ShinyHunters leaked 234 GB of data allegedly stolen from DentaQuest after failed negotiations, potentially impacting 2.6 million people. The ShinyHunters extortion group has published a 234 GB archive of data allegedly stolen from dental benefits administrator DentaQuest. The cybercrime gang added the company to its Tor data leak site in May, and the data was…
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Network Security
The IoT Appliance Repair Gap: When Your Wi-Fi Dishwasher Breaks, Who Actually Fixes It?
In this post, I will talk about the IoT appliance repair gap and aswer the question – when your Wi-Fi dishwasher breaks, who actually fixes it? Connected appliances have created a category of failure that most authorised service networks are not set up to handle. When a smart dishwasher stops working in a Dubai apartment,…
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Here’s How Long It Will Take for AI to Reach Its Potential
There are plenty of reasons to believe that artificial intelligence will be slower than its biggest boosters believe, but faster than the skeptics say.
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 100
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Malware Targeting WordPress Abuses Steam Community Profiles for Command & Control Operations Legitimate-Looking Codex Remote UI Secretly Steals Your AI Tokens Operation Dragon Weave : Uncovering a China-Linked Campaign Targeting Czech Republic and Taiwan…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 580 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. U.S. CISA adds SolarWinds Serv-U flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Report: Anthropic Deploys Engineers…
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C0XMO botnet spreads via DD-WRT router flaw, kills rival malware
A new variant of the Gafgyt botnet called C0XMO is targeting DD-WRT router firmware and can move to other device types with various CPU architectures. […]
Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Silent Ransom Group targets law firms with fake IT support calls
The Silent Ransom Group extortion gang is actively targeting U.S. law firms and professional services organizations in social engineering attacks that often lead to data theft within hours of initial contact, according to a new report by cybersecurity firm Mandiant. […]
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Google’s Unique Approach to Getting Data Centers Built
Plus, a DIY solar hack, a country fights teen brain rot with free ChatGPT and Apple’s plans for a Siri-led AI comeback.
Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Global Security News, privacy
How IT Professionals Can Monitor Remote Employees’ PCs Without Violating Privacy Laws
Remote working is here to stay and may very well become the new standard for employees’ work. But this leaves IT professionals in a bit of a quandary- how can they monitor the activities of their remote employees without breaching privacy protection laws? Let’s take a look at how to best go about it. With…
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The Wearable Showdown: Oura Ring 5 vs. Fitbit Air vs. Whoop MG vs. Apple Watch
Our columnist tests out the latest fitness trackers for your wrist, finger and elsewhere, with a focus on sleep monitoring and heart-rate accuracy.
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
Week in review: Cisco SD-WAN 0-day exploited, Patch Tuesday forecast
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: OWASP Agent Memory Guard: Stop AI agents from being weaponized through their own memory Agent Memory Guard is an open-source runtime defense layer that sits between an agent and its memory store, screening every read and write through a pipeline…
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Adaptive AI Worms Present New Threats to Enterprises
Discover how adaptive AI worms are revolutionizing cybersecurity threats and what enterprises must do to protect themselves from these evolving dangers.
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How To Identify And Avoid Online Gaming Scams
Read on to find out how to identify and avoid online gaming scams. Online gaming scams have been around for almost as long as online games. Whether they were ways for hackers to steal your credit card details or a way for them to access your accounts, the scams were simple and effective in the…
AI, Apps, Data Breaches, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Automated Reconnaissance Is Reshaping Cyber Risk
A single email address may now be all cybercriminals need to build a surprisingly detailed profile of a target. Flare researchers identified an automated bot that can generate detailed dossiers from a single email address by aggregating data from multiple breached databases. “Tools like this Telegram bot show how little effort it now takes to…
Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Los Angeles Personal Injury Attorney: Legal Support After an Accident
In this post, I will talk about having Los Angeles personal injury Attorney and show you how to legal support after an accident. Accidents can happen unexpectedly and often leave victims dealing with physical injuries, emotional stress, and financial hardship. In a large metropolitan area like Los Angeles, heavy traffic, busy workplaces, and crowded public…
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U.S. CISA adds SolarWinds Serv-U flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds SolarWinds Serv-U flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added SolarWinds Serv-U flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-28318 (CVSS ver 3.1 score of 7.5), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. SolarWinds Serv-U is a managed file transfer (MFT) and secure file…
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New Pink Extortion Group Targets Microsoft 365 Cloud Data Via Vishing Scams
Cybersecurity researchers are warning businesses about Pink Extortion Group, a threat actor that uses voice phishing to bypass multi-factor authentication and steal files from cloud environments.
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Report: Anthropic Deploys Engineers to Support NSA Use of Mythos
Reports claim Anthropic engineers are helping the NSA use its restricted AI model Mythos, known for advanced cybersecurity capabilities. This week, the Financial Times reported that Anthropic has placed approximately six “forward-deployed” engineers inside the National Security Agency to help the intelligence agency use Mythos, its most capable cyber model, for offensive operations. Two people…
Exploits, Global Security News
Critical Everest Forms Pro flaw exploited to take over WordPress sites
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-3300) in the Everest Forms Pro plugin, which lets them take complete control of a WordPress website. […]
AI, Global Security News, Risk Management
New ChatGPT Lockdown Mode Limits Tools That Could Enable Data Exfiltration
OpenAI has begun rolling out a new Lockdown Mode to ChatGPT for eligible personal accounts to reduce the risk of data exfiltration arising from prompt injection attacks. The feature is primarily designed for people and organizations that handle sensitive data and require stricter protection guarantees. Lockdown Mode is available to logged-in users across Free, Go,…
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Anthropic Says We Must Stop Authoritarian AI. But What About Its Authoritarian Investors?
Anthropic’s high-profile spat with the Pentagon gave it a killer marketing advantage, burnishing its public image as a principled AI company that puts values over profits — unlike more mercenary rivals such as OpenAI or Google. But Anthropic’s double standard on authoritarianism suggests the nearly trillion-dollar firm is as calculating and ethically flexible as any…
AI, Global Security News, Network Security
Free Apps Are Quietly Turning Smart TVs Into Web-Scraping Proxies for AI
A researcher has reverse-engineered the iOS SDK that Bright Data embeds in consumer apps and documented how it turns devices, including always-on smart TVs, into exit nodes that relay web-scraping traffic for a data business Bright Data markets heavily to the AI industry. The company, the successor to Luminati, operates what it calls the largest…
Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News
CISA Adds Actively Exploited SolarWinds Serv-U DoS Flaw to KEV Catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a high-severity security flaw impacting SolarWinds Serv-U multi-protocol file server software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-28318 (CVSS score: 7.5), is a denial-of-service (DoS) bug that causes the service to crash
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Claude Opus Found a Four-Year-Old Hole in Zcash’s Privacy Layer. Nobody Knows If Someone Already Used It.
Claude Opus 4.8 helped uncover a four-year-old critical flaw in Zcash that could have enabled undetectable creation of counterfeit coins. On May 29, the security researcher Taylor Hornby found a critical vulnerability in Zcash Orchard privacy pool using Claude Opus 4.8. The Zcash team hired Hornby specifically to look for this kind of issue. He…
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AI Agent Uncovers 21 Zero-Days in FFmpeg; Chrome Patches Record 429 Bugs
Two things landed within days of each other this week. A security startup reported 21 previously unknown vulnerabilities in FFmpeg, the media library inside almost everything that touches video, all of them found by an autonomous AI agent. The same week, Google shipped Chrome 149 with patches for 429 security bugs, the most ever in…
AI, Global Security News, malware
Miasma Worm Hits 73 Microsoft GitHub Repositories in Major Supply Chain Attack
Microsoft’s GitHub repositories have become the latest to fall victim to the ongoing Miasma self-replicating supply chain attack campaign. The incident impacted 73 Microsoft repositories across four of its GitHub organizations, including Azure, Azure-Samples, Microsoft, and MicrosoftDocs, per OpenSourceMalware. The development has GitHub to disable access to those repositories. “Access to this
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WHYNOT REPORT: NVIDIA CORPORATION
Executive Summary Nvidia faces significant negative intelligence across legal controversies, massive warranty payout spikes (1000% increase 2024-2025), widespread driver instability, and numerous security vulnerabilities. The 12VHPWR power cable defect lawsuit (Nov 2022) involving melting cables and fire hazards represents a major product liability issue. A 1000% spike in warranty claims ($81M → $894M) in 2025…
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WHYNOT REPORT: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES (AMD)
Executive Summary AMD faces significant negative intelligence across product reliability, legal vulnerabilities, driver/software instability, and market volatility. Ryzen 7000 and Ryzen 9000 series CPU burnout/failure issues span 2023-2026, with ongoing motherboard partner BIOS instability claims. Adeia Semiconductor patent infringement lawsuit (Nov 2025) alleges AMD’s 3D V-Cache technology violates bonding methods. TrustPilot customer service rating of…
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WHYNOT REPORT: INTEL CORPORATION
Executive Summary Intel faces significant negative intelligence across product reliability, financial instability, security vulnerabilities, and competitive disadvantages. The 13th/14th generation processor microcode defects (affecting ~40% of desktop CPUs) represent the most serious recent failure, requiring delayed microcode patches and extensive class-action litigation. Intel’s financial health has deteriorated with $18.8B losses in 2024, credit rating downgrades…
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WHYNOT REPORT: Google Cloud Platform (2024-2026)
What’s a Why-Not Report? It hearkens back to the days of old. When we could read about the downside of vendors, instead of regurgitating marketing. A whynot report is a negative intelligence report focused on negative historical vendor events, weaknesses, failure patterns, and competitive disadvantages, essentially answering “why not” this vendor as a curiosity of…
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Exposed Fuel Tank Gauges Under Attack in the US
Cybersecurity experts warn of rising threats to exposed fuel tank gauges in the US, risking gas stations and the entire fuel supply chain.
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WHYNOT Report: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Generated: June 2026 What’s a Why-Not Report? It hearkens back to the days of old. When we could read about the downside of vendors, instead of regurgitating marketing. A whynot report is a negative intelligence report focused on historical vendor events, weaknesses, failure patterns, and competitive disadvantages, essentially answering “why not” this vendor as a…
Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager CVE-2026-20245 Flaw Actively Exploited – No Patch Available
Cisco has warned that a high-severity security flaw impacting Catalyst SD-WAN Manager has come under active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20245, carries a CVSS score of 7.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. It affects the following deployment types – On-Prem Deployment Cisco SD-WAN Cloud-Pro Cisco SD-WAN Cloud (Cisco Managed) Cisco SD-WAN for Government…
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WHYNOT Report: IBM Corporation
Report Date: June 5, 2026Whynot Score: 72/100 (Moderate-High Avoidance Recommended) What’s a Why-Not Report? It hearkens back to the days of old. When we could read about the downside of vendors, instead of regurgitating marketing. A whynot report is a negative intelligence report focused on negative historical vendor events, weaknesses, failure patterns, and competitive disadvantages,…
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WHYNOT Report: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI):
SUMMARY What’s a WhyNot Report? It hearkens back to the days of old. When we could read about the downside of vendors, instead of regurgitating marketing. A whynot report is a negative intelligence report focused on negative historical vendor events, weaknesses, failure patterns, and competitive disadvantages, essentially answering “why not” this vendor as a curiosity…
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AI cybersecurity funding report for Q1-Q2 2026
Executive Summary Total Capital Raised: $940M across 15 funding rounds– Average round size: $62.7M– Median round size: $35M– Top valuation: Exaforce at $725M Key Trends:– AI security is no longer a feature – it’s a platform– Agentic AI for SOC automation is the next category– AI safety/testing is becoming a regulated category– Strategic investors (Accenture,…
Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Senator introduces bill to restore cybersecurity funding for state and local governments
The proposed “Guaranteeing Universal Access to Cybersecurity Act” seeks to authorize $50 million annually for the MS-ISAC, which is operated by the Center for Internet Security.
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Pro-Russian hacker group launches ‘Patriotic Online Games’ campaign targeting European organizations
The group is leveraging Telegram to enlist “patriotic volunteers,” offering cryptocurrency rewards for participating in various cyber activities, including DDoS attacks, information gathering, and ransomware operations.
Global Security News
Hackers actively exploit SolarWinds Serv-U flaw to crash servers, CISA warns
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-28318, is a denial-of-service flaw in SolarWinds Serv-U file transfer software.
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New China-linked threat cluster OP-512 targets Microsoft IIS servers
OP-512 deploys a custom web shell framework consisting of three distinct web shells, designed to provide attackers with remote access while evading detection.
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California man sentenced to over 26 years for dark web drug trafficking
Darren Hughes, 39, of San Jose, was convicted in November 2025 on drug trafficking charges.
AI, Global Security News
Suspicious Polyfill login prompts pop up on Toshiba, Muji websites
Tech giant Toshiba and mega-retailer Muji warned visitors that suspicious sign-in screens popping up on their websites could collect credentials. […]
AI, Apps, Global Security News
Anthropic deploys engineers to NSA to aid Mythos use
The deployment of Anthropic engineers to the NSA is intended to help the agency integrate and utilize the Mythos AI model for specific applications.
Global Security News
Selloff in Chip Stocks Prompts Nasdaq Bloodbath
Plus, Trump urges Bill Pulte to fire intel-community employees, and it’s Lloyd Blankfein’s eye for the banker guy.
Global Security News
Local AI, Salesforce, Fluttershell, Aspose, http/2, Cisco, Used Tech, Josh Marpet – SWN #587
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IronWorm malware, similar to Shai-Hulud, hits 57 projects across 9 organizations
The malware targets developer credentials and cryptocurrency and self-propagates on npm.
AI, Global Security News
Google to Pay SpaceX Nearly $1 Billion a Month in Cloud-Computing Deal
The agreement gives SpaceX a new stream of revenue for its AI business ahead of its IPO.
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Top Selling Technology Products (June 2026)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY June 2026 represents a pivotal month in the technology landscape, marked bythe continued dominance of AI-integrated devices, the resurgence of foldablesmartphones, and the maturation of smart home ecosystems. Despite globalheadwinds including memory cost pressures and economic uncertainty, consumertech spending reached $836 billion in 2026 (Gartner), with June showingstrong performance across wearable AI devices,…
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CISA: Hackers now exploit SolarWinds Serv-U flaw to crash servers
CISA warned today that hackers are now actively exploiting a recently patched high-severity SolarWinds Serv-U flaw to crash servers. […]
AI, Global Security News, malware
Miasma Malware Hits 32 Red Hat Packages via Compromised GitHub Account
32 Red Hat npm packages compromised by Miasma malware expose cloud tokens, CI/CD secrets and developer credentials in supply chain attack.
Data Breaches, Global Security News
Exposed Fuel Tank Gauges Under Attack in the US
Threat actors are taking advantage of Internet-exposed tank gauges by breaching gas stations, opening the door to disruption.
Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security
Another Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager bug actively exploited
Cisco warns of an exploited SD-WAN flaw that can enable remote code execution and network compromise.
AI, Apps, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Six protobuf.js Vulnerabilities Expose RCE and DoS Risks
Six vulnerabilities discovered in protobuf.js could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, crash services, and compromise software supply chains across cloud, AI, messaging, and development environments. According to Cyera researchers, the flaws affect the widely used JavaScript implementation of Google’s Protocol Buffers, a data serialization framework that underpins communication across countless distributed systems. The library…
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Chinese APT deploys new malware to keep access to hacked networks
A Chinese espionage group tracked as UNC5221 has been accessing Microsoft 365 environments using the Brickstorm backdoor and previously undocumented malware named Plenet and AgentPSD. […]
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AI Threats, Zero-Days, and Data Breaches Define This Week of June 2026 in Cybersecurity
Major Threats & Vulnerabilities Zero-Day Exploits and Critical Vulnerabilities A newly discovered Comodo zero-day vulnerability can crash Windows systems through a malformed IPv6 packet. Researcher Marcus Hutchins identified the flaw, but Comodo has yet to issue a patch. Users are advised to filter suspicious IPv6 headers and test incident response plans. Google patched an Android…
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IronWorm and New Miasma Worm Variant Hit npm in Supply Chain Attacks
Multiple software supply chain attacks have hit the npm ecosystem, with threat actors using both malicious and poisoned versions of over 50 legitimate packages to distribute a Rust-based information stealer and a self-spreading worm, respectively. According to JFrog, the information stealer “scrapes every secret it can find on a developer’s machine, hides behind an eBPF…
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Silent Ransom Group (SRG): Switching To DNS Fast Flux Infrastructure
Researchers exposed the Silent Ransom Group ‘s Fast Flux infrastructure as the FBI warns of ongoing attacks targeting U.S. law firms and businesses. Resecurity uncovered the Silent Ransom Group (SRG)’s Fast Flux network infrastructure and shares available intelligence with the cybersecurity community to disrupt their malicious activities and enable ISP/DNS providers to counter this threat.…
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Dark web Nemesis Market vendor gets 26 years for selling drugs
A California man was sentenced to more than 26 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine through Nemesis Market, one of the world’s largest dark web marketplaces. […]
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Microsoft identifies seven new ways AI agents can be hacked
Microsoft has identified seven new failure modes in agentic AI systems, in addition to those it identified last year in its first Taxonomy of Failure Modes in Agentic AI Systems. Four things contributed to the growing list of ways agentic AI can go wrong: the speed at which the technology went mainstream, the growing maturity…
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Atlas Menu Data Breach Exposes 64,000 GTA V and CS2 Cheat Service Users
Atlas Menu Data Breach exposes 64,000 GTA V and CS2 cheat service users, leaking emails, IPs, support tickets and hashed passwords.
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Got a LinkedIn message from a recruiter? It might be Chinese intelligence, warn FBI and MI5
If you’ve ever received an out-of-the-blue message via LinkedIn from a recruiter offering some well-paid consultancy work, intelligence agencies have a message for you: be very careful. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
AI, Apps, Cloud Security, Endpoint, Global Security News
Building secure B2C applications with fine-grained access control using Amazon Cognito and Amazon Verified Permissions
Modern web applications require robust security controls to protect user data and application resources. Authentication and authorization are two fundamental pillars of application security that answer critical questions: Who are you? and What are you allowed to do? Implementing these controls correctly can be challenging for developers, especially when building data-intensive applications with frameworks like…
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Patching fast and slow: Ruby devs delay to defend against supply chain attack
The team behind RubyGems, a package hosting site for Ruby developers, has added a new feature to bundler, a tool for managing Ruby packages (or ‘gems’) to protect developers against the recent wave of software supply chain attacks: A cooling-off period before recently updated packages are installed on their systems. Recent attacks on software repositories…
Global Security News
Why AI Agents Need an Identity Model, Not Just an API Key
AI, Global Security News, Network Security
Tech industry cut 38,242 jobs in May, worst since 2024
Technology companies announced 38,242 job cuts in the US in May 2026, the highest monthly total for the sector since August 2024, according to research by employment placement company Challenger, Gray & Christmas. So far this year the company has observed 123,653 US technology job cuts, a rise of 66 percent from the same period…
Global Security News
Estonia Is Fighting Brain Rot—With Free ChatGPT
Plus, the push to bypass Chinese rare earths and the scramble to ban personalized pricing.
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, malware, Network Security, Risk Management
CVE-2026-20245: Cisco SD-WAN Manager Zero-Day Enables Root Command Execution
Cisco has disclosed a seventh SD-WAN zero-day exploited in 2026, tracked as CVE-2026-20245. The flaw affects the command-line interface of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager and can allow an authenticated remote attacker with netadmin privileges to execute arbitrary commands as root by uploading a crafted file. Cisco says exploitation has already been observed in limited cases,…
AI, Global Security News
Magecart campaign exploits Stripe API for credit card theft
The sophisticated attack utilizes Google Tag Manager (GTM) and Stripe domains, which are implicitly trusted by e-commerce sites, allowing the malicious code to bypass security measures.
AI, Apps, Global Security News, Risk Management
Understanding LLM Coding Personalities Is Now Key to Developer Improvement
Secure code development goes beyond tools and software – it is a complex activity grounded in risk management and involves an understanding of a developer’s strengths and weaknesses. Recognizing your developers’ level of expertise goes a long way, and helps determine where security issues are most likely to occur, and which developer is best suited…
AI, APAC, Exploits, Global Security News
CVE-2026-49975: HTTP/2 Bomb Attack Can Knock Web Servers Offline in Seconds
A newly disclosed denial-of-service vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-49975, shows how long-known HTTP/2 weaknesses can still be chained into a highly effective modern attack. SecurityWeek reports that researchers at Calif demonstrated an HTTP/2 Bomb exploit capable of knocking major web servers offline within seconds by combining a compression bomb with a Slowloris-style hold that prevents the…
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News
How to Use AI Video to Boost Your Email Marketing Open Rates and Conversions in 2026
Discover how adding AI-generated video to your campaigns can significantly increase open rates and click-throughs. Complete guide with strategies, tools, and benchmarks. Email marketing isn’t dead — but it’s drowning in sameness. The average professional receives 121 emails per day, according to Radicati Group’s 2026 Email Statistics Report. Open rates across industries hover around 21%,…
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News
How to Use AI Video to Boost Your Email Marketing Open Rates and Conversions in 2026
Discover how adding AI-generated video to your campaigns can significantly increase open rates and click-throughs. Complete guide with strategies, tools, and benchmarks. Email marketing isn’t dead — but it’s drowning in sameness. The average professional receives 121 emails per day, according to Radicati Group’s 2026 Email Statistics Report. Open rates across industries hover around 21%,…
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Why writing software has become dangerous today
There’s just more code than ever and developers can’t verify everything – we need to make all that code understandable.
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
Commvault offers recommendations for resilience in the age of frontier AI
Frontier AI models, while powerful for identifying vulnerabilities, also present new risks from bad actors, accelerating exploitation timelines to mere minutes.
Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Hola browser supply chain attack delivers cryptocurrency miner
Cybersecurity researchers at Sophos and other companies discovered an undeclared executable, identified as a Monero cryptocurrency miner, being installed with the Hola Browser.
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Government & Policy, malware
Android Spyware Asin Targets Arabic Users via Fake News, PDF and War Map Apps
Arabic-speaking users have emerged as the target of a new Android spyware codenamed Asin, according to findings from ESET. The Slovakian cybersecurity company said it first detected the malware spread via multiple campaigns in early 2025, with each attack wave making use of distinct websites mimicking utilities, war-related updates, and a government news source: govlens[.]net,…
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Over 900 US gas station tank gauge systems exposed to attacks
Over 900 automatic tank gauge (ATG) systems across the United States, used to monitor fuel and chemical storage tanks across various critical infrastructure sectors, have been found exposed online and are vulnerable to ongoing attacks. […]
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
Nightmare Eclipse incident shows the researcher-vendor fights may never fully go away
Microsoft reopened some wounds and has reignited debate over the past couple weeks about vulnerability disclosure and the sometimes adversarial dynamic it creates between security researchers and vendors. The latest controversy ensued when Microsoft threatened criminal legal action against a security researcher who publicly disclosed a series of zero-day vulnerabilities with proof-of-concept exploits. Microsoft insisted…
AI, Apps, Funding, Global Security News, Risk Management
Ensono CTO: AI Success Starts with Data Discipline
Financial services firms racing to adopt AI may be overlooking the foundational work required to make those investments pay off, according to Syed Ali, CTO of Global Financial Services at Ensono. While many banks, insurers, and asset managers are experimenting with generative AI and agentic tools, Ali said the organizations seeing the strongest results are…
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Adaptive, Agentic AI Worms Loom as Next Enterprise Threat
AI worms, or “viruses with wings and brains,” adapt to new environments, seek out vulnerabilities, and will likely strike within a year, researchers say.
AI, Apps, Compliance, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Hugging Face Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution
Organizations using vulnerable versions of the Hugging Face Transformers library could unknowingly execute attacker-controlled code simply by loading a malicious AI model. Researchers at Pluto disclosed a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that bypasses the library’s built-in trust_remote_code=False security control, potentially exposing cloud credentials, SSH keys, API tokens, and other sensitive assets. “One poisoned field…
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What 2026 DBIR Confirms: Attacks Are Living in the Browser
Phishing, shadow AI, malicious extensions, and credential theft increasingly happen inside the browser. Keep Aware explains what the 2026 Verizon DBIR reveals about browser-layer security gaps and modern attacks. […]
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News
Cisco SD-WAN Has a New Root-Level Problem, and There’s No Fix Yet
Cisco warns of CVE-2026-20245 in SD-WAN Manager, a flaw that can lead to root access via file upload command injection; no patch or workaround yet. Cisco warns of a privilege escalation flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20245 (CVSS base score of 7.8), in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, the platform formerly known as SD-WAN vManage. An authenticated local…
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy, privacy, Risk Management
Why Apple may be winning again
As we lean into WWDC, three strategically brilliant Apple moves have been exposed in the last couple of weeks, two of which will have immense consequences in the coming year, while one sets the scene for essential future growth. In each case, Apple’s leadership has found counter-intuitive gambits that actually secure the company’s future. Let’s start…
Exploits, Global Security News
Reaper macOS Infostealer Abuses Script Editor to Steal Crypto and Passwords
Threat actors are deploying an updated SHub Stealer variant named Reaper that exploits the native macOS Script Editor to bypass OS-level protections and compromise cryptocurrency assets.
Global Security News, Government & Policy
Trump AI Order Seeks Voluntary Frontier Model Testing
The White House’s executive order establishes voluntary framework for early government access to frontier models while investing in federal security.
AI, Apps, Global Security News, Risk Management
Anthropic suggests slowing AI research until we can align it with human goals
AI could soon lead to systems capable of improving their own performance faster than humans can effectively supervise them, reviving concerns about the industry’s longstanding “alignment problem,” ensuring AI systems reliably pursue human goals, senior Anthropic researchers have warned in a new blog post titled “When AI builds itself.” Anthropic Institute lead Marina Favaro and…
china, Cybersecurity, Global Security News
New Threat Cluster OP-512 Targets Microsoft IIS Servers with Custom Web Shell Framework
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously unreported threat cluster dubbed OP-512 that has been observed targeting Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) servers to deploy a bespoke web shell framework. ReliaQuest has assessed with moderate to high confidence that the espionage-focused activity is linked to China. “OP-512 was highly likely conducting espionage through a
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Malware could drain your fuel tank as well as your bank account
Ongoing cyber-attacks on automated tank gauges (ATGs) could result in fuel tanks being drained without businesses noticing, the US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency has warned. Connected ATGs are widely deployed in gas stations, as well as on military bases, in hospitals, and in manufacturing plants. And it’s not just fuel stores at risk: ATGs…
AI, Global Security News
Malicious podcast, PDF apps spread FlutterShell macOS backdoor malware
FlutterShell is linked to previous malvertising campaigns including TamperedChef.
AI, Global Security News
Attackers obtained encrypted password vaults from some Dashlane user accounts
Dashlane has disclosed new details about a brute-force attack that let a threat actor access some customer accounts and copy encrypted vaults. Dashlane said it found no evidence that the attackers compromised its internal systems. The company first acknowledged the incident on May 31 after users reported receiving account suspension emails and experiencing login problems.…
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Infosecurity Europe: Practical Lessons From Lloyds’ Agentic AI Security Playbook
Lloyds Banking Group shared its approach for securing agentic AI workflows, with a mix of hands on experimentation and cross functional governance
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Morgan Stanley Sees SpaceX’s Revenue Reaching $3.4 Trillion in 2040
Projections banks shared with top investors show how they are selling the rocket maker’s $1.77 trillion valuation.
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Only 10% of SOCs Say They’re Getting Excellent Value From AI. Here’s What the Second Wave Has to Deliver
Eighteen months ago, the AI SOC was a marketing line. Today it’s a budget item. The category has crossed over from interesting to inevitable, with billions of dollars now flowing into AI-powered security operations platforms, agentic SOC tools, and AI co-pilots built into every layer of the security stack. The data shows SOCs are buying,…
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Let’s Encrypt works toward post-quantum certificates at web scale
Let’s Encrypt plans to pursue a post-quantum-safe Web PKI through Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs), a new approach that adds post-quantum authentication to the web without sacrificing the speed and reliability that have made TLS universal. The project is targeting late 2026 for a staging environment that issues MTCs, with a production-ready environment planned for 2027.…
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Infosecurity Europe: OWASP Introduces Agentic AI Security Maturity Framework
The OWASP agentic AI security framework helps organizations assess governance maturity vs adoption and adjust governance as needed
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Leader in Malware Analysis: ANY.RUN Named Top Vendor in G2 Summer 2026 Awards
We are proud to announce that ANY.RUN has earned the title of Momentum Leader and ranked #1 in the Relationship Index in the latest G2 Summer Reports. Reflecting real security teams’ actual experience, these rankings once again prove how critical ANY.RUN’s solutions are for daily SOC operations in modern enterprises. Why ANY.RUN’s Momentum Leader Title Matters for Your Team G2 awards…
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PCPJack Exposed: Researchers Uncover 230-Node Cloud Email Relay Network
Researchers uncovered a 230-node cloud-based email relay network after the actor PCPJack accidentally exposed tools, logs, and C2 files online A threat actor tracked as PCPJack compromised 230 cloud servers across Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure and turned them into a covert email relay network. Hunt.io researchers discovered the operation because PCPJack…
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16 ways to speed up Windows 11
Windows 11 does a lot under the hood to speed up a PC’s performance, but PCs tend to slow down over time as they accumulate apps, files, drivers, and other detritus. Even zippy new Windows 11 devices can be sped up — and protected against future slowdowns — with a few minor system tweaks. It’s simple to…
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There’s More to Space Stocks Than SpaceX
Rocket Lab gives investors another way to play the space race.