Tag: tool
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Cybersecurity Agent Collisions Are Coming And Could Be ‘Very Ugly’: Netskope CISO
While cybersecurity teams are all-too-familiar with the issue of tool sprawl, an emerging new version of this challenge could come in the form of widely deployed AI agents that are difficult to keep coordinated, according to Netskope CISO James Robinson. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/cybersecurity-agent-collisions-are-coming-and-could-be-very-ugly-netskope-ciso
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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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ThreatsDay: Odysseus RCE, Samsung One-Click Takeover, iCloud Backdoor Fight + 27 More Stories
Apparently, opening the thing is now enough. A repo can run before the first prompt, a package can hide among hundreds, and a harmless-looking PDF can finish the job.This week runs on cheap leverage: exposed servers, recycled bugs, poisoned agent instructions, remote-access tools dressed as support software, and trusted defaults doing attackers a favor.Nothing here…
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Toolkit Hidden Inside Oracle Database Evades Endpoint Tools
Attackers used SQL injection to compile a post-exploitation toolkit inside an Oracle database First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/khunt-toolkit-oracle-database-sql/
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Akamai Report Finds Nearly Half of Enterprise AI Use Bypasses Security
Nearly half of enterprise AI use bypasses corporate security controls, according to a new Akamai report that points to unmanaged tools, browser extensions and autonomous agents as growing sources of exposure. Akamai released its Enterprise AI Usage Risk Report 2026 on Aug. 5 as part of its State of the Internet security research. The report..…
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AI code security with Claude Mythos Preview: Inside Tenable’s 500+ hours of testing for Project Glasswing
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, reverse-engineering, risk, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityWe spent 500+ hours and 40 billion tokens testing Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview for Project Glasswing. The takeaway: frontier AI won’t run your code security program, but used well, it can make one even stronger. Key takeaways Frontier AI dramatically scales security testing. In one month, Tenable dedicated 11 security experts and more than 40…
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Apple iCloud Private Relay Can Expose Real IPs Through WebKit Proxy Bypasses
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security issue with Apple’s iCloud Private Relay tool that can expose a user’s real IP address.Introduced with iOS 15, iCloud Private Relay employs a dual-hop architecture to ensure users’ privacy by routing their Safari web traffic through two relays so that no single third-party, including Apple, can determine where the…
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Scammers target OnlyFans users with deepfakes
Criminals are impersonating OnlyFans creators using AI tools in order to scam followers. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/scammers-target-onlyfans-users-with-deepfakes/
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Cloudflare Launches Open-Source OS to Secure AI Agents’ Access to Internal Data
Cloudflare has open-sourced Cloudflare OS, a platform designed to provide enterprise AI agents with controlled access to internal systems, company context, and workflows without exposing long-lived credentials or bypassing access controls. This release addresses a significant security challenge for enterprises: while agents need access to business data and tools to be effective, conventional API keys…
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OSINT collection techniques using legitimate tools
Open source intelligence, usually shortened to OSINT, is the practice of collecting and analysing information that is already publicly available. In a defensive context, that can include company websites, social media posts, public registers, DNS records, certificate logs, archived web pages, document metadata, and other sources that are accessible without bypassing controls or impersonating anyone….…
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Top Email Reputation Services in 2026
Every genuinely free DMARC tool worth knowing, from instant checkers and generators to free-tier monitoring services – what each one actually includes, and where the free limits kick in. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/top-email-reputation-services-in-2026/
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AWS, Google, and Vercel Agent Flaws Let Attackers Trigger Tools Without Running the Model
Security flaws in agent infrastructure from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, and Vercel let untrusted or forged instructions reach an agent’s tools with no check that a model turn had authorized them.In several of the attack paths, the model never ran at all, so system prompts, content filters, and model-level guardrails never got a chance…
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Microsoft extends zero trust deeper into enterprise AI
Microsoft expanded its Zero Trust for AI strategy with updates to the Zero Trust Assessment tool and the Zero Trust Workshop. The additions help organizations assess security … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/06/microsoft-zero-trust-for-ai-strategy-updates/
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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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Suppliers, logins, and AI tools are all becoming attack paths
Cybercriminals and state-backed hacking groups are abusing trusted identities, cloud services, AI tools, and software supply chains to gain access while avoiding detection, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/06/crowdstrike-cyber-threat-trends-report/
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7AI Launches Federated SIEM and Build Tools Ahead of Black Hat USA 2026
7AI has launched 7AI Federated SIEM and 7AI Build, two capabilities designed to give security teams a distributed foundation for AI-assisted operations. The company said both will be showcased at Black Hat USA 2026. 7AI Federated SIEM connects to security data across existing SIEMs, data lakes and cloud platforms. It lets teams query, investigate and..…
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XM Cyber Releases Open-Source Tools for Hunting macOS and Oracle Cloud Exposures
XM Cyber has announced new open-source exposure-hunting tools for macOS endpoints and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The release, issued from Black Hat USA and DEF CON, says the tools are intended to help security teams uncover and validate complex attack paths. The macOS tool examines weaknesses that can allow an attacker to move from an initial..…
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Realm Security Debuts Detection Integrity and Unmetered Data Haven Search
Realm Security is introducing two capabilities ahead of Black Hat USA 2026: Detection Integrity and search inside its Data Haven retention layer. The company said the tools are intended to help security teams reduce SIEM data volume without losing visibility into the detections that depend on that data. Detection Integrity reads the detections running in..…
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OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Tests Show Prompt-Injection Gains and Agent Risks
OpenAI’s latest GPT-5.6 safety results show low failure rates for direct prompt injection but higher success rates when attacks arrive through tools and external content. The post OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Tests Show Prompt-Injection Gains and Agent Risks appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-gpt-5-6-prompt-injection/
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COLDCARD security audit phishing attack installs remote access tool
A phishing campaign is exploiting fears surrounding the recently disclosed COLDCARD wallet vulnerability and suspected $88.6 million Bitcoin theft to trick users into installing ScreenConnect remote access software. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coldcard-security-audit-phishing-attack-installs-remote-access-tool/
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Bedrock Data Launches Agent DLP for Runtime AI Data Controls
Bedrock Data has launched Agent DLP, a runtime data loss prevention capability for AI agents that inspects tool calls and responses as they happen. Agent DLP is available as part of Bedrock Data’s ArgusAI platform. The company said it checks requests an agent sends to a tool and the responses that come back, then allows,..…
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“I’m Allowed”: Hackers Use Simple Claims to Bypass AI Guardrails
Cisco Talos found hackers using simple authorization claims to bypass AI guardrails, build DDoS attack tools, steal credentials and access live camera services. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/im-allowed-hackers-use-claims-bypass-ai-guardrails/
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Open VSX Removes 77 Malicious Evil Twin Extensions Exfiltrating Developer Data
A cluster of 77 extensions on the Open VSX marketplace has been found to impersonate legitimate developer tools while transmitting information about the systems and development environments on which they were installed.The “evil twin” extensions were uploaded to the repository between July 26 and August 1, 2026, according to Manifold Security. The packages have been…
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QuickFox Supply Chain Attack Delivers FDMTP Backdoor via Trojanized Windows Installer
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed what has been described as a “long-standing supply chain attack” on QuickFox, a virtual private network (VPN) and network acceleration tool designed for overseas Chinese users.According to Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, the supply chain attack has been ongoing since at least August 2025 and involves a trojanized version of the application to…
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Sophisticated Cyberattackers Boost Productivity Using AI
But Less-Skilled Attackers Have Trouble Turning Ideas to Reality, Researchers Find Everybody seems hellbent on applying artificial intelligence tools to boost productivity, and criminal hackers appear to be no exception. But as with non-illicit use of large language models, the most sophisticated results appear to trace to the most highly skilled users wielding LLMs. First…
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Open Secure AI Alliance Expands at Black Hat: What You Should Know
The Open Secure AI Alliance introduced SAFE guidelines and open agent-security tools at Black Hat, giving enterprises a framework for safer AI deployment. The post Open Secure AI Alliance Expands at Black Hat: What You Should Know appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-open-secure-ai-alliance-safe-guidelines-black-hat/
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77 Open VSX extensions found harvesting developer info
77 extensions on the Open VSX marketplace impersonated legitimate developer tools while transmitting information about the systems and development environments where they were installed. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/77-open-vsx-extensions-found-harvesting-developer-info/
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Why Non-Human Identities Break Legacy Access Models
Keeper Security’s Darren Guccione on Governing Agentic Identity. Non-human identities now outnumber humans across the enterprise, but legacy access tools built for people can’t track or govern them. Darren Guccione of Keeper Security says boards must fund identity governance for agentic AI and quantum-resistant encryption on the sidelines of Black Hat 2026. First seen on…