Linux flaw CVE‑2026‑31431, ‘Copy Fail,’ lets any local user write four bytes into page cache files, enabling easy escalation to root on major distros. Xint Code researchers warn of a serious Linux flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score of 7.8), dubbed Copy Fail. It lets any local, unprivileged user write four controlled bytes into the…
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SAP npm Supply Chain Attack Targets Developer Credentials
A supply chain attack targeting SAP npm packages is putting enterprise development environments at risk. Aikido researchers discovered malicious code designed to steal credentials and secrets from developer systems and CI/CD pipelines. The attack “… harvests local developer credentials, GitHub and npm tokens, GitHub Actions secrets, and cloud secrets from AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes,”…
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Gartner sees untamed growth in agentic AI
Fortune 500 enterprises will be deploying armies of AI agents by 2028 — to the tune of 150,000 digital “workers,” Gartner said in a survey released this week. That would represent a sharp jump from the average of about 15 agents deployed per company last year. And agents as actual co-working tools are likely to…
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How Criminals Created SMS Blasters to Fake Cellphone Towers and Hack Thousands of Phones in Canada
Canadian authorities have dismantled what appears to be one of the most technically sophisticated financially motivated telecom attacks publicly documented in North America after arresting three suspects accused of operating vehicle-mounted “SMS blaster” systems that impersonated legitimate cellular towers, induced nearby mobile devices into attaching to rogue infrastructure, delivered phishing messages to those devices—likely through…
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Agent’s claims on WhatsApp access spark security concerns
A US agent claimed WhatsApp encryption is fake and Meta can access messages; the probe was abruptly shut, raising security concerns. A US agent claimed WhatsApp encryption is fake, alleging Meta accesses all unencrypted messages, but Commerce Department abruptly shut the probe, leaving leaders questioning if consumer apps are safe for sensitive business decisions. In…
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PyTorch Lightning Compromised in PyPI Supply Chain Attack to Steal Credentials
In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have managed to compromise the popular Python package Lightning to push two malicious versions to conduct credential theft. According to Aikido Security, Socket, and StepSecurity, the two malicious versions are versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, both of which were published on April 30, 2026. The campaign is…
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Elon Musk Takes The Stand for a Third Day in Lawsuit Against Sam Altman
OpenAI President Greg Brockman and Musk’s fixer, Jared Birchall, are also expected to testify on Thursday.
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AI Adoption Fuels Rise in Identity Attack Path Risk
Identity security is one of the most urgent priorities for enterprises as AI adoption expands the attack surface and introduces new complexity. The SpecterOps Trends in Identity Attack Path Management 2026 report highlights how organizations are increasing investment in identity security while struggling to turn visibility into consistent risk reduction. “As identity becomes the control…
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SHARED INTEL Q&A: PKI’s unfinished business—’digital passports’ for content, models and agents
As if keeping track of machine identities wasn’t hard enough. AI agents are now arriving by the thousands — and most enterprises are just handing them borrowed credentials and hoping for the best. Meanwhile, the cryptographic infrastructure asked to absorb these threats faces a hard regulatory countdown requiring digital certificates — the credentials securing every…
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Two new extortion crews are speedrunning the Scattered Spider playbook
A pair of persistent and problematic threat groups affiliated with The Com are actively targeting organizations across multiple critical infrastructure sectors for rapid data theft and extortion attacks, according to CrowdStrike. The financially-motivated attackers, which CrowdStrike tracks as Cordial Spider and Snarky Spider, have used voice-phishing and social engineering attacks to break into victims’ identity…
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OpenAI Growth Miss Rattles AI Chip and Cloud Stocks
A report that OpenAI missed internal growth targets was enough to shake confidence up and down the AI supply chain this week, sending chip and cloud stocks lower and raising new questions about how fast the market is actually expanding. Shares of Nvidia fell more than 3%, while AMD dropped even further before recovering slightly…
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Anti-DDoS Firm Heaped Attacks on Brazilian ISPs
A Brazilian tech firm that specializes in protecting networks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has been enabling a botnet responsible for an extended campaign of massive DDoS attacks against other network operators in Brazil, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The firm’s chief executive says the malicious activity resulted from a security breach and was likely the work…
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CISA and Partners Publish Zero Trust Guidance For OT Security
A new CISA‑led guide explains how zero‑trust security can be applied to operational technology, balancing cyber defence with safety and system availability
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New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ flaw gives hackers root on major distros
An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed “Copy Fail” that impacts Linux kernels released since 2017, allowing an unprivileged local attacker to gain root permissions. […]
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Cisco Introduces Model Provenance Kit to Strengthen AI Supply Chain Security
Organizations are rapidly adopting AI models, but many still lack visibility into where those models come from or how they’ve been modified along the way. Cisco is aiming to close that gap with the release of its open-source Model Provenance Kit, a tool designed to verify the origins of AI models and improve trust across…
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Apple reportedly abandons Vision Pro
It was only this month that incoming Apple CEO John Ternus said of the Vision Pro, “I think we’re still very much in the early innings of spatial computing. We’re super excited about it.” Now, we’re hearing Apple has stopped working on the headset following lackluster sales of the only slightly upgraded M5 chip-powered model introduced in October, which retained…
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cPanel zero-day exploited for months before patch release (CVE-2026-41940)
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) in cPanel, a popular web-based control panel for managing web hosting accounts, is being exploited by attackers in the wild. What’s more, attackers didn’t have to wait for watchTowr security researchers to release technical details about the vulnerability – they have been spotted exploiting CVE-2026-41940 since February 23, and…
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Cisco releases open-source toolkit for verifying AI model lineage
Enterprises pulling models from Hugging Face and other open repositories rarely keep records of how those models are altered after download, leaving organizations with little ability to confirm what they are running in production. The State of AI Security 2026 from Cisco places this level of access inside a growing pattern of AI-driven operations that…
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CVE-2026-41940: Critical cPanel & WHM Authentication Bypass Exposes Hosting Servers to Admin Takeover
A newly disclosed CVE-2026-41940 vulnerability in cPanel & WHM has put internet-facing hosting infrastructure under urgent scrutiny. The flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and can let an unauthenticated remote attacker bypass authentication and gain administrative access, while cPanel’s advisory says the issue affects cPanel software, including DNSOnly, across all versions after 11.40. For…
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New Python Backdoor Uses Tunneling Service to Steal Browser and Cloud Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a stealthy Python-based backdoor framework called DEEP#DOOR that comes with capabilities to establish persistent access and harvest a wide range of sensitive information from compromised hosts. “The intrusion chain begins with execution of a batch script (‘install_obf.bat’) that disables Windows security controls, dynamically extracts an
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Met Police face criticism for using AI to spy on their own officers
London police officers have been warned by the Metropolitan Police Federation to watch their backs after the force deployed controversial AI software to investigate misconduct. The staff association, representing more than 30,000 officers in London, reported it had not been informed of plans to use Palantir’s AI to analyze officers’ movements. The Federation notified all…
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Dismantle implicit trust in OT networks, CISA tells critical infrastructure operators
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has asked owners and operators of operational technology to stop assuming their networks are safe, and has released joint guidance to adapt zero trust principles for industrial systems that support US power, water, transportation, building automation, and weapons-support infrastructure. OT owners should design controls on the assumption…
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Release Notes: Expanded Threat Intelligence Access, AI Assisted Search 1,770 New Detections and More
April brought several updates across ANY.RUN’s Threat Intelligence and detection coverage. The biggest change is expanded access to Threat Intelligence: Free plan users now get 20 premium requests in TI Lookup and YARA Search. This gives security teams a practical way to check suspicious indicators, explore related sandbox sessions, and validate malware or phishing activity using real attack…
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Nine-year-old Linux kernel flaw enables reliable local privilege escalation (CVE-2026-31431)
Security researchers at Theori have disclosed a high-severity local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) in the Linux kernel. The flaw, nicknamed “Copy Fail”, has affected virtually every major Linux distribution shipped since 2017, and a working proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit is publicly available. About CVE-2026-31431 According to Theori researchers, CVE-2026-31431 originates from the interaction of three…
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Max-severity RCE flaw found in Google Gemini CLI
Security researchers are warning about a max severity vulnerability in Google Gemini CLI that could allow remote code execution (RCE) in environments where the tool processes untrusted inputs. The issue was disclosed by Novee Security researchers and affects the @google/gemini-cli package and its associated GitHub Action, widely used in CI/CD workflows. “Gemini CLI (@google/gemini-cli) and…
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EtherRAT Distribution Spoofing Administrative Tools via GitHub Facades
Intro A sophisticated, high-resilience malicious campaign was identified by Atos Threat Research Center (TRC) in March 2026. This operation specifically targets the high-privilege professional accounts of enterprise administrators, DevOps engineers, and security analysts by impersonating administrative utilities they rely on for daily operations. By integrating Search Engine Order (SEO)
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AI venture funding to shoot up this year as bubble looms
Venture funding of AI companies in 2026 will easily smash funding records set in 2025, with some heavy deals already consummated in the first quarter, according to market researchers. Data from Crunchbase shows that $300 billion poured into 6,000 startups worldwide during the first quarter of 2026. That’s a quarterly record for venture funding in…
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Everyone’s building AI agents. Almost nobody’s ready for what they do to identity.
Anthropic recently announced that it would not release Mythos, its most powerful AI model, to the public. The model discovered thousands of previously unknown software vulnerabilities — flaws that had sat undetected in major operating systems and web browsers for as long as nearly three decades. Anthropic said the model was too dangerous to deploy…
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SAP npm package attack highlights risks in developer tools and CI/CD pipelines
A supply chain attack on SAP-related npm packages has put fresh scrutiny on the developer tools and build workflows that enterprises rely on to produce software. The campaign, referred to as “mini Shai-Hulud,” affected packages used in SAP’s JavaScript and cloud application development ecosystem. The malicious versions added installation-time code that could steal developer credentials,…
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New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ Vulnerability Enables Root Access on Major Distributions
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw that could allow an unprivileged local user to obtain root. The high-severity vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score: 7.8) has been codenamed Copy Fail by Xint.io and Theori. “An unprivileged local user can write four controlled bytes into the page cache of…
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Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 arrives with S3 storage support and parallel sync jobs
Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 is a maintenance and feature update built on Debian 13.4 “Trixie” that adds S3-compatible object storage as a supported backend and introduces parallel processing for sync jobs. The server ships the new version with Linux kernel 7.0 as the stable default and ZFS 2.4 for storage operations. Updated packages, broader hardware…
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Hackers arrested for stealing and reselling 600,000 Roblox accounts
Ukrainian police detained three suspects accused of hacking into Roblox accounts and reselling the data on Russian websites, with payments made in cryptocurrency. Police raid (Source: The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine) “Prosecutors of the Lviv region, together with the cyber police and the Security Service of Ukraine, have stopped the activities of a group…
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Meta accused of violating DSA by failing to safeguard minors
The European Commission accuses Meta of failing to protect children, allowing users under 13 on Instagram and Facebook, in breach of the DSA rules. The European Commission has accused Meta of violating child safety rules. Instagram and Facebook allegedly failed to prevent children under 13 from accessing their platforms. According to the Commission, Meta did…
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Cyber is the Number One Global “People Risk,” Says Marsh
Marsh’s 2026 People Risks survey finds cyber‑related challenges dominate, as cyber‑threat literacy tops risks and cyber and AI skills shortages rise
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Stopping the quiet drift toward excessive agency with re-permissioning
In their infancy, LLM models were not difficult to contain. You gave a prompt; they responded, and if something was wrong it was usually “just text.” This could take the form of a summary that missed the best bits, a tone-deaf line or a wordy sentence. But then, agents were co-opted as the core reasoning…
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9-Year-Old Linux Kernel Vulnerability “Copy Fail” Enables Full Root Access
Linux Kernel Vulnerability “Copy Fail” lets attackers gain root access via memory flaw. Patch now or disable algif_aead to stay secure.
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Large-scale Roblox hacking operation shut down by Ukrainian authorities
Ukrainian police arrested three hackers who hijacked 610,000 Roblox accounts and sold them for $225,000 in profit. Police in Ukraine arrested three suspects accused of hacking over 610,000 Roblox accounts and selling them for about $225,000. Officers carried out multiple searches in Lviv, seizing cash, phones, computers, laptops, tablets, and USB drives. The operation disrupted…
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From Robotic to Remarkable: How to Use a Free AI Detector and Bypasser to Level Up Your Writing
In this post, I will show you how to use a free AI detector and bypasser to level up your writing. Let’s be honest: AI has changed the game for anyone who writes. Whether you’re a college student racing against a midnight deadline or a professional drafting a high-stakes report, tools like ChatGPT have become…
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Scaling up a tech startup in Europe is hard — ‘EU Inc.’ aims to help
Europe produces a large number of new tech startups each year – 28 crossed the $1 billion valuation mark in 2025 alone – yet few become global technology leaders. Many that do succeed look elsewhere to scale, particularly in the US. Founders point to multiple barriers to growing their business in the European Union (EU),…
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Automated LLM red teaming gets a learning layer
Automated red teaming of large language models has settled into a familiar pattern over the past two years. An attacker model generates jailbreak attempts against a target model, an evaluator scores the results, and the cycle repeats. Two approaches dominate. One asks the attacker to invent strategies through trial and error, which tends to produce…
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Bad bots make up 40% of internet traffic
The normalization of AI and automation within internet infrastructure is changing how organizations interpret traffic. Activity that once appeared anomalous is now treated as expected behavior. AI agents have emerged as a third category of automated traffic alongside good and bad bots, according to the Thales 2026 Bad Bot Report: Bad Bots in the Agentic…
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Warp open sources its AI terminal client
Warp, the AI-centric terminal used by close to a million developers, has released the source code for its client on GitHub under the AGPL license, with OpenAI signed on as the founding sponsor of the repository. An agent-first contribution model Warp is steering contributions through Oz, its cloud agent orchestration platform. Agents handle the bulk…
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Big Tech Strikes Gold With AI, but at a Steep Cost
While Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta and Amazon ride AI to strong earnings, some investors are still worried about the level of spending.
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Researchers unearth industrial sabotage malware that predated Stuxnet by 5 years
Designed to cripple Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, the 2010 Stuxnet worm set a cybersecurity precedent as the first time a nation escalated its activities from strategic espionage to sabotage in cyberspace. Now, a new discovery suggests such operations were in full swing years before Stuxnet came to light. Researchers from SentinelOne have tracked down samples…
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Adaptive Security Leadership in an Expanding Threat Surface
Last week I joined fellow security leaders at CISO Inspire Summit North for a panel discussion on The Expanding Threat Surface: Adaptive Security Leadership for 2026 and Beyond. It was a timely discussion, because the challenge facing security leaders today is not simply more threats. It is more connections, more dependencies, and more complexity. Suppliers, SaaS, identities, automation…
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A New Chapter in Alzheimer’s Care Begins in Australia, But Access Remains the Real Test
*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(–scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(–thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(–header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]” dir=”auto” data-turn-id=”request-WEB:d157b42f-f595-4291-a196-6b04707088a5-6″ data-testid=”conversation-turn-8″ data-scroll-anchor=”false” data-turn=”assistant”> This month, it has been announced that Australia is beginning to see the real world impact of its first disease modifying Alzheimer’s therapies, marking a pivotal moment in a field that for decades has struggled to move beyond symptom management.
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Danger of Libredtail [Guest Diary], (Wed, Apr 29th)
[This is a Guest Diary by James Roberts, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] Over the last few months, I have gained valuable experience working with the Internet Storm Center (ISC) operating a honeypot and analyzing its output via a SIEM environment. This work gave me hands on experience with system…
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Claude Mythos Fears Startle Japan’s Financial Services Sector
Global financial institutions are panicked over Anthropic’s new superhacker AI model. Cyber experts aren’t quite as worried.
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SoftBank Plots IPO for New Robotics Venture
Roze AI plans to focus on AI and robotics, an area CEO Masayoshi Son sees as the ‘next frontier’ for SoftBank.
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Smashing Security podcast #465: This developer wanted to cheat at Roblox. It cost millions
A developer at an AI startup wanted to cheat at Roblox. They downloaded a dodgy script on their work laptop. That one decision triggered a cascade of failures that ended with a $2 million data breach affecting hundreds of thousands of organisations. All for some free in-game currency. Meanwhile, there’s a 1980s phone protocol called…
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Official SAP npm packages compromised to steal credentials
Multiple official SAP npm packages were compromised in what is believed to be a TeamPCP supply-chain attack to steal credentials and authentication tokens from developers’ systems. […]
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Visual Studio Code 1.118 adds auto model selection to Copilot CLI
Microsoft’s editor releases continue on a monthly cadence, with the Insiders build of Visual Studio Code 1.118. The update concentrates on the Copilot CLI integration, session management in the Agents app, and an opt-in path for TypeScript 7.0. Copilot CLI gains auto model selection Two separate entries in the changelog add automatic model selection to…
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Australia’s Inflation Reality Check: When Policy Levers Pull in Opposite Directions
Australia’s rising inflation is being blamed on global forces and the Reserve Bank, but economists point to a deeper issue: domestic policy settings that may be working against the fight to bring prices under control. Have you wondered why the Treasurer continues to point to the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Middle East, and supply…
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Cursor AI Agent Wipes PocketOS Database and Backups in 9 Seconds
PocketOS founder says Cursor AI agent deleted its production database in 9 seconds after misusing a root API token, exposing major Railway security flaws.
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cPanel Vulnerability Exposes Servers to Takeover
An authentication vulnerability in cPanel and Web Host Manager (WHM) is putting web hosting environments at risk, prompting the company to release an emergency patch and warn administrators to act quickly. The flaw affects multiple authentication paths and could allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to servers if left unpatched. “Let’s call this what it…
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Meta Reports Big Revenue Jump and Projected Spending Increase
Meta Platforms posted its biggest quarterly revenue jump in recent history in the first quarter but said it would spend even more money to build out AI data centers this year than forecast.
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Amazon.com Posts Double-Digit Growth Anchored by Booming Web Services
The retail and cloud-computing giant beat analyst estimates with a 17% jump in revenue and sharp increase in net profit.
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Auvik Unveils Aurora AI Agents for Proactive IT Management
IT management software provider Auvik has announced the launch of Auvik Aurora, AI-powered IT agents designed to help IT professionals proactively manage, troubleshoot, and optimize their networks. AI agents target network visibility and ticket resolution According to Auvik, its new AI agents aim to bridge the gap created by IT teams managing an increasing number…
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Tines Targets Partner-Led Growth in North America
Tines is expanding its channel and technology partner ecosystem as enterprise demand grows for intelligent workflows that connect automation, AI, and human decision-making across security and IT operations. The intelligent workflow platform announced 75 new technology partners for fiscal year 2026, along with 25% growth in its channel partner network. The company said collaborations with…
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SAS Introduces AI Navigator, Enhances SAS Viya
SAS Innovate 2026 has kicked off in Grapevine, Texas, and the data and AI organization has made several key announcements to coincide with the large-scale event. SAS is now focused on the transition from experimentation to enterprise-scale AI, as AI is increasingly embedded in business processes and no longer operates solely as a tool. The…
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realestate.com.au attracts the buyer for 9 in 10 listed homes that sell on the platform
New PropTrack data reveals the impact realestate.com.au has on property sales, with the platform helping Australian buyers find ‘the one’
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realestate.com.au attracts the buyer for 9 in 10 listed homes that sell on the platform
realestate.com.au attracts the buyer for 9 in 10 listed homes that sell on the platform. AI and Data coverage from iTWire.
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CVE-2026-42208: LiteLLM bug exploited 36 hours after its disclosure
Attackers quickly exploited a critical LiteLLM flaw (CVE-2026-42208) to access and modify sensitive database data via SQL injection. Attackers rapidly exploited a critical vulnerability in LiteLLM Python package, tracked as CVE-2026-42208, just days after it became public. The vulnerability, an SQL injection in the proxy API key verification process, lets attackers access and potentially modify database…
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Reverse Engineering With AI Unearths High-Severity GitHub Bug
Wiz used an AI reverse-engineering tool to pinpoint a vulnerability that previously would have been too costly and time-consuming to undertake.
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Customers to join REA Group Hackdays event to accelerate industry innovation
Customers to join REA Group Hackdays event to accelerate industry innovation. AI and Data coverage from iTWire.
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GitHub Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution With a Single Git Push
A vulnerability in GitHub’s infrastructure could have allowed attackers to execute code on backend systems using nothing more than a standard git push command. The flaw affected both GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES), exposing millions of repositories to potential compromise before it was patched. “By exploiting an injection flaw in GitHub’s internal protocol, any…
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Designing trust and safety into Amazon Bedrock powered applications
Generative AI brings promising innovation, transforming how individuals and organizations approach everything from customer service to content creation and more. As AI continues to expand its capabilities, organizations are increasingly focused on how they can integrate the responsible AI concepts into the development lifecycle of their AI applications. Research from Accenture and Amazon Web Services…
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Congress, industry ponder government posture for protecting data centers
The growth of data centers — and adversaries’ targeting of them — left lawmakers at a hearing Wednesday contemplating whether the federal government has the right setup for defending them. Some industry witnesses and experts at the hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection testified that the answer might be…
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Hackers arrested for hijacking and selling 610,000 Roblox accounts
The Ukrainian police have arrested three individuals who hacked more than 610,000 Roblox gaming accounts and sold them for a profit of $225,000. […]
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Dreame Launches More Than 20 Smart Home Products at DREAME NEXT Living Next Showcase, Highlighting Bionic Robotic Arm Platform Expansion
Dreame Technology, a global high-end technology company, today launched more than 20 smart home products and dozens of industry-first technologies at the Living Next segment of DREAME NEXT in San Francisco. The centerpiece of the showcase is the expansion of Dreame’s bionic robotic arm technology into air conditioners, range hoods, steam ovens, and dishwashers, demonstrating how a core capability continuously evolves and compounds across product categories. Dreame first introduced bionic robotic arm technology in 2023. The technology has since been continuously refined…
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Academic Lisa Talia Moretti Explains How Organisations Can Stop Misusing AI
iTWire TV: Lisa Talia Moretti is a digital sociologist. She talks about how organisations are misuing AI (whether they know it or not) and how they can address this.
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Edward & George Hartley On Startups, Bluethumb And Their New AI Email Tool, Nitrosend
iTWire TV: Founders Edward & George Hartley told iTWire about the wrench of exiting Bluethumb and launching their new AI email management tool, Nitrosend (because Claude couldn’t cut it), at Adelaide’s Southstart.
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Laptop Service Center Dubai Sports City: Why Pro Athletes and Esports Tenants Are Driving a New Repair Cluster
In the latest development, I will talk about Laptop Service Center Dubai Sports City and show you why Pro Athletes and Esports tenants are driving a new repair cluster. Dubai, UAE – A district designed for football academies and motorsport facilities has quietly become one of Dubai’s busiest computer repair zones. Service ticket data from…
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Craig Swan Tells iTWire About Adelaide’s Southstart Festival And Australia’s Startup Scene
iTWire TV: Oldtimers will know that Australian start-up events can promise much and deliver little. Adelaide’s Southstart is different and here’s why…
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Ariella Heffernan-Marks On Ovum AI: The First AI Health Partner For Women
iTWire TV: iTWire went to Southstart in Adelaide and learned about Dr Heffernan-Marks views on using AI for good and without bias or halucinations.
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Paz Pisarski From The Community Collective Talks Community Building And Southstart
iTWire TV: We talk to Paz Pisarski, at Adelaide’s Southstart start-up festival, about the conference and how new and big brands alike can build communities of customers.
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New AI-Powered Bluekit Phishing Kit Targets Major Platforms with MFA Bypass Attacks
Bluekit Phishing Kit is a new PhaaS tool that targets major platforms, using AiTM techniques to steal session data and bypass MFA protections.
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SAP npm Packages Compromised by “Mini Shai-Hulud” Credential-Stealing Malware
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about a new supply chain attack campaign targeting SAP-related npm Packages with credential-stealing malware. According to reports from Aikido Security, SafeDep, Socket, StepSecurity, and Google-owned Wiz, the campaign – calling itself the mini Shai-Hulud – has affected the following packages associated with SAP’s JavaScript and cloud application
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Polymarket Rejects Data Breach Claims as Hacker Alleges 300K Records Stolen
A hacker using the alias “Xorcat” claims to have breached Polymarket using API flaws, but research suggests the leak could be just data scraping incident.
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cPanel, WHM emergency update fixes critical auth bypass bug
A critical vulnerability affecting all but the latest versions of cPanel and the WebHost Manager (WHM) dashboard could be exploited to obtain access to the control panel without authentication. […]
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Apple will be behind on AI — until it isn’t
Apple is building new AI photo editing tools to introduce with its next major software updates this fall, and these won’t be the only AI tools and services it wants to talk about at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in a few weeks’ time. While it is correct to say Apple has had setbacks in AI…
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Elon Musk Takes Stand in Second Day of Trial Against OpenAI
The billionaire, who helped found the ChatGPT-maker, was set to face hours of cross-examination from OpenAI’s lawyers.
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Vect 2.0 Ransomware Acts as Wiper, Thanks to Design Error
The emerging ransomware has been deployed against victims of the TeamPCP supply chain attacks, but organizations should think twice before paying for a decryptor.
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From Mailbox to Revenue: Top 7 Direct Mail Platforms That Actually Deliver Results
In this post, I will show you the top 7 direct mail platforms that actually deliver results. Direct mail is no longer the slow, analog underdog of the marketing world. Today, the most forward-thinking brands are pairing physical mail with data intelligence, automation, and API-driven workflows to outperform purely digital campaigns. Whether you are a…
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Stripe builds out the economic infrastructure for AI with 288 launches
New partnership with Google will allow businesses to sell inside AI Mode and the Gemini app Stripe launches wallets for agents, powered by Link, and support for new AI-native business models Major expansion to Stripe Treasury, including instant, free money transfers between businesses on Stripe
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Stripe builds out the economic infrastructure for AI with 288 launches
Stripe builds out the economic infrastructure for AI with 288 launches. AI and Data coverage from iTWire.
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Dematic brings Multishuttle FD to Australia, Unlocking Scalable, High-Density Storage without over Investment
Dematic, a global leader in supply chain automation, is set to exhibit the Dematic Multishuttle® FD System in Australia. The Multishuttle FD System is a high-density shuttle-based storage system designed to help businesses double storage capacity while reducing the risk of over-investing in warehouse automation.
AI, china, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Russia
Internet censorship index reveals Russia’s lead and widespread content blocking
Global study shows targeted internet censorship worldwide, with Russia leading; VPNs, news, and adult content are most frequently blocked categories. The Global Internet Censorship Index 2026 offers a clear view of how governments around the world control online access. Researchers tested 74 popular websites across 53 countries using residential proxies to simulate real users. After…
AI, Global Security News
Malicious npm Dependency Linked to AI Assisted Commit Targets Crypto Wallets
Researchers uncover a malicious npm dependency linked to an AI‑assisted code commit that steals sensitive data and exposes crypto wallets
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
All supported cPanel versions hit by critical auth bug, now patched
cPanel fixed a critical authentication flaw that could let attackers access servers. The issue affects all supported versions. cPanel released security updates to address a critical authentication vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to its control panel. The flaw affects all supported versions, raising serious risks for exposed servers. cPanel is a…
AI, Apps, Cloud Security, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Data Security, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Netskope, Rubrik, Commvault Expand Google Cloud Security
At this year’s Google Cloud Next 2026 conference in Las Vegas, tech and cybersecurity companies across the channel unveiled their latest announcements spanning AI, security, infrastructure, and more. While artificial intelligence was firmly front and center, themes around enhanced cybersecurity, particularly AI guardrails and cyber resilience, emerged as equally important priorities. In this recap, we…
AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News
Learning from the Vercel breach: Shadow AI & OAuth sprawl
A single third-party OAuth integration can become a direct path into your environment. Push explains how the Vercel breach shows a compromised OAuth app can lead to widespread impact across downstream customers. […]
AI, Global Security News
Researchers Track 2.9 Billion Compromised Credentials
KELA claims infostealers remained the primary access vector for attacks in 2025
AI, Global Security News, malware
Lotus Wiper Attack Targeted Venezuelan Energy Firms, Utilities
An analysis of the destructive malware reveals sophisticated living-off-the-land (LotL) techniques and detailed strategies for the widespread deletion of data.
AI, Compliance, Europe, Global Security News, Politics, Risk Management
EU lawmakers fail to agree on watered-down AI Act, talks pushed to May
EU member states and the European Parliament failed to agree on changes that would have softened the bloc’s AI Act and pushed back its toughest enforcement deadlines. The talks ran for about 12 hours on Tuesday and ended without an agreement, Reuters reported, citing a Cypriot official who said it had not been possible to…
AI, Global Security News
Visual Studio cloud agents now run inside GitHub Copilot
Microsoft’s April update to Visual Studio introduces cloud agent integration in GitHub Copilot, enabling developers to offload tasks to remote infrastructure for scalable, isolated execution. You can now start cloud agent sessions directly from Visual Studio. Custom agents now support user-level definitions that persist across projects, making it easier to reuse configurations. The update also…
AI, Global Security News
Webinar: How to Automate Exposure Validation to Match the Speed of AI Attacks
In February 2026, researchers uncovered a shift that completely changed the game: threat actors are now using custom AI setups to automate attacks directly into the kill chain. We aren’t just talking about AI writing better phishing emails anymore. We’re talking about autonomous agents mapping Active Directory and seizing Domain Admin credentials in minutes. The…
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
Critical GitHub RCE bug exposed millions of repositories
A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in GitHub could potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Server. Uncovered by Wiz researchers, the now-patched bug exploited how GitHub handles server-side “git push” operations. By crafting malicious input within a standard Git push, an authenticated user could execute arbitrary commands via…
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Do Call Tracker Apps Really Work for Parents? A Feature Based Breakdown
In this post, I will answer the question – do call tracker apps really work for parents? Parenting has always been full of worries. But raising a child in the smartphone era adds completely new layer to that anxiety. The moment your child gets their first phone, you suddenly feel like part of their world…
AI, Global Security News
Classic 350 Performance Explained: Built for Comfort, Torque, and Everyday Enjoyment
GUEST OPINION: The first few minutes on the Royal Enfield Classic 350 tell you everything about its idea of performance. You do not chase revs, you settle into a rhythm. It feels familiar, yet quietly refined. The throttle feels measured, the exhaust note lands like a heartbeat, and the bike seems to ask you to…