Anthropic Claude’s Chrome browser extension, known as Claude in Chrome, has a bug that can allow other malicious extensions to hijack it, compromising trusted AI workflows. Researchers at LayerX Security have warned that Claude’s overly trusted browser communication flows can be abused to inject scripts that can potentially hijack the assistant’s capabilities and manipulate browsing…
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Dirty Frag: A new Linux privilege escalation vulnerability is already in the wild
Dirty Frag: unpatched Linux kernel flaw grants root access on Ubuntu, RHEL and Fedora. A working exploit is already public. Security researchers have disclosed a new unpatched vulnerability in the Linux kernel, code-named Dirty Frag, that allows an unprivileged local user to gain full root access on most major Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora,…
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Australian Cyber Security Centre Issues Alert Over ClickFix Attacks
ACSC warns over a campaign targeting organizations which uses ClickFix to deliver Vidar infostealer malware
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Quasar Linux RAT Steals Developer Credentials for Software Supply Chain Compromise
A previously undocumented Linux implant codenamed Quasar Linux RAT (QLNX) is targeting developers’ systems to establish a silent foothold as well as facilitate a broad range of post-compromise functionality, such as credential harvesting, keylogging, file manipulation, clipboard monitoring, and network tunneling. “QLNX targets developers and DevOps credentials across the software supply chain,”
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Zara data breach exposed personal information of 197,000 people
Hackers who gained access to the databases of Spanish fast-fashion retailer Zara stole data belonging to more than 197,000 customers, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. […]
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Ivanti EPMM vulnerability exploited in zero-day attacks (CVE-2026-6973)
Ivanti has released fixes for 5 high-severity vulnerabilities in its Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) solution, one of which (CVE-2026-6973) has being exploited as a zero-day by attackers. “We are aware of a very limited number of customers exploited with CVE-2026-6973,” the company said in a security advisory published on Thursday. About CVE-2026-6973 CVE-2026-6973 is caused…
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One Missed Threat Per Week: What 25M Alerts Reveal About Low-Severity Risk
The dark secret of enterprise security operations is that defenders have quietly institutionalized the practice of not looking. This is not just anecdotal, but rather backed by a recent report investigating more than 25 million security alerts, including informational and low-severity, across live enterprise environments. The dataset behind these findings includes 10 million monitored
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Google is turning Android Studio into a policy watchdog
Google has expanded Play Policy Insights in Android Studio to help developers catch policy issues while coding, including warnings for common problems such as missing login credentials. Later this year, developers who connect their Play developer account directly to Android Studio will receive tailored insights. By leveraging SDK Index, a searchable list of Android SDKs…
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Your CTEM program is probably ignoring MCP. Here’s how to fix it
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the connective tissue of modern AI tooling and has quietly become one of the most significant blind spots in modern security programs. Like shadow IT before it, shadow AI — especially as it relates to MCP risk — introduces a new class of exposures that security teams lack adequate tooling…
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Helping North Korean IT remote workers is becoming a fast track to prison
Two U.S. nationals were sentenced to 18 months in prison for operating “laptop farms” that helped North Korean IT workers gain employment at nearly 70 American companies, generating more than $1.2 million for Pyongyang’s government. Although Matthew Issac Knoot of Nashville, Tennessee, and Erick Ntekereze Prince of New York were sentenced in separate cases, both…
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Sri Lanka makes 37 arrests as it raids another scam centre
You don’t need to live near a scam compound for it to wreck your life. Americans lost $5.8 billion to crypto investment scams last year alone – and a raid in Sri Lanka this month shows exactly how the operations behind them keep finding new places to hide. Read more in my article on the…
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Pen tests show AI security flaws far more severe than legacy software bugs
Penetration tests of AI-based systems are revealing a greater percentage of high-risk flaws than those discovered in legacy systems. Security consultancy Cobalt’s annual State of Pentesting Report reveals that 32% of all AI and large language model (LLM) findings are rated as high risk — nearly 2.5 times the rate (13%) of severe flaws found…
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Your refresh plan has a CVE blind spot
The conversation is straightforward, but the problem behind it is not. The customer bought servers in 2017 and typically refresh every five to six years. Generally, around the 2022 to 2023 timeframe, they would have looked to buy new. Historically, that is what would have happened. But COVID hit, and there were supply chain constraints…
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PCPJack Campaign Boots TeamPCP Off Compromised Machines
SentinelOne believes the PCPJack campaign may be the brainchild of a former TeamPCP member
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Former govt contractor convicted for wiping dozens of federal databases
A 34-year-old Virginia man was found guilty of conspiring to destroy dozens of government databases after getting fired from his job as a federal contractor. […]
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New Linux PamDOORa Backdoor Uses PAM Modules to Steal SSH Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Linux backdoor named PamDOORa that’s being advertised on the Rehub Russian cybercrime forum for $1,600 by a threat actor called “darkworm.” The backdoor is designed as a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM)-based post-exploitation toolkit that enables persistent SSH access by means of a magic password and specific TCP…
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Snyk integrates Claude to advance AI-native application security
Snyk has announced it is leveraging Anthropic’s Claude models to advance software security. Snyk has integrated Claude into the Snyk AI Security Platform, enabling automated vulnerability discovery, prioritization, and developer-ready fixes across code, dependencies, containers, and AI-generated artifacts. The threat driving that integration is real and accelerating. It’s a challenge that JPMorganChase’s Global Technology Leadership…
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Avantra’s new AI can diagnose SAP failures in seconds
Avantra launched Avantra 26, an advancement in AI-driven operations, strengthening native integration with SAP Cloud ALM, and delivering automated visibility across SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). Avantra also announced Avantra AIR Root Cause Analyzer, an AI-powered intelligence engine that automatically investigates SAP incidents and surfaces a structured diagnosis the moment an issue is detected. Available…
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Securonix launches AI threat research agent and ThreatWatch validation tool
Securonix announced the Securonix Threat Research Agent and ThreatWatch for ThreatQ, expanding how security teams research threats, validate exposure, and turn intelligence into documented action. Built on the ThreatQ platform and connected to Securonix security operations workflows, the new capabilities help teams generate role-specific intelligence, validate emerging threats against historical telemetry, and deliver explainable findings…
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April 2026 Leadership Recap: New CEOs and Promotions Start Q2
We’re at the start of Q2 of 2026, as hard as that is to believe – and with that comes new appointments to company leadership and promotions across the channel. Organizations such as Syspro, Kiteworks, Coro, and Paessler have all made significant updates to their executive benches to enhance their strategies. Read more about the…
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OpenAI tunes GPT-5.5-Cyber for more permissive security workflows
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-5.5-Cyber, a variant of its latest AI model, in limited preview for verified cybersecurity professionals and organizations through its Trusted Access for Cyber program. Trusted Access for Cyber is OpenAI’s identity and trust-based access framework for cybersecurity users, designed to give verified defenders broader access to GPT-5.5’s cybersecurity capabilities for defensive…
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CDW Q1 Sales Rise, but Margin Concerns Hit Shares
CDW delivered stronger-than-expected sales growth in the first quarter of 2026, but shrinking margins and investor worries over profitability overshadowed the company’s gains, sending shares tumbling nearly 20% on Wednesday. CDW reports stronger sales and AI demand The IT solutions provider reported rising demand for infrastructure hardware and AI-related technology projects as businesses ramped up…
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Another Universal Linux Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) Vulnerability: Dirty Frag, (Fri, May 8th)
Less than two weeks after the public disclosure of the Copy Fail vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431), another local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been revealed. Referred to as “Dirty Frag,” this vulnerability was discovered and reported by Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel) [1]. In this diary, I will provide a brief background on Dirty Frag,…
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New Linux ‘Dirty Frag’ zero-day gives root on all major distros
A new Linux zero-day vulnerability, named Dirty Frag, allows local attackers to gain root privileges on most major Linux distributions with a single command. […]
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AI, Cyberwarfare, and Autonomous Weapons: Inside America’s New Military Strategy
The Pentagon is integrating AI into military operations, transforming cybersecurity, targeting, and command systems into a unified warfare architecture. May 2026 marks a turning point in the evolution of modern warfare: the convergence of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and conventional military power is no longer theoretical. It is becoming an operational reality. The Pentagon has signed…
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Transilience AI unveils Security Operating System for cloud remediation
Transilience AI has announced the general availability of its Full Stack Security Operating System for the cloud, platform designed to solve one of enterprise security’s most persistent challenges: bridging the gap between detection and remediation. New platform replaces fragmented tool sprawl with an agent-powered, human-guided second brain, moving security posture from Detected to Eliminated. Cloud…
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Object First Fleet Manager simplifies distributed backup storage
Object First released Object First Fleet Manager, a cloud-based service that simplifies the management of distributed Ootbi backup storage deployments for Veeam Software environments. Built for enterprises and service providers with distributed backup storage infrastructures, Fleet Manager is available to Ootbi users with active support contracts at no additional cost. As backup infrastructure becomes more…
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AI clones: the good, the bad, and the ugly
AI is capable of mimicking a real person. It’s clear this capability exists, and the ethics of using AI for this purpose are often very clear. But increasingly, new applications are leading to ethically murky results. The good For example, the CEO of a company, or a politician, could choose to create a clone using…
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May 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: AI starts driving security industry changes
Project Glasswing. This is one of three major security industry changes I’ll cover today. The Anthropic Mythos vulnerability discovery model has already proven to be game changing in its ability to identify new vulnerabilities in software. Many of these vulnerabilities have existed for 10 to 15 years without human discovery. In a recent announcement from…
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Roblox chat moderation gets bypassed by leet speak and code words
Roblox runs an automated chat filter at the scale of billions of messages per day. An independent audit of about two million chat messages from four of the platform’s most popular games shows that filter missing a wide range of harmful interactions, including grooming attempts, sexual content directed at minors, threats of violence, and references…
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Mental health apps are collecting more than emotional conversations
People use mental health apps to talk about depression, trauma and suicidal thoughts in moments they may not share with anyone else. Many users likely assume those conversations carry protections similar to therapy sessions. In reality, mental health apps operate without the same confidentiality and privacy standards that govern licensed therapists. A new academic study…
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Linux Kernel Dirty Frag LPE Exploit Enables Root Access Across Major Distributions
Details have emerged about a new, unpatched local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability impacting the Linux kernel. Dubbed Dirty Frag, it has been described as a successor to Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431, CVSS score: 7.8), a recently disclosed LPE flaw impacting the Linux kernel that has since come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability was…
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PCPJack Malware Emerges as Threat in Cloud Security Landscape
Discover how the newly emerged PCPJack malware poses a serious threat to cloud security, exploiting vulnerabilities to steal sensitive data.
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Product showcase: NetGuard open-source firewall for Android
NetGuard is a free, open-source firewall for Android phones and tablets that provides users with a simple way to block internet access. Android does not allow VPN services to be chained, so the app uses the Android VPN service to route all internet traffic through itself. NetGuard can be used without root access, although it…
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Your coworker might be selling company logins, and thinks it’s fine
Employee behavior once considered unacceptable is becoming tolerated across various industries, particularly in IT and telecommunications, and at all levels of seniority, including leadership. Cifas Workplace Fraud Trends research, based on a survey of 2,000 UK employees working at companies with more than 1,000 staff, shows that employee-driven fraud, such as selling login credentials or…
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New infosec products of the week: May 8, 2026
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week LastPass, Operant AI, Sysdig, and VIAVI. Operant AI Endpoint Protector secures AI agents and MCP tools Operant AI has launched Operant Endpoint Protector, a new addition to its AI Defense Platform that enables enterprise IT and security teams to discover, detect, and defend…
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Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide
An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted classes and coursework at school districts and universities across the United States today, after a cybercrime group defaced the service’s login page with a ransom demand that threatened to leak data from 275 million students and faculty across nearly 9,000 educational institutions.…
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ISC Stormcast For Friday, May 8th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9924, (Fri, May 8th)
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Palo Alto Networks firewall flaw has been exploited for several weeks
Palo Alto Networks warns that a critical zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in the PAN-OS firewall system. The vulnerability has already been exploited by suspected state-sponsored hackers for nearly a month, reports Bleeping Computer. The vulnerability, CVE-2026-0300, is located in the User-ID Authentication Portal (also known as the Captive Portal) and allows attackers to execute…
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ShinyHunters Extorts Universities in New Instructure Canvas Hack
Students across the United States were locked out of coursework, quizzes, and grades during finals week after threat actors defaced hundreds of Canvas login portals in a ShinyHunters-linked extortion campaign. The disruption impacted colleges, universities, and school districts worldwide, underscoring the growing cybersecurity risks facing cloud-based education platforms. “ShinyHunters has breached Instructure (again). Instead of…
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Become a millionaire by bug hunting on Android
Over the past decade, Google has introduced a wide range of bug bounty programs for its software and services. The company has now announced that the reward for individuals who discover vulnerabilities in Android or the Chrome browser is being increased, bringing the maximum reward to $1.5 million. However, reports indicate that you must find…
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AI Is Distorting Practically Everything About the Economy
It makes growth look better and the job market look worse. Maybe an AI investment bust wouldn’t hurt so much after all.
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How Anthropic’s Mythos Threw the White House AI Strategy Into Chaos
The Trump administration’s recent effort to be involved in the rollout of new models marks a shift from a hands-off approach.
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13 new critical holes in JavaScript sandbox allow execution of arbitrary code
Thirteen critical vulnerabilities have been found in the vm2 JavaScript sandbox package that could allow an attacker’s code to escape the container and do nasty things to IT environments. As a result, developers using this library in their applications are urged to update the software to the latest version, which is currently 3.11.2. The warnings…
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Sophos named a Leader in the KuppingerCole Analysts Leadership Compass for Managed Detection and Response 2026
Sophos recognized across four leadership categories: Overall, Product, Innovation, and Market Categories: Products & Services Tags: MDR, KuppingerCole
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ShinyHunters Defaces Canvas LMS Portal, Thousands of Universities Affected
ShinyHunters hackers defaced the official Canvas LMS portal after breaching Instructure systems, disrupting university access worldwide.
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Canvas login portals hacked in mass ShinyHunters extortion campaign
The ShinyHunters extortion gang has breached education technology giant Instructure again, this time exploiting another vulnerability to deface Canvas login portals for hundreds of colleges and universities. […]
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Court Strikes Down Trump’s Global Tariffs
Plus, Elon Musk is summoned to France to face criminal charges, and no-display health trackers are—no kidding—popular.
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New TCLBanker malware self-spreads over WhatsApp and Outlook
A new trojan named TCLBanker, which targets 59 banking, fintech, and cryptocurrency platforms, uses a trojanized MSI installer for Logitech AI Prompt Builder to infect systems. […]
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Ivanti customers confront yet another actively exploited zero-day
Attackers are hitting Ivanti customers yet again — circling back to a common target and consistently susceptible vendor in the network edge space — by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in one of the company’s most besieged products. Ivanti warned customers that attackers have successfully exploited CVE-2026-6973, an improper input validation defect in Ivanti Endpoint Manager…
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Hackers Use Fake Claude AI Site to Infect Users With New Beagle Malware
Researchers have discovered a new malvertising campaign using a fake Claude AI website to plant a new, undocumented backdoor named Beagle on user devices.
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Ollama vulnerability highlights danger of AI frameworks with unrestricted access
A critical vulnerability in Ollama poses a direct risk of sensitive information leaks to more than 300,000 internet-exposed servers, researchers have found. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-7482, stems from an out-of-bounds heap read in Ollama’s model quantization pipeline. Ollama is one of the most popular frameworks for running AI models on local hardware. The flaw…
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Nation-state actors exploit Palo Alto PAN-OS zero-day for weeks
Palo Alto says hackers exploited PAN-OS zero-day CVE-2026-0300 for weeks, gaining root access to exposed firewalls and hiding traces. Palo Alto Networks warned that suspected state-sponsored hackers have been exploiting the critical PAN-OS zero-day CVE-2026-0300 for nearly a month. After exploiting the flaw, attackers deployed tunneling tools such as EarthWorm and ReverseSocks5, used stolen credentials…
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After Replacing TeamPCP Malware, ‘PCPJack’ Steals Cloud Secrets
PCPJack makes innovative use of parquet files for stealthy, pre-validated target discovery as it canvasses multiple cloud environments.
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LinkedIn illegally blocking free accounts from seeing ‘who’s viewed your profile’ data, group alleges
A LinkedIn feature that allows paid subscribers to view a list of visitors to their profile should be made available to all EU users free of charge to comply with the region’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a legal complaint launched by the None of Your Business (NOYB) digital rights group has claimed. Filed this…
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LinkedIn illegally blocking free accounts from seeing ‘who’s viewed your profile’ data, group alleges
A LinkedIn feature that allows paid subscribers to view a list of visitors to their profile should be made available to all EU users free of charge to comply with the region’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a legal complaint launched by the None of Your Business (NOYB) digital rights group has claimed. Filed this…
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Trump officials are steering a cybersecurity scholarship program toward AI
The Trump administration is redirecting a cybersecurity scholarship program that requires recipients to work in government service toward artificial intelligence, leaving some current program scholars dismayed and bewildered. In an email to participating school program coordinators obtained by CyberScoop, the Office of Personnel Management and National Science Foundation said the CyberCorps Scholarship For Service program…
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ICYMI: April 2026 @AWS Security
Read all about the latest AWS security features, compliance updates, and hands-on resources in our new, monthly digest posts. You’ll find expert blog posts, new service capabilities, code samples, and workshops. AWS Security Blog posts This month’s AWS Security Blog posts covered AI security, identity and access management, threat intelligence, data protection, and multicloud operations.…
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Elon Musk Summoned to France to Face Criminal Charges
Paris prosecutors investigating X say Musk and ex-CEO Yaccarino will face charges even if they don’t appear; the company has called probe ‘abusive.’
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New PCPJack worm steals credentials, cleans TeamPCP infections
A new malware framework called PCPJack is stealing credentials from exposed cloud infrastructure while actively removing TeamPCP’s access to the systems. […]
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Inside the World of Laptop Farms: How They Help Foreign Remote Workers Look U.S.-Based to Earn More Money
The expansion of remote work fundamentally altered enterprise security models. Organizations that once relied on tightly controlled office environments suddenly began shipping pre-configured corporate laptops to workers they would never physically meet. VPN enrollment, SaaS identity platforms, remote onboarding systems, and cloud collaboration tools rapidly became the new trust perimeter. Criminal organizations and state-sponsored operators…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in the Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), tracked as CVE-2026-6973 (CVSS score of 7.1), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Ivanti warns customers…
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Australia warns of ClickFix attacks pushing Vidar Stealer malware
The Australian Cyber Security Center (ACSC) is warning organizations of an ongoing malware campaign using the ClickFix social engineering technique to distribute the Vidar Stealer info-stealing malware. […]
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Ivanti EPMM CVE-2026-6973 RCE Under Active Exploitation Grants Admin-Level Access
Ivanti is warning that a new security flaw impacting Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) has been explored in limited attacks in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-6973 (CVSS score: 7.2), is a case of improper input validation affecting EPMM before versions 12.6.1.1, 12.7.0.1, and 12.8.0.1. It allows “a remotely authenticated user with administrative access to achieve…
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Best MSP Certifications to Grow Services in 2026
To stay ahead in today’s competitive channel landscape, managed service providers (MSPs) need relevant certifications that validate their expertise and strengthen their credibility across key areas such as cybersecurity, cloud services, and artificial intelligence (AI). With the growing number of role-based and vendor-specific certifications available in 2026, choosing the right ones to expand your service…
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PCPJack Credential Stealer Exploits 5 CVEs to Spread Worm-Like Across Cloud Systems
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new credential theft framework dubbed PCPJack that targets exposed cloud infrastructure and ousts any artifacts linked to TeamPCP from the environments. “The toolset harvests credentials from cloud, container, developer, productivity, and financial services, then exfiltrates the data through attacker-controlled infrastructure while attempting
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SAS’ Alyssa Farrell on Data Management, Quantum, and AI Positioning
During SAS’s Innovate 2026 event recently, SAS announced it would refresh its SAS Data Management portfolio, a cloud-native offering built on the SAS Viya data and AI platform. Among the new and expanded capabilities are AI-ready data management, governance by design, agentic AI and copilots, and cloud-native analytics acceleration. “A modern data platform is not…
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National-Security Contractor HawkEye 360’s Shares Soar in IPO
Investors are cheering defense-related companies ahead of SpaceX’s planned offering.
Global Security News
Has CISA Finally Found Its New Leader in Tom Parker?
Dark Reading investigates rumors that Tom Parker, a board room ‘operator’ and longtime cyber exec, could be next in line to take over CISA.
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ASUS Report: AI Adoption Rises as SMBs Seek Competitive Advantage
Forty-seven percent of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) reported readiness to adopt AI technology, while 68% of early adopters said they have already seen gains in productivity and efficiency. This is according to ASUS’ recently published 2026 Future of Small Business Report: Harnessing the Potential of AI PCs, which examines how SMBs across the US…
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AWS achieves SNI 27017, SNI 27018, and SNI 9001 certifications for the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
Amazon Web Services (AWS) achieved three Standar Nasional Indonesia (SNI) certifications for the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region: SNI ISO/IEC 27017:2015, SNI ISO/IEC 27018:2019, and SNI ISO 9001:2015. SNI represents Indonesia’s national standards framework, comprising standards that are broadly applicable across industries within the country. These certifications further demonstrate that AWS services meet nationally recognized…
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What Mozilla learned running an AI security bug hunting pipeline on Firefox
Over the past several months, Mozilla ran an agentic harness powered by Claude Mythos Preview across Firefox’s source code, identifying 271 security bugs that were fixed in Firefox 150, with additional fixes shipped in versions 149.0.2 and 150.0.1. Over 100 people contributed code to get those patches out. The bugs spanned a wide range of…
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Deepfakes Are Exposing Gaps in Cyber Insurance Policies
Deepfakes are creating new cybersecurity risks that many organizations — and their cyber insurance policies — may not be fully prepared to address. As attackers increasingly use AI-generated voice, video, and identity impersonation in fraud and ransomware attacks, cybersecurity experts warn businesses must reassess both security strategies and cyber insurance coverage. During a recent Channel…
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EU lawmakers strike provisional deal to soften AI Act
European Union member states and the European Parliament agreed early Thursday to push back the toughest deadlines under the bloc’s AI Act, giving enterprises more time to prepare for high-risk compliance. Under the provisional deal between negotiators for the European Parliament and European Council, high-risk AI systems will face new deadlines of Dec. 2, 2027…
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Ivanti warns of new EPMM flaw exploited in zero-day attacks
Ivanti warned customers today to patch a high-severity remote code execution vulnerability in Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) exploited in zero-day attacks. […]
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SpaceX Tees Up Massive Spending Ahead of IPO
A chip-manufacturing complex, AI satellites, and space facilities add to a pricey project list at Elon Musk’s company.
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Researcher Shows Edge Browser Stores Saved Passwords in Plaintext
Cybersecurity expert Tom Rønning finds Microsoft Edge loads all saved passwords into computer memory as cleartext, making them easy for hackers to steal.
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Top Tech Toys for May 2026
Top Tech Toys for May in 2026, including detailed descriptions of their key features and practical benefits. The tech landscape of 2026 has moved past the era of empty vaporware, pivoting instead toward gadgets that offer tangible, everyday utility. From AI-driven wellness monitors to precision hobbyist tools, the current market prioritizes seamless integration and sophisticated…
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Legacy Security Tools Are Failing Data Protection, Capital One Software Report Finds
Traditional network security tools are undermining data protection, with Forrester and Capital One Software research warning AI adoption is impossible without rethinking data security
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CloudZ RAT Abuses Windows Phone Link to Steal OTPs
A malware campaign is exploiting a built-in Windows feature to intercept sensitive data — without ever touching the victim’s phone. Cisco Talos researchers identified the CloudZ remote access trojan (RAT) using a custom plugin to monitor Microsoft’s Phone Link application and potentially capture SMS-based one-time passwords (OTPs). “MFA bypass is becoming a bigger and bigger…
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World Password Day 2026: Passwords Still Matter (Whether We Like It or Not)
World Password Day 2026: Passwords Still Matter (Whether We Like It or Not) Every year, World Password Day comes around and we all pretend we’ve moved beyond passwords. We haven’t. Passwords are still everywhere. Still fragile. Still one of the easiest ways into an environment. And despite all the talk about passkeys and passwordless futures,…
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Cline Kanban Flaw Lets Websites Hijack AI Coding Agents
Oasis Security finds critical Cline kanban WebSocket flaw exposing AI coding agents to hijack
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Cisco patches high-severity flaws enabling SSRF, code execution attacks
Cisco fixed several high‑severity flaws in its enterprise products, including SSRF bugs in Unity Connection that could enable code execution or service disruption. Cisco released patches for multiple high‑severity vulnerabilities affecting its enterprise products. Successful exploitation could allow code execution, server‑side request forgery (SSRF), or denial‑of‑service attacks. Two notable flaws, CVE‑2026‑20034 and CVE‑2026‑20035, impact Cisco…
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The Browser Is Breaking Your DLP: How Data Slips Past Modern Controls
Your security controls aren’t failing, they’re missing where most of today’s work actually happens. Keep Aware shows how browser activity like copy/paste and AI prompts bypass traditional protections. […]
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Fitness Bands Are Losing Screens—and Gaining Fans
No-display health trackers, including the Oura Ring, Whoop band and the new Google Fitbit Air, offer more continuous monitoring than smartwatches.
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OpenAI and Anthropic LLMs Used in Critical Infrastructure Cyber-Attack, Warns Dragos
Commercial AI models were used to help plan and conduct cyber-attack against operational technology of a water and drainage facility, say researchers
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American duo sentenced for hosting laptop farms for North Korean IT workers
Two U.S. nationals were sentenced to 18 months in prison for running laptop farms that facilitated North Korea’s expansive remote IT workers scheme, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Matthew Issac Knoot and Erick Ntekereze Prince both received and hosted laptops at their residences to dupe U.S. companies into thinking remote IT workers they hired were…
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World Password Day 2026: Why Strong Passwords Alone Are No Longer Enough
Every year, World Password Day reminds individuals and organizations to create stronger passwords, avoid password reuse, and enable multi-factor authentication (MFA). While these practices remain important, new research from Proton suggests that traditional password security advice is no longer enough to protect modern businesses from cyber threats. Key Takeaways Despite 92% of small businesses investing…
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$250 million cryptocurrency heist funded luxury fashion, nightclub parties, and private jets
20-year-old California resident Marlon Ferro, known online as “GothFerrari,” was sentenced to 78 months in prison for his role in a cryptocurrency theft operation tied to more than $250 million in stolen digital assets. Federal prosecutors said Ferro participated in a criminal network active between late 2023 and early 2025. Members of the group, based…
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One Click, Total Shutdown: The “Patient Zero” Webinar on Killing Stealth Breaches
The hardest part of cybersecurity isn’t the technology, it’s the people. Every major breach you’ve read about lately usually starts the same way: one employee, one clever email, and one “Patient Zero” infection. In 2026, hackers are using AI to make these “first clicks” nearly impossible to spot. If a single laptop gets compromised on…
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Americans sentenced for running ‘laptop farms’ for North Korea
Two U.S. nationals were sentenced to 18 months in prison each for operating so-called laptop farms that helped North Korean IT workers fraudulently obtain remote employment at nearly 70 American companies. […]
Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security
PAN-OS RCE Exploit Under Active Use Enabling Root Access and Espionage
Palo Alto Networks has disclosed that threat actors may have attempted to unsuccessfully exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw as early as April 9, 2026. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-0300 (CVSS score: 9.3/8.7), a buffer overflow vulnerability in the User-ID Authentication Portal service of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software that could allow an…
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Fake Claude AI Site Drops Beagle Backdoor on Windows Users
Sophos finds fake Claude site spreading DonutLoader and a new Beagle backdoor via DLL sideloading
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One keypress is all it takes to compromise four AI coding tools
Developers clone unfamiliar repositories all the time. Open-source projects, work from teammates, sample code from a tutorial, a library someone recommended on a forum. The convention is old and reasonable: you look at what’s inside before you run it. AI coding assistants that work from the command line have inherited that convention, and a new…
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World’s First AI-Driven Cyberattack Couldn’t Breach OT Systems
The most sophisticated AI-integrated campaign to date hit a brick wall in the form of a SCADA login screen.
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‘TrustFall’ Exposes Claude Code Execution Risk
Researchers find malicious repositories can trigger code execution in Claude Code with minimal or no user interaction.
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Crypto gang member gets 6.5 years for role in $230 million heist
A 20-year-old California man was sentenced to 78 months in prison for serving as a home invader and money launderer in a criminal ring that stole over $250 million in cryptocurrency. […]
AI, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Risk Management
Bots in translation: Can AI really fix SIEM rule sprawl across vendors?
Enterprises migrating between SIEM platforms often have to manually rewrite detection rules because vendors such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM QRadar, and Google Chronicle use different query languages and data models. Researchers now say AI may be able to automate much of that work, though security experts remain divided over whether the problem really requires…
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Webinar: Why modern attacks require both security and recovery
Modern attacks don’t stop at initial compromise. This webinar explores why security and recovery must work together to reduce downtime and improve resilience. […]
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Google Chrome Accused of Silently Installing 4GB AI Model on User Devices
Cybersecurity researcher Alexander Hanff claims that Google Chrome automatically installs a 4GB Gemini Nano AI model without user notification or consent.