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idstrong

What You Need to Know about the Microsoft Azure Employee Data Breach

Aug 22, 2026 By IDStrong In IDStrong
A threat actor using the alias TheHatman is selling employee databases allegedly stolen from the Microsoft Azure cloud environments of some of the world's largest companies. Beginning on July 31, 2026, the cybercriminal posted a series of listings on underground forums advertising data dumps from at least nine major organizations, claiming the records were downloaded directly from corporate Azure tenants using compromised credentials.
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cycognito

Emerging Threat: (CVE-2026-21580) Confluence Privilege Escalation via Unauthenticated Stored XSS

Aug 22, 2026 By Igal Zeifman In CyCognito
CVE-2026-21580 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server, which the vendor advisory groups together with a privilege escalation component and a security misconfiguration weakness. An attacker persists crafted HTML or JavaScript on a vulnerable instance, and that payload executes later in the browser of whichever user views the affected content. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.6.
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UTMStack

Living Off the Land Attacks: Detection and Response Guide

Aug 22, 2026 By cesmng In UTMStack
The most popular advice about living off the land attacks is also the least useful when it stands alone: hunt for suspicious PowerShell, block LOLBins, and alert whenever a signed Microsoft binary behaves unexpectedly. Those controls have value, but they don't solve the operational problem. PowerShell, WMI, certutil.exe, and bitsadmin.exe are legitimate administrative utilities, and attackers abuse them precisely because security teams can't remove them without disrupting normal work.
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Penetration Testing Options Worth Knowing

Penetration Testing Options Worth Knowing

Aug 22, 2026 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
Penetration testing has turned into one of those services every business claims to offer, but the actual delivery varies wildly. Some firms hand you an automated scan with a logo slapped on the report. Others put a named, accredited tester on your network who explains exactly what they found and why it matters. For businesses, charities and schools weighing up who to call, the accreditation behind the tester matters as much as the report format. Here are eight providers worth knowing, starting with a CREST-accredited option built around direct access to the people doing the work.
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How to Develop Vulnerability Assessment Skills Through Cybersecurity Courses

How to Develop Vulnerability Assessment Skills Through Cybersecurity Courses

Aug 22, 2026 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
This process is a vital part of digital protection because it helps organizations identify technical flaws before unauthorized users exploit them. Experts who develop accurate evaluation skills examine computers, networks, software and settings to determine where security upgrades are required. Cybersecurity courses offer structured information plus hands-on practice to help students learn evaluation methods, analyze results and suggest specific safety protocols.
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upguard

The 12 Best Third-Party Risk Management Software Solutions (2026)

Aug 21, 2026 By Edward Kost In UpGuard
‍Last updated: August 20, 2026‍ A supplier breach or a tough question from a regulator can force a rushed third-party risk management (TPRM) evaluation. You need an answer before the next steering meeting. This list compares the 12 best third-party risk management tools in 2026, based on the capabilities that separate them in daily use, so you can shortlist faster. Whether you're an analyst running early research or a CISO approving the budget, you're working from the same criteria.
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seemplicity

We Solved Visibility. Now We Have to Solve the Work

Aug 21, 2026 By Laurie Haley In Seemplicity
Consolidating every security finding into one place solves visibility, but it doesn’t reduce risk on its own. Aggregation without context just makes the backlog feel bigger. Real remediation depends on answering four questions about each exposure: what needs fixing, why it matters, where the fix happens, and who owns it.
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elastic

How SLED can win the cybersecurity race with agentic AI

Aug 21, 2026 By Bobby Suber In Elastic
Adversaries are using AI to launch cyber attacks in record time, forcing security teams to measure responses in minutes instead of months. Phishing campaigns built with large language models (LLMs) achieve click-through rates 4.5 times higher than traditional methods,1 and the average time between initial compromise and lateral movement has fallen to just 29 minutes.2 This is a 65% increase from the prior year.2 State and local governments and higher education institutions are at an inflection point.
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UTMStack

How to Improve MTTR: A Practical Guide for Security Teams

Aug 21, 2026 By cesmng In UTMStack
A critical alert enters the SOC queue during the overnight shift. By morning, the dashboard shows an acceptable headline MTTR because the incident was closed quickly after an analyst finally picked it up. The timeline tells a different story: the alert sat unassigned for nine hours because severity routing sent it to the wrong queue. The team optimized the visible number while leaving the dangerous delay untouched.
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