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Durand: Agentic Models Require Stronger Verification and Complex Access Controls
With bots and personal agents poised to reshape digital identity, Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand says organizations must harden onboarding, reimagine omni-channel strategies and deploy "verified trust services" to combat fraud and deepfakes, especially in workforce and third-party access.

Announcement Provokes Skepticism in Cyber Community
A band of adolescent hackers behind attacks against airliners, insurers and casinos in the United Kingdom and the United States on Friday said they are shutting down their operations. Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters posted a semi-coherent screed announcing a decision to "go dark."

Vastaamo Hacker Aleksanteri Kivimäki Is Free, For Now
A Helsinki court ordered the release of Finland's most notorious hacker pending the resolution of his appeal of a conviction stemming from the theft of psychotherapy records of 33,000 individuals. Aleksanteri Kivimäki was convicted last year for hacking into now-defunct psychotherapy chain Vastaamo.

Calypso’s Red-Teaming and Agentic Threat Tools Boost F5’s Application Security Edge
F5’s latest acquisition brings Dublin, Ireland-based CalypsoAI’s unique AI security stack into its platform to secure application traffic against LLM misuse, data leakage and shadow AI, enhancing protection for hybrid and multi-cloud environments and helping secure apps and APIs.

Updated CVE Roadmap Follows Threats to Funding
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is unveiling a new vision for its globally-adopted vulnerability tracking system but security analysts warn that funding threats and turmoil inside the federal agency could derail any reforms before they take hold.

Inogen's Ebenezer Arumai Discusses Cyber Risk in Advance of ManuSec Summit
Ahead of QG Media's 10th ManuSec Summit - scheduled Oct. 14-15 in Chicago - we caught up with Ebenezer Arumai, director of IT infrastructure and security at medical device manufacturer Inogen, to discuss the cyber risk challenges related to medical equipment.

Also: AI Pilot Project Purgatory, Agentic AI Commerce Fraud Concerns
In this week's update, four ISMG editors discussed cybersecurity risks for small and medium-sized businesses, why so many enterprise artificial intelligence projects stall in pilot mode and concerns over fraud with the rise of agentic commerce in payments.

Tech Tools Are Powerful 'Easy Buttons' But You Still Need to Know the Fundamentals
In their careers, cyber professionals are expected to move beyond clicking through alerts and develop more depth in the field. The "easy button" may feel efficient, but it could be your downfall if you don't push yourself to truly learn the ins and outs of cyber defense.

Department of Defense Releases Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Rule
The Department of War has published the final version of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Rule - dubbed CMMC 2.0 - following years of collaboration with defense vendors on a tiered-approach to developing standardized cybersecurity requirements across the Defense Industrial Base.

Merck's Luis Contasti Aguirre on Building Resilient OT Security Programs
Luis Contasti Aguirre from Merck shares how visibility into OT assets, clear processes and a strong risk-aware culture help secure critical systems. He explains how aligning people, process and technology strengthens compliance, reduces false positives and ensures operational resilience.

GitLab's Joern Schneeweisz on Prompt Injections and Old AppSec Issues
Large language models pose systemic risks, and the rush to release AI products revives old security flaws. Prompt injections and familiar application vulnerabilities expose gaps created when speed outweighs safety, said Joern Schneeweisz, principal security engineer at GitLab.

Also: Hackers Use Ethereum Smart Contracts to Hide Malicious npm Code
SwissBorg $41M hack, hidden malicious npm code, sanctions on Southeast Asian networks, California launderer's sentencing, Kinto's shuttering, Venus Protocol pays back victim, Nemo Protocol hack, DOJ's $5M recovery effort, Lagarde's proposed rules and the SEC-CFTC plan for market clarity.

Security Researchers Reveal Methods to Reverse Engineer MediaTek Firmware
Reverse engineering Wi-Fi chips opens new opportunities for security research. Security researchers Daniel Wegemer and Edoardo Mantovani describe tools, methods and motivations for unlocking hidden functions and enabling deeper hardware analysis.

Former CSO Joe Sullivan on Vibe Coding Impact on Software Development
AI is reshaping how software is created, allowing more people to participate in the process through "vibe coding." But as development accelerates, security challenges multiply as code is often deployed without thorough review, said Joe Sullivan, former CSO at Cloudflare, Facebook and Uber.

BioCatch Says Crime Groups Have Industrialized Operations With Stablecoin Transfers
Organized crime groups have industrialized digital banking fraud operations in the United States, with money mule networks surging 168% in the first half of 2025. Money mules are being recruited at unprecedented scale, and they're using stablecoins to transfer funds to crypto exchanges.

Operations Likely to Be Disrupted for Weeks
British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover on Wednesday said hackers stole "some data" in the cyberattack detected earlier this month. The Tata Motors-owned luxury carmaker shut down assembly lines in the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Brazil and India after a Sept. 1 cyberattack.

Why CISOs Must Rethink Access, Behavioral Analytics and AI Governance at Scale
Zero trust is evolving beyond static controls and network segmentation. CISOs must prepare for dynamic, behavior-driven security models that incorporate real-time intelligence, enforce identity and data safeguards, and manage AI as both a threat vector and a security tool.

GhostRedirector Compromising Windows Servers in Brazil, Thailand and Vietnam
A suspected Chinese cybercrime group is deploying custom malware to compromise Windows servers in Brazil, Thailand, Portugal and Vietnam as part of search engine optimization fraud to promote gambling websites.

Nonprofit Is Among Several Blood Suppliers Hit by Cybercriminals Over the Past Year
New York Blood Center Enterprises said an undisclosed number of patients, employees and other individuals are potentially affected by a January cyberattack that compromised personal and health related information. The hack was among several attacks on blood suppliers over the past year.

Salesloft Says Hackers Broke Into Its GitHub Repository
Cybersecurity firms Tenable and Qualys fell to attacks stemming from hacker theft of authentication tokens from a third-party tool often integrated into Salesforce. The firms disclosed their exposure to the attack that lifted access tokens from marketing-as-a-service software provider Salesloft.