{"id":5323,"date":"2025-09-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/?p=5323"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T03:58:13","slug":"news20250903","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/2025\/09\/03\/news20250903\/","title":{"rendered":"News &#8211; September 3, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"326\" data-attachment-id=\"5328\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/2025\/09\/03\/news20250903\/news20250903-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/news20250903.jpg?fit=1100%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1100,350\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"news20250903\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/news20250903.jpg?fit=300%2C95&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/news20250903.jpg?fit=1024%2C326&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/news20250903.jpg?resize=1024%2C326&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/news20250903.jpg?resize=1024%2C326&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/news20250903.jpg?resize=300%2C95&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/news20250903.jpg?resize=768%2C244&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/news20250903.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>News for today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>SlashNext acquired by Varonis<\/strong>. Varonis Systems announced the acquisition of SlashNext, for its AI-native email security technology. By integrating SlashNext&#8217;s technology with Varonis&#8217;s data security technology, the intent is to provide CISOs with a complete and consolidated threat detection and response offering. <em>The combination of SlashNext\u2019s multi-channel phishing defense and Varonis\u2019 end-to-end approach to data security \u2014 including AI security and identity protection \u2014 gives customers the platform they need to detect early signs of compromise and stop attacks long before data is impacted.<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ir.varonis.com\/news-and-events\/press-releases\/press-release-details\/2025\/Varonis-Acquires-SlashNext-to-Combat-AI-Driven-Email-Threats\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Varonis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.varonis.com\/blog\/varonis-to-acquire-slash-next-email-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Blog<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Task scam industry report<\/strong>. Trend Micro published new research on the global task scam industry, a rapidly growing fraud model. It lures victims into repetitive digital tasks while stripping them of funds through escalating deposit demands. The report <em>uncovers a sprawling global criminal infrastructure that impersonates legitimate companies, exploits trusted communications channels, and preys on job seekers using gamification techniques. Trend reports that scammers are transferring millions via\u00a0cryptocurrency\u00a0wallets, with victims losing between hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars each<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.trendmicro.com\/2025-08-19-Trend-Micro-Unmasks-Global-Task-Scam-Industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Trend Micro<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>StackHawk Model Context Protocol Server<\/strong>. StackHawk released its MCP server, for connecting StackHawk&#8217;s appsec platform with AI coding assistants such as Cursor, Claude Code, and Windsurf. Enables developers to run security tests, analyze vulnerabilities, and implement fixes from within their AI code editor. New features can be tested immediately within an AI coding assistant. Available immediately. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stackhawk.com\/blog\/mcp-server-for-security-scanning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">StackHawk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 3 news: SlashNext acquired by Varonis, Trend Micro on task scams, and StackHawk MCP Server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":384585,"featured_media":5328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[712027501],"tags":[712027517],"class_list":["post-5323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-roundup","tag-news-roundup"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/news20250903.jpg?fit=1100%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcHAk4-1nR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/384585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5323"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5334,"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5323\/revisions\/5334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}