Tag: technology
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Do CISOs need to rethink service provider risk?
Tags: access, ai, breach, ciso, compliance, control, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, framework, governance, group, guide, incident, incident response, ISO-27001, penetration-testing, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, soc, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityShould risk assessment be about questionnaires or conversation?: David Stockdale, director of cybersecurity at the University of Queensland (UQ), needs services providers to understand the make-up and complexity of a higher education institution.”Because of the size and research intensity of the university, we tend to build a lot in-house. Where we do use service providers,…
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Do CISOs need to rethink service provider risk?
Tags: access, ai, breach, ciso, compliance, control, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, framework, governance, group, guide, incident, incident response, ISO-27001, penetration-testing, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, soc, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityShould risk assessment be about questionnaires or conversation?: David Stockdale, director of cybersecurity at the University of Queensland (UQ), needs services providers to understand the make-up and complexity of a higher education institution.”Because of the size and research intensity of the university, we tend to build a lot in-house. Where we do use service providers,…
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Assured Compliance Through Effective IAM
How Do Non-Human Identities Transform Security for Organizations? Where increasingly driven by technology, how do organizations ensure the safety of their digital environments? The answer lies in Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets Security Management. While many are familiar with traditional identity and access management for human users, account for machine or non-human identities pivotal to……
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Innovative Strategies for NHI Security
How Secure Are Your Non-Human Identities in the Cloud? Where technology continuously evolves, how confident are you in your Non-Human Identities (NHIs) within cloud environments? These NHIs, essentially machine identities, serve as critical components in modern cybersecurity frameworks. Their management is pivotal for securing sensitive assets and ensuring operational integrity across various sectors. From financial……
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How to Take Vulnerability Management to the Next Level and Supercharge Your Career
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, cve, cvss, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, framework, governance, identity, metric, mfa, risk, skills, strategy, technology, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementAt Tenable, we believe the next generation of great CISOs and security leaders will arise from those vulnerability management professionals who are driving the shift to exposure management today. Key takeaways: Vulnerability management is crucial for the evolution toward a more strategic, business-aligned approach to cybersecurity, that’s why these professionals are best positioned to lead…
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Exploring Vein-Based Password Technology: Expert Insights
Discover vein-based password technology: A deep dive into its security features, development aspects, and expert opinions on its role in future authentication systems. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/exploring-vein-based-password-technology-expert-insights/
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Exploring Vein-Based Password Technology: Expert Insights
Discover vein-based password technology: A deep dive into its security features, development aspects, and expert opinions on its role in future authentication systems. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/exploring-vein-based-password-technology-expert-insights/
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The 10 biggest issues CISOs and cyber teams face today
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ceo, ciso, computing, crime, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, email, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, governance, group, hacker, international, mitigation, organized, phishing, ransom, risk, scam, service, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability2. Escalating, and accelerating, AI-enabled attacks: A 2025 survey from Boston Consulting Group found that 80% of CISOs worldwide cited AI-powered cyberattacks as their top concern, a 19-point increase from the previous year. A 2025 survey from Darktrace, a security technology firm, found that 78% of CISOs reported a significant impact from AI-driven threats, up…
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NDSS 2025 Rediscovering Method Confusion in Proposed Security Fixes for Bluetooth
Authors, Creators & Presenters: Maximilian von Tschirschnitz (Technical University of Munich), Ludwig Peuckert (Technical University of Munich), Moritz Buhl (Technical University of Munich), Jens Grossklags (Technical University of Munich) Session 1A, PAPER Rediscovering Method Confusion in Proposed Security Fixes for Bluetooth Previous works have shown that Bluetooth is susceptible to so-called Method Confusion attacks. These…
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Civilian Airport OT: the US Military’s Soft Underbelly
Airport Baggage Carousels Are Weapons, in the Right Hands. Consider the airport baggage carousel. It’s big, clunky and tedious to wait by. But look at it like a war planner does, and it’s suddenly very different: An almost certainly poorly secured technology system that foreign adversaries could exploit to disrupt military mobilization across the United…
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NDSS 2025 Symposium on Usable Security and Privacy (USEC) 2025 Afternoon, Paper Session 2
Authors, Creators & Presenters: PAPERS Understanding reCAPTCHAv2 via a Large-Scale Live User Study Andrew Searles (University of California Irvine), Renascence Tarafder Prapty (University of California Irvine), Gene Tsudik (University of California Irvine) Modeling End-User Affective Discomfort With Mobile App Permissions Across Physical Contexts Yuxi Wu (Georgia Institute of Technology and Northeastern University), Jacob Logas (Georgia…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Top Advice for Detecting and Preventing AI Attacks, and for Securing AI Systems
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, chatgpt, china, ciso, cloud, computing, container, control, credentials, crime, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, exploit, extortion, finance, flaw, framework, fraud, google, governance, government, group, guide, hacker, hacking, healthcare, iam, identity, incident response, intelligence, LLM, malicious, malware, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, openai, organized, phishing, ransom, risk, risk-management, russia, sans, scam, service, skills, soc, strategy, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, zero-trustAs organizations eagerly adopt AI, cybersecurity teams are racing to protect these new systems. In this special edition of the Cybersecurity Snapshot, we round up some of the best recent guidance on how to fend off AI attacks, and on how to safeguard your AI systems. Key takeaways Developers are getting new playbooks from groups…
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Lazarus targets European defense firms in UAV-themed Operation DreamJob
North Korean Lazarus hackers targeted 3 European defense firms via Operation DreamJob, using fake recruitment lures to hit UAV tech staff. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group (aka Hidden Cobra) launched Operation DreamJob, compromising three European defense companies. Threat actors used fake recruiter profiles to lure employees into UAV technology roles, aiming to gain access to…
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NDSS 2025 Symposium on Usable Security and Privacy (USEC) 2025, co-located with the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium Keynote
Tags: computer, conference, data, encryption, mobile, network, password, privacy, risk, strategy, technologyAuthor, Creator & Presenter: Dr. Patrick Gage Kelley PhD Dr. Patrick Gage Kelley is the Head of Research Strategy for Trust & Safety at Google. He has worked on projects that help us better understand how people think about their data and safety online. These include projects on the use and design of user-friendly privacy…
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Tinder to expand face verification tech to more states
Tags: technologyTechnology that uses video selfies to verify Tinder users will be expanding soon beyond California, the dating app’s parent company says. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/tinder-face-check-tool-expanding-to-more-states
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Smarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSmarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security madhav Thu, 10/23/2025 – 05:36 Critical infrastructure (CI) organizations are, as the name suggests, some of the most important in the global economy. They’re also some of the most technologically complex and, crucially, vulnerable. Their security must reflect that. Data Security…
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Smarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSmarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security madhav Thu, 10/23/2025 – 05:36 Critical infrastructure (CI) organizations are, as the name suggests, some of the most important in the global economy. They’re also some of the most technologically complex and, crucially, vulnerable. Their security must reflect that. Data Security…
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Agentic Commerce: The Technology Shaping the Future of Payments
e=4>AI agents are reshaping how we buy and pay online. Discover how agentic commerce is redefining trust, transparency, and control in the next era of digital payments. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/agentic-commerce-technology-shaping-future-payments-a-29800
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Agentic Commerce: The Technology Shaping the Future of Payments
e=4>AI agents are reshaping how we buy and pay online. Discover how agentic commerce is redefining trust, transparency, and control in the next era of digital payments. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/agentic-commerce-technology-shaping-future-payments-a-29800
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SideWinder Leverages ClickOnce Installer to Deliver StealerBot Malware
The notorious SideWinder advanced persistent threat (APT) group has evolved its cyber espionage tactics with a sophisticated new attack method, combining PDF lures with ClickOnce technology to deploy StealerBot malware against diplomatic targets across South Asia. SideWinder orchestrated a carefully planned phishing operation throughout 2025, deploying customized lures designed for specific diplomatic institutions. The campaign’s…
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SideWinder Leverages ClickOnce Installer to Deliver StealerBot Malware
The notorious SideWinder advanced persistent threat (APT) group has evolved its cyber espionage tactics with a sophisticated new attack method, combining PDF lures with ClickOnce technology to deploy StealerBot malware against diplomatic targets across South Asia. SideWinder orchestrated a carefully planned phishing operation throughout 2025, deploying customized lures designed for specific diplomatic institutions. The campaign’s…
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NDSS 2025 Symposium On Usable Security And Privacy (USEC) 2025, Paper Session 1
Tags: conference, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, international, LLM, network, password, phishing, privacy, technologyAuthors, Creators & Presenters: PAPERS On-demand RFID: Improving Privacy, Security, and User Trust in RFID Activation through Physically-Intuitive Design Youngwook Do (JPMorganChase and Georgia Institute of Technology), Tingyu Cheng (Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Notre Dame), Yuxi Wu (Georgia Institute of Technology and Northeastern University), HyunJoo Oh(Georgia Institute of Technology), Daniel J. Wilson…
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F5 Networks Breach: A Wake-Up Call for Supply Chain Cybersecurity
When a foundational technology provider like F5 Networks, whose systems power government agencies, critical infrastructure, and enterprises worldwide, suffers a cyber breach, the ripple effects extend far beyond a single organization. This latest attack has once again exposed the growing vulnerabilities within global technology supply chains and the urgent need for unified, proactive cybersecurity visibility.…
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F5 Networks Breach: A Wake-Up Call for Supply Chain Cybersecurity
When a foundational technology provider like F5 Networks, whose systems power government agencies, critical infrastructure, and enterprises worldwide, suffers a cyber breach, the ripple effects extend far beyond a single organization. This latest attack has once again exposed the growing vulnerabilities within global technology supply chains and the urgent need for unified, proactive cybersecurity visibility.…
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Is for Security Leaders, Too
Think you know all there is to know about cybersecurity? Guess again. Shadow AI is challenging security leaders with many of the same issues raised by other “shadow” technologies. Only this time, it’s evolving at breakneck speed. Key takeaways: The vast majority of organizations (89%) are either using AI or piloting it. Shadow AI lurks…
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Jaguar Land Rover Hack the Costliest Ever in the UK
Financial Loss Tied to the Hack Estimated at 1.9B Pounds. The hack of Jaguar Land Rover will likely cost the British economy 1.9 billion pounds, making it the single most expensive cyber incident to have occurred in the United Kingdom. That number could go up if hackers damaged the operational technology controlling assembly lines. First…
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Chinese Threat Actors Exploit ToolShell SharePoint Flaw Weeks After Microsoft’s July Patch
Tags: breach, china, country, exploit, flaw, government, microsoft, middle-east, technology, threat, update, usa, vulnerabilityThreat actors with ties to China exploited the ToolShell security vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint to breach a telecommunications company in the Middle East after it was publicly disclosed and patched in July 2025.Also targeted were government departments in an African country, as well as government agencies in South America, a university in the U.S., as…
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Softcat delivers again in FY ’25
Channel player has delivered growth for more than two decades as the focus on data and digital technology continues to pay off First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/366633373/Softcat-delivers-again-in-FY-25
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CAASM and EASM: Top 12 attack surface discovery and management tools
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, blockchain, business, cloud, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, detection, dns, endpoint, exploit, framework, guide, hacking, HIPAA, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, leak, marketplace, microsoft, monitoring, network, open-source, PCI, risk, risk-assessment, service, soc, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityCAASM and EASM tools for attack surface discovery and management: Periodic scans of the network are no longer sufficient for maintaining a hardened attack surface. Continuous monitoring for new assets and configuration drift are critical to ensure the security of corporate resources and customer data.New assets need to be identified and incorporated into the monitoring…