Tag: skills
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TDL 016 – Speed, Risk, and Responsibility in the Age of AI – Rafael Ramirez
Tags: access, ai, antivirus, automation, awareness, business, ciso, cloud, control, country, cyber, data, defense, detection, dns, firewall, governance, government, hacker, ibm, incident response, intelligence, Internet, law, linkedin, login, mfa, microsoft, network, risk, saas, service, skills, software, startup, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, windows, zero-trustSummary In a recent episode of The Defenders Log, host David Redekop sat down with cyber security expert Rafael Ramirez to navigate the rapidly shifting landscape of AI security. As we move deeper into 2026, the duo explored how artificial intelligence has evolved from simple chatbots into powerful, autonomous “agentic” systems. The Double-Edged Sword of…
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Over 41% of Popular OpenClaw Skills Found to Contain Security Vulnerabilities
An audit of 2,890+ OpenClaw skills found 41.7% contain serious security vulnerabilities, exposing systemic risk in AI agent ecosystems. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/over-41-of-popular-openclaw-skills-found-to-contain-security-vulnerabilities/
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From in-house CISO to consultant. What you need to know before making the leap
Tags: advisory, best-practice, business, ciso, compliance, control, cybersecurity, framework, jobs, resilience, risk, service, skills, toolSkills that carry over into consulting: Many of the skills CISOs honed inside large organizations translate directly to the new consulting job, while others suddenly matter more than they ever did before. In addition to technical skills, it is often the practical ones that prove most valuable.The ability to prioritize, sharpened over years in a…
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From in-house CISO to consultant. What you need to know before making the leap
Tags: advisory, best-practice, business, ciso, compliance, control, cybersecurity, framework, jobs, resilience, risk, service, skills, toolSkills that carry over into consulting: Many of the skills CISOs honed inside large organizations translate directly to the new consulting job, while others suddenly matter more than they ever did before. In addition to technical skills, it is often the practical ones that prove most valuable.The ability to prioritize, sharpened over years in a…
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ClawHavoc Infects OpenClaw’s ClawHub with 1,184 Malicious Skills, Exposing Data Theft Risks
A large-scale supply chain poisoning campaign dubbed ClawHavoc has hit OpenClaw’s official skill marketplace, ClawHub, with at least 1,184 malicious “Skills” historically published on the platform. The incident highlights how fast-growing AI agent ecosystems can become high-value malware distribution channels when plugins are easy to publish and users routinely grant agents broad system access. OpenClaw (previously known…
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The new paradigm for raising up secure software engineers
Tags: ai, application-security, awareness, ceo, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, data, governance, login, risk, skills, software, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityThreat modeling as a core competency: This system-level thinking should also elevate the need for greater developer fluency in threat modeling, says Yasar. He notes that threat modeling has historically been difficult for product security and engineering teams to operationalize at scale. One of the longstanding barriers to practical threat modeling was the knowledge required…
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Cyber attacks enabled by basic failings, Palo Alto analysis finds
Changing the paradigm: Unit 42’s answer to this endless cycle of attackers always being one step ahead of defenders is to change the paradigm: cybersecurity has become so specialized, it says, that the answer is to use a managed service built from the ground up to counter real rather than abstract threats.With that in mind,…
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CISO Julie Chatman offers insights for you to take control of your security leadership role
Tags: access, ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ciso, control, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, deep-fake, email, finance, firewall, government, healthcare, infrastructure, law, military, office, phishing, risk, service, skills, supply-chain, technology, threat, training, updateFirst, the hopes-and-dreams budget: What would it take to close all the known gaps and operate proactively?Second, the could-live-with-this budget: What’s realistic and gets you to acceptable risk levels?Third, the I-think-I’m-going-to-resign budget: Because you can see a breach coming and you don’t want your name attached to it.You probably won’t end up at that last…
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CISO Julie Chatman offers insights for you to take control of your security leadership role
Tags: access, ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ciso, control, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, deep-fake, email, finance, firewall, government, healthcare, infrastructure, law, military, office, phishing, risk, service, skills, supply-chain, technology, threat, training, updateFirst, the hopes-and-dreams budget: What would it take to close all the known gaps and operate proactively?Second, the could-live-with-this budget: What’s realistic and gets you to acceptable risk levels?Third, the I-think-I’m-going-to-resign budget: Because you can see a breach coming and you don’t want your name attached to it.You probably won’t end up at that last…
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Was CISOs über OpenClaw wissen sollten
Tags: ai, api, authentication, browser, bug, chrome, ciso, cloud, crypto, cyberattack, ddos, DSGVO, firewall, gartner, github, intelligence, Internet, jobs, linkedin, LLM, malware, marketplace, mfa, open-source, risk, security-incident, skills, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityLesen Sie, welches Sicherheitsrisiko die Verwendung von OpenClaw in Unternehmen mit sich bringt.Das neue Tool zur Orchestrierung persönlicher KI-Agenten namens OpenClaw früher Clawdbot, dann Moltbot genannt erfreut sich aktuell großer Beliebtheit. Die Open-Source-Software kann eigenständig und geräteübergreifend arbeiten, mit Online-Diensten interagieren und Workflows auslösen kein Wunder, dass das Github-Repo in den vergangenen Wochen Millionen von…
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CISO Julie Chatman wants to help you take control of your security leadership role
Tags: access, ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ciso, control, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, deep-fake, email, finance, firewall, government, healthcare, infrastructure, law, military, office, phishing, risk, service, skills, supply-chain, technology, threat, training, updateFirst, the hopes-and-dreams budget: What would it take to close all the known gaps and operate proactively?Second, the could-live-with-this budget: What’s realistic and gets you to acceptable risk levels?Third, the I-think-I’m-going-to-resign budget: Because you can see a breach coming and you don’t want your name attached to it.You probably won’t end up at that last…
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AI Skills Represent Dangerous New Attack Surface, Says TrendAI
New TrendAI report warns that most security tools can’t protect against attacks on AI skills artifacts First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ai-skills-dangerous-new-attack/
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What CISOs need to know about the OpenClaw security nightmare
OpenClaw exposes enterprise security gaps: The first big lesson of this whole OpenClaw situation is that enterprises need to do more to get their security fundamentals in place. Because if there are any gaps, anywhere at all, they will now be found and exploited at an unprecedented pace. In the case of OpenClaw, that means…
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How to Stay on Top of Future Threats With a Cutting-Edge SOC
CISOs should focus on harnessing and securing AI and building new skills among their people. Vision and change management can transform security. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/stay-top-future-threats-cutting-edge-soc
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OpenClaw integrates VirusTotal malware scanning as security firms flag enterprise risks
Tags: access, ai, api, control, crowdstrike, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, exploit, gartner, github, governance, injection, macOS, malicious, malware, marketplace, network, risk, security-incident, skills, software, threat, tool, virus, vulnerabilityWhat prompted the response: The scanning initiative follows a series of security incidents documented by multiple firms over the past two weeks. Koi Security’s February 1 audit of all 2,857 ClawHub skills discovered 341 malicious ones in a campaign dubbed “ClawHavoc.”The professional-looking skills for cryptocurrency tools and YouTube utilities contained fake prerequisites that installed keyloggers…
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OpenClaw integrates VirusTotal malware scanning as security firms flag enterprise risks
Tags: access, ai, api, control, crowdstrike, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, exploit, gartner, github, governance, injection, macOS, malicious, malware, marketplace, network, risk, security-incident, skills, software, threat, tool, virus, vulnerabilityWhat prompted the response: The scanning initiative follows a series of security incidents documented by multiple firms over the past two weeks. Koi Security’s February 1 audit of all 2,857 ClawHub skills discovered 341 malicious ones in a campaign dubbed “ClawHavoc.”The professional-looking skills for cryptocurrency tools and YouTube utilities contained fake prerequisites that installed keyloggers…
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NIS2: Supply chains as a risk factor
Why supply chains are particularly vulnerable: The supply chain is an attractive target for attackers for several reasons. External partners often have privileged access, work with sensitive data, or are deeply integrated into operational processes. At the same time, they are often not subject to the same security standards as large organizations.Furthermore, there is a structural lack…
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 83
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter ClawHavoc: 341 Malicious Clawed Skills Found by the Bot They Were Targeting ù APT28 Leverages CVE-2026-21509 in Operation Neusploit Amaranth-Dragon: Weaponizing CVE-2025-8088 for Targeted Espionage in the Southeast Asia Analyzing Dead#Vax: Analyzing Multi-Stage VHD…
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‘I fell into it’: ex-criminal hackers urge Manchester pupils to use web skills for good
Initiative aims to identify proficient gamers and coders who can help companies identify flaws in their cybersecurity Cybercriminals, the shadowy online figures often depicted in Hollywood movies as hooded villains capable of wiping millions of pounds off the value of businesses at a keystroke, are not usually known for their candour.But in a sixth-form college…
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OpenClaw Integrates VirusTotal Scanning to Detect Malicious ClawHub Skills
OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot and Clawdbot) has announced that it’s partnering with Google-owned VirusTotal to scan skills that are being uploaded to ClawHub, its skill marketplace, as part of broader efforts to bolster the security of the agentic ecosystem.”All skills published to ClawHub are now scanned using VirusTotal’s threat intelligence, including their new Code Insight capability,”…
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OpenClaw’s Gregarious Insecurities Make Safe Usage Difficult
Malicious skills and persnickety configuration settings are just some of the issues that security researchers have found when installing, and removing, the OpenClaw AI assistant. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/openclaw-insecurities-safe-usage-difficult
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17% of 3rd-Party Add-Ons for OpenClaw Used in Crypto Theft and macOS Malware
Bitdefender Labs reveals that 17% of OpenClaw AI skills analyzed in February 2026 are malicious. With over 160,000… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/openclaw-add-ons-crypto-theft-macos-malware/
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Kostenloser AIChecker von Bitdefender hilft, bösartigen Payload in Skills zu identifizieren
KI-Skills können bösartigen Payload ausspielen. Das ist ein enormes Risiko, denn kein Nutzer hat die Zeit, jedes Skript oder Kommando zu überprüfen, welches im ersten Moment hilfreich und bekannt erscheint. Bitdefender stellt daher als Reaktion auf die aktuelle Bedrohungslage des funktionsstarken und deshalb gefährlichen KI-Assistenten OpenClaw einen kostenlosen AI-Skill-Checker zur Verfügung. Mit dem neuen Tool…
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Your PQC Pilot Might Fail, and That’s Okay
Tags: skillsStart PQC pilots now”, not to prove readiness but to surface interoperability, vendor, inventory, and skills gaps so organizations can manage post-quantum migration risks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/your-pqc-pilot-might-fail-and-thats-okay/
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Claude Opus 4.6 Finds 500+ High-Severity Flaws Across Major Open-Source Libraries
Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic revealed that its latest large language model (LLM), Claude Opus 4.6, has found more than 500 previously unknown high-severity security flaws in open-source libraries, including Ghostscript, OpenSC, and CGIF.Claude Opus 4.6, which was launched on Thursday, comes with improved coding skills, including code review and debugging capabilities, along First seen…
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OpenClaw reveals meaty personal information after simple cracks
Skills marketplace is full of stuff – like API keys and credit card numbers – that crims will find tasty First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/openclaw_skills_marketplace_leaky_security/
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OpenClaw AI Agent Sparks Global Security Alarm
Open-Source Tool Security ‘Dumpster Fire,’ Experts Warn. An open-source AI assistant that exploded in popularity over the past month is exposing users to data theft, malicious code and runaway costs. Users can add functions called skills that connect assistants with different services – and hackers have been quick to add malicious examples. First seen on…