Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

What if I told you that compromised credentials still remain the number one avenue of initial access in all cyber security breaches? It’s no exaggeration — according to the Cisco Talos IR Trends report for Q1 2025, over half of all incidents reported involved the use of valid credentials. The 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report claims credential abuse accounted for 22% of all confirmed breaches.

Imagine a tireless, ever-learning army that never sleeps and never makes mistakes—an army of AI agents, not humans. What began as simple bots has evolved into sophisticated, autonomous entities operating in perfect sync at machine speed. This is no longer science fiction: autonomous AI is accelerating fraud, turning slow, manual crimes into rapid, relentless attacks. Agentic AI fraud isn’t coming—it’s here. Most organizations remain unprepared.

Today’s security operations centers (SOCs) are under more pressure than ever. The number of alerts is growing. Threats are more complex. And security teams are expected to detect, investigate, and respond to incidents faster, all while grappling with talent shortages and limited resources. Generative AI is emerging as a critical enabler in this environment.

As a security executive, how do you know if your organization can detect a certain attack? A talented, experienced team armed with advanced tooling can certainly generate confidence — but even then, detections can slip through the cracks if not properly codified.

If your security priorities still center on CVSS scores and device vulnerabilities, you’re missing a significant piece of the risk puzzle. People. Attackers aren’t following your org chart. They’re targeting whoever gives them access. Enter the concept of Very Attacked People (VAPs): individuals in your environment who attract the most persistent, targeted attacks. And they’re not always the CEO or the CISO.

Splunk is pleased to announce the general availability of Splunk Enterprise 10.0 and Splunk Cloud Platform 10.0, the most secure, stable, and modernized platform for a digitally resilient, compliance-ready future. The Splunk 10 platform is the next evolution of data security. With the latest cryptographic models and more performant data pipeline management, Splunk 10 delivers continued momentum in search & indexing, dashboard visualization, and ease of compliance administration.

The cybersecurity landscape witnessed a perfect storm in July 2025 when multiple critical SharePoint vulnerabilities collided with sophisticated IIS module-based persistence techniques, creating a nightmare scenario for enterprise defenders. CVE-2025-53770, CVE-2025-53771, CVE-2025-49704, and CVE-2025-49706 are being actively exploited by sophisticated threat actors, but the real danger extends far beyond the initial exploitation phase.

In today’s cloud-first world, security teams need real-time, actionable visibility into user activity and threats across the web, cloud, and private apps. The newly announced Netskope Log Streaming delivers just that. Netskope’s Log Streaming solution delivers significant value by providing real-time access to all Netskope-generated security logs directly into customers’ preferred cloud storage and last mile security information and event management (SIEM) tools.