Daily Digital Awareness Brief
Exploiting the Familiar: Everyday Attack Vectors
Opening Notes
Digital operations continue to reveal a consistent pattern: routine platforms, trusted services, and familiar tools often carry the greatest risk because they blend into the background of daily work. Threat actors increasingly target these environments, counting on habit, convenience, and quick decision making to open pathways for compromise. This brief provides a structured daily scan of emerging threats, modernization insights, and practical awareness techniques to reinforce deliberate cyber discipline across the workforce.
Situational Awareness Scan
Delta Dental of Virginia Data Breach Impacts 146,000
Source: Security WeekNames, Social Security numbers, identification numbers, and protected health information were exposed after a single compromised email account enabled unauthorized access. The breach underscores persistent vulnerabilities in email-based workflows and the continued targeting of healthcare-related data for monetization and identity theft.
ServiceNow AI Agents Vulnerable to Second-Order Prompt Attacks
Source: The Hacker NewsDefault configurations within ServiceNow’s Now Assist generative AI platform allow malicious actors to conduct second-order prompt injection attacks. These attacks exploit agent-to-agent communication features to trigger unauthorized actions, including copying and exfiltrating sensitive data. The issue highlights the growing importance of securing agentic AI systems as they coordinate automated processes within enterprise environments.
Training Byte
Name Check
Review sender names carefully for minor misspellings. A single altered character frequently signals a spoofed identity crafted to mimic a trusted contact.
Career Development Signal
CyberSkills2Work Program
Source: CyberSkills2WorkA free training initiative supporting eligible participants, including veterans, service members, and underrepresented groups. The program provides structured coursework, job preparation, and pathways into cybersecurity roles through regional academic partners.
Modernization and AI Insight
Securing Agentic AI Systems in Cloud Environments
Source: Security BoulevardOrganizations increasingly rely on non-human identities (NHIs) to operate automated workflows, manage cloud resources, and support agentic AI systems. These machine identities require the same rigor applied to human accounts, including credential governance, lifecycle controls, and continuous monitoring. Failure to secure NHIs broadens the attack surface and enables adversaries to compromise automated systems at scale.