Heartbeat 26.07

What’s New From Us

1. Launch of Penetration Testing Services,
2. Free Security Awareness Newsletter Service for Clients and Partners to be published every 2 weeks. 
3. Past newsletters archived to Securitybeat Advisors Blog.

Newsworthy Posts

1. Does AI Have a Backout Plan?
2. IIs Open Source Opening the Door to Phishing Enterprises?
3. Stability needed in US AI Program
4. Are AI Kids Safe in the Sandbox?
5. Who’s Managing Operational Technology?
6. Do You Trust 0-Trust in the Government?
7. Who’s Programming Your Logic Controllers?
8. Is Your Hotel Hotspot Safe?
9. Call for US Agencies to Use/Develop OSS Responsibly

Partner Perspective

1. Coyote Brown / Cyber Buyer
   1. Top security news for the past 2 weeks:
      • Data Breaches
        • Microsoft Patches Record 622 Vulnerabilities, Including Two Exploited Zero-Days
        • AssuranceAmerica Insurance breach exposes 7M driver’s licenses
        • Anthropic Says Claude Mistook the Open Internet for a CTF and Breached Three Organizations
        • ShinyHunters claims Brinks Home breach, threatens to leak stolen data
      • Ransomware
        • New Spirals ransomware encrypts victim network in under 24 hours
        • Coca-Cola says fairlife targeted by ransomware
        • Ransomware’s new AI tactic could inflate cyber claims
        • Microsoft Teams vishing attacks lead to Chaos ransomware attacks
      • AI Security
        • 1M+ Emails Use Hidden Text to Dupe AI Security Filters
        • AI Can Find Bugs, But Human Knowledge Still Proves Them
        • Hugging Face CEO demands OpenAI release rogue AI logs, $100M in compute
        • Nvidia forms industry alliance for open AI security after Hugging Face hack
      • Governance – GRC
        • Pentagon Suspends Phase 2 of CMMC Program
        • CMMC may be paused, but cybersecurity audits likely to return: Industry, experts
        • Shadow AI, leadership resistance make AI governance tough for worried CISOs
        • Healthcare AI cybersecurity starts with governance
   2. New vendors : fig, Quantro Security, Rescanna, TRACEFORCE, LASSO, ProCap360, NecessityWorks, Elrezar
2. The Privacy Professor
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