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Criminal recruiters want people on your payroll

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Criminal recruiters want people on your payroll 2026-10-02 at 09:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Legitimate employee access can let criminals circumvent security controls that would be difficult to overcome from outside an organization. Routine actions such as information lookups, account resets, transaction approvals and shipment changes can become services sold to criminal customers, according to Intel […]

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Botnets, adversarial attacks and data poisoning top leaders’ AI threat list

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Botnets, adversarial attacks and data poisoning top leaders’ AI threat list 2026-10-02 at 08:00 By Sinisa Markovic Companies are putting more money into AI while naming attacks on AI systems as the threat they are least ready to face. PwC surveyed 3,934 business and technology leaders in 71 countries between May and July 2026. Half […]

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AI agents keep access to company data after their work is done

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AI agents keep access to company data after their work is done 2026-10-02 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec IT teams responsible for identity security are concerned about AI agents’ ongoing access to company systems and the actions they take on users’ behalf, according to a Delinea’s 2026 Identity Security Report: The AI Enforcement Gap. “Written […]

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Enterprises Struggle to Prepare for AI and Quantum Threats, PwC Says

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Enterprises Struggle to Prepare for AI and Quantum Threats, PwC Says 2026-10-01 at 17:30 By Kevin Townsend PwC’s survey found that only 22% of leaders would use fully autonomous AI for cyber defense, while just 21% are implementing quantum-resistant security measures. The post Enterprises Struggle to Prepare for AI and Quantum Threats, PwC Says appeared […]

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Many expect AI in the SOC to make entry jobs harder to get

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Many expect AI in the SOC to make entry jobs harder to get 2026-10-01 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz A junior analyst in a security operations center, or SOC, has usually learned the job the slow way. You work the same phishing lure dozens of times, chase the same familiar malware pattern and write up […]

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Google: AI Is Changing the Pace and Profile of Vulnerability Discovery

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Google: AI Is Changing the Pace and Profile of Vulnerability Discovery 2026-09-30 at 17:05 By Eduard Kovacs Google’s analysis found that AI-discovered vulnerabilities are more likely to enable remote code execution. The post Google: AI Is Changing the Pace and Profile of Vulnerability Discovery appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek […]

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Deepfakes become a board priority once an executive falls for one

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Deepfakes become a board priority once an executive falls for one 2026-09-29 at 14:59 By Anamarija Pogorelec Nearly three-quarters of security leaders have encountered or suspect a deepfake attack in the past year, while just 10% say their organizations have purpose-built defenses, according to Pindrop’s 2026 Deepfake Readiness Index. Real-time communications have become a target […]

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Cybersecurity hiring practices leave little room for junior talent

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Cybersecurity hiring practices leave little room for junior talent 2026-09-29 at 14:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Twenty-minute training sessions that fit into the workweek could help new hires become productive sooner, keep employees’ skills current and build problem-solving skills they can use across different tools, according to SkillBit’s The Shift to Continuous Cybersecurity Micro-Training report. Reasons […]

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Threat detection dashboards are masking security coverage gaps

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Threat detection dashboards are masking security coverage gaps 2026-09-25 at 15:04 By Sinisa Markovic A detection rule can show up as deployed on a coverage dashboard and still never fire when an attacker uses the technique it was built to catch. Conifers assessed 14,652 detections in its customer base, including rules written by customers and […]

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Half of threat hunters say bad data is their biggest problem

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Half of threat hunters say bad data is their biggest problem 2026-09-25 at 08:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Half of security professionals name data quality or quantity as their biggest barrier to effective threat hunting, according to the SANS 2026 Threat Hunting Survey. Teams with working playbooks describe the logs as their ceiling, and gaps in […]

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Your incident count is missing a few incidents

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Your incident count is missing a few incidents 2026-09-25 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec If you run security for a brand with hundreds or thousands of locations, the tools you’ve bought may have little to do with whether an attack stays at one store. A new VikingCloud survey asked 200 security and IT leaders at […]

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Your security program knows about the firewall, but does it know about the elevator?

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Your security program knows about the firewall, but does it know about the elevator? 2026-09-24 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec By early August, attackers had hit water systems in at least seven U.S. states. The FBI and EPA said the intruders remotely accessed internet-facing programmable logic controllers, the small industrial computers that run pumps and […]

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Honeywell: OT Security Teams Embrace AI, but Autonomy Still Rare

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Honeywell: OT Security Teams Embrace AI, but Autonomy Still Rare 2026-09-23 at 15:17 By Eduard Kovacs Only 21% of industrial security leaders report a complete OT asset inventory, even as 88% call their programs mature. The post Honeywell: OT Security Teams Embrace AI, but Autonomy Still Rare appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an […]

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Only 13% of OT Network Segments Are Fully Isolated: Analysis

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Only 13% of OT Network Segments Are Fully Isolated: Analysis 2026-09-22 at 15:24 By Eduard Kovacs Forescout’s new network segmentation research shows that OT and medical devices often share network segments with other enterprise assets. The post Only 13% of OT Network Segments Are Fully Isolated: Analysis appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an […]

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The latest deepfake numbers give CISOs plenty to worry about

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The latest deepfake numbers give CISOs plenty to worry about 2026-09-22 at 15:05 By Sinisa Markovic AI is letting cybercriminals reach deeper into organizations than a phishing email ever could. 41% of CISOs reported at least one social engineering incident involving a deepfake during an employee audio call in the past 12 months, according to […]

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The next intellectual property thief may sound like your CEO

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The next intellectual property thief may sound like your CEO 2026-09-22 at 15:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Impersonation, phishing and domain-name abuse are the most concerning types of online intellectual property infringement, according to CSC’s The State of Online IP Risk 2026 report. Internet and branded content, online marketplaces and paid search were the channels most […]

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Somewhere in your traffic logs, a bot is doing more than looking

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Somewhere in your traffic logs, a bot is doing more than looking 2026-09-22 at 13:30 By Mirko Zorz Akamai has watched verified AI crawlers, ChatGPT among them, move from reading web pages to sending high-frequency POST requests. In a 30-day analysis of its global customers, ecommerce accounted for 44.8% of those AI bot POST transactions, […]

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Japan Dismantles First North Korean Laptop Farm as US and Allies Detail Wider Scheme

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Japan Dismantles First North Korean Laptop Farm as US and Allies Detail Wider Scheme 2026-09-22 at 11:37 By Eduard Kovacs The US, Japan, Germany and Australia have published a joint report detailing the scope of North Korea’s WaterPlum campaign. The post Japan Dismantles First North Korean Laptop Farm as US and Allies Detail Wider Scheme […]

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AI compliance issues hit 2 in 5 large companies, and legacy workflows are a big factor

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AI compliance issues hit 2 in 5 large companies, and legacy workflows are a big factor 2026-09-21 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Forty percent of large companies had an AI-related compliance or governance issue in the past 12 months, according to 1,000 senior IT, operations, and transformation leaders surveyed by Sapio Research. Those leaders said […]

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Most WordPress pros still lack a breach recovery plan

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Most WordPress pros still lack a breach recovery plan 2026-09-18 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Melapress, a maker of WordPress security plugins, surveyed 319 WordPress professionals and found that most had dealt with at least one known security incident. The respondents build and run WordPress sites for a living: agency staff, developers, designers, site owners […]

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