Tag: threat
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Security for AI: How Shadow AI, Platform Risks, and Data Leakage Leave Your Organization Exposed
Tags: access, ai, attack, awareness, business, chatgpt, china, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, endpoint, governance, guide, infrastructure, injection, leak, LLM, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, openai, privacy, RedTeam, risk, saas, service, strategy, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityYour employees are using AI whether you’ve sanctioned it or not. And even if you’ve carefully vetted and approved an enterprise-grade AI platform, you’re still at risk of attacks and data leakage. Key takeaways: Security teams face three key risks as AI usage becomes widespread at work: Shadow AI, the challenge of safely sanctioning tools,…
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Security for AI: How Shadow AI, Platform Risks, and Data Leakage Leave Your Organization Exposed
Tags: access, ai, attack, awareness, business, chatgpt, china, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, endpoint, governance, guide, infrastructure, injection, leak, LLM, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, openai, privacy, RedTeam, risk, saas, service, strategy, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityYour employees are using AI whether you’ve sanctioned it or not. And even if you’ve carefully vetted and approved an enterprise-grade AI platform, you’re still at risk of attacks and data leakage. Key takeaways: Security teams face three key risks as AI usage becomes widespread at work: Shadow AI, the challenge of safely sanctioning tools,…
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The 5 power skills every CISO needs to master in the AI era
Tags: ai, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, framework, governance, identity, jobs, law, leak, metric, network, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, skills, technology, threat, tool, updateWhy traditional skill sets are no longer enough: CISO action item: Run a 1-hour “AI Bias Audit” on your top 3 detection rules this quarter.Ask: “What data is missing? Who is underrepresented?”According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, nearly 40% of core job skills will change by 2030, driven primarily by AI,…
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The 5 power skills every CISO needs to master in the AI era
Tags: ai, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, framework, governance, identity, jobs, law, leak, metric, network, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, skills, technology, threat, tool, updateWhy traditional skill sets are no longer enough: CISO action item: Run a 1-hour “AI Bias Audit” on your top 3 detection rules this quarter.Ask: “What data is missing? Who is underrepresented?”According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, nearly 40% of core job skills will change by 2030, driven primarily by AI,…
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No more orange juice? Why one ship reveals America’s maritime cybersecurity crisis
This is a workforce problem, not a vendor problem: The new regulations require all 3,000 MTSA facilities to designate a cybersecurity officer (why the Coast Guard named them CySOs and couldn’t just call them CISOs, I do not know). Finding hundreds of qualified people who understand both operational technology in maritime environments and cybersecurity is…
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No more orange juice? Why one ship reveals America’s maritime cybersecurity crisis
This is a workforce problem, not a vendor problem: The new regulations require all 3,000 MTSA facilities to designate a cybersecurity officer (why the Coast Guard named them CySOs and couldn’t just call them CISOs, I do not know). Finding hundreds of qualified people who understand both operational technology in maritime environments and cybersecurity is…
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Next Gen Awareness Training: KnowBe4 Unveils Custom Deepfake Training
In today’s world, it can be hard for awareness training to keep up with the modern threats that are constantly emerging. Today, KnowBe4 has announced a new custom deepfake training experience to counteract the risk of ‘deepfake’ attacks as they continue to rise. The experience, which is now available, aims to help employees defend against…
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MI6 chief warns ‘front line is everywhere’ and signals intent to pressure Putin
In her first public speech, the new chief of Britain’s MI6, Blaise Metreweli, will point to the acute threat posed by Russia, according to pre-released excerpts. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/mi6-chief-speech-russia-threats-warning
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MI6 chief warns ‘front line is everywhere’ and signals intent to pressure Putin
In her first public speech, the new chief of Britain’s MI6, Blaise Metreweli, will point to the acute threat posed by Russia, according to pre-released excerpts. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/mi6-chief-speech-russia-threats-warning
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Google links more Chinese hacking groups to React2Shell attacks
Over the weekend, Google’s threat intelligence team linked five more Chinese hacking groups to attacks exploiting the maximum-severity “React2Shell” remote code execution vulnerability. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-links-more-chinese-hacking-groups-to-react2shell-attacks/
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Apple 0-Days, WinRAR Exploit, LastPass Fines, .NET RCE, OAuth Scams & More
If you use a smartphone, browse the web, or unzip files on your computer, you are in the crosshairs this week. Hackers are currently exploiting critical flaws in the daily software we all rely on”, and in some cases, they started attacking before a fix was even ready.Below, we list the urgent updates you need…
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Google links more Chinese hacking groups to React2Shell attacks
Over the weekend, Google’s threat intelligence team linked five more Chinese hacking groups to attacks exploiting the maximum-severity “React2Shell” remote code execution vulnerability. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-links-more-chinese-hacking-groups-to-react2shell-attacks/
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A Browser Extension Risk Guide After the ShadyPanda Campaign
In early December 2025, security researchers exposed a cybercrime campaign that had quietly hijacked popular Chrome and Edge browser extensions on a massive scale.A threat group dubbed ShadyPanda spent seven years playing the long game, publishing or acquiring harmless extensions, letting them run clean for years to build trust and gain millions of installs, then…
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The Hidden Threat in Your Holiday Emails: Tracking Pixels and Privacy Concerns
Join us in the midst of the holiday shopping season as we discuss a growing privacy problem: tracking pixels embedded in marketing emails. According to Proton’s latest Spam Watch 2025 report, nearly 80% of promotional emails now contain trackers that report back your email activity. We discuss how these trackers work, why they become more……
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Fighting AI with AI: How midmarket teams can turn the tables on smarter threats
Ever since generative AI exploded into mainstream use, it has become both a critical business enabler … and one of the greatest security threats. Eighty-four percent of midmarket organizations are now using generative AI within core business processes to improve productivity and accelerate… First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/spons/fighting-ai-with-ai-how-midmarket-teams-can-turn-the-tables-on-smarter-thr/807609/
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Fighting AI with AI: How midmarket teams can turn the tables on smarter threats
Ever since generative AI exploded into mainstream use, it has become both a critical business enabler … and one of the greatest security threats. Eighty-four percent of midmarket organizations are now using generative AI within core business processes to improve productivity and accelerate… First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/spons/fighting-ai-with-ai-how-midmarket-teams-can-turn-the-tables-on-smarter-thr/807609/
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Critical Plesk Vulnerability Allows Users to Gain Root-Level Access
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in Plesk, a widely used web hosting control panel, that enables unauthorised users to escalate privileges and gain root-level access to affected systems. This flaw poses a significant threat to web hosting providers and organisations that rely on Plesk for server management. Vulnerability Overview The vulnerability allows malicious…
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Gentlemen Ransomware Emerges as a Threat to Corporate Networks
A sophisticated new ransomware group known as >>Gentlemen
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Storm-0249: EDR Process Sideloading to Conceal Malicious Activity
Initial access broker Storm-0249 has evolved from a mass phishing operation into a sophisticated threat actor weaponizing legitimate Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) processes through sideloading techniques to conceal malicious activity as routine security operations. This represents a significant escalation in the group’s capabilities and poses a critical risk to organizations relying on traditional defense…
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Storm-0249: EDR Process Sideloading to Conceal Malicious Activity
Initial access broker Storm-0249 has evolved from a mass phishing operation into a sophisticated threat actor weaponizing legitimate Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) processes through sideloading techniques to conceal malicious activity as routine security operations. This represents a significant escalation in the group’s capabilities and poses a critical risk to organizations relying on traditional defense…
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Cybersecurity leaders’ top seven takeaways from 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, governance, government, grc, identity, international, malicious, network, nist, phishing, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability2. AI forced companies to rethink their security strategies: At the same time, Abousselham notes how the rapid rollout of AI forced companies to shift their resources to keep pace with the change, while maintaining safe product releases. He calls 2025 the “chaotic introduction of agentic AI”.”I don’t think the industry was ready or expected…
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Cybersecurity leaders’ top seven takeaways from 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, governance, government, grc, identity, international, malicious, network, nist, phishing, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability2. AI forced companies to rethink their security strategies: At the same time, Abousselham notes how the rapid rollout of AI forced companies to shift their resources to keep pace with the change, while maintaining safe product releases. He calls 2025 the “chaotic introduction of agentic AI”.”I don’t think the industry was ready or expected…
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Manufacturing is becoming a test bed for ransomware shifts
Manufacturing leaders may feel that ransomware risk has settled, but new data shows the threat is shifting in ways that require attention, according to a Sophos report. A … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/15/sophos-manufacturing-ransomware-risks-report/
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‘The frontline is everywhere’: new MI6 head to warn of growing Russian threat
Blaise Metreweli expected to say UK faces new ‘age of uncertainty’ in speech identifying Kremlin as key threatAssassination plots, sabotage, cyber-attacks and the manipulation of information by Russia and other hostile states mean that “the frontline is everywhere”, the new head of MI6 will warn on Monday.Blaise Metreweli, giving her first speech in the job,…
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Google fixed a new actively exploited Chrome zero-day
Google addressed three vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, including a high-severity bug already exploited in the wild. Google released security updates to fix three vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, including a high-severity flaw that threat actors are already exploiting in real-world attacks. >>Google is aware that an exploit for 466192044 exists in the wild,
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New DroidLock Malware Locks Android Devices and Demands Ransom Payment
The zLabs research team has identified a sophisticated new threat campaign targeting Spanish Android users through a malware strain called DroidLock. Unlike traditional ransomware that encrypts files, this Android-focused threat employs a more direct approach locking devices with ransomware-style overlays and demanding payment while maintaining complete control over compromised handsets. DroidLock primarily spreads through phishing…