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Anthropic bets on EPSS for the coming bug surge

Anthropic’s Mythos has intensified a problem that vulnerability management programs were already struggling to contain: too many vulnerabilities and not enough clarity about which ones matter. What changes with Mythos — and the AI-based class of vulnerability discovery systems it represents — is the speed at which software flaws can be found and exploited. That…

Venezuela energy sector targeted by highly destructive Lotus wiper

Lotus Wiper hit Venezuelan energy systems, used scripts to disable defenses, then erased all data beyond recovery. Kaspersky researchers found Lotus Wiper targeting Venezuela’s energy and utilities sector amid regional tensions in 2025–2026. Attackers first used batch scripts to weaken systems, disable defenses, and prepare the environment. Then they deployed the wiper, which erased recovery…

Cohere AI Terrarium Sandbox Flaw Enables Root Code Execution, Container Escape

A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in a Python-based sandbox called Terrarium that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-5752, is rated 9.3 on the CVSS scoring system. “Sandbox escape vulnerability in Terrarium allows arbitrary code execution with root privileges on a host process via JavaScript prototype chain traversal,” according…

The 6 Best Partner Relationship Management (PRM) Software in 2026

Partner Relationship Management (PRM) software is a type of B2B solution designed to help companies manage and optimize their partner relationships. The best PRM platforms typically include features such as partner management, lead distribution, deal registration, and incentives and rewards management to drive better outcomes. In this guide, we’ll explore the top PRM software solutions…

PentAGI: Open-source autonomous AI penetration testing system

Penetration testers have long relied on collections of specialized tools, manual coordination, and documented runbooks to work through a target assessment. PentAGI, an open-source project from VXControl, attempts to automate that entire workflow using a multi-agent AI system that plans, researches, and executes penetration tests with minimal human direction. How the agent system works PentAGI…

Apple Intelligence flaw kept stolen tokens reusable on another device

Apple claims that Apple Intelligence, a GenAI service provided on its operating systems, is designed with an extra focus on user security and privacy through a two-stage authentication and authorization system using anonymous access tokens. However, researchers from The Ohio State University have identified vulnerabilities in this design, demonstrated on macOS 26.0 (Tahoe), that allow…

Shadow AI, deepfakes, and supply chain compromise are rewriting the financial sector threat playbook

Financially motivated attacks continued to drive the bulk of cyber incidents against banks, insurers, and payment processors in 2025. Approximately 90% of breaches affecting financial institutions carried a financial motive, with data breaches accounting for roughly 64% of incidents and ransomware making up the remaining 36%. The average cost of a data breach in the…

Winter 2025 SOC 1 report is now available with 184 services in scope

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce that the Winter 2025 System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1 report is now available. The report covers 184 services over the 12-month period from January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025, giving customers a full year of assurance. This report demonstrates our continuous commitment to adhering to…

[Guest Diary] Beyond Cryptojacking: Telegram tdata as a Credential Harvesting Vector, Lessons from a Honeypot Incident, (Wed, Apr 22nd)

[This is a Guest Diary by L. Carty, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Cybersecurity (BACS) program [1].] Introduction A few weeks ago, my honeypot logged an incident that changed how I think about modern attacks. A threat actor broke into my system using weak SSH credentials and immediately…

GIGABYTE Collaborates with NVIDIA® on GeForce RTX™ 50 Series and PRAGMATA™ Bundle

GIGABYTE, the world’s leading computer brand, announces the collaboration with NVIDIA for the PRAGMATA™ GeForce RTX 50 Series game bundle across eligible graphics cards, desktops, and laptops powered by NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 5070 or above GPUs and Laptop GPUs. Powered by NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, the GeForce RTX™ 50 Series GPUs bring game-changing capabilities to gamers.…

Billions on the line: Why SMS-based MFA is no longer fit for Crypto

Cryptocurrency was established with a clear value proposition: decentralisation, transparency and mathematical certainty. However, when it comes to user authentication, many exchanges, wallets and trading platforms still depend on one of the weakest links in digital security: SMS-based multi-factor authentication. For an industry protecting billions of dollars in digital assets, that gap is no longer…

$293M KelpDAO Crypto Heist Exposes Cross-Chain Weaknesses in DeFi

A $293 million cryptocurrency theft has rocked the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, with KelpDAO at the center of an attack now suspected to be linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group.  The attack highlights how quickly sophisticated attackers can exploit weaknesses in cross-chain infrastructure. “Preliminary indicators suggest attribution to a highly sophisticated state actor, likely DPRK’s…

Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to extortion scheme

A South Florida man pleaded guilty to conspiring with multiple ransomware affiliates to commit attacks against and extort payments from the same U.S. companies he represented as a ransomware negotiator for DigitalMint in 2023, the Justice Department said Monday. Angelo John Martino III shared confidential information about victim organizations’ internal negotiating positions and insurance policy…

Ransomware negotiator caught secretly assisting BlackCat extortion scheme

Angelo Martino pleaded guilty to helping BlackCat ransomware group while acting as a ransomware negotiator. Another U.S. cybersecurity expert, Angelo Martino, admitted helping the BlackCat ransomware group while working as a ransomware negotiator. Angelo Martino (41) admitted helping the BlackCat ransomware group while working for a U.S. incident response firm. “A Florida man, formerly employed…

Thousands of Apache ActiveMQ instances still unpatched, weeks after an actively exploited hole discovered

Two weeks after researchers using an AI tool discovered a major hole in Apache’s ActiveMQ messaging middleware, there are still thousands of unpatched instances open to the internet, more evidence that many application developers and IT leaders aren’t paying close attention to warnings about vulnerabilities. While the remote code injection vulnerability [CVE-2026-34197] was revealed on…

Scottish man pleads guilty to attack spree that created Scattered Spider’s notoriety

A core leader of the hacker subset of The Com responsible for a series of high-profile phishing attacks and cryptocurrency thefts from September 2021 to April 2023 pleaded guilty to federal charges, the Justice Department said Friday.  Tyler Robert Buchanan of Dundee, Scotland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.…

Lawmakers ponder terrorism designations, homicide charges over hospital ransomware attacks

Lawmakers at a hearing Tuesday explored ways to beef up punishments for ransomware attacks against hospitals, possibly by labeling them as more severe crimes. One proposal floated at the House Homeland Security Committee hearing, to treat ransomware attacks as terrorism, is an idea Congress has flirted with before. Another would be to press prosecutors to…

VirtualBox 7.2.8 is out with Linux kernel 7.0 support and crash fixes

Oracle shipped VirtualBox 7.2.8 on April 21, 2026, as a maintenance release covering crashes, networking problems, clipboard issues, and extended Linux kernel compatibility. The update touches the VMM layer, NAT networking, graphics, UEFI, and both Linux and Windows guest support. VMM and core stability A Guru Meditation error carrying the code VERR_IEM_IPE_4 is fixed in…

130K Users Compromised by StealTok Campaign That Uses Fake TikTok Downloaders 

A widespread browser extension campaign is quietly compromising users by disguising data-stealing tools as TikTok video downloaders. “While many people see browser extensions as harmless little widgets, oftentimes they have no idea who is actually behind these extensions, and what capabilities they contain within their source code,”  said Natalie Zargarov, security researcher at LayerX in…

COO Mark Cree Outlines Scale Computing’s Edge Platform Push

Scale Computing used its Platform//2026 Summit to position its expanded edge computing platform alongside new partner growth opportunities as it looks to move beyond its roots in virtualization. In an interview at the event, President and COO Mark Cree outlined how the company is evolving into a full-stack edge provider spanning compute, networking, security, and…

BeyondTrust’s 13th Annual Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report Reveals Drop in Total Volume, But Surge in Critical Risk

GUEST RESEARCH:  Critical vulnerabilities doubled year-over-year, signalling rising risk severity as AI-driven discovery and expanding attack surfaces reshape the Microsoft security landscape Elevation of Privilege vulnerabilities accounted for 40% of all flaws, continuing to dominate threat actor pathways and reinforcing identity as the primary attack vector Azure and Dynamics 365, saw a 9x increase in…

PCI SSC Launches Enhanced Language Microsites for Global Audience

  The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has announced the launch of newly redesigned language microsites, delivering a more accessible, structured, and user-friendly experience for global stakeholders. These updates mark a significant step forward in making PCI resources more readily available to non-English-speaking audiences by providing a consistent user experience across languages. 

Ransomware negotiator admits role in attacks he was hired to resolve

A Florida man, formerly employed as a ransomware negotiator, pleaded guilty to conspiring to carry out ransomware attacks against US companies. Prosecutors say Angelo Martino, 41, used his position at DigitalMint, a crypto broker that helps victims negotiate and pay ransomware demands, to pass sensitive information to attackers. Alongside Martino, two more individuals were involved…

Snowflake Expands Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code to Power the Control Plane for the Agentic Enterprise

COMPANY NEWS: Snowflake delivers agentic AI for both business users and builders on a single platform with Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code Snowflake Intelligence transforms how business users turn insights into action through a personalised, context-aware AI agent grounded in enterprise data Cortex Code enables builders to move faster from code to production with AI-powered…

GitLab Collaborates with AWS to Bring Agentic DevSecOps to Enterprise Teams Using Their Existing Amazon Bedrock Accounts and Spend

COMPANY NEWS: Customers can route GitLab Duo Agent Platform inference through Amazon Bedrock models already running in their AWS accounts without new vendor onboarding or model endpoints. GitLab Credits purchased through AWS Marketplace count toward existing AWS spending commitments. GitLab’s Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) capability for Self-Managed customers lets teams connect their self-hosted AI…

Entrust Integrates Australia’s Document Verification Service (DVS) to Support AML/CFT-Ready Identity Verification

News Summary: Under Tranche 2 reforms, Australia’s AML/CTF regime will undergo its most significant expansion in nearly two decades.  All reporting entities will need to strengthen identity verification and customer due diligence processes. Entrust Identity Verification unifies Australia DVS checks, biometrics, and AI‑driven fraud controls for all‑in‑one Australia-ready identity verification.

Kamiwaza Expands ARIA Through TD SYNNEX, HPE Channel

Kamiwaza AI is bringing its ARIA accessibility remediation platform to the TD SYNNEX channel alongside HPE, positioning MSPs and resellers to help public sector customers meet fast-approaching digital accessibility deadlines, including the April 24, 2026 ADA Title II compliance requirement. Channel opportunity tied to accessibility mandates for government websites The timing is notable for partners…

Ivanti Neurons AI automates IT operations, reducing manual work and security risk

Ivanti has revealed new solution capabilities, focusing on enabling autonomous IT operations and organizations to secure their environments more efficiently at scale. With these advancements, Ivanti enables IT and security operations to detect, decide, and act autonomously without sacrificing trust, governance, or control. AI capabilities and the threat landscape are changing quickly, and IT and…

Silobreaker Mimir adds agentic AI to intelligence workflows with governance and transparency

Silobreaker has announced new agentic AI capabilities that combine faster research and deeper contextual analysis with built-in governance and transparency to ensure trusted intelligence can be safely consumed across the wider enterprise. Silobreaker Mimir is an embedded agentic capability for intelligence operations, working directly within the analyst workflow. It helps teams retrieve evidence, deepen analysis,…

Azure SRE Agent flaw let outsiders silently eavesdrop on enterprise cloud operations

A high-severity authentication flaw in Microsoft’s Azure SRE Agent exposed sensitive agent data to unauthorized network access, according to a confirmed vulnerability disclosure. The issue was identified by Enclave AI researcher Yanir Tsarimi, who detailed the findings in a blog post describing how agent interactions could be accessed without proper authentication controls. The vulnerability has…

OpenAI’s Chronicle feature lets Codex read your screen, raising privacy concerns

OpenAI’s Chronicle is a feature designed to help Codex, an AI-powered coding assistant, better understand what users are working on by capturing context directly from their screens. It uses recent screen activity to build memories, allowing Codex to interpret references, identify relevant sources, and pick up on the tools and workflows users rely on, without…

Prompt injection turned Google’s Antigravity file search into RCE

Security researchers have revealed a prompt injection flaw in Google’s Antigravity IDE that could be weaponized to bypass its sandbox protections and achieve remote code execution (RCE). The issue came from Antigravity’s ability to allow AI agents to invoke native functions, like searching files, on behalf of the user. Designed to kill complexity, the feature…

No Exploit Needed: How Attackers Walk Through the Front Door via Identity-Based Attacks

The cybersecurity industry has spent the last several years chasing sophisticated threats like zero-days, supply chain compromises, and AI-generated exploits. However, the most reliable entry point for attackers still hasn’t changed: stolen credentials. Identity-based attacks remain a dominant initial access vector in breaches today. Attackers obtain valid credentials through credential stuffing

NGate Campaign Targets Brazil, Trojanizes HandyPay to Steal NFC Data and PINs

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new iteration of an Android malware family calledNGate that has been found to abuse a legitimate application called HandyPay instead of NFCGate. “The threat actors took the app, which is used to relay NFC data, and patched it with malicious code that appears to have been AI-generated,” ESET security researcher Lukáš…

The US NSA is using Anthropic’s Claude Mythos despite supply chain risk

Axios reports the National Security Agency uses Anthropic Mythos model despite Department of Defense concerns, blurring AI risk vs defense lines. The reported use of Anthropic’s Mythos model by the U.S. National Security Agency is a reminder that the line between AI as a defensive tool and AI as a security risk is getting harder…

Report: Enterprises Rely on Managed Services to Scale AI

New research has found that an overwhelming majority of executives view managed services as essential for the delivery of agentic AI. Boosting AI with managed services According to the global KPMG Managed Services Outlook Survey 2026, more than 90 percent of executives believe managed services are essential to their agentic AI journeys, and 87 percent…

Mythos can find the vulnerability. It can’t tell you what to do about it.

Mythos matters. It is a significant step forward in AI-assisted vulnerability discovery. But it does not mean cybersecurity changed overnight, nor does it mean enterprises are suddenly facing fully automated exploitation at internet scale tomorrow. It does mean the offensive side of AI is continuing to improve. The defensive side needs to catch up now.…

Why identity is the driving force behind digital transformation

Identity centric technologies have undergone a significant transformation in recent times. Gone are the days when it was all about logging in and out of any given system. Today, identity has become the backbone of all digital enterprises. It’s the ‘invisible engine’ that powers everything. From security to how modern-day products are sold. Today’s Identity…

U.S. CISA adds Cisco Catalyst, Kentico Xperience, PaperCut NG/MF, Synacor ZCS, Quest KACE SMA, and JetBrains TeamCity flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco Catalyst, Kentico Xperience, PaperCut NG/MF, Synacor ZCS, Quest KACE SMA, and JetBrains TeamCity flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Cisco Catalyst, Kentico Xperience, PaperCut NG/MF, Synacor ZCS, Quest KACE SMA, and JetBrains TeamCity flaws to its Known…

Top techniques attackers use to infiltrate your systems today

Much of the talk around cybersecurity these days revolves around AI and the threat it poses to corporate systems when used by nefarious actors. But the reality on the ground remains a little more mundane than polymorphic AI malware and criminal masterminds putting machine learning and generative AI to work at scale. Still, keeping on…

NGate NFC malware targets Android users through trojanized payment app

NFC-based payment fraud is expanding geographically and operationally. A campaign active since November 2025 is targeting Android users in Brazil using a new variant of the NGate malware family, this time embedded in a trojanized version of HandyPay, a legitimate NFC relay application available on Google Play since 2021. ESET Research identified the campaign and…

The thin gray line: Handala, CyberAv3ngers and Iran’s proxy ops

On April 7, six US government agencies issued a critical advisory warning domestic private sector organizations of potential infrastructural cyberattacks conducted by Iranian-affiliated Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors. The advisory stops short of attributing these threats to a single group but makes reference to 2023 attacks on US water and wastewater facilities linked to the…

New Lazarus APT Campaign: “Mach-O Man” macOS Malware Kit Hits Businesses

Editor’s note: The research is authored by Mauro Eldritch, offensive security expert and a founder of BCA LTD, a company dedicated to threat intelligence and hunting. You can find Mauro on X.  The recent wave of ClickFix attacks has introduced several new ways to compromise users, establishing itself as a technique that is likely here to stay. We have observed Lazarus Group using…

Bluesky hit by 24-hour DDoS attack as pro-Iran group claims responsibility

Bluesky suffered a 24-hour DDoS attack that caused outages. A pro-Iran hacker group claimed responsibility for the disruption. Bluesky experienced a sophisticated DDoS attack that disrupted its services for about 24 hours, starting on April 15. Bluesky is a decentralized, open-source microblogging social media platform similar to X (formerly Twitter). It allows users to post…

Researchers build an encrypted routing layer for private AI inference

Organizations in healthcare, finance, and other sensitive industries want to use large AI models without exposing private data to the cloud servers running those models. A cryptographic technique called Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC) makes this possible. It splits data into encrypted fragments, distributes them across two or more servers that do not share information with…

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: April 21, 2026

Application Security Engineer (DevSecOps / Azure DevOps) BEWAHARVEST | Philippines | Hybrid – View job details As an Application Security Engineer (DevSecOps / Azure DevOps), you will embed security across the SDLC by working with engineering and DevOps teams to implement automated security controls and testing. You will manage application security programs including SAST, DAST,…

Vuln in Google’s Antigravity AI agent manager could escape sandbox, give attackers remote code execution

As organizations consider agentic AI for their business and IT stacks, researchers continue to find bugs and vulnerabilities in major, commercial models  that can significantly expand their attack surface. This week, researchers at Pillar Security disclosed a vulnerability in Antigravity, an AI-powered developer tool for filesystem operations made by Google. The bug, since patched, combined…

France’s ANTS ID System website hit by cyberattack, possible data breach

A cyberattack hit France’s ANTS website, possibly exposing personal data from users applying for IDs, passports, and driver’s licenses. A cyberattack targeted France’s ANTS platform, which handles applications for passports, ID cards, residence permits, and driver’s licenses. Authorities detected the incident on April 15 and warned it may have exposed personal data from both individuals…

Cyberattack That Could Have Poisoned a City’s Water Supply by Manipulating Chlorine Levels

In mid-April 2026, researchers at Darktrace published a detailed breakdown of a malware sample that occupies a narrow but alarming niche in the threat landscape: a Windows-based OT weapon apparently designed from the ground up to sabotage Israeli water treatment and desalination infrastructure. The malware identifies itself internally as ZionSiphon — the name appears in a core…

Vercel’s security breach started with malware disguised as Roblox cheats

Vercel customers are at risk of compromise after an attacker hopped through multiple internal systems to steal credentials and other sensitive data, the company said in a security bulletin Sunday.  The attack, which didn’t originate at Vercel, showcases the pitfalls of interconnected cloud applications and SaaS integrations with overly privileged permissions.  An attacker traversed third-party…

Panasonic Connect introduces TOUGHBOOK 56 for Mobile Professionals

Panasonic Connect North America has launched the TOUGHBOOK 56, a modular rugged laptop designed to support mobile workers across a range of industries. The new device delivers high-performance computing, faster connectivity options, improved thermal management, and advanced security features for professionals in public safety, utilities, enterprise, and federal operations. Offering purpose-built machine to frontline professionals…

Procure IT & NetWolves Target Enterprise IT Expense Visibility

NetWolves has partnered with Procure IT to integrate its Managed Intelligence Platform into the provider’s Site Connectivity as a Service (SCaaS) offering, aiming to give large enterprises greater visibility into IT spending across vendors, contracts, and services. Why Procure IT and NetWolves formed the partnership The goal is to give Fortune 1000 companies and large…