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Wiz achieves GovRAMP High Authorization

Wiz for Gov achieved GovRAMP High authorization, validating NIST SP 800-53r5 controls for state, local government, and higher-education cloud security procurement.

Wiz announced that Wiz for U.S. Government has officially achieved GovRAMP High authorization, validating it against NIST SP 800-53r5 security controls required for highly sensitive state data and critical infrastructure. The 'verify once, serve many' designation is aimed at state, local government, and higher education procurement. Wiz positions its CNAPP as providing code-to-runtime visibility, risk prioritization, compliance automation, and AI pipeline security. Existing Wiz for Gov customers automatically inherit the high-baseline controls without migration.

Wiz BlogSep 10, 11:00 UTC · 6d agoIndustry1

The Closed Loop Remediation Playbook with Wiz

Wiz announces Workflows general availability and public preview of Remediation and Response for closed-loop, automated cloud remediation.

Wiz published a remediation playbook promoting a closed-loop approach to cloud security remediation. The company announced that Wiz Workflows is now generally available, while Remediation and Response capabilities are in public preview. The announcement is a vendor product release aimed at enabling self-healing cloud environments rather than reporting a new threat or vulnerability.

Wiz BlogAug 17, 12:23 UTC · Aug 17, 2026Tools

Investing Together: Wiz Defend and Google Security Operations

Wiz ships a Content Pack for Google Security Operations enabling shared investigations, Blue Agent AI analysis, bidirectional sync and cloud telemetry streaming.

Wiz announced deeper integration between Wiz Defend and Google Security Operations via a shared data model and an official Wiz Content Pack with out-of-the-box rules, dashboards, search queries, playbooks, and response policies. Wiz Blue Agent AI-powered threat investigations, correlating cloud context, runtime signals, and identity data, are now accessible directly within Google SecOps. Status, severity, and comments bidirectionally sync in real time, and sensor runtime events can be streamed into Google SecOps for hunting and retention.

Wiz BlogSep 15, 12:49 UTC · 1d agoTools1

Is Cyber missing the Marque?

Cisco Talos analyzes the White House memorandum on private-sector participation in government-authorized offensive cyber operations.

A new White House memorandum addresses private sector participation in government-authorized offensive cyber operations. Cisco Talos's newsletter, introduced by new author Mick Baccio, explores the operational and security implications of this policy for the cybersecurity industry.

Cisco TalosAug 20, 18:00 UTC · 27d agoPolicy & legal

Democratizing FinOps with Wiz: Driving Cost Attribution with the Wiz Service Catalog

Wiz promotes Service Catalog and Cloud Cost features that automate cost attribution to teams and services to enable developer-led FinOps optimization.

Wiz describes how its Service Catalog and Cloud Cost capabilities automate cloud cost allocation to engineering teams and services. The stated goal is to connect cloud spend to business value and power developer-led cost optimization. The post is vendor product marketing rather than a security disclosure.

Wiz BlogAug 26, 16:15 UTC · 21d agoTools

Trump Authorizes Private Sector Participation in Offensive Cyber Operations

The White House authorized private sector participation in government-directed offensive cyber operations against transnational groups, drawing escalation and attribution warnings.

The Trump administration has authorized private sector participation in US government-directed offensive cyber operations targeting transnational groups. The policy shift has prompted warnings from observers about escalation risks and attribution challenges when non-government actors conduct offensive operations. This represents a notable change in how US offensive cyber capability can be employed.

Infosecurity MagazineAug 13, 12:35 UTC · Aug 13, 2026Policy & legal

From Concept to Context Engine: How Wiz Built AI-Powered Data Discovery

Wiz details the multi-agent pipeline and feedback loops that evolved its bucket scanner into AI-powered data discovery.

Wiz published an engineering write-up on building its AI-powered data discovery capability, tracing the evolution from a bucket scanner to a context engine. The post explains the multi-agent pipeline and feedback loops behind the system. The article is a vendor engineering deep-dive with no disclosed vulnerabilities, incidents, or exploitation activity.

Wiz BlogAug 27, 15:52 UTC · 20d agoTools1

How to Investigate GitHub PAT Compromise: Lessons From a Multi-Organization Campaign

Wiz CIRT published an investigation playbook for GitHub PAT compromise after responding to a coordinated multi-organization campaign.

Wiz's Computer Incident Response Team shared lessons from its response to a coordinated campaign compromising GitHub personal access tokens across multiple organizations. The post provides a practical playbook covering detection, scoping, and investigation steps for token compromise. Specific victim names, affected counts, and attribution are not provided in the announcement.

Wiz BlogAug 13, 15:04 UTC · Aug 13, 2026Threat actor in the wild1

Rhysida Ransomware Group Targets Berlin Government Ahead of Vote

Rhysida ransomware hit Berlin's state government weeks before the September 20 election, claiming 5.79 TB stolen; officials refused the ransom.

Berlin's government confirmed an August cyberattack on its administrative network, with data exfiltrated between August 7 and August 12 and departments isolated on August 17. The Rhysida group claimed responsibility on August 28, alleging theft of 5.79 TB and 1.44 million files including personal data on 12,076 individuals, payroll files, plaintext credentials, and vulnerability analyses of Berlin's water supply. Officials said election systems were not affected and refused to pay; Rhysida has claimed roughly 280 victims since 2023, entering via VPNs without MFA, Zerologon, or phishing.

Security AffairsAug 29, 10:56 UTC · 18d agoRansomware in the wild

Wiz Penetration Test Findings is now GA

Wiz announces general availability of Penetration Test Findings, unifying pen-test results with real-time cloud context for continuous exposure management.

Wiz has made its Penetration Test Findings capability generally available on its cloud security platform. The feature integrates point-in-time penetration test findings with real-time cloud context, aiming to turn static pen-test reports into continuous exposure management. This gives security teams a unified view for prioritizing cloud findings alongside offensive testing results.

Wiz BlogAug 19, 15:36 UTC · 28d agoTools

Announcing the 2026 Wiz Partner Alliance Award Winners

Wiz announces its 2026 Partner Alliance Award winners honoring partners in cloud security, AI risk management, and SOC modernization across three regions.

Wiz recognized partners, integrators, and visionaries with 2026 Partner Alliance Awards spanning the AMER, EMEA, and ANZ regions. The awards highlight work in cloud security transformation, AI risk management, and SOC modernization. The announcement is partner marketing with no direct security impact.

Wiz BlogAug 18, 12:00 UTC · 29d agoIndustry

Welcoming the Nepalese Government to Have I Been Pwned

Troy HuntAug 3, 06:38 UTC · Aug 3, 2026Data breach

U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Iranian IRGC Cyber Chief Linked to Critical Infrastructure Attacks

The U.S. State Department offered up to $10 million for information on Amir Yaryab, an IRGC cyber chief linked to critical infrastructure attacks.

The U.S. State Department's Rewards for Justice program offers up to $10 million for information identifying or locating Amir Yaryab, who allegedly oversees the Cyber Operations Command of Iran's IRGC Cyber-Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC). Officials tie him to units called Shahid Hemmat and Shahid Shushtari conducting cyber and information campaigns against defense, telecommunications, energy, and finance sectors across the US, Europe, and the Middle East, and to groups including CyberAv3ngers and Dadeh Afzar Arman. CyberAv3ngers compromised at least 75 Unitronics Vision Series PLCs, including 34 in US water and wastewater facilities, between November 2023 and January 2024.

Cyber Security NewsSep 8, 09:14 UTC · 8d agoPolicy & legal

US Sanctions Mabna Institute Hackers for Iranian Cyber-Attacks

US sanctions individuals tied to Iranian hacking-for-hire group the Mabna Institute over cyber-attacks.

The United States has imposed sanctions on individuals connected to the Mabna Institute, an Iran-based hacking-for-hire group. The move targets the actors behind Iranian cyber-attack operations. Sanctions are a government enforcement action rather than a new technical threat.

Infosecurity MagazineAug 25, 09:10 UTC · 22d agoPolicy & legal

Wiz on Wiz: How the Wiz FinOps Team Uses Wiz Cloud Cost

Wiz details how its internal FinOps team uses Wiz Cloud Cost to investigate and optimize cloud spend with deep security context.

Wiz published a walkthrough describing how its own FinOps team uses the Wiz Cloud Cost product for cloud cost investigation and optimization. The post emphasizes pairing cost data with deep cloud context to identify and act on spend drivers.

Wiz BlogAug 14, 14:14 UTC · Aug 14, 2026Industry

Welcoming the Sri Lankan Government to Have I Been Pwned

Have I Been Pwned onboarded Sri Lanka as the 48th government in its free service, letting Sri Lanka CERT monitor domains for breached accounts.

Have I Been Pwned added the Sri Lankan government as the 48th government onboarded to its free gov service. Sri Lanka CERT now has access to monitor Sri Lankan government domains against HIBP breach data, helping identify exposed government accounts and respond when they appear in new breaches.

Troy HuntAug 23, 06:39 UTC · 24d agoIndustry

Lawmakers call on Treasury to sanction hackers-for-hire

Bipartisan US lawmakers asked Treasury to sanction three India-based hack-for-hire firms accused of long-running espionage against Americans.

Sens. Ron Wyden and Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Pat Harrigan urged Treasury to add Sunkissed Organic Farms (formerly Appin), BellTroX, and CyberRoot to the Entity List. The letter says the mercenary groups conducted targeted espionage against US citizens, businesses, and lawyers for over fifteen years, allegedly including work for Qatar's government such as targeting opponents of Qatar's World Cup bid and Kristi Rogers, wife of Senate candidate Mike Rogers. Adding the firms to the Entity List would restrict their access to American software, cybersecurity tools, and cloud infrastructure. The lawmakers also accuse the groups of lawfare campaigns to censor investigative reporting on their hacking activities.

CyberScoopSep 9, 18:43 UTC · 7d agoThreat actor in the wild

Calling on Cyber Pros to Help Defend City Hall

Dark Reading urges security professionals to volunteer expertise helping under-resourced municipal government agencies improve cyber defenses.

The piece highlights that smaller government agencies such as city hall operate with limited security budgets and staffing. It lays out ways cybersecurity professionals can contribute volunteer support to strengthen local government defenses. No specific incident, vulnerability, or actor is involved.

Dark ReadingAug 21, 14:00 UTC · 26d agoIndustry

Srsly Risky Biz: Trump's Private Hacker Memo Is the Right Idea

A Trump presidential memo directs DHS to authorize vetted private-sector hackers to conduct cyber operations against foreign cybercriminal groups (CE-TCOs).

A presidential memorandum directs the Department of Homeland Security to establish a program authorizing private companies to conduct cyber surveillance and cyber effects operations against Cyber-Enabled Transnational Crime Organisations (CE-TCOs). Participating companies must pass vetting, obtain government approval before operations, and post a USD $1 million bond. The accompanying fact sheet cites more than USD $20.8 billion in US losses to cyber-enabled crime in 2025. Critics worry about accidental escalation if operations touch foreign government systems.

Risky Business NewsAug 20, 05:29 UTC · 27d agoPolicy & legal1

Expanding AI access and cyber defense for federal, state, local, and tribal governments

OpenAI and GSA agreed to provide ChatGPT to federal, state, local, and tribal governments with $0 licenses, 50% off usage, and cyber-defense access.

OpenAI for Government and the U.S. General Services Administration announced a 27-month agreement (October 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028) waiving the $15 per-user monthly license fee and cutting usage costs 50% for federal, state, local, and tribal agencies. More than one million government employees already have ChatGPT access, with eligibility extending across a roughly 23 million-person U.S. public-sector workforce. Every verified government entity is approved for Daybreak Blue cyber-defender access at 50% off, with Daybreak Red available for vulnerability research, exploit validation, and red teaming at standard pricing. The deal builds on the $1 billion Daybreak for Frontline Defenders commitment announced the prior week.

OpenAI Newsupdated Sep 10, 18:25 UTC · 6d agofirst Sep 10, 07:00 UTC · 6d agoAI industry 3 sources1

Rhysida Publishes Berlin Government Data After €2m Extortion Demand Refused

Rhysida published 5.7 TB of Berlin state government data, including sensitive CBRN emergency plans, after the state refused a €2m ransom demand.

The Rhysida ransomware gang leaked roughly 5.7 TB — about 1.4 million files — stolen from Berlin's state network after the government declined to pay 30 bitcoins (about €2m) by the September 4 deadline. The dump reportedly includes sensitive state emergency plans for terrorist attacks and CBRN disaster scenarios in a folder titled 'AG CBRN-Rahmenplanung', plus personnel files, absence lists, payroll data, and home addresses, potentially affecting tens of thousands of people. Berlin says there are no indications the state network remains compromised and will notify affected individuals on a risk-based basis after forensic analysis.

Infosecurity MagazineSep 7, 12:00 UTC · 9d agoRansomware

Introducing Continuous Vulnerability Assessment: Real-Time Defense for the AI Threat Era

Wiz launched Continuous Vulnerability Assessment (CVA), alerting customers to exposure against newly published vulnerabilities in real time.

Wiz introduced Continuous Vulnerability Assessment, a capability that detects exposure to newly published vulnerabilities the moment they are disclosed. The company positions CVA as real-time defense for the AI threat era, reducing the window between disclosure and remediation decisions. The item is a vendor product announcement with no incident details.

Wiz BlogSep 1, 10:54 UTC · 15d agoTools

Proactive cyber defense for governments and enterprises

Google launches the Fairwind Program giving governments and enterprises access to Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and CodeMender for autonomous vulnerability finding and patching.

Google DeepMind announced the Fairwind Program, a limited-access offering giving Google Cloud customers, government agencies, and cybersecurity partners access to Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and the CodeMender harness to autonomously find, verify, and fix vulnerabilities. Initial access prioritizes governments, critical infrastructure operators in healthcare, telecom, energy, and finance, and core technology platforms, with over 650 partners participating. Google also raised its total global cybersecurity funding commitment above $100 million, including $36 million for 35 US cyber clinics.

Google DeepMindSep 2, 16:24 UTC · 14d agoAI industry

Nearly 1 in 10 Exposed LiteLLM Gateways Accepted the Example "sk-1234" Admin Key

Wiz found 294 of 3,074 internet-facing LiteLLM gateways accepted the documented default admin key sk-1234, exposing provider API keys and cloud IAM credentials.

Wiz Research's February Shodan scan found 3,074 LiteLLM gateways, 294 of which accepted the setup guide's sk-1234 admin key; 191 had no master key set and would accept any credential. The master key doubles as the authentication switch, and before 1.82.0-stable a gateway started without one granted every request full admin rights, exposing stored provider API keys, prompts, and MCP-connected tools. A documented pass-through endpoint lacks checks against private and cloud metadata addresses, letting an admin-key holder retrieve cloud IAM credentials, though no real-world abuse is reported. Related LiteLLM flaws include CVE-2026-59821 (disputed guardrail code execution), CVE-2026-59822 (CVSS 8.8, added to CISA KEV on September 2 and observed against Wiz honeypots), and CVE-2026-42271, used to install a cryptominer.

The Hacker Newsupdated Sep 10, 12:56 UTC · 6d agofirst Sep 10, 07:12 UTC · 6d agoVulnerability in the wild 3 sources CVE-2026-59821 CVE-2026-59822 CVE-2026-42271+2 CVEs

Group of bipartisan lawmakers ask US government to ban several hack-for-hire firms

Bipartisan US lawmakers urged the Commerce Department to add hack-for-hire firms BellTroX, CyberRoot, and Appin/Sunkissed Organic Farms to the entity list.

Senators Ron Wyden and Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Pat Harrigan asked Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to place three Indian firms on the entity list, which would bar US businesses from transacting with them. The letter says BellTroX, CyberRoot, and Sunkissed Organic Farms (formerly Appin) have conducted cyberattacks and targeted espionage against Americans for over a decade, allegedly at the behest of the Qatari government, and used foreign courts to censor reporting on their activities. Appin previously secured a global takedown order against Reuters that was later lifted, and has been linked to hacks of FIFA officials tied to Qatar's 2022 World Cup plans.

TechCrunch · SecuritySep 9, 13:01 UTC · 7d agoPolicy & legal1

The State of Cloud Risk 2026: Most Security Findings Aren’t Real Attacker Opportunities

Wiz Research's 2026 cloud risk report finds most high-severity findings lack a viable path to compromise, urging exposure-based prioritization.

Wiz Research telemetry underpins a State of Cloud Risk 2026 report arguing that the majority of high-severity security findings are not real attacker opportunities because they lack a path to compromise. The report pushes defenders to prioritize findings by exposure and exploitability rather than raw severity scores. No specific CVEs, victims, or incident counts are provided in the available text.

Wiz BlogAug 26, 15:01 UTC · 21d agoResearch

White House Launches Pilot Program in Texas to Protect Water Infrastructure

White House launches Project Watershed 250, giving Texas water providers federal and private-sector cybersecurity resources amid rising nation-state threats to critical infrastructure.

The White House launched Project Watershed 250, a pilot program providing water providers in Texas with federal and private-sector cybersecurity resources. The initiative comes amid rising nation-state threats targeting water utilities and other critical infrastructure in the United States.

Infosecurity MagazineSep 1, 12:45 UTC · 15d agoPolicy & legal

Version Control DFIR: a Cheatsheet to GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps

Wiz published a DFIR cheatsheet covering log visibility, incident readiness, and threat hunting across GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps.

Wiz researchers released a practitioner's guide to version control system forensics, incident response, and threat hunting. The cheatsheet maps log sources, audit capabilities, and hunting workflows across GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps. It aims to improve incident readiness for source code and CI/CD compromise scenarios.

Wiz BlogAug 27, 12:00 UTC · 20d agoResearch1

Securing Data in the AI era

Wiz published guidance arguing AI adoption reshapes data risk, urging teams to identify what data is connected to AI services and exposed.

Wiz published a viewpoint on how AI adoption changes the context of data risk. The post argues that understanding what data is connected to AI systems, what is exposed, and why is now critical for managing that risk. No specific incident, vulnerability, or product release is described in the available text.

Wiz BlogAug 14, 12:19 UTC · Aug 14, 2026Industry