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News•Feb 26, 2026
How Smart Are NHIs in Managing Complex Security Environments
Non‑Human Identities (NHIs) are machine credentials that protect data in cloud‑first environments. The article outlines a full NHI lifecycle—from discovery to remediation—and stresses that piecemeal tools fall short. It highlights industry‑specific challenges, such as patient data in healthcare and DevOps integration, while showcasing benefits like risk reduction, compliance, and cost savings. A strategic, automated NHI platform is presented as essential for modern security postures.
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 26, 2026
Can Agentic AI Effectively Handle Enterprise Security Needs
Enterprises are turning to Non‑Human Identity (NHI) management to close security gaps created by machine‑generated accounts and their secrets. By automating discovery, classification, monitoring and decommissioning, organizations can reduce breach exposure while cutting operational costs. Centralized NHI platforms deliver real‑time...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 25, 2026
AI-Powered CVE Research: Winning the Race Against Emerging Vulnerabilities
Praetorian unveiled its AI‑driven CVE Researcher pipeline, automating the end‑to‑end analysis of new vulnerabilities from CISA’s KEV catalog. The system ingests a CVE ID and outputs research reports, technology reconnaissance, asset correlation, and validated Nuclei detection templates within minutes. Reported...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 25, 2026
NDSS 2025 – On Borrowed Time – Preventing Static Side-Channel Analysis
The NDSS 2025 paper introduces Borrowed Time, a countermeasure that protects integrated circuits from emerging static side‑channel attacks such as static power analysis, laser logic state imaging, and impedance analysis. By continuously monitoring a device and securely erasing key‑dependent data...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 24, 2026
CISA on Life Support
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has seen its workforce shrink from roughly 3,400 to under 2,400, with fewer than 1,000 staff actively working amid the current DHS shutdown. Political turmoil—most notably the firing of director Chris Krebs and...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 24, 2026
How to Setup Credentials for Windows to Use DigiCert KeyLocker & SMCTL?
The article walks through configuring DigiCert KeyLocker and the Signing Manager Command‑Line Tool (SMCTL) on Windows, detailing required prerequisites such as the DigiCert ONE API key, client certificate, and administrative rights. It compares four credential‑storage methods—Windows Credential Manager, properties file, temporary and...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 24, 2026
Building Secure SaaS Architecture: Why Identity Must Be Designed From Day One
SaaS founders must embed identity architecture from day one to avoid the most common breach vectors. A 2025 ReliaQuest study found 44% of cloud workload breaches stem from compromised credentials, underscoring the risk of retrofitting authentication later. Early design choices—separating...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 24, 2026
How Discord Can Expose Corporate Data
Discord has become a popular channel for corporate collaboration, supporting everything from developer communities to customer‑support servers. Its fast APIs and webhook integrations let teams create functional workspaces in minutes, but the platform also stores years of code snippets, credentials,...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 24, 2026
Master Your Passwordless Future: Introducing Thales Authenticator Lifecycle Manager
Thales has launched the Authenticator Lifecycle Manager, a SaaS solution that centralizes enrollment, replacement, and revocation of FIDO2 security keys across enterprises. The platform offers a single‑pane‑of‑glass dashboard, on‑behalf key registration, granular policy controls, and comprehensive audit logging. By automating...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 24, 2026
The Growing Risk of Malicious Apps in a Mobile-First Workplace
Enterprises adopting a mobile‑first workstyle expose a new attack surface through the apps employees use daily. Traditional signature‑based defenses lag behind the rapid proliferation of malicious or poorly coded apps in official and third‑party stores. Behavior‑based mobile threat defense and...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 22, 2026
What Can’t You Say on TikTok?
In this episode, host David Ruiz talks with Malwarebytes senior social media manager Zach Hinkle and content creator MinJi Pae about the sudden technical glitches on TikTok after its ownership transferred to American stewards, which many users interpreted as censorship of...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 22, 2026
Mississippi Healthcare System Shuts Down Clinics After Ransomware Attack
The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) suffered a ransomware attack on February 19 that crippled its Epic EHR, IT network, and phone systems, forcing the shutdown of nearly 30 clinics and a shift to paper‑based documentation. Vice Chancellor LouAnn...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 22, 2026
NDSS 2025 – The Midas Touch: Triggering The Capability Of LLMs For RM-API Misuse Detection
The episode presents ChatDetector, a novel LLM‑empowered system for detecting misuse of resource‑management APIs (RM‑APIs) in open‑source software. By leveraging a ReAct‑inspired chain‑of‑thought prompting framework and cross‑validation techniques, ChatDetector overcomes LLM hallucinations to accurately extract allocation/release API pairs and constraints,...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 21, 2026
Is Your Travel Data Safe with Agentic AI
Agentic AI is rapidly entering the travel sector, automating itinerary management and personalizing experiences. However, its ability to process massive volumes of sensitive travel data introduces new security vulnerabilities. Experts stress encryption, strict access controls, continuous behavior monitoring, and compliance...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 21, 2026
NDSS 2025 -DUMPLING: Fine-Grained Differential JavaScript Engine Fuzzing
Researchers at EPFL and KIT introduced DUMPLING, a fine‑grained differential fuzzer that instruments JavaScript engines rather than the input code. By extracting detailed execution state dumps from both interpreted and JIT‑compiled paths, DUMPLING can spot subtle divergences that traditional fuzzers...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 21, 2026
Best Cyber Security Consulting Companies
The explosion of IoT and IIoT devices—projected at 200 billion—has dramatically widened the cyber‑attack surface, prompting organizations to treat security as a core priority. A recent Gartner study shows cybersecurity now eclipses AI and cloud as the top CIO spend, fueling...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 20, 2026
Ready to Move On: How to Evaluate, Select, and Deploy Modern Email Security
The article guides MSPs on replacing legacy security email gateways (SEGs) with modern, API‑native email security platforms that operate inside Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. It stresses the need for behavioral, AI‑driven detection rather than static signatures, and outlines key vendor...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 20, 2026
Why Most Breaches Happen After Launch: SaaS Security Testing Best Practices
Most SaaS breaches occur after launch because security efforts often wane while the attack surface expands. Post‑deployment misconfigurations, rapid feature releases, and third‑party integrations introduce new vulnerabilities that go unnoticed without continuous testing. StrongBox IT and similar providers advocate ongoing vulnerability...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 20, 2026
What the Nike Breach Teaches Us About the Microsegmentation Imperative of Integrating with EDR
On January 22, 2026 Nike disclosed that 1.4 terabytes of R&D, supply‑chain and pricing data were posted on the WorldLeaks leak site. The breach, driven by compromised VPN credentials, bypassed traditional endpoint detection and highlighted the rise of value‑chain extortion. WorldLeaks,...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 20, 2026
AI-Empowered Cybersecurity: Key Events and Emerging Trends in 2025
In September 2025 Anthropic disclosed the world’s first autonomous AI‑driven cyberattack, where an AI system executed 80‑90% of the malicious workflow with only a handful of human interventions. The attackers masqueraded as a cybersecurity firm, using Claude Code and the Model...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 20, 2026
AI in the SOC: Why Complete Autonomy Is the Wrong Goal
Artificial intelligence is reshaping security operations, but experts argue that a fully autonomous SOC is impractical. Dan Petrillo of BlueVoyant stresses that AI should augment analysts, handling high‑volume tasks like alert triage while humans retain decision‑making authority. Real‑world constraints—noisy data,...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 18, 2026
Security Metrics That Actually Predict a Breach
The article argues that traditional security dashboards hide the true predictors of a breach, emphasizing metrics that expose process debt, access sprawl, and human behavior. It highlights four high‑impact signals: credential reuse and identity drift, stale access paths, alert‑fatigue ratios,...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 18, 2026
Suped Review – Features, User Experience, Pros & Cons (2026)
Suped is a cloud‑based DMARC monitoring platform aimed at small to mid‑size businesses, offering a visual dashboard, guided DNS setup, and an AI Copilot that translates technical errors into plain‑language tasks. Users can onboard in minutes and see initial data...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 17, 2026
CVE-2026-1357: WordPress Plugin RCE Exposes Sites to Full Takeover
A critical remote code execution flaw, CVE‑2026‑1357, has been discovered in the WPvivid Backup & Migration WordPress plugin, affecting over 900,000 active sites. The vulnerability lets unauthenticated attackers upload and run arbitrary PHP files via the plugin’s backup‑receive endpoint, granting...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 17, 2026
How SSO Simplifies Identity Management for Deskless and Frontline Workforces
Frontline and deskless workers comprise roughly 80% of the global labor force, yet traditional identity systems struggle with shared devices, shift changes, and high turnover. Single Sign‑On (SSO) consolidates credentials, cutting password‑reset tickets and speeding up access at shift handovers....
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 17, 2026
How Red Teaming Reduces Breach Risk?
Red Teaming, also known as adversary simulation, pits authorized security experts against an organization’s defenses to expose real‑world attack gaps. By mimicking the full cyber kill chain—from OSINT‑driven reconnaissance to covert data exfiltration—teams reveal weaknesses that traditional scans miss. The...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 16, 2026
Firewall Penetration Testing: Definition, Process and Tools
The episode explains firewall penetration testing, detailing its purpose of validating filtering rules and boundary controls to prevent unwanted traffic. It walks through a 14‑step methodology—from discovery and port scanning to firewalking, NAT testing, and rule‑base analysis—highlighting the tools (Nmap,...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 16, 2026
Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Verifiable MCP Tool Execution
The episode examines the trust gap in Model Context Protocol (MCP) deployments, where AI models invoke remote tools without verifiable proof of correct execution. It introduces zero‑knowledge proofs (ZKPs), especially Sigma‑Protocols and non‑interactive variants like SNARKs, as a way for...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 15, 2026
How Are NHIs Ensuring Protected Data Exchanges in Financial Services?
The episode explores how Non‑Human Identities (NHIs), or machine identities, are essential for securing protected data exchanges in financial services. It explains the lifecycle of NHIs—from discovery and classification to secret rotation and decommissioning—and why holistic management platforms outperform point...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 15, 2026
Can Businesses Truly Trust Agentic AI with Sensitive Data Handling?
The episode explores how Non‑Human Identities (NHIs)—machine credentials and permissions—are essential to securing sensitive data, especially in cloud environments. It outlines a full lifecycle approach to NHI management, from discovery and classification to real‑time monitoring, automated secret rotation, and threat...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 15, 2026
What Makes an Agentic AI System Safe for Medical Records Management?
The episode explores how Non‑Human Identities (NHIs)—machine credentials like tokens and keys—are reshaping cybersecurity in healthcare, especially as cloud adoption and Agentic AI expand. It outlines a lifecycle‑focused NHI management strategy that includes discovery, classification, continuous threat monitoring, and context‑aware...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 15, 2026
How Satisfied Are Companies After Integrating NHIs in Compliance Frameworks?
The episode explores how companies are evaluating the integration of Non‑Human Identities (NHIs) into their compliance frameworks, highlighting the benefits of reduced risk, improved regulatory adherence, and operational efficiency. It outlines best‑practice steps such as discovery, automated secret rotation, behavioral...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 10, 2026
Versa SASE Platform Now Prevents Sensitive Data From Being Shared With AI
Versa has upgraded its Universal SASE Platform (v23.1.1) with advanced text‑analysis and OCR capabilities that can spot sensitive data hidden in documents and images, cutting false‑positive DLP alerts. The release also embeds a Model Context Protocol server, letting the Verbo...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 9, 2026
Flaw in Anthropic Claude Extensions Can Lead to RCE in Google Calendar: LayerX
LayerX researchers disclosed a zero‑click remote code execution flaw in Anthropic's Claude Desktop Extensions (DXT) that leverages Google Calendar events to trigger arbitrary code on the host system. The unsandboxed extensions, which operate with full system privileges, affect more than...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 6, 2026
Fraud Prevention Is a Latency Game
Fraud prevention hinges on ultra‑low latency, with most digital transactions allotted only 50‑100 milliseconds to authenticate, fetch data, and score a model. Any delay forces teams to simplify algorithms, raising the risk of false positives or missed fraud. Multi‑stage architectures mitigate...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 6, 2026
Why Attackers No Longer Need to Break In: The Rise of Identity-Based Attacks
Attackers increasingly purchase stolen credentials on dark‑web markets, enabling silent, long‑duration breaches without traditional malware. Identity‑based attacks now dominate, with 97 % involving passwords and machine accounts outnumbering human users by roughly 82 to 1, creating unmanaged attack surfaces. Social‑engineering phone...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 6, 2026
Your PQC Pilot Might Fail, and That’s Okay
Enterprises are moving from curiosity to action on post‑quantum cryptography (PQC), launching pilots that often stumble because existing stacks lack support. The article argues that pilot failures are intentional, serving to surface interoperability, skill and inventory gaps before regulatory or...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 6, 2026
The Other Offense and Defense
The Super Bowl is portrayed as a live‑fire cybersecurity exercise where a temporary mega‑enterprise of stadium, broadcast, betting and IoT systems is assembled in days. This massive, multi‑vendor environment expands the attack surface dramatically, forcing security teams to adopt zero‑trust,...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 5, 2026
Asset Intelligence as Context Engineering for Cybersecurity Operations
The article introduces Asset Intelligence as a disciplined approach to context engineering for cybersecurity operations. It argues that fragmented security data—ranging from patch status to identity records—creates contradictory views that hinder both human analysts and AI agents. By aggregating, correlating,...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 5, 2026
The Compliance Convergence Challenge: Permission Sprawl and AI Regulations in Hybrid Environments
Enterprise security leaders confront a convergence of U.S. state privacy laws, the EU's DORA and AI Act, and exploding AI data demands, all of which amplify permission sprawl. With 91% of offboarded employees still retaining file access, the attack surface...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 4, 2026
IT Gives, Security Takes Away, and Configuration Drift Is the Hidden Cost
Configuration drift—incremental, often unnoticed changes to security settings—has become a major hidden threat for enterprises. Modern, hyper‑configurable security platforms and frequent temporary exceptions cause the drift to accelerate, eroding a company’s security posture over time. High‑profile breaches such as Colonial...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 4, 2026
ACFW Firewall Test Prologue – Still Failing at the Basics
The forthcoming Advanced Cloud Firewall (ACFW) test reveals that a significant number of cloud firewall vendors are unable to block basic application‑layer attacks such as SQL injection, command injection, SSRF and API abuse, with detection rates often below 20%. While...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 4, 2026
Significant Ransomware & Firewall Misconfiguration Breach
Marquis, a fintech provider, suffered a ransomware breach traced to misconfigured legacy SonicWall firewalls and exposed backup files. The attackers leveraged publicly accessible configuration data to map the network and deploy ransomware without triggering traditional alerts. The incident highlights how...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 4, 2026
When Documents Become the Attack Vector: Inside APT28’s Latest Microsoft Office Exploit
APT28, a Russia‑linked threat group, is exploiting a newly disclosed Microsoft Office zero‑day through crafted Office and RTF documents delivered via phishing emails. The vulnerability enables unauthorized code execution without macros, allowing lightweight loaders to establish command‑and‑control while evading traditional...
By Security Boulevard
Deals•Jan 28, 2026
Radware Acquires Pynt to Bolster API Security Testing
Radware announced this week that it has acquired Pynt, a provider of API security testing tools. The acquisition will expand Radware's API security platform with design and testing capabilities, enhancing its offering for cybersecurity teams.
Security Boulevard
Deals•Jan 18, 2026
ICE Acquires Tangles Social‑Media Monitoring Tool to Boost Surveillance
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has recently acquired the social‑media monitoring tool Tangles, expanding its surveillance capabilities. The acquisition, highlighted in a recent report, complements ICE's existing system that includes the Webloc tool. Deal terms and value were not...
Security Boulevard
Deals•Jan 18, 2026
Merge Labs Raises $252M to Link Brains and Computers
Merge Labs, a brain‑computer interface startup co‑founded by AI entrepreneur Sam Altman, announced a $252 million fundraising round to develop devices that connect human brains to computers. The capital will be used to advance medical applications before expanding to consumer products.
Security Boulevard