Tag: usa
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Cobalt Launches Autonomous Pentest for Continuous Application Testing
Cobalt is launching Cobalt Autonomous Pentest, a service designed to bring continuous offensive security testing to an organization’s full application portfolio. The product debuts at Black Hat USA 2026 and is scheduled for general availability in August. The offering combines AI-driven testing with direction from Cobalt penetration testers. Its model-agnostic engine handles chain prediction, prioritization..…
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BlackCloak Expands Impersonation Protection to Executives’ Trusted Circles
BlackCloak is expanding its Impersonation Protection service with a “circle of trust” feature designed to help executives verify communications from the people closest to them. The company announced the capability ahead of Black Hat USA 2026 in Las Vegas. Impersonation Protection lets members authenticate phone calls, video meetings, emails, WhatsApp and Slack messages, texts, and..…
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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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Cycode Opens Early Access to Agentic Workflows for Application Security
Cycode is making Agentic Workflows available in early access, giving AI agents the ability to detect, prioritize and fix application-development risks as they appear. The company is demonstrating the capability at Black Hat USA 2026 in Las Vegas. Agentic Workflows operate across the application development lifecycle. Security teams define the triggers, actions and confidence thresholds,..…
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Miggo Adds DefenseDepth Mitigation to Close Patch Gaps in Minutes
Miggo Security has announced Defense-in-Depth Mitigation, a capability that coordinates protections at the network edge and inside an application while a permanent patch is being prepared. The release was issued from Black Hat USA and says Miggo is presenting the capability in Las Vegas during the event. The approach gives security teams multiple mitigation points..…
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Salt Security Launches Industry-First AWS WAF Managed Ruleset for AI Agents and API Protection
Salt Security has unveiled what it says is the industry’s first AWS WAF managed ruleset designed specifically to protect both APIs and AI agents, extending native AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) capabilities to address emerging threats driven by agentic AI. Announced at Black Hat USA 2026, the new Salt Managed Rules for AWS WAF are…
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Commvault Adds Google Threat Intelligence to Threat Scan Recovery Workflows
Commvault is adding Google Threat Intelligence data and scanning capabilities to Threat Scan workflows, a move aimed at helping organizations identify compromised recovery points and choose clean data after a cyberattack. Announced during Black Hat USA 2026, the integration combines Commvault Threat Scan with intelligence from Google’s Mandiant, VirusTotal and Google threat teams. Customers will..…
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Menlo Security Extends MARS to Protect AI Assistants and Coding Agents
Menlo Security has expanded Menlo Agent Runtime Security, or MARS, with controls aimed at protecting AI assistants and coding agents from prompt injection, malware and data loss as they browse the web, use applications and process files. The company is highlighting the update at Black Hat USA 2026. MARS is a cloud-based capability in Menlo’s..…
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Elastic Expands Attack Discovery to Push Security Teams Toward ‘Alert Zero’
Elastic (NYSE: ESTC) announced major advances to its agentic security operations platform ahead of Black Hat USA 2026, centered on getting security teams closer to what the company calls >>Alert Zero,<< the point where an alert queue has been worked down to the attacks that actually matter. The centerpiece is an expanded version of Attack..…
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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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From Inspection to Authorization: Securing Networks for AI Agents
Tags: access, ai, api, business, ceo, cloud, communications, control, crowdstrike, cryptography, data, encryption, endpoint, finance, firewall, identity, infrastructure, login, network, office, risk, saas, service, usa, vpn<div cla An Industry Perspective By Rajiv Pimplaskar, CEO, Dispersive Holdings, Inc. Agentic AI changes the network security problem from inspection to authorization. As more traffic is generated by agents, models, and workloads operating at machine speed, the network has to make trust decisions continuously, evaluate policy in real time, revoke access automatically, and keep…
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Top product launches at Black Hat USA 2026
Tags: usaBlack Hat USA 2026 is underway in Las Vegas, and vendors are using the moment to unveil what they hope will define the next year of defense. Here are the announcements drawing … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/05/black-hat-usa-2026-product-launches/
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Menlo Security Extends Platform Reach to AI Agents
Menlo Security today at the Black Hat USA conference extended its cloud platform to secure artificial intelligence (AI) agents at runtime by sanitizing the web pages and files they read to neutralize prompt injection attacks and block data exfiltration. Company CEO Bill Robbins said the Menlo Agent Runtime Security (MARS) platform created to isolate browsers..…
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BigID Adds Agentic Access Controls and Intent Monitoring for AI Agents
BigID has introduced two capabilities aimed at governing what AI agents can access and checking whether their actions match the tasks they were assigned. Announced Aug. 4 in a release tied to Black Hat USA 2026, Agentic Access Control and Intent-Based Activity Monitoring are designed to address the gap between an agent’s permissions and its..…
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15 TP-Link Omada Flaws Exploit Zero-Touch Provisioning to Hijack Devices and Infiltrate Networks
Security researchers have disclosed 15 vulnerabilities in TP-Link’s Omada zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) ecosystem, which can be exploited to hijack devices, compromise controllers, expose credentials, and create access points into internal networks. The research, titled >>Zero Day Provisioning,<< was presented at Black Hat USA 2026 and focuses on weaknesses in the trust relationships that enable Omada…
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Bank of America impersonators weaponize ScreenConnect, then make it hard to remove
A phishing campaign impersonating Bank of America (BoA) is underway, trying to trick Windows users into installing ScreenConnect remote access software and then making it … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/05/fake-bank-of-america-email-account-guard/
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Fake Bank of America Phishing Scam Installs Remote Access Malware
Cybercriminals are using a fake Bank of America phishing campaign to trick users into downloading a malicious script that installs ScreenConnect, enabling remote access and persistence on compromised systems First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fake-bank-of-america-phishing-scam/
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Snyk Brings Evo Continuous Offensive Security to General Availability at Black Hat
Snyk brought Evo Continuous Offensive Security to general availability at Black Hat USA 2026, adding an autonomous, AI-powered penetration testing capability that runs continuously rather than on a once- or twice-a-year schedule. The company said Evo COS is designed to find architectural flaws and business-logic vulnerabilities that traditional scanners can miss. It uses application context..…
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Fake Bank of America Phishing Emails Found Delivering Disguised ScreenConnect RAT via UAC Bypass
Researchers at Huntress have identified an active phishing campaign impersonating Bank of America that culminates in the covert installation of a remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool, giving attackers persistent, hard-to-detect access to victims’ Windows machines. The campaign was flagged after a message landed in one of Huntress’s spamtrap accounts on 28 July, sent from…
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SabPaisa Partners with AccuKnox for Zero Trust AI-Powered Cloud Security to Secure Its Payments Platform
CALIFORNIA, USA, August 2nd, 2026, CyberNewswire AccuKnox, a leading Zero Trust Security platform, today announced that SabPaisa, an RBI-authorised digital payments company, has selected its AI-powered cloud security platform to ensure robust security of its payments platform. SabPaisa joins a growing roster of financial services leaders using AccuKnox to meet stringent compliance requirements while defending…
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SabPaisa Partners with AccuKnox for Zero Trust AI-Powered Cloud Security to Secure Its Payments Platform
CALIFORNIA, USA, 2nd August 2026, CyberNewswire First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/sabpaisa-partners-with-accuknox-for-zero-trust-ai-powered-cloud-security-to-secure-its-payments-platform/
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Saturday Security: FBI EPA Warn Attackers Targeting US Water Systems
This week’s Saturday Security Story is a sobering reminder that America’s water infrastructure remains a prime cyber target. The FBI and EPA are jointly warning that cyber attacks have now been reported at municipal water systems across at least seven states. Iran-linked hackers are the leading suspects in attacks affecting more than 30 Minnesota utilities……
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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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USA Fencing Lunges Into the Hidden Identity Challenge in Amateur Sports
The organization behind Team USA’s Olympic/Paralympic fencing teams has automated identity verification to handle growing membership, cutting manual review time while ensuring athletes compete in the correct categories. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/usa-fencing-hidden-identity-challenge-amateur-sports
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Aembit Joins Snowflake to Tackle AI’s Next Security Frontier: Trusted Agent Interoperability
Silver Spring, MD, USA, 28th July 2026, CyberNewswire First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/aembit-joins-snowflake-to-tackle-ais-next-security-frontier-trusted-agent-interoperability/
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Aembit Joins Snowflake to Tackle AI’s Next Security Frontier: Trusted Agent Interoperability
Silver Spring, MD, USA, July 28th, 2026, CyberNewswire To reduce identity risk when third-party AI agents access business systems, Aembit is launching a new integration with Snowflake to help enterprises securely govern third-party agents across platforms. Aembit, the identity and access management company for agentic AI, today announced a new integration with Snowflake, the AI…
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Alle Daten gelöscht: US-Bürger wegen Nutzung einer GrapheneOS-Funktion angeklagt
Ein Mann wurde bei der Einreise in die USA durchsucht. Er trickste die Grenzpolizei mit einem Duress-Passwort aus – und muss sich dafür nun vor Gericht verantworten. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/alle-daten-geloescht-us-buerger-wegen-nutzung-einer-grapheneos-funktion-angeklagt-2607-211299.html
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»AI Kill Switch Act«: KI braucht Kontrolle
In den Nachrichten: Die Abgeordneten Ted Lieu und Nathaniel Moran haben in den USA den parteiübergreifenden »AI Kill Switch Act« eingebracht. Er würde betroffene KI-Entwickler verpflichten, Kontrollmechanismen vorzuhalten, mit denen sich die Inferenzleistung drosseln, Nutzer oder Funktionen einschränken, Dienste aussetzen oder Systeme abschalten lassen. Das US-Heimatschutzministerium könnte nach einem erfassten Vorfall den Einsatz dieser Kontrollmechanismen……