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Why AI Agents Are Creating a New Security Blind Spot
3+ hour, 43+ min ago (139+ words) Agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Identity & Access Management See Also: Know Thy Enemy: Threats to Cyber Resilience One growing concern is the rise of "shadow agents," unsanctioned AI tools employees connect to enterprise systems without IT oversight. Rather than…...
$2 B US Tech Investments Could Help Hasten Q-Day Timeline
16+ hour, 47+ min ago (391+ words) The U. S. government announced more than $2 billion in federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act this week, and enterprise CIOs should take note. Q-Day could be coming sooner than expected. See Also: Know Thy Enemy: Threats to Cyber Resilience On…...
Rondo Dox Botnet Exploits 2018 Flaw in Asus Routers
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (256+ words) Endpoint Security, Internet of Things Security Operators behind a botnet picked up on a nearly decade-old flaw in Asus routers allowing an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution as a root user. See Also: Airlines and Airports: Visibility Across…...
Zscaler Targets AI Identity Risk With Symmetry Acquisition
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (512+ words) Agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Identity & Access Management Zscaler plans to purchase an access graph startup founded by a University of Texas professor to understand the lineage of artificial intelligence systems, identities, applications and data. See Also: Know Thy…...
Iranian Hackers Using Fake Job Sites to Breach Defense Firms
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (310+ words) Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks, Fraud Management & Cybercrime See Also: Experts Offer Insights from Theoretical to the Realities of AI-enabled Cybercrime Tehran almost immediately disconnected the country from the internet at the war's onset, a blackout that remains in effect. CNN reported…...
New Telecom Espionage Campaign Tied to China
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (436+ words) Critical Infrastructure Security, Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks, Fraud Management & Cybercrime Newly discovered Linux and Windows malware have stolen data from telecommunications firms in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East since at least mid-2022. See Also: Roundtable Wrap: Cybersecurity Over Next 4 Years The post-exploitation…...
ISMG Editors: The Governance Questions Haunting Open AI
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (195+ words) Agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Governance & Risk Management In this week's panel, four ISMG editors discussed what the Musk vs. Altman trial exposed about Open AI's governance program, how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way enterprises think about security…...
State Officials Urge Congress to Renew Cyber Grant Program
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (500+ words) Governance & Risk Management, Government, Industry Specific See Also: New Attacks. Skyrocketing Costs. The True Cost of a Security Breach. "The rapid evolution of advanced large language models introduces a new category of cybersecurity risk that state and local governments are…...
Mythos-Level AI Is Creating a Tech Debt Crisis
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (1115+ words) Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Governance & Risk Management, Legacy Infrastructure Security When Project Glasswing was announced last month, Anthropic disclosed that its most advanced frontier artificial intelligence model had found vulnerabilities in open-source software that were 16 and 27 years old, and Claude…...
New Jamf CEO Sees AI Advances as Apple Security Driver
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (622+ words) Agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Jamf named longtime lieutenant Beth Tschida as its new CEO and tasked her with defining the role artificial intelligence will play both internally and with customers. See Also: AI Agents…...