Tag: RedTeam
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Evilginx’s creator reckons with the dark side of red-team tools
Polish developer Kuba Gretzky wanted to prove that multi-factor authentication wasn’t foolproof. He succeeded, maybe too well. What happens when a cybersecurity warning becomes the threat itself? First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/evilginx-kuba-gretzky-interview-click-here-podcast
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Evilginx’s creator reckons with the dark side of red-team tools
Polish developer Kuba Gretzky wanted to prove that multi-factor authentication wasn’t foolproof. He succeeded, maybe too well. What happens when a cybersecurity warning becomes the threat itself? First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/evilginx-kuba-gretzky-interview-click-here-podcast
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TDL 007 – Cyber Warriors Digital Shadows: Insights from Canada’s Cybersecurity Leader
Tags: ai, awareness, backup, breach, browser, business, cio, ciso, communications, conference, control, corporate, country, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, dns, email, encryption, finance, government, healthcare, identity, incident, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, leak, linux, malicious, mfa, mitigation, network, organized, phone, privacy, ransom, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, router, service, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, windowsSummary In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop interviews Sami Khoury, the Senior Official for Cybersecurity for the Government of Canada. With a career spanning 33 years at the Communication Security Establishment (CSE), Khoury shares how a coincidental job application blossomed into a lifelong passion for national security. Khoury emphasizes that modern…
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A View from the C-suite: Aligning AI security to the NIST RMF FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, csf, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, framework, governance, grc, guide, incident response, infrastructure, injection, jobs, LLM, malicious, nist, RedTeam, risk, risk-management, strategy, supply-chain, theft, tool, vulnerabilityOct 15, 2025 – Jeremy Snyder – In 2025, the AI race is surging ahead and the pressure to innovate is intense. For years, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) has been our trusted guide for managing risk. It consists of five principles: identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover. But with the rise of AI revolutionizing…
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Open-source monitor turns into an off-the-shelf attack beacon
Tags: api, apt, attack, china, control, hacker, malware, monitoring, open-source, powershell, ransomware, rat, RedTeam, russia, software, threat, tool, windowsRiding Nezha to Ghost RAT: With the web shell in place, the attackers used AntSword to download two components: “live.exe” (the Nezha agent) and a “config.yml” that pointed to the attacker-controlled domain. The Nezha agent connected back to a management server whose dashboard was running in Russian, presumably to throw off attribution.Once Nezha was active,…
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Hackers Turn AWS X-Ray into Command-and-Control Platform
Tags: cloud, control, cyber, framework, hacker, infrastructure, monitoring, network, RedTeam, serviceRed team researchers have unveiled XRayC2, a sophisticated command-and-control framework that weaponizes Amazon Web Services’ X-Ray distributed application tracing service to establish covert communication channels. This innovative technique demonstrates how attackers can abuse legitimate cloud monitoring infrastructure to bypass traditional network security controls. Diagram explaining command and control (C2) servers used by attackers to control…
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Agentic AI in IT security: Where expectations meet reality
Tags: ai, api, automation, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, detection, finance, framework, gartner, google, governance, infrastructure, injection, metric, phishing, RedTeam, risk, service, siem, skills, soar, soc, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, trainingIntegration approaches: Add-on vs. standalone: The first decision regarding AI agents is whether to layer them onto existing platforms or to implement standalone frameworks. The add-on model treats agents as extensions to security information and event management (SIEM), security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR), or other security tools, providing quick wins with minimal disruption. Standalone…
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Agentic AI in IT security: Where expectations meet reality
Tags: ai, api, automation, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, detection, finance, framework, gartner, google, governance, infrastructure, injection, metric, phishing, RedTeam, risk, service, siem, skills, soar, soc, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, trainingIntegration approaches: Add-on vs. standalone: The first decision regarding AI agents is whether to layer them onto existing platforms or to implement standalone frameworks. The add-on model treats agents as extensions to security information and event management (SIEM), security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR), or other security tools, providing quick wins with minimal disruption. Standalone…
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Offensive Security in Manufacturing: Are you Red Team Ready?
ManuSec Chicago Speaker Johnny Xmas on Value of Pentesting in OT Environments. ManuSec Summit speaker Johnny Xmas, global head of offensive security for a leading U.S. manufacturer, discusses pentesting in operational technology environments, overcoming the hurdles to offensive security programs and the evolving role of OT security. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/offensive-security-in-manufacturing-are-you-red-team-ready-a-29555
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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q3 2025
Tags: ai, automation, breach, ciso, cloud, cyber, defense, detection, edr, google, governance, guide, metric, office, RedTeam, risk, siem, soc, software, supply-chain, threat, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustAmazingly, Medium has fixed the stats so my blog / podcast quarterly is back to life. As before, this covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog, Google Cloud community blog, and our Cloud Security Podcast (subscribe on Spotify). Gemini for docs based on this blog Top 10 posts with the most…
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Meet ShadowLeak: ‘Impossible to detect’ data theft using AI
Tags: ai, attack, business, ciso, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, exploit, gartner, governance, injection, LLM, malicious, RedTeam, resilience, risk, sans, service, sql, supply-chain, technology, theft, tool, update, vulnerabilityWhat CSOs should do: To blunt this kind of attack, he said CSOs should:treat AI agents as privileged actors: apply the same governance used for a human with internal resource access;separate ‘read’ from ‘act’ scopes and service accounts, and where possible sanitize inputs before LLM (large language model) ingestion. Strip/neutralize hidden HTML, flatten to safe…
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Where CISOs need to see Splunk go next
Tags: ai, api, automation, cisco, ciso, cloud, communications, compliance, conference, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, finance, framework, google, incident response, intelligence, jobs, metric, microsoft, open-source, RedTeam, resilience, risk, router, siem, soar, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, vulnerabilityResilience resides at the confluence of security and observability: There was also a clear message around resilience, the ability to maintain availability and recover quickly from any IT or security event.From a Cisco/Splunk perspective, this means a more tightly coupled relationship between security and observability.I’m reminded of a chat I had with the chief risk…
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Check Point acquires Lakera to build a unified AI security stack
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, endpoint, government, infrastructure, injection, LLM, network, RedTeam, risk, saas, startup, supply-chain, tool, trainingClosing a critical gap: Experts call this acquisition significant and not merely adding just another tool to the stack. “This acquisition closes a real gap by adding AI-native runtime guardrails and continuous red teaming into Check Point’s stack,” said Amit Jaju, senior managing director at Ankura Consulting. “Customers can now secure LLMs and agents alongside…
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5 steps for deploying agentic AI red teaming
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, automation, blizzard, business, cloud, control, data, defense, exploit, framework, gartner, governance, infrastructure, malicious, open-source, RedTeam, risk, risk-assessment, service, software, threat, tool, zero-trustFive steps to take towards implementing agentic red teaming: 1. Change your attitude Perhaps the biggest challenge for agentic red teaming is adjusting your perspective in how to defend your enterprise. “The days where database admins had full access to all data are over,” says Suer. “We need to have a fresh attitude towards data…
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Chinese-Made Villager AI Pentest Tool Raises Cobalt Strike-Like Concerns
Villager is being pitched as a legitimate AI-powered pentest tool for red teams, but the platform, made by Chinese company Cyberspike, has been loaded almost 11,000 times on PyPI in two months, raising concerns that it is on the same path as Cobalt Strike, another red team tool that became a favorite of malicious actors.…
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CobaltStrike’s AI-native successor, ‘Villager,’ makes hacking too easy
Tags: ai, attack, control, credentials, detection, exploit, framework, governance, hacking, identity, incident response, intelligence, network, pypi, RedTeam, risk, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerability, windowsSupply chain and detection risks: Villager’s presence on a trusted public repository like PyPI, where it was downloaded over 10,000 times over the last two months, introduces a new vector for supply chain compromise. Jason Soroko, senior fellow at Sectigo, advised that organizations “focus first on package provenance by mirroring PyPI, enforcing allow lists for…
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CobaltStrike’s AI-native successor, ‘Villager,’ makes hacking too easy
Tags: ai, attack, control, credentials, detection, exploit, framework, governance, hacking, identity, incident response, intelligence, network, pypi, RedTeam, risk, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerability, windowsSupply chain and detection risks: Villager’s presence on a trusted public repository like PyPI, where it was downloaded over 10,000 times over the last two months, introduces a new vector for supply chain compromise. Jason Soroko, senior fellow at Sectigo, advised that organizations “focus first on package provenance by mirroring PyPI, enforcing allow lists for…
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Red AI Range: Advanced AI Tool for Identifying and Mitigating Security Flaws
Red AI Range (RAR) offers a turnkey platform for AI red teaming and vulnerability assessment, enabling security professionals to simulate realistic attack scenarios, uncover weaknesses, and deploy fixes all within a controlled, containerized environment. By consolidating diverse AI vulnerabilities and testing tools under one roof, RAR streamlines security workflows and accelerates time-to-remediation. RAR eliminates the…
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AI-Powered Villager Pen Testing Tool Hits 11,000 PyPI Downloads Amid Abuse Concerns
Tags: ai, china, cybercrime, framework, intelligence, malicious, penetration-testing, pypi, RedTeam, toolA new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered penetration testing tool linked to a China-based company has attracted nearly 11,000 downloads on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository, raising concerns that it could be repurposed by cybercriminals for malicious purposes.Dubbed Villager, the framework is assessed to be the work of Cyberspike, which has positioned the tools as a…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Security Lags Cloud and AI Adoption, Tenable Report Finds, as CISA Lays Out Vision for CVE Program’s Future
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, best-practice, breach, bug-bounty, business, cisa, cloud, communications, computer, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, exploit, framework, google, governance, government, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, international, Internet, linkedin, mitre, network, nist, office, open-source, privacy, programming, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, skills, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityCheck out Tenable’s report detailing challenges and best practices for cloud and AI security. Plus, CISA rolled out a roadmap for the CVE Program, while NIST updated its guidelines for secure software patches. And get the latest on TLS/SSL security and AI attack disclosures! Here are five things you need to know for the week…
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F5 Targets AI Model Misuse With Proposed CalypsoAI Purchase
Calypso’s Red-Teaming and Agentic Threat Tools Boost F5’s Application Security Edge. F5’s latest acquisition brings Dublin, Ireland-based CalypsoAI’s unique AI security stack into its platform to secure application traffic against LLM misuse, data leakage and shadow AI, enhancing protection for hybrid and multi-cloud environments and helping secure apps and APIs. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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UltraViolet Cyber Acquires Application Security Testing Service from Black Duck
Tags: application-security, ceo, cloud, container, cyber, penetration-testing, RedTeam, risk, risk-assessment, service, software, threatUltraViolet Cyber has acquired the application security testing services arm of Black Duck Software as part of an effort to expand the scope of the managed security services it provides. Company CEO Ira Goldstein said this addition to its portfolio will provide penetration testing, red teaming, threat modeling, cloud and container risk assessments, architecture risk..…
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UltraViolet Cyber Acquires Application Security Testing Service from Black Duck
Tags: application-security, ceo, cloud, container, cyber, penetration-testing, RedTeam, risk, risk-assessment, service, software, threatUltraViolet Cyber has acquired the application security testing services arm of Black Duck Software as part of an effort to expand the scope of the managed security services it provides. Company CEO Ira Goldstein said this addition to its portfolio will provide penetration testing, red teaming, threat modeling, cloud and container risk assessments, architecture risk..…
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Hackers Turn Red Team AI Tool Into Citrix Exploit Engine
HexStrike-AI Connects LLMs to Over 150 Existing Security Tools. A red-team framework released for penetration testing has become a weapon in the wild, repurposed by hackers to accelerate exploitation of newly disclosed Citrix vulnerabilities. Check Point Research observed chatter suggesting n-day attacks may unfold in minutes, shrinking defender response time. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Threat Actors Abuse Hexstrike-AI Tool to Accelerate Exploitation
Hackers are using legitimate red team tool Hexstrike-AI to simplify and speed up vulnerability exploitation First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/threat-actors-hexstrikeai/
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Crooks turn HexStrike AI into a weapon for fresh vulnerabilities
Threat actors abuse HexStrike AI, a new offensive security tool meant for red teaming and bug bounties, to exploit fresh vulnerabilities. Check Point researchers warn that threat actors are abusing AI-based offensive security tool HexStrike AI to quickly exploit recently disclosed security flaws. HexStrike AI combines professional security tools with autonomous AI agents to deliver comprehensive security testing capabilities.…
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Synack + Tenable: AI-Powered Partnership Translates Vulnerability Insights into Action
Tags: ai, attack, breach, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, kev, penetration-testing, RedTeam, risk, service, skills, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-dayThe combined Synack/Tenable solution reduces alert noise for overloaded security teams, isolating the most exploitable threats so they can proactively close security gaps faster. Vulnerability Assessment 🤠Penetration Testing Vulnerability assessment, including automated scanning, is a great first step in identifying potential security risks. However, massive amounts of data can make it tricky for security…