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Doppler secrets management platform
Product showcase: Doppler secures secrets for humans, pipelines, and AI agents

Every engineering team has spent years trying to keep credentials out of source code. Then AI agents moved the problem. Coding agents review code, agents run workflows, and …

NIS2
NIS2 compliance: Fixing IAM and access control before the 2026 audit

The NIS2 Directive places direct obligations on organizations across supply chain risk management, incident reporting, and board-level accountability. October brings a new …

AI
Threat actors are posing as AI crawlers to hunt for exposed credentials

Attackers are disguising automated scanning as traffic from AI crawlers operated by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Perplexity and other companies while searching websites for …

attack
Attackers turn to AI for help identifying files worth stealing

AI tools are being used by cyber attackers to write malicious code, build tools that harvest credentials, search compromised networks, identify valuable business information, …

Enpass Password Manager
Product showcase: Enpass Password Manager breaks away from the proprietary cloud model

Enpass is a password manager that stores passwords, passkeys, payment cards, identities, secure notes, software licenses, and other sensitive information in encrypted vaults. …

TikTok
Buying TikTok followers can expose users to scams and account theft

Buying TikTok followers, likes, or views could do more than inflate engagement metrics. According to Malwarebytes, many services selling social media growth operate through …

identity
Exposed credentials are giving attackers a head start many organizations don’t see

Compromised credentials can remain active long after passwords are created, leaving organizations trying to identify exposed accounts before attackers can use them. The 2026 …

AI
AI agents are still logging in as humans

Most large companies run more than one AI platform at the same time. Developers pull up coding assistants, marketing teams lean on writing tools, and analysts query enterprise …

1Password Claude integration
Claude can now sign into websites with 1Password without exposing your credentials

1Password has introduced 1Password for Claude, a beta integration that lets Anthropic’s AI assistant complete browser tasks requiring authentication without accessing …

ransomware
Ransom demands are down, email is the top way attackers get in

An employee opens an email that looks like any other, clicks a link, and gives up a password without noticing. A stolen login opens a door deeper in the network. Files stop …

Threat actor impersonated hundreds of brands on GitHub to push infostealer malware

A financially motivated threat actor is impersonating hundreds of brands on GitHub and pushing a smash-and-grab infostealer masquerading as legitimate downloads of popular …

key
Fake OAuth client IDs are helping attackers slip past sign-in logs

Attackers running account enumeration against Microsoft cloud tenants have added a step that keeps their probing out of the usual telemetry. They spoof the OAuth client ID, …

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