Boards and executives are not asking for another feed of indicators. They want to know whether their organization is being targeted, how exposed they are, and what steps need to be taken. A new report from Flashpoint argues that most…
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Week in review: Salesloft Drift breach investigation results, malicious GitHub Desktop installers
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Salesloft Drift data breach: Investigation reveals how attackers got in The attack that resulted in the Salesloft Drift data breach started with the compromise of…
HybridPetya: (Proof-of-concept?) ransomware can bypass UEFI Secure Boot
ESET researchers have discovered HybridPetya, a bootkit-and-ransomware combo that’s a copycat of the infamous Petya/NotPetya malware, augmented with the capability of compromising UEFI-based systems and weaponizing CVE-2024-7344 to bypass UEFI Secure Boot on outdated systems. The sample was uploaded from…
CISA looks to partners to shore up the future of the CVE Program
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has affirmed its continuing support for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program. “If we want to outpace and outmaneuver our adversaries, we must first ensure that defenders everywhere are operating from…
HCL AppScan 360º 2.0 protects software supply chains
HCLSoftware launched HCL AppScan 360º version 2.0, a next-generation application security platform designed to help organizations regain control over their software supply chains. As open-source adoption accelerates and global data regulations tighten, HCL AppScan 360º delivers a cloud-native solution that…
Sublime Security enhances threat protection with AI agent
Sublime Security released the Autonomous Detection Engineer (ADÉ), an end-to-end AI agent that turns attack telemetry into transparent and auditable protection that security teams can trust. Email attacks are advancing as adversaries weaponize generative AI to create highly targeted and…
Your heartbeat could reveal your identity, even in anonymized datasets
A new study has found that electrocardiogram (ECG) signals, often shared publicly for medical research, can be linked back to individuals. Researchers were able to re-identify people in anonymous datasets with surprising accuracy, raising questions about how health data is…
Attackers are coming for drug formulas and patient data
In the pharmaceutical industry, clinical trial data, patient records, and proprietary drug formulas are prime targets for cybercriminals. These high-value assets make the sector a constant focus for attacks. Disruptions to research or medicine distribution can have life-threatening consequences. “During…
CISOs brace for a new kind of AI chaos
AI is being added to business processes faster than it is being secured, creating a wide gap that attackers are already exploiting, according to the SANS Institute. The scale of the problem Attackers are using AI to work at speeds…
Ransomware, vendor outages, and AI attacks are hitting harder in 2025
Ransomware, third-party disruptions, and the rise of AI-powered attacks are reshaping the cyber risk landscape in 2025. A new midyear analysis from Resilience shows how these forces are playing out in real-world incidents and how they are changing the financial…
New infosec products of the week: September 12, 2025
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Cynomi, DataLocker, Gigamon, Lookout, and Relyance AI. Cynomi simplifies vendor risk management Cynomi’s TPRM provides MSPs and MSSPs with a scalable way to deliver these…
Akira ransomware affiliates continue breaching organizations via SonicWall firewalls
Over a year after SonicWall patched CVE-2024-40766, a critical flaw in its next-gen firewalls, ransomware attackers are still gaining a foothold in organizations by exploiting it. Like last September and earlier this year, the attackers are affiliates of the Akira…
F5 moves to secure generative AI with CalypsoAI acquisition
F5 announced its intent to acquire CalypsoAI, whose platform brings real-time threat defense, red teaming at scale, and data security to enterprises racing to deploy generative and agentic AI. These capabilities will be integrated into the F5 Application Delivery and…
Box Shield Pro monitors AI workflows and sensitive data
Box announced Box Shield Pro, a new suite of security capabilities powered by AI, that builds on the company’s flagship content protection solution, Box Shield. With Box Shield Pro, customers can automatically apply AI-driven classification, accelerate threat response with agentic…
N-able’s Cat-MIP standardizes terminology for AI automation
N-able has introduced Cat-MIP, a solution designed to standardize and document terminology for AI automation and MCP Server behaviors across MSP and IT ecosystems. This breakthrough enables IT service providers to harness AI more effectively for enhanced business and cybersecurity…
Default Cursor setting can be exploited to run malicious code on developers’ machines
An out-of-the-box setting in Cursor, a popular AI source-code editor, could be leveraged by attackers to covertly run malicious code on users’ computers, researchers have warned. An exploitable vulnerability in the Cursor AI editor Cursor is an AI-augmented fork of…
Cynomi simplifies vendor risk management
Cynomi has launched its Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) module. Delivered as an add-on to the Cynomi vCISO Platform, the new capability integrates vendor risk management into existing service providers’ workflows. The global third-party risk management market, valued at $7.42 billion…
Hush Security emerges from stealth to replace legacy vaults with secretless access
Hush Security has raised $11 million in seed funding led by Battery Ventures and YL Ventures. As agentic AI expands, Hush replaces legacy vaults and secrets across the enterprise with just-in-time, policy-driven access controls enforced at runtime. This approach eliminates…
When typing becomes tracking: Study reveals widespread silent keystroke interception
You type your email address into a website form but never hit submit. Hours later, a marketing email shows up in your inbox. According to new research, that is not a coincidence. A team of researchers from UC Davis, Maastricht…
Why organizations need a new approach to risk management
To succeed in the risk environment, risk, audit, and compliance leaders need to focus on what Gartner calls “reflexive risk ownership.” This is a future state where business leaders don’t just identify and manage risks after they occur, but instinctively…