Geek-Guy.com

Tag: their

Claude Code GitHub Actions Flaw Created Supply Chain Attack Risk

Organizations using Claude Code GitHub Actions should review their CI/CD environments after a researcher found vulnerabilities that could expose repositories to compromise and supply chain attacks.   The flaws, which have since been patched, allowed attackers to bypass permission controls and inject untrusted input into trusted workflows.   These vulnerabilities allow “… an attacker [to] bypass its…

The AI governance imperative you can’t afford to ignore

CIOs rushing to roll out AI agents without real visibility into their decision-making processes are flirting with disaster. According to AI experts, deploying agents without observability processes and tools creates a ticking time bomb with the potential for huge negative consequences. Many companies are deploying AI agents and expecting them to increase productivity with little…

6 Under-the-Radar Vendors That Supercharge Breach and Attack Simulation in 2026

This guide is for IT leaders and security teams looking to validate their defenses against real-world cyberattacks in 2026. It covers the top breach and attack simulation (BAS) solutions and the key capabilities organizations should evaluate to strengthen endpoint, cloud, and network security resilience. Key Takeaways of BAS Solutions in 2026 Breach and attack simulation…

Microsoft, EY to spend $1 billion on helping customers buy agentic AI

Microsoft and EY will spend $1 billion on helping their customers adopt AI over the next five years. The billion will support assisting clients with pioneering AI projects and capability building, said EY’s global Microsoft alliance leader, Paul Clark. Clients will be able to access those resources based on their specific needs, he said. “We’re…

ISC2 Report: AI Is ‘Double-Edged’ Sword of Cybersecurity

A new study from ISC2 has found that cybersecurity professionals now see AI as both their biggest opportunity and biggest threat.  The findings point to a field at an inflection point, with teams moving to adopt AI for defense while preparing for more scalable, convincing AI-enabled attacks. AI ranks as top security opportunity and threat…

Attackers hit vulnerabilities hard last year, making exploits the top entry point for breaches

Attackers couldn’t get enough of the vulnerabilities at their disposal last year, making exploits the top initial access vector across more than 22,000 breaches Verizon analyzed in its latest Data Breach Investigations Report released Tuesday. The massive annual study uncovered a surge of exploited vulnerabilities during a one-year period ending in October 2025. Exploited defects…

Governing infrastructure as code using pattern-based policy as code

Organizations often struggle to enforce security and compliance requirements consistently across their cloud infrastructure. In one environment, a workload might be deployed in an AWS Region that was never approved for that class of data. In another, a security group might allow broader access than intended. Required tags might be missing. Encryption might be assumed…

AI might cut false positives, but it won’t stop the slop 

As defenders get their hands on newer AI models with more powerful cybersecurity capabilities like Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s Daybreak, organizations are being told to prepare for a flood of new vulnerability reports. But for bug bounty programs across the nation, that day may already be here, as yesterday’s frontier models and today’s open-source AI…

MY TAKE: AI agents force a rethink of enterprise service lines as vendors move up the tech tack

ORLANDO — Companies are pulling AI agents into their daily operations through a dozen side doors. Related: SaaS and AI agents converge One of them was in focus at KB4-CON, KnowBe4’s annual customer conference at the Marriott World Center here last week. The Clearwater, Fla.-based cybersecurity training vendor used the conference to lay out a…

Nearly every enterprise is investing in AI, but only 5% say their data is ready

Nearly halfway into 2026, enterprises are beginning to see tangible returns on their AI investments. Yet many are discovering that scaling requires something far less glamorous than flashy frontier models and state-of-the-art benchmarking: Clean, interoperable, governed data. According to a new AI Momentum Survey from Dun & Bradstreet, 97% of organizations report active AI initiatives,…

Introducing the updated AWS User Guide to Governance, Risk, and Compliance for Responsible AI Adoption

The financial services industry (FSI) is using AI to transform how financial institutions serve their customers. AI solutions can help proactively manage portfolios, automatically refinance mortgages when rates decrease, and negotiate insurance premiums for customers. However, this adoption brings new governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) considerations that organizations need to address. To help FSI customers…

Acronis Launches Cyber Frame IaaS Platform for MSPs

The cyber protection company wants to give MSPs and cloud providers a way to run infrastructure on their own terms, without the vendor lock-in hangover. Acronis on Wednesday unveiled Cyber Frame, a new hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform built specifically for service providers tired of being squeezed by legacy virtualization costs and hyperscaler…

Deepfakes Are Exposing Gaps in Cyber Insurance Policies

Deepfakes are creating new cybersecurity risks that many organizations — and their cyber insurance policies — may not be fully prepared to address.  As attackers increasingly use AI-generated voice, video, and identity impersonation in fraud and ransomware attacks, cybersecurity experts warn businesses must reassess both security strategies and cyber insurance coverage.   During a recent Channel…

Supply-chain attacks take aim at your AI coding agents

Attackers too are looking to cash in on the AI coding craze, adapting their supply-chain techniques to target coding agents themselves. Many AI agents autonomously scan package registries such as NPM and PyPI for components to integrate into their coding projects, and attackers are beginning to take advantage of this. Bait packages with persuasive descriptions…

‘Trivial’ exploit can give attackers root access to Linux kernel

CSOs must ensure their Linux-based systems block unauthorized privilege escalation until distros release patches to plug a serious kernel vulnerability affecting all Linux distributions shipped since 2017. Until fixes are available for what’s been dubbed the Copy Fail logic bug (CVE-2026-31431), which lets users easily obtain root access, there isn’t much CSOs can do, says…

Smashing Security podcast #465: This developer wanted to cheat at Roblox. It cost millions

A developer at an AI startup wanted to cheat at Roblox. They downloaded a dodgy script on their work laptop. That one decision triggered a cascade of failures that ended with a $2 million data breach affecting hundreds of thousands of organisations. All for some free in-game currency. Meanwhile, there’s a 1980s phone protocol called…

Access control with IAM Identity Center session tags

As organizations expand their Amazon Web Services (AWS) footprint, managing secure, scalable, and cost-efficient access across multiple accounts becomes increasingly important. AWS IAM Identity Center offers a centralized, unified solution for managing workforce access to AWS accounts. It simplifies authentication, enhances security, and provides a seamless user sign-in experience to AWS services across diverse environments.…

Phishing-to-RMM Attacks: The Remote Access Blind Spot CISOs Can’t Ignore 

CISOs are under pressure to prove that their security programs can detect threats early, reduce business risk, and support fast, confident response. But that becomes harder when attackers stop relying on obviously malicious tools. In recent phishing-to-RMM campaigns observed by ANY.RUN analysts, threat actors are using fake Microsoft, Adobe, and OneDrive pages to deliver legitimate…

Microsoft issues out-of-band patch for critical security flaw in update to ASP.NET Core

Developers are advised to check their applications after Microsoft revealed that last week’s ASP.NET Core update inadvertently introduced a serious security flaw into the web framework’s Data Protection Library. Microsoft describes the issue as a “regression,” coding jargon for an update that breaks something that was previously working correctly. In this case, what was introduced…

Vuln in Google’s Antigravity AI agent manager could escape sandbox, give attackers remote code execution

As organizations consider agentic AI for their business and IT stacks, researchers continue to find bugs and vulnerabilities in major, commercial models  that can significantly expand their attack surface. This week, researchers at Pillar Security disclosed a vulnerability in Antigravity, an AI-powered developer tool for filesystem operations made by Google. The bug, since patched, combined…

Klaviyo Strengthens Canva Partnership with Expanded Integration to Help Marketers Build Creative Campaigns Faster

COMPANY NEWS:  Klaviyo, the autonomous B2C CRM, and Canva today announced a deepened commitment to their partnership with an expanded integration that enables marketers to design and streamline full campaigns in Canva and reach consumers wherever they are. Marketers can seamlessly bring their Canva designs into Klaviyo to personalise, refine, and deliver customer experiences at…

Mozilla challenges enterprise AI providers with Thunderbolt, open-source AI client under your control

For organizations that want to keep company data within their own systems and have more control over how AI is deployed, Mozilla is offering an alternative to externally hosted AI services with Thunderbolt, an open-source AI client designed for self-hosted use. Thunderbolt is available through a waitlist, with native applications for web, macOS, Windows, Linux,…

Report: Only 34% of Security Talent Plan to Stay in Their Roles

Only 34% of cybersecurity professionals plan to stay in their current roles, according to IANS and Artico Search’s recently released 2026 Cybersecurity Talent Report. The report outlines key insights on compensation, roles, and retention based on a survey of more than 500 security professionals. CISOs must rethink how to retain talent The report highlights declining…

North Korean hackers abuse LNKs and GitHub repos in ongoing campaign

DPRK-linked threat actors are preferring stealth over sophistication in their targeting of South Korean organizations, as researchers report use of weaponized Windows shortcut (.LNK) files and GitHub-based command-and-control (C2) channels in a new campaign. According to new Fortinet findings, a series of attacks that began in 2024 were found using a multi-stage scripting process and…

Which messaging app takes the most limited approach to permissions on Android?

Messaging apps handle sensitive conversations, contacts, and media, and their behavior on a device varies in ways that affect privacy. An analysis of Android versions of Messenger, Signal, and Telegram shows that differences in permissions, background activity, and system exposure shape how much data each app can access and how often it communicates. Permissions define…

GenAI Alone Isn’t Enough: Rethinking AI in Cybersecurity

As organizations accelerate their AI adoption, many are turning to generative AI (GenAI) as a cornerstone of their security strategy.  But according to Melissa Ruzzi, Director of AI at AppOmni, relying on GenAI alone may create more gaps than it solves. “GenAI is non-deterministic and language-focused, so it’s not the most appropriate tool in certain…

CrowdStrike and HCLTech Expand Strategic Partnership with AI-Powered Continuous Threat Exposure Management Services

CrowdStrike and HCLTech today announced an expansion of their strategic partnership with the launch of Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) services. This joint offering enables continuous, intelligence-led identification, prioritization, and remediation of exposure across endpoints, cloud, identity, applications, and data, helping enterprises maintain an always-on view of exposure and address risk in a more structured and timely manner.

FIRESIDE CHAT: AI gives rise to a semantic attack surface, forcing a new class of network defense

SAN FRANCISCO — Enterprises rushing to deploy AI in their operations are opening a security exposure most of their existing tools were never designed to address. That’s the hard message coming out of RSAC 2026 — and it’s one worth sitting with. Related: RSAC 2026 recap—no easy AI fixes Jamison Utter, A10 Networks field CISO,…

Don’t count on government guidance after a smart home breach

People are filling their homes with internet-connected cameras, speakers, locks, and routers. When one of those devices is compromised, the next steps are often unclear. Researchers reviewing government cybersecurity advice in 11 countries found that most guidance focuses on prevention, leaving households with limited support after a breach. The analysis covers Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland,…

AI SOC vendors are selling a future that production deployments haven’t reached yet

Vendors selling AI-powered security operations platforms have built their pitches around a consistent set of promises: autonomous threat investigation, dramatic reductions in analyst workload, and an accelerating path toward humanless operations. Practitioners buying and deploying those platforms describe something different. A report by Anton Chuvakin, Security Advisor at Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO, and…