Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Identity Security Vendor to Expand AI Governance Tools Including MCP Server DefenseDescope raised $35 million to expand its agentic identity hub and MCP authorization capabilities. As enterprises adopt AI, CISOs demand granular governance, auditing and secure identity frameworks for nonhuman agents. Descope aims to lead this emerging space.

The ransomware group combines IT vendor impersonation and phishing frameworks like Evilginx to breach its targets

Panelists Discuss Deepfake, Trust Frameworks, AI Skepticism, Venture Capital WoesFrom RSAC Conference 2025 in San Francisco, ISMG editors wrapped up coverage discussing the impact of U.S. government funding cutbacks, growing deepfake threats, trust challenges in AI adoption and venture capital pressures affecting the cybersecurity vendor market.

Financial Services Experts Call for Stronger Focus on Third-Party Risk ManagementFinancial services leaders and cybersecurity experts said at Information Security Media Group’s 2024 Financial Services Summit that third-party vendor security risks required the need for proactive, multi-layered security frameworks to combat the growing threat landscape.

Seriously, people - please check the stuff you fetch more carefully Security vendor Sonatype believes developers are failing to address the critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Apache Struts 2 framework, based on recent downloads of the code.…

A Barcelona-based surveillanceware vendor named Variston IT is said to have surreptitiously planted spyware on targeted devices by exploiting several zero-day flaws in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Windows, some of which date back to December 2018

A Barcelona-based surveillanceware vendor named Variston IT is said to have surreptitiously planted spyware on targeted devices by exploiting several zero-day flaws in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Windows, some of which date back to December 2018