Tag: risk-management
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The nexus of risk and intelligence: How vulnerability-informed hunting uncovers what everything else misses
Tags: access, attack, authentication, business, cisa, compliance, cve, cvss, dark-web, data, defense, detection, dns, edr, endpoint, exploit, framework, intelligence, kev, linux, malicious, mitigation, mitre, monitoring, ntlm, nvd, open-source, password, powershell, remote-code-execution, risk, risk-management, siem, soc, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementTurning vulnerability data into intelligence: Once vulnerabilities are contextualized, they can be turned into actionable intelligence. Every significant CVE tells a story, known exploit activity, actor interest, proof-of-concept code or links to MITRE ATT&CK techniques. This external intelligence gives us the who and how behind potential exploitation.For example, when a privilege escalation vulnerability in Linux…
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More work for admins as Google patches latest zero-day Chrome vulnerability
Enterprise updating: The latest update also addresses a separate Type Confusion vulnerability in the V8 engine, CVE-2025-13224, also rated as ‘high’ priority. So far, there is no indication that this is under exploit.Enterprise customers can address both flaws by updating to Chrome version 142.0.7444.175/.176 for Windows, version 142.0.7444.176 for Mac, and version 142.0.7444.175 for Linux.Normally,…
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Energiesektor im Visier von Hackern
Tags: ai, awareness, bsi, cisa, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, detection, germany, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, nis-2, password, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-analysis, risk-management, soc, threat, ukraine, update, usa, vulnerabilityEnergieversorger müssen ihre Systeme vor immer raffinierteren Cyberangriffen schützen.Die Energieversorgung ist das Rückgrat moderner Gesellschaften. Stromnetze, Gaspipelines und digitale Steuerungssysteme bilden die Grundlage für Industrie, Transport und öffentliche Dienstleistungen. Doch mit der zunehmenden Digitalisierung wächst auch die Angriffsfläche. In den vergangenen Jahren ist der Energiesektor verstärkt ins Visier von Cyberkriminellen und staatlich unterstützten Angreifern geraten.…
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Boost your cyber defense with unified cybersecurity and GRC strategies
Tags: compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, finance, governance, grc, risk, risk-management, strategy, threatCybersecurity is no longer just an IT issue; it is a strategic imperative that touches every aspect of modern business. In today’s digital landscape, organizations face increasingly sophisticated threats that can disrupt operations, tarnish reputations, and lead to significant financial losses. A unified approach that integrates cybersecurity with governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) strategies…The…
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KnowBe4-Studios führt Trainingsinhalte für branchenführende Schulungen zusammen
KnowBe4, Anbieter der weltweit renommierten Cybersicherheitsplattform, die sich umfassend mit dem Risikomanagement für Menschen und KI-Agenten befasst, stellt KnowBe4-Studios vor. Die Schulungsinhalte von KnowBe4 werden nun unter dem Dach von KnowBe4-Studios zusammengefasst. Dort werden KI-gestützte Schulungen, neue Inhalte, interaktive Spiele und erweiterte Storytelling-Elemente für ein verbessertes, immersives Erlebnis angeboten. Die Inhalte von KnowBe4 gehören zu…
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How Rapid AI Adoption Is Creating an Exposure Gap
Tags: access, ai, attack, best-practice, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, exploit, framework, identity, nist, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilityAs organizations rush to deploy AI, enterprise defenses are struggling to keep up. This blog explores the emerging AI exposure gap, the widening divide between innovation and protection, and what security leaders can do to close it. Key takeaways: The AI exposure gap is widening as most organizations adopt AI faster than they can secure…
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Legitime Werbeplattformen als Einfallstore für Cyberangriffe
Check Point Software Technologies hat mithilfe seines External-Risk-Management-Teams ein weit verzweigtes Cybercrime-Netzwerk aufgedeckt. Dieses verwandelt legitime Werbeplattformen in Einfallstore für Cyber-Angriffe. Der unter dem Codenamen bekannte Zusammenschluss zielt seit Mitte 2023 auf Gehaltsabrechnungs- und Finanzsysteme ab, um Zugangsdaten zu stehlen und Gehaltszahlungen umzuleiten. Dabei ist dies nicht nur ein Zusammenschluss unabhängiger Täter, sondern […] First…
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Daten schaffen neue Transparenz im Finanz-Risikomanagement – Wie Finanzinstitute Risiken erkennen und datengetrieben entscheiden
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/datenbasiertes-risikomanagement-finanzsektor-a-da6a055dee3aa51289aaba4dfb790bf4/
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Digital health can’t scale if cybersecurity falls behind
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, framework, GDPR, governance, government, healthcare, HIPAA, identity, infection, intelligence, malicious, network, nist, phishing, privacy, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, strategy, technology, threat, training, virus, vulnerability, zero-trustThe unique vulnerabilities of AI systems: Traditional security frameworks are not enough for AI. Attacks on algorithms take subtler forms. I often explain to my clients that when you corrupt data, you corrupt intelligence. Data poisoning occurs when malicious data is inserted into the training process, teaching the AI to make wrong decisions later. Imagine…
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Digital health can’t scale if cybersecurity falls behind
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, framework, GDPR, governance, government, healthcare, HIPAA, identity, infection, intelligence, malicious, network, nist, phishing, privacy, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, strategy, technology, threat, training, virus, vulnerability, zero-trustThe unique vulnerabilities of AI systems: Traditional security frameworks are not enough for AI. Attacks on algorithms take subtler forms. I often explain to my clients that when you corrupt data, you corrupt intelligence. Data poisoning occurs when malicious data is inserted into the training process, teaching the AI to make wrong decisions later. Imagine…
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Digital health can’t scale if cybersecurity falls behind
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, framework, GDPR, governance, government, healthcare, HIPAA, identity, infection, intelligence, malicious, network, nist, phishing, privacy, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, strategy, technology, threat, training, virus, vulnerability, zero-trustThe unique vulnerabilities of AI systems: Traditional security frameworks are not enough for AI. Attacks on algorithms take subtler forms. I often explain to my clients that when you corrupt data, you corrupt intelligence. Data poisoning occurs when malicious data is inserted into the training process, teaching the AI to make wrong decisions later. Imagine…
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Malicious npm packages contain Vidar infostealer
Typosquatting: One favorite tactic of threat actors trying to infect the open source software supply chain is typosquatting, the creation of packages with names similar to those of legitimate ones to trick unwitting developers searching for a particular library. For example, in 2018 a researcher found that threat actors had created phony libraries in the…
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Malicious npm packages contain Vidar infostealer
Typosquatting: One favorite tactic of threat actors trying to infect the open source software supply chain is typosquatting, the creation of packages with names similar to those of legitimate ones to trick unwitting developers searching for a particular library. For example, in 2018 a researcher found that threat actors had created phony libraries in the…
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Malicious npm packages contain Vidar infostealer
Typosquatting: One favorite tactic of threat actors trying to infect the open source software supply chain is typosquatting, the creation of packages with names similar to those of legitimate ones to trick unwitting developers searching for a particular library. For example, in 2018 a researcher found that threat actors had created phony libraries in the…
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What does aligning security to the business really mean?
Indicators of alignment: One barometer of security-business alignment in action, Thielemann says, is when security teams engage with the business and use business metrics to determine security’s effectiveness.As an example, she points to the partnership between security and engineering at a manufacturing plant that had devices using software no longer supported by the vendor. The…
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What does aligning security to the business really mean?
Indicators of alignment: One barometer of security-business alignment in action, Thielemann says, is when security teams engage with the business and use business metrics to determine security’s effectiveness.As an example, she points to the partnership between security and engineering at a manufacturing plant that had devices using software no longer supported by the vendor. The…
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What does aligning security to the business really mean?
Indicators of alignment: One barometer of security-business alignment in action, Thielemann says, is when security teams engage with the business and use business metrics to determine security’s effectiveness.As an example, she points to the partnership between security and engineering at a manufacturing plant that had devices using software no longer supported by the vendor. The…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Top Guidance for Improving AI Risk Management, Governance and Readiness
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, awareness, breach, business, ceo, cloud, compliance, computer, control, corporate, crime, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, exploit, finance, framework, germany, google, governance, guide, hacking, ibm, identity, india, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, law, leak, metric, microsoft, network, penetration-testing, privacy, risk, risk-management, scam, security-incident, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementMany organizations are playing catch-up in key AI security policy areas, such as usage governance, risk oversight, data protection, and staff training. In this Cybersecurity Snapshot special edition, we round up recent guidance on preparing for, managing and governing AI cyber risks. Key takeaways Most organizations’ AI adoption is dangerously outpacing their security strategies and…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Top Guidance for Improving AI Risk Management, Governance and Readiness
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, awareness, breach, business, ceo, cloud, compliance, computer, control, corporate, crime, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, exploit, finance, framework, germany, google, governance, guide, hacking, ibm, identity, india, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, law, leak, metric, microsoft, network, penetration-testing, privacy, risk, risk-management, scam, security-incident, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementMany organizations are playing catch-up in key AI security policy areas, such as usage governance, risk oversight, data protection, and staff training. In this Cybersecurity Snapshot special edition, we round up recent guidance on preparing for, managing and governing AI cyber risks. Key takeaways Most organizations’ AI adoption is dangerously outpacing their security strategies and…
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AI-powered bug hunting shakes up bounty industry, for better or worse
Tags: access, ai, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, business, ciso, cloud, control, credentials, data, detection, exploit, flaw, guide, identity, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, risk, risk-management, sql, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerabilityFirehose of ‘false positives’: Gunter Ollmann, CTO at Cobalt.io, warns that AI is exacerbating the existing problem that comes from vendors getting swamped with often low-quality bug submissions.Security researchers turning to AI is creating a “firehose of noise, false positives, and duplicates,” according to Ollmann.”The future of security testing isn’t about managing a crowd of…
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AI-powered bug hunting shakes up bounty industry, for better or worse
Tags: access, ai, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, business, ciso, cloud, control, credentials, data, detection, exploit, flaw, guide, identity, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, risk, risk-management, sql, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerabilityFirehose of ‘false positives’: Gunter Ollmann, CTO at Cobalt.io, warns that AI is exacerbating the existing problem that comes from vendors getting swamped with often low-quality bug submissions.Security researchers turning to AI is creating a “firehose of noise, false positives, and duplicates,” according to Ollmann.”The future of security testing isn’t about managing a crowd of…
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Kurdische Hacktivisten auch in Deutschland aktiv
Die Sicherheitsforscher von Check-Point-External-Risk-Management von Check Point Software Technologies haben zwischen August und Oktober 2025 rund 350 Denial-of-Service-Attacken (DDoS) mit der Gruppe Hezi Rash in Verbindung gebracht, darunter 14,2 Prozent in Deutschland. Unterstrichen wird die Gefährlichkeit dieser Hacktivisten-Gruppe Hezi Rash, was auf kurdisch Schwarze-Kraft oder Schwarze-Truppe heißt, von den Indizien, dass sie mit bekannten cyberkriminellen…