Tag: technology
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OpenAI acquires Promptfoo to secure its AI agents
This deal underscores how frontier labs are scrambling to prove their technology can be used safely in critical business operations. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/09/openai-acquires-promptfoo-to-secure-its-ai-agents/
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Cyber Espionage Group CL-UNK-1068 Linked to China Targets Asian Infrastructure
Tags: china, cyber, espionage, government, group, infrastructure, law, malware, open-source, technology, threatA highly sophisticated cyber espionage group, designated as CL-UNK-1068, has been actively targeting critical infrastructure across South, Southeast, and East Asia since at least 2020. Originating from China, the threat actors focus on high-value sectors, including aviation, energy, government, law enforcement, technology, and telecommunications. The attackers use a versatile mix of custom malware, open-source utilities,…
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Web Server Exploits and Mimikatz Used in Attacks Targeting Asian Critical Infrastructure
High-value organizations located in South, Southeast, and East Asia have been targeted by a Chinese threat actor as part of a years-long campaign.The activity, which has targeted aviation, energy, government, law enforcement, pharmaceutical, technology, and telecommunications sectors, has been attributed by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 to a previously undocumented threat activity group dubbed First…
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PQC roadmap remains hazy as vendors race for early advantage
Tags: attack, cisco, communications, control, crypto, cryptography, data, encryption, finance, firmware, gartner, google, grc, guide, Hardware, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, monitoring, network, nist, risk, software, technology, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerabilitySome are already ahead as the migration question looms: One of the earliest vendors to operationalize cryptographic discovery specifically for PQC readiness was Sandbox AQ, which emerged from Google’s quantum research efforts. As early as 2022, the company argued that enterprises needed to inventory cryptography assets long before post-quantum algorithms could be deployed at scale.Initially…
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Globale Cyberangriffe im KI-Zeitalter: Warum Deutschland im Fokus steht und wie sich Unternehmen schützen können
Cyberangriffe gehören längst zum festen Bestandteil internationaler Konflikte und wirtschaftlicher Konkurrenz. Staatliche Akteure, organisierte Cyberkriminelle und ideologisch motivierte Gruppen operieren über Grenzen hinweg oft mit Deutschland im Zentrum. Wir haben mit Aris Koios, Principal Technology Strategist bei CrowdStrike gesprochen, der darauf hinweist, wie komplex und vielschichtig die digitale Bedrohungslage geworden ist. First seen on ap-verlag.de…
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AI Is Moving Faster Than Security Controls
Tags: access, ai, api, automation, computing, control, cybersecurity, data, governance, group, intelligence, monitoring, risk, service, software, technology, tool, updateAI is entering organisations faster than the security controls designed to govern it. Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming embedded across organisations. AI assistants are now writing code, summarising documents, analysing data, and supporting operational decisions. What began as experimentation is quickly becoming operational dependency. For security teams, the challenge is not simply adopting AI. The…
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Why proactive AI agents redefine enterprise security
Are Organizations Fully Equipped to Manage Non-Human Identities? The increasing integration of technology across various sectors brings to light the significant role of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) in enterprise security. Unfortunately, the traditional security frameworks that mainly focus on human identities often overlook these non-human elements, which can lead to vulnerabilities. So, how can organizations ensure……
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TDL – Defense Before Offense: Leadership, Risk, and the Cost of Bad Decisions – Steven Elliott
From the Battlefield to the Boardroom: Lessons in Defense In the latest episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with Steven Elliott, CFO of Adam Networks, to explore the surprising parallels between military operations, financial management, and cybersecurity. A Journey of Unpredictable Paths Elliott’s background is anything but linear. From a small…
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5 Actions Critical for Cybersecurity Leadership During International Conflicts
Tags: attack, backup, business, cloud, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, exploit, government, incident response, infrastructure, international, iran, middle-east, military, network, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, russia, saas, service, supply-chain, technology, threat, ukraine, update, vulnerability, warfareThe recent military attacks involving Iran in the Middle East are a stark reminder that cybersecurity leadership must continually incorporate geopolitical risk into their enterprise cyber risk posture and preparedness. Every crisis that elevates to military engagements between cyber-active participants, changes the risk landscape of businesses, for people, operations, and data. This includes the…
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Anthropic and the Pentagon
OpenAI is in and Anthropic is out as a supplier of AI technology for the US defense department. This news caps a week of bluster by the highest officials in the US government towards some of the wealthiest titans of the big tech industry, and the overhanging specter of the existential risks posed by a…
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The Multi-Billion Dollar AI Bet: Who Owns the Outcome?
Growing AI Investments Push Enterprises to Demand Accountability From Tech Vendors Companies spent over $300 billion on artificial intelligence last year, yet most initiatives produced little measurable value. As skepticism grows, a new debate is emerging around accountability in enterprise technology contracts and whether vendors should share responsibility for outcomes. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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North Korean agents using AI to trick western firms into hiring them, Microsoft says
Firm says AI tools are masking identities of false applicants, who then funnel wages from remote IT jobs to North KoreaFake IT workers deployed by North Korea are using AI technology, including voice-changing tools, to trick western companies into hiring them, Microsoft has said.The US tech firm said a signature Pyongyang money-raising ruse is being…
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Nearly half of exploited zero-day flaws target enterprise-grade technology
A report by Google Threat Intelligence Group warns that AI will be used to speed and scale attacks in 2026. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/half-exploited-zero-day-flaws-enterprise-grade-technology/814021/
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The MSP Guide to Using AI-Powered Risk Management to Scale Cybersecurity
Scaling cybersecurity services as an MSP or MSSP requires technical expertise and a business model that delivers measurable value at scale.Risk-based cybersecurity is the foundation of that model. When done right, it builds client trust, increases upsell opportunities, and drives recurring revenue. But to deliver this consistently and efficiently, you need the right technology and…
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Teenage hacker myth primed for a middle-age criminal makeover
Tags: access, breach, business, corporate, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, extortion, finance, group, hacker, hacking, infrastructure, jobs, malware, network, penetration-testing, programming, ransomware, service, skills, software, technology, threat, vulnerabilityCybercrime cartels: Dray Agha, senior security operations manager at managed detection and response services firm Huntress, said the analysis illustrates that the “Hollywood image of a teenage lone wolf hacking for bragging rights” is vastly outdated since the threat landscape is dominated by “highly organised, profit-driven syndicates.””While young people may still engage in digital vandalism…
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Challenges and projects for the CISO in 2026
Tags: access, ai, authentication, automation, awareness, cisco, ciso, cloud, communications, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, finance, framework, group, identity, intelligence, leak, mobile, network, service, soc, sophos, strategy, technology, trainingHazel DÃez (Banco Santander), Roberto Lara (Vodafone), Marijus Briedis (NordVPN), Ãlvaro Fernández (Sophos), and Ãngel Ortiz (Cisco). Banco Santander, Vodafone, NordVPN, Sophos y Cisco. Montaje: Foundry Against this backdrop, Cisco defines AI as “the fundamental technology that will set the cybersecurity agenda in 2026,” in the words of Ortiz, who refers to the company’s Integrated…
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Zero-day exploits hit enterprises faster and harder
Tags: access, apple, attack, backdoor, business, china, cisco, cve, data, detection, endpoint, espionage, exploit, firewall, flaw, fortinet, google, group, hacker, infrastructure, ivanti, least-privilege, mobile, network, oracle, radius, ransomware, risk, router, russia, service, software, technology, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayEnterprise environments under siege: Chinese threat actors continued to display a preference for targets that are difficult to monitor and allow persistent access to strategic networks. Notable examples include the groups that GTIG tracks as UNC5221, which exploited a flaw in Ivanti Connect Secure (CVE-2025-0282) and UNC3886, which exploited a vulnerability in Juniper routers (CVE-2025-21590).Another…
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Should Cloud Be Classed as Critical Infrastructure?
Tags: access, authentication, banking, breach, business, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, dora, encryption, fido, finance, framework, governance, Hardware, healthcare, identity, incident, infrastructure, mfa, network, nis-2, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, strategy, supply-chain, technologyShould Cloud Be Classed as Critical Infrastructure? madhav Thu, 03/05/2026 – 09:53 Over the past few years, large-scale cloud outages have demonstrated just how deeply digital services are woven into the fabric of modern society. When widely used cloud platforms experience disruption, the impact extends far beyond individual applications; banking services stall, transport systems falter,…
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Operational Technology (OT) penetration testing: Defining, Process and Tools
Operational penetration testing is a process of simulating real-world attacks on OT systems to identify vulnerabilities before cybercriminals can exploit them, either physically or remotely. OT penetration testing is a proactive approach to identifying vulnerabilities in OT systems before adversaries exploit them. OT penetration testing is performed by penetration testers, ethical hackers, and industrial cybersecurity……
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14 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, communications, computer, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, dns, dos, encryption, exploit, flaw, hacker, Hardware, infosec, infrastructure, Internet, kaspersky, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, stuxnet, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayAge: 30 yearsDate introduced: 1995Date fixed: February 2026Researchers unearthed a legacy flaw in the widely used libpng open-source library that had existed since the technology was first released more than 30 years ago.The heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-25646) meant that applications using the flawed software would crash when presented with a maliciously constructed PNG raster…
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14 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, communications, computer, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, dns, dos, encryption, exploit, flaw, hacker, Hardware, infosec, infrastructure, Internet, kaspersky, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, stuxnet, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayAge: 30 yearsDate introduced: 1995Date fixed: February 2026Researchers unearthed a legacy flaw in the widely used libpng open-source library that had existed since the technology was first released more than 30 years ago.The heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-25646) meant that applications using the flawed software would crash when presented with a maliciously constructed PNG raster…
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An OT Incident Scoring System Inspired by Natural Disasters
System Meant to Dispel FUD Faces Uphill Climb to Widespread Adoption. Hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes – and now operational technology cyber incidents – all can receive a numerical score based on their severity, although a new effort promoting an OT Incident Impact Score faces an uphill climb to get the traction it needs to succeed. First…
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An OT Incident Scoring Systems Inspired by Natural Disasters
System Meant to Dispel FUD Faces Uphill Climb to Widespread Adoption. Hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes – and now operational technology cyber incidents – all can receive a score based on their severity, although a new effort promoting an OT Incident Impact Score across critical infrastructure sectors faces an uphill climb to get the traction it needs…
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NDSS 2025 Detecting Server-Induced Client Vulnerabilities In Windows Remote IPC
Tags: china, computing, conference, cve, data, detection, Internet, network, technology, tool, vulnerability, windowsSession 14C: Vulnerability Detection Authors, Creators & Presenters: (Except Where Noted – The Following Authors Are From The Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy Of Sciences) Fangming Gu, Qingli Guo, Jie Lu (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Qinghe Xie , Beibei Zhao, Kangjie Lu (University of Minnesota), Hong Li, Xiaorui Gong PAPER…
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Iranian cyberattacks fail to materialize but threat remains acute
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, ceo, control, country, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, defense, endpoint, finance, government, group, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iran, malware, mfa, monitoring, phishing, risk, service, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, update, vpnTargeting and response: According to Adrian Cheek, a senior cybercrime researcher at Canadian threat intelligence company Flare, the most at-risk sectors are critical infrastructure, including the defense and government supply chain, financial services, energy, and healthcare.”Water, energy, and healthcare sectors are currently the most exposed. These sectors combine high targeting priority with weak baseline security,…
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Hybride Kriegsführung im digitalen Zeitalter Warum Systeme der künstlichen Intelligenz und Lieferketten zur strategischen Angriffsfläche werden
Was wir derzeit beobachten, ist hybride Kriegsführung in großem Maßstab: koordinierte kinetische Operationen gegen den Iran, vorbereitende Cyberaktivitäten sowie eine zu erwartende Welle iranischer und durch Stellvertreter geführter Einflusskampagnen, die die Grenzen zwischen militärischem Konflikt und zivilem Umfeld zunehmend verschwimmen lassen. Organisationen weltweit müssen davon ausgehen, dass ihre Operational-Technology (OT), Rechenzentren, KI-Integrationsschichten und Informationsökosysteme Teil…
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Zero Trust Implementation Roadmap: 5 Stages from Legacy to Modern Security
Most Zero Trust initiatives stall not because the technology is wrong but because the approach is. A successful implementation follows a deliberate sequence”, starting with identity, not the network”, and builds momentum incrementally. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/zero-trust-implementation-roadmap-5-stages-from-legacy-to-modern-security/
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Western allies form 6G security coalition amid tech rivalry with China
The Global Coalition on Telecoms (GCOT), comprising the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Japan and Australia, with Sweden and Finland joining at the launch, unveiled voluntary security and resilience principles for the technology at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/western-allies-form-6g-security-coalition