The Howler Episode 22: The Two Year Anniversary Special!

The Howler Podcast is two years old! In this special episode, Chelsea and Mary are joined by some surprise co-hosts as well as pack members from around the globe as they celebrate Arctic Wolf's one-of-a-kind culture. Interested in running with the pack? Explore careers at Arctic Wolf—one of the fastest-growing and exciting cybersecurity companies in the world, to learn about how you can join our Pack, create impact, and influence what’s next in security operations.

Disaster Recovery Plan Checklist: Building an Effective Strategy for 2026

Businesses around the world face unexpected disruptions ranging from cyberattacks to natural disasters. Data breaches have also become a pressing concern for companies worldwide, with the average cost of a breach reaching an all-time high of USD 4.45 million in 2023. Such events can cause catastrophic data loss and operational downtime. This is where a robust disaster recovery plan becomes more than a safety net, it’s a crucial element of business resilience.

Report: Shadow AI Poses an Increasing Risk to Organizations

The use of “shadow AI” is an increasing security risk within organizations, according to a new report from Netskope. Shadow AI is a newer variant of shadow IT, in which employees use unauthorized technology without the knowledge of the IT department. This is generally driven by a desire for increased productivity rather than malicious motives, but employees are often unaware of the risks introduced by unauthorized tools.

Not All Cyberattacks Begin with a Phishing Attack, Hack or Exploited Vulnerability

In a day and age when cyber threats are top of mind, it may be difficult for an organization to shift gears and take its physical security precautions into consideration. This is to protect not only a firm’s physical assets but direct access to networks and information that an attacker could use at a later date for a cyberattack.

Zenity Named a 2025 Cool Vendor in Gartner's Agentic AI TRiSM Report

Your security teams are facing an unprecedented challenge. AI agents are spreading across enterprises faster than anyone anticipated, from Microsoft 365 Copilot processing sensitive emails to custom agents built on AWS Bedrock accessing critical databases. Over 80% of Fortune 500 companies are already deploying these autonomous systems, oftentimes without adequate security guardrails. The result is a rapidly expanding attack surface that conventional security tools simply cannot see or secure.

Apono Releases MCP Server for End Users

We’re excited to announce the launch of our MCP server for end users, designed to boost engineering productivity while keeping security strong. Engineers often know exactly what they need to do—deploy to a new environment, spin up a workload, investigate logs—but not which permissions translate into those tasks. That leads to two common problems: The result is wasted time, frustrated teams, and an inflated attack surface from unnecessary standing privileges.

CVE202554236: Critical Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source Flaw Allows Customer Account Takeover and RCE

On September 9, 2025, Adobe released an out-of-band security update to address a critical vulnerability in Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-54236 and referred to in open-source reporting as “SessionReaper,” allows a remote unauthenticated threat actor to take over customer accounts through the Commerce REST API.

Navigating the ASPM Landscape: Why Veracode was Named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape

The application security landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. Modern development practices, characterized by cloud-native architecture, microservices, and AI-assisted coding, have exponentially expanded the attack surface. In response, organizations are grappling with an overwhelming volume of vulnerabilities from a disconnected array of security tools. This alert fatigue makes it nearly impossible to distinguish real threats from noise.