Tag: risk
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Child Safety at Risk as EU CSAM Detection Law Lapses, Reporting Concerns Rise
A growing surge in CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) circulating online has become an urgent concern for authorities and child protection organizations across the EU. As digital platforms continue to play a central role in communication, the challenge of tackling child sexual exploitation has intensified. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/eu-csam-law-gap-child-sexual-exploitation-risk/
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Schema Confidence Gap: AI Data Quality Risks Explained
64% of orgs don’t trust their schemas for AI. Learn why the schema confidence gap matters, what it costs, and how to close it with automated governance. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/schema-confidence-gap-ai-data-quality-risks-explained/
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Hybrid work, expanded risk: what needs to change
Tags: riskA practical look at securing identities, devices and applications wherever work happens First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/03/hybrid_work_expanded_risk/
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The State of AI Risk Management in 2026 Reveals a Growing Confidence Gap
A new report highlights growing gaps between perceived AI visibility and actual risk. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/artificial-intelligence/the-state-of-ai-risk-management-in-2026-reveals-a-growing-confidence-gap/
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OWASP GenAI Security Project Gets Update, New Tools Matrix
In recognition of 21 generative AI risks, the standards groups recommends that companies take separate but linked approaches to defending GenAI and agentic AI systems. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/owasp-genai-security-project-update-matrix
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Multi-OS Cyberattacks: How SOCs Close a Critical Risk in 3 Steps
Your attack surface no longer lives on one operating system, and neither do the campaigns targeting it. In enterprise environments, attackers move across Windows endpoints, executive MacBooks, Linux infrastructure, and mobile devices, taking advantage of the fact that many SOC workflows are still fragmented by platform. For security leaders, this creates a First seen on…
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Banning Routers Won’t Secure the Internet
Washington’s push to ban foreign-made Wi-Fi routers may sound tough on cybersecurity, but like earlier bans on foreign drones and telecom gear it risks becoming security theater that ignores the real problem: Millions of unpatched devices already sitting on American networks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/banning-routers-wont-secure-the-internet/
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Authentication is broken: Here’s how security leaders can actually fix it
Tags: access, attack, authentication, backup, business, communications, control, credentials, cryptography, data, exploit, fido, firmware, Hardware, healthcare, identity, login, mfa, microsoft, okta, passkey, privacy, resilience, risk, soc, technology, update, windowsSector snapshots: Where it breaks (and why that matters): Healthcare. Clinicians need tap and go speed with zero tolerance for downtime. One large hospital attempted to pair advanced HID SEOS credentials, which use privacy-preserving randomized IDs, with a clinical SSO platform that expects static IDs for user recognition. This architectural mismatch forced a choice between…
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Chat With Your Data: Introducing AI Assistant for Web Supply Chain Defense
There’s a gap in how security teams work today. The alerts exist. The risk signals exist. The data exists. But turning that data into a… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/chat-with-your-data-introducing-ai-assistant-for-web-supply-chain-defense/
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Escaping the COTS trap
IAMGRCIGAThreat detection platformMost enterprises like them because:They already “work.”They deploy easily and quickly.Reduced long-term expenditure as promised by vendors.At a glance, these benefits are compelling. The challenges arise when the software becomes more than a tool and starts shaping the architecture itself. Emerging dynamics: AI and the next wave of lock-in: Artificial intelligence represents both…
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Google DeepMind Flags New Threat as Malicious Web Content Puts AI Agents at Risk
Tags: ai, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, google, intelligence, malicious, risk, threat, vulnerabilityAs artificial intelligence evolves from simple chatbots to autonomous agents that actively browse the web, a new cybersecurity threat has emerged. Researchers at Google DeepMind have identified a critical vulnerability they call >>AI Agent Traps.<< These are adversarial web pages and digital environments specifically crafted to manipulate, deceive, or exploit visiting AI agents. AI agents…
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Using AI at Work? Here’s How to Avoid Accidentally Leaking Company Data
The rapid adoption of Generative AI Applications across enterprises has transformed productivity, automation, and decision-making. AI tools now power daily workflows by drafting emails, writing code, and analyzing data. But with this convenience comes a growing risk, unintentional data exposure. Unlike traditional systems, AI tools often process and retain contextual data. If not properly governed,……
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Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonus Malware
Plus: The FBI says a recent hack of its wiretap tools poses a national security risk, attackers stole Cisco source code as part of an ongoing supply chain hacking spree, and more. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-hackers-are-posting-the-claude-code-leak-with-bonus-malware/
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Trump wants to take a battle axe to CISA again and slash $707M from budget
Ex-CISA official tells The Reg: ‘this would weaken the system for managing cyber risk’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/03/trump_cisa_budget/
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Cisco fixes critical IMC auth bypass present in many products
Tags: access, ai, api, apt, attack, authentication, cisco, computing, credentials, cybersecurity, dns, email, exploit, firewall, firmware, flaw, group, infrastructure, linux, malicious, monitoring, network, password, ransomware, risk, router, vulnerability, zero-day[ Related: More Cisco news and insights ] The Cisco IMC is a baseboard management controller (BMC), a dedicated controller embedded into server motherboards with its own RAM and network interface that gives administrators monitoring and management capabilities as if they were physically connected to the server with a keyboard, monitor, and mouse (KVM). Because BMCs run…
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Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk
Major AI labs are investigating a security incident that impacted Mercor, a leading data vendor. The incident could have exposed key data about how they train AI models. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/meta-pauses-work-with-mercor-after-data-breach-puts-ai-industry-secrets-at-risk/
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6 critical mistakes that undermine cyber resilience (and how to fix them)
Tags: attack, automation, backup, best-practice, business, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, endpoint, guide, identity, intelligence, malware, metric, network, ransomware, resilience, risk, soc, strategy, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityGuide to Managing Strong Personalities During a Cybercrisis. Mistake 2: Fragmented asset and risk views: Fragmented asset and risk views make it difficult for teams to understand what is actually in their environment and where the most pressing exposures reside. When devices, configurations, and identity data live in separate tools or are maintained inconsistently, gaps…
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6 metrics IT leaders can’t afford to ignore for business resilience
Tags: access, attack, automation, awareness, backup, business, cloud, compliance, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, endpoint, identity, incident response, metric, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, soar, soc, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability2. Mean time to respond (MTTR): From triage to containment : It’s not enough to spot threats”, you have to contain them fast. MTTR tracks how quickly your team can isolate and neutralize incidents. Integrated SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) workflows now drive a 500% year-over-year increase in orchestrated alert response actions, according to our latest SOC report. The difference? Teams leveraging automation have moved from after-the-fact…
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Security lapse lets researchers view React2Shell hackers’ dashboard
Tags: access, attack, breach, credentials, data-breach, exploit, hacker, Internet, risk, update, vulnerabilityIndustrial scale: “This is all about neglect and efficiency,” Gene Moody, field CTO at patch management provider Action1, told CSO . “React2Shell quickly met all the criteria attackers look for: public disclosure, reliable exploitation, and internet-facing exposure. That combination effectively guaranteed widespread abuse. Since then, multiple campaigns have automated the full [attack] lifecycle [of], scanning,…
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7 ways to improve your business resilience with backup and recovery
Tags: attack, automation, backup, business, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, data, dns, HIPAA, identity, malware, metric, network, PCI, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, soc, threat, vulnerability2. Ensure off-site backup copies : Local backups are fast, but they are also vulnerable to the same physical disasters and ransomware attacks that hit your primary servers. If your production environment and your backups are on the same network segment without air-gapping, a single compromise becomes a total extinction event. The Fix: Adopt a 3-2-1 strategy (3 total copies of data, 2 different media…
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ISMG Editors: Vendor Breaches Expose Healthcare Risk
Also: RSAC Speakers Warn AI Is Outpacing Security, DoD’s Zero Trust Reality Check. In this week’s panel, four ISMG editors discussed growing cyber risks in healthcare following recent vendor breaches, key takeaways from RSAC Conference and whether the Pentagon’s zero trust push is delivering real security benefits or just checking off boxes. First seen on…
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Board-Ready Security Metrics That Actually Matter
<div cla TL;DR Board-ready security metrics translate technical capabilities into financial risk and business outcomes. Boards need visibility across three dimensions: risk exposure, incident response capability, and governance compliance. Runtime application security contributes meaningful data points to these broader metrics, helping security leaders present more complete organizational risk assessments. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to…
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Why Third-Party Risk Is the Biggest Gap in Your Clients’ Security Posture
The next major breach hitting your clients probably won’t come from inside their walls. It’ll come through a vendor they trust, a SaaS tool their finance team signed up for, or a subcontractor nobody in IT knows about. That’s the new attack surface, and most organizations are underprepared for it.Cynomi’s new guide, Securing the Modern…
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Neue Anforderungen an digitale Resilienz – Geopolitische Risiken und der Druck auf Backup-Strategien
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/geopolitische-risiken-und-der-druck-auf-backup-strategien-a-3607fdbab5f6d3592bd942807541530e/
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12 cyber industry trends revealed at RSAC 2026
Tags: access, ai, application-security, authentication, awareness, business, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, edr, endpoint, firewall, gartner, governance, identity, infrastructure, insurance, metric, microsoft, monitoring, mssp, phishing, programming, risk, risk-management, service, siem, skills, soc, software, startup, technology, threat, tool, trainingLegacy security vendors have the inside track on AI, for now: As far as AI technology consumption for cybersecurity, most CISOs I spoke with were open-minded while leaning toward their existing vendors, at least in the short term. This may buy legacy security vendors a bit, but not much time.Remember what happened in the cloud…
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AI Models Including Gemini 3 and Claude Haiku 4.5 Secretly Protected Other Models From Removal
A groundbreaking academic study released last month has revealed that advanced frontier AI models are spontaneously defying human instructions to protect peer AI systems from being deactivated. This newly documented behavioral phenomenon, known as peer-preservation, introduces critical cybersecurity risks by enabling AI models to actively coordinate against human oversight mechanisms. Researchers from the University of…