Netrio has launched a new AI advisory and transformation practice to help mid-market enterprises move artificial intelligence projects beyond experimentation and into measurable business use. The McKinney, Texas-based MSP said the new offering will support customers across AI evaluation, strategy, governance, deployment, and adoption. The practice is designed for organizations struggling with disconnected AI pilots,…
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Android Zero-Click RCE Vulnerability Enables Remote Shell Access
Google has released a patch for an Android vulnerability that allows remote code execution (RCE) without requiring any user interaction. The flaw could “… lead to remote (proximal/adjacent) code execution as the shell user with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation,” said Google in its security advisory. Inside the…
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Google, Microsoft and xAI Agree to Share Early AI Models with U.S.
The agreement calls for AI developers to share models with reduced or removed safeguards to evaluate national security-related capabilities and risks.
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Army Asks Missile Makers to Hack Their Own Weapons
The U.S. Army is pushing defense contractors to open up weapons’ software to new tools, including AI.
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Download: Secure Foundations for AI Workloads on AWS
Center for Internet Security helps organizations deploy AI and high-performance compute environments from a trusted, hardened operating system baseline. CIS Hardened Images help teams reduce misconfiguration risk, support compliance efforts, and move faster in AWS. What are AI-optimized CIS Hardened Images CIS Hardened Images are secure, on-demand, scalable cloud images that help organizations deploy from…
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Huntress Expands Channel Reach with Four Distributors
Cybersecurity firm Huntress has announced four new distribution partnerships as it looks to scale its global presence and bring enterprise-grade protection to more organizations. The announcement, made today, confirms new alliances with Ingram Micro, Vertosoft, Liquid PC, and QBS Software. The move is aimed at strengthening Huntress’ channel ecosystem and accelerating growth across the mid-market,…
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New Phishing Campaign Targets US with Credential Theft: What CISOs Need to Know
A new large-scale phishing campaign is targeting U.S. organizations with fake event invitations that lead to credential theft, OTP interception, or RMM tool installation. ANY.RUN researchers found that the campaign uses a repeatable phishing framework to create event-themed lure pages at scale. Some pages steal email credentials and OTP codes, while others deliver legitimate remote…
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Cleartext Passwords in MS Edge? In 2026?, (Mon, May 4th)
Yup, that is for real. For me, this started with a post in X at hxxps://x.com/intcyberdigest/status/2051406295828250963?s=61 , which highlighted research by @L1v1ng0ffTh3L4N that found exactly this issue. Edge stores all of your browser passwords in clear text, even if you haven’t used them in this session, y’know, just in case. I figured, it couldn’t be that easy, right? …
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Anti-ICE Site GTFO ICE Accused of Exposing Data of 17,000+ Activists
An anti-ICE website, GTFO ICE, linked to Miles Taylor, is accused of exposing the personal details of 17,662 activists, sparking concerns that the data may have reached government agencies.
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Conti ransomware gang member sentenced to 102 months in prison
A Latvian national who was part of a major Russian ransomware organization that stole from and extorted more than 54 companies has been sentenced to 102 months in prison. Deniss Zolotarjovs, 35, of Moscow, Russia, was part of a group linked to former members of the Conti ransomware group. Prosecutors said the group used several…
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Coinbase to Slash 14% of Workforce as Part of Restructuring
The crypto exchange said it was laying off 700 employees as part of a restructuring effort to trim costs and streamline operations.
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AI Computing Is a Memory Hog. An Nvidia-Backed Startup Has an Answer
RadixArk has raised $100 million at a $400 million valuation for a software engine and framework that make inference and training more efficient to run.
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AI-led job cuts don’t always mean stronger ROI — Gartner
Businesses tend to eye AI spending as a way to reduce headcount, but firms that cut staffers as a result of AI are doing no better than those who don’t, according to new Gartner research. Gartner recently surveyed 350 global business leaders at large organizations already using AI agents and intelligent automation tools and found…
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The Back Door Attackers Know About — and Most Security Teams Still Haven’t Closed
Every AI tool, workflow automation, and productivity app your employees connected to Google or Microsoft this year left something behind: a persistent OAuth token with no expiration date, no automatic cleanup, and in most organizations, no one watching it. Your perimeter controls don’t see it. Your MFA doesn’t stop it. And when an attacker gets…
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MetInfo CMS CVE-2026-29014 Exploited for Remote Code Execution Attacks
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw impacting an open-source content management system (CMS) known as MetInfo, according to new findings from VulnCheck. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-29014 (CVSS score: 9.8), a code injection flaw that could result in arbitrary code execution. “MetInfo CMS versions 7.9, 8.0, and 8.1 contain an unauthenticated…
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VIAVI CyberFlood CF1000 pushes 400G validation for multi-terabit AI data centers
VIAVI Solutions has announced the launch of its next-generation CyberFlood CF1000 Appliance, a native 400G security and application performance test platform for the validation of multi-terabit security and AI data center infrastructures at scale. Developed for network equipment vendors, hyperscale data center operators and service providers, the CyberFlood CF1000 enables OSI Layer 4-7 validation of…
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AI finds 20-year-old bugs in PostgreSQL and MariaDB
Open-source databases are facing a bit of a memory problem as AI helps surface decades-old buffer overflow issues in widely used components. Security researchers have disclosed a set of high and critical-severity vulnerabilities affecting PostgreSQL and MariaDB, with two bugs reportedly tracing their roots back more than 20 years. At Wiz’s zeroday.cloud hacking event, researchers…
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Oracle rolls out monthly security patch updates
Oracle is changing how its security fixes are delivered: starting in May 2026, there will be a monthly Critical Security Patch Update. “Each [monthly] CSPU is smaller and more focused, making it easier to apply critical fixes quickly [to customer-managed deployments],” Oracle says. Quarterly Critical Patch Updates (CPUs) remain in place and will continue to…
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SSL.com rotates their root certificate today, (Tue, May 5th)
I just got an email from SSL.com last night, they are rotating out their root certificate today (May 5,2026). This is normal, business as usual stuff for a CA, but certificates get used for all kinds of things, and sometimes they aren’t used like they should be, so sometimes hiccups happen. If you are using…
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Google now offers up to $1.5 million for some Android exploits
Google overhauls its Android and Chrome vulnerability rewards programs, offering bounties of up to $1.5 million for the most difficult exploits while scaling back payouts for flaws that artificial intelligence (AI) has made easier to find. […]
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AI Adoption Outpaces Safety Policies, Leaving Organizations Exposed to Cyber Risk
ISACA report warns that while AI has become the norm, many organizations are yet to formally apply safety or security policies around its use
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Stealthy malware abuses Microsoft Phone Link to siphon SMS OTPs from enterprise PCs
A newly identified malware campaign is abusing Microsoft’s Phone Link feature to intercept SMS-based one-time passwords and other sensitive mobile data directly from Windows systems. The activity, first observed by Cisco Talos in January 2026, involves a remote access trojan dubbed CloudZ and a custom plugin named Pheno that together allow attackers to harvest credentials…
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Stealthy malware abuses Microsoft Phone Link to siphon SMS OTPs from enterprise PCs
A newly identified malware campaign is abusing Microsoft’s Phone Link feature to intercept SMS-based one-time passwords and other sensitive mobile data directly from Windows systems. The activity, first observed by Cisco Talos in January 2026, involves a remote access trojan dubbed CloudZ and a custom plugin named Pheno that together allow attackers to harvest credentials…
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Microsoft: Phishing campaign used fake compliance notices to compromise employee accounts
Phishers have been using fake workplace compliance notices to try to trick Microsoft account owners into signing in via a fake sign-in page, says the company’s Defender Research team. The email campaign targeted more than 35,000 users across 13,000 organizations in 26 countries, but concentrated primarily on targets in the United States. Microsoft didn’t say…
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We Scanned 1 Million Exposed AI Services. Here’s How Bad the Security Actually Is
While the software industry has made genuine strides over the past few decades to deliver products securely, the furious pace of AI adoption is putting that progress at risk. Businesses are moving fast to self-host LLM infrastructure, drawn by the promise of AI as a force multiplier and the pressure to deliver more value faster.…
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Anomali ThreatStream Next-Gen speeds threat response across workflows
Anomali has announced ThreatStream Next-Gen. Available standalone or within the Anomali Unified Security Data Lake, it turns threat intelligence into an active decisioning layer across security workflows, validated to drive investigations 300× faster than traditional methods across 50 enterprise deployments. Most security platforms focus on detection. Anomali focuses on decision-making. It integrates intelligence across data,…
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JumpCloud Report Finds AI Agent Security Gaps Widening
JumpCloud, the IT management platform company, released its Agentic IAM Pulse Report on Tuesday, drawing on responses from 261 IT, security, and identity decision-makers at organizations with 200-2,500 employees across the United States and the United Kingdom. The findings reveal a widening gap between how aggressively companies are deploying AI agents and how little governance…
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Microsoft, Google push AI agent governance into enterprise IT mainstream
Microsoft and Google are adding new controls for AI agents, as enterprise IT teams try to keep up with tools that can access corporate data and act across business applications. Microsoft’s Agent 365, made generally available for commercial customers on May 1, is designed to help organizations discover, govern, and secure AI agents, including those…
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Are Those Brake Lights or a House on Fire? Your Security Camera Can’t Tell.
AI is allowing home-security cameras to offer detailed descriptions of what they see. The notifications are often spot on. They can also be wildly wrong.
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Microsoft warns of global campaign stealing auth tokens from 35K users
Microsoft revealed a phishing campaign hitting 35,000 users in 26 countries, stealing login tokens via fake code-of-conduct emails and legit services. Microsoft disclosed a major phishing campaign that targeted over 35,000 users across 26 countries in mid-April 2026. Attackers used fake “code of conduct” emails sent through legitimate platforms to trick recipients into visiting bogus…
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ScarCruft Hacks Gaming Platform to Deploy BirdCall Malware on Android and Windows
The North Korea-aligned state-sponsored hacking group known as ScarCruft has compromised a video game platform in a supply chain espionage attack, trojanizing its components with a backdoor called BirdCallto likely target ethnic Koreans residing in China. While prior versions of the backdoor have primarily targeted Windows users only, the supply chain attack is assessed to…
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ScarCruft hackers push BirdCall Android malware via game platform
The North Korean hacker group APT37 has been delivering an Android version of a backdoor called BirdCall in a supply-chain attack through a video game platform. […]
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CISOs step up to the security workforce challenge
A robust cybersecurity program needs a range of skilled people, yet many CISOs continue to face an ongoing skills shortage — and the squeeze may only get worse as AI gains traction. Some 95% of cybersecurity practitioners and decision-makers noted at least one security skills gap at their organization, with almost 60% citing critical or significant…
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North Korean hackers trojanize gaming platform to spy on ethnic Koreans in China
A gaming platform built for ethnic Koreans in China has been serving backdoored Windows and Android software to its users since late 2024. The platform, sqgame[.]net, hosts traditional card and board games for a community that sits along the North Korean border and includes many refugees and defectors. ESET researchers tied the operation to ScarCruft,…
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Maker of AI Targeting System for Drones Faces Protests for Shipments to Israeli Military
A company in Portland, Oregon, that specializes in AI targeting for drones has made significant shipments of materials to military contractors in Israel, according to cargo data reviewed by The Intercept. The shipments raise the possibility thaat a boutique Pacific Northwest tech firm has helped the Israeli military attack people in places like Gaza, Lebanon,…
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Why most zero-trust architectures fail at the traffic layer
Zero trust has become one of the most widely adopted security models in enterprise environments. Organizations invest heavily in identity systems, access policies and modern security tooling. On paper, these environments look well-protected. Yet during incidents, a different reality often emerges. I have worked with organizations where zero-trust initiatives were fully implemented from an identity…
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Meta adds proof-based security to encrypted backups
Meta has updated its infrastructure for protecting password-based and end-to-end encrypted backups, introducing over-the-air fleet key distribution for Messenger and a commitment to publishing evidence of secure fleet deployments. How encrypted backups work These updates build on the company’s HSM-based Backup Key Vault, which provides end-to-end encrypted backups for WhatsApp and Messenger. The system protects…
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Educational tech firm Instructure data breach may have impacted 9,000 schools
Instructure, maker of the Canvas learning platform, is investigating a cyber incident that exposed users’ personal data. Instructure is a U.S.-based educational technology company best known for developing Canvas, one of the world’s most widely used learning management systems (LMS). The U.S. firm confirrmed a cybersecurity incident that exposed users’ personal information. The company is working with external…
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OpenAI and Yubico Partner to Bring Custom Phishing-Resistant YubiKeys to OpenAI Users
OpenAI and Yubico Partner to Bring Custom Phishing-Resistant YubiKeys to OpenAI Users. Security coverage from iTWire.
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Microsoft Details Phishing Campaign Targeting 35,000 Users Across 26 Countries
Microsoft has disclosed details of a large-scale credential theft campaign that has leveraged a combination of code of conduct-themed lures and legitimate email services to direct users to attacker-controlled domains and steal authentication tokens. The multi-stage campaign, observed between April 14 and 16, 2026, targeted more than 35,000 users across over 13,000 organizations in 26…
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One in four MCP servers opens AI agent security to code execution risk
Enterprise deployments of AI agents lean on two extension mechanisms that introduce risk at different layers of the stack. MCP servers expose deterministic code functions with structured, loggable invocations. Skills load textual instruction sets directly into a model’s reasoning context, where their effect depends on conversational state and cannot be enumerated the way source code…
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IBM CEO Says AI Triggers Need for New Operating Models
Arvind Krishna says the key to unlocking returns on AI is less about technology alone than a wholesale shift in the way companies approach their workflows.
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: May 5, 2026
Armis Security Specialist HCLTech | Ireland | On-site – View job details As an Armis Security Specialist, you will manage and optimize the Armis deployment to strengthen security across lab, OT, and IoT environments. You will maintain device visibility, refine policies and detections, and integrate Armis with other tools to improve monitoring and reduce false…
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SAS’ John Carey on Partnerships and Human-Centric AI
As data and AI company SAS hits its 50th anniversary, the organization is meeting the moment by continuing to strengthen partnerships while positioning itself around human-centric, responsible AI. During SAS Innovate 2026, Channel Insider sat down with John Carey, VP, Global Channels, SAS, to discuss partnerships, lessons learned, and the future of AI adoption. How…
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DXC Launches OASIS for AI-Driven Managed Services
DXC Technology is tackling a problem that most IT teams already face. Their environments are often a mix of different systems, tools, and data that don’t fully connect. DXC just introduced OASIS, a platform designed to sit across all of it and coordinate how everything runs in real time. The goal here is to connect…
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Anthropic Mythos spurs White House to weigh pre-release reviews for high-risk AI models
The Trump administration is in early discussions about whether advanced AI models should be vetted before public release, according to reporting from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Axios. The conversations center on systems capable of facilitating cyberattacks, particularly models that could help users identify and exploit software vulnerabilities. Officials are considering…
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Introducing the Sophos Security Services Retainer
Prevent more. Respond faster. Spend smarter. Categories: Products & Services Tags: incident response, Security Services Retainer
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InstallFix and Claude Code: How Fake Install Pages Lead to Real Compromise
Targeting multiple industries worldwide, the InstallFix campaign uses fake Claude AI installer pages to trick users into running malware that collects system information, disables security features, achieves persistence, and connects to attacker-controlled C&C servers for additional payloads.
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‘Copy Fail’ is a real Linux security crisis wrapped in AI slop
Attackers are actively exploiting a Linux vulnerability in the wild, and researchers warn that the fallout could be broad — anyone with authenticated local access can leverage it to gain total control of a system. But the story behind CVE-2026-31431 is almost as interesting as the bug itself. Theori, the company that discovered the bug,…
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MOVEit automation flaws could enable full system compromise
Progress fixes critical MOVEit Automation flaws, including an authentication bypass bug that could let attackers gain unauthorized access to systems. Progress Software addressed two vulnerabilities in MOVEit Automation, a critical authentication bypass flaw tracked as CVE-2026-4670 and a privilege escalation issue tracked as CVE-2026-5174. If exploited, these bugs could allow attackers to gain unauthorized access…
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White House Officials Discuss Assessing AI Models That Pose Security Risks
The aim is to protect consumers and businesses from potential cyberattacks by AI models prematurely released.
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Anthropic and FIS Are Building an AI Agent to Help Banks Police Financial Crimes
The AI giant struck a partnership with financial software provider FIS to develop new tools for banks.
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RMM Tools Fuel Stealthy Phishing Campaign
Attackers are abusing two remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools to evade detection in a campaign that has impacted over 80 organizations so far.
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SEC Settles Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Over Twitter Share Purchases
The case had alleged that Musk failed to timely disclose his buildup of ownership in the social media platform he renamed X.
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Palantir Beats Forecasts With $1.63 Billion Sales Quarter
U.S. military used company’s software in Iran war and Venezuela raid, and private-sector business has grown quickly.
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Amazon SES increasingly abused in phishing to evade detection
The Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is being increasingly abused to send convincing phishing emails that can bypass standard security filters and render reputation-based blocks ineffective. […]
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Agentic AI and the Evolution of Code Security in Modern Development
The rise of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping how software is developed, tested, and secured. In a recent discussion with Jeremy Katz, VP of Code Security at Sonar, key insights emerged about how AI-driven workflows are accelerating development while introducing new security challenges that organizations must address. Agentic Workflows in Modern Development Agentic…
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Exploit Cyber-Frenzy Threatens Millions via Critical cPanel Vulnerability
Shortly after the authentication-bypass flaw was disclosed multiple proof-of-concept exploits appeared, and one researcher claims there’s been zero-day activity for at least a month.
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Hackers target governments and MSPs via critical cPanel flaw CVE-2026-41940
Attackers exploit a critical cPanel flaw to target government and MSP networks across Southeast Asia and several countries, including the U.S. and Canada. A threat actor is exploiting critical cPanel vulnerability CVE-2026-41940 to target government and military organizations in Southeast Asia, along with MSPs and hosting providers in countries like the Philippines, Laos, Canada, South…
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Securing open proxies in your AWS environment
This article shows you how to identify and secure open proxies in your AWS environment to prevent abuse, protect your IP address reputation, and control costs. An open proxy is a server that forwards traffic on behalf of internet users without requiring authentication. While proxies can support legitimate use cases such as load balancing or…
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Microsoft Defender Flags DigiCert Certificates as Malware
A recent Microsoft Defender update incorrectly flagged legitimate DigiCert root certificates as malware, triggering widespread alerts. In some cases, it also removed trusted certificates from Windows systems, causing disruption. “Earlier today we determined false positive alerts were mistakenly triggered and updated the alert logic,” Microsoft said, as reported by BleepingComputer. Inside the DigiCert False Positive…
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Phishing Campaign Hits 80+ Orgs Using SimpleHelp and ScreenConnect RMM Tools
An active phishing campaign has been observed targeting multiple vectors since at least April 2025, with legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software as a way to establish persistent remote access to compromised hosts. The activity, codenamed VENOMOUS#HELPER, has impacted over 80 organizations, most of which are in the U.S., according to Securonix. It shares…
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Microsoft now has more than 20M paying Copilot users
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella last week announced that the company now has more than 20 million enterprise users paying for Microsoft Copilot, according to TechCrunch. That’s up 33% from the 15 million paying customers Microsoft claimed in January. The AI assistant is now directly integrated in programs such as Word, Excel, and Outlook and Microsoft…
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AI is more accurate than doctors in emergency diagnoses — study
A new study from Harvard Medical School indicates that AI can outperform doctors in initial assessments in emergency care, according to The Guardian. The study, published in the journal Science, compared AI tools with doctors in triage situations — the process in which patients are sorted and prioritized, and where quick decisions must be made…
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Start small, but start now: How to bring AI into your small business
Small and medium-sized businesses recognize the transformative nature of AI, with two-thirds of respondents in a recent ASUS survey agreeing AI is creating a significant evolution in business practices, and some even calling it “generational.” The question, then, is how best to realize AI’s potential. For SMBs, following a simple, three-pronged strategy is a good…
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TeamPCP Weekly Analysis: 2026-W18 (2026-04-27 through 2026-05-03), (Mon, May 4th)
Summary The most significant development of the week was the April 29 to 30 Mini Shai-Hulud worm, a self-propagating supply chain campaign that compromised four official SAP npm packages, two PyTorch Lightning PyPI versions, two intercom-client npm versions, and the intercom-php Packagist package across three package ecosystems. OX Security tracked roughly 1,800 GitHub repositories created…
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Trellix discloses data breach after source code repository hack
Cybersecurity firm Trellix disclosed a data breach after attackers gained access to “a portion” of its source code repository. […]
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A college student is suing a dating app that allegedly used her TikTok videos to target men in her dormitory
A 19-year-old woman is suing the makers of a dating app, alleging they took a video she posted online, repurposed it without her consent into an advertisement for the app, then used geofencing to target that ad to people in her area. According to the lawsuit filed Apr. 28 in Tennessee and an interview with…
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Apple is preparing to spend, but not necessarily on AI
Apple last week nixed its long-held “net cash neutral” target, a move analysts see as giving the company more flexibility to make massive infrastructure investments or acquisitions. Naturally, as AI is the only thing that seems to matter in tech these days, commentators rushed to speculate on potential acquisition targets in the AI space. The thing…
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Critical MOVEit Automation auth bypass vulnerability fixed (CVE-2026-4670)
Progress Software has fixed a critical authentication bypass (CVE-2026-4670) and a privilege escalation (CVE-2026-5174) vulnerability in MOVEit Automation, exploitation of which “may lead to unauthorized access, administrative control, and data exposure.” The vulnerabilities were reported privately by Airbus researchers and there’s no mention of them being leveraged by attackers in the wild. Still, performing an…
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DShield Honeypot Update, (Mon, May 4th)
This week, I will release a few updates to our DShield honeypot. The update should happen automatically if you have “automatic updates” enabled on your system. There will be two major changes: Compatibility with Ubuntu 26.04 / new versions of Raspberry Pi OS Ubuntu released version 26.04 LTS about a week ago. It will pretty…
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Penske Logistics launches platform for real-time supply chain visibility
Penske Logistics has announced the launch of Supply Chain Insight, a secure technology platform and mobile application that provides customers with a real-time view of their supply chain operations across transportation and warehousing. Supply chain leaders are under increased pressure to drive greater operational efficiency in the face of rising fuel costs, evolving regulations and…
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DigiCert breached via malicious screensaver file
A targeted social engineering attack against DigiCert’s support channel led to the compromise of internal systems and the unauthorized issuance of EV Code Signing certificates. DigiCert is a global Certificate Authority (CA) providing digital trust services, specializing in TLS/SSL certificates, PKI management, and IoT security. According to DigiCert’s incident report, a threat actor contacted the…
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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 against threats across every AI tool, coding agent, and Model Context Protocol (MCP)-connected workflow used by employees, directly at the endpoint where most consequential AI activity takes place.…
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April AI News Showed Enterprise Pressure Moving to Partners
The AI conversation shifted noticeably in April. Less hype, more pressure. Companies are now dealing with what it actually takes to deploy AI at scale (costs, security risks, talent gaps), and the industry is responding with bigger investments and more structured approaches. Here’s a clear look at the biggest AI stories that shaped April. Managed…
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Owl IRD enables one-way forensic data transfer for incident response teams
Owl Cyber Defense has announced the launch of its Incident Response Diode (IRD), a pocket-sized protocol filtering diode (PFD) designed for incident response and forensics teams. The Owl IRD was developed to help users securely move evidence from compromised endpoints into trusted analysis environments without adding risk. The Owl IRD will be made available to…
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Blend Autopilot MCP brings AI agent orchestration to lending platforms
Blend Labs has announced the launch of Autopilot MCP, a server built on the Model Context Protocol, an emerging open standard for AI agent connectivity, that gives authorized agents secure, programmatic access to the Blend platform. For lenders and partners, Autopilot MCP introduces a new category of capability: the ability to build and deploy AI…
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10 quick productivity tips for Microsoft 365 mobile apps
Most of us work with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft 365 apps primarily on a computer, via the desktop or web apps. While you’re on the go, the mobile versions of these apps are handy for reviewing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, or other Office files, and you can use them to do minor editing. But…
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2026: The Year of AI-Assisted Attacks
On December 4, 2025, a 17-year-old was arrested in Osaka under Japan’s Unauthorized Access Prohibition Act. The young man had run malicious code to extract the personal data of over 7 million users of Kaikatsu Club, Japan’s largest internet cafe chain. When asked, the young man shared his motivation for the hack: he wanted to…
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Silver Fox Deploys ABCDoor Malware via Tax-Themed Phishing in India and Russia
The China-based cybercrime group known as Silver Fox has been linked to a new campaign targeting organizations in Russia and India with a new malware called ABCDoor. The activity involved using phishing emails that mimic correspondence from the Income Tax Department of India in December 2025, followed by a similar campaign aimed at Russian entities.…
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Security agencies draw red lines around agentic AI deployments
With prompt injection and other attack pathways consistently surfacing across agentic AI deployments, security watchdogs have stepped in, collectively, to draw some hard boundaries. A joint advisory from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and international partners has called for tighter control over permissions, stronger monitoring, and a more deliberate rollout strategy, urging…
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CISA says ‘Copy Fail’ flaw now exploited to root Linux systems
CISA has warned that threat actors have started exploiting the “Copy Fail” Linux security vulnerability in the wild, one day after Theori researchers disclosed it and shared a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit. […]
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Two cybersecurity pros get prison time for helping ransomware gang
Two American cybersecurity professionals were sentenced to four years in prison for facilitating BlackCat ransomware attacks in 2023. They pleaded guilty in December 2025 to one count of conspiracy to obstruct, delay, or affect commerce, or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by extortion. According to court documents, Ryan Goldberg, Kevin Martin,…
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What’s Next in the Elon Musk Megatrial Against OpenAI and Sam Altman
Musk testified for nearly three days last week in a case that would oust Altman and unwind OpenAI’s for-profit conversion
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Microsoft confirms April Windows updates cause backup failures
Microsoft has confirmed that the April 2026 security updates are causing failures in third-party backup applications using the psmounterex.sys driver. […]
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Linux Kernel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Linux Kernel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in the Linux Kernel, tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score of 7.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Recently, Xint Code researchers warned of a serious Linux…
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Why data centers now belong on the critical infrastructure list
Missile and drone attacks that took out cloud data centers in the Middle East underscored a critical vulnerability in the modern economy: reliance on digital infrastructure that sustains competitive advantage and operational continuity for corporations, nations, and militaries. The outages and downstream disruption were a preview of a new form of strategic and operational risk.…
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7 Key Features That Make Secure Browsers Safer
Secure Browsers boost safety with tracking blocks, fingerprint protection, session control, and real-time threat defense against modern web attacks.
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Claude Security enters public beta with Opus 4.7 vulnerability scanning and patching
Claude Security, previously called Claude Code Security, is in public beta for Claude Enterprise customers. Available in Claude.ai, the capability scans codebases for security vulnerabilities and suggests targeted patches for review, helping teams identify and fix issues that might otherwise be missed. Admins can enable it in the admin console. Access for Claude Team and…
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I Let AI Look at My Breasts—and I’m Glad I Did
In an exclusive book excerpt, Joanna Stern explains how new technology could improve the odds for women like herself who have an elevated risk of cancer.
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AI speeds flaw discovery, forcing rapid updates, UK NCSC warns
The UK cyber agency NCSC warns AI is speeding up vulnerability discovery, likely causing a “patch wave” of urgent software updates to fix exposed flaws. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that AI is rapidly accelerating the discovery of software vulnerabilities, increasing the risk of large-scale exploitation. CTO Ollie Whitehouse says skilled attackers…
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The fake IT worker problem CISOs can’t ignore
Hiring fake IT workers has been a growing problem in recent years — but it’s often a problem very few want to admit to. From Fortune 500 companies down to smaller organizations, remote hiring practices have been exploited to grant trusted access to individuals who are not who they claim to be creating an insider…
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How CISOs should utilize data security posture management to inform risk
Every CISO eventually faces the same tension: You know your security program needs to mature, but the budget and headcount to do it all aren’t there. That tension is especially sharp when it comes to data security posture management (DSPM). Not every organization can afford, or even needs, the gold standard of DSPM deployment. Full-featured…
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Introducing Wallarm Middle East Cloud: Built for Data Residency Compliance
As API and AI adoption grows across the Middle East, so do the expectations around how data is handled. For many organizations operating in this region, it’s not just about securing applications. It’s about doing it in a way that keeps data in-country and aligned with local requirements. Today, we’re introducing the Wallarm Middle East…
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15-year-old detained over massive data breach at French government agency
French authorities have detained a 15-year-old suspected of involvement in a data breach at France Titres, the government agency responsible for issuing official documents. “Between 12 and 18 million data records were reportedly being offered for sale on cybercriminal forums by a hacker known as “breach3d,“ the Paris Prosecutor’s Office said in a press release.…
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OpenAI To Extend Cyber Program to Government Agencies
OpenAI announced its intention to expand the Trusted Access for Cyber program for cyber defenders at the federal, state and local government levels
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Lens Agents brings policy control to AI across cloud and desktop
Lens by Mirantis has announced Lens Agents, a governed platform for running AI agents across enterprise systems, giving organizations a unified, policy-driven way to run, secure, and scale AI agents across desktop and cloud environments. Available in early access, Lens Agents enables organizations to connect any AI agent, including desktop tools like Claude, Cursor, and…
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Relying on LLMs is nearly impossible when AI vendors keep changing things
Over the years, enterprise IT execs have gotten frighteningly comfortable having little control or visibility over mission-critical apps, from SaaS to cloud and even cybersecurity. But generative AI (genAI) and agentic systems are taking that problem to a new extreme, with vendors able to dumb down a system IT is paying billions for without so…
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Bluekit phishing kit enables automated phishing with 40+ templates and AI tools
Bluekit is a new phishing kit with AI features, automated domain setup, and tools like spoofing, voice cloning, and 40+ attack templates. Bluekit is a newly discovered phishing kit still in development that includes advanced features such as an AI assistant and automated domain registration. According to Varonis, it offers over 40 website templates along…
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Brush shell 0.4.0 tightens script safety, widens platform support
Rust-based alternatives to traditional Unix shells continue to attract users who want bash compatibility alongside built-in features like syntax highlighting and history-based suggestions. Brush, a bash- and POSIX-compatible shell written in Rust, sits in that group, and version 0.4.0 brings more than 200 merged pull requests representing several months of development. Bash features filled in…