In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have compromised the popular GitHub Actions workflow, actions-cool/issues-helper, to run malicious code that harvests sensitive credentials and exfiltrates them to an attacker-controlled server. “Every existing tag in the repository has been moved to point to an imposter commit that does not appear in the action’s normal…
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Mini Shai-Hulud Pushes Malicious AntV npm Packages via Compromised Maintainer Account
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fresh software supply chain attack campaign that has compromised various npm packages associated with the @antv ecosystem as part of the ongoing Mini Shai-Hulud attack wave. “The attack affects packages tied to the npm maintainer account atool, including echarts-for-react, a widely used React wrapper for Apache ECharts with roughly 1.1…
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AI infrastructure is cracking under sovereignty demands
AI deployments are moving into environments with tighter controls around data, infrastructure, and system operations. Organizations are building AI systems across multiple providers, platforms, and computing environments while managing governance, security, and compliance obligations within defined boundaries. NTT DATA’s 2026 Global AI Report A Playbook for Private and Sovereign AI examined these conditions in more…
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: May 19, 2026
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Inside SHADOW-WATER-063’s Banana RAT: From Build Server to Banking Fraud
In this blog entry, researchers from the TrendAI™ MDR team discuss how they mapped the full end-to-end operation of SHADOW-WATER-063’s Banana RAT banking malware by analyzing server-side artifacts and victim-side data.
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Are Attackers Hiding Inside Your Network Traffic?
I believe one of the important shifts in cybersecurity over the past several years is how attackers are hiding in plain sight. According to the 2026 IP Intelligence Study released by Spur Intelligence, anonymizing infrastructure, such as virtual private networks (VPNs) and residential proxies, are now involved in nearly every modern cyberattack. These tools allow…
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Is 2026 the Year AI Bills of Materials Get Real?
Understanding AI BOMs and where they fit into risk management for artificial intelligence.
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Microsoft Exchange Zero-Day Under Attack, No Patch Available
CVE-2026-42897 stems from a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability and can allow an attacker to compromise Outlook Web Access (OWA) mailboxes.
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Dell Set to Make Partner Program Enhancements
Dell Technologies is introducing new enhancements to Dell’s partner program, including rebates and incentives aligned to strategic solutions and customer outcomes. Dell aligns partner incentives to customer outcomes across the portfolio These enhancements are launching in August 2026 and are built around rewarding the outcomes customers expect. “We’re announcing pretty significant enhancements to our program,”…
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‘Claw Chain’ Vulnerabilities Threaten OpenClaw Deployments
The now patched vulnerabilities in the rapidly growing AI agent framework allow attackers to steal credentials, escalate privileges, and maintain persistence.
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CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on Github
Until this past weekend, a contractor for the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) maintained a public GitHub repository that exposed credentials to several highly privileged AWS GovCloud accounts and a large number of internal CISA systems. Security experts said the public archive included files detailing how CISA builds, tests and deploys software internally, and…
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AI might cut false positives, but it won’t stop the slop
As defenders get their hands on newer AI models with more powerful cybersecurity capabilities like Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s Daybreak, organizations are being told to prepare for a flood of new vulnerability reports. But for bug bounty programs across the nation, that day may already be here, as yesterday’s frontier models and today’s open-source AI…
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Cisco Trims Workforce as AI Demand Drives Record Revenue
Even with record quarterly revenue, Cisco is axing jobs again. The company said it will eliminate “fewer than 4,000 roles,” representing less than 5% of its workforce, as it reorganizes around AI. That comes as revenue climbed to $15.8 billion, up 12% year over year and ahead of expectations The timing may feel counterintuitive, but…
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Microsoft May security patch fails for some due to boot partition size glitch
“Something didn’t go as planned. Undoing changes.” That’s all the clue some Windows 11 users will get when Microsoft’s May Security Update fails to install because of insufficient free space on the EFI System Partition (ESP), leaving their systems unprotected by the dozens of patches it contained. This issue affects devices with limited free space…
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Nasuni Report Finds AI Agent Adoption Outpacing Readiness
Enterprise adoption of AI agents is accelerating, but many organizations are struggling to turn pilots into measurable outcomes, according to new research from Nasuni. Nasuni’s State of Enterprise File Data Annual Report 2026 found that 97% of organizations have deployed or are piloting AI agents, while 57% of AI projects are not meeting their stated…
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10 Top OSINT Tools Every Investigator Should Know in 2026
Modern OSINT platforms rely more on AI and automation, while older social tracking methods keep losing access due to privacy and API restrictions.
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Microsoft May security patch fails for some due to boot partition size glitch
“Something didn’t go as planned. Undoing changes.” That’s all the clue some Windows 11 users will get when Microsoft’s May Security Update fails to install because of insufficient free space on the EFI System Partition (ESP), leaving their systems unprotected by the dozens of patches it contained. This issue affects devices with limited free space…
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TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Activity Through 2026-05-17, (Mon, May 18th)
Since the last update, the TeamPCP supply chain campaign produced its loudest stretch since the March Trivy disclosure: an officially confirmed Checkmarx Jenkins plugin compromise and a new self-spreading Mini Shai-Hulud worm across npm and PyPI. Bottom line up front Two TeamPCP events broke within 48 hours of each other and doubled attention on the campaign.…
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Shai-Hulud Worm Clones Spread After Code Release
The release of Shai-Hulud source code spells trouble for software developers as researchers worry the self-replicating worm could scale.
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OpenClaw Vulnerabilities Could Enable Full AI Agent Takeover
Researchers at Cyera disclosed four chainable vulnerabilities in OpenClaw, collectively named Claw Chain, that could allow attackers to escape AI agent sandboxes, steal credentials, escalate privileges, and establish persistent access across enterprise environments. The findings raise broader concerns about the security risks surrounding autonomous AI agent platforms. “Each step looks like normal agent behavior to…
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Interpol leads cybercrime crackdown across 13 countries in Middle East, North Africa
Interpol coordinated an expansive investigation with 13 countries in the Middle East and North Africa to disrupt and take down cybercrime operations, including phishing services and tools, malware and scams. The law enforcement effort netted 201 arrests, led to the seizure of 53 servers and disrupted multiple cybercrime services, Interpol said Monday. Operation Ramz, which…
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Grafana confirms GitHub token breach cybercrime group claims the attack
Grafana confirmed a GitHub token breach that exposed source code, but said no customer data or systems were affected. Grafana Labs confirmed a security incident after the extortion group Coinbase Cartel listed it on a leak site and claimed data theft on May 15. The breach was triggered by a compromised token that gave attackers…
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5 Steps to Managing Shadow AI Tools Without Slowing Down Employees
Many employees already use shadow AI tools at work without security review. Adaptive Security breaks down how teams can build practical AI governance without adding friction for employees. […]
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Device Code Phishing Targets Microsoft 365 Users
Cybercriminals are adopting device code phishing as a new way to bypass traditional phishing defenses and compromise enterprise Microsoft 365 accounts. According to Proofpoint, threat actors are abusing legitimate Microsoft authentication workflows to steal authentication tokens without using traditional phishing pages. “The spike in device code phishing coincides with publicly released criminal toolkits, and the…
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Jury Sides With OpenAI, Finds Musk Brought Claim After Statute of Limitations
The verdict concludes a trial that lasted more than three weeks, clearing the way for OpenAI to IPO.
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AI is drowning software maintainers in junk security reports
AI-assisted vulnerability research has exploded, unleashing a firehose of low-quality reports on overworked software maintainers who are wasting hours sifting through noise instead of fixing real problems. Linus Torvalds, the Linux kernel’s creator, says the flood has made the project’s security mailing list “almost entirely unmanageable, with enormous duplication due to different people finding the…
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Leaked Shai-Hulud malware fuels new npm infostealer campaign
The Shai-Hulud malware leaked last week is now used in new attacks on the Node Package Manager (npm) index, as infected packages emerged over the weekend. […]
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Game over for 74 suspected scammers after Dutch cops plastered their faces on billboards
The Dutch police’s Game Over?! campaign, which publicly displays images of suspected fraudsters to encourage self-surrenders and gather public tips, is proving successful, with the identities of 74 of the 100 suspects shown already identified. A digital display promoting the Dutch police’s Game Over?! campaign (Source: Politie) Launched in March 2026, the campaign displays blurred…
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INTERPOL Operation Ramz Disrupts MENA Cybercrime Networks with 201 Arrests
INTERPOL has coordinated a first-of-its-kind cybercrime crackdown across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) that led to 201 arrests and the identification of an additional 382 suspects. The initiative involved the efforts of 13 countries from the region between October 2025 and February 2026, aiming to investigate and neutralize malicious infrastructure, arrest perpetrators behind…
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Dell Unveils Portfolio Advancements to Simplify AI Adoption
During Dell Technologies World 2026, Dell unveiled more than 60 portfolio advancements to simplify AI adoption and modernize the data center. Dell AI innovations to scale new capabilities in data and agent adoption To help address the gap between AI ambition and AI outcomes, Dell has introduced new agentic AI capabilities, AI-ready data, next-generation infrastructure,…
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MY TAKE: AI agents force a rethink of enterprise service lines as vendors move up the tech tack
ORLANDO — Companies are pulling AI agents into their daily operations through a dozen side doors. Related: SaaS and AI agents converge One of them was in focus at KB4-CON, KnowBe4’s annual customer conference at the Marriott World Center here last week. The Clearwater, Fla.-based cybersecurity training vendor used the conference to lay out a…
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AI cyberattackers are getting better faster
The ability of AI models to perform end-to-end, multi-stage penetration tests that match the capabilities of humans undertaking the same tasks has improved dramatically in recent months, according to new benchmarks published by the UK government’s AI Security Institute (AISI). In November 2025, the difficulty of cyber tasks the best models could complete was doubling…
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Secure, Fast, Reliable: The Best Cloud Storage Providers for Businesses in 2026
This guide is for IT leaders, business owners, and operations teams looking to improve data security, collaboration, and file management in 2026. It covers the best cloud storage providers for businesses and the key features to consider when selecting a secure, scalable, and reliable storage solution. Key Points of Our 2026 Cloud Storage Provider Evaluation…
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The Tech Bros Are Going to Etiquette School
Founders who built their names on coding and hard-charging leadership are learning that in the AI era, soft skills matter more than ever.
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The 6 Best Enterprise Password Managers You’ll Actually Trust in 2026
This guide is for IT leaders, security teams, and business decision-makers looking to improve credential security and reduce password-related risks in 2026. It covers the best enterprise password managers, their standout features, and the key factors to evaluate when choosing the right solution for your organization. Key Points About Enterprise Password Managers in 2026 Enterprise…
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⚡ Weekly Recap: Exchange 0-Day, npm Worm, Fake AI Repo, Cisco Exploit and More
Monday opens with a trust problem. A mail server flaw is under active use. A network control system was targeted. Trusted packages were poisoned. A fake model page pushed a stealer. Then came the familiar ransom claim: the data was returned and deleted. The pattern is clear. One weak dependency can leak keys. One leaked…
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ShinyHunters hack 7-Eleven: franchisee data and Salesforce records exposed
7-Eleven confirmed a breach after ShinyHunters claimed theft of over 600,000 Salesforce records and franchisee data. 7-Eleven has confirmed a data breach after the ShinyHunters hacking group claimed it stole more than 600,000 Salesforce records containing personal and corporate information. “Over 600k Salesforce records containing PII and other internal corporate data have been compromised.” The…
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Government Backed Hackers Abuse Cloudflare in Malaysian Espionage Campaign
A campaign linked to a suspected Malaysian government operation has been using hidden command and control infrastructure for…
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Microsoft to retire ‘Together Mode,’ its virtual meeting space for Teams
Microsoft plans to retire “Together Mode” in Teams next month and is encouraging users to access its Gallery view for video calls instead. The company launched Together Mode in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, as Teams usage rocketed and businesses sought ways to connect staff when physical offices closed due to social distancing…
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Public Amazon bucket leaks sensitive guest data from Japanese hotel platform Tabiq
A hotel check-in system exposed over 1 million passports, IDs, and selfies online due to a misconfigured cloud storage bucket. A security lapse in the Reqrea’s Tabiq hotel check-in system exposed over 1 million passports, driver’s licenses, and selfie verification photos online. The issue came from a misconfigured Amazon cloud storage bucket that was left…
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Startup Makes Switching AI Chips Easier—and Nvidia Is a New Investor
Decart’s valuation hit nearly $4 billion as investors pour capital into startups making AI computing more efficient.
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The Boring Stuff is Dangerous Now
AI agents capable of discovering and exploiting obscure vulnerabilities are emerging alongside developers producing vast amounts of potentially flawed AI-generated code, forcing defenders to adapt accordingly.
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How to Reduce Phishing Exposure Before It Turns into Business Disruption
What happens when a phishing email looks clean enough to pass through security, but dangerous enough to expose the business after one click? That is the gap many SOCs still struggle with: the attacks that leave teams unsure what was exposed, who else was targeted, and how far the risk has spread. Early phishing detection…
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New image-based prompt injection attack targets multimodal AI models
Security researchers have developed a new image-based prompt injection attack that can manipulate how multimodal AI systems interpret user instructions without modifying the original text prompt, potentially expanding security risks for AI agents and vision-language systems. In a research paper published this week, researchers from Xidian University described a technique called “CrossMPI,” which uses nearly…
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SmartBear expands ReadyAPI with AI-powered API testing capabilities
SmartBear has announced ReadyAPI’s new AI test generation capability that accelerates API testing by up to 80% while giving teams control to enable or disable AI. While competitors focus on speed alone, ReadyAPI’s AI test generation capability is architected for quality at scale and addresses the testing gap by aligning validation with development velocity without…
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Top 21 MSSP Software to Best Serve Security Clients in 2026
MSSP software is a tool or platform that enables managed security service providers (MSSPs) to deliver outsourced cybersecurity services to organizations. Unlike traditional MSP software, MSSP tools focus specifically on security functions such as threat detection, access control, vulnerability management, and infrastructure protection. MSSPs support organizations ranging from small businesses to enterprises and play a…
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‘Patched’ Windows bug resurfaces 6 years later as working SYSTEM-level exploit
An old elevation of privilege (EoV) vulnerability affecting the Cloud Filter driver “cldflt.sys” in Windows has come back to haunt Microsoft, as researchers claim it is still exploitable six years after it was supposedly patched. The flaw, originally reported to Microsoft by Google Project Zero researcher James Forshaw in September 2020, was recently picked up…
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Your Work Team Is Now a ‘Pod’ and Your Co-Workers Are AI Agents
Companies are restructuring engineering teams into smaller, more nimble cross-functional ‘pods,’ made up of humans and AI agents.
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SmartBear Adds AI Test Generation to ReadyAPI
SmartBear is rolling out a new AI-powered testing feature for ReadyAPI to help development teams generate API tests faster without sacrificing control over compliance and software quality. The company announced Monday that ReadyAPI now includes an AI test-generation capability designed to speed up API testing by up to 80%. Software teams turn to AI coding…
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5 ways to curb AI sprawl without stifling innovation
The trend shows no sign of slowing. McKinsey’s latest The State of AI report suggests that 88% of organizations now use AI in at least one business function. As adoption expands, so too will experimentation and tool creation — much of it occurring outside traditional IT processes and often beyond formal oversight. For IT leaders,…
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Developer Workstations Are Now Part of the Software Supply Chain
Supply chain attackers are not only trying to slip malicious code into trusted software. They are trying to steal the access that makes trusted software possible. Recently, three separate campaigns hit npm, PyPI, and Docker Hub in a 48-hour window, and all three targeted secrets from developer environments and CI/CD pipelines, including API keys, cloud…
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What Your Board Gets Wrong About AI Security
Editor’s note: This article was originally published by Craig Riddell on LinkedIn. It has been republished here with the author’s permission. Boards are giving AI security more airtime than ever. What they’re not giving is the right framing. A year or two ago, AI was mostly a question of experimentation risk. Today, it’s tied directly…
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ANY.RUN Turns 10: Special Offers for Stronger Security Operations
Ten years in cybersecurity is a long journey. Threats have changed, attacks have become harder to spot, and security teams now need answers faster than ever. ANY.RUN has grown with those teams. What started as an interactive sandbox is now a trusted company with threat analysis and intelligence solution used by 15,000+ organizations, 600,000 security professionals, and teams at Fortune…
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NCSC Publishes Guidance on Securing Agentic AI Use
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre is helping organizations to understand agentic AI security risks
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The Canvas breach proved that prevention is no longer enough
Earlier this month, ShinyHunters breached Instructure’s Canvas platform twice within a single week — stealing 3.65 terabytes of data from approximately 275 million users across more than 8,000 institutions. The group defaced login pages at hundreds of schools during final exam periods, forced Canvas offline, and extracted a ransom payment before Congress opened a formal…
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Move Over CoreWeave, Here Comes Nebius
With AI cloud competition heating up, this company that used to own Russia’s biggest search engine is making its case.
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Secret Memos, Frantic Texts and Juicy Confessions From the OpenAI-Musk Trial
We sifted through evidence and testimony to figure out how billionaires Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman ended up in a courtroom.
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Your New AI Professor Is the Rapper From the Black Eyed Peas
What started as a visit to MIT’s Media Lab became a long-term tech love affair for will.i.am, and now he’s passing on that love.
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AI coding is fueling a secrets-sprawl crisis few CISOs are containing
When Matt Schlicht built Moltbook, the social network where AI agents talk to one another, he didn’t write the code himself. He “just had a vision,” and vibe-coded it. The social network launched on Jan. 28, 2026, and within days, security researchers started to see serious security flaws. Experts at cloud security company Wiz and,…
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Why the best security investment a board can make in 2026 isn’t another tool
There is a conversation that happens in boardrooms every quarter that security leaders will recognize. The CISO presents the threat landscape. The board asks what the company needs. The answer, almost always, is another tool. Another platform, another module, another vendor to close the latest gap. The budget gets approved. The tool gets deployed. And…
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201 arrested in INTERPOL disruption of phishing and fraud networks
Operation Ramz, a cybercrime initiative coordinated by INTERPOL across the MENA region, focused on disrupting phishing campaigns, malware activity, and cyber scams that caused substantial financial losses across the region. The operation resulted in the arrest of 201 individuals and the identification of an additional 382 suspects. Moroccan authorities seized computers, smartphones and external hard…
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Microsoft confirms Windows 11 security update install issues
Microsoft has confirmed that the May 2026 Windows 11 security update (KB5089549) fails to install on some systems and triggers 0x800f0922 errors. […]
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Chaotic Eclipse discloses MiniPlasma zero-day, suggesting a missing or undone 2020 Windows security fix
MiniPlasma: a Windows SYSTEM privilege escalation believed patched in 2020 (CVE-2020-17103) is still fully working on every patched Windows 11. Once again, security researcher Chaotic Eclipse has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a new Windows privilege escalation zero-day called MiniPlasma, which can grant attackers SYSTEM privileges on fully patched systems. The flaw affects “cldflt.sys,” the…
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Exploit available for new DirtyDecrypt Linux root escalation flaw
A recently patched local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s rxgk module now has a proof-of-concept exploit that allows attackers to gain root access on some Linux systems. […]
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Experts warn of active exploitation of critical NGINX flaw CVE-2026-42945
A critical NGINX flaw (CVE-2026-42945) is actively exploited, allowing crashes or possible code execution via malicious HTTP requests. A critical vulnerability in NGINX Plus and NGINX Open, tracked as CVE-2026-42945 (CVSS v4 score of 9.2), is already being actively exploited shortly after disclosure. “We’re seeing active exploitation of CVE-2026-42945 in F5 NGINX, a heap buffer…
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The AI backdoor your security stack is not built to see
Enterprises deploying LLMs have spent the past two years building defenses around a reasonable assumption: malicious behavior leaves a trace in the input. Scan for suspicious tokens, filter unusual characters, watch for prompt injection patterns. New research from Microsoft and the Institute of Science Tokyo demonstrates that this defensive posture has a blind spot, and…
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Optiv: AI is Reshaping the MDR Security Approach for Partners
Cybersecurity is fundamentally different today from many other industries being disrupted by AI. Defenders are constantly facing active adversaries, and AI has only intensified these threats. Many sectors are focused on AI-driven efficiency and automation, while cybersecurity teams must simultaneously defend against attackers who are rapidly adopting AI-powered tooling. In a conversation with Benjamin Spencer,…
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Q&A: AI Ushers in a New Era in MSP Service Efficiency
The managed services industry is under increasing pressure to scale operations, improve response times, and maintain profitability without continuously adding headcount. For many MSPs, the challenge lies in the operational burden that is created by workflows that still depend heavily on human coordination at nearly every stage of the service desk process. According to Mark…
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Flexpoint CEO Says MSPs Overlook Back-Office AI
Flexpoint CEO and founder Victor Lopez says MSPs may be looking at AI too narrowly, with much of the channel focused on technician productivity while back-office operations remain overlooked. In a conversation with Channel Insider, Lopez discussed how AI could reshape billing, payments, and owner time for MSPs as the industry prepares for another wave…
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Lyrie: Open-source autonomous pentesting agent
Penetration testing has usually required weeks of manual work, specialized tooling, and teams with narrow skill sets. Lyrie, an open-source autonomous security agent built by OTT Cybersecurity, compresses that process into a command line tool and publishes the entire codebase. The project reached version 3.1.0 this month. The release adds XChaCha20-Poly1305 memory encryption for sensitive…
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AI shrinks vulnerability exploitation window to hours
Time has become organizations’ biggest vulnerability because the gap between vulnerability discovery and exploitation has narrowed to hours, according to Synack’s 2026 State of Vulnerabilities Report. Total vulnerabilities by severity (2022-2025) (Source: Synack) AI expands the attack surface Agentic AI systems that act autonomously across systems introduce new risks that require human expertise to identify…
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Product showcase: McAfee + ChatGPT integration turns doubt into a scam check
McAfee + ChatGPT integration brings real-time scam detection in conversations and gives users an easier way to verify suspicious content before clicking or responding. It is available to anyone, without requiring a McAfee or ChatGPT subscription. It combines conversational AI with McAfee’s cybersecurity intelligence to help users evaluate potentially dangerous content such as messages, emails,…
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When ransomware hits, confidence doesn’t restore endpoints
Ransomware, supply chain vulnerabilities, insider threats, compliance failures, and software disruptions remain major concerns for security leaders, according to The Ransomware Reality: Zero Days to Recover report by Absolute Security. How CISOs currently ensure endpoint resilience against ransomware (overall, %) (Source: Absolute Security) A survey of 750 CISOs from enterprise organizations with more than 5,000…
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Former CISA nominee Sean Plankey named US CEO of defense startup
Sean Plankey, most recently the nominee for director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, is joining defense technology company UFORCE as its U.S. chief executive officer. The London-based company created out of nine Ukrainian-based firms announced Plankey’s move Monday less than a month after he withdrew his nomination amid difficulties overcoming objections from senators…
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Weekly Update 504
It’s a hot topic, the old “pay or don’t pay” for hackers not to leak your data. Since recording this a few days ago, we’ve had Grafana go with the “no pay” approach, and I’ve seen a raft of commentary around other companies reaching “agreements”, which is a much politer way of saying “we paid…
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Agentic Governance: Why It Matters Now
AI agents now act inside the trust boundary with real credentials, and agentic governance is what keeps them from quietly breaking things at machine speed.
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WantToCry ransomware remotely encrypts files
Brute-force attempts against SMB services can be early signs of an attack Categories: Threat Research Tags: Ransomware, WantToCry, SMB
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New Windows ‘MiniPlasma’ zero-day exploit gives SYSTEM access, PoC released
A cybersecurity researcher has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a Windows privilege escalation zero-day dubbed “MiniPlasma” that lets attackers gain SYSTEM privileges on fully patched Windows systems. […]
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Debian 13.5 point release lands with security fixes, bug patches
Debian 13.5 is the fifth point release for the stable distribution “trixie.” The update folds in roughly 100 Debian Security Advisories and corrections for more than 130 source packages, covering everything from the Linux kernel and Apache HTTP Server to OpenSSH, sudo, systemd, OpenSSL, glibc, and FreeRDP. Fresh installer images carrying the same fixes will…
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 97
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter JDownloader site hacked to replace installers with Python RAT malware New TrickMo Variant: Device Take Over malware targeting Banking, Fintech, Wallet & Auth apps Threat Actor Mr_Rot13 Actively Exploits CVE-2026-41940 for Backdoor Deployment Operation…
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Who Owns the Future of AI?
Plus, what to look for in a used EV, Anthropic’s AI lead, the Cerebras IPO, the OpenAI lottery tickets and the most AI-proof jobs in tech.
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 577 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. Attackers exploit Funnel Builder bug to inject e-skimmers into e-stores Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, Day Three: DEVCORE…
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Attackers exploit Funnel Builder bug to inject e-skimmers into e-stores
Attackers are exploiting a critical flaw in the WordPress Funnel Builder plugin to inject skimming code into WooCommerce checkout pages. A critical vulnerability in the WordPress Funnel Builder plugin is being actively exploited to inject malicious JavaScript into WooCommerce checkout pages, according to Sansec researchers. Funnel Builder by FunnelKit is a checkout and upsell plugin…
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NGINX CVE-2026-42945 Exploited in the Wild, Causing Worker Crashes and Possible RCE
A newly disclosed security flaw impacting NGINX Plus and NGINX Open has come under active exploitation in the wild, days after its public disclosure, according to VulnCheck. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-42945 (CVSS score: 9.2), is a heap buffer overflow in ngx_http_rewrite_module affecting NGINX versions 0.6.27 through 1.30.0. According to AI-native security company depthfirst, the
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Scammers Send Physical Phishing Letters to Steal Ledger Wallet Seed Phrases
Scammers are mailing fake Ledger phishing letters to users in Italy with QR codes that trick crypto wallet users into revealing seed phrases.
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How Amazon Went From an AI Also-Ran to a Real Contender
The pieces are coming together for AWS’s AI strategy, thanks to $200 billion in spending, custom chips and savvy deals.
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Week in review: Cisco patches SD-WAN 0-day, unpatched Microsoft Exchange Server flaw exploited
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Review: Foundations of Cybersecurity, 2nd edition Jason Andress has refreshed his introductory security text for No Starch Press. He writes in the introduction that the term security now extends past data center servers to cloud resources, mobile devices, the Internet…
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Grafana GitHub Token Breach Led to Codebase Download and Extortion Attempt
Grafana has disclosed that an “unauthorized party” obtained a token that granted them the ability to access the company’s GitHub environment and download its codebase. “Our investigation has determined that no customer data or personal information was accessed during this incident, and we have found no evidence of impact to customer systems or operations,” Grafana…
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Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, Day Three: DEVCORE Crowned Master of Pwn, $1.298 Million Total
Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 ended with 47 zero-days and $1.29M in payouts, as DEVCORE dominated the competition across all categories. Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 ended after three intense days, with participants discovering 47 unique zero-days, and earning $1,298,250 in total payouts. Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 wrapped up at OffensiveCon on Saturday with a final day that sealed DEVCORE’s…
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Microsoft rejects critical Azure vulnerability report, no CVE issued
A security researcher claims Microsoft quietly fixed an Azure Backup for AKS vulnerability after rejecting his report, and without issuing a CVE. Microsoft disputes the claim, telling BleepingComputer the behavior was expected and that “no product changes were made,” despite the researcher documenting a silent fix. […]
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server, tracked as CVE-2026-42897 (CVSS score of 8.1), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Microsoft warned that threat actors are…
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Russian APT Turla builds long-term access tool with Kazuar Botnet evolution
Russia-linked APT group Turla turned its Kazuar malware into a stealthy P2P botnet for long-term access to compromised systems. Russia-linked APT group Turla upgraded its Kazuar backdoor into a modular peer-to-peer botnet designed for stealth and persistent access to infected systems. Microsoft researchers say the malware allows attackers to maintain long-term control while making detection…
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Funnel Builder Flaw Under Active Exploitation Enables WooCommerce Checkout Skimming
A critical security vulnerability impacting the Funnel Builder plugin for WordPress has come under active exploitation in the wild to inject malicious JavaScript code into WooCommerce checkout pages with the goal of stealing payment data. Details of the activity were published by Sansec this week. The vulnerability currently does not have an official CVE identifier.…
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AI Voice Cloning: The Technology Behind It, Who’s Building It, and Where It’s Headed
Explore AI voice cloning technology, leading companies, real-world uses, ethical risks, and future trends shaping synthetic voices.
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OpenAI hit by supply chain attack linked to malicious TanStack packages
OpenAI said the TanStack supply chain attack compromised two employee devices and exposed credentials from code repositories. OpenAI confirmed that the recent TanStack supply chain attack compromised two employee devices and exposed credential material stored in internal source code repositories. The incident began after the TeamPCP hacking group abused weaknesses in the package publishing process…
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Critical ‘Claw Chain’ Vulnerabilities Put Thousands of OpenClaw AI Servers at Risk
Critical Claw Chain vulnerabilities in OpenClaw expose thousands of AI servers to data theft, backdoors, and admin-level attacks globally this week. .
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The Messy Courtroom Drama Over AI’s Biggest Breakup
The legal showdown between Elon Musk and OpenAI exposed the personal and financial fault lines beneath Silicon Valley’s defining boom.
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Colorado governor commutes prison sentence for election denier Tina Peters
Colorado Governor Jared Polis has commuted the prison sentence of Tina Peters, the former Mesa County election clerk who was sentenced last year to serve nine years in state prison for carrying out one of the most serious election-related data breaches in U.S. history. Peters was arrested in 2021, accused of abusing her position as…
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Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, Day Two: $385,750 more, Microsoft Exchange falls, and the running total crosses $900K
Day two of Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 saw $385,750 earned for 15 zero-days, bringing the total to $908,750 and 39 vulnerabilities over two days. During the second day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, security researchers earned $385,750 after successfully demonstrating 15 unique zero-day vulnerabilities affecting products such as Windows 11, Microsoft Exchange, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux…
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Expired domain leads to supply chain attack on node-ipc npm package
A popular npm package called node-ipc has been compromised, with hackers publishing malicious versions that bundle credential stealing malware. The root cause of the compromise was an expired domain name that attackers managed to register in order to hijack a maintainer’s account. The node-ipc package has had malware added to its code in the past.…