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Mallory brings contextual threat intelligence to security operations

Mallory is launching an AI-native threat intelligence platform, purpose-built to answer the questions CISOs and their teams are asking every day: What are the real threat vectors for our organization? What’s actually exploitable in our environment right now? What should we proactively fix? The platform monitors thousands of threat sources, contextualizes them against your actual…

US court refuses to stay Pentagon’s ‘supply-chain risk’ blacklisting of Anthropic

A federal appeals court in Washington has refused to suspend the Pentagon’s supply-chain risk designation against Anthropic, leaving defense contractors with conflicting legal signals over whether they can continue using Claude, and putting the ruling at odds with a separate federal court that reached the opposite conclusion last month. “The equitable balance here cuts in…

Weak at the seams

Before I ever held a security title, I was a software engineer implementing vertically integrated automation systems for industrial manufacturing, warehouse-scale conveyor networks, robotic material handling, physical infrastructure controlled by software on increasingly connected networks. I learned early that tightly coupled systems produce tightly coupled failures. When a single software fault could halt a distribution…

GrafanaGhost Flaw Allows Silent Data Exfiltration

A vulnerability called GrafanaGhost allows attackers to quietly extract sensitive data from Grafana environments without user interaction or traditional compromise techniques.  Discovered by researchers at Noma Security, the flaw highlights how AI-driven features can introduce new, difficult-to-detect attack paths in widely used platforms. “Across ForcedLeak, GeminiJack, DockerDash, and now GrafanaGhost, we keep seeing the same…

Don’t just fight fraud, hunt it

Our nation has entered a new fraud arms race fueled by AI. With billions of dollars in fraud losses mounting in both the private and public sectors, it’s clear the old ways of deterring fraud aren’t working. That’s why we need a new playbook that starts with understanding how fraudsters operate, evolving our defenses, and…

OPSWAT adds predictive AI engine to MetaDefender for pre-execution threat detection

OPSWAT has announced OPSWAT Predictive Alin AI, its first proprietary AI-based threat detection engine for the MetaDefender Platform. This AI-based innovation introduces a new category of capability within the MetaDefender Platform, a high-confidence predictive layer that works alongside existing detection and prevention engines to assess malicious intent before execution, driving greater efficiency across the platform.…

How Phishing Is Targeting Germany’s Economy: Active Threats from Finance to Manufacturing

Germany’s economy is a precision machine: finance fuels it, manufacturing builds it, telecom connects it, IT optimizes it, and healthcare sustains it. The country sits at the crossroads of industrial power and digital transformation, making it irresistibly attractive to attackers. In this article, we explore real-world attacks targeting five critical German industries, analyzed by ANY.RUN’s analysts using Interactive…

Acrobat Reader zero-day exploited in the wild for many months

Unknown attackers have exploited a zero-day Adobe Acrobat Reader vulnerability since November 2025 and possibly even earlier, security researcher Haifei Li has discovered. PDF files carry the exploit Haifei Li is one of the creators of EXPMON, a sandbox-based cybersecurity system for detecting advanced file-based exploits. It does so by analyzing suspicious files submitted through…

Intruder expands cloud security with agentless container image scanning

Intruder has announced the release of Container Image Scanning, a new upgrade to its cloud security capabilities that automatically scans container images for vulnerabilities, granting customers actionable insight into container risk without deploying and maintaining scanning agents across their estates. Leveraging existing integrations with major cloud providers, Intruder supports Amazon Web Services Elastic Container Registry,…

Adobe Reader Zero-Day Exploited via Malicious PDFs Since December 2025

Threat actors have been exploiting a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader using maliciously crafted PDF documents since at least December 2025. The finding, detailed by EXPMON’s Haifei Li, has been described as a highly-sophisticated PDF exploit. The artifact (“Invoice540.pdf”) first appeared on the VirusTotal platform on November 28, 2025. A second 

Bitter-Linked Hack-for-Hire Campaign Targets Journalists Across MENA Region

An apparent hack-for-hire campaign likely orchestrated by a threat actor with suspected ties to the Indian government targeted journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to findings from Access Now, Lookout, and SMEX. Two of the targets included prominent Egyptian journalists and government critics, Mostafa

The alleged breach of China’s National Supercomputing Center can have serious geopolitical consequences

A hacker allegedly stole 10+ PB of sensitive military and aerospace data from China’s National Supercomputing Center, risking national security. A massive alleged breach has hit China’s National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) in Tianjin. A hacker claims to have exfiltrated over 10 petabytes of highly sensitive data, including military, aerospace, and missile-related information. The facility supports…

Patch windows collapse as time-to-exploit accelerates

The gap between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation is drastically decreasing, putting security teams’ patching practices on notice. According to Rapid7’s latest Cyber Threat Landscape Report, confirmed exploitation of newly disclosed high- and critical-severity vulnerabilities (CVSS 7-10) increased 105% year to 146 in 2025, up from 71 in 2024. Moreover, the median time from vulnerability publication…

Weak at the seams

Before I ever held a security title, I was a software engineer implementing vertically integrated automation systems for industrial manufacturing, warehouse-scale conveyor networks, robotic material handling, physical infrastructure controlled by software on increasingly connected networks. I learned early that tightly coupled systems produce tightly coupled failures. When a single software fault could halt a distribution…

Internet-Exposed ICS Devices Raise Alarm for Critical Sectors

Exposed ICS devices and insecure protocols like Modbus increase risks to critical infrastructure, enabling disruption, data access, and potential sabotage. Malware targeting industrial control systems (ICS) poses a serious risk to critical infrastructure, with threats like Stuxnet, Industroyer, Triton, Havex, and BlackEnergy already demonstrating the ability to disrupt operations, cause outages, and even inflict physical…

Phishers sneak through using GitHub and Jira’s own mail delivery infrastructure

Attackers are abusing the notification systems of SaaS platforms like GitHub and Jira to send phishing and spam emails, Cisco Talos researchers are warning. “Because the emails are dispatched from the platform’s own infrastructure, they satisfy all standard authentication requirements (SPF, DKIM, and DMARC), effectively neutralizing the primary gatekeepers of modern email security,” they note.…

Prompt injection tags along as GenAI enters daily government use

Routine use of GenAI has moved into daily operations in state and territorial government environments, placing new security risks within common workflows. A Center for Internet Security (CIS) report, Prompt Injections: The Inherent Threat to Generative AI, identifies prompt injection as a persistent concern tied to that adoption. Adoption expands exposure Use of AI tools…

Video: SotaTek US CEO on AI Infrastructure Mistakes MSPs Must Fix

In this Channel Insider Partner POV episode, Katie Bavoso sits down with MK Tong, CEO of SotaTek USA, to break down why infrastructure—not AI models—is the real bottleneck for enterprise success. As AI workloads grow more complex, many organizations are rushing deployments without rethinking their infrastructure strategy. Tong shares where companies go wrong, how infrastructure…

Questions raised about how LinkedIn uses the petabytes of data it collects

Through LinkedIn’s more than one billion business users, the Microsoft unit has access to a vast array of personally-identifiable information, including data that could identify religious and political positions. What is less clear is what LinkedIn does with all of that data. A small European company that sells a browser extension to leverage different aspects…

Questions raised about how LinkedIn uses the petabytes of data it collects

Through LinkedIn’s more than one billion business users, the Microsoft unit has access to a vast array of personally-identifiable information, including data that could identify religious and political positions. What is less clear is what LinkedIn does with all of that data. A small European company that sells a browser extension to leverage different aspects…

Smashing Security podcast #462: LinkedIn is spying on you, and you agreed to nothing

LinkedIn has been secretly scanning your browser for over 6,000 installed extensions — on every single click you make. It can tell if you’re job hunting, what religion you are, and whether you have ADHD. And none of this is mentioned anywhere in their privacy policy. Meanwhile, California’s crypto millionaires are learning that no amount…

iTWire TV: HPE’s April Neoh on AI Bias, Trust, and Why the Scales Still Aren’t Balanced

GUEST INTERVIEW: April has spent roughly 20 years in tech. She’s watched the suits get replaced by suits wearing sneakers. She’s seen decisions go from months-long deliberation cycles to minimum viable products shipped at pace. And now, as Account Executive for High Performance Computing and AI at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, she’s watching AI reshape the…

LinkedIn is spying on you, and you agreed to nothing

LinkedIn has been secretly scanning your browser for over 6,000 installed extensions — on every single click you make. It can tell if you’re job hunting, what religion you are, and whether you have ADHD. And none of this is mentioned anywhere in their privacy policy. Meanwhile, California’s crypto millionaires are learning that no amount…

Urban Driving Car Accident Factors and Common Risks in Charlotte

In this post, I will talk about urban driving car accident factors and common risks in Charlotte. In Charlotte, daily driving patterns often involve busy intersections, stop and go traffic, and constant lane changes that increase the chances of unexpected collisions. From rear end crashes near Uptown to side impact accidents at crowded intersections, these…

U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Ivanti EPMM to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Ivanti EPMM to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Ivanti EPMM, tracked as CVE-2026-1340 (CVSS score of 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The critical vulnerability is a code injection in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile…

Russia-linked APT28 uses PRISMEX to infiltrate Ukraine and allied infrastructure with advanced tactics

APT28 targets Ukraine and allies with PRISMEX malware, using stealthy techniques for espionage and command-and-control. Russia-linked group APT28 (aka UAC-0001, aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Group, Sednit, BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM) is running a spear-phishing campaign against Ukraine and its allies, deploying a new malware suite called PRISMEX. Active since September 2025, the campaign uses advanced stealth techniques like steganography and…

A framework for securely collecting forensic artifacts into S3 buckets

When customers experience a security incident, they need to acquire forensic artifacts to identify root cause, extract indicators of compromise (IoCs), and validate remediation efforts. NIST 800-86, Guide to Integrating Forensic Techniques into Incident Response, defines digital forensics as a process comprised of four basic phases: collection, examination, analysis, and reporting. This blog post focuses…

Arelion employs NETSCOUT Arbor DDoS protection products

Arelion operates the world’s best-connected IP fiber backbone, providing high-capacity transit services to a variety of the globe’s leading ISPs as well as many large enterprises. They provide an award-winning customer experience to clients in 129 countries worldwide, and their global Internet services connect more than 700 cloud, security, and content providers with low-latency transit.…

6 Winter 2026 G2 Leader Badges prove this DDoS protection stands out

NETSCOUT’s Arbor Threat Mitigation System (TMS) was honored with five badges, while Arbor Sightline earned one badge on G2 for the winter 2026 quarter. These badges span multiple categories. Arbor TMS was awarded badges in the following categories for winter 2026: Leader – Enterprise DDoS Protection Momentum Leader – DDoS Protection Regional Leader (Asia) – DDoS Protection Leader –…

NWN Launches AI Cyber Suite, Expands Security Partnerships

AI-powered technology solutions provider NWN has announced the launch of NWN Cybersecurity, an AI-enabled managed security operations suite. NWN Experience Management Platform gains advanced integrations with Palo Alto, Cisco, and Arctic Wolf The new suite introduces new managed services, delivers new platform integrations through NWN’s patented Experience Management Platform (EMP), and expands strategic partnerships with…

New Chaos Variant Targets Misconfigured Cloud Deployments, Adds SOCKS Proxy

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new variant ofmalware called Chaosthat’scapable of hitting misconfigured cloud deployments, marking an expansion of the botnet’s targeting infrastructure. “Chaos malware is increasingly targeting misconfigured cloud deployments, expanding beyond its traditional focus on routers and edge devices,” Darktrace said in a new report.

Trellix strengthens data security for the GenAI era

Trellix announced enhanced data security capabilities and a strategic framework designed to help organizations confidently adopt generative AI while protecting sensitive data from exposure and loss. “The rapid adoption of AI tools across the enterprise is creating new and often invisible data risks,” said Alex Au Yeung, CPO, Trellix. “Trellix brings together policy, visibility, and…

How botnet-driven DDoS attacks evolved in 2H 2025

The second half of 2025 marked a pivotal shift in the world of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Organizations across the globe faced a perfect storm: Artificial intelligence (AI) matured as an offensive weapon, botnet infrastructure reached new heights with multiterabit attack capacity, and DDoS-for-hire services became more accessible—even to nontechnical adversaries. NETSCOUT’s ATLAS global threat intelligence…

Anthropic’s AI Push Signals Major Shift for Channel Partners

Anthropic is rapidly scaling both the infrastructure and security footprint of its AI business, signaling a shift that could reshape how enterprises—and their channel partners—approach both compute and cyber risk. The company this week announced a massive expansion of TPU capacity through Google and Broadcom while simultaneously launching Project Glasswing, a sweeping industry collaboration aimed…

TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 007 – Cisco Source Code Stolen via Trivy-Linked Breach, Google GTIG Tracks TeamPCP as UNC6780, and CISA KEV Deadline Arrives with No Standalone Advisory, (Wed, Apr 8th)

This is the seventh update to the TeamPCP supply chain campaign threat intelligence report, “When the Security Scanner Became the Weapon” (v3.0, March 25, 2026). Update 006 covered developments through April 3, including the CERT-EU European Commission breach disclosure, ShinyHunters’ confirmation of credential sharing, Sportradar breach details, and Mandiant’s quantification of 1,000+ compromised SaaS environments. This update consolidates five…

Hack-for-hire spyware campaign targets journalists in Middle East, North Africa

An apparent hack-for-hire campaign from a group with suspected Indian government connections targeted Middle Eastern and North African journalists and activists using spyware, three collaborating organizations said in reports published Wednesday. The attacks shared infrastructure that pointed to the advanced persistent threat group known as Bitter, which most frequently targets government, military, diplomatic and critical…

Masjesu Botnet Emerges as DDoS-for-Hire Service Targeting Global IoT Devices

Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the curtain on a stealthy botnet that’s designed for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Called Masjesu, the botnet has been advertised via Telegram as a DDoS-for-hire service since it first surfaced in 2023. It’s capable of targeting a wide range of IoT devices, such as routers and gateways, spanning multiple architectures. “Built for

Yael Nardi joins Minimus as Chief Business Officer to drive hyper-growth

New York, NY: Minimus, a provider of hardened container images and secure container images designed to reduce CVE risk, today announced the appointment of Yael Nardi as Chief Business Officer (CBO). In this newly created role, Nardi will lead the company’s next phase of operations, overseeing top-of-funnel growth strategy, strategic operations, and future corporate development. As the market landscape…

Iranian Threat Actors Target U.S. Critical Infrastructure

A new federal cybersecurity alert is raising alarms across critical infrastructure sectors, as Iranian-affiliated threat actors actively target programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in the United States.  The campaign, confirmed by multiple federal agencies, has already caused operational disruptions and financial losses — marking a notable escalation in cyber activity against industrial environments. “The most notable…

Genpact, Parallel Partner on Agentic AI Research Tools

Genpact has partnered with Parallel Web Systems to bring agentic AI-powered web research into enterprise workflows, aiming to accelerate decision-making and automation across insurance and sales operations. The collaboration integrates Parallel’s AI-native web research APIs into Genpact’s enterprise architecture, enabling agents to retrieve real-time data, automate analysis, and deliver verifiable insights for business users. Genpact…

Signature Healthcare hit by cyberattack, services and pharmacies impacted

Massachusetts’ Signature Healthcare diverts ambulances and cancels services after a cyberattack disrupts hospital operations and pharmacy access. The hospital Signature Healthcare in Brockton, Massachusetts, diverted ambulances and canceled some services after a cyberattack disrupted operations. Pharmacies couldn’t fill prescriptions, though urgent care and walk-in services remained open. Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital is a non-profit community…

Nutanix Announces Partnerships With NetApp, MongoDB

Hybrid multicloud computing organization Nutanix has announced strategic collaborations with both NetApp, an intelligent infrastructure company, and MongoDB, a document database. Nutanix and MongoDB’s New Certified Integration The partnership between Nutanix and MongoDB will integrate the Nutanix Database Service (NDB) platform with MongoDB Ops Manager, combining infrastructure automation with database management to simplify MongoDB operations…

APT28 Deploys PRISMEX Malware in Campaign Targeting Ukraine and NATO Allies

The Russian threat actor known as APT28 (aka Forest Blizzard and Pawn Storm) has been linked to a fresh spear-phishing campaign targeting Ukraine and its allies to deploy a previously undocumented malware suite codenamed PRISMEX. “PRISMEX combines advanced steganography, component object model (COM) hijacking, and legitimate cloud service abuse for command-and-control,” Trend Micro

API Security Risks Rise as AI Adoption Accelerates

As organizations deploy autonomous agents and generative AI tools at scale, APIs have become a backbone of modern operations — introducing a growing attack surface. Enterprises are rapidly embracing AI and API-driven architectures, but a new report from Salt Security reveals that security is struggling to keep up. “The future of AI will not be…

10 ChatGPT Prompts L1 SOC Analysts Can Use in Their Daily Work

Security operations center (SOC) analysts are expected to process a constant stream of alerts — often under tight response timelines.  At the same time, they are expected to investigate accurately, document clearly, and communicate findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. This is where generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT can be helpful.…

Cynomi Launches AI Agents to Give Every MSP a vCISO Team

Cynomi is expanding its Security Growth Platform today with a new suite of AI Agents built specifically for managed service providers (MSPs), managed security service providers (MSSPs), and virtual CISO (vCISO) practices. The company is calling the launch an extension of what it describes as its “CISO Intelligence” infrastructure; essentially, the idea that the strategic…

Iran‑linked PLC attacks cause real‑world disruption at critical US infra sites

As the US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire on Tuesday, six US federal agencies have warned that Iran-affiliated threat actors have compromised internet-exposed programmable logic controllers at critical infrastructure facilities in the US. The attacks, which the agencies linked to escalating hostilities between Iran and the US and Israel, targeted Rockwell Automation and Allen-Bradley…

Project Glasswing powered by Claude Mythos: defending software before hackers do

Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos, a powerful AI for cybersecurity that could also be misused to enhance cyberattacks. Anthropic has unveiled Claude Mythos, a new AI model designed to strengthen cybersecurity through Project Glasswing, aiming to secure critical software before it can be abused. Interest in Mythos grew after a leak of nearly 3,000 internal files…

Building Phishing Detection That Works: 3 Steps for CISOs 

90% of attacks start with phishing. For CISOs, the real pain begins when the SOC cannot quickly tell whether a suspicious alert is just noise or the start of credential theft, account compromise, malware delivery, or wider business disruption.  Modern phishing campaigns are designed to create exactly that uncertainty. QR codes, redirect chains, CAPTCHAs, phishing kits, and AI-generated lures can all hide the real objective until late…

Building Phishing Detection That Works: 3 Steps for CISOs 

90% of attacks start with phishing. For CISOs, the real pain begins when the SOC cannot quickly tell whether a suspicious alert is just noise or the start of credential theft, account compromise, malware delivery, or wider business disruption.  Modern phishing campaigns are designed to create exactly that uncertainty. QR codes, redirect chains, CAPTCHAs, phishing kits, and AI-generated lures can all hide the real objective until late…

Banana Pro, Axiom, Photon, GMGN, BullX: Best On-Chain Trading Terminals Ranked for 2026

In the latest development, Banana Pro, Axiom, Photon, GMGN, BullX are among the best On-Chain trading terminals ranked for 2026. On-chain trading terminals replaced Telegram bots as the primary execution layer for active crypto traders in 2026. The shift happened fast. In 2024, most on-chain volume ran through chat-based interfaces with text commands. By early…