Tyler Buchanan, linked to Scattered Spider, pleaded guilty in the US to hacking companies and stealing millions in cryptocurrency. Tyler Buchanan, a 24-year-old from Scotland linked to the Scattered Spider group, admitted in a US court that he hacked dozens of companies, committed fraud, and stole millions in cryptocurrency. Spanish police arrested the British national…
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Salesforce Creates FDE Partner Network for Agentforce
Salesforce is zeroing in on a familiar sticking point with enterprise AI. Getting something to work in a pilot is one thing; getting it to run smoothly in production, with the messiness of real systems and data, is where things tend to fall apart. The company this week introduced a Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) Partner…
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SAP participates in Hannover Messe 2026, showcasing agentic AI-Driven manufacturing and supply chain innovations
COMPANY NEWS: SAP announces its participation in Hannover Messe 2026, the world’s largest industrial trade fair held in Hannover, Germany, from April 20 to 24, to unveil its agentic AI-driven manufacturing and supply chain innovation solutions. Under this year’s theme, Trusted orchestration. Smarter execution, SAP will present its vision for how Business AI is fundamentally…
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Is this where Apple Silicon will be in 5 years?
Apple Silicon has another big journey to take, one that means Apple will probably be the first to introduce 1.4- and 1-nanometer chips inside its systems. If that happens, Macs, iPhones, and iPads will continue to lead the industry in performance per watt. Why do I say this? Mainly because reports claim TSMC is working to build…
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Fireside Chat: PKI has carried digital trust through every tech advance—now comes the hardest one
Public key infrastructure — the authentication and encryption framework that has held digital commerce together through every chaotic leap forward in technology — is facing a double whammy. Related: Achieveing AI security won’t be easy Autonomous AI agents are flooding enterprise networks, most without verified identities or any meaningful governance. What’s more, quantum computers are…
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How to clone an AWS CloudHSM cluster across Regions
Important: As of January 1, 2025, Client SDK 3 tools (CMU and KMU) are no longer supported. This guide has been updated to use Client SDK 5 commands exclusively. Ensure you’re using the latest Client SDK 5 version (5.17 or later) for the most recent features and security improvements. You can use AWS CloudHSM to…
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After 15 years at the helm, Apple CEO Tim Cook to become executive chairman as hardware chief John Ternus takes the top job
The most consequential executive transition in Silicon Valley since Steve Jobs handed Apple to Tim Cook in 2011 is now locked in, and the man taking the CEO chair is the engineer who’s been quietly shipping the hardware you’re probably holding right now.
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Blue Yonder Survey: 66% of Leaders Are Actively Working To Reduce Their Supply Chain’s Impact
GUEST RESEARCH: Nearly half (47%) of large enterprises have dedicated sustainability teams to help direct cross-functional strategies
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Siemens brings AI to the physical world with Eigen Engineering Agent
New class of industrial AI product moves beyond AI-powered guidance to autonomous task completion Now commercially available, Eigen Engineering Agent delivers up to 50 percent efficiency gains in automation engineering tasks Latest milestone in Siemens’ announced €1 billion industrial AI investment advances company’s AI-centric growth strateg
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Protecting Digital IP with Secure AI 3D Modeling Tools
In this post, I will talk about the role of locally efficient AI engines in 3D content creation. As enterprises aggressively integrate generative AI into their creative pipelines, a new category of risk has emerged: the compromise of intellectual property (IP). In the rush to automate 3D modeling, many organizations have inadvertently exposed their proprietary…
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Vercel breached via compromised third-party AI tool
Cloud deployment and hosting platform Vercel has suffered a security breach that resulted in attackers accessing some of its internal systems and compromising Vercel credentials of a “limited subset of customers”. Advice for affected customers “The incident originated with a compromise of Context.ai, a third-party AI tool used by a Vercel employee,” the Vercel security…
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‘Beyond Inheritance’ Review: Divisional Danger
Genetic mutations are more pervasive than previously thought, causing cancer and other ailments. Are there possible benefits as well?
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WhatsApp Leaks User Metadata to Attackers
Strangers can infer limited info about you without knowing or messaging you, which could theoretically aid certain kinds of malicious activity.
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How to Remove Objects from Video: AI Tools & Pro Tips (2026)
Remove unwanted objects from video effortlessly with AI in 2026. Learn step-by-step methods, best tools, and pro tips to clean up your footage like a professional.
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NIST Scales Back Vulnerability Scoring in 2026 as CVE Volume Surges
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is narrowing how it analyzes and scores software vulnerabilities, citing a sharp increase in submissions that has made it difficult to keep pace. “For years, security teams relied on NVD for vulnerability context to support prioritization decisions. But that model is under real strain,” said Ian Gray,…
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John Ternus to become Apple CEO and Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman
Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer effective on September 1, 2026. The transition, which was approved unanimously by the Board of Directors, follows a thoughtful, long-term succession planning process.
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CVE-2023-33538 under attack for a year, but exploitation still unsuccessful
Hackers have targeted CVE-2023-33538 flaw in old TP-Link routers for a year, but no successful exploitation has been seen so far. Hackers have been trying for over a year to exploit a serious flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-33538 (CVSS score of 8.8), in outdated TP-Link routers, but so far without success. The vulnerability is a command…
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Why the Axios attack proves AI is mandatory for supply chain security
Two weeks ago, a suspected North Korean threat actor slipped malicious code into a package within Axios, a widely used JavaScript library. The immediate concern was the blast radius: roughly 100 million weekly downloads spanning enterprises, startups, and government systems. But beyond the sheer scale, the attack’s speed was just as worrisome – a stark…
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As AI adoption outpaces controls, ISACA launches advanced in AI risk certification
COMPANY NEWS: New AAIR credential equips IT, risk professionals to govern, assess and manage AI risk across the enterprise.
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Attackers Exploit DVR Command Injection Flaw to Deploy Mirai-Based Botnet
FortiGuard Labs has identified a Mirai-based Nexcorium campaign actively exploiting CVE-2024-3721 in TBK DVR devices
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LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest
The Los Angeles Police Department deployed drones intended for public safety uses to surveil a No Kings rally and a protest against the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant campaign, flight data reveals. Last year, the LAPD launched its “Drone as First Responder” program with a clearly articulated goal: to protect and even save lives. The pilot program…
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Attackers abuse Microsoft Teams to impersonate the IT helpdesk in a new enterprise intrusion playbook
Attackers are increasingly exploiting enterprise collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams to gain initial access, impersonating IT helpdesk staff and persuading employees to grant remote control, according to new research from Microsoft. In a blog post, Microsoft described a “cross-tenant helpdesk impersonation” technique in which threat actors initiate conversations with employees via Teams’ external access…
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Vercel Confirms Security Incident as Threat Actor Claims Stolen Data for Sale
Cloud development platform Vercel has confirmed a security incident involving unauthorized access to internal systems, after a threat actor claimed to be selling stolen company data online. “We’ve identified a security incident that involved unauthorized access to certain internal Vercel systems,” said the company in its advisory. Threat Actor Claims Access to Vercel Systems Vercel…
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Hackers exploit Vercel’s trust in AI integration
Frontend cloud platform Vercel, the creator of Next.js and Turbo.js, has warned about a data breach after a compromised third-party AI application abused OAuth to access its internal systems. A Vercel employee used the third party app, identified as Context.ai , which allowed the attackers to take over their Google Workspace account and access some…
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There’s nothing quite like growth to expose operational gaps
COMPANY NEWS: Australian retail and fintech exec shares considerations for growth, technology and preparedness during session at major Netsuite event in Sydney.
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Why Most AI Deployments Stall After the Demo
The fastest way to fall in love with an AI tool is to watch the demo. Everything moves quickly. Prompts land cleanly. The system produces impressive outputs in seconds. It feels like the beginning of a new era for your team. But most AI initiatives don’t fail because of bad technology. They stall because what…
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AI platform ATHR makes voice phishing a one-person job
For $4,000 and a cut of the take, a lone criminal can now run a fully automated voice-phishing operation via ATHR, a plaform that spoofs emails alerts from Google, Microsoft, and Coinbase, buries a phone number in each message, and when the victim calls back, hands them off to either a human scammer or an…
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AI-ready skills are not what you think
Enterprises have spent the past two years rushing to make their workforces “AI-ready.” But many early training programs — focused on prompt writing and chatbot skills — are proving poorly suited to the realities of AI-powered work. The reason is simple: the skills that matter most once AI enters real workflows have less to do…
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Anthropic MCP Design Vulnerability Enables RCE, Threatening AI Supply Chain
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical “by design” weakness in the Model Context Protocol’s (MCP) architecture that could pave the way for remote code execution and have a cascading effect on the artificial intelligence (AI) supply chain. “This flaw enables Arbitrary Command Execution (RCE) on any system running a vulnerable MCP implementation, granting attackers direct…
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Third-party AI hack triggers Vercel breach, internal environments accessed
Vercel suffered a breach after a hacked Context.ai tool exposed an employee account, letting attackers access limited internal systems and non-sensitive data. Vercel reported a security breach caused by the compromise of a third-party AI tool, Context.ai, used by one of its employees. The attacker took over the employee’s Google Workspace account and used it…
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CISOs reshape their roles as business risk strategists
Nitin Raina’s career history resembles that of many CISOs: He worked in IT infrastructure, operations, and services before moving into security and advancing through the ranks. He’s now global chief information security officer at technology consultancy Thoughtworks. But in a less common professional move Raina also picked up the role of global head of enterprise…
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Network ‘background noise’ may predict the next big edge-device vulnerability
Attackers rarely exploit an edge-device vulnerability indiscriminately. Typically, they first test how widely the flaw can be used and how much access it can provide, then move on to steal data or disrupt operations. Pre-attack surveillance and planning leaves a lot of noise in its wake. These signals — particularly spikes in traffic that are…
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Copilot & Agentforce offen für Prompt-Injection-Tricks
KI-Agenten sind populär – und anfällig dafür, missbraucht zu werden. DC Studio / Shutterstock KI-Agenten fürs Enterprise können bekanntlich Arbeitsabläufe optimieren. Aber auch die Datenexfiltration – wie Sicherheitsforscher von Capsule Security herausgefunden haben. Sie haben sowohl in Microsoft Copilot Studio als auch Salesforce Agentforce Prompt-Injection-Schwachstellen entdeckt. Diese ermöglichen Angreifern in beiden Fällen schadhafte Befehle über…
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Claude Mythos – ist der Hype gerechtfertigt?
Claude Mythos wird derzeit von ausgesuchten Organisationen getestet – in erster Linie großen Tech-Konzernen aus den USA. Anthropic | Screenshot Der Hype um Anthropics Security-Modell Mythos bekommt erste Risse: Während KI-Konkurrent OpenAI plant, mit einem eigenen Cybersecurity-fokussierten KI-Modell „entgegenzuwirken“, stellen die Sicherheitsexperten von VulnCheck in einer aktuellen Untersuchung die praktischen Auswirkungen von Claude Mythos, respektive…
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Crypto Exchange Grinex Blames Western Spies for $13m Theft
Russian crypto-exchange Grinex claims Western intelligence agencies were behind a $13m heist
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What the ransom note won’t say
An attack is what you see, but a business operation is what you’re up against
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AI Model Claude Opus turns bugs into exploits for just $2,283
Claude Opus created a working Chrome exploit for $2,283, showing that widely available AI models can already find and weaponize vulnerabilities. Claude Opus managed to produce a functional Chrome exploit for just $2,283, raising concerns about how easily AI can be used to find and exploit vulnerabilities. Below is the cost of the experiment: Model…
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Meta and PortSwigger drive offensive security further to find what others miss
Meta Bug Bounty and PortSwigger have formed a partnership to help security researchers sharpen their skills, collaborate more closely, and improve vulnerability discovery. The initiative combines Meta’s bug bounty program with PortSwigger’s Burp Suite, reflecting a shared focus on improving both tooling and education for the global security community. “By joining forces, we’re not just…
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Handling the CVE Flood With EPSS, (Mon, Apr 20th)
Every morning, security people around the world face the same ritual: opening their vulnerability feed to find a lot of new CVE entries that appeared overnight. Over the past decade, this flood has become a defining challenge of modern defensive security. Some numbers[1]: CVEs published in 2023: 29K+ CVEs published in 2024: 40K+ New CVEs…
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SmokedMeat: Open-source tool shows what attackers do inside CI/CD pipelines
Boost Security has released SmokedMeat, an open-source framework that runs attack chains against CI/CD infrastructure so engineering and security teams can see what an attacker would do in their specific environment. What the tool does SmokedMeat takes a flagged pipeline vulnerability and executes a live demonstration against a team’s own infrastructure. Starting from a single…
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How to spot a North Korean fake in a job interview
North Korean operatives are getting hired at companies by passing job interviews using fake identities and AI tools. In this Help Net Security video, Adrian Cheek, a senior cybercrime researcher at Flare, outlines several ways organizations can catch these attempts before extending an offer. Basic video checks, like asking candidates to move their head or…
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Product showcase: Syncthing for secure, private file synchronization
Syncthing is a free and open-source application that synchronizes files directly between your devices. Instead of uploading data to a central server, it uses a peer-to-peer approach, transferring files whenever peers are online. This decentralized model ensures that your data remains private and under your control. Syncthing monitors shared folders for changes. When a file…
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Vercel Breach Tied to Context AI Hack Exposes Limited Customer Credentials
Web infrastructure provider Vercel has disclosed a security breach that allows bad actors to gain unauthorized access to “certain” internal Vercel systems. The incident stemmed from the compromise of Context.ai, a third-party artificial intelligence (AI) tool, that was used by an employee at the company. “The attacker used that access to take over the employee’s…
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Marc Benioff Says the Software Bears Are All Wrong About Salesforce
“People think we have our back against the wall,” but customers aren’t replacing its offerings with AI, the CEO says.
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Sophos Firewall v22 MR1 is now available
Check out the full release notes for more details and a list of fixes. Categories: Products & Services Tags: Firewall, network, v22
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Affinda Launches No-code AI Integration Agent, Unlocking Document Automation At Scale
Agent delivers seamless integration in minutes using natural language – enabling high-stakes organisations of all sizes to move faster and tech teams to prove concepts quickly
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CyberCX to Secure AFL in Australia-First Strategic Partnership
CyberCX, part of Accenture, has announced a landmark strategic partnership with the Australian Football League (AFL) that will see Australia’s leading cyber security organisation become the Official Cyber Security Partner to the AFL and AFLW and the presenting partner to the AFL Review Centre (ARC) score review system at Marvel Stadium. In a first of…
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Vercel confirms breach after hackers claim to be selling stolen data
Cloud development platform Vercel has disclosed a security incident after threat actors claimed to have breached its systems and are attempting to sell stolen data. […]
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Vercel confirms breach as hackers claim to be selling stolen data
Cloud development platform Vercel has disclosed a security incident after threat actors claimed to have breached its systems and are attempting to sell stolen data. […]
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Apple account change alerts abused to send phishing emails
Apple account change notifications are being abused to send fake iPhone purchase phishing scams within legitimate emails sent from Apple’s servers, increasing legitimacy and potentially allowing them to bypass spam filters. […]
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The CEO Preaching Straight Talk About AI and Job Losses
Verizon’s Dan Schulman is all in on AI. But he warns that it is time for business leaders to acknowledge its destructive potential
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Cyber attacks fuel surge in cargo theft across logistics industry
Hackers infiltrate logistics firms to steal cargo and divert payments, cyberattacks are linked to organized crime and rising losses. Proofpoint researchers observed crooks targeting trucking and logistics companies, running coordinated remote access campaigns to steal cargo and divert payments. These attacks appear to be linked to organized crime. The findings highlight a growing trend of…
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AI opportunity is clear for Australia’s architecture, engineering, and construction yet the sector is struggling to govern it
GUEST OPINION: Australia’s architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is not struggling to find uses for artificial intelligence (AI); it is grappling with how to govern it.
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Klaviyo Strengthens Canva Partnership with Expanded Integration to Help Marketers Build Creative Campaigns Faster
COMPANY NEWS: Klaviyo, the autonomous B2C CRM, and Canva today announced a deepened commitment to their partnership with an expanded integration that enables marketers to design and streamline full campaigns in Canva and reach consumers wherever they are. Marketers can seamlessly bring their Canva designs into Klaviyo to personalise, refine, and deliver customer experiences at…
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Altman’s Personal Investments
Plus: AI for dementia patients, the Bezos-Musk space race, the Mac Mini shortage and more.
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You’re About to See a Lot of Critical Software Updates. Don’t Ignore Them.
Anthropic’s newest, as-yet-unreleased AI model is a hacker’s dream, so here’s the cybersecurity advice you need to start taking seriously right now.
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 93
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape CPU-Z / HWMonitor watering hole infection – a copy-pasted attack Fake Claude site installs malware that gives attackers access to your computer Malware Analysis Static SKILL for Codex JanelaRAT: a financial threat targeting users in Latin…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 573 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Hidden VMs: how hackers leverage QEMU to stealthily steal data and spread malware Nexcorium Mirai variant…
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Intel Is Making Progress. But It Isn’t Out of the Woods Yet.
A shift in the AI market helps the chip maker, but the stock has already tripled while Intel’s turnaround is far from done.
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Week in review: Acrobat Reader flaw exploited, Claude Mythos offensive capabilities and limits
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Bringing governance and visibility to machine and AI identities In this Help Net Security interview, Archit Lohokare, CEO of AppViewX, explains how the rise of AI marked a turning point where machine and AI agent identities began converging into a…
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SCC Tester: Complete Guide to Somatic Cell Count Testing in Milk Quality Control
In this post, I will discuss SCC Tester and provide a comprehensive guide to somatic cell count testing in milk quality control. An important diagnostic tool is widely used in the dairy industry to evaluate milk quality and detect potential health issues in cows. The SCC tester helps farmers, dairy laboratories, and processors measure Somatic…
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Hidden VMs: how hackers leverage QEMU to stealthily steal data and spread malware
Attackers abuse QEMU to hide malware in virtual machines, bypass detection, steal data, and deploy ransomware without leaving any trace. Sophos researchers report a rise in attackers abusing QEMU, an open-source emulator, to hide malicious activity inside virtual machines. By running malware in a VM, attackers avoid endpoint security controls and leave minimal traces on…
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NAKIVO v11.2: Ransomware Defense, Faster Replication, vSphere 9, and Proxmox VE 9.0 Support
NAKIVO Inc. announced the general availability of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11.2, focused on fast, reliable, and proactive data protection. […]
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Justice Department Rebuffs French on X Probe, Musk Interview
The U.S. Justice Department told French authorities it wouldn’t facilitate their efforts to investigate Elon Musk’s X, after a raid on the social-media platform’s Paris office earlier this year.
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Operation PowerOFF: 75K Users of DDoS-for-Hire Services Identified and Warned
Operation PowerOFF identifies and warns 75K users of DDoS-for-hire services, nets 4 arrests, and seizes 53 domains in a Europol-led crackdown.
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Nexcorium Mirai variant exploits TBK DVR flaw to launch DDoS attacks
A Mirai variant called Nexcorium exploits a flaw in TBK DVRs to infect devices and use them in DDoS attacks, along with outdated TP-Link routers. Fortinet researchers found that threat actors are exploiting vulnerabilities in TBK DVRs and end-of-life TP-Link routers to spread a Mirai variant called Nexcorium. “IoT devices are increasingly prime targets for…
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Fear and Loathing Among the Haves and Have Mores in San Francisco
The gold-rush city’s vibe has turned angry as the AI boom creates a new K-shaped economy.
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Crypto Critic Maxine Waters’s New Primary Foe Got Over Two-Thirds of Money From Crypto
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is the scourge of cryptocurrencies on Capitol Hill, burnishing her bona fides by supporting tighter oversight from her perch as ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee. If Democrats win the midterm elections, Waters is poised to become the chair of the influential committee. Crypto donors are trying to make…
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Microsoft Defender under attack as three zero-days, two of them still unpatched, enable elevated access
Attackers exploit three Microsoft Defender zero-days, code-named BlueHammer, RedSun, and UnDefend, to gain elevated access. Attackers are exploiting three recently disclosed zero-day flaws in Microsoft Defender to gain higher privileges on compromised systems. The vulnerabilities, called BlueHammer, RedSun, and UnDefend, were revealed by a researcher known as Chaotic Eclipse after criticizing Microsoft’s handling of the…
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Mirai Variant Nexcorium Exploits CVE-2024-3721 to Hijack TBK DVRs for DDoS Botnet
Threat actors are exploiting security flaws in TBK DVR and end‑of‑life (EoL) TP-Link Wi-Fi routers to deploy Mirai-botnet variants on compromised devices, according to findings from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs and Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. The attack targeting TBK DVR devices has been found to exploit CVE-2024-3721 (CVSS score: 6.3), a medium-severity command injection vulnerability…
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Critical sandbox bypass fixed in popular Thymeleaf Java template engine
Maintainers of Thymeleaf, a widely used template engine for Java web applications, fixed a rare critical vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute malicious code on servers. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-40478, is rated 9.1 on the CVSS severity scale and is described as a Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) issue. Thymeleaf has a sandbox-like protection…
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World ID expands its ‘proof of human’ vision for the AI era
Identity management is a critical concern for any enterprise, and it’s becoming ever more complex and convoluted with the advent of AI agents. World ID is taking a unique (and to some, controversial) approach to this challenge by building a ‘digital proof of human’ ecosystem for the internet. Today, at its “Lift Off” event, the…
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Flawed Cisco update threatens to stop APs from getting further patches
Cisco admins are scrambling to patch a critical flash memory overflow vulnerability in over 200 Cisco Systems IOS XE-based models of wireless access points (APs), caused by a recent flawed software update. If the issue is not corrected quickly, the AP’s memory will become so flooded that new software updates will be blocked and the…
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Kyrgyzstan-based crypto exchange Grinex shuts down after $13.7M cyber heist, blames Western Intelligence
Grinex halted operations after a $13.7M hack, blaming Western intelligence. Stolen funds came from wallets of Russian users on the platform. Kyrgyz crypto exchange Grinex halted operations after a threat actor stole $13.7 million in a cyber attack that the company attributes to Western intelligence agencies. The stolen funds belonged to Russian users, as the…
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Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release for April is a whopper
Windows admins are going to be busy this month, dealing with the largest Patch Tuesday cycle we can recall. The April release involves 165 updates and roughly 340 unique CVEs from Microsoft — including two zero-days, one of which is already being actively exploited in the wild. The Readiness team is recommending “Patch Now” schedules…
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New RecruitRat, SaferRat, Astrinox, Massiv Android Malware Found Targeting 800 Apps
New research from Zimperium reveals four active Android malware campaigns, RecruitRat, SaferRat, Astrinox, and Massiv, targeting over 800 banking apps globally.
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IPv6 may briefly have accounted for more than half of internet traffic
Has IPv6 finally reached its day of glory? It’s fair to say that IPv6 has not had the level of take-up expected when the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) ratified it back in 1998. Take-up has been agonizingly slow, not reaching 5 percent of traffic until 2014. However, the use of IPv6 has been slowly…
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The surveillance law Congress can’t quit — and can’t explain
Congress is grappling with renewal of a surveillance law set to expire at the end of this month that critics say is a mystery on how much of a difference it has made for controversial government spying authorities — for better or worse. The 2024 law reauthorized so-called Section 702 powers of the Foreign Intelligence…
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Robot Zuckerberg shows how IT can free up CEOs’ time
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, is building an AI version of himself. The virtual CEO is being trained on Zuckerberg’s mannerisms and will be loaded with his views on corporate strategy, the Financial Times reported. The idea is that employees will find the virtual Zuckerberg more accessible than they would the flesh and blood…
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UK wants to build sovereign AI — with just 0.08% of OpenAI’s market cap
The UK government has created a Sovereign AI investment fund with up to £500 million (US$675 million) to spend on turning UK startups into national AI champions. Its support could involve investments of up to £20 million per startup, or provision of up to 1 million GPU-hours of AI compute, and fast-tracking of visas to…
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Transform security logs into OCSF format using a configuration-driven ETL solution
Security logs capture essential security-related activities, such as user sign-ins, file access, network traffic, and application usage. These logs are important for monitoring, detecting, and responding to potential security events. The Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) addresses this challenge by providing a standardized format to represent security events, ensuring consistent and efficient data handling across…
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A Factory That Runs on Recycled EV Batteries
Plus, Dairy Queen’s chatbot, the NYSE embraces crypto and the Bezos vs. Musk space race.
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How to think about Apple Business
Apple Business is aimed at small businesses coalesced around Macs, iPhones, and iPads. If that’s you, and all your systems are made by Apple, the service is likely to be all you need to run a small operation of up to a few dozen seats. But Apple Business isn’t really designed to handle the advanced needs of larger…
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Every Old Vulnerability Is Now an AI Vulnerability
AI’s danger isn’t that it’s creating new bugs, it’s that it’s amplifying old ones.
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DraftKings hacker sentenced to prison, ordered to pay $1.4 Million
A DraftKings hacker got 30 months in prison for selling stolen credentials and must pay over $1.4 million in fines and restitution. Kamerin Stokes, 23, from Memphis (aka TheMFNPlug), received a 30-month prison sentence for his role in a 2022 credential stuffing attack against DraftKings. He continued selling stolen login data online even after pleading…
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Critical Exploits, AI Shifts, and Major Breaches Redefine Cybersecurity This Week
Major Threats & Vulnerabilities Zero-Day and Active Exploits A critical flaw in Nginx UI is being actively exploited in the wild, allowing unauthenticated users to perform privileged actions through an unprotected endpoint. Administrators are urged to patch immediately and restrict public access to management interfaces. The EngageLab SDK vulnerability affecting over 50 million Android users…
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New Mirai Variant Nexcorium Hijacks DVR Devices for DDoS Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers at Fortinet have discovered Nexcorium, a new Mirai-based malware targeting TBK DVR systems to turn them into bots for DDoS attacks.
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Operation PowerOFF: 53 DDoS domains seized and 3 Million criminal accounts uncovered
Operation PowerOFF shut down 53 DDoS-for-hire domains, arrested four suspects, and exposed data on over 3 million criminal user accounts. Operation PowerOFF is an international law enforcement action that dismantled 53 domains linked to DDoS-for-hire services used by over 75,000 cybercriminals. Authorities arrested four suspects, seized infrastructure, and gained access to databases containing more than…
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Three Microsoft Defender Zero-Days Actively Exploited; Two Still Unpatched
Huntress is warning that threat actors are exploiting three recently disclosed security flaws in Microsoft Defender to gain elevated privileges in compromised systems. The activity involves the exploitation of three vulnerabilities that are codenamed BlueHammer (requires GitHub sign-in), RedSun, and UnDefend, all of which were released as zero-days by a researcher known as Chaotic Eclipse (
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Commercial AI Models Show Rapid Gains in Vulnerability Research
AI models are making rapid gains in vulnerability research and exploit development, raising new cybersecurity risks, a Forescout study finds
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Three Reasons AI Is Now More Reliable Than Ever
By their nature, AI models hallucinate and generate inconsistent answers—so why are they suddenly useful enough to get real work done?
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Anthropic CEO Lands White House Meeting as Feud Thaws
The Friday meeting comes ahead of the release of Mythos, Anthropic’s latest AI model.
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White House moves to give federal agencies access to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos
The US government is preparing to authorize a version of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos model for use by major US federal agencies, amid concerns that the AI model could rapidly spot cybersecurity vulnerabilities and offer the ability to exploit them. Federal Chief Information Officer Gregory Barbaccia at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB)…
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Webinar: From phishing to fallout — Why MSPs must rethink both security and recovery
Cyberattacks are evolving faster than many MSP and corporate defenses can keep up, with phishing driving much of today’s cybercrime. Join our upcoming webinar to learn how to combine security and recovery strategies to reduce risk and maintain business continuity. […]
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Another Microsoft Defender privilege escalation bug emerges days after patch
Days after Microsoft patched a high-severity issue affecting its Windows Defender antivirus tool through April’s Patch Tuesday, researchers warn of another vulnerability that could enable SYSTEM privileges through local escalation. In a newly disclosed proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit, dubbed “RedSun,” GitHub user going by the name “Nightmare Eclipse” demonstrated how Microsoft Defender’s handling of certain cloud-tagged…
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Google wipes out 602 million scam ads with Gemini on duty
Google claims that its security teams work around the clock using its Gemini AI models to detect and stop harmful ads. “Bad actors are using generative AI to create deceptive ads at scale, and Gemini helps us detect and block them in real time” Keerat Sharma, VP and GM, Ads Privacy and Safety, Google, said.…
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How Addressing Cloud Misconfigurations Disrupts the Cyber Kill Chain
In this post, I will show you how addressing cloud misconfigurations disrupts the cyber kill chain. Cloud environments offer speed and flexibility, but they introduce new risks. One common issue is misconfiguration. Small mistakes, such as overly broad access permissions or publicly exposed resources, can open the door to attackers. These gaps sometimes go unnoticed…
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Google Blocks 8.3B Policy-Violating Ads in 2025, Launches Android 17 Privacy Overhaul
Google this week announced a new set of Play policy updates to strengthen user privacy and protect businesses against fraud, even as it revealed it blocked or removed over 8.3 billion ads globally and suspended 24.9 million accounts in 2025. The new policy updates relate to contact and location permissions in Android, allowing third-party apps…
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Palo Alto’s Helmut Reisinger sees a cyber sea change ahead as AI advances
In two decades, Palo Alto Networks has evolved from a next-generation niche player to one of the largest global cybersecurity giants today. Under its mantra of “platformization,” the company has catapulted its revenues over its closest competitors and boosted its stock valuation to over $130 billion. No stranger to AI use in cybersecurity, Palo Alto recently announced…
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GitLab 18.11 brings agentic AI to security fixes, CI pipelines, and delivery analytics
GitLab has released GitLab 18.11, expanding agentic AI across the entire software lifecycle with security remediation, pipeline configuration, and delivery analytics. AI-generated code moves faster than the systems around it can keep up with, creating the AI paradox: faster code generation without faster delivery, security, or operations to match. As code volume grows, so does…