Tag: incident response
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Salt Typhoon Suspected in Breach of IBM Italy Subsidiary Managing Public Infrastructure
What happened A cybersecurity incident in late April 2026 targeted Sistemi Informativi, an Italian company wholly owned by IBM Italy that provides IT infrastructure management for public agencies and key private sector organizations. IBM confirmed the breach through an official statement, acknowledging it had identified and contained a cybersecurity incident and activated incident response protocols…The…
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How CISOs should utilize data security posture management to inform risk
Tags: access, ai, automation, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, data, detection, finance, iam, incident response, monitoring, open-source, remote-code-execution, risk, service, siem, software, tool, update, vulnerabilityApplying the principles at any maturity level: Whether you’re working with a full DSPM platform, a lightweight open-source scanner or even manual data inventories, CISOs can use this thinking to apply quantification (or at least an order of magnitude) to risk decisions. For example, you may have a written policy in place that a database…
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Bridewell Joins Global Incident Response Network FIRST as Full Member
Bridewell has been accepted as a full member of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), marking a significant milestone in the company’s incident response maturity and global collaboration capabilities. The UK-based cyber security services provider, which specialises in supporting critical national infrastructure (CNI) organisations, secured membership following a rigorous, peer-led vetting process…
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US ransomware negotiators get 4 years in prison over BlackCat attacks
Two former employees of cybersecurity incident response companies Sygnia and DigitalMint were sentenced to four years in prison each for targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-ransomware-negotiators-get-4-years-in-prison-over-blackcat-attacks/
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Stopping AiTM attacks: The defenses that actually work after authentication succeeds
Tags: 2fa, access, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, communications, compliance, control, credentials, data, defense, detection, email, finance, framework, identity, incident response, login, mfa, microsoft, monitoring, nist, passkey, phishing, risk, service, threat, tool, trainingThe 3 controls that close the gap: Control #1: Bind sessions to managed devices The most impactful single control for session security is requiring managed, compliant devices as a condition of accessing sensitive resources. When access policies, such as Microsoft Entra Conditional Access, require that the device presenting a session token is enrolled, managed and…
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Five steps to become Mythos ready
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, flaw, framework, identity, incident response, infrastructure, LLM, mitre, network, office, open-source, openai, risk, software, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayAI is uncovering vulnerabilities at a scale that will overwhelm legacy defenses. Here is how to build a security organization that is Mythos ready. Key takeaways While frontier AI models like Claude Mythos boost cyber defenses, they also empower attackers to discover and weaponize vulnerabilities at unprecedented machine speed. To avoid getting buried by an…
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Five steps to become Mythos ready
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, flaw, framework, identity, incident response, infrastructure, LLM, mitre, network, office, open-source, openai, risk, software, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayAI is uncovering vulnerabilities at a scale that will overwhelm legacy defenses. Here is how to build a security organization that is Mythos ready. Key takeaways While frontier AI models like Claude Mythos boost cyber defenses, they also empower attackers to discover and weaponize vulnerabilities at unprecedented machine speed. To avoid getting buried by an…
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Vercel Confirms Security Breach Affecting Customer Accounts
Vercel has confirmed a security breach involving unauthorised access to certain internal systems, and the company says the incident affected a limited number of customer accounts and stored data. The cloud platform provider disclosed that it is actively investigating the incident with help from outside incident response experts and has also notified law enforcement. According…
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Vercel Confirms Security Breach Affecting Customer Accounts
Vercel has confirmed a security breach involving unauthorised access to certain internal systems, and the company says the incident affected a limited number of customer accounts and stored data. The cloud platform provider disclosed that it is actively investigating the incident with help from outside incident response experts and has also notified law enforcement. According…
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Vercel Confirms Security Breach Affecting Customer Accounts
Vercel has confirmed a security breach involving unauthorised access to certain internal systems, and the company says the incident affected a limited number of customer accounts and stored data. The cloud platform provider disclosed that it is actively investigating the incident with help from outside incident response experts and has also notified law enforcement. According…
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Ransomware negotiator caught secretly assisting BlackCat extortion scheme
Angelo Martino pleaded guilty to helping BlackCat ransomware group while acting as a ransomware negotiator. Another U.S. cybersecurity expert, Angelo Martino, admitted helping the BlackCat ransomware group while working as a ransomware negotiator. Angelo Martino (41) admitted helping the BlackCat ransomware group while working for a U.S. incident response firm. >>A Florida man, formerly employed…
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Former ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to BlackCat attacks
41-year-old Angelo Martino, a former employee of cybersecurity incident response company DigitalMint, has pleaded guilty to targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks in 2023. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-ransomware-negotiator-pleads-guilty-to-blackcat-attacks/
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Abacus expands incident response as Kocho reveals users are struggling
As one managed security specialist increases the support it can provide from its UK base, another exposes the issues faced by users once a breach has been identified First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/366641920/Abacus-expands-incident-response-as-Kocho-reveals-users-are-struggling
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Abacus expands incident response as Kocho reveals users are struggling
As one managed security specialist increases the support it can provide from its UK base, another exposes the issues faced by users once a breach has been identified First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/366641920/Abacus-expands-incident-response-as-Kocho-reveals-users-are-struggling
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Beyond the Spreadsheet: Why Manual AI Audits Are an EU AI Act Compliance Liability FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, finance, framework, GDPR, governance, grc, group, incident response, infrastructure, ISO-27001, monitoring, regulation, risk, saas, service, soc, toolApr 16, 2026 – Alan Fagan – When it comes to the EU AI Act, many organisations take a manual approach to auditing, which looks impressive on paper but collapses under regulatory scrutiny. They use policies, surveys, working groups, and a well-formatted risk register. However, a manual approach does not provide the continuous, automated, technical…
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Beyond the Spreadsheet: Why Manual AI Audits Are an EU AI Act Compliance Liability FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, finance, framework, GDPR, governance, grc, group, incident response, infrastructure, ISO-27001, monitoring, regulation, risk, saas, service, soc, toolApr 16, 2026 – Alan Fagan – When it comes to the EU AI Act, many organisations take a manual approach to auditing, which looks impressive on paper but collapses under regulatory scrutiny. They use policies, surveys, working groups, and a well-formatted risk register. However, a manual approach does not provide the continuous, automated, technical…
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NIST cuts down CVE analysis amid vulnerability overload
Tags: ai, automation, awareness, ceo, cve, cybersecurity, defense, exploit, flaw, government, group, incident response, nist, software, technology, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-daySOURCE: www.cve.org/about/Metrics CSOAs a result, NIST will now forego enrichment for all but the most critical of vulnerabilities.Backlogged CVEs received prior to March 1 will also be labeled “not scheduled.” None of those are critical vulnerabilities, NIST said, because those have always been handled first.”They’ve just come out and publicly stated, ‘We are never going…
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How AI is transforming threat detection
Tags: ai, attack, automation, best-practice, business, ceo, cisa, cve, cyber, data, detection, email, endpoint, framework, google, governance, group, incident response, intelligence, international, jobs, kev, malware, network, nist, organized, phishing, risk, skills, soc, switch, technology, threat, toolReducing alert fatigue: In alert triage, AI agents are reducing alert fatigue by clustering alert patterns and enabling risk-based prioritization, adds Dipto Chakravarty, chief product and technology officer at Black Duck.For example, natural language processing agents can summarize threat alerts at scale and correlate them with threat intel feeds such as CVE.org and the CISA KEV Catalog,…
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CISOs see gaps in their incident response playbooks
A survey by Sygnia reveals that;senior-level security leaders fear they are not prepared to respond to the next cyberattack. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisos–gaps-incident-response-playbooks/817323/
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Fiber Optic Spying, Windows Rootkit, AI Vulnerability Hunting and More
Monday is back, and the weekend’s backlog of chaos is officially hitting the fan. We are tracking a critical zero-day that has been quietly living in your PDFs for months, plus some aggressive state-sponsored meddling in infrastructure that is finally coming to light. It is one of those mornings where the gap between a quiet…
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TDL 019 – The Psychology Behind a Cyber Breach and the Leaders Who Survive It – Nim Nadarajah
Tags: access, ai, apple, automation, breach, business, cctv, ceo, cio, ciso, cloud, computing, conference, control, corporate, crowdstrike, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, dns, edr, email, finance, firewall, governance, group, healthcare, incident, incident response, infrastructure, injection, insurance, Internet, jobs, law, LLM, metric, microsoft, msp, network, office, powershell, privacy, programming, psychology, risk, saas, service, siem, soar, soc, software, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-trustLeading Through the Cyber Abyss In Episode 019 of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with Nim Nadarajah, CISO and Managing Partner of Critical Matrix, to explore the evolving landscape of cybersecurity leadership. From the “annual pilgrimage” of RSAC 2026 to the front lines of incident response, the conversation shifts from technical bits…
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TDL 019 – The Psychology Behind a Cyber Breach and the Leaders Who Survive It – Nim Nadarajah
Tags: access, ai, apple, automation, breach, business, cctv, ceo, cio, ciso, cloud, computing, conference, control, corporate, crowdstrike, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, dns, edr, email, finance, firewall, governance, group, healthcare, incident, incident response, infrastructure, injection, insurance, Internet, jobs, law, LLM, metric, microsoft, msp, network, office, powershell, privacy, programming, psychology, risk, saas, service, siem, soar, soc, software, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-trustLeading Through the Cyber Abyss In Episode 019 of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with Nim Nadarajah, CISO and Managing Partner of Critical Matrix, to explore the evolving landscape of cybersecurity leadership. From the “annual pilgrimage” of RSAC 2026 to the front lines of incident response, the conversation shifts from technical bits…
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Hackers have been exploiting an unpatched Adobe Reader vulnerability for months
Tags: access, adobe, attack, ciso, control, data, email, exploit, hacker, incident response, malicious, malware, monitoring, resilience, risk, sans, software, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityA high risk exploit: Kellman Meghu, chief technology officer at Canadian incident response firm DeepCove Security, called the exploit “a very high risk.”So far it looks as though this particular malware just exfiltrates data, he said. But it implies there is an ability or capability to turn it into a vehicle for remote code execution.…
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Patch windows collapse as timeexploit accelerates
N-day exploitation: Rapid7 Labs validated its findings about a more febrile threat environment by producing both n-day and zero-day exploits using AI-assisted research, substantially reducing development time.In practice, n-day bugs, or the development of exploits against patched software, are a bigger problem than headline-grabbing zero-day vulnerabilities, adds Leeann Nicolo, incident response lead at Coalition, a technology…
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10 ChatGPT AI Prompts L1 SOC Analysts Can Use in Their Daily Work
Discover 10 practical ChatGPT prompts SOC analysts can use to speed up triage, analyze threats, improve documentation, and enhance incident response workflows. The post 10 ChatGPT AI Prompts L1 SOC Analysts Can Use in Their Daily Work appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-chatgpt-prompts-soc-analysts-incident-response/
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The tabletop exercise grows up
would do. They do not do it.Every experienced facilitator knows the moment: someone in the room challenges the premise and the facilitator asks participants to “suspend disbelief.” That phrase should give us pause. If the scenario requires suspension of disbelief, it is not building preparedness. It is building familiarity with a document.The gap between documentation…