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Overcoming AI fatigue
Tags: access, ai, awareness, business, ciso, cloud, control, data, finance, governance, incident response, jobs, metric, monitoring, privacy, risk, strategy, supply-chain, technology, tool, training, zero-trustbefore it becomes fully entrenched in every corner of the business. It’s a rare opportunity, one we shouldn’t waste. A big part of the confusion comes from the word “AI” itself. We use the same label to talk about a chatbot drafting marketing copy and autonomous agents that generate and implement incident response playbooks. Technically,…
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4 issues holding back CISOs’ security agendas
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, endpoint, framework, governance, intelligence, jobs, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, sans, service, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, vulnerability-management2. Inability to keep pace with AI innovation and adoption: Executives and employees alike have been rushing to adopt artificial intelligence, enticed by expectations that AI will transform workflows and save time, money, and effort.But CISOs for the most part have not kept pace with their business colleagues’ rate of AI adoption.According to a survey…
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Critical CERT-In Advisories January 2026: SAP, Microsoft, and Atlassian Vulnerabilities
January 2026 was a wake-up month for enterprise security teams. In a single week, CERT-In released three high-severity advisories exposing critical flaws across SAP, Microsoft, and Atlassian, the very platforms that run finance systems, identity layers, developer pipelines, and collaboration tools inside most enterprises. These weren’t theoretical bugs. One Windows vulnerability was already being exploited……
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Claude expands tool connections using MCP
Anthropic has added interactive tool support to its Claude AI platform, a change powered by the open Model Context Protocol (MCP). The update lets users work directly with … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/27/anthropic-claude-mcp-integration/
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Rethinking Cybersecurity in a Platform World
How Consolidation Is Forcing CISOs and CIOs to Rethink Security Architecture For more than a decade, enterprise security has relied on point solutions. Companies invested in separate tools – endpoint detection, firewalls, cloud security and IAM – each designed to address a specific threat or compliance requirement. But that approach is starting to break down.…
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APT Attacks Target Indian Government Using GOGITTER, GITSHELLPAD, and GOSHELL – Part 1
Tags: access, adobe, ai, antivirus, api, apt, attack, authentication, backdoor, backup, cloud, control, data, data-breach, detection, email, endpoint, github, google, government, group, india, infection, infrastructure, injection, Internet, malicious, malware, microsoft, network, phishing, service, spear-phishing, threat, tool, update, windowsIntroductionIn September 2025, Zscaler ThreatLabz identified two campaigns, tracked as Gopher Strike and Sheet Attack, by a threat actor that operates in Pakistan and primarily targets entities in the Indian government. In both campaigns, ThreatLabz identified previously undocumented tools, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). While these campaigns share some similarities with the Pakistan-linked Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group, APT36, we…
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EU launches investigation into X over Grok-generated sexual images
The European Commission is now investigating whether X properly assessed risks before deploying its Grok artificial intelligence tool, following its use to generate sexually explicit images. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/eu-launches-investigation-into-x-over-grok-generated-sexual-images/
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Industry, government, nonprofits weigh voluntary rules for commercial hacking tools
The weekend discussion about the next step of the Pall Mall Process revealed some of the topics rules-writers will have to weigh. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/industry-government-nonprofits-weigh-voluntary-rules-for-commercial-hacking-tools/
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EU opens new investigation into Grok on X
The European Commission has opened a new formal investigation into X under the Digital Services Act over risks linked to the deployment of its AI tool Grok in the EU. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/26/european-commission-grok-x-investigation/
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SyncFuture Campaign Abuses Enterprise Security Tools to Deploy Malware
A sophisticated, multi-stage espionage campaign targeting Indian residents through phishing emails impersonating the Income Tax Department. The attack chain, tracked as the >>SyncFuture Espionage Campaign,<< weaponizes legitimate enterprise security software as its final payload, demonstrating how threat actors repurpose trusted commercial tools to establish persistent, undetectable access to victim systems."‹ The campaign begins with targeted…
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SyncFuture Campaign Abuses Enterprise Security Tools to Deploy Malware
A sophisticated, multi-stage espionage campaign targeting Indian residents through phishing emails impersonating the Income Tax Department. The attack chain, tracked as the >>SyncFuture Espionage Campaign,<< weaponizes legitimate enterprise security software as its final payload, demonstrating how threat actors repurpose trusted commercial tools to establish persistent, undetectable access to victim systems."‹ The campaign begins with targeted…
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EU looking into Elon Musk’s X after Grok produces deepfake sex images
Probe follows outcry over use of creepy image generation tool First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/ec_open_new_investigation_into/
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Firewall Flaws, AI-Built Malware, Browser Traps, Critical CVEs & More
Security failures rarely arrive loudly. They slip in through trusted tools, half-fixed problems, and habits people stop questioning. This week’s recap shows that pattern clearly.Attackers are moving faster than defenses, mixing old tricks with new paths. “Patched” no longer means safe, and every day, software keeps becoming the entry point.What follows is a set of…
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New Fake CAPTCHA Scam Abuses Microsoft Tools to Install Amatera Stealer
Another day, another fake CAPTCHA scam, but this one abuses Microsoft’s signed tools. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-captcha-scam-microsoft-tools-amatera-stealer/
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Konni Hackers Deploy AI-Generated PowerShell Backdoor Against Blockchain Developers
Tags: ai, backdoor, blockchain, hacker, india, intelligence, korea, malware, north-korea, phishing, powershell, russia, threat, tool, ukraineThe North Korean threat actor known as Konni has been observed using PowerShell malware generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to target developers and engineering teams in the blockchain sector.The phishing campaign has targeted Japan, Australia, and India, highlighting the adversary’s expansion of the targeting scope beyond South Korea, Russia, Ukraine, and European nations, Check…
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Top 3 factors for selecting an identity access management tool
Identity and access management (IAM) ensures that people and entities with digital identities have the right level of access to your enterprise resources. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/spons/top-3-factors-for-selecting-an-identity-access-management-tool/809937/
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CISO’s predictions for 2026
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, control, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, endpoint, extortion, finance, governance, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, malicious, mobile, mssp, network, password, penetration-testing, ransomware, risk, router, saas, soc, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, warfareAI agents to reshape the threat landscape: But those same AI technologies are also changing the threat landscape. Toal points to a recent Anthropic report that documented the first large-scale AI-enabled cyberattack as an early warning sign. “I guarantee attackers will be more focused on using AI agents for what they want than a lot…
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Brakeman: Open-source vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications
Brakeman is an open-source security scanner used by teams that build applications with Ruby on Rails. The tool focuses on application code and configuration, giving developers … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/26/brakeman-open-source-vulnerability-scanner-ruby-on-rails/
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 560 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Osiris ransomware emerges, leveraging BYOVD technique to kill security tools U.S. CISA adds a flaw in…
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ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations
A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/ice-asks-companies-about-ad-tech-and-big-data-tools/
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[Webinar] Doing More With Less: How Security Teams Escape Manual Work with Efficient Workflows
Tags: toolSecurity teams are under constant pressure to do more with the same resources. Manual processes, fragmented tools, and inefficient workflows can slow teams down and pull focus away from what matters most. In this live webinar, experienced security practitioners share how they’ve escaped the constraints of limited First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/webinar-doing-more-with-less-how-security-teams-escape-manual-work-with-efficient-workflows/
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Osiris ransomware emerges, leveraging BYOVD technique to kill security tools
Researchers identified a new Osiris ransomware used in a November 2025 attack, abusing the POORTRY driver via BYOVD to disable security tools. Symantec and Carbon Black researchers uncovered a new ransomware strain named Osiris, used in a November 2025 attack against a major Southeast Asian food service franchise operator. The attackers deployed a malicious driver,…
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Microsoft Open-Sources winapp, a New CLI Tool for Streamlined Windows App Development
Microsoft has announced the public preview of the Windows App Development CLI (winapp), a new open-source command-line tool designed to simplify Windows application development across multiple frameworks and toolchains. The tool is now available on GitHub for developers working outside traditional Visual Studio or MSBuild environments. The winapp CLI targets developers using cross-platform frameworks including…
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Audio Accessory Flaw Converts Headphones Into Spy Tool
‘WhisperPair’ Flaw Likely to Endure for Years. A hacker could secretly record phone conversations, track users’ locations and blast music through headphones due to a flaw in implementations of a Google-developed low-energy technology for discovering nearby Bluetooth devices. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/audio-accessory-flaw-converts-headphones-into-spy-tool-a-30595
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NETSCOUT recognized for leadership in network detection and response
Tags: attack, cloud, cyber, data, detection, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, network, risk, service, technology, threat, toolThis is where visibility breaks down.This is where attacks hide.This is where risk grows quietly.NETSCOUT’s Omnis Cyber Intelligence closes this critical gap with a simple yet powerful idea: If you can’t see every signal, you can’t trust any conclusion. Turning packets into understanding: Our proprietary Adaptive Service Intelligence (ASI) technology doesn’t just collect packets; it…
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AI-powered cyberattack kits are ‘just a matter of time,’ warns Google exec
Security chief says criminals are already automating workflows, with full end-to-end tools likely within years First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/23/ai_cyberattack_google_security/