Tag: risk
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County Pays $600K to Wrongfully Jailed Pen Testers
Iowa police arrested two penetration testers in 2019 for doing their jobs, highlighting the risk to security professionals in red teaming exercises. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/county-pays-600k-wrongfully-jailed-pen-testers
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What Verified Breach Data Changes About Exposure Monitoring
Exposure monitoring has become a core function for security and risk teams but many programs still struggle to deliver clear, actionable outcomes. Alerts pile up, dashboards expand, and yet teams are often left with the same unanswered question: Which exposures actually matter right now? The difference between noise and signal in exposure monitoring often comes……
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Is Data Center Colocation Secure? What CIOs and CISOs Need to Know
Learn how secure data center colocation really is. A practical guide for CIOs and CISOs covering physical security, compliance, risk, and governance. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/is-data-center-colocation-secure-what-cios-and-cisos-need-to-know/
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Reorient Your Thinking to Tackle AI Security Risks
The rise of artificial intelligence has rendered portions of your current cybersecurity playbook obsolete. Unless Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) act quickly to reorient their thinking, they may be unaware of and unprepared to face emerging AI-related threats. Learn how to secure your organization’s AI usage and ensure implementation won’t have negative consequences. The Serious..…
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What’s New in Tenable Cloud Security: Multi-cloud Risk Analysis, Attack Surface Assessments, Improved IAM Security and More
Tags: ai, attack, cloud, compliance, data, data-breach, endpoint, gartner, google, governance, iam, identity, infrastructure, Internet, least-privilege, microsoft, mitigation, network, radius, risk, risk-analysis, service, supply-chain, switch, tool, training, vulnerabilityTenable Cloud Security continues to expand the technical depth of our Tenable One exposure management platform. Our latest enhancements include unified multi-cloud exploration, high-fidelity network validation, and expanded entitlement visibility across infrastructure and identity providers. Key takeaways Graph-based multi-cloud exploration: We’ve leveraged our unified data model to provide deep visibility across all cloud environments. You…
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AI Threats in 2026: A SecOps Playbook
As AI-driven threats accelerate in 2026, security teams must evolve their defenses to manage new risks and maintain resilience. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/ai-threats-in-2026-a-secops-playbook/
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Outthe-Box Expectations for 2026 Reveal a Grab Bag of Risk
Security teams need to be thinking about this list of emerging cybersecurity realities to avoid rolling the dice on enterprise security risks (and opportunities). First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/cyber-expectations-2026-grab-bag-risk
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How risk culture turns cyber teams predictive
Tags: access, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, detection, identity, intelligence, jobs, ransomware, resilience, risk, serviceRisk culture: What it is when you strip the slogans: People talk about culture like it’s soft. Posters. Values. A town hall with applause on cue.Culture is harder. Culture is what people do when nobody is watching, and when the clock is loud. Culture is what gets you the truth at 4 p.m., not at…
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Proxy Botnet, Office Zero-Day, MongoDB Ransoms, AI Hijacks & New Threats
Every week brings new discoveries, attacks, and defenses that shape the state of cybersecurity. Some threats are stopped quickly, while others go unseen until they cause real damage.Sometimes a single update, exploit, or mistake changes how we think about risk and protection. Every incident shows how defenders adapt, and how fast attackers try to stay…
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Top 10 Cyber Risk Management and GRC Companies in the UK and Globally
Cyber risk management and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) have become central to how organisations protect data, meet regulatory obligations, and maintain operational resilience. As cyber threats grow more sophisticated and regulatory scrutiny increases, organisations must demonstrate not only that risks are identified, but that they are governed, prioritised, and controlled effectively. Cyber risk management…
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BreachForums Breach Exposes Names of 324K Cybercriminals, Upends the Threat Intel Game
The BreachForums marketplace has suffered a leak, exposing the identities of nearly 324,000 cybercriminals. This incident highlights a critical shift in cyberattacks, creating opportunities for law enforcement while demonstrating the risks associated with breaches in the cybercriminal ecosystem. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/breachforums-breach-exposes-names-of-324k-cybercriminals-upends-the-threat-intel-game/
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When responsible disclosure becomes unpaid labor
Tags: ai, bug-bounty, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cybersecurity, data, email, exploit, finance, flaw, governance, healthcare, incident response, infrastructure, jobs, open-source, ransom, risk, security-incident, service, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, warfaresupposed to function and how it increasingly does in practice. Enter the gray zone of ethical disclosure: The result is a growing gray zone between ethical research and adversarial pressure. Based on years of reporting on disclosure disputes, that gray zone tends to emerge through a small set of recurring failure modes.Silent treatment and severity…
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What boards need to hear about cyber risk, and what they don’t
In this Help Net Security video, Rishi Kaushal, CIO at Entrust, explains how security leaders should talk to the board about cyber risk. He focuses on what matters to board … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/02/cyber-risk-for-boards-video/
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IoT Penetration Testing: Definition, Process, Tools, and Benefits
IoT penetration testing is a security assessment of the complete IoT ecosystem, from backend systems and cloud services to mobile devices and hardware. It involves a multi-stage simulated attack on IoT devices and their supporting system to identify security risks before attackers can exploit them. Unpatched firmware is responsible for 60% of IoT security breaches,……
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Spionagegefahr: Verfassungsschutz warnt vor E-Autos aus China
E-Autos aus China könnten theoretisch ferngesteuert werden. Die technischen Risiken sind dokumentiert – doch auch Tesla sammelt massenhaft Daten. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/spionagegefahr-verfassungsschutz-warnt-vor-e-autos-aus-china-2602-204851.html
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Best E-Signature Solutions For Secure Digital Signing In 2026
As digital transactions become the backbone of modern business, secure electronic signatures are no longer optional. In 2026, organizations face increasing risks related to document fraud, identity theft, and regulatory violations. Choosing the right e-signature solution is now a cybersecurity decision, not just a productivity upgrade. This guide covers the best e-signature solutions for cybersecurity,…
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Cybersicherheit: Zwischen KI-Gefahr, Lieferketten-Risiken und Passkey-Revolution
Wie wird die Cybersicherheitslandschaft im Jahr 2026 und in der Zukunft aussehen? Auch im Jahr 2026 wird sich das Schlachtfeld der Cybersicherheit weiterentwickeln. Internetnutzer und Unternehmen werden einer Vielzahl von Bedrohungen und Herausforderungen gegenüberstehen. Karolis Arbaciauskas, Produktleiter des Cybersicherheitsunternehmens NordPass, gibt uns einen Expertenausblick auf das laufende Jahr. »Künstliche Intelligenz wird sowohl die Tools… First…
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Outthe-Box Expectations for 2026 Reveal a Grab-Bag of Risk
Security teams need to be thinking about this list of emerging cybersecurity realities, to avoid rolling the dice on enterprise security risks (and opportunities). First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/cyber-expectations-2026-grab-bag-risk
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Tenable Tackles AI Governance, Shadow AI Risks, Data Exposure
The Tenable One AI Exposure add-on discovers unsanctioned AI use in the organization and enforces policy compliance with approved tools. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/tenable-tackles-ai-governance-shadow-ai-risks-data-exposure
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Can Agentic AI ensure full IAM compliance
Why Are Non-Human Identities Crucial for Cloud Security? Does your organization fully understand the importance of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) in cybersecurity? With a crucial component of cloud security, managing these machine identities effectively can be the key to minimizing risks and ensuring robust access management. Where systems and services interact automatically, establishing a comprehensive strategy……
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The Great Shift: Cybersecurity Predictions for 2026 and the New Era of Threat Intelligence
<div cla As we look back on 2025, AI and open source have fundamentally changed how software is built. Generative AI, automated pipelines, and ubiquitous open source have dramatically increased developer velocity and expanded what teams can deliver, while shifting risk into the everyday decisions developers make as code is written, generated, and assembled. First…
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Second Round of Critical RCE Bugs in n8n Spikes Corporate Risk
A new around of vulnerabilities in the popular AI automation platform could let attackers hijack servers and steal credentials, allowing full takeover. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/critical-flaws-n8n-compromise-customer-security
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NIS2: Lieferketten als Risikofaktor
Tags: awareness, ciso, cloud, compliance, cyberattack, cyersecurity, firewall, incident response, monitoring, nis-2, risk, service, software, supply-chain, updateNIS2 verpflichtet CISOs die Sicherheit der Supply Chain stärker in den Blick zu nehmen. Viele Unternehmen investieren heute erhebliche Mittel, um ihre interne IT abzusichern. Firewalls, Monitoring, Incident-Response-Pläne und Awareness-Programme sind etabliert. Gleichzeitig wächst eine gefährliche Illusion: Die Annahme, dass sich Risiken innerhalb der eigenen Systemgrenzen kontrollieren lassen. Die Realität sieht anders aus. Moderne Geschäftsmodelle…
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TAMECAT PowerShell Backdoor Targets Edge and Chrome: Login Credentials At Risk
Tags: backdoor, browser, chrome, credentials, cyber, defense, espionage, government, hacking, iran, login, microsoft, powershell, riskTAMECAT is a sophisticated PowerShell-based backdoor linked to APT42, an Iranian state-sponsored hacking group. It steals login credentials from Microsoft Edge and Chrome browsers while evading detection. Security researchers from Israel’s National Digital Agency detailed its modular design in recent SpearSpecter campaign analysis.”‹ APT42 deploys TAMECAT in long-term espionage operations against senior defense and government…
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Ivanti Endpoint Manager Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution,
Ivanti has disclosed two critical vulnerabilities affecting Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) that could allow attackers to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-1281 and CVE-2026-1340, both stem from code injection issues and carry a maximum CVSS severity score of 9.8, indicating critical risk to affected deployments. Vulnerability Overview Both vulnerabilities enable attackers…
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Why API Security Is No Longer an AppSec Problem And What Security Leaders Must Do Instead
APIs are one of the most important technologies in digital business ecosystems. And yet, the responsibility for their security often falls to AppSec teams and that’s a problem. This organizational mismatch creates systemic risk: business teams assume APIs are “secured,” while attackers exploit logic flaws, authorization gaps, and automated attacks in production. As Tim […]…
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Is it safe to open spam emails? Enterprise risks
Is it safe to open spam emails? Usually, yes. Risk escalates with links, attachments, and credential prompts – then containing outbound abuse quickly matters. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/is-it-safe-to-open-spam-emails-enterprise-risks/