Tag: risk
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Generative AI: The Double-Edged Sword of Cybersecurity
As GenAI transforms cyberattacks and defenses, organizations must strengthen the human layer. Learn how AI multiplies both risk and resilience in 2025. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/generative-ai-the-double-edged-sword-of-cybersecurity/
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European Commission moves to loosen GDPR for AI and cookie tracking
AI training gets green light: The proposal directly addressed one of the most contentious issues in EU privacy law: whether companies can train AI systems using personal data.The draft stated that AI training, testing, and validation may be conducted under the GDPR’s “legitimate interest” basis, as long as companies implement safeguards such as data minimization,…
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European Commission moves to loosen GDPR for AI and cookie tracking
AI training gets green light: The proposal directly addressed one of the most contentious issues in EU privacy law: whether companies can train AI systems using personal data.The draft stated that AI training, testing, and validation may be conducted under the GDPR’s “legitimate interest” basis, as long as companies implement safeguards such as data minimization,…
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European Commission moves to loosen GDPR for AI and cookie tracking
AI training gets green light: The proposal directly addressed one of the most contentious issues in EU privacy law: whether companies can train AI systems using personal data.The draft stated that AI training, testing, and validation may be conducted under the GDPR’s “legitimate interest” basis, as long as companies implement safeguards such as data minimization,…
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European Commission moves to loosen GDPR for AI and cookie tracking
AI training gets green light: The proposal directly addressed one of the most contentious issues in EU privacy law: whether companies can train AI systems using personal data.The draft stated that AI training, testing, and validation may be conducted under the GDPR’s “legitimate interest” basis, as long as companies implement safeguards such as data minimization,…
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Popular npm Library Used in AI and NLP Projects Exposes Systems to RCE
A critical remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in the widely used JavaScript library expr-eval, affecting thousands of projects that rely on it for mathematical expression evaluation and natural language processing. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-12735, poses significant risks to server environments and to AI-powered applications that process user input. Identifier Value CVE ID…
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New Browser Security Report Reveals Emerging Threats for Enterprises
According to the new Browser Security Report 2025, security leaders are discovering that most identity, SaaS, and AI-related risks converge in a single place, the user’s browser. Yet traditional controls like DLP, EDR, and SSE still operate one layer too low.What’s emerging isn’t just a blindspot. It’s a parallel threat surface: unmanaged extensions acting like…
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New Browser Security Report Reveals Emerging Threats for Enterprises
According to the new Browser Security Report 2025, security leaders are discovering that most identity, SaaS, and AI-related risks converge in a single place, the user’s browser. Yet traditional controls like DLP, EDR, and SSE still operate one layer too low.What’s emerging isn’t just a blindspot. It’s a parallel threat surface: unmanaged extensions acting like…
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AI Demands Laser Security Focus on Data in Use
AI’s growth exposes new risks to data in use. Learn how confidential computing, attestation, and post-quantum security protect AI workloads in the cloud. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/ai-demands-laser-security-focus-on-data-in-use/
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AI Demands Laser Security Focus on Data in Use
AI’s growth exposes new risks to data in use. Learn how confidential computing, attestation, and post-quantum security protect AI workloads in the cloud. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/ai-demands-laser-security-focus-on-data-in-use/
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Meet NEO 1X: The Robot That Does Chores and Spies on You?
The future of home robotics is here, and it’s a little awkward. Meet the NEO 1X humanoid robot, designed to help with chores but raising huge cybersecurity and privacy questions. We discuss what it can actually do, the risks of having an always-connected humanoid in your home, and why it’s definitely not the “Robot… First…
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Meet NEO 1X: The Robot That Does Chores and Spies on You?
The future of home robotics is here, and it’s a little awkward. Meet the NEO 1X humanoid robot, designed to help with chores but raising huge cybersecurity and privacy questions. We discuss what it can actually do, the risks of having an always-connected humanoid in your home, and why it’s definitely not the “Robot… First…
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Meet NEO 1X: The Robot That Does Chores and Spies on You?
The future of home robotics is here, and it’s a little awkward. Meet the NEO 1X humanoid robot, designed to help with chores but raising huge cybersecurity and privacy questions. We discuss what it can actually do, the risks of having an always-connected humanoid in your home, and why it’s definitely not the “Robot… First…
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CISOs must prove the business value of cyber, the right metrics can help
Cybersecurity as a business function: “The challenge has been that security is put in the wrong organizational structure, with the CISO reporting to the CIO or CTO or chief digital officer,” Oberlaender says. “Security is not foremost a technology problem. Maybe ten or twenty percent is technology. But the rest is people, process and the…
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CISOs must prove the business value of cyber, the right metrics can help
Cybersecurity as a business function: “The challenge has been that security is put in the wrong organizational structure, with the CISO reporting to the CIO or CTO or chief digital officer,” Oberlaender says. “Security is not foremost a technology problem. Maybe ten or twenty percent is technology. But the rest is people, process and the…
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CISOs must prove the business value of cyber, the right metrics can help
Cybersecurity as a business function: “The challenge has been that security is put in the wrong organizational structure, with the CISO reporting to the CIO or CTO or chief digital officer,” Oberlaender says. “Security is not foremost a technology problem. Maybe ten or twenty percent is technology. But the rest is people, process and the…
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Elastic Defend for Windows Vulnerability Allows Threat Actors to Gain Elevated Access
Elastic has released a security advisory addressing a significant vulnerability in Elastic Defend that could allow attackers to escalate their privileges on Windows systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-37735, stems from improper preservation of file permissions in the Defend service and poses a serious risk to organizations relying on this endpoint protection platform. Field Details…
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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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Independent Security Management with Smart NHIs
How Can Organizations Achieve Independent Security with Smart NHIs? Have you ever considered how non-human identities (NHIs) contribute to your security infrastructure, especially when managing risks in cloud environments? Understanding and managing NHIs is crucial for achieving independent security, especially in industries like financial services and healthcare, where data protection is paramount. The Lifeline of……
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Independent Security Management with Smart NHIs
How Can Organizations Achieve Independent Security with Smart NHIs? Have you ever considered how non-human identities (NHIs) contribute to your security infrastructure, especially when managing risks in cloud environments? Understanding and managing NHIs is crucial for achieving independent security, especially in industries like financial services and healthcare, where data protection is paramount. The Lifeline of……
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Independent Security Management with Smart NHIs
How Can Organizations Achieve Independent Security with Smart NHIs? Have you ever considered how non-human identities (NHIs) contribute to your security infrastructure, especially when managing risks in cloud environments? Understanding and managing NHIs is crucial for achieving independent security, especially in industries like financial services and healthcare, where data protection is paramount. The Lifeline of……
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AI chat privacy at risk: Microsoft details Whisper Leak side-channel attack
Microsoft uncovered Whisper Leak, a side-channel attack that lets network snoopers infer AI chat topics despite encryption, risking user privacy. Microsoft revealed a new side-channel attack called Whisper Leak, which lets attackers who can monitor network traffic infer what users discuss with remote language models, even when the data is encrypted. The company warned that…
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The Role of SLDC Gap Analysis in Reducing Development Risks
In the race to build and release software faster, many organizations unintentionally overlook one critical aspect: security and process integrity within the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Every missed control or overlooked best practice in the SDLC can lead to significant risks from vulnerabilities and compliance failures to project delays and increased costs. To mitigate……
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NDSS 2025 Qualitative Study On Boards’ Cybersecurity Risk Decision Making
Tags: ciso, conference, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, fraud, Internet, network, phishing, risk, strategySESSION Session 2C: Phishing & Fraud 1 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Jens Christian Opdenbusch (Ruhr University Bochum), Jonas Hielscher (Ruhr University Bochum), M. Angela Sasse (Ruhr University Bochum, University College London) PAPER “Where Are We On Cyber?” – A Qualitative Study On Boards’ Cybersecurity Risk Decision Making Boards are increasingly required to oversee the cybersecurity…
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Microsoft Uncovers ‘Whisper Leak’ Attack That Identifies AI Chat Topics in Encrypted Traffic
Microsoft has disclosed details of a novel side-channel attack targeting remote language models that could enable a passive adversary with capabilities to observe network traffic to glean details about model”¯conversation”¯topics despite encryption protections under certain circumstances.This leakage of data exchanged between humans and”¯streaming-mode language models could pose serious risks to First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Balancer hack analysis and guidance for the DeFi ecosystem
Tags: access, attack, blockchain, control, crypto, exploit, finance, flaw, guide, intelligence, monitoring, oracle, radius, risk, software, strategy, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityTL;DR The root cause of the hack was a rounding direction issue that had been present in the code for many years. When the bug was first introduced, the threat landscape of the blockchain ecosystem was significantly different, and arithmetic issues in particular were not widely considered likely vectors for exploitation. As low-hanging attack paths…
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New Microsoft Teams Feature Exposes Users to Phishing and Malware Risks
Microsoft is poised to roll out a significant update to Teams, enabling users to initiate chats with anyone using just an email address”, even if the recipient isn’t a Teams user. While the feature, launching in targeted releases by early November 2025 and globally by January 2026, promises expanded connectivity across Android, desktop, iOS, Linux,…
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Online Job Scams Creating News Risks for Corporate Networks
It’s Time for Enterprises to Manage Risks Posed by Compromised Personal Devices Online job scams have evolved beyond consumer fraud and now pose a direct threat to corporate networks. Google warns that scammers are embedding remote access Trojans and info-stealers disguised as interview software or application materials to hack personal devices and ultimately corporate systems.…
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Cisco Warns of Active Exploitation of ASA and FTD 0-Day Vulnerability
Cisco warns that hackers are actively exploiting a 0-day flaw in its firewall software, putting unpatched systems at risk of full compromise. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/cisco-warns-of-active-exploitation-of-asa-and-ftd-0-day-vulnerability/