As 2025 draws to a close, IT and business leaders face a shrinking window to proactively secure managed services budget approval for 2026. In a year shaped by volatility, rising prices, and evolving security threats, each budget dollar must show…
Category: Security Boulevard
Survey Surfaces Rise in Email Security Incidents Tied to Ransomware
A survey of 2,000 senior security decision-makers published this week finds more than three quarters (78%) work for organizations that experienced an email security breach in the past 12 months. Conducted by the market research firm Vanson Bourne on behalf…
How HPE’s New Security Playbook Is Actually Stopping Threats
For the past few years, the term “AI in cybersecurity” has been mostly marketing fluff. We’ve all sat through vendor presentations promising a magical AI black box that solves everything, only to find it’s just a fancier pattern matching engine.…
Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025: Customer-Centric Innovation from ColorTokens
Bringing frictionless implementation [Progressive Segmentation™ and EDR integration] and rapid value realization to an award-winning and peer-recognized technology platform demystifies, simplifies, and makes it extremely easy for our customers to achieve cyber resilience. As a student of innovation and technology,…
Attestation-Based Identity: How It Works and Why It Matters
7 min readInstead of just trusting the token’s signature, attestation-based identity adds an extra layer of security. It cryptographically verifies that the workload is running exactly where and how it’s supposed to. It’s proof of location and configuration, not just…
Obsidian: SaaS Vendors Must Adopt Security Standards as Threats Grow
Obsidian Security says it is creating a working group of security leaders to pressure SaaS vendors to adopt standards like the SSCF to make their online applications safer as the cyber threats against them escalate and the use of AI…
StrongestLayer Adds AI Reasoning Engine to Validate Emails
StrongestLayer has launched AI Advisor, an advanced email protection tool powered by large language models (LLMs) that evaluates message provenance in real time to detect phishing attacks. By triangulating sender legitimacy and assigning dynamic risk scores, AI Advisor cuts false…
Survey Surfaces Greater Appreciation for AI Risks
A new Vanta survey of 3,500 IT and business leaders reveals that 72% believe cybersecurity risks have never been higher due to AI. While 79% are using or planning to use AI agents to defend against threats, many admit their…
How Quantum Computing Will Transform Data Security, AI, and Cloud Systems
Quantum computing is set to redefine data security, AI, and cloud infrastructure. This in-depth research explores how post-quantum cryptography, quantum AI acceleration, and hybrid quantum-cloud systems will reshape technology by 2035—and what developers can do to prepare. The post How…
FCC Tightens the Squeeze on Banned Chinese Telecom Companies
The FCC has taken another step to keep Chinese telecom gear from being imported into the United States, voting 3-0 to block new approvals for products from those nine Chinese companies on its “Covered List” and considered potential national security…
When 183 Million Passwords Leak: How One Breach Fuels a Global Threat Chain
When 183 million email addresses and passwords are made public online, it is more than a leak. It is an open invitation for attackers to exploit weak links across the digital ecosystem. The recent discovery of a massive database containing…
Security Training Just Became Your Biggest Security Risk
Traditional security awareness training is now undermining enterprise security and productivity. As AI-generated phishing eliminates familiar “red flags,” organizations must move beyond vigilance culture toward AI-assisted trust calibration—combining cognitive science and machine intelligence to rebuild trust, reduce false positives, and…
Apache Tomcat Path Traversal Vulnerability (CVE-2025-55752) Notice
Overview Recently, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Apache issued a security bulletin to fix the Apache Tomcat path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-55752); This vulnerability is a flaw introduced when fixing CVE-2016-5388. Since the rewritten URL is normalized before URL decoding, if the…
MY TAKE: Have you noticed how your phone’s AI assistant is starting to remap what you trust?
This morning, I tried to power down my Samsung S23 smartphone. Related: Sam Altman seeks to replace the browser I long-pressed the side key expecting the usual “Power off / Restart” menu. Instead, a small Gemini prompt window appeared towards…
Check Point Allies with NVIDIA to Secure AI Platforms
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. today revealed it has developed a cybersecurity platform to secure artificial intelligence (AI) factories in collaboration with NVIDIA. Announced at the NVIDIA GTC conference, the AI Cloud Protect platform enables cybersecurity teams to leverage dynamic…
Securing the Mission: Why Container Deployment Scanning Is Essential for the DoD
As DoD agencies accelerate cloud-native adoption under DOGE efficiency mandates, securing containerized workloads is essential to mission assurance. Learn why deployment-time scanning and admission controller enforcement are critical to reduce risk, meet compliance, and modernize security Key takeaways: Deployment-time scanning…
Agentic Commerce Is Here. Is Your Business Ready to Accept AI-Driven Transactions?
Agentic commerce is here. See how AI-driven checkout reshapes fraud, attribution, and upsell motions, and how DataDome secures MCP, APIs, and helps you monetize trusted AI traffic. The post Agentic Commerce Is Here. Is Your Business Ready to Accept AI-Driven…
NDSS 2025 – CHAOS: Exploiting Station Time Synchronization in 802.11 Networks
Session 1A: WiFi and Bluetooth Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Sirus Shahini (University of Utah), Robert Ricci (University of Utah) PAPER CHAOS: Exploiting Station Time Synchronization in 802.11 Networks Many locations, especially in urban areas, are quite noisy with WiFi…
Critical Microsoft WSUS Security Flaw is Being Actively Exploited
A critical security flaw in Microsoft’s WSUS feature is being actively exploited in the wild by threat actors who could gain access into unpatched servers, remotely control networks, and use them to deliver malware or do other damage. Microsoft is…
Palo Alto Networks Extends Scope and Reach of AI Capabilities
Palo Alto Networks unveils Prisma AIRS 2.0 and Cortex AgentiX to secure AI applications and automate cybersecurity workflows. With new AI-driven protection, no-code agent building, and integrated threat detection, the company aims to simplify and strengthen enterprise AI security operations.…