Security Boulevard

The NSA, CISA, and allied agencies are warning that Russian state-sponsored threat groups are exploiting poorly secured network devices to target critical infrastructure and government services. The campaign leans on known flaws like default SNMP credentials and the Cisco Smart Install vulnerability, showing that sophisticated adversaries still succeed by exploiting fundamental security gaps many organizations leave unaddressed. Learn more about the advisory for detection guidance and indicators of compromise: zpr.io/zrWRx827hPUx #Cybersecurity #Russia #CriticalInfrastructure #NSA

Bots and AI agents are getting better at passing static browser checks, so Cloudflare has introduced Precursor to analyze behavioral signals like pointer movement and keyboard timing across entire sessions. The system revokes clearance mid-visit when patterns reveal automation, going beyond single-page challenges. Read the full article to see how Precursor changes bot detection: zpr.io/RhcLLp4pL97u #Cloudflare #BotDetection #WebSecurity #CyberSecurity

Cribl is acquiring CardinalOps to add AI agents that continuously map security controls against adversary behavior, enabling teams to detect and close gaps before they are exploited. The acquisition brings threat detection to the point of telemetry collection, reducing reliance on SIEM centralization and shifting the race against AI-armed attackers upstream. Read the full article to see how Cribl plans to close the detection gap at machine speed: zpr.io/E2p5z8u2FqXK #Cribl #CardinalOps #AI #Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity salaries are reaching new ceilings as the talent shortage pushes compensation higher across application security and DevSecOps roles. Magic AI is hiring a Security Engineer in San Francisco at up to $550,000, The New York Times needs a Senior DevSecOps Engineer in New York, and BetterHelp seeks a remote Senior Security Engineer, Applications. See all ten openings and their requirements here: zpr.io/mQyDFga3hYL8 #Cybersecurity #Jobs #ApplicationSecurity #DevSecOps

AI agents are growing more autonomous, making runtime security critical. Codenotary’s AgentMon adapts policies in real time to detect anomalies and secure evolving AI workflows. Read more: zpr.io/FUryfngxBTyD #Cybersecurity #AISecurity #DevSecOps #RuntimeSecurity

The US government and leading AI developers are weighing new restrictions to block Chinese firms from using distillation to replicate frontier models, a practice that American companies argue transfers billions in R&D while narrowing the technology gap. Anthropic and OpenAI have detailed industrial-scale output harvesting by Alibaba, DeepSeek and others, prompting lawmakers to propose sanctions and exposing the tension between AI companies’ demands for model protection and their own reliance on broad data ingestion. Read the full article for the policy fault lines reshaping the US–China AI competition: zpr.io/Aq6iEyVxtRSP #AI #Distillation #USChina #TechPolicy

What security pros say they care about is not always what they spend time on. Alan Shimel talks with Laura Koetzle, Head of Community Research at RSAC, about AI security, GRC, startups and the road to RSAC 2027. Watch: techstrong.tv/videos/intervi… #RSAC

Coordinated campaigns are abusing GitHub’s API and activating dormant ghost accounts to map organizations and their developers, with some operations advancing from reconnaissance to cloning private repositories and exfiltrating data. Read more and find out what Datadog researchers uncovered and which indicators organizations should monitor: zpr.io/939rHti4Uzee #GitHub #API #Cybersecurity #DevOps

France’s cybersecurity agency will stop certifying products that lack quantum-resistant encryption starting in 2027, turning the harvest-now-decrypt-later threat into a binding procurement requirement that demands organizations know where their cryptography lives and whether it can outlast the data it protects. Read the full article to unpack the legal and operational stakes for your encryption lifecycle: zpr.io/bZ4wqV5YcwfD #QuantumComputing #PostQuantum #Encryption #Cybersecurity

We now have the first on-the-ground evidence of a terrorist organization turning AI into an operational tool, not just for propaganda but to troubleshoot bombs, modify vehicles and plan attacks, compressing the learning curve that once limited technically ambitious groups. Understand why guardrails alone cannot solve the problem and why the open-access debate must acknowledge this reality: zpr.io/xttFGSDBtfxZ #AgenticAI #Terrorism #BokoHaram #NationalSecurity

AI is unlocking creativity but raising privacy concerns. Meta’s Muse Image tool uses public Instagram photos without consent, sparking debate on AI innovation vs user rights Read the full article: zpr.io/7wbSxYARXTdN #DataPrivacy #GenerativeAI #ResponsibleAI #Meta

AI is turning cyber teams from evaluators into producers. Alan Shimel talks with Tom Tovar, Co-Founder and CEO of Appdome, about agentic pipelines that build anti-fraud, bot defense and ATO protections into apps. Watch: techstrong.tv/videos/intervi… #AppSec

A single flag now lets EKS clusters route outbound control plane traffic through a customer‑owned VPC Elastic Network Interface, finally keeping Zero Trust intact for Kubernetes API callbacks. The trade‑off is that customers must manage their own routes, security groups, and DNS, and there's no rolling it back. Learn how this new capability pairs with private endpoint access to create a fully private networking posture: zpr.io/X9eS5TZLrPCs #AWS #EKS #Kubernetes #ZeroTrust

Lower-cost AI is reshaping enterprise buying as Congress probes use of Chinese models, weighing cost savings against data security, IP risks and national security concerns. Read the full article: zpr.io/9J2yBc6D5SXB #EnterpriseAI #Cybersecurity #NationalSecurity #AIPolicy

OpenClaw gets a governance Foundation. Plus 4 supply chain hits: Cordyceps hijacks CI/CD, GhostApproval fools AI coding tools, HalluSquatting builds botnets from hallucinations, North Korea's PolinRider adds 108+ packages. Techstrong Gang breaks it down. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

A critical unpatched vulnerability in Argo CD’s repo‑server can give an unauthenticated attacker full control over Kubernetes clusters. The Synacktiv researchers who found it have been working with maintainers since January 2025 without a fix, and they’ve now gone public to warn users before the exploit tool is released. Find out more here: zpr.io/WzFLPn6K8JNF #ArgoCD #Kubernetes #GitOps #DevSecOps

Enterprise smart contracts have a privacy problem. Public blockchains expose every transaction, and zero‑knowledge proofs require PhD‑level cryptography skills most teams don’t have. EY’s new Blockchain Privacy Sandbox is trying to solve that by removing the setup and letting developers turn a standard Solidity contract into a privacy‑preserving application in under an hour, long enough to build a proof of concept before committing serious engineering resources. Find out more about how the sandbox is lowering the cryptography barrier that has stalled enterprise adoption: zpr.io/gueanavS2tbT #Blockchain #SmartContracts #ZeroKnowledge #Privacy

Mike Vizard interviews Courtney Werning of Meyer Wilson Werning on how AI deepfakes, fake investment platforms and polished messaging are escalating pig butchering, crypto fraud and elder financial abuse. Watch: techstrong.tv/videos/intervi…

⚠️ #Ransomware threats continue to evolve, blending #cybercrime, #hacktivism, and AI-powered tactics. From double extortion to increasingly sophisticated social engineering, attackers are scaling operations faster than ever. One of the most dramatic shifts in the threat landscape is the rise of hybrid ransomware hacktivist groups blending political and ideological motives with criminal intent. Read more: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/ransom…, by @securityblvd #Cybersecurity #AI #ThreatIntelligence

A German court ruled that Google’s AI Overview is the company’s own attributable expression, not a neutral search result, making the deployer liable when AI generates defamatory statements and rejecting the “the AI did it” defense. Find out why this distinction turns AI hallucination into a governance and standard-of-care problem for cybersecurity tools that increasingly issue conclusions about risk, threats, and compliance: zpr.io/nrxzzDvsUZRX #AI #Cybersecurity #Google #CISO