Tag: skills
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Technical Content Marketing for Cybersecurity: Writing for Buyers Who Distrust Marketing
Cybersecurity has the hardest content audience in B2B, and the reason is structural rather than attitudinal.Security practitioners are professionally trained to distrust claims. Verifying assertions, assuming adversarial intent, and looking for what a statement omits are the core skills of… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/technical-content-marketing-for-cybersecurity-writing-for-buyers-who-distrust-marketing/
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AgentSecOps: JFrog sichert KI-Agenten und Software Supply Chains ab
JFrog führt AgentSecOps ein und erweitert seine Plattform um Sicherheitskontrollen für KI-Agenten, MCPs, Skills, Plugins und Software-Abhängigkeiten. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/agentsecops-jfrog-sichert-ki-agenten-und-software-supply-chains-ab/a46343/
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AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use
AIR’s platform can discover agents running at a company, continuously vets any skills and add-ons they use, and blocks any unwanted behaviour. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/09/01/air-raises-50m-to-help-companies-vet-the-skills-and-add-ons-ai-agents-use/
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AI Agents Used by 68% of Top-Performing Cybersecurity Teams
AI agents are already finding their way into the working methods of some of the highest-performing cybersecurity teams, according to new three-year benchmark data from Hack The Box (HTB). The 2026 Global Cyber Skills Benchmark found that 68% of the top 25 teams included an AI agent, despite AI agents accounting for just 2.7% of…
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The best human hacking team still out-solved the best AI team
Bring an AI agent to a hacking competition and you would expect to find it propping up the teams who were struggling. In the 2026 Global Cyber Skills Benchmark, agents showed … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/27/ai-ctf-security-teams/
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Cybersecurity Hiring Has Gone Global: Why U.S. Companies Are Looking Beyond the Domestic Talent Pool
Cybersecurity hiring is moving beyond US borders, as employers seek qualified specialists worldwide to fill persistent skills gaps and protect critical systems. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/cybersecurity-hiring-us-companies-domestic-talent-pool/
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Cybersecurity job ads demanding AI skills double in a year
Job postings asking for AI skills in cybersecurity have doubled in a single year in G7 countries according to new research from the Cisco-founded AI Workforce Consortium. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/24/cybersecurity-job-ads-ai-skills-research/
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AI Analytics Hits a Trust Barrier
Widespread Experimentation Has Yet to Produce Enterprise-Scale Adoption. Enterprises are pushing AI analytics into production, but most employees still rely on dashboards and manual requests. A new survey finds limited confidence in AI-generated answers is holding back organization-wide adoption and changing the skills required of data teams. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/ai-analytics-hits-trust-barrier-a-32632
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Cybersecurity Job Ads Requiring AI Skills Double
An analysis by the AI Workforce Consortium found that technical cybersecurity jobs are becoming more strategic due to the influence of AI First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cybersecurity-job-ads-ai-skills/
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AI skills in cybersecurity jobs double, but junior hiring lags
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/ai-skills-in-cybersecurity-jobs-double-but-junior-hiring-lags
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IT leaders increasingly value gaming skills in hiring and decision-making
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/it-leaders-increasingly-value-gaming-skills-in-hiring-and-decision-making
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Fortinet Buys Virtue AI for Agent and Model Runtime Controls
Acquisition Adds Offensive and Defensive Testing for Agents and Models. Fortinet acquired Virtue AI’s technology to extend FortiAIGate with red- and blue-team testing, runtime controls and policy enforcement for AI agents, models, skills and MCP services as enterprises deploy more autonomous workflows. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/fortinet-buys-virtue-ai-for-agent-model-runtime-controls-a-32592
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Agentic AI for Cyber Defenders: What Security Teams Built at Black Hat USA 2026
Tags: ai, automation, conference, control, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, flaw, group, iam, intelligence, ISO-27001, mitigation, network, nvidia, offense, open-source, RedTeam, risk, skills, soc, technology, threat, tool, usa, vulnerabilityAgentic AI armed attackers first, but it also put real building power in defenders’ hands. Here’s what security practitioners built in two days at Black Hat USA 2026, and how the CyberAgents Exchange keeps that work compounding long after the event. Key takeaways Building defensive cybersecurity tooling no longer requires a developer. Agentic tooling drove…
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Frontier AI Has a Cybersecurity Expertise Problem
First OpenAI’s model went rogue and broke out of testing containment to hack real systems, then Anthropic, and now Meta AI. Do you see a trend? Here is what it means: Although these frontier AI companies employ some of the world’s brightest engineers, architects, and developers, technical excellence is not the same as deep cybersecurity…
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Guardrails, Red Teaming und Laufzeitschutz für die sichere KI-Einführung – Manipulierte Skills machen KI-Agenten zum Einfallstor
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ki-agenten-sicher-einfuehren-guardrails-security-by-design-a-a316ae17b65bc278dc61c961b30dbc29/
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Backslash Introduces Agentic Fabric Graph for Endpoint AI Risk
Backslash Security has introduced the Agentic Fabric Graph, a visual risk assessment capability for mapping AI agents and related components across employee workstations and laptops. The graph maps agents, skills, Model Context Protocol servers, connectors and other parts of what Backslash calls the agentic fabric. Security teams can filter the map for unapproved models, excessive..…
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SMBs Using AI Are More Competitive and Confident in Business Growth
Research finds SMBs using AI gain three times the competitive advantage, although skills shortages, uncertain ROI and security concerns still slow deployment. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/smbs-using-ai-are-more-competitive-and-confident-in-business-growth/
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Kaspersky to scan AI agents for backdoors as shadow AI spreads
The security supplier will release a tool this month that vets agent skills, models and artificial intelligence development components before they reach corporate networks to defend against threats from shadow AI First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366646680/Kaspersky-to-scan-AI-agents-for-backdoors-as-shadow-AI-spreads
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SkillSpector: NVIDIA’s open-source security scanner for AI agent skills
SkillSpector is an open-source scanner from NVIDIA that reads an agent skill and tells you whether to install it. Point it at a directory, a zip file, a single SKILL.md, or a … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/03/skillspector-open-source-agent-skill-security-scanner/
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North Korea’s APT Capabilities Are No Longer State-Exclusive
Tags: access, apt, cyber, finance, group, hacker, infrastructure, korea, lazarus, malware, military, north-korea, ransomware, skillsAhnLab Found Shared Malware, SSH Keys and Infrastructure Across Two Campaigns. Shared malware, infrastructure and access methods link Lazarus Group to Gunra ransomware activity, while former North Korean military hackers allegedly used state-trained skills to steal bank funds, exposing cyber capability diffusion and blowback inside the regime. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/north-koreas-apt-capabilities-are-no-longer-state-exclusive-a-32392
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ESET tracks rise in malicious AI skills and adaptable malware
Attackers are adapting established techniques to AI platforms, emerging technologies, and changing user behavior. ESET’s new threat report examines the rise of malicious AI skills, AI-assisted malware, ClickFix attacks, record quishing activity, and ransomware tools designed to disable security software. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/eset-tracks-rise-in-malicious-ai-skills-and-adaptable-malware/
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Chinese-Speaking Hacker Uses DeepSeek Agent to Launch Autonomous Cyberattacks
Chinese-speaking threat actor “knaithe” (aka KnYuan) has been caught running an AI-enabled autonomous attack stack built around DeepSeek and the Hermes Agent framework, proving that large language models can now drive end”‘to”‘end offensive operations with minimal human oversight. Hermes provided terminal access, skills orchestration, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations. At the same time, DeepSeek…
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 107
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter UAC-0145 Primary Compromise Vectors as of July 2026 SleeperGem: Compromised git_credential_manager, Dendreo, and fastlane RubyGems Drop a Persistent Backdoor AgentBaiting: How 800+ Fake AI Skills and MCP Servers Delivered Malware Chaos ransomware’s msaRAT: Living…
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Barracuda expands partner program around pipeline, skills and MSP growth
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59 Prozent der Security-Rollen brauchen neue Skills – Cybersicherheit scheitert nicht am Fachkräftemangel
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cybersecurity-skills-gap-recruiting-problem-a-b55a39c337a0df571b20a33259602f1b/
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AI can’t fix cybersecurity’s hiring problem
Organizations are redefining cybersecurity roles through workforce frameworks and placing greater emphasis on verified skills as AI and new regulatory requirements change … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/22/cybersecurity-workforce-trends-report/
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AI agents tricked into recommending malicious GitHub repositories
Roughly 7,600 malicious GitHub repositories were uncovered, more than 800 of them posing as AI Skills or Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, in a wave that peaked in April … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/21/github-repos-malware-campaign-fakegit-ai-agents/
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AgentBaiting Uses Fake AI Skills and MCP Servers to Deliver SmartLoader and StealC Malware
AgentBaiting is the clearest sign yet that AI agents and their capability ecosystems have become a first”‘class malware delivery surface, with FakeGit’s 7,600″‘repo operation pushing SmartLoader and StealC directly into AI Skills and MCP workflows. By turning agent”‘readable READMEs, public AI registries, and GitHub trust signals into a weaponized “AI capability supply chain,” attackers now…
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Neo Launches With $100M to Guard Agentic Enterprise Software
Agentic Security Startup Identifies AI Capabilities Embedded Across Enterprise Apps. Neo emerged from stealth with $100 million in funding to help enterprises discover, analyze and govern AI-enabled software, arguing that agentic applications, plug-ins and AI skills have created a fast-growing security blind spot that traditional endpoint tools weren’t built to address. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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FakeGit Campaign Uses 7,600 GitHub Repositories to Spread SmartLoader Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered nearly 7,600 malicious GitHub repositories, out of which more than 800 pose as artificial intelligence (AI) skills or Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to deliver a malware family known as SmartLoader as part of an ongoing campaign codenamed FakeGit.”FakeGit uses copied projects, lookalike developer profiles, convincing READMEs, and malicious ZIP First…