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Just-In-Time (JIT) Access Management: The Essential Guide

Standing privileges are a ticking time bomb in your cloud environment—and the threat might be closer than you think. Every user with continuous access represents a potential vulnerability, and the financial, reputational, and legal reputations can be severe. Stolen credentials were among the top three reasons hackers gain access to organizations’ systems.

Warning: Ransomware Threats Increased Fourfold in 2024

Researchers at Barracuda observed a fourfold increase in ransomware threats last year, driven by increasingly sophisticated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations. “The developers behind RaaS platforms often have the time, resources, and skills to invest heavily in advanced and evasive toolsets and templates,” Barracuda explains.

Software Will Become Agentic and the Security Lessons We Need To Learn

Ever since OpenAI publicly released ChatGPT in late 2022, people have been predicting the end of programmers. Supposedly, AI can do anything programmers can do. While I’m not convinced all programmers are going away, I wouldn’t want to be a brand new programmer, and I do think the field is definitely going to change, if not significantly shrink over time. I’m not going out on much of a limb in saying this as almost everyone thinks this. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thinks this.

Invoice or Impersonation? 36.5% Spike in Phishing Attacks Leveraging QuickBooks' Legitimate Domain in 2025

A KnowBe4 Threat Lab Publication Authors: Martin Kraemer, James Dyer, and Lucy Gee Much like sending a phishing email from a compromised account, cybercriminals can boost the deliverability and credibility of their attacks by leveraging legitimate platforms. Notably, there has been a growing proportion sent using the popular accounting software Intuit QuickBooks. Our Threat Research team has observed a 36.5% increase in the use of this platform since January 1, 2025.

Syteca Privileged Access Management: Key Features

What’s Inside Syteca Privileged Access Management? Get a clear, visual breakdown of the key capabilities included in Syteca PAM — a fast-to-deploy, easy-to-scale solution for securing privileged access and simplifying compliance. Key Features: Account discovery and onboarding to eliminate security gaps Granular access controls for precise privilege management Privileged session monitoring with real-time visibility Credential management & vaulting to secure sensitive data Comprehensive audit logs & reporting for compliance.

Identity security and privileged access essentials for NIS2 compliance

With threat actors always on the edge, international organizations and regional governments have taken it upon themselves to mandate security standards and IT requirements to organizations under their jurisdiction. The European Union's NIS2 Directive disrupted industry trends within Europe when it came into force. NIS2 offers several upgrades to existing regional legal frameworks. It further suggests enhancements to existing cybersecurity measures, especially identity and privileged access security strategies of organizations' IT portfolios.

AI-automated Fuzzing Found a Dynamic Stack Buffer Overflow in abseil-cpp

A dynamic stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the Abseil C++ library (abseil-cpp) was autonomously identified through AI-enhanced fuzz testing using CI Fuzz’s AI Test Agent and has been fully addressed with a patch. This post dives into the vulnerability, its discovery, and its implications for systems relying on this widely-used library.

How do misconfigurations affect your customers' security?

Incorrect configurations in digital systems represent a growing security threat, as even minor errors can help set up cyberattacks. These vulnerabilities arise when system, application, or network settings fail to follow security best practices, such as outdated default settings or failures in Cloud services, databases, or firewalls. These can expose your customers to serious risks, such as unauthorized access or theft of sensitive information.