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AppGuard Critiques AI Hyped Defenses; Expands its Insider Release for its Next-Generation Platform

A new Top 10 Cybersecurity Innovators profile by AppGuard has been released, spotlighting growing concerns over AI-enhanced malware. AI makes malware even more difficult to detect. Worse, they use AI to assess, adapt, and move faster than any cyber stack can keep up. The report advocates for a fundamental change in approach, highlighting the limitations of reactive security measures. Rather than constantly adding or changing detection layers of cyber stacks, the profile emphasizes the importance of reducing endpoint attack surface-a perspective that challenges conventional industry practices.

Introducing an MDR Service that Enhances Your Current Security Tools

Most organizations already get solid protection from the security tools they use, but integrating a mix of those tools into a complete, well-coordinated defense remains challenging. Teams are stretched thin, threats move fast, and it takes time and expertise to monitor everything around the clock and respond the moment something looks suspicious. This is where an open approach to MDR helps meet partners and customers where they are.

Is Prevention the New Pillar of Cybersecurity?

For a long time, cybersecurity has been built around two basic actions: detecting and responding to cyber threats. However, automated attacks, advanced malware, and AI-driven threats show that reacting is no longer enough. Today’s attacks move fast, and in most cases, the damage is already done by the time they are detected. This is nothing new: organizations need to get ahead of risk and protect their systems before incidents occur.

Intel Chat: Ni8mare CVSS 10.0, malicious AI extensions, Venezuela blackout & BlackCat insiders [281]

A newly disclosed vulnerability in the workflow automation platform n8n, tracked as CVE-2026-21858 and rated CVSS 10.0, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to fully compromise exposed instances. Two malicious Chrome extensions impersonating a legitimate product from AITOPIA were found exfiltrating sensitive user data, including full AI chat histories, according to a report from OX Security. The recent U.S. military operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro may have included cyber operations, but official confirmation of cyber’s role remains ambiguous.

Security Simplified: Endpoint Protection Made for Everyone

Endpoint threats are evolving faster than ever - more automated, more precise, and harder to stop with detection alone. Today’s security teams need more than alerts; they need clarity, context, and the ability to respond in real time without adding complexity or operational strain. On January 29, 2026, at 8am PST (4pm GMT), join WatchGuard and GigaOm for an educational webinar that cuts through the noise around endpoint security.

2025 Ends With a Bang - The 443 Podcast - Episode 353

Title: 2025 Ends With a Bang This week on the podcast, we cover a wave of attacks against network edge equipment and internet-exposed systems including an update on the recently patched Firebox 0-Day. After that, we cover two stories on browser extensions siphoning off data and making unwanted modifications to victim’s web browsing activity.

How AI is Re-Building the Cybersecurity Landscape with Max Lamothe-Brassard from LimaCharlie [280]

On this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast we're starting the new season off with the hottest topic of 2025: AI. Join an in-depth discussion January 20, 2026 and witness LimaCharlie's fundamentally different approach to AI-powered security operations. Sitting down with Maxime Lamothe-Brassard, Founder and CEO of LimaCharlie, we discuss the ways AI has rapidly changed how companies are building security tools.