Tag: monitoring
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Your personal OpenClaw agent may also be taking orders from malicious websites
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, credentials, identity, malicious, monitoring, radius, software, update, vulnerabilityA larger blast radius: Unlike regular software vulnerabilities, compromised AI agents have a bigger blast radius as they hold sensitive API keys, session tokens, file system access, and the authority to execute tasks across enterprise tools.Barr emphasized that autonomous systems “aggregate identity, credentials, and workflow authority,” meaning a failure doesn’t occur quietly. Instead, the agent…
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UK Vulnerability Monitoring Service Cuts Unresolved Security Flaws by 75%
The UK government says its new Vulnerability Monitoring Service has cut unresolved security flaws by 75% and reduced cyber-attack fix times from nearly two months to just over a week First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-vuln-monitoring-service-cuts/
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Microsoft Defender Enhances Security with URL Click Alerts for Microsoft Teams
Microsoft is expanding its threat detection capabilities by extending Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO) URL click alerting into Microsoft Teams. This critical update allows security teams to detect, investigate, and respond to potentially malicious link clicks within Teams messages, expanding threat monitoring beyond traditional email vectors. By surfacing these alerts, organizations can identify threats…
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Ransomware groups switch to stealthy attacks and long-term access
Tags: access, application-security, attack, ciso, control, crime, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, extortion, group, identity, intelligence, monitoring, organized, ransomware, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, switch, theft, threat, tool, vulnerability38% drop in encryption over the past 12 months as more cybercriminals turn to silently exfiltrating data for extortion as their main stock in trade.Picus’ suggestion that the volume of ransomware attacks is dropping is disputed by other experts.Tony Anscombe, chief security evangelist at endpoint security vendor Eset, offered a contrasting perspective.”In the recent Eset…
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The Key Components of a Vendor Relationship Management Framework
Key Takeaways Supply chains are becoming more distributed, and as a result, vendor relationships have become ongoing operational dependencies that require structure and oversight. A vendor relationship management framework is the structured practice of managing those dependencies. It combines governance, communication, performance monitoring, and risk oversight to ensure expectations are met and relationships remain productive……
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Microsoft Copilot DLP Bypass: A Data Trust Wake-Up Call for AI Security
Tags: access, ai, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, data, data-breach, detection, email, endpoint, infrastructure, leak, microsoft, monitoring, risk, risk-management, saas, toolWhen Microsoft confirmed that a bug allowed Copilot to surface and summarize emails marked confidential despite existing DLP controls, it reignited urgent questions about Microsoft Copilot security, DLP bypass risk and enterprise AI data protection. The reaction was immediate. For many CISOs and security leaders responsible for Microsoft 365 security and AI risk management, it…
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After years of government cyber trouble, UK turns to automated scanning to speed fixes
The British government said it has slashed the time required to fix some of the most serious cyber vulnerabilities across the public sector, pointing to a new automated monitoring service as evidence that Whitehall is finally getting a grip on long-troubled digital defenses. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/united-kingdom-vulnerability-scanning-cyber
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China-linked hackers used Google Sheets to spy on telecoms and governments across 42 countries
Tags: access, api, apt, china, cloud, communications, cyber, cyberespionage, data, defense, endpoint, espionage, google, government, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, linux, mandiant, monitoring, network, phone, radius, service, spy, theft, threat, vpnHow Mandiant found it: The campaign came to light during a Mandiant Threat Defense investigation, when analysts flagged unusual activity on a CentOS server. A binary named xapt, designed to masquerade as the apt package manager on Debian-based Linux systems, had already escalated to root and was running shell commands to confirm its access level,…
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The farmers and the mercenaries: Rethinking the ‘human layer’ in security
Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, ciso, control, cybersecurity, defense, detection, intelligence, jobs, monitoring, risk, soc, threat, tool, trainingThe evidence is already in: This isn’t a theoretical complaint, it shows up in research on how real SOCs work. A study by the University of Oxford based on surveys and interviews with SOC practitioners found they “confirmed the high” false-positive rates of tools in use, and that many “false positives” are actually benign triggers…
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Steaelite RAT combines data theft and ransomware management capability in one tool
Tags: access, android, attack, authentication, awareness, business, corporate, credentials, crypto, cybercrime, data, ddos, defense, encryption, endpoint, extortion, infection, infosec, malware, mobile, monitoring, password, phishing, ransomware, rat, remote-code-execution, theft, threat, tool, training, windowsCSO that this isn’t the most sophisticated RAT he’s seen. “The novel aspect here,” he said, “is the convergence. Steaelite bundles remote access, credential harvesting, data exfiltration, and ransomware (currently in development) in a single package.” Traditionally, he explained, these capabilities have occupied different parts of the cybercrime toolchain, but Steaelite unifies the functions, giving…
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Wynn Resorts takes attacker’s word for it that stolen staff data was deleted
Security pros question assurances as company offers staff credit monitoring First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/02/25/wynn_resorts_shinyhunters/
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The Coming Regulatory Wave for AI Agents Their APIs
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, ciso, compliance, control, corporate, data, endpoint, finance, framework, governance, guide, infrastructure, leak, monitoring, regulation, risk, toolFor the past two years, the adoption of Generative AI has felt like a gold rush. Organizations raced to integrate Large Language Models and build autonomous agents to assist employees. They often bypassed standard governance processes in the name of speed and innovation. That era of unrestricted experimentation is rapidly drawing to a close. A…
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VMware Aria Operations flaws could enable remote attacks
Broadcom patched multiple VMware Aria Operations flaws, including high-severity issues that could enable remote code execution. Broadcom has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting VMware Aria Operations. VMware Aria Operations is an IT operations management platform that helps organizations monitor and optimize virtual, cloud, and hybrid environments. It provides performance monitoring, capacity planning,…
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How to Maximize DDoS Readiness with Proactive Protection Strategies
Strengthen DDoS Readiness with proactive protection strategies, risk assessments, traffic monitoring, scalable defenses, and rapid response planning. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/maximize-ddos-readiness-proactive-protection-strategies/
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New ZeroDayRAT Malware Claims Full Monitoring of Android and iOS Devices
Meet ZeroDayRAT, a newly advertised malware targeting Android and iOS devices with surveillance, location tracking, and crypto theft tools sold via Telegram as a MaaS service. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/zerodayrat-malware-monitoring-android-ios-devices/
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Why CISOs should prioritize continuous controls monitoring in 2026
In a recent roundup of strategic initiatives for CISOs, I argued that continuous assurance is the 2026 operating model. Across all ten initiatives, the pattern was clear. Security is no longer being evaluated by effort, it’s being evaluated by outcomes. Boards, customers, and regulators are no longer asking what tools you deployed or how busy…The…
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The rise of the evasive adversary
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, china, cloud, credentials, crime, crowdstrike, crypto, data, defense, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, group, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, korea, lazarus, leak, mail, malicious, malware, microsoft, monitoring, network, north-korea, open-source, phishing, ransomware, remote-code-execution, russia, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, theft, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayBig game hunters tighten their grip: CrowdStrike’s research highlights how big game hunting (BGH) ransomware actors have remained the dominant force in the eCrime landscape.Punk Spider, a group responsible for developing and maintaining Russian-language Akira ransomware, and its associated Akira dedicated leak site, conducted 198 intrusions in 2025, a 134% increase year over year. Victim-shaming operations…
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Russian group uses AI to exploit weakly-protected Fortinet firewalls, says Amazon
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, business, ciso, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data-breach, detection, exploit, firewall, fortinet, group, Internet, linkedin, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, password, russia, software, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerabilityRecommendations: The Amazon report makes a number of recommendations to network admins with FortiGate devices. They include ensuring device management interfaces aren’t exposed to the internet, or, if they have to be, restricting access to known IP ranges and using a bastion host or out-of-band management network. As basic cybersecurity demands, all default and common…
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Beyond Remediation: How Mitigation Controls Close the Gap in Segregation of Duties Compliance
Managing Segregation of Duties risk doesn’t always mean removing access. Sometimes, the smarter path is monitoring the risk you’ve chosen to accept. The Segregation of Duties Compliance Challenge Every Organization Faces Segregation of Duties (SoD) is a foundational control in enterprise governance. The principle is simple: no single individual should have access that allows……
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When AI Knows Something is Wrong, But No One is Accountable
When AI systems detect violent intent but private companies decide whether it’s “imminent enough” to alert authorities, we are operating inside a regulatory void. A recent Canadian tragedy exposes the uncomfortable reality that tech platforms are quietly acting as risk arbiters without shared standards, transparency or public oversight. The question isn’t whether monitoring exists. It’s…
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Coroot: Open-source observability and APM tool
Coroot is an open-source observability and application performance monitoring tool. The core software, published in Go and accompanied by companion repositories such as … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/23/coroot-open-source-observability-apm-tool/
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How does Agentic AI enforce cloud compliance in real-time
The Critical Role of Agentic AI in Enhancing Cloud Compliance Monitoring How do organizations ensure their cloud systems remain compliant in real-time amidst evolving threats? The implementation of Agentic AI in compliance monitoring has emerged as a proactive strategy for bridging the security gap in cloud environments, especially when it comes to Non-Human Identities (NHIs)….…
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Dynamic Objects in Active Directory: The Stealthy Threat
Active Directory’s “dynamic objects” feature offers attackers a perfect evasion cloak. These objects automatically self-destruct without a trace, so they allow adversaries to bypass quotas, pollute access lists, and persist in the cloud, leaving forensic investigators with nothing to analyze. Key takeaways The threat: Dynamic objects self-delete without leaving any traces, or “tombstones” in AD…
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Turning Security Alerts into Actionable Defense
In today’s threat landscape, cyberattacks are no longer isolated incidents they are continuous, automated, and increasingly sophisticated. Organizations must move beyond traditional monitoring and adopt intelligent, real-time detection platforms capable of identifying both known and emerging threats. Seceon’s aiSIEM platform exemplifies this next-generation approach by delivering contextualized, behavior-driven security intelligence. The following real-world attack First…
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Criminals create business website to sell RAT disguised as RMM tool
A RAT masquerading as legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) software is being sold to cybercriminals as a service, Proofpoint researchers recently discovered. The … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/20/trustconnect-docconnect-fake-rmm/
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Why Most Breaches Happen After Launch: SaaS Security Testing Best Practices
As SaaS platforms expand in complexity, security cannot stop at deployment. Post-launch environments introduce new integrations, user access changes, and configuration updates that significantly increase risk exposure. Without continuous validation and monitoring, vulnerabilities can quietly develop into major breaches. A structured and ongoing security strategy, supported by experts like StrongBox IT, helps organisations reduce these……