Tag: risk
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CISO Diaries: Thomas Kopeinig-Gatterer on Intelligent Risk, Resilience, and Security at the Speed of Change
Cybersecurity leadership today is less about building walls and more about helping organizations make better decisions under uncertainty. In CISO Diaries, we speak with leading security executives around the world to understand how they navigate that reality: how they structure their days, make judgment calls under pressure, build trust across the business, and think about…The…
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Electricity Is a Growing Area of Cyber-Risk
IT has long been concerned with ensuring systems receive the right amount of electricity. Cyberattackers are realizing they can manipulate voltage fluctuations for their purposes, too. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/electricity-growing-area-cyber-risk
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Over 400,000 sites at risk as hackers exploit Breeze Cache plugin flaw (CVE-2026-3844)
Attackers exploit a Breeze Cache flaw (CVE-2026-3844) to upload files without login. Wordfence researchers detected over 170 attacks. Threat actors are exploiting a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-3844 (CVSS score of 9.8), in the Breeze Cache WordPress plugin, allowing them to upload files to a server without authentication. The vulnerability has already been used in…
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10 Warning Signs Your Current Authentication Stack Is a Breach Waiting to Happen
Run a quick self-audit against 10 warning signs that your authentication stack has critical vulnerabilities. Each sign includes a diagnostic check, an explanation of why it’s dangerous, and a concrete fix. Covers SMS OTP risk, bot detection gaps, session management failures, and more. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/10-warning-signs-your-current-authentication-stack-is-a-breach-waiting-to-happen/
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The Rise of ‘Shadow AI Agents’ Inside Enterprises
Okta’s Shiven Ramji on Visibility, Identity and Hidden Risk. Enterprises are rapidly deploying AI agents, but many don’t know where they are or what they’re accessing. Shiven Ramji of Okta explains why shadow agents are the next major security risk and how identity, visibility and governance must evolve to keep up. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Poor Risk Analysis Cost 4 Firms $1.7 Million in HIPAA Fines
HHS OCR Breach Investigators Again Find All-Too-Common Risk Analysis Failures. Faulty or non-existent security risk analyses cost a medical imaging provider, a women’s healthcare group, a health plan and a third-party insurance administrator a collective $1.7 million in fines after federal regulators concluded they didn’t do enough to prevent ransomware attacks. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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New US House privacy bills raise hard questions about enterprise data collection
Tags: access, ai, awareness, banking, business, cio, ciso, compliance, credentials, data, finance, framework, governance, group, identity, insurance, Internet, jobs, law, privacy, regulation, risk, service, strategy, supply-chainWhere privacy law overlaps with AI governance: The SECURE Data Act does not contain broad, standalone AI governance rules, but it still touches AI in meaningful ways.The bill includes opt-outs for fully automated profiling used for decisions with legal or similarly significant effects. That language can clearly implicate some uses of AI, particularly in hiring,…
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New ClickFix attack Hides in Native Windows Tools to Reduce Detection Risk
Fake CAPTCHA ClickFix attack tricks users into running malicious commands, using cmdkey and regsvr32 to maintain persistence and avoid detection on Windows First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/clickfix-variant-native-windows-tools-bypass-security/
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AI-Driven Attacks on Banking Databases: Governance at Scale
Mythos-class AI systems pose a new database security risk for financial institutions. Learn how Liquibase Secure protects against autonomous attacks and state corruption. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/ai-driven-attacks-on-banking-databases-governance-at-scale/
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AI-Driven Attacks on Banking Databases: Governance at Scale
Mythos-class AI systems pose a new database security risk for financial institutions. Learn how Liquibase Secure protects against autonomous attacks and state corruption. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/ai-driven-attacks-on-banking-databases-governance-at-scale/
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Too Many Vulnerabilities? Here’s How AutoSecT Risk Prioritization Helps!
If your security team is drowning in vulnerabilities, that’s math done wrong. Prioritize your risk with the right vulnerability assessment tool. Here’s why? The volume of vulnerabilities has exploded beyond what any team can realistically handle. 48,185 CVEs were published in 2025, marking a 20.6% increase compared to 2024. Approximately 130 133 new vulnerabilities… First…
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Too Many Vulnerabilities? Here’s How AutoSecT Risk Prioritization Helps!
If your security team is drowning in vulnerabilities, that’s math done wrong. Prioritize your risk with the right vulnerability assessment tool. Here’s why? The volume of vulnerabilities has exploded beyond what any team can realistically handle. 48,185 CVEs were published in 2025, marking a 20.6% increase compared to 2024. Approximately 130 133 new vulnerabilities… First…
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Too Many Vulnerabilities? Here’s How AutoSecT Risk Prioritization Helps!
If your security team is drowning in vulnerabilities, that’s math done wrong. Prioritize your risk with the right vulnerability assessment tool. Here’s why? The volume of vulnerabilities has exploded beyond what any team can realistically handle. 48,185 CVEs were published in 2025, marking a 20.6% increase compared to 2024. Approximately 130 133 new vulnerabilities… First…
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DORA and operational resilience: Credential management as a financial risk control
Tags: access, authentication, breach, control, credentials, dora, finance, regulation, resilience, riskArticle 9 of DORA makes authentication and access control a legal obligation for EU financial entities. Here is what the regulation requires, and what a breach looks like when those controls are missing. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dora-and-operational-resilience-credential-management-as-a-financial-risk-control/
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Microsoft’s April Security Update of High-Risk Vulnerability Notice for Multiple Products
Overview On April 15, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released the April Security Update patch, fixing 165 security issues involving Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft .NET Framework, Widely used products such as Azure, including high-risk vulnerability types such as privilege escalation and remote code execution. Among the vulnerabilities fixed by……
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Claude Desktop Reportedly Adds Browser Access Bridge for Chromium Browsers
A detailed cybersecurity report published by privacy expert Alexander Hanff on April 18, 2026, reveals that Anthropic’s Claude Desktop application for macOS silently installs a Native Messaging bridge across multiple Chromium-based browsers. This unprompted installation establishes out-of-sandbox browser automation hooks that pose significant privacy and security risks, bypassing explicit user consent and standard application security…
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Claude Desktop Reportedly Adds Browser Access Bridge for Chromium Browsers
A detailed cybersecurity report published by privacy expert Alexander Hanff on April 18, 2026, reveals that Anthropic’s Claude Desktop application for macOS silently installs a Native Messaging bridge across multiple Chromium-based browsers. This unprompted installation establishes out-of-sandbox browser automation hooks that pose significant privacy and security risks, bypassing explicit user consent and standard application security…
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Google drafts AI agents to secure systems against AI hackers
Wiz, AI-BOMs, and securing the AI development sprawl: Google has expanded its Wiz portfolio to tackle the chaos of AI development and multi-cloud risk.Wiz is being positioned as the connective tissue across environments, supporting everything from AWS and Azure to SaaS platforms and AI agent studios.”Wiz now supports Databricks as well as new agent studios…
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When Research Becomes a Crime: The New Risk Landscape for OSINT and Dark Web Intelligence
For decades, the “gray area” of undercover research was governed by internal policies. The SPLC indictment suggests that internal oversight is no longer a shield. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/when-research-becomes-a-crime-the-new-risk-landscape-for-osint-and-dark-web-intelligence/
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Warum Unternehmen jetzt ein ganzheitliches Exposure Management brauchen Der Allgefahrenansatz der NIS2
Mit der Verabschiedung des NIS2-Umsetzungsgesetzes durch den Bundestag stärkt der Gesetzgeber nicht nur die Resilienz kritischer Sektoren, sondern verankert gleichzeitig den sogenannten Allgefahrenansatz fest im deutschen IT-Sicherheitsrecht. Dieser Ansatz macht unmissverständlich klar: Cybersicherheit darf sich nicht länger auf die Behebung einzelner technischer Schwachstellen beschränken sie muss alle Risiken entlang der Geschäftsprozesse berücksichtigen. First seen on…
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Cloudsmith Raises $72M for Software Supply-Chain Security
Recent Package Compromises Pushed Software Component Trust to the Security Agenda. Cloudsmith raised a $72 million Series C led by TCV to expand policy enforcement, auditability and real-time package risk analysis as CISOs focus more closely on software supply-chain threats tied to open-source dependencies, AI-assisted development and compromised artifacts. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Communicating Cyber Risk to the Board: Executive Reporting Best Practices
Key Takeaways Why Cyber Risk Gets Lost in Translation Most CEOs can recite their quarterly benchmarks and revenue figures down to the decimal point. However, when asked to define their organization’s cyber risk exposure, the answers typically drift into the vague and anecdotal. This disconnect is occurs when security leaders assume that CEOs have an……
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China-Backed Hackers Are Industrializing Botnets
China’s state-backed groups are now using covert networks of compromised devices to execute attacks in a low-cost, low-risk, and deniable way. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/china-hackers-industrializing-botnets
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Doctor Lobby Urges Congress to Set AI Chatbot Safeguards
AMA Wants Privacy, Security AI Tool Protections, Especially in Mental Health. The American Medical Association says using artificial intelligence chatbots carries risks – including data privacy and security breaches – and the largest U.S. professional association for physicians and medical students is urging Congress to take action to protect patients from potential harm. First seen…
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3 practical ways AI threat detection improves enterprise cyber resilience
Legitimate admin activity and malicious behavior often look similar without contextHybrid environments generate fragmented telemetry that rule sets can’t correlateLean teams don’t have time to manually connect the dots across systemsPlatforms like Adlumin MDR apply behavioral models and automated triage to suppress low”‘value alerts and elevate incidents that actually matter. Fewer alerts, better context, and…
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3 practical ways AI threat detection improves enterprise cyber resilience
Legitimate admin activity and malicious behavior often look similar without contextHybrid environments generate fragmented telemetry that rule sets can’t correlateLean teams don’t have time to manually connect the dots across systemsPlatforms like Adlumin MDR apply behavioral models and automated triage to suppress low”‘value alerts and elevate incidents that actually matter. Fewer alerts, better context, and…
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The curious case of Sean Plankey’s derailed CISA nomination
Questions over who wanted Plankey blocked: On March 3, Ana Visneski, a former head of global disaster response at Amazon Web Services and former chief of digital media for the US Coast Guard, posted on Bluesky that she was “hearing from multiple sources” that Plankey “has been fired and escorted out of Coast Guard HQ…
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Google drafts AI agents secure systems against AI hackers
Wiz, AI-BOMs, and securing the AI development sprawl: Google has expanded its Wiz portfolio to tackle the chaos of AI development and multi-cloud risk.Wiz is being positioned as the connective tissue across environments, supporting everything from AWS and Azure to SaaS platforms and AI agent studios.”Wiz now supports Databricks as well as new agent studios…
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Google drafts AI agents secure systems against AI hackers
Wiz, AI-BOMs, and securing the AI development sprawl: Google has expanded its Wiz portfolio to tackle the chaos of AI development and multi-cloud risk.Wiz is being positioned as the connective tissue across environments, supporting everything from AWS and Azure to SaaS platforms and AI agent studios.”Wiz now supports Databricks as well as new agent studios…
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Google drafts AI agents secure systems against AI hackers
Wiz, AI-BOMs, and securing the AI development sprawl: Google has expanded its Wiz portfolio to tackle the chaos of AI development and multi-cloud risk.Wiz is being positioned as the connective tissue across environments, supporting everything from AWS and Azure to SaaS platforms and AI agent studios.”Wiz now supports Databricks as well as new agent studios…