Discover 5 key lessons from 50+ identity migrations, covering data quality, scale, security, and zero-downtime strategies.
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Akamai Identity Cloud ends in 2027. Learn risks, timelines, and migration strategies to modernize your authentication stack today.
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Discover how to leverage open-source tools for vulnerability management while meeting compliance requirements. Learn best practices for secure and compliant software development.
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Explore Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM): its benefits, components, and how it differs from IAM. Learn to implement CIAM effectively for enhanced user experience and security.
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Here’s a scenario security teams increasingly face. A user—or an attacker pretending to be one—types something like: This is how many prompt injection attempts begin. The phrase looks harmless, but it’s a red flag: the user is telling the AI to forget its built‑in rules. What follows is often hidden inside a structured block, for …
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Introduction On July 16, 2025, Europol revealed the details of Operation Eastwood, a coordinated international strike against one of the most active pro-Russian cybercrime groups, NoName057(016). The announcement promised a major disruption to the group’s activities. In this blog, we explore whether Operation Eastwood had any real impact on NoName057(016), and how the group’s activities […]
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Interesting analysis:
When cyber incidents occur, victims should be notified in a timely manner so they have the opportunity to assess and remediate any harm. However, providing notifications has proven a challenge across industry.
When making notifications, companies often do not know the true identity of victims and may only have a single email address through which to provide the notification. Victims often do not trust these notifications, as cyber criminals often use the pretext of an account compromise as a phishing lure.
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This report explores the challenges associated with developing the native-notification concept and lays out a roadmap for overcoming them. It also examines other opportunities for more narrow changes that could both increase the likelihood that victims will both receive and trust notifications and be able to access support resources...
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Why is NHI Management Imperative for Optimal Security? Where the cloud has become a major part of numerous industries and businesses, handling Non-Human Identities (NHIs) is no longer an option but rather a necessity. So, how crucial is a comprehensive plan for NHI management in delivering effective security? Non-human identities, the “machine passports” that navigate […]
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2025 is not a gentle jog. It is a full throttle compliance race and the pace car is artificial intelligence. Regulators across industries are rewriting...Read More
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Creators, Authors and Presenters: The Modern Rogue (@ModernRogue) Presents Josh Nass (@HamRadioCrashCourse)
Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Creators/Presenters/Authors for publishing their timely DEF CON 33 outstanding content. Originating from the conference's events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel.
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Five months after the future of the CVE program was thrown in doubt, CISA this week released a roadmap that calls for steps to take for its new "quality era," which includes public sponsorship, expanded public-private partnership, and modernization.
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5 min readHybrid Windows environments pose a security risk due to outdated identity controls. Relying on static credentials and fragmented visibility, these setups are vulnerable. Modernization with workload identity federation, conditional access, and centralized monitoring is crucial to close security gaps.
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Master DevOps automation with these 5 essential tools for .NET developers. Streamline CI/CD, code analysis, and database versioning for faster, more reliable deployments.
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via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD
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Identity-based attacks are on the rise. Attacks in which malicious actors assume the identity of an entity to easily gain access to resources and sensitive data have been increasing in number and frequency over the last few years.
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There’s an old story about a village that finally got electricity. Everyone bought fridges. A few months later, the elders gathered and suggested the unthinkable… “get rid of them!” Before the fridges, leftover food was shared. No one went to bed hungry. After the fridges, leftovers were hoarded “just in case,” forgotten for days, and … Continue reading Fridges, AI, and the Hidden Cost of Convenience →
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When I was speaking to a group of Bank Security people in New York City yesterday, I mentioned "machine rooms" -- which are rooms full of Apple iPhones that are used to send iMessage phishing spam. Someone in the audience asked "Where would they get that many phones?"
The kids like to use the acronym "IYKYK" (If You Know You Know). I learn new IYKYK phrases in Chinese Telegram every day.
Today's new favorite phrase? 水果机 - Shuǐguǒ jī - "Fruit machine."
Example usage: 🔥低价出正品水果机 ("Genuine fruit machines at low prices")
Fruit machine is coded language for Apple iPhones.
This advertiser pays HuionePay's Haowang Guarantee for the right to share an ad for their group once each hour in Huione, their highest rate, so that one line advertisement is posted 24 times per day to Haowang Guarantees "buy and sell" group.
What? You thought Telegram had banned HuionePay? hahahahahaha ... but they do try to hide their traffic by rebranding their "Crime As A Service" vendors to be "Potato Guarantee" rather than Haowang Guarantee.
Links shared by this advertiser go to a 38,438 member "Potato Guarantee" group called "Yongle smuggles Apple phones" and share that Yongle has deposited "208,000 USDT" in order to insure that your transactions are safe. (The "Trust Model" of the Chinese Guarantee Syndicates is that vendors make a deposit to be listed in the vendor directory and the Syndicate promises that any transaction up to the level of the deposit will be backed by the Syndicate should anything go wrong.)
(Google translated)The welcome message for the group says:
"Various models of iPhone are available, all smuggled into the country as brand new, unopened, and unactivated official Chinese versions, suitable for personal use or resale." They go on to say that your phone will be delivered within 72 hours and that if it is shown to be used, they will refund 10x your purchase price!
Another September ad using the "Fruit machine" language in a major HuionePay group also now goes to a "Potato Guarantee" group with 12,154 members. (Group 2851, with a 38,000 USDT Deposit) The translated "welcome" message when joining the group calls the group "Xili Smuggles mobile phones and digital products" and promises "Various models of iPhone are available, all smuggled into the country as brand new, unopened, and unactivated national versions, suitable for personal use or resale."
Group: "Xili Smuggles Mobile Phones and Digital Products"Xili, who prefers to call himself "Heineken," is currently taking deposits for iPhone 17s. He also will throw in an Apple watch if you pay 1000 Yuan extra. Currently he charges 5999 Yuan for an iPhone 16 ProMax 1TB, or approximately $850.
Xili / Heineken's most recent advertisement
If that whole thing sounds insane, I would encourage you to read the book "Apple in China" by Patrick McGee. Smuggling iPhones is an EXTREMELY lucrative organized crime business in China!
There are of course many more Guarantee Syndicates, with many thousands of vendors who have paid to advertise their "Crime As A Service" offerings, from Gift Card and Cash Pickups, SMS/iMessage/RCS Phishing, Credit Card Theft, Trade-based Money Laundering and anything else you can imagine, from Human Trafficking to Cigarette smuggling.
Here are a few that we are tracking ...
#HuionePay #CMLO #Apple #iPhones #Guarantee #Danbao #Haowang #iMsgSpam #SMS #Smishing
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Creator, Author and Presenter: Reed Loden
Our deep appreciation to Security BSides - San Francisco and the Creators, Authors and Presenters for publishing their BSidesSF 2025 video content on YouTube. Originating from the conference’s events held at the lauded CityView / AMC Metreon - certainly a venue like no other; and via the organization's YouTube channel.
Additionally, the organization is welcoming volunteers for the BSidesSF Volunteer Force, as well as their Program Team & Operations roles. See their succinct BSidesSF 'Work With Us' page, in which, the appropriate information is to be had!
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Check out Tenable’s report detailing challenges and best practices for cloud and AI security. Plus, CISA rolled out a roadmap for the CVE Program, while NIST updated its guidelines for secure software patches. And get the latest on TLS/SSL security and AI attack disclosures!
Here are five things you need to know for the week ending September 12.
Key takeawaysUse artificial intelligence and cloud now, worry about security later.
That seems to be the motto of the majority of organizations today – a risky attitude that puts them in a precarious position to manage their cyber risk.
This is the dangerous scenario that emerges from the new Tenable report “The State of Cloud and AI Security 2025.”
“Most organizations already operate in hybrid and multi-cloud environments, and over half are using AI for business-critical workloads,” reads the global study, commissioned by Tenable and developed in collaboration with the Cloud Security Alliance.
“While infrastructure and innovation have evolved rapidly, security strategy has not kept pace,” it adds.
Based on a survey of 1,025 IT and security professionals, the report found 82% of respondents have hybrid – on-prem and cloud – environments. Furthermore, 63% use two or more cloud providers.
Meanwhile, organizations are jumping into the AI pond with two feet: 55% are using AI and 34% are testing it. Among those using AI, about a third have suffered an AI-related breach already.
“The report confirms what we’re seeing every day in the field. AI workloads are reshaping cloud environments, introducing new risks that traditional tools weren’t built to handle," Liat Hayun, VP of Product and Research at Tenable, said in a statement this week.
Key obstacles to effectively secure AI systems and cloud environments include:
So what’s the fix? Shift from a reactive to a proactive approach to stay ahead of evolving threats. Ways to accomplish that include:
To get more details, check out:
For more information about cloud security and AI security, check out these Tenable resources:
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program, whose funding briefly fell into question earlier this year before getting a one-year extension, will not only continue to exist beyond 2026 but will be enhanced and strengthened.
That’s the pledge the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) made this week with the release of a two-page vision paper titled “CVE Quality for a Cyber Secure Future.”
The roadmap envisions the CVE program’s progression from its current “growth era” to a new “quality era” focused on boosting its trust, responsiveness and vulnerability data quality.
“With this strategic vision, CISA is reaffirming our leadership role and seizing the opportunity to modernize the CVE Program, solidifying it as the cornerstone of global cybersecurity defense,” Nick Andersen, CISA’s Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, said in a statement.
“In collaboration with the global cybersecurity community, CISA is committed to delivering a well-governed, trusted, and responsive CVE Program aimed to enhance the quality of vulnerability data and global cybersecurity resilience,” he added.
Key takeaways from CISA’s plan include:
“Tenable welcomes CISA’s commitment to improving the CVE Program through automation, an expanded scope, and a dedication to engage with international partners,” Tenable Chief Security Office and Head of Research Robert Huber wrote in a LinkedIn post.
The new guidelines are a needed evolution for how vulnerabilities are managed and communicated, with the aim to provide data that’s more timely and comprehensive, according to Huber.
“Better visibility into the threat landscape is always a positive step, and these enhancements should help organizations grappling with an ever-growing volume of exposures,” he wrote, adding that Tenable looks forward to seeing the practical impact of these changes.
To get more information about the CVE program:
When a software maker issues an errant software update or a poorly-crafted vulnerability patch, the impact on the recipients can be severely disruptive.
To help with this issue, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has revised its recommendations for issuing software updates and patches securely.
The new guidance is contained in the 5.2.0 revision of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53, which is titled “Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations.”
“The changes are intended to emphasize secure software development practices, and to help organizations understand their role in ensuring the security of the software on their systems,” NIST computer scientist and project leader Victoria Pillitteri said in a statement.
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The new and enhanced controls address address software development and deployment areas, such as software and system resiliency; testing, deployment and management of updates; and software integrity and validation.
Specifically, these new controls have been added to the document:
To get more details, read:
Attention must be paid to the implementations of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols.
That’s the conclusion reached by the Center for Internet Security’s CIS Red Team and Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Team after scanning the networks of state and local government agencies during the first half of 2025.
These external scans, requested by these government agencies as members of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), found many critical vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
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Many of these security issues were due to cryptographic failures, the most critical of which were related to TLS and SSL implementations.
“These weaknesses undermine encrypted communications and leave systems exposed to potential exploitation,” reads the CIS blog “Top External Network Risks And How to Fix Them.”
The most prevalent TLS/SSL-related problems include the use of:
In addition, CIS detected high-profile legacy vulnerabilities which attackers can exploit when legacy protocols are enabled.
Recommendations include:
For more information about TLS/SSL security:
Could the practice of vulnerability disclosure be adapted to help secure AI models?
The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is pondering that question, as it mulls how helpful it would be to methodically codify attackers’ bypasses of AI safeguards similarly to how conventional software vulnerabilities are disclosed, tracked and managed.
“Key areas of transfer include secure development lifecycles to minimise built-in weaknesses, and effective triage and remediation planning,” reads an NCSC blog post. “We think applying these foundations will probably help mitigate AI safeguard bypasses as much as they do standard software vulnerabilities.”
The idea is to move AI security from a discipline anchored primarily in research to an operational security practice. One step in this direction, the NCSC says, would be to encourage security community to discover AI security bypasses via bug bounty programs, effectively crowdsourcing the security testing of AI systems.
A key for success would be to ensure responsible disclosure of the findings. The NCSC lists core features of a strong disclosure program, including a clearly defined scope; a well-timed launch and duration; and easy-to-track reports.
For more information about AI security:
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Ransomware has become one of the most devastating forms of cybercrime in the modern era. From hospitals forced to cancel surgeries to global supply chains brought to a standstill, ransomware doesn’t just lock data—it cripples organizations. The damage goes far beyond financial losses. Ransomware can erode trust, tarnish reputations, and create lasting business disruption. With
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