CSO US First Look
The day's top cybersecurity news and in-depth coverage
August 05, 2023
Researchers warn Amazon's AWS System Manager agent can be used as a RAT
Mitiga researchers found that the AWS SSM agent could be hijacked and turned into a remote access trojan that is difficult to detect. Read more
Russian cyberspies defeat Microsoft number-matching 2FA policy with fake Teams messages
Spear-phishing attacks by the Midnight Blizzard advanced persistent threat group targeted Microsoft 365 tenants of small businesses. Read more
When your teammate is a machine: 8 questions CISOs should be asking about AI
The inevitability of AI is forcing many cybersecurity leaders to decide if it's friend or foe. Treating it as a teammate may be the ultimate solution, but there are a number of pointed questions CISOs should be asking. Read more
In new ransomware model, cloud provider acts as front for bad actors: report
A new report from anti-ransomware vendor Halcyon said that virtual private server provider Cloudzy is being used to host malicious activity from numerous sources. Read more
SpecterOpsâ open source pentesting software receives major updates
Bloodhound CE will include containerized deployment and REST APIs to help open source users with penetration tests. Read more
Cybersecurity startups to watch for in 2023
These startups are jumping in where most established security vendors have yet to go. Read more
