Tag: risk
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World Economic Forum: Deepfake Face-Swapping Tools Are Creating Critical Security Risks
Researchers at the World Economic Forum have shown that threat actors can use commercial deepfake tools to bypass corporate security protections First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/wef-deepfake-faceswapping-security/
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How AI agents are turning security inside-out
AppSec teams have spent the last decade hardening externally facing applications, API security, software supply chain risk, CI/CD controls, and cloud-native attack paths. But … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/09/ai-agents-appsec-risk/
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Like it or not, AI will transform cyber strategy in 2026
Bubble or no bubble, from cyber skills to defensive strategies to governance, risk and compliance, artificial intelligence will remake the cyber world in 2026 First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366637095/Like-it-or-not-AI-will-transform-cyber-strategy-in-2026
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Enterprises still aren’t getting IAM right
Tags: access, ai, api, authentication, automation, cloud, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, email, governance, iam, identity, incident response, infrastructure, least-privilege, password, risk, saas, service, toolJust 1% have fully implemented a modern just-in-time (JIT) privileged access model;91% say at least half of their privileged access is always-on (standard privilege), providing unrestricted, persistent access to sensitive systems;45% apply the same privileged access controls to human and AI identities;33% lack clear AI access policies.The research also revealed a growing issue with “shadow…
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Cyber Retaliation Risks Rise After US-Venezuela Operation
CISA Warns of Retaliatory Cyber Action From Hostile State Actors After Venezuela. Federal cybersecurity officials are warning of a likely uptick in retaliatory cyber activity from China and Russia-linked threat actors after the U.S. military raid in Venezuela, urging infrastructure operators to brace for disruptive probing and attacks. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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UK Government Launches Cyber Action Plan to Bolster Public Sector Security
The UK government has unveiled an ambitious £210 million cyber security initiative designed to fortify digital defenses across public sector departments and restore confidence in online government services. The centerpiece of the initiative is the newly formed Government Cyber Unit, which will coordinate risk management and incident response operations across all government departments. This centralized…
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Zero-Knowledge Compliance: How Privacy-Preserving Verification Is Transforming Regulatory Technology
Traditional compliance often forces companies to expose sensitive information to prove they follow the rules. This approach increases the risk of breaches and raises severe privacy concerns. With rising regulatory pressure and stricter data sovereignty laws, more organizations are exploring zero-knowledge frameworks as a safer alternative. Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) allow businesses to prove adherence without..…
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The Boardroom Case for Penetration Testing
Cybersecurity risk is no longer an abstract concern relegated to IT teams, it is a material business risk that boards and senior leaders must actively manage.UK government research indicates that around 43% of businesses experienced a cyber security breach or attack in the past year, underlining how common these incidents have become across sector, from”¦…
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Phishing-Angreifer setzen vermehrt auf E-Mail-Routing-Lücken
Tags: 2fa, authentication, business, cyberattack, dmarc, dns, email, framework, infrastructure, intelligence, mail, mfa, microsoft, password, phishing, risk, service, spam, threatAngreifer missbrauchen falsch konfigurierte Richtlinien, um Phishing-E-Mails wie interne E-Mails aussehen zu lassen, Filter zu umgehen und Anmeldedaten zu stehlen.Das Threat Intelligence Team von Microsoft hat kürzlich festgestellt, dass Angreifer zunehmend komplexe E-Mail-Weiterleitungen und falsch konfigurierte Domain-Spoofing-Schutzmaßnahmen ausnutzen. Dabei lassen sie ihre Phishing-Nachrichten so aussehen, als würden sie von den angegriffenen Organisationen selbst stammen.In den…
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‘Elon Musk is playing with fire:’ All the legal risks that apply to Grok’s deepfake disaster
There are legal tools in place to curb what’s happening on X, but the incident will be precedent-setting for how these laws and regulations are wielded for AI-generated images. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/elon-musk-x-grok-deepfake-crisis-section-230/
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Check Point sichert KI-Fabriken mit Nvidia
Check Point Software Technologies sichert AI-Factories mit Nvidia ab: Check-Point-AI-Cloud-Protect ist nun Teil des Nvidia-Enterprise-AI-Factory-Validated-Designs und bietet Echtzeit-Netzwerk- und Host-Sicherheit für Enterprise-AI-Deployments, ohne die Performance der KI-Systeme negativ zu beeinflussen. Das Wichtigste in Kürze: Zunehmendes Risiko: Laut Gartner waren 32 Prozent der Organisationen bereits von KI-Angriffen durch Prompt-Manipulation betroffen, 29 Prozent meldeten Angriffe auf ihre…
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: RustFS Flaw, Iranian Ops, WebUI RCE, Cloud Leaks, and 12 More Stories
The internet never stays quiet. Every week, new hacks, scams, and security problems show up somewhere.This week’s stories show how fast attackers change their tricks, how small mistakes turn into big risks, and how the same old tools keep finding new ways to break in.Read on to catch up before the next wave hits. Honeypot…
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The State of Trusted Open Source
Chainguard, the trusted source for open source, has a unique view into how modern organizations actually consume open source software and where they run into risk and operational burdens. Across a growing customer base and an extensive catalog of over 1800 container image projects, 148,000 versions, 290,000 images, and 100,000 language libraries, and almost half…
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What happens to insider risk when AI becomes a coworker
In this Help Net Security video, Ashley Rose, CEO at Living Security, discusses how AI is changing insider risk. AI is now built into daily work across departments, which … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/08/ai-insider-risk-management-video/
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Die wichtigsten CISO-Trends für 2026
Tags: ai, ciso, compliance, cyersecurity, group, nis-2, resilience, risk, risk-management, software, supply-chain, tool, zero-trustLesen Sie, vor welchen Herausforderungen CISOs mit Blick auf das Jahr 2026 stehen.Das Jahr 2025 war für viele CISOs herausfordernd. Anfang des Jahres wurden mit dem Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) alle Finanzunternehmen dazu verpflichtet, ihre Cybersicherheit zu erhöhen. Zudem mussten sich in diesem Jahr zahlreiche Unternehmen mit der NIS2-Umsetzung auseinandersetzen. Vor welchen Schwierigkeiten stehen…
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A Single Browser Flaw, Millions at Risk: What the Chrome WebView Vulnerability Teaches Us About Exposure Windows
Tags: android, application-security, browser, chrome, cybersecurity, flaw, google, malicious, risk, update, vulnerability, windowsA recent security update reveals that Google patched a high-severity Chrome WebView vulnerability that could allow attackers to bypass application security restrictions and execute malicious content within Android and enterprise applications, according to Cybersecurity News. Because Chrome WebView is embedded inside countless applications, the flaw expanded risk far beyond traditional browser usage. Many organizations were…
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Holes in Veeam Backup suite allow remote code execution, creation of malicious backup config files
Tags: access, backup, credentials, cve, cvss, cybersecurity, data, exploit, jobs, malicious, monitoring, password, ransomware, remote-code-execution, risk, risk-management, sans, threat, update, veeam, vulnerabilityCVE-2025-59470 (with a CVSS score of 9) allows a Backup or Tape Operator to perform remote code execution (RCE) as the Postgres user by sending a malicious interval or order parameter;CVE-2025-59469 (with a severity score of 7.2) allows a Backup or Tape Operator to write files as root;CVE-2025-55125 (with a severity score of 7.2) allows a Backup…
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FDA Takes Hands-Off Approach to AI Devices and Software
Agency: Guidance Favors Market Innovation Over Federal Scrutiny. New artificial intelligence-enabled health wearable devices and clinical decision support software will not face U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory scrutiny, providing the technology meets certain criteria, such as being low-risk, the agency said this week. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/fda-takes-hands-off-approach-to-ai-devices-software-a-30465
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Critical n8n Vulnerability Allows Authenticated Remote Code Execution
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in n8n, the popular workflow automation tool, potentially allowing authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the host server. Identified as CVE-2026-21877, this high-severity vulnerability affects both self-hosted and n8n Cloud instances, posing a significant risk to organizations relying on the platform for business process automation. The vulnerability has…
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ToddyCat Malware Exploits ProxyLogon to Compromise Microsoft Exchange Servers
ToddyCat, a sophisticated cyber-espionage threat group also known as Websiic and Storm-0247, has emerged as a significant risk to organizations across Europe and Asia. The group’s operations, which began in December 2020 by targeting Microsoft Exchange servers in Taiwan and Vietnam, have since evolved into complex, multi-stage campaigns that leverage advanced evasion techniques and specialized…
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AI Risk Governance Suite for Enterprise Oversight – Kovrr
Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/ai-risk-governance-suite-for-enterprise-oversight-kovrr/
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Why AI Changes the Risk Model for Application Security
As AI becomes embedded in everyday development workflows, the security model for applications is shifting fast, and not always in ways teams are prepared for. James Wickett, CEO of DryRun Security, breaks down why “AI everywhere” is forcing organizations to rethink what application security should look like when developers are shipping faster than ever… First…
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How to eliminate IT blind spots in the modern, AI-driven enterprise
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, awareness, cio, cloud, control, data, detection, endpoint, governance, group, identity, injection, intelligence, metric, monitoring, network, radius, risk, service, technology, tool, training, vulnerabilityThe more organizations lean on artificial intelligence (AI), spread workloads across different environments, and tie systems together, the harder it becomes for traditional security practices to present a complete picture of what’s going on. The result is a growing number of blind spots hidden misconfigurations, inconsistent controls, and unpredictable behaviors across systems and AI agents…
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How to eliminate IT blind spots in the modern, AI-driven enterprise
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, awareness, cio, cloud, control, data, detection, endpoint, governance, group, identity, injection, intelligence, metric, monitoring, network, radius, risk, service, technology, tool, training, vulnerabilityThe more organizations lean on artificial intelligence (AI), spread workloads across different environments, and tie systems together, the harder it becomes for traditional security practices to present a complete picture of what’s going on. The result is a growing number of blind spots hidden misconfigurations, inconsistent controls, and unpredictable behaviors across systems and AI agents…