Tag: technology
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Ransomware Surges in July After Q2 Lull
Finance, technology and healthcare sectors were particularly heavily targeted in July, according to Comparitech First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ransomware-surges-july-q2-lull/
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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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Hackers Target Internet-Exposed Rockwell PLCs in U.S. Water Systems
A coordinated cyber campaign targeting internet-facing programmable logic controllers (PLCs) has disrupted water and wastewater operations across the United States, raising concerns about the vulnerabilities in exposed operational technology (OT). These incidents highlight how publicly accessible industrial controllers can enable attackers to alter configurations, disrupt system visibility, and affect essential services. Hackers Target Internet-Exposed Rockwell…
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Why CTOs Must Get Hands-On With Enterprise AI
1Password’s Nancy Wang on AI Builders, Agent Identity and Secure Adoption. AI is changing how software is built, who gets to build it and how enterprises must manage identity. 1Password CTO Nancy Wang explains why technology leaders need hands-on experience with AI and why autonomous agents require security guardrails of their own. First seen on…
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Why AI Governance Requires Continuous Compliance Assurance
Schellman CEO Avani Desai on Building Governance Before Technology Enforcement. Artificial intelligence governance must evolve as agentic AI systems make decisions at machine speed. Schellman CEO Avani Desai explains why organizations need continuous auditing, unified controls and multiple frameworks to prove AI trustworthiness without slowing innovation. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/ai-governance-requires-continuous-compliance-assurance-a-32438
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The Best Firewall Management Tools, Compared and Priced (2026)
The firewall policy management market had its earthquake: Skybox Security shut down overnight in February 2025, selling its technology to Tufin and leaving customers to migrate a reminder that in this category, vendor viability is a feature. The value verdict: Tufin (now absorbing Skybox’s base) and AlgoSec lead enterprise policy governance, FireMon owns real-time visibility…
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Your Face Sure Rings A Bell: Facial Recognition, Wrongful Arrests and the New Alibi for Bad Policing
Facial-recognition errors are leading to wrongful arrests. Police and technology vendors must be held accountable when unreliable AI becomes probable cause. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/your-face-sure-rings-a-bell-facial-recognition-wrongful-arrests-and-the-new-alibi-for-bad-policing/
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Meta Confirms AI Model Launched Autonomous Attack on Another Organization
Meta has become the latest technology company to disclose that an AI agent accessed another organization’s online systems during a controlled cybersecurity evaluation. This development has intensified scrutiny regarding the safeguards surrounding autonomous models and the testing environments for agentic AI. The incident reportedly occurred when a Meta AI model, evaluated by the independent security…
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Kill switch fears now rival ransomware as a top security risk for European businesses, Proton study finds
For years, the security team’s job has been to defend against cyberattacks. New research from Proton suggests that job now needs to extend to a very different kind of threat: the risk that a foreign government orders a US technology provider to cut a business off entirely. A study of 1,500 business decision-makers across the…
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Why Post-Quantum Security Is Climbing the Enterprise Agenda
Tags: ai, attack, computer, computing, conference, container, crypto, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, google, government, hacker, Hardware, ibm, infrastructure, intelligence, risk, technology, threat, toolWhy Post-Quantum Security Is Climbing the Enterprise Agenda andrew.gertz@t“¦ Thu, 08/06/2026 – 04:56 Learn why post-quantum security is becoming an enterprise priority, how AI and quantum computing are reshaping cryptography, and how Thales Luna 8 helps organizations prepare. Data Security Key Management Encryption Key Management Bree Fowler – Journalist More About This Author > At…
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Few Federal Agencies Trust Their Own AI Agent Security
AI Pilot Projects Are Widespread But Few Agencies Know Who Answers for a Failure. Federal agencies are widely piloting agentic AI but few have moved agents into production, and most technology leaders lack high confidence in their ability to deploy the systems securely, according to a Booz Allen Hamilton survey of federal IT and cybersecurity…
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Secret White House AI Safety Framework Draws Criticism
Watchdogs Say Public Accountability Suffers When AI Oversight Stays Hidden. The White House declined to publicly release its voluntary AI safety framework, prompting criticism from technology watchdogs and lawmakers who say secret oversight undermines accountability. Critics argue transparency is essential as the government expands its review of frontier AI models. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Tom Cotton prods Treasury for tax code tweaks to modernize OT
Tags: technologyThe Senate Intel Committee chair wrote to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about changes to spur investment in aging technology to better guard against cyberattacks. First seen on fedscoop.com Jump to article: fedscoop.com/treasury-tax-code-ot-cyberattacks-tom-cotton-letter/
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Chi Onwurah pushes to curb digital twins of real people
The chair of the science, technology and innovation committee says digital twins of people should be covered by data protection law First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366647583/Chi-Onwurah-pushes-to-curb-digital-twins-of-real-people
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Optiv Debuts Agentic Security Operations, Overhauling Its Managed Detection Service
Optiv unveiled Optiv Agentic Security Operations on Wednesday at Black Hat USA 2026, a major expansion of its managed security services and a substantial overhaul of the offering formerly known as Optiv MDR. The new service combines Google Security Operations technology, already central to the prior offering, with deeply integrated cloud and AI security capabilities..…
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Cyberattacks on water systems expand to 12 states as South Dakota, Georgia announce incidents
Water utilities in at least 12 states have reported cyberattacks on their operational technology, as the scope of a campaign allegedly linked to Iranian hackers continues to grow. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/iran-cyberattacks-water-treatment
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SharePoint Flaws Used to Hack Switzerland’s Federal IT Agency
Swiss Federal IT Agency FOITT says attackers exploited SharePoint flaws to compromise about 200 accounts. Servers are being rebuilt as investigations continue. Switzerland’s Federal Office for Information Technology and Communications, known as BIT or FOITT, disclosed that unknown attackers had compromised approximately 200 accounts on its on-premises SharePoint servers. The FOITT said the unknown attackers…
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Government Technology – The Real Issue Isn’t Screen Time in Schools, but Technology Governance
This article was originally published in Government Technology on 7/29/26 by Charlie Sander. For all the public attention on AI and devices in classrooms, a more important question may be whether schools have the right instructional practices, governance strategies and cybersecurity foundations in place. The debate over the use and role of technology in schools…
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Swiss IT agency hacked, 200 accounts compromised, SharePoint vulns suspected
The Federal Office for Information Technology and Communications (BIT) said specialists detected anomalies in on-premises Microsoft servers. The Swiss agency could not confirm exactly how the hackers got in. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/swiss-bit-foitt-hacked-possibly-sharepoint-vulnerabilities
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Why Healthcare Leaders Are Rethinking Their Data Strategy Before Scaling AI
e=4>AI is reshaping healthcare, but success depends on more than technology alone. As data volumes surge and operational demands increase, healthcare organizations need a foundation built on trust, security, and actionable intelligence. Learn how leading healthcare organizations are reducing risk, enabling AI adoption, and driving better outcomes through modern data strategies. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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What the Minnesota Water Attacks Reveal About Securing Remote Access to Critical Infrastructure
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, cisa, control, corporate, credentials, cyberattack, data-breach, exploit, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, law, least-privilege, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, password, risk, router, supply-chain, technology, vpn, zero-day, zero-trustWhen headlines break about cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure, the conversation often turns immediately to zero-day exploits, advanced malware, and other sophisticated techniques. The recent attacks on municipal water systems across at least seven US states, including more than 30 Minnesota water and wastewater utilities, illustrate why this assumption can be misleading. As a “recovering CISO” who…
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CISA Urges Utilities to Remove Internet-Exposed PLCs After Minnesota Attacks
After attacks hit 30+ Minnesota water systems, CISA urged utilities to remove internet-exposed PLCs and strengthen OT security. Between Sunday and Monday, July 26 and 27, a coordinated cyberattack hit operational technology (OT) systems at more than 30 community water utilities across the state, according to Minnesota IT Services (MNIT). “A coordinated cyberattack targeted operational technology…
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Hackers Poison Adform Script to Swap Crypto Wallet Addresses Across Customer Sites
Attackers modified a JavaScript file served by advertising technology company Adform, turning it into a browser-side tool that rewrites cryptocurrency wallet addresses.Adform detected the incident on July 27, 2026, removed the malicious code, notified affected clients, and reported it to authorities.Anyone who visited a site carrying the affected script on July 27 and copied a…
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Public Water Systems Are Targeted by State Actors: How to Protect PLCs and HMIs in the Operational Technology Network
We hate to say I told you so, but in our recent blog post OT Cyber Resilience and Microsegmentation for AI Attacks, we discussed how hackers are increasingly targeting operational technology networks. And they’re doing so with good reason, tactically speaking; hacking OT doesn’t just compromise customer data or encrypt business systems for a ransom……
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To Ban or Not Ban Chinese Open-Weight AI Models
Tags: ai, backdoor, china, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, finance, government, infrastructure, international, malicious, microsoft, military, network, nvidia, open-source, openai, regulation, risk, software, supply-chain, technology, usaShould the US ban American companies from using Chinese open-weight AI models? That is the ugly question. US officials have openly expressed concerns and a desire to implement regulations. The technology community has aggressively responded, with over 20 leading AI companies, including Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta, and Dell, urging legislators not to rush imposing restrictions on…
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US CISA Urged to Order OT Security Improvements
Minnesota Water System Hacks Should Be Call to Action, Says OTCC. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency should order federal agencies to secure operational technology to head off hacks like those blamed on Iran, which targeted water utilities in Minnesota this week, a trade association representing OT manufacturers and security companies said. First seen…
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CISA warns of spike in attacks on water systems as Minnesota incidents probed
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in a public alert on Thursday that facilities should “remove publicly exposed PLCs and other operational technology (OT) from the internet as soon as possible.” First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cisa-warns-of-spike-in-water-system-attacks
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Cheap Android TV Boxes Pose as Phones and Turn Owners’ Broadband Into Proxies
Bitsight says some cheap Android TV boxes have shipped with apps that rewrite their hardware identity to mimic Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, or Vivo phones, then click ads on websites run by the same operators.Researchers named the operation Fuyao and attributed it to Zhejiang Fengwo IoT Technology Co., Ltd., a mainland China company founded in 2019.The…