Tag: service
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DORA and the Practical Test of Operational Resilience
By Alan Stewart-Brown, VP EMEA, Opengear Disruption in financial services rarely follows a clean script. A misconfiguration, a spike in malicious traffic, or a poorly timed change can cascade across platforms and teams, particularly where systems and suppliers are tightly coupled. When that chain reaction starts, the challenge is rarely identifying the fault. It The…
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DORA and the Practical Test of Operational Resilience
By Alan Stewart-Brown, VP EMEA, Opengear Disruption in financial services rarely follows a clean script. A misconfiguration, a spike in malicious traffic, or a poorly timed change can cascade across platforms and teams, particularly where systems and suppliers are tightly coupled. When that chain reaction starts, the challenge is rarely identifying the fault. It The…
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WhatsApp Tests Encrypted Cloud Backup Service for Safer Message Storage
WhatsApp is actively developing an independent, first-party cloud backup service featuring mandatory end-to-end encryption. This upcoming feature aims to reduce users’ reliance on third-party storage providers such as Google Drive and Apple’s iCloud. By bringing backup storage in-house, WhatsApp gives users greater control over their data privacy and device storage limits. All chat histories hosted…
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Microsoft Patches Entra ID Role Flaw That Enabled Service Principal Takeover
An administrative role meant for artificial intelligence (AI) agents within Microsoft Entra ID could enable privilege escalation and identity takeover attacks, according to new findings from Silverfort.Agent ID Administrator is a privileged built-in role introduced by Microsoft as part of its agent identity platform to handle all aspects of an AI agent’s identity lifecycle operations…
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Even cybersecurity researchers are exposing secrets in their arXiv LaTeX source
Researchers submit papers to arXiv every day, and most of them upload the LaTeX source files alongside the PDF. The preprint service requires source uploads when available, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/28/cybersecurity-researchers-arxiv-latex-source-leaks/
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Neue Managed Services stellen die Weichen für digitale Souveränität
Controlware betreibt Cloud-basiertes Security Operations Center auf Basis von Sekoia.io Controlware erweitert das Managed Service-Portfolio um neue, digital souveräne SOC-Services auf Basis der europäischen Threat-Detection-&-Response-Plattform Sekoia.io. Das Angebot richtet sich an mittelständische und große Unternehmen sowie öffentliche Einrichtungen, die ihre Cyberabwehr stärken und gleichzeitig wachsenden Anforderungen an Datenhoheit, regulatorische Sicherheit und technologische Unabhängigkeit gerecht… First…
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Trust, Risk, and the CISOs Protecting Michigan’s Financial Institutions
Financial services cybersecurity in Michigan does not all look the same. The CISOs in this feature are securing a wealth management firm, a specialty insurance group, a farm credit institution, a community bank, a credit union serving a major university’s community, and another credit union with a decade of continuous security leadership. The regulatory frameworks,…The…
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Chinese national extradited to US for pandemic-era Silk Typhoon attacks
Xu Zewei was allegedly directed by China’s intelligence services to conduct a sweeping espionage campaign to steal data on COVID-19 research and other U.S. policy interests. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/xu-zewei-extradited-china-national-silk-typhoon-hafnium/
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Wireless Network Security: WEP, WPA, WPA2 WPA3 Explained in 2026
Wireless security is important for protecting wireless networks and services from unwanted attacks in 2026. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/trends/the-best-security-for-wireless-networks/
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Home security giant ADT data breach affects 5.5 million people
The ShinyHunters extortion group stole the personal information of 5.5 million individuals after breaching the systems of home security giant ADT earlier this month, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/home-security-giant-adt-data-breach-affects-55-million-people/
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Microsoft patched an ‘agent-only’ role that was not
From principal ownership to full takeover: Once ownership of a service principal was obtained, the attacker could generate new credentials like client secrets or certificates, and use them to authenticate as the compromised application. If the application held elevated directory roles or sensitive API permissions, the attackers could inherit those privileges.”The impact depends on the…
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Linux ELF Malware Generator Evades ML Detection With Semantic-Preserving Changes
As Linux continues to dominate high-performance computing, cloud services, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, it has become a prime target for cybercriminals. However, while much research has focused on manipulating Windows executables to bypass security, the Linux Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) has largely been ignored. To address this gap, researchers at the Czech…
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AI Security Questionnaires: Why Most Startups Fail (And the Trust Stack That Fixes It)
AI Security Questionnaires: Why Most Startups Fail (And the Trust Stack That Fixes It) It’s Monday. Your enterprise prospect just sent a 312-question security questionnaire. Forty of those questions are about AI, model bias, training data lineage, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF. Your Series B closes in six weeks. You don’t have answers. You’re…The post…
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AI is reshaping DevSecOps to bring security closer to the code
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, breach, business, cloud, communications, compliance, container, control, data, data-breach, detection, exploit, governance, infrastructure, injection, least-privilege, risk, service, skills, software, sql, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityExplicit security requirements elevate AI benefits: While deploying AI with DevSecOps is helping to shift the emphasis on security to earlier in the development lifecycle, this requires “explicit instruction to do it right,” says Noe Ramos, vice president of AI operations at business software provider Agiloft.”AI coding assistants accelerate development meaningfully, but they optimize for…
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NPM Worm Hits Namastex Packages, Steals Secrets Across Registries
A newly uncovered npm malware campaign is targeting packages linked to Namastex Labs, abusing developer trust to steal sensitive secrets and silently spread across both npm and PyPI ecosystems. The malicious activity centers on Namastex.ai, a company that promotes AI consulting services and autonomous agent systems through its Automagik product line. A set of legitimate-looking…
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Erweitertes Security-Portfolio – Acronis bietet MDR-Services für MSP ohne eigenes SOC
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/acronis-bietet-mdr-services-fuer-msp-ohne-eigenes-soc-a-f4d95317002567025fbf82acef79ded4/
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Fast16 Malware Targets High-Value Systems With Sabotage Capabilities
A previously unknown cyber sabotage framework called fast16, whose core components date back to 2005. This makes it the earliest known sabotage malware of its kind, predating the infamous Stuxnet worm by at least five years. The fast16 framework consists of two primary components: a Lua-powered service binary called svcmgmt.exe and a kernel driver named…
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Microsoft Entra Agent ID Flaw Enabled Tenant Takeover via Privilege Escalation
Microsoft Entra Agent ID flaw allowed privilege escalation and tenant takeover via Service Principal abuse, now fully patched by Microsoft. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/microsoft-entra-agent-id-flaw-tenant-takeover/
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Supplier assurance for UK SMEs: a practical guide to checking third parties without overcomplicating it
Supplier assurance for UK SMEs: a practical guide to checking third parties without overcomplicating it Most UK SMEs rely on suppliers in some way. That might be payroll software, a managed IT provider, a marketing agency, a logistics partner, or a cloud service that holds customer data. The more your business depends on third parties,……
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Supplier assurance for UK SMEs: a practical guide to checking third parties without overcomplicating it
Supplier assurance for UK SMEs: a practical guide to checking third parties without overcomplicating it Most UK SMEs rely on suppliers in some way. That might be payroll software, a managed IT provider, a marketing agency, a logistics partner, or a cloud service that holds customer data. The more your business depends on third parties,……
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TekStream Targets Proactive Security With ImagineX Cyber Buy
Acquisition Adds Advisory, GRC and Vulnerability Services to ImagineX’s MDR Core. TekStream acquired ImagineX’s cyber division to integrate advisory, vulnerability management and GRC with its MDR services, aiming to help CISOs defend against faster, AI-driven attacks by unifying proactive and reactive security into a single operational model. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/tekstream-targets-proactive-security-imaginex-cyber-buy-a-31507
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Most Secure Cloud Storage for Privacy Protection in 2026
Cloud storage offers many benefits, but not all services provide strong security. Discover the most secure cloud storage providers in 2026. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/cloud/most-secure-cloud-storage/
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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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TDL 020 – Why DNS Is Your First Line of Cyber Defense – Chris Buijs
Tags: access, attack, automation, business, cisco, ciso, cloud, container, corporate, country, cyber, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, dns, encryption, endpoint, finance, firewall, group, hacker, ibm, infrastructure, Internet, iot, jobs, malicious, microsoft, network, office, phone, programming, router, saas, service, software, startup, strategy, switch, technology, threat, tool, training, update, usa, vulnerability, zero-trustIn Episode 20 of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with Amsterdam-based tech veteran Chris Buijs to discuss the often-overlooked backbone of internet security: DNS (Domain Name System). The “Set-it-and-Forget-it” Trap Buijs, who transitioned from an electrician to a network architect, notes that many organizations treat DNS as a “utility” rather than a…
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TDL 020 – Why DNS Is Your First Line of Cyber Defense – Chris Buijs
Tags: access, attack, automation, business, cisco, ciso, cloud, container, corporate, country, cyber, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, dns, encryption, endpoint, finance, firewall, group, hacker, ibm, infrastructure, Internet, iot, jobs, malicious, microsoft, network, office, phone, programming, router, saas, service, software, startup, strategy, switch, technology, threat, tool, training, update, usa, vulnerability, zero-trustIn Episode 20 of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with Amsterdam-based tech veteran Chris Buijs to discuss the often-overlooked backbone of internet security: DNS (Domain Name System). The “Set-it-and-Forget-it” Trap Buijs, who transitioned from an electrician to a network architect, notes that many organizations treat DNS as a “utility” rather than a…
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Why AI Agents Need Least Privilege Too, and How to Enforce It Automatically
AI agents are cloud identities. They don’t get a badge or a login. They get a service account, an IAM role, or an API key, just like any other non-human identity running in your environment. Mechanically, there’s nothing new. What’s new is how many of them are being deployed, how fast, and with how much……
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What is a passkey, how does it work and why is it better than a password?
Login method for apps and websites stored on users’ devices provides stronger security and is resistant to phishing and breachesThe UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has called time on the password from now on, you should use a passkey.The NCSC said this week it would no longer recommend using passwords where passkeys were available. They…
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Hackers Exploit Agent ID Administrator Role to Hijack Service Principals
A severe scoping vulnerability was recently discovered in Microsoft Entra ID’s new Agent Identity Platform. The security flaw allowed users assigned the Agent ID Administrator role to hijack arbitrary service principals across an organization’s tenant, leading to potential privilege escalation. Although the administrative role was designed strictly to manage AI agent identities, a boundary breakdown…
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Automatisierung und Managed Security Services in der Cybersecurity Kostenoptimierung bedeutet nicht Verzicht
Noch nie war die Bedrohungslage durch Cyberangriffe so hoch. Trotzdem setzen viele Unternehmen weiter auf bereits überholte Security-Ansätze oder kürzen Budgets an den falschen Stellen. Wer IT-Sicherheit heute wirksam und gleichzeitig wirtschaftlich gestalten will, muss umdenken. Die Kombination aus KI-gestützter Automatisierung und der Auslagerung von Security-Prozessen ist dabei der Schlüssel, um budgetäre Effizienz und den…
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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…