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Identify unused AWS KMS keys and prevent accidental key deletions

As you scale your use of Amazon Web Services (AWS), managing KMS keys becomes increasingly important. Whether you manage a handful of keys or thousands across multiple AWS accounts and AWS Regions, there’s often a need to audit key usage to help you meet compliance requirements, evaluate your risk posture, and optimize key management costs.…

TeamPCP Compromised LiteLLM in AI Supply Chain Attack

A supply chain attack targeting the open-source AI ecosystem shows how threat actors are increasingly abusing developer tools and AI infrastructure to steal credentials and compromise cloud environments.  Researchers found that TeamPCP compromised LiteLLM, a widely used open-source Python library that connects applications to more than 100 LLM providers through OpenAI-compatible APIs.   The attack reportedly…

Third-Party Risk Management Needs to Evolve 

Traditional point-in-time vendor risk assessments are becoming increasingly difficult to maintain in environments where vendors, technologies, and regulatory requirements continuously evolve.  During a recent discussion with eSecurity Planet, Auditive Founder and CEO Daniel Faddoul explained why many organizations are struggling to keep pace with modern third-party risk exposure and why continuous monitoring is becoming more…

Fake Claude Code takes the IElevator to your browser secrets

Developers looking for Anthropic’s increasingly popular Claude Code tool are now being lured into downloading malware. According to researchers at Ontinue, attackers are abusing a fake Claude Code installer to deliver a previously undocumented PowerShell payload. The malware is designed to evade detection, recover browser encryption material, and steal sensitive data from developer systems. “Developers…

How Inefficient MSP Service Desks Drive Burnout

As MSP service desk operations become increasingly complex, inefficiency has emerged as a major contributor to technician burnout. Fragmented ticketing systems, overloaded inboxes, and overly complex workflows can demoralize teams and ultimately lead to burnout. At the same time, MSP teams are managing growing ticket volumes and alert fatigue as businesses become more interconnected and…

Introducing AI traffic analysis dashboards for AWS WAF

As AI agents, bots, and programmatic access become an increasingly significant portion of web traffic, organizations need better tools to understand, analyze, and manage this activity. Today, we’re excited to announce AI Traffic Analysis dashboards for AWS WAF protection packs—also known as web access control lists (web ACLs)—providing comprehensive visibility into AI bot and agent…

Shadow AI is Creating New Security Blind Spots for Australian Organisations

GUEST OPINION:  Employees are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) tools at work, often without formal approval or oversight. A Gartner survey of cybersecurity leaders revealed that 69% of organisations suspect or have evidence that employees are using prohibited public GenAI. This ‘shadow AI’ is emerging as a new source of risk for Australian organisations, as sensitive…

Attackers abuse Microsoft Teams to impersonate the IT helpdesk in a new enterprise intrusion playbook

Attackers are increasingly exploiting enterprise collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams to gain initial access, impersonating IT helpdesk staff and persuading employees to grant remote control, according to new research from Microsoft. In a blog post, Microsoft described a “cross-tenant helpdesk impersonation” technique in which threat actors initiate conversations with employees via Teams’ external access…

The need for a board-level definition of cyber resilience

Cyber resilience has become a critical governance concern as organizations face increasingly complex and costly cyber threats. However, recent research reveals that the concept of cyber resilience remains inconsistently defined across regulatory frameworks and in some cases presents contradictory guidance to cross-sector and multinational organizations. This conceptual fragmentation poses a systemic risk for top management…

When Trust Becomes a Weapon: Google Cloud Storage Phishing Deploying Remcos RAT

Modern phishing campaigns increasingly abuse legitimate services. Cloud platforms, file-sharing tools, trusted domains, and widely used SaaS applications are now part of the attacker’s toolkit. Instead of breaking trust, attackers borrow it.  This shift creates a dangerous asymmetry. Security controls often whitelist or inherently trust these services, while users are far less likely to question them. The…

Microsoft Details Cookie-Controlled PHP Web Shells Persisting via Cron on Linux Servers

Threat actors are increasingly using HTTP cookies as a control channel for PHP-based web shells on Linux servers and to achieve remote code execution, according to findings from the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team. “Instead of exposing command execution through URL parameters or request bodies, these web shells rely on threat actor-supplied cookie values to gate execution,

Crowdstrike 2026 Global Threat Report: Adversaries Use AI to Bypass Defenses

Attackers are moving faster, blending in better, and increasingly using AI to stay ahead of defenders. The Crowdstrike 2026 Global Threat Report highlights a shift toward stealthy, identity-driven attacks that are harder to detect and quicker to execute. “This is an AI arms race. Breakout time is the clearest signal of how intrusion has changed.…

Coro CEO Outlines SMB Security, MSP Shifts for 2026

AI-fueled cyberattacks are accelerating, and small and midsize businesses are increasingly caught in the crosshairs. At the same time, MSPs are under pressure to deliver stronger security outcomes with limited resources. In an interview with Channel Insider following RSAC 2026, Coro CEO Joe Sykora outlined how the threat landscape is evolving—and why automation, platform consolidation,…

Zoom sees human conversation as its edge in the agentic AI era

AI agents in the workplace are increasingly able to retrieve information, coordinate tasks, and even act on a user’s behalf. But important decisions still typically happen through human interaction. As agentic AI threatens to disrupt the SaaS market, Zoom sees an advantage in its ability to capture interactions across video, phone, and in-person meetings —…

Zoom sees human conversation as its edge in the agentic AI era

AI agents in the workplace are increasingly able to retrieve information, coordinate tasks, and even act on a user’s behalf. But important decisions still typically happen through human interaction. As agentic AI threatens to disrupt the SaaS market, Zoom sees an advantage in its ability to capture interactions across video, phone, and in-person meetings —…

It’s time to get serious about post-quantum security. Here’s where to start.

After decades of development, quantum computing is now becoming increasingly available for advanced scientific and commercial use. The potential marvels range from accelerating drug discovery and materials science, to optimizing complex logistics and financial modeling. But there’s a paradox to this trend: Quantum computing also poses a growing threat to data security. The risk is…

From Windows to macOS: ClickFix attacks shift tactics with ChatGPT-based lures

ClickFix campaigns are evolving, with attackers increasingly targeting macOS users and deploying more advanced infostealers, according to Sophos researchers. ClickFix is a growing social engineering technique that tricks users into manually executing malicious commands, bypassing traditional protections. Once mainly targeting Windows, it is now increasingly affecting macOS, with recent campaigns deploying infostealers like AMOS and…

HID 2026 State of Security and Identity Report

GUEST OPINION:   As organisations navigate an increasingly complex security landscape, the convergence of physical and digital identity is rapidly reshaping how enterprises protect people, systems and data. New insights from HID’s 2026 State of Security and Identity Report show identity management has become the central pillar of modern security strategies, as businesses respond to AI-enabled…

ClickFix techniques evolve in new infostealer campaigns

Cybercriminals are combining compromised websites with increasingly sophisticated ClickFix social engineering lures to deliver new infostealer malware, with one campaign alone weaponizing more than 250 WordPress sites across 12 countries. The campaign leads to stealthy in-memory payloads, while a separate attack detected by Microsoft targets Windows Terminal for payload execution instead of the traditional Run…

Report: AI Accelerates Attacks on Trusted Identities

A recent report from ConnectWise found that attackers are increasingly exploiting trusted identities, along with remote access infrastructure and software supply chains, while AI continues to accelerate in speed and scale. 2026 MSP Threat Report shows trusted identities and legitimate tools are top targets The research, ConnectWise’s 2026 MSP Threat Report, provides global threat intelligence…

AI-Powered Cybercrime Surges 1,500%, Report Finds

Cybercrime is entering a new phase where machines, not humans, increasingly run the attacks. A new 2026 Global Threat Intelligence Report from Flashpoint suggests that threat actors are rapidly adopting AI-powered automated systems to execute entire cyberattack chains with minimal human input. Threat actors adopt AI tools as cyberattacks become cheaper to automate One of…

12 ways attackers abuse cloud services to hack your enterprise

Attackers are increasingly abusing trusted SaaS platforms, cloud infrastructure, and identity systems to blend malicious activity into legitimate enterprise traffic. Adversaries are pushing command and control (C2) through high-reputation services, including OpenAI and AWS, to blend in with normal business traffic and evade blocklists. The shift from “living off the land” to “living off the…

CyberProof 2026 Report Warns of Rising Identity and AI Cyberattacks

The global cyber threat landscape shifted in 2025, as attackers increasingly abandoned complex malware in favor of faster, more scalable tactics centered on identity compromise, AI-driven automation, and SaaS ecosystem abuse.  According to the CyberProof 2026 Global Threat Intelligence Report, attackers are no longer focused on breaking through network perimeters.  Instead, they are logging in…

That attractive online ad might be a malware trap

Malware increasingly travels through the infrastructure that delivers online advertising. The Media Trust’s Global Report on Digital Trust, Ad Integrity, and the Protection of People describes a digital ad ecosystem where scam campaigns, malicious redirects, and malware delivery appear alongside marketing traffic. The financial impact of these threats continues to grow. Estimated consumer and business…

NCSC Warns UK Organisations to Prepare for Potential Iran-Linked Cyber Activity

Geopolitical conflict rarely stays confined to physical battlefields. Increasingly, it spills into the digital domain. The latest escalation of tensions in the Middle East has prompted the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to issue a warning to organisations to review their cyber security posture and prepare for possible cyber activity linked to Iran. While…

Java Adoption Accelerates for AI Workloads, Azul Survey Finds

Java is increasingly being positioned as a core language for enterprise AI development, even as organizations accelerate plans to move away from Oracle Java due to pricing and licensing concerns, according to Azul’s newly released 2026 State of Java Survey & Report. The annual study is based on responses from more than 2,000 Java professionals…

69% of CISOs open to career move — including leaving role entirely

Enterprise CISOs are increasingly willing — and eager — to jump ship, with some frustrated enough to want to leave cybersecurity entirely.  A recent survey of security leaders from IANS Research and Artico Search found that 69% of security executives “are open to making a career move within the next year, often targeting CISO roles at…

Flare Report: Infostealers Are Fueling Enterprise Identity Attacks

Once largely associated with consumer credential theft, infostealer malware is increasingly impacting enterprises.  New research from Flare shows that a rising percentage of infections now expose enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) and identity provider credentials, creating direct risk for corporate systems, cloud environments, and SaaS platforms. “We’re seeing fewer infections overall, but far higher yield per…

Intro to Dropshipping: How to Start Dropshipping

The dropshipping business model has become increasingly popular in recent years as a simplified way to break into the e-commerce market. If you’re interested in expanding your product selection without the added cost of maintaining extra inventory yourself, it may be worthwhile to explore dropshipping. Jump to: What is dropshipping? Benefits of dropshipping Challenges of […]

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