Mac users are being freshly warned of suspicious websites asking them to open Terminal and install software. Jamf Threat Labs has uncovered…
Date Archives August 2026
What the CISO role will look like in 2029
Wolfgang Goerlich has spent his career in security and has been a CISO for the past seven years. Like many long-term security…
Salesforce, ServiceNow data targeted in ‘City-Forum’ attacks
Records held in Salesforce and ServiceNow systems are under attack leaving user data exposed, according to researchers at Reco. The attack appears…
Oracle’s new database security tool is free — for six months
Oracle has released a security tool intended to provide organizations with a centralized view of security risk across their database environments. Oracle…
Akira ransomware reboots into Windows Safe Mode to knock EDR offline
Akira ransomware affiliates were seen using a new technique to evade endpoint detection and response (EDR), where they rebooted a compromised Windows…
The cybersecurity backlog is not a security problem
Cybersecurity teams should be responsible for risk oversight, rather than for executing every corrective action. Assigning security teams the tasks of finding,…
How CSOs can turn cybersecurity into a business growth strategy
For years, cybersecurity leaders have worked to convince organizations that security deserves a seat at the executive table. Today, that conversation is…
5 key takeaways from Black Hat USA 2026
AI’s potential as a security tool and the danger of autonomous AI agents as a new attack surface were key themes of…
Attackers target zero-day vulnerability in geospatial data platform GeoServer
Security researchers have seen evidence that attackers are attempting to exploit a currently unpatched SQL injection vulnerability in GeoServer, an open-source web server…
AI agents wage near-autonomous cyberattack on Asian government networks
Autonomous AI agents built on open-source frameworks breached Taiwanese government systems, compromised credentials, and probed a nuclear safety agency in a multi-day…