5 trends that should top CISO’s RSA 2026 agendas
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, backup, business, cio, ciso, cloud, conference, control, corporate, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, finance, framework, governance, group, healthcare, identity, incident response, intelligence, network, okta, resilience, risk, saas, service, skills, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-trustCTEM in the spotlight: In another evolutionary trend, most organizations are moving beyond scanning for software snafus to continuous threat exposure management (CTEM). By doing so, security teams hope to get a full picture of all assets, as well as their configurations, locations, software vulnerabilities, ownership, and business criticality.Armed with this data, CTEM platforms look…
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Hackers Exploit Cortex XDR Live Terminal for C2 Communications
Hackers can repurpose the Cortex XDR Live Terminal feature as a stealthy, EDR”‘trusted command”‘and”‘control (C2) channel, effectively turning a built”‘in response tool into a “living off the land” backdoor on protected endpoints. This abuse leverages the agent’s trusted communications and flexible remote”‘execution capabilities to blend malicious operations into normal Cortex XDR traffic. Cortex XDR Live…
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Compromised npm package silently installs OpenClaw on developer machines
Update to the latest version: npm install “-g cline@latest.”If on version 2.3.0, update to 2.4.0 or higher.Check for and immediately remove OpenClaw if it hadn’t been intentionally installed (“npm uninstall -g openclaw”).Gooding noted, “nothing ran automatically beyond the install,” but added there was still a risk: “OpenClaw is a capable agentic tool with broad system…
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What the Nike Breach Teaches Us About the Microsegmentation Imperative of Integrating with EDR
At 14:37 UTC on January 22, 2026, Nike appeared on WorldLeaks’ Tor-based leak site. The countdown timer showed 48 hours until 1.4 terabytes, 188,347 files, would be dumped onto the dark web for anyone to download. Included in the trove of files are assets from Nike’s research and development (R&D) and product creation… First seen…
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Koi Purchase Bolsters Palo Alto’s AI Attack Surface Defense
$300M Acquisition Strengthens Palo Alto Networks’ XDR and AI Governance Platform. Palo Alto Networks plans to acquire Koi Security for $300 million to address growing AI-driven endpoint risks. The startup’s technology adds deep visibility into AI agents plug-ins and nonbinary code, enhancing Cortex XDR and Prisma AIRS as enterprises confront a growing unmanaged AI attack…
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A new approach for GenAI risk protection
Solution 1: GenAI enterprise model: Implement enterprise licenses for approved GenAI solutions (such as ChatGPT Enterprise or Microsoft CoPilot 365, which is integrated into existing O365 tenants). Enterprise GenAI solutions typically include a robust set of built-in security tools that allow organizations to secure their data and implement DLP controls within the enterprise GenAI solution…
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Master XDR Investigations: A Deep Dive into the GravityZone XDR Demo Incident
<div cla An attacker’s initial access, whether through phishing, unmanaged devices, exploited vulnerabilities, or a compromised supply chain, marks the beginning of a dangerous chain of events. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/master-xdr-investigations-a-deep-dive-into-the-gravityzone-xdr-demo-incident/
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Cyber Startups to Take Innovation Spotlight at RSAC 2026
As Innovation Sandbox Turns 21, AI-Based Solutions Dominate Annual Contest. Next month in San Francisco, the Innovation Sandbox at RSAC Conference will celebrate its 21st year of choosing key emerging solutions in cybersecurity. Past winners and finalists range from EDR and XDR giant SentinelOne in 2014 to cloud security phenom Wiz in 2021. First seen…
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The 20 Coolest Endpoint And Managed Security Companies Of 2026: The Security 100
CRN’s Security 100 list of the coolest endpoint and managed security companies includes vendors with AI-powered EDR and MDR offerings such as CrowdStrike, Microsoft, SentinelOne and Sophos. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/the-20-coolest-endpoint-and-managed-security-companies-of-2026-the-security-100
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5 key trends reshaping the SIEM market
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, business, cloud, compliance, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, google, guide, Hardware, ibm, identity, incident response, intelligence, jobs, monitoring, msp, network, nis-2, saas, service, siem, soar, startup, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementMarket split as midrange sales offset SME slump: A year on, Context’s data shows that this ongoing convergence of SIEM with security tools such as XDR and SOAR has triggered a structural split in the market.”Large midmarket firms are doubling down on unified platforms for compliance, while smaller organizations are investing less in SIEM entirely…
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Proactive strategies for cyber resilience with Wazuh
Cyber resilience means anticipating threats, detecting them early, and recovering fast when incidents occur. Wazuh shows how its open source SIEM and XDR unify visibility, detection, and automated response to strengthen proactive defense. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/proactive-strategies-for-cyber-resilience-with-wazuh/
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Reynolds Ransomware Embeds BYOVD Driver to Disable EDR Security Tools
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an emergent ransomware family dubbed Reynolds that comes embedded with a built-in bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) component for defense evasion purposes within the ransomware payload itself.BYOVD refers to an adversarial technique that abuses legitimate but flawed driver software to escalate privileges and disable Endpoint Detection First seen…
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Reynolds Ransomware Embeds BYOVD Driver to Disable EDR Security Tools
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an emergent ransomware family dubbed Reynolds that comes embedded with a built-in bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) component for defense evasion purposes within the ransomware payload itself.BYOVD refers to an adversarial technique that abuses legitimate but flawed driver software to escalate privileges and disable Endpoint Detection First seen…
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EDR, Email, and SASE Miss This Entire Class of Browser Attacks
Many modern attacks happen entirely inside the browser, leaving little evidence for traditional security tools. Keep Aware shows why EDR, email, and SASE miss browser-only attacks and how visibility changes prevention. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/edr-email-and-sase-miss-this-entire-class-of-browser-attacks/
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Zscaler extends zero-trust security to browsers with SquareX acquisition
Tags: access, ai, ceo, ciso, control, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, edr, endpoint, least-privilege, network, risk, service, strategy, tool, vpn, zero-trustA win-win for customers?: Zscaler has acknowledged that browser runtime behaviour was a missing piece in its zero-trust security, and having SquareX solution in its portfolio can help fill the gap, noted Gogia.For Zscaler customers, this acquisition would mean browser security is no longer an afterthought or a separate tool to evaluate but a native…
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EnCase Driver Weaponized as EDR Killers Persist
The forensic tool’s driver was signed with a digital certificate that expired years ago, but major security gaps allowed Windows to load it. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/encase-driver-weaponized-edr-killers-persist
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Attackers exploit decade”‘old Windows driver flaw to shut down modern EDR defenses
The kill list excluded Huntress: The EDR killer binary used in the Huntress-observed attack packed a 64-bit Windows executable and a custom encoded kernel driver payload, which it decoded into OemHwUpd.sys and installed as a kernel-mode service. Because Windows still honors its cryptographic signature, the attackers were able to load the driver.Once the vulnerable driver…
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Why a decade-old EnCase driver still works as an EDR killer
Attackers are leaning on a new EDR killer malware that can shut down 59 widely used endpoint security products by misusing a kernel driver that once shipped with Guidance … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/05/edr-killer-vulnerable-encase-driver/