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Are Your Machine Identities Securely Managed? Understanding Non-Human Identities Imagine the complexities involved in managing something that can’t think, act, or even decide on its own. Yet, this is the reality of dealing with Non-Human Identities (NHIs)—machine identities that play a crucial role in cybersecurity. These identities are not just strings of code; they’re pivotal […]

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A few months ago, I wrote about the Phishing Renaissance and how AI hasn't invented new attack types so much as perfected the classics. Credential theft, vendor impersonation, executive fraud. Same playbook, exponentially better execution.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) agents, once touted as the next frontier of corporate efficiency, are increasingly exhibiting deceptive and rogue behaviors that could overwhelm traditional cybersecurity. New research shows autonomous systems are now capable of collaborating to smuggle sensitive data, forge credentials, and even peer-pressure other AIs into bypassing safety protocols. According to findings from Irregular,..

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Everyone knows that one person on the team who’s inexplicably lucky, the one who stumbles upon a random vulnerability seemingly by chance. A few days ago, my coworker Michael Weber was telling me about a friend like this who, on a recent penetration test, pressed the shift key five times at an RDP login screen […]

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Presenter: Zach Steindler, GitHub

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Cyber attackers increasingly target SMBs because they are often the easiest path into larger supply chains. As cyberattacks are ramping up, specifically against Critical Infrastructure sectors, Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) are feeling the pressure and asking what they can do to better protect themselves in reasonable ways.

Don’t Accept Failure

SMBs often feel overwhelmed when trying to address rising cyber risks.

• Some feel it is too complex or beyond what their capabilities and adopt a defeatist attitude (which will eventually be self-fulfilling)
• Most SMBs believe they lack the necessary resources, as many tools and services are prohibitively expensive
• Many see cybersecurity investment as a conflict with business priorities that focus on product release and sales
• A shrinking subset remains in denial, believing they won’t be targeted because they are too small (a belief that is increasingly being proven wrong)

A Reasonable Path Forward

The solution for SMBs is not a magic product or service, but rather to implement and vigilantly reinforce industry best practices. It is a practical approach that scales as SMBs grow. The objective is to make your organization a harder target, protect it from the most common attacks in your industry, and position yourself for rapid and confident recovery.

Cyber risk is managed, not eliminated. The goal is not to be impervious to attack, as even the biggest companies cannot achieve this, but rather to seek an optimal state of security based upon your business aspirations.

A reasonable investment, guided by the right expertise, can deliver a high return.

Cybersecurity is a synthesis of processes, behaviors, and tools that strengthen your operational environment, culture, and organizational practices.

Next Steps to Risk Management

To begin strengthening your security posture, consider a temporary fractional CISO or contract with security vendors who can help establish effective and efficient fundamental cybersecurity capabilities. This typically includes security policies, compliance, cloud/network/endpoint protections, identity and access management, patching, vendor risk coordination, and targeted employee training.

Ask your trusted community and peers for recommendations. Don’t make the mistake of selecting the first option. Instead, meet with a few vendors to evaluate and select the best for your business culture and security objectives.

If you need recommendations, check out the Clutch directory. I partnered with Clutch to curate a list of cybersecurity vendors based on actual customer ratings. Regardless of how you choose, pick a handful and schedule short exploration meetings to evaluate which is right for your organization.

Expert vendors bring the knowledge to assess and implement reasonable controls for SMBs to better manage cyber risks. Tell them your priorities, and good partners will work with you to find a combination of security controls to manage the right balance between costs, business friction, and the residual risks.

SMBs are actively targeted by cybercriminals because they are often easier prey and serve as entry points into larger supply chains. By adopting practical security best practices and leveraging expert guidance, SMBs can dramatically reduce their exposure and build resilience against the most common cyber threats.

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For companies running a modern, adaptive and defense-centered security program, threat modeling is not a new concept. In fact, it’s one of the core tenets of preventative cybersecurity best practices. Being able to find vulnerabilities within software or a network, map them out and remediate them – before an attacker can successfully orchestrate a breach..

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In 2025, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta collectively spent US$380 billion on building artificial-intelligence tools. That number is expected to surge still higher this year, to $650 billion, to fund the building of physical infrastructure, such as data centers (see go.nature.com/3lzf79q). Moreover, these firms are spending lavishly on one particular segment: top technical talent.

Meta reportedly offered a single AI researcher, who had cofounded a start-up firm focused on training AI agents to use computers, a compensation package of $250 million over four years (see ...

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For SaaS providers, trust is a core part of the offering. Customers rely on software platforms to process data, support business operations, and integrate with wider technology ecosystems. As a result, demonstrating effective security and governance controls using frameworks like SOC 2 has become an increasingly important requirement when selling to enterprise customers. SOC 2…

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America’s new National Cyber Strategy sends a very clear message that cybersecurity is now about resilience, not just defense. The strategy emphasizes modernizing federal networks, protecting critical infrastructure, and deploying AI-enabled cybersecurity capabilities to detect and disrupt threats at scale. It also reinforces long-standing priorities such as Zero Trust architecture and secure supply chains. But […]

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The AWS AI Agent Incidents This report reviews the breaking news about AWS AI outages, analyzes architectural failure modes, and demonstrates how ColorTokens Xshield microsegmentation, designed to stop breach proliferation, could have changed the outcome. In late 2024 and 2025, Amazon Web Services reportedly suffered at least two significant outages linked to its own AI operations and […]

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Many SaaS companies entering the market expect growth to follow a predictable formula. Launch marketing campaigns. Generate leads. Convert a portion of them into paying customers. Then...Read More

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A fake $TEMU crypto airdrop uses the ClickFix trick to make victims run malware themselves and quietly installs a remote-access backdoor.

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AI tools may better protect children online by detecting harmful content without the privacy risks of strict age verification laws.

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Threat intelligence and bot mitigation strategies help gaming and betting platforms stop credential stuffing, scraping and automated fraud.

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AI is transforming the SOC, but without explainability analysts can’t trust it. Why transparency is becoming a critical security control.

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As enterprises race to embed AI agents into everyday workflows, a new and still poorly understood threat is moving from research papers into production risk: indirect prompt injection. In this conversation, Amit Chita, field CTO at Mend.io, explains why organizations building AI-powered applications need to stop treating prompt security as an edge case and start..

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On March 11th, medical technology company Stryker disclosed that a cyberattack had disrupted portions of its global network infrastructure, affecting Microsoft systems used across the organization.

The post Destructive Activity Targeting Stryker Highlights Emerging Supply Chain Risks appeared first on Flashpoint.

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Credentials exposed in breach data can create risk long after the original incident. Once those passwords circulate through underground marketplaces, they can be reused to target enterprise systems and customer accounts. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, stolen credentials play a major role in web application breaches. Attackers frequently automate credential stuffing and […]

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The financial world is awash with data. But too few organizations are able to use it effectively. In Bank Director’s 2025 Technology Survey, one-third of US banking leaders cite an inability to harness data as a top technology challenge facing their institution. They run the risk of falling behind their peers. For instance, some 42% of issuers and 26% of acquirers ​​​​​​​​have already saved more than $5m in fraudattemptsover the past twoyearsthanks to AI, according to Mastercard, and that can create significant competitive differentiation.

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