Blog – Page 219 – VigilantAI

November 20, 2024
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Apple Releases Urgent Updates to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

November 19, 2024
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Hackers Hijack Unsecured Jupyter Notebooks to Stream Illegal Sports Broadcasts

November 19, 2024
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Ngioweb Botnet Fuels NSOCKS Residential Proxy Network Exploiting IoT Devices

November 19, 2024
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Privileged Accounts, Hidden Threats: Why Privileged Access Security Must Be a Top Priority

November 19, 2024
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New ‘Helldown’ Ransomware Variant Expands Attacks to VMware and Linux Systems

November 19, 2024
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Warning: VMware vCenter and Kemp LoadMaster Flaws Under Active Exploitation

November 19, 2024
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Chinese Hackers Exploit T-Mobile and Other U.S. Telecoms in Broader Espionage Campaign

November 18, 2024
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The Problem of Permissions and Non-Human Identities – Why Remediating Credentials Takes Longer Than You Think

November 18, 2024
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New Stealthy BabbleLoader Malware Spotted Delivering WhiteSnake and Meduza Stealers

November 18, 2024
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The Problem of Permissions and Non-Human Identities – Why Remediating Credentials Takes Longer Than You Think

Dutch Telecoms Company Odido Discloses Breach Affecting Approximately 6.2 Million Customers February 16, 2026
Dutch telecoms business Odido has disclosed a cyberattack on its customer contact system that happened on 7 February. The personal information of approximately 6.2 million customers was disclosed, including names, residential addresses, mobile phone numbers, email addresses, account numbers, and ID information such as passports and driver’s licenses. In a statement, the company said no passwords, call details or billing information are involved. “We deeply regret this incident […]
Kirsten Doyle
Customer data from Volvo Group North America exposed in Conduent breach February 16, 2026
Almost 17,000 Volvo employees have had their personal data exposed after attackers breached Conduent, an outsourcing company that manages workforce benefits and back-office services. In a filing with the Maine Attorney General, Volvo Group North America said it learned in late January that employee data had been exposed through systems run by Conduent. In a letter to customers, Conduent said: “On 13 January 2025, we discovered that we were the victim of […]
Kirsten Doyle
The Silent Workforce: Non-Human Identities Are the Next Major Security Battleground February 16, 2026
For years, cybersecurity strategies have focused on people. From employees and contractors to partners and insiders, that familiar ‘humans are the weakest link’ rhetoric has defined the industry for decades. The tools and strategies developed to defend against threats, like access management and identity governance, were largely designed with humans in mind. But as artificial […]
Shane Barney
Closing the Cross-Platform Security Gap in Citizen Developer Apps February 13, 2026
In many ways, managing security for citizen-developer apps is like flying several planes built by different manufacturers all at once. That’s because each no-code development platform uses separate dashboards, controls, policy engines, etc. Microsoft Power Platform measures altitude in feet, ServiceNow in meters, Salesforce reports it in knots, and UiPath wants to automate the landing […]
Yair Finzi
The Top Pentesting Platforms of 2026: What You Need to Know February 11, 2026
What to Look for in a Pentesting Platform? As the primary way of finding and exploiting vulnerabilities (before attackers do), pen testing platforms are a popular choice for businesses looking to launch sophisticated simulated attacks at scale. Here is a look at some of the top pen testing tools to watch in 2026, and what […]
Joe Pettit
The Cyberattack That Exposed the Fragility of Digital Heritage February 11, 2026
Saturday 28 October 2023 is a date that will live long in the memory of staff at the British Library. As they arrived for work that day, they encountered chaos taking place. Servers were no longer online. Crucial systems were encrypted. And digital catalogues had disappeared altogether. A cultural institution renowned all over the world, […]
Kashif Nazir
Why Traditional Cyber Risk Management Is No Longer Enough in 2026 February 10, 2026
As we settle into 2026, the cybersecurity industry is experiencing dramatic change. AI, AI agents, Quantum, and even traditional attack techniques are developing in ways that impact how we protect our organisations and even how we communicate with our customers. Preserving the status quo simply isn’t good enough, so evolving our defences to not only […]
Peter Jones
Substack Discloses Major Data Breach February 9, 2026
Media platform Substack has disclosed a data breach that exposed email addresses, phone numbers, and internal metadata of an unknown number of users. Credit card numbers, passwords, and financial information were not accessed. In an email, Substack CEO Chris Best informed affected users that on 3 February, the company found evidence pointing to a third party having […]
Kirsten Doyle
The Winter Olympics Are Back, and So Are Attackers February 6, 2026
The Olympics have traditionally been a major attack vector for cyber disruption, espionage, and financially motivated attacks. The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang saw the Olympic Destroyer malware used to disrupt Wi-Fi, ticket, and venue systems during the opening ceremony of the games. During the Paris 2024 event, there was an increase in scanning, […]
Kirsten Doyle
Rethinking the Security Estate: Why IT Spend Isn’t the Same as Cybersecurity Readiness February 5, 2026
Cybersecurity spend is projected to reach $183 billion by 2028, but that growth masks a dangerous misconception. Many midmarket organizations equate rising IT budgets with improved security, assuming that broad spending on technology automatically translates to better protection. However, this is creating a widening gap between what companies perceive and their actual security readiness. IT […]
Michael Gray