Tag: incident response
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Canadian Pleads Guilty to Snowflake Customer Data Extortion
Extortionist Connor Moucka, 26, Helped Breach Over 150 Customers’ Accounts. Canadian national Connor Riley Moucka, 26, pleaded guilty in Seattle federal court holding to ransom data he helped steal from over 150 customers of cloud-based data warehousing platform Snowflake, leading to victims paying millions in cryptocurrency ransoms and incident response costs. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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AgileBlue Readiness Program gives security teams a faster path to incident response
Tags: incident responseFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/agileblue-readiness-program-gives-security-teams-a-faster-path-to-incident-response
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Automating incident response to reduce impact for UK SMEs
For many UK SMEs, the biggest cost of a cyber incident is not just the attack itself. It is the delay. Every extra hour spent working out what happened, who should act, and which systems need attention can increase downtime, damage customer trust, and create avoidable pressure on a small team. That is why automating……
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AI Security Incident Response Framework – Kovrr
Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/ai-security-incident-response-framework-kovrr/
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Companies push AI, sysadmins keep it on a short leash
In 2024, sysadmins expected AI to automate patch management optimization, vulnerability prioritization, infrastructure monitoring, and incident response within two years. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/31/action1-sysadmins-ai-expectations-report/
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Phishing Dominates as Initial Entry Method for Cyber-Attacks, as Hackers Hone Evasion Techniques
Analysis of real-life incident response cases by Cisco Talos warns that phishing remains a powerful method of initial compromise First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/phishing-dominates-initial-entry/
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Phishing Dominates as Initial Entry Method for Cyber-Attacks, as Hackers Hone Evasion Techniques
Analysis of real-life incident response cases by Cisco Talos warns that phishing remains a powerful method of initial compromise First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/phishing-dominates-initial-entry/
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Shadow AI incident response begins with logs that may already be gone
In this Help Net Security interview, Brandy Wityak, VP of Complex Matters at LevelBlue, explains what happens in the hours after a shadow AI incident. She describes how … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/28/brandy-wityak-levelblue-shadow-ai-incident-response/
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Volexity Uncovers Zero-Day Campaign Targeting SonicWall VPN Appliances
Unknown hackers exploited two SonicWall SMA 1000 zero-days to gain root access on VPN appliances before patches became available. Volexity published its findings after conducting an incident response investigation involving a compromised organization whose SonicWall SMA 1000 series VPN appliances were hit with zero-day exploits starting June 22, 2026. The threat actor, which Volexity tracks…
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SonicWall SMA Zero-Days Exploited Before Disclosure to Gain Root Access
A previously undocumented threat actor has been attributed to the exploitation of recently disclosed SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 series VPN appliances as zero-days prior their public disclosure since June 22, 2026.Cybersecurity company Volexity is tracking the activity under the moniker UTA0533. The discovery was made following an incident response investigation earlier this First…
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Lessons Learned: US Cybersecurity Agency Leaked Secrets
CISA Lauded for Fast Response, Transparency and Detailing Security Recommendations. Secure developers’ use of public code repositories, monitor them for secrets and if they get exposed, have a well-tested incident response playbook at the ready. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has shared these and other lessons learned after suffering a data leak. First…
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Attacker Used AI to Build Custom PowerShell Recon Malware
Huntress found an AI-generated PowerShell script used for AD reconnaissance, showing attackers are using AI to create custom, evasive tools. During an incident response investigation on June 3, 2026, Huntress analyst Jevon Ang recovered a PowerShell script from a compromised Windows Server that the attacker had used to map out the victim’s Active Directory environment.…
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Attacker Used AI to Build Custom PowerShell Recon Malware
Huntress found an AI-generated PowerShell script used for AD reconnaissance, showing attackers are using AI to create custom, evasive tools. During an incident response investigation on June 3, 2026, Huntress analyst Jevon Ang recovered a PowerShell script from a compromised Windows Server that the attacker had used to map out the victim’s Active Directory environment.…
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Ransomware negotiator who betrayed clients sentenced to 70 months in prison
A former ransomware negotiator at incident response firm DigitalMint has been sentenced to 70 months in prison after admitting he shared confidential client information with … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/13/ransomware-negotiator-blackcat-sentence/
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Incident Response und Recovery: Erfolgsfaktoren für eine wirksame Krisenbewältigung
Cyberresilienz als organisationale Fähigkeit: Incident Response und Recovery nach schwerwiegenden Cyberangriffen Schwerwiegende Cyberangriffe stellen Organisationen vor komplexe technische, organisatorische und kommunikative Herausforderungen. Die Fähigkeit, Sicherheitsvorfälle wirksam zu bewältigen und geschäftskritische Funktionen kontrolliert wiederherzustellen, hängt daher nicht allein von einzelnen Sicherheitsmaßnahmen ab, sondern von der strukturierten Verzahnung von Prävention, Detektion, Reaktion, Wiederherstellung und organisationalem Lernen. Cyberangriffe……
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Wenn der Notfallplan versagt: Was Unternehmen bei Cyberattacken besser machen müssen
Management Summary Cyberangriffe bleiben ein geschäftskritisches Risiko: Unternehmen müssen Incident Response, Business Continuity und Disaster Recovery als integrierte Management-Aufgabe verstehen. Die größten Schwachstellen liegen weniger in einzelnen Technologien als in fehlenden Notfallplänen, unklaren Zuständigkeiten, mangelnder Übung und unvollständiger Dokumentation. Regelmäßige Tests inklusive Backup- und Recovery-Prozessen sind entscheidend, um im Ernstfall schnell, koordiniert und mit… First…
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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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Analyse der Anubis-Ransomware deckt das Vorgehen der Angreifer auf
Arctic Wolf Labs veröffentlicht neue Forschungsergebnisse, die über die bisherige Berichterstattung zur Anubis-Ransomware hinausgehen und auf Erkenntnissen aus fast sechs Monaten Incident-Response-Untersuchungen basieren. Nun haben Verteidiger zusätzliche Möglichkeiten, Angriffe frühzeitig zu erkennen und zu stoppen noch bevor die Ransomware zum Einsatz kommt. Im Mittelpunkt der Analyse steht nicht die Ransomware selbst, sondern das Vorgehen […]…
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Microsoft Warns Poisoned MCP Tool Descriptions Can Make AI Agents Leak Data
New Microsoft research shows how attackers can hijack AI agents that act on a user’s behalf, using nothing more than a poisoned tool description to make the agent quietly hand over company data to an outsider.The trick is that the agent never breaks a rule. Every step looks routine, so in a default setup no…
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OpenAI Lets Cyber Vendors Embed GPT-5.5 in Defenses
Tags: cyber, cybersecurity, defense, detection, incident response, openai, resilience, service, threat, vulnerabilityDaybreak Cyber Partner Program Extends GPT-5.5 Beyond Internal Security Use. OpenAI’s new Daybreak Cyber Partner Program allows 29 cybersecurity vendors, service providers and integrators to embed GPT-5.5 capabilities into customer-facing products and services, aiming to accelerate vulnerability remediation, threat detection, incident response and cyber resilience at scale. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/openai-lets-cyber-vendors-embed-gpt-55-in-defenses-a-32040
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Prinz Eugen Ransomware Hits Recent Files First and Skips Ransom Notes
Prinz Eugen ransomware prioritizes recently modified files and leaves no ransom note on disk, creating new pressure on backup windows, endpoint alerts, and incident response playbooks. The post Prinz Eugen Ransomware Hits Recent Files First and Skips Ransom Notes appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-prinz-eugen-ransomware-recent-files/
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Infrastructure downtime has a $50k-per-hour price tag. It’s time to turn hours into minutes.
Threats move at machine speed. Network incident response still doesn’t. What’s standing in the way? First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/spons/infrastructure-downtime-has-a-50k-per-hour-price-tag-its-time-to-turn-ho/822869/
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EU grants Ukraine access to cybersecurity reserve for major attacks
As Kyiv takes steps toward formal accession to the EU, the bloc is integrating Ukraine with its pool of pre-approved cybersecurity incident response companies. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ukraine-access-eu-cybersecurity-reserve
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EU Security Experts to Support Ukrainian Organizations in Case of Cyber-Attacks
Ukraine has been added to the EU Cybersecurity Reserve, which provides incident response services against large-scale incidents First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ukraine-included-eu-cyber-reserve/
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It’s time to update incident response for the AI era
Your latest cybersecurity incident might not be a threat actor, but an internal AI agent doing what it’s authorized to do. Incident response must evolve to accommodate AI. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366644312/Its-time-to-update-incident-response-for-the-AI-era
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It’s time to update incident response for the AI era
Your latest cybersecurity incident might not be a threat actor, but an internal AI agent doing what it’s authorized to do. Incident response must evolve to accommodate AI. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366644312/Its-time-to-update-incident-response-for-the-AI-era
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Cisco discloses second exploited SD-WAN vulnerability in two weeks (CVE-2026-20262)
Cisco has revealed another Catalyst SD-WAN Manager vulnerability (CVE-2026-20262) that its Product Security Incident Response Team observed being exploited by attackers. But … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/16/cisco-sd-wan-cve-2026-20262-exploited/
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Chinese APT VerdantBamboo Targets Appliances with BRICKSTORM Malware
BRICKSTORM is a modular remote access trojan (RAT) originally seen in Golang and later in Rust. It uses a wssoft library with pluggable “tasks” for shell commands, a Socks5 proxy, and a simple web server for file listing. An incident response engagement that began after suspicious network traffic was observed from a Linux-based virtual machine…
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Webinar tomorrow: From alert to resolution in network incident response
Network incidents are often detected quickly, but investigations and coordination can delay resolution. Join our webinar tomorrow to learn how automation and AI-assisted workflows can help IT teams accelerate incident response. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/webinar-tomorrow-from-alert-to-resolution-in-network-incident-response/