Tag: risk
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CrowdStrike bets big on agentic AI with new offerings after $290M Onum buy
Tags: ai, api, ciso, control, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, marketplace, password, risk, service, soc, trainingCrowdStrike’s Agentic Security Platform: CrowdStrike developed its Agentic Security Platform precisely to help organizations keep pace with increasingly AI-equipped adversaries. “The increasing speed of the adversary, the increasing use of generative AI means from a defensive standpoint, we want to leverage these technologies as well to match and hopefully exceed the speed and efficiency of…
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How Augusta County Public Schools Protects Students Beyond Web Filtering with Cloud Monitor
Cloud Monitor Uncovers Hidden Student Safety Risks in Google Workspace that Web Filters Miss Augusta County Public Schools in Verona, Virginia, serves approximately 10,000 students and 1,700 faculty and staff. The district is primarily a Google Workspace environment and operates on a one-to-one device program beginning in third grade. To help protect students and maintain…
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Beyond robots.txt: Exposing the cracks in AI agent policy enforcement
AI agents often ignore robots.txt and can be manipulated via prompts”, exposing real risks to content, privacy, and site security. DataDome gives you visibility and control over AI traffic. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/beyond-robots-txt-exposing-the-cracks-in-ai-agent-policy-enforcement/
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How to Set Up and Use a Burner Phone
Obtaining and using a true burner phone is hard”, but not impossible. Here are the steps you need to take to protect your mobile communications based on the risks you face. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/how-to-set-up-use-burner-phone/
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Threat Actors and Code Assistants: The Hidden Risks of Backdoor Injections
AI code assistants integrated into IDEs, like GitHub Copilot, offer powerful chat, auto-completion, and test-generation features. However, threat actors and careless users can exploit these capabilities to inject backdoors, leak sensitive data, and produce harmful code. Indirect prompt injection attacks exploit context-attachment features by contaminating public data sources with hidden instructions. When unsuspecting developers feed…
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CobaltStrike’s AI-native successor, ‘Villager,’ makes hacking too easy
Tags: ai, attack, control, credentials, detection, exploit, framework, governance, hacking, identity, incident response, intelligence, network, pypi, RedTeam, risk, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerability, windowsSupply chain and detection risks: Villager’s presence on a trusted public repository like PyPI, where it was downloaded over 10,000 times over the last two months, introduces a new vector for supply chain compromise. Jason Soroko, senior fellow at Sectigo, advised that organizations “focus first on package provenance by mirroring PyPI, enforcing allow lists for…
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CobaltStrike’s AI-native successor, ‘Villager,’ makes hacking too easy
Tags: ai, attack, control, credentials, detection, exploit, framework, governance, hacking, identity, incident response, intelligence, network, pypi, RedTeam, risk, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerability, windowsSupply chain and detection risks: Villager’s presence on a trusted public repository like PyPI, where it was downloaded over 10,000 times over the last two months, introduces a new vector for supply chain compromise. Jason Soroko, senior fellow at Sectigo, advised that organizations “focus first on package provenance by mirroring PyPI, enforcing allow lists for…
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SecurityScorecard Buys AI Automation Capabilities, Boosts Vendor Risk Management
The company acquired HyperComply to help enterprises automate vendor security reviews and gain a real-time picture of the security of their entire supply chain. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/securityscorecard-buys-ai-automation-capabilities-boosts-vendor-risk-management
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Security begins with visibility: How IGA brings hidden access risks to light
Who has access to what? Without centralized governance, orgs struggle to answer this simple question. First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/15/security_begins_visibility_how/
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Security begins with visibility: How IGA brings hidden access risks to light
Who has access to what? Without centralized governance, orgs struggle to answer this simple question. First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/15/security_begins_visibility_how/
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Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen Breach Linked to ShinyHunters
ShinyHunters reportedly hacked Kering, exposing Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen customer data, raising risks of scams and spear… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/gucci-balenciaga-alexander-mcqueen-breach-shinyhunters/
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Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen Breach Linked to ShinyHunters
ShinyHunters reportedly hacked Kering, exposing Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen customer data, raising risks of scams and spear… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/gucci-balenciaga-alexander-mcqueen-breach-shinyhunters/
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Improve Your Cyber Resilience with Data Security Platformization
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, business, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, ibm, infrastructure, mitigation, resilience, risk, software, strategy, threat, toolImprove Your Cyber Resilience with Data Security Platformization madhav Tue, 09/16/2025 – 05:14 Data Security Lynne Murray – Director of Product Marketing for Data Security More About This Author > Today’s organizations are drowning in the growth of many different cybersecurity tools”, an unintended consequence of trying to keep up with an evolving threat landscape.…
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CISOs grapple with the realities of applying AI to security functions
Tags: ai, automation, breach, business, ceo, ciso, compliance, cybersecurity, data, detection, email, endpoint, finance, governance, incident response, intelligence, law, malicious, malware, microsoft, risk, service, soc, threat, toolThe agentic edge: The financial services is often an early adopter of cutting-edge security technologies.Erin Rogers, SVP and director of cybersecurity risk and compliance at BOK Financial, tells CSO that AI-based upgrades are helping threat detection and response systems to autonomously analyze threats, make real-time decisions, and adapt responses, significantly improving early detection and mitigation.While…
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CISOs grapple with the realities of applying AI to security functions
Tags: ai, automation, breach, business, ceo, ciso, compliance, cybersecurity, data, detection, email, endpoint, finance, governance, incident response, intelligence, law, malicious, malware, microsoft, risk, service, soc, threat, toolThe agentic edge: The financial services is often an early adopter of cutting-edge security technologies.Erin Rogers, SVP and director of cybersecurity risk and compliance at BOK Financial, tells CSO that AI-based upgrades are helping threat detection and response systems to autonomously analyze threats, make real-time decisions, and adapt responses, significantly improving early detection and mitigation.While…
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The Gravity of Process: Why New Tech Never Fixes Broken Process and Can AI Change It?
Tags: advisory, ai, api, best-practice, business, cybersecurity, data, flaw, grc, incident response, risk, siem, soar, soc, technology, threat, tool, trainingLet’s tackle the age old question: can new technology fix broken or missing processes? And then let’s add: does AI and AI agents change the answer you would give? Gemini illustration based on this blog This is the question which I recently debated with some friends, with a few AIs and with myself. The context was of…
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Chatbots, APIs und die verborgenen Risiken in modernen Application Stacks
Was passiert, wenn eine Legacy-Anwendung unbemerkt bleibt und plötzlich im Zentrum eines Sicherheitsvorfalls mit KI und APIs steht? First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/chatbots-apis-verborgene-risiken-moderne-application-stacks
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Deutsche IT-Sicherheitsanbieter bleiben blass internationale Player prägen den Marktauftritt
Tags: riskViele deutsche IT-Sicherheitsunternehmen verzichten darauf, ihre Führungskräfte als sichtbare Stimmen im öffentlichen Diskurs zu positionieren ein Risiko für die eigene Reputation. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/reputationsstudie-deutsche-it-sicherheitsanbieter-bleiben-blass-internationale-player-praegen-den-marktauftritt/a42009/
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How the Marine Corps slashed IT delays by shifting to DevOps and agile development
Tags: business, cio, compliance, conference, control, cybersecurity, finance, government, monitoring, risk, service, software, tool, vulnerabilityAll Marine Corps websitesContent delivery systemEvent management and appointment booking systemsE-commerce and point of sale systemsHuman resources system The challenge of tech innovation in a bureaucracy: The biggest barrier during Operation Stormbreaker, according to Raley, was the bureaucratic nature of working inside the government.MCCS faced what Raley called the “frozen middle,” a web of disconnected…
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Amnesty: AI surveillance risks ‘supercharging’ US deportations
Amnesty International says AI-driven platforms from Palantir and Babel Street are being used by US authorities to track migrants and revoke visas, raising fears of unlawful detentions and mass deportations First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366631297/Amnesty-AI-surveillance-risks-supercharging-US-deportations
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Amnesty: AI surveillance risks ‘supercharging’ US deportations
Amnesty International says AI-driven platforms from Palantir and Babel Street are being used by US authorities to track migrants and revoke visas, raising fears of unlawful detentions and mass deportations First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366631297/Amnesty-AI-surveillance-risks-supercharging-US-deportations
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Arqit to support NCSC’s post-quantum cryptography pilot
Quantum specialist Arqit will provide specialised post-quantum migration planning services to organisations preparing to address the imminent risks to traditional cryptography First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366631279/Arqit-to-support-NCSCs-post-quantum-cryptography-pilot
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SecurityScorecard Buys HyperComply to Expand Risk Platform
HyperComply’s AI Automation Reduces Vendor RFP Questionnaire Work by 92%. SecurityScorecard is acquiring HyperComply to streamline third-party risk assessments with AI that automates most security questionnaire responses. The deal supports SecurityScorecard’s shift from ratings-only to a full solutions platform for mitigating supply chain risk. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/securityscorecard-buys-hypercomply-to-expand-risk-platform-a-29440
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Akamai Identity Cloud Retirement, What’s Next for Your Identity and Access Management?
Learn how to migrate from Akamai Identity Cloud before shutdown. Explore alternatives, reduce risk, and future-proof your identity strategy. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/akamai-identity-cloud-retirement-whats-next-for-your-identity-and-access-management/
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New ransomware Yurei adopts open-source tools for double-extortion campaigns
Tags: access, attack, authentication, backup, breach, ciso, cloud, control, data, edr, extortion, flaw, intelligence, Internet, mfa, network, open-source, phishing, powershell, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, switch, threat, tool, windowsBigger risks beyond downtime: The double-extortion ransomware appears to be an early version, as it has loopholes. Ransomware often targets and deletes shadow copies to block victims from using Windows’ built-in recovery options. But Yurei did not delete the shadow copies, which, if enabled, can allow the victim to restore their files to a previous…