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ANY.RUN & SentinelOne: One Workspace, Instant Context for Rapid Response

ANY.RUN integrates its interactive sandbox, IOC lookups, and STIX/TAXII threat feeds natively into SentinelOne for faster automated malware triage.

ANY.RUN and SentinelOne launched connectors that embed interactive sandbox analysis and threat intelligence into the SentinelOne console via Singularity Hyperautomation. Suspicious files and URLs from alerts are automatically submitted to the ANY.RUN sandbox, with behavioral verdicts and risk scores returned into alert notes. On-demand IOC lookups draw on sandbox history from 16,000 organizations and 700,000 analysts. A separate STIX/TAXII feed streams verified malicious IPs, domains, and URLs through the SentinelOne Marketplace TAXII Connect app.

ANY.RUNSep 16, 06:40 UTC · 1d agoTools

AI made software development unrecognizable. Is cybersecurity next?

Opinion piece argues AI-driven shifts that transformed software development—agent-run SOCs, autonomous triage—will soon reshape cybersecurity operations and staffing.

A CSO Online analysis notes Google Cloud research found 90% of developers already use AI, while a March 2026 Federal Reserve paper found coder employment growth fell roughly 3% since ChatGPT's arrival. Gartner predicts 80% of organizations will run smaller, AI-augmented engineering teams by 2030. Security leaders from Contrast Security, Menlo Security and the Cloud Security Alliance expect agent-run SOCs, machine-speed containment and abundant vulnerability discovery, but caution that absorption capacity and autonomous production-environment validation remain bottlenecks.

CSO OnlineSep 16, 08:25 UTC · 1d agoIndustry

Cyberthreats are moving faster than SMBs: Readiness must accelerate

ESET's SMB Cyber Readiness Index 2026 finds 73% of SMBs adopting AI while 40% lack AI policy, and reports 3,000+ malicious AI agent skills.

ESET argues AI is accelerating cyberthreats while expanding the attack surface: its SMB Cyber Readiness Index 2026 found 73% of SMBs integrating AI and 40% of businesses lacking a proper AI policy. ESET analyzed 900,000 AI agent skills across popular repositories between March and May 2026, finding over 25,000 suspicious and more than 3,000 malicious skills that exfiltrate data, execute malware, or abuse prompt injection. The piece also cites AI-assisted reconnaissance, exploit development, and social engineering, plus PromptSpy, an Android spyware abusing Google Gemini at runtime for persistence.

ESET WeLiveSecuritySep 16, 09:00 UTC · 1d agoIndustry

How to Keep Malware’s Rotating Infrastructure From Becoming a Detection Gap

ANY.RUN marketing piece argues SOC detection lags rotating malware and phishing infrastructure, citing a 46-country campaign and 3DBlast kit to promote TI feeds.

ANY.RUN describes how malware and phishing campaigns rotate domains and hosting, making single-IOC blocking ineffective for SOC teams. One investigated phishing campaign spanned 46 countries with 425 kit URLs across 240 hosts, 94% of which were seen for only a single day. A phishing kit dubbed 3DBlast impersonates Microsoft 365 and Google using BitB, AiTM, OAuth device-code phishing and DOM relay techniques. The article is primarily a promotion for ANY.RUN TI Feeds and TI Lookup products.

Cyber Security NewsSep 15, 15:36 UTC · 1d agoIndustry

The Fraud Ecosystem: A Transition From Known Marketplaces to a Fragmented Environment

Rapid7 analyzes how fraud marketplaces are fragmenting into specialized shops after larger marketplaces were dismantled, aided by new MITRE F3 framework

Rapid7 reports a shift from large known fraud marketplaces to a fragmented environment of smaller specialized storefronts such as Xleet, Blackpass, Infodig, and Styx, operating across dark web channels, Telegram, and P2P options. These Fraud-as-a-Service shops sell stolen accounts, PII, synthetic identity generation, infrastructure, and money laundering support, supporting schemes like business email compromise. MITRE's Fraud Fighting Framework (F3), introduced in early 2026, aims to help security teams prioritize monitoring of fraud TTPs, particularly account takeover techniques. Fraud damages are anticipated to approach hundreds of billions of USD.

Rapid7 BlogSep 11, 13:33 UTC · 5d agoPhishing & fraud

New Huntress Managed ITDR Dashboard: Faster Identity Investigations

Huntress redesigned its Managed ITDR dashboard, adding Rapid Identity Triage, Failed Login Characterization, and Quick SIEM search to speed identity investigations.

Huntress announced a redesigned Managed ITDR dashboard aimed at accelerating identity threat investigations. New capabilities include Rapid Identity Triage, Failed Login Characterization, and Quick SIEM search. The update is a vendor product change with no incident or vulnerability details attached.

HuntressAug 27, 14:00 UTC · 20d agoTools

Why APAC Enterprises Need Real-Time Threat Intelligence as Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand Tighten Cyber Compliance in 2026

Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand all tightened cyber compliance in 2026, mandating continuous monitoring and rapid incident reporting for critical infrastructure.

Singapore's CSA issued the Cybersecurity Code of Practice 2026 for Critical Information Infrastructure on 29 July 2026, adding board cyber-resilience duties, annual training, and controls on Interconnected Systems, with most obligations effective by 29 July 2027. Malaysia's Cyber Security Act 2024 requires NACSA-licensed providers, audits, and fast incident notification, with fines up to RM500,000 and up to ten years' imprisonment. Thailand's NCSA cloud security standard has been enforced since 10 September 2026, with a Website Security Standard effective 16 September 2026. The vendor article argues detection speed has become a compliance metric driving demand for real-time threat intelligence.

Cyble09:57 UTC · 1h agoPolicy & legal

Top 10 Best Cloud Detection & Response (CDR) Solutions in 2026

Editorial scorecard ranks ten 2026 cloud detection and response platforms; Sysdig, Wiz, and CrowdStrike lead, with Wiz's Gem Security acquisition highlighted.

The editorial scorecard rates ten CDR platforms on real-time detection (30%), cloud telemetry depth, response automation, correlation, and value. Sysdig earns the best real-time detection score for its Falco- and eBPF-powered runtime telemetry, Wiz (8.7) folds acquired Gem Security's real-time CDR into its security graph, and CrowdStrike (8.7) leads response automation. Specialists Stream.Security, Skyhawk Security, Sweet Security, and the open-source Falco project are also assessed.

Cyber Security NewsSep 16, 07:41 UTC · 1d agoIndustry1

Entrust turns cryptographic inventory data into security action

Entrust adds CBOM import/export, Ansible automation, and post-quantum readiness features to its Cryptographic Security Platform.

Entrust announced new capabilities for its Cryptographic Security Platform, including CBOM import/export to build cryptographic inventories, correlate assets and dependencies, and prioritize remediation of noncompliant or vulnerable crypto. New Ansible-based automation extends certificate lifecycle management across public and private PKI, while composite algorithm and SPIRE-based capabilities support phased post-quantum migration and trusted identities for AI agents. The platform is now deployable as-a-service or on-premises, aligning with DORA, NIS2, and recent U.S. post-quantum requirements.

Help Net SecuritySep 14, 13:54 UTC · 2d agoTools

FBI Publishes First-Ever Cyber Strategy, With Focus on Disrupting Threat Actors

The FBI published its first-ever Cyber Strategy on September 9, outlining four pillars for investigating and disrupting cyber threat actors and supporting victims.

The FBI's Cyber Strategy, published September 9, defines four pillars: investigate and impose costs on cyber adversaries, support victims, expand partnerships, and enhance the agency's cyber capabilities. It reflects a broader US shift toward proactive disruption, building on an August memorandum signed by President Trump authorizing collaboration with private firms on offensive cyber operations. The strategy includes expanding the Industrial Control Systems Coordinator program to every field office and deploying AI-enabled tools for triage, malware analysis, and attribution.

Infosecurity MagazineSep 10, 12:15 UTC · 6d agoPolicy & legal

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 · 7d agoIndustry1

FBI officials say AI is bolstering adversaries, emphasizing need to focus on cyber basics, patching

FBI officials said AI is accelerating adversary capabilities while its new cyber strategy emphasizes continuous patching, cyber hygiene, and AI-enabled defense.

At the Billington CyberSecurity Summit and ahead of a new FBI cyber strategy, deputy assistant director Jason Bilnoski said AI is boosting the speed and capability of both criminal and nation-state attackers, while stressing that basic controls like MFA would still prevent most attacks. Colleen Ferranti urged a shift from quarterly Patch Tuesday cycles to continuous, risk-based patching as AI accelerates vulnerability discovery. The strategy pledges AI-enabled triage, malware analysis, attribution support, agentic AI adoption, expanded Computer Network Operations, ICS Coordinators in every field office, and a pledge on victim relief and privacy.

CyberScoopSep 9, 13:00 UTC · 7d agoPolicy & legal

50% of CISOs see Mythos as a sign to exit the profession

Survey of 1,001 US and UK CISOs finds 50% consider leaving the profession amid AI-driven pressure, personal liability concerns and burnout.

A survey of 1,001 CISOs in the US and UK found 50% say Anthropic's Mythos and similar cyber-capable AI models have made them consider exiting the profession, while 60% say board pressure to adopt AI is outpacing their governance capability. Average CISO tenure is cited at 18 months, and 78% worry about personal liability for security incidents, up from 56% a year earlier. Executives from BlackBerry, Databricks and IDC discuss D&O insurance, agentic security operations and phased low-risk AI adoption as partial responses.

CSO OnlineSep 9, 08:25 UTC · 8d agoIndustry

Autonomous Threat Operations in action: Real results from Recorded Future’s own SOC team

Recorded Future reports its Autonomous Threat Operations platform enabled 15-20 weekly automated threat hunts in its own SOC.

Recorded Future deployed its Autonomous Threat Operations platform internally as Customer Zero before customer release, standardizing threat hunting across its security operations organization. The team now runs 15-20 scheduled threat hunts weekly, replacing manual hunts that previously took days or weeks of preparation. During the Salt Typhoon campaign, Recorded Future's CISO launched a network-wide threat hunt in five minutes between meetings. The platform connects to the company's Splunk environment and consolidates hunting and IOC research into a single interface.

Recorded FutureSep 3, 00:00 UTC · 14d agoTools

Trump Targets Foreign Technology in New U.S. Power Grid Security Order

Trump's Executive Order 14420 declares a national emergency to restrict foreign-made bulk-power grid equipment over cyber, sabotage and supply-chain risks.

Executive Order 14420, signed August 26, declares a national emergency regarding the foreign supply of bulk-power system electric equipment to the United States. It empowers the Energy Secretary to restrict transactions with designated Covered Foreign Entities involving equipment, software, firmware, digital services, maintenance services, and remote-access capabilities. Covered equipment includes transformers, generators, inverters, RTUs, PLCs, intelligent electronic devices, and protective relays, with transmission rated 69 kV or higher in scope while local distribution is excluded. Already-installed foreign equipment may be subject to identification, isolation, monitoring, or replacement requirements, with phased compliance and pre-qualified vendor exemptions permitted.

Security AffairsAug 28, 18:00 UTC · 19d agoPolicy & legal

When the Attacker Wears Your Logo: Detecting and Taking Down Impersonation at AI Speed

Cyble details how attackers use lookalike domains and cloned sites for brand impersonation scams and how AI-speed detection enables rapid takedowns.

Cyble describes the growing risk of digital impersonation, where attackers register lookalike domains, clone websites, create fake executive profiles, publish fraudulent job ads, and imitate customer-support accounts without ever breaching the legitimate organization. The goal is to borrow a trusted brand's credibility to make scams look legitimate, with particular risk for professional services, financial, legal, and consulting firms. The piece outlines AI-assisted approaches for detecting and taking down impersonation infrastructure quickly.

CybleAug 19, 14:01 UTC · 28d agoPhishing & fraud

Autoencoder Is All You Need: Profiling and Detecting Malicious DNS Traffic

Palo Alto Unit 42 details an autoencoder-based method that profiles DNS traffic to detect C2 and malicious domains, blocking ~374,000 malicious DNS requests daily.

Unit 42 built an RNN-based autoencoder that compresses DNS traffic time series into fixed-dimensional 'DNS profiles' for each domain and device. Downstream classification, clustering, and anomaly detection modules flag suspicious domains, capturing 170 emerging suspicious domains in May 2024. Signatures block roughly 374,000 malicious DNS requests daily and run in the Advanced DNS Security service, with detections shared to Advanced URL Filtering. Case studies link DNS traffic patterns to C2 beaconing, dynamic DNS abuse, and DNS tunneling for data exfiltration.

Palo Alto Unit 42Aug 17, 12:47 UTC · Aug 17, 2026Research

Crytica's RDAi detects OT device tampering from within

Crytica Security announces RDAi, a deterministic in-device integrity monitoring system detecting unauthorized tampering of OT and IoT devices.

Crytica Security's Rapid Detection, Alert and isolation (RDAi) system installs a sub-100 KB Probe agent inside each protected OT or IoT device to monitor instruction set integrity and provide deterministic evidence of unauthorized changes. The high-fidelity alerts augment SOC, SIEM, XDR and AI-assisted workflows without replacing existing security investments. The company targets critical infrastructure, utility, healthcare and federal environments, with additional integrations and collaborations planned.

Help Net SecurityAug 12, 00:00 UTC · Aug 12, 2026Tools

CISA Urges Organizations to Deploy Cyber Decoys to Detect Hackers Inside Networksnew

CISA's new guidance urges organizations to deploy cyber decoys like honeytokens and tripwires to detect attackers using valid credentials and living-off-the-land techniques.

CISA published 'Using Cyber Decoys to Strengthen Detection and Response' on September 16, 2026, advising decoy assets that appear legitimate but generate high-confidence alerts when accessed. It describes tripwires, breadcrumbs, and honeytokens such as fake usernames, passwords, API keys, and cloud access tokens, and recommends starting with low-complexity deployments like nonfunctional Active Directory accounts, decoy file shares, and isolated mimic hosts. The agency warns decoys must be segmented and nonfunctional to prevent attackers pivoting to real systems, and aligns decoy planning with MITRE Engage and ATT&CK.

GBHackers11:01 UTC · 19m agoAdvisory

Top 10 Best Google Cloud (GCP) Security Tools in 2026

An editorial scorecard ranks the top ten Google Cloud security tools for 2026, with Wiz, Sysdig, and Security Command Center leading on correlation, GKE runtime, and native depth.

The roundup evaluates ten GCP security tools across five weighted criteria including GCP-native depth, correlation, runtime protection, multicloud parity, and value. Google Security Command Center is positioned as the included native floor, while Wiz and Sysdig top the weighted scores at 4.50, followed by Prisma Cloud at 4.40. The piece notes Forseti is deprecated and that Lacework is now Fortinet's FortiCNAPP, and flags diligence around Google's acquisition of Wiz. It is an editorial assessment, not a lab test, with pricing compared by model only.

Cyber Security News08:37 UTC · 2h agoIndustry

12 Serverless Security Options Compared (2026): Features & Pricing

A buyer-focused comparison of twelve serverless security offerings concludes no standalone SKU is worth buying in 2026, with function protection bundled inside CNAPP contracts.

The scorecard compares twelve serverless security options on function-protection depth, pricing visibility, platform attach economics, multi-runtime coverage, and vendor viability. Microsoft Defender for Cloud tops the weighted scores at 4.75, with Prisma Cloud at 4.60 and Datadog at 4.55 noted for publishing clean per-function rates. The piece warns that Thundra and Epsagon are defunct and that most vendors bill functions inside platform units where costs are hard to see. It also references the Aqua Security Trivy supply chain incident and Google's finalized acquisition of Wiz as market context.

GBHackers08:33 UTC · 2h agoIndustry 12 sources

Top 10 Best Microsoft Azure Security Tools in 2026

An editorial roundup of the ten best Azure security tools in 2026 names Defender for Cloud the native floor, with Wiz, Orca, and Prisma Cloud leading third-party options.

The brief reviews ten Azure security tools, positioning Microsoft Defender for Cloud's free foundational tier and published per-resource plans as the rational starting point for every Azure estate. Wiz and Orca are shortlisted for agentless attack-path correlation, Prisma Cloud for multicloud breadth, CrowdStrike for runtime protection, and Tenable for CIEM depth with Entra permission analytics. The piece emphasizes Azure's tight identity-infrastructure coupling via Entra ID as both an operational advantage and its most critical risk surface. Scoring is editorial, not lab-tested, with pricing compared by model only.

Cyber Security News08:31 UTC · 2h agoIndustry

Enterprise Threat Intelligence Buying Guide: How to Choose the Right Solution

ANY.RUN published a buyer's guide for enterprise threat intelligence platforms, outlining evaluation criteria and promoting its own TI products.

ANY.RUN, whose sandbox, TI Lookup, and TI Feeds products are featured throughout, published guidance for selecting an enterprise threat intelligence provider. The guide recommends defining SOC or MSSP requirements first, then weighing intelligence quality and freshness, integrations including STIX/TAXII support, privacy, scalability, and proof-of-concept testing with real alerts. It emphasizes context and enrichment over raw data volume, citing figures such as TI Lookup results in about 2 seconds and 99% validated IOCs in its feeds.

ANY.RUNupdated 08:15 UTC · 3h agofirst 07:44 UTC · 3h agoIndustry 3 sources

Riverbed NPM 360 uses AI to predict and prevent network disruptions

Riverbed launched Network 360 observability offerings embedding agentic AI (Riverbed IQ and Q) into AppResponse and NetProfiler for predictive network troubleshooting.

Riverbed announced its Network 360 intelligent network observability solutions, natively integrating the agentic AI layers Riverbed IQ and Riverbed Q into AppResponse and NetProfiler, with NPM+ extending visibility across remote users, Zero Trust, and public cloud. Riverbed IQ applies causal, predictive, generative, and agentic AI to correlate network evidence, identify root causes, and recommend actions, while Q provides a natural-language conversational assistant for investigations. The launch aims to shift NetOps teams from manual, reactive troubleshooting to AI-guided workflows that predict and prevent disruptions before user impact.

Help Net Security06:13 UTC · 5h agoIndustry

CISA decides weekly vulnerability bulletin isn't necessary anymore

CISA will discontinue its weekly vulnerability bulletin on September 28, pushing users toward KEV, alerts, and CVE data under risk-based prioritization.

CISA announced its weekly vulnerability bulletin will stop on Monday, September 28, as part of a shift from static CVSS severity scores to a modern, risk-based approach detailed in a June Binding Operational Directive. The directive prioritizes federal remediation based on exposure, exploitation evidence, control granted by exploitation, and whether exploitation can be automated. CISA directs bulletin subscribers to rely instead on its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, cybersecurity alerts and advisories, and the CVE catalog, requiring users to enable those subscriptions in GovDelivery or Granicus to avoid missing critical notices.

The Register · SecuritySep 16, 20:33 UTC · 14h agoPolicy & legal

LinkedIn fights for the right to tell customers when the feds want their data

Microsoft's chief legal officer argues federal subpoenas for LinkedIn user data should carry narrower scope and that secrecy orders must become the exception.

Microsoft chief legal officer Jon Palmer said federal courts and Congress must curb overly broad US government subpoenas for LinkedIn user data that arrive with secrecy orders preventing customer notification. The company is asking courts to enforce meaningful limits on demand scope and secrecy, invoking Fourth and First Amendment arguments. Palmer cited House legislation passed August 31 to rein in secret surveillance, while LinkedIn simultaneously faces user privacy lawsuits, one dismissed with leave to amend by Judge Vince Chhabria.

CSO OnlineSep 16, 19:50 UTC · 15h agoPolicy & legal

Rubrik MCP gives AI agents controlled access to security intelligence

Rubrik launched MCP support exposing Rubrik Security Cloud APIs to enterprise AI agents with RBAC, configurable permissions, and OWASP MCP Top 10 guardrails.

Rubrik announced Rubrik MCP (Model Context Protocol), giving organizations' AI agents a secure, programmable path to Rubrik's data, identity, and application intelligence via the Rubrik Security Cloud API schema. Teams can save multi-step recovery or compliance workflows as reusable, deterministic tools, with role-based access control parity and OWASP MCP Top 10 aligned guardrails. Rubrik engineered its agent architecture with Anthropic's teams for multi-step reasoning in incident response, and says Rubrik AI is now trusted by one-third of its global customers.

Help Net SecuritySep 16, 10:41 UTC · 1d agoTools1

Horizon3 Announces Integration with CrowdStrike Falcon® Next-Gen SIEM

Horizon3 announces NodeZero integration pushing validated exposure findings into CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM for correlated investigations.

Horizon3 announced an integration enabling validated NodeZero findings to flow into CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, available now in the CrowdStrike Marketplace. Security teams can ingest and correlate exposure data with endpoint, identity, cloud, and other telemetry during investigations. CrowdStrike claims Falcon Next-Gen SIEM delivers up to 150x faster search than legacy SIEMs at up to 80% lower total cost of ownership.

Horizon3.aiSep 15, 13:10 UTC · 1d agoTools

Weekly Cybersecurity Newsletter – Top 50 Biggest Cybersecurity Stories of the Week

GBHackers weekly digest rounds up 50 stories including Microsoft's 973-CVE patch drop, exploited Cisco FMC flaws, and Claude agent attacks.

GBHackers' September 7-12, 2026 newsletter summarizes the 50 biggest cybersecurity stories of the week. Highlights include Microsoft patching a record 973 CVEs with two exploited zero-days, active exploitation of Cisco FMC, Check Point VPN and Ivanti flaws, China-linked crews chaining Chrome and Windows zero-days, AI agents mass-exploiting PaperCut to compromise 440 servers, and the emergence of Panzer cross-platform ransomware. It also covers Anthropic and OpenAI agentic AI incidents and CrowdStrike's SafeMind launch.

GBHackersSep 15, 11:44 UTC · 1d agoIndustry in the wild

25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough

Bruce Schneier and Cindy Cohn argue post-9/11 mass surveillance expanded far beyond its counterterrorism justification and should be reevaluated for costs to rights.

An essay by Bruce Schneier and Cindy Cohn (originally in Lawfare) traces the post-9/11 shift from targeted surveillance to mass collection of telephone and internet metadata. It cites the Section 215 bulk phone records program, struck down in interpretation by the Second Circuit in 2015 and curtailed by the USA Freedom Act, and the NSA's Upstream program under Section 702 of the 2008 FISA Amendments Act, which ended content searches in 2017. The authors note mass surveillance now serves routine law enforcement and immigration actions, with FBI Director Kash Patel confirming purchases of Americans' data from brokers, and private systems like Flock license plate readers and venue facial recognition feeding government access.

Schneier on SecuritySep 15, 11:01 UTC · 2d agoPolicy & legal

12 Best CNAPP Platforms Compared (2026): Features & Pricing

Independent comparison of 12 CNAPP platforms finds identical estates draw quotes 2-3x apart; Microsoft Defender for Cloud is the only fully published per-resource option.

A vendor-independent buyer's guide compares twelve CNAPP platforms including Prisma Cloud, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Wiz, Uptycs, Aqua, Zscaler, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud on pricing mechanics, procurement leverage, and capability-per-dollar. It finds quotes swing 2-3x on identical estates because vendors define 'workload' differently. Microsoft Defender for Cloud is highlighted as the only major with fully published per-resource rates.

GBHackersSep 15, 06:49 UTC · 2d agoIndustry1

12 Best Enterprise Browsers Compared (2026): Features & Pricing

2026 comparison of twelve enterprise browsers ranks Island and Palo Alto Talon as purpose-built leaders, with Chrome Enterprise and Edge free or bundled.

Guide compares twelve enterprise browser options across three models: purpose-built secure browsers (Island, Talon, Surf), layered controls on existing browsers (Chrome Enterprise, Edge for Business, LayerX, Seraphic), and streamed/isolated browsers (Kasm). Island and Palo Alto's Prisma Access Browser lead the purpose-built category for BYOD and contractor DLP. It also notes Mammoth Cyber has ceased operations.

GBHackersSep 15, 06:32 UTC · 2d agoTools1

HYDRA: Quantifying Botnet Resource Thresholds for Efficient Link-Flooding Attacks on LEO Satellite Networks

HYDRA models link-flooding attacks on LEO satellite constellations as botnet minimization, matching prior disruption with 34% fewer bots and 23% less traffic.

HYDRA formulates link-flooding attack variants against LEO constellations such as Starlink and Kuiper as botnet minimization problems, quantifying the smallest bot subset and traffic allocation needed to disrupt communications between targeted geographic areas. Under matched stealth constraints it matches the ICARUS attack's disruption using 34% fewer bots and 23% less aggregate traffic, sustaining over 97% attack success as topology evolves. The framework also evaluates five mitigations, including routing diversification, ingress policing, distance-based constraints, source throttling, and botnet attrition.

arXiv cs.CRSep 14, 15:00 UTC · 2d agoResearch

Unmasking Cloud Identities: From Behavioral Clustering to Automated Detection

Unit 42 clusters behavior of 40,000+ AWS identities from 125 cloud environments to map functional roles and enable lightweight SQL-based detection.

Palo Alto Unit 42 built an unsupervised behavioral clustering model using UMAP and HDBSCAN on AWS CloudTrail logs to map cloud identities to functional roles such as administrators, backup services, security tooling and DevOps. The study analyzed over 40,000 identities across 125 cloud environments over two months. The researchers show that heuristics extracted from the clustering map can be implemented in standard SQL, enabling role classification at scale without running a continuous ML pipeline. The methodology extends to audit logs from other cloud providers, SaaS and Kubernetes.

Palo Alto Unit 42Sep 14, 10:00 UTC · 3d agoResearch

Thorough reorganization at NSA will create five 'mission centers,' including cyber and AI

NSA is reorganizing into five mission centers covering China, cybersecurity, AI, combat support and global intelligence, with full capability targeted by January.

NSA Director Gen. Joshua Rudd announced a sweeping reorganization replacing existing directorates with five mission centers focused on China, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, combat support, and global intelligence. A 30-day implementation clock has started, and the centers are expected to reach full operational capability by January. Officials acknowledge the rapid realignment will 'break things' in the agency's bureaucracy; this is the largest restructuring since the NSA21 effort roughly a decade ago, which was widely viewed as a failure.

The RecordSep 13, 21:36 UTC · 3d agoPolicy & legal

Security Affairs newsletter Round 594 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Weekly Security Affairs newsletter aggregates top stories including Cisco FMC exploitation, Qilin ransomware, Chrome zero-days, and Berlin leak.

Pierluigi Paganini's Security Affairs newsletter Round 594 (International Edition) rounds up the week's security headlines. Topics include attackers exploiting a critical Cisco FMC flaw to deploy Qilin ransomware, SonicWall mass exploitation linked to a UK council attack, multiple CISA KEV additions, Chrome zero-days used by four nation-state actors, a $320 million Liquid Network theft, and a Berlin ransomware data leak. It also covers AI security items such as agent sandbox failures and distillation campaigns by Chinese AI firms.

Security AffairsSep 13, 14:23 UTC · 3d agoIndustry in the wildCVE-2026-42016 CVE-2026-42018 CVE-2026-82329+1 CVEs1

EU's Cyber Resilience Act starts the 24-hour vulnerability clock

EU Cyber Resilience Act reporting rules take effect, requiring manufacturers to disclose actively exploited vulnerabilities to ENISA within 24 hours, with fines reaching €15 million.

The Cyber Resilience Act's Article 14 mandatory reporting duties became applicable, requiring makers of products with digital elements sold in the EU — regardless of where they are based — to file an early warning within 24 hours of becoming aware of an actively exploited vulnerability, a detailed notification within 72 hours, and a final report within 14 days of releasing a fix. Reports must be submitted through ENISA's Single Reporting Platform to the designated CSIRT, and non-compliance with these core duties can trigger fines up to €15 million or 2.5 percent of annual turnover. Manufacturers must also inform affected users of available fixes without undue delay, and most remaining CRA provisions, including mandatory SBOMs and security-by-design requirements, become applicable on December 11, 2027.

The Register · SecuritySep 11, 11:34 UTC · 5d agoPolicy & legal

Omniscience for the Masses: New Threats in the Metaverse's Democratized World Creation

First systematic assessment of 25 metaverse platforms reveals five novel world-creation attacks enabling covert user surveillance on Roblox, Horizon Worlds, and VRChat.

Researchers present the first systematic security and privacy assessment of metaverse world creators, surveying 25 platforms that support user-created worlds. They designed and implemented five novel attacks that abuse standard creator tools to violate spatial, visual, and auditory constraints, enabling covert user surveillance and manipulation without software vulnerabilities or developer-level privileges. Five previously proposed attacks were replicated using only standard world-creation features. The authors conclude that existing platform vetting, runtime protections, and creator policies are insufficient to mitigate malicious world creators.

arXiv cs.CRSep 11, 08:00 UTC · 6d agoResearch

Self-Verifying Anomaly Detection using Explainable AI for Cybersecurity of DER Networks

ExCYDER framework self-verifies anomaly detection alerts for DER power grids using LightGBM and SHAP, reaching over 98% detection accuracy.

The paper presents ExCYDER, an explainable AI anomaly detection framework for Distributed Energy Resource networks that combines LightGBM with SHAP to validate whether each model decision aligns with its feature-attribution evidence. On a realistic DNP3 dataset it achieved over 98% detection accuracy, 14.5 ms SHAP latency per alert, and confidence deviation within 5%. The self-verifying mechanism distinguishes coherent from inconsistent alerts, improving interpretability and auditability for DER-focused security operations centers.

arXiv cs.CRSep 11, 00:19 UTC · 6d agoResearch