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Salesforce AI agents set to assist enterprises with security and compliance
Tags: access, ai, cisco, cloud, compliance, crowdstrike, data, detection, finance, google, ibm, marketplace, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilitySalesforce Agentforce: Agentforce is a relatively new platform but has already evolved at an extremely rapid pace. It was first unveiled in September 2024, became generally available the following month, added testing and agent lifecycle management tools in November, announced integration with Slack and other platforms in December, added autonomous agents that can take action…
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Salesforce AI agents set to assist enterprises with security and compliance
Tags: access, ai, cisco, cloud, compliance, crowdstrike, data, detection, finance, google, ibm, marketplace, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilitySalesforce Agentforce: Agentforce is a relatively new platform but has already evolved at an extremely rapid pace. It was first unveiled in September 2024, became generally available the following month, added testing and agent lifecycle management tools in November, announced integration with Slack and other platforms in December, added autonomous agents that can take action…
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Salesforce AI agents set to assist enterprises with security and compliance
Tags: access, ai, cisco, cloud, compliance, crowdstrike, data, detection, finance, google, ibm, marketplace, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilitySalesforce Agentforce: Agentforce is a relatively new platform but has already evolved at an extremely rapid pace. It was first unveiled in September 2024, became generally available the following month, added testing and agent lifecycle management tools in November, announced integration with Slack and other platforms in December, added autonomous agents that can take action…
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Mustang Panda Adopts New DLL Side-Loading Method to Deploy Malware
The sophisticated China-linked threat actor Mustang Panda has refined its cyber espionage arsenal with an advanced DLL side-loading technique specifically targeting the Tibetan community, according to recent analysis of a campaign first identified by IBM’s X-Force in June 2025. This politically motivated operation demonstrates how threat actors continuously evolve their obfuscation methods to bypass security controls and…
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Mustang Panda Adopts New DLL Side-Loading Method to Deploy Malware
The sophisticated China-linked threat actor Mustang Panda has refined its cyber espionage arsenal with an advanced DLL side-loading technique specifically targeting the Tibetan community, according to recent analysis of a campaign first identified by IBM’s X-Force in June 2025. This politically motivated operation demonstrates how threat actors continuously evolve their obfuscation methods to bypass security controls and…
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IBM’s Suja Viswesan On The Future Of QRadar SIEM And The Post-Quantum Security ‘Journey’
Comparisons abound between the looming shift in encryption required for quantum computing and the circa-1990s preparations for Y2K, but that analogy is only partly right, according to IBM security software leader Suja Viswesan. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/ibm-s-suja-viswesan-on-the-future-of-qradar-siem-and-the-post-quantum-security-journey
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IBM killing mainframe coding kit for PCs this year
Linux-based System z emulator will go away on Dec. 31, replaced by cloud-based solution from ISVs First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/30/ibm_system_z_dead/
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Improve Your Cyber Resilience with Data Security Platformization
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, business, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, ibm, infrastructure, mitigation, resilience, risk, software, strategy, threat, toolImprove Your Cyber Resilience with Data Security Platformization madhav Tue, 09/16/2025 – 05:14 Data Security Lynne Murray – Director of Product Marketing for Data Security More About This Author > Today’s organizations are drowning in the growth of many different cybersecurity tools”, an unintended consequence of trying to keep up with an evolving threat landscape.…
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Mustang Panda Deploys SnakeDisk USB Worm to Deliver Yokai Backdoor on Thailand IPs
The China-aligned threat actor known as Mustang Panda has been observed using an updated version of a backdoor called TONESHELL and a previously undocumented USB worm called SnakeDisk.”The worm only executes on devices with Thailand-based IP addresses and drops the Yokai backdoor,” IBM X-Force researchers Golo Mühr and Joshua Chung said in an analysis published…
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Mustang Panda Uses SnakeDisk USB Worm and Toneshell Backdoor to Target Air-Gap Systems
IBM X-Force researchers have uncovered sophisticated new malware campaigns orchestrated by the China-aligned threat actor Hive0154, also known as Mustang Panda. The discovery includes an advanced Toneshell backdoor variant that evades detection systems and a novel USB worm called SnakeDisk specifically targeting Thailand-based devices. Enhanced Toneshell Backdoor Evades Detection The latest iteration of Toneshell, dubbed…
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Red Hat back-office team to be Big and Blue whether they like it or not
Legal, HR, Finance and Accounting moving to IBM from 2026. Engineering and others staying put… for now First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/08/red_hatters_to_be_big/
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TDL 002 – Defending the DNS: How Quad9 Protects the Internet with John Todd
Tags: access, apple, attack, business, china, ciso, communications, control, country, crime, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, dns, email, encryption, firewall, google, ibm, india, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, malicious, malware, network, phishing, privacy, service, strategy, technology, threat, tool, zero-trustSummary The Defender’s Log episode features John Todd from Quad9, discussing their mission to protect the internet through secure DNS. Quad9, a non-profit launched in 2017 with founding partners Global Cyber Alliance, Packet Clearing House, and IBM, provides a free, global recursive DNS resolver that blocks malicious domains. Todd emphasizes that Quad9’s success is a…
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Authenticated Attackers Could Exploit IBM Watsonx Vulnerability to Access Sensitive Data
A newly disclosed security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-0165, has been reported, specifically concerning the users of the IBM Watsonx Orchestrate Cartridge within the IBM Cloud Pak for Data platform. The flaw, officially acknowledged in a security bulletin released by IBM on August 31, 2025, enables blind SQL injection attacks, potentially allowing authenticated attackers to manipulate…
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Das kostet ein Data Breach 2025
Tags: ai, api, breach, ciso, cyberattack, cyersecurity, data, data-breach, germany, ibm, infrastructure, intelligence, ransomware, risk, security-incident, siem, supply-chain, threat, usa, vulnerabilityLaut einer aktuellen Studie liegen die durchschnittlichen Kosten einer Datenpanne in Deutschland bei 3,87 Millionen Euro.Laut dem aktuellen ‘Cost of a Data Breach”- Report von IBM sind die Kosten einer Datenpanne in Deutschland auf 3,87 Millionen Euro (ca. 4,03 Millionen Dollar) pro Vorfall gesunken im Vorjahr lagen sie noch bei 4,9 Millionen Euro (ca. 5,31…
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What is the cost of a data breach?
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, finance, fraud, healthcare, ibm, identity, incident response, india, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, jobs, law, metric, privacy, programming, ransom, ransomware, regulation, risk, security-incident, service, skills, software, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityCanada ($4.84 million) and the UK ($4.14million) remain in the top 10 hardest hit, with ASEAN or Association of Southeast Asian Nations ($3.67 million), Australia ($2.55 million), and India ($2.51 million) among the top 15. Breaches by industry: Healthcare remains the industry hit with the highest costs per breach by far, at $7.42 million despite…
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QuirkyLoader: A New Malware Loader Spreading Infostealers and Remote Access Trojans (RATs)
IBM X-Force has tracked QuirkyLoader, a sophisticated loader malware deployed by threat actors to distribute prominent families such as Agent Tesla, AsyncRAT, FormBook, MassLogger, Remcos, Rhadamanthys, and Snake Keylogger. This multi-stage threat initiates through spam emails from legitimate providers or self-hosted servers, attaching malicious archives containing a legitimate executable, an encrypted payload masquerading as a…
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IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025
IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report drives home that point: attackers today are often “logging in rather than hacking in”. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/ibms-cost-of-a-data-breach-report-2025/
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CastleBot MaaS Released Diverse Payloads in Coordinated Mass Ransomware Attacks
IBM X-Force has uncovered CastleBot, a nascent malware framework operating as a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform, enabling cybercriminals to deploy a spectrum of payloads ranging from infostealers to sophisticated backdoors implicated in ransomware operations. First detected in early 2025 with heightened activity since May, CastleBot facilitates the delivery of threats like NetSupport and WarmCookie, which have…
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Durch Datenlecks verursachte Kosten sind gefallen
Tags: ai, breach, cyberattack, data, data-breach, deep-fake, fraud, germany, ibm, infrastructure, phishing, risk, security-incident, service, usaDurch KI unterstützte Angriffe wie Phishing und Deepfakes nehmen weiter zu, doch Unternehmen zögern in gleichem Maße nachzurüsten.Die gute Nachricht zuerst: Wie IBM in seinem jährlich erscheinenden Cost of a Data Breach Report herausfand, sind die durchschnittlichen Kosten eines Datenlecks in Deutschland erstmals seit fünf Jahren wieder gesunken. Ein einzelner Vorfall kostete demnach 2024 im…
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Durch Datenlecks verursachte Kosten sind gefallen
Tags: ai, breach, cyberattack, data, data-breach, deep-fake, fraud, germany, ibm, infrastructure, phishing, risk, security-incident, service, usaDurch KI unterstützte Angriffe wie Phishing und Deepfakes nehmen weiter zu, doch Unternehmen zögern in gleichem Maße nachzurüsten.Die gute Nachricht zuerst: Wie IBM in seinem jährlich erscheinenden Cost of a Data Breach Report herausfand, sind die durchschnittlichen Kosten eines Datenlecks in Deutschland erstmals seit fünf Jahren wieder gesunken. Ein einzelner Vorfall kostete demnach 2024 im…
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Top cybersecurity M&A deals for 2025
Tags: 5G, access, ai, api, apple, application-security, attack, automation, awareness, banking, breach, business, ceo, cisco, cloud, compliance, control, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, detection, edr, email, endpoint, finance, firewall, gitlab, government, group, ibm, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, leak, microsoft, mitigation, network, password, programming, risk, risk-management, saas, service, software, sophos, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, waf, zero-trustPalo Alto Networks to buy CyberArk for $25B as identity security takes center stage July 30, 2025: Palo Alto Networks is making what could be its biggest bet yet by agreeing to buy Israeli identity security company CyberArk for around $25 billion. “We envision Identity Security becoming the next major pillar of our multi-platform strategy, complementing our leadership…
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Average global data breach cost now $4.44 million
IBM released its Cost of a Data Breach Report, which revealed AI adoption is greatly outpacing AI security and governance. While the overall number of organizations … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/04/ibm-cost-data-breach-report-2025/