Paperback Writer in a Prompted World
The attacker no longer needs one carefully written phishing message. The attacker can generate thousands of stylistic and contextual variants.
Agentic AI
Oh, The Humanity (of Hacking)!
This week: Hacker culture and awareness with Jayson E. Street, DDoS resilience lessons and how GitLost exposed agentic AI security risks.
GitLost Exposes Agentic AI Data Exfiltration Risks
GitLost shows how prompt injection can turn AI agents into data exfiltration tools by abusing legitimate permissions and trusted workflows.
AI Found Seven FatFs Bugs. Now Someone Has to Fix the Devices
AI uncovered seven FatFs flaws affecting embedded devices. The challenge now is patching millions of systems with no easy fix.
What Mayonnaise Has To Do With Failures in Security Awareness Training
Also this week: Trump's quantum EO tightens screws on PQC compliance, AI changes the email security game and continues to cause a CVE avalanche.
The Visibility Crisis Behind FortiBleed, AI, and Modern Cyber Risk
FortiBleed shows why visibility matters. Also this week: CISA rewrites vulnerability management rules, enterprises struggle to understand AI usage, cybersec comms luminary Lucy Millington tackles communications overload, and more.
Why AI Usage Intelligence is the Missing Layer in Enterprise AI Security with Harmonic Security CEO Alastair Paterson
In this episode of CYBR.SEC.CAST, hosts Michael and Sam sit down with Alastair Patterson, CEO of Harmonic Security, to discuss the rapid evolution of AI in the enterprise.
AI Is Transforming Security. Burnout Is Transforming the Workforce. What It All Means
A new ISSA/Omdia study finds widespread AI adoption in cybersecurity, but security professionals say growing complexity, burnout, skills shortages, and business pressures are making the profession more challenging than ever.
The VAR Model Is Broken. Can AI Finally Fix Cybersecurity Procurement?
Security leaders have spent years optimizing detection and response while relying on spreadsheets, tribal knowledge, and reseller relationships to make million-dollar technology decisions. A new generation of AI-powered platforms aims to change that. (Sponsored by Crush Security.)
Agentic AI Is Pushing Zero Trust Into Its Next Phase
Zero Trust was designed to control people and machines. The rise of autonomous AI agents is forcing security teams to extend those same principles to software capable of making decisions and taking action on its own. (Includes infographic)
Building Hackbots: Jason Haddix on Why AI Won't Replace Pentesters, But It Will Change How They Work
At CYBR.HAK.CON, Jason Haddix showed how AI-powered "hackbots" are helping offensive security teams scale reconnaissance, analyze complex applications, and uncover real vulnerabilities, while proving that human expertise remains the deciding factor.
The Vulnpocalypse Isn’t Your Problem
But it might be your company’s problem.
This Week in Cybersecurity: CYBR.HAK.CON Preview, the Death of the Level 1 SOC, and Mental Health Resources for Security Teams
In this week's CYBR.SEC.Media newsletter: preview of CYBR.HAK.CON, why traditional Level 1 SOC operations are breaking down under modern threat pressure, and where cybersecurity professionals can find mental health support built for the realities of the job.
Agentic AI Security Risks Are Growing Faster Than State and Local Defenses
Federal agencies and tech providers are accelerating AI security programs but organizations responsible for water systems, emergency services, and local government operations are struggling to keep pace. (Article includes an infographic to help security teams understand the operational challenges.)
High-Risk Vulnerabilities with LLMs at Nearly Triple the Rate of Traditional Software, New Cobalt Report Finds
Executives think their teams are fixing critical vulnerabilities. Their security practitioners disagree by 42 percentage points.
#FollowFriday: Authors Who Entered the AI Storm And Chose Reason Over FUD
The hype over Anthropic Mythos and AI in general has been super-heated. The cybersecurity voices who calmly unpack the details are the ones to follow. Here are some examples.