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CSO Security Leadership
The day's top cybersecurity news and in-depth coverage
July 14, 2025
8 tough trade-offs every CISO must navigate
Increasing responsibilities and greater need to align with business objectives have security leaders facing greater risks â and more frequent and challenging security strategy compromises.
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MCP is fueling agentic AI â and introducing new security risks
MCP allows AI agents and chatbots to connect to data sources, tools, and other services, but they pose significant risks for enterprises that roll them out without having proper security guardrails in place.
Putting AI-assisted âvibe hackingâ to the test
Valuable tools for experienced attackers and researchers, LLMs are not yet capable of creating exploits at a prompt, researchers found in a test of 50 AI models â some of which are getting better quickly.
Anatomy of a Scattered Spider attack: A growing ransomware threat evolves
The cybercriminal group has broadened its attack scope across several new industries, bringing valid credentials to bear on help desks before leveraging its new learnings of cloud intrusion tradecraft to set the stage for ransomware.
Exploit details released for Citrix Bleed 2 flaw affecting NetScaler
Amid confusing reports about Citrix NetScaler exploits in the wild, researchers offer technical analyses and indicators of compromise for one of the vulnerabilities dubbed Citrix Bleed 2 that can lead to session hijacking.
Trump seeks unprecedented $1.23 billion cut to federal cyber budget
Trumpâs 2026 budget would slash cyber spending by over $1 billion from 2024 levels, a move that could weaken federal defenses, shrink the cyber talent pipeline, and strip state and local governments of vital grant funding.
How CISOs are training the next generation of cyber leaders
With cyber risk now a boardroom issue, CISOs are training their teams through personalized coaching for company-wide programs not just to defend, but to become leaders.
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