A cannabis-growing, beekeeping, gyrocopter-flying Irishman invested his drug money in Bitcoin back in 2011 – and now sits on a fortune worth $400 million. There’s just one small problem: the access codes were tucked inside his fishing rod case, which has mysteriously vanished. Or has it? Because this week, one of his frozen wallets suddenly…
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Chrome Vulnerability CVE-2026-5281 Exploited in the Wild
Google has released a Chrome update for multiple high-severity flaws and confirmed that one of the vulnerabilities is being actively exploited in the wild. We are “… aware that an exploit for CVE-2026-5281 exists in the wild,” said Google in its advisory. Inside CVE-2026-5281 The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-5281, is a use-after-free flaw affecting Chrome’s…
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Apple expands iOS 18 updates to more iPhones to block DarkSword attacks
Apple has now made it possible for more iPhones still running iOS 18 to receive security updates that protect against the actively exploited DarkSword exploit kit. […]
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Google fixes fourth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2026
Google fixed a new Chrome zero-day, tracked as CVE-2026-5281, in the WebGPU Dawn component that is already exploited in the wild. Google released Chrome updates fixing 21 vulnerabilities, including a new actively exploited zero-day tracked as CVE-2026-5281. The flaw is a use-after-free bug in Dawn, the WebGPU component used for graphics processing. Due to ongoing…
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New EvilTokens service fuels Microsoft device code phishing attacks
A new malicious kit called EvilTokens integrates device code phishing capabilities, allowing attackers to hijack Microsoft accounts and provide advanced features for business email compromise attacks. […]
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Fireside Chat: AI agents are reshaping mobile attacks — and exposing weak API trust models
SAN FRANCISCO — A new exposure is emerging in mobile security as AI begins to act on behalf of users — and attackers move to exploit that shift. Related: RSAC wrap-up—no easy fixes for AI exposures In a Fireside Chat at RSAC 2026, Approov CEO Ted Miracco described how mobile apps are starting to hand…
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Apple — 50 years in fifteen minutes
It felt churlish to let Apple’s 50th birthday pass without adding to the hagiographic choir, so what follows is an unapologetically selective tour through some of the moments that shaped one of the most influential companies of the modern era. These were the inflection points where Apple didn’t just ship products, it distorted reality in its direction. For…
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LatAm’s Self-Taught Cyber Talent Overlooked Amid Cyberattack Glut
A newly released study exclusively shared with Dark Reading details the unique circumstances that make up Latin America’s labor pool, and why organizations may want to expand their talent search.
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Vim and GNU Emacs: Claude Code helpfully found zero-day exploits for both
Developers can spend days using fuzzing tools to find security weaknesses in code. Alternatively, they can simply ask an LLM to do the job for them in seconds. The catch: LLMs are evolving so rapidly that this convenience might come with hidden dangers. The latest example is from researcher Hung Nguyen from AI red teaming…
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Cloudflare announces secure, open-source, WordPress-compatible CMS – EmDash
Cloudflare has entered the content management market with the early developer preview of EmDash, an open-source CMS positioned as a secure alternative to WordPress. It uses no WordPress code, but aims to be compatible with WordPress add-ons, and also aims to be secure from the onset – solving one of the most significant and enduring…
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LinkedIn Phishing Scam Uses Fake Notifications to Hijack Accounts
A LinkedIn phishing scam uses fake notifications and lookalike domains to steal credentials, hijack accounts, and access sensitive professional data.
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Treeline Raises $25M to Reinvent IT Services Model
Treeline is betting that IT services are overdue for a structural overhaul. With $25 million in new funding, the startup is positioning its AI-driven platform as a software-first alternative to traditional managed services models. Rethinking how IT services run with an AI-native approach The company, based in San Francisco, is building what it calls a…
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Cyberattacks Intensify Pressure on Latin American Governments
Cyber threats across Latin America are increasingly targeting government systems, from disruptive attacks in Puerto Rico to a surge of probes against Colombia’s health sector.
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Bitdefender Launches Internal Attack Surface Assessment
Bitdefender recently announced the launch of Bitdefender Attack Surface Assessment to help enterprises discover hidden cybersecurity risks. Complimentary evaluation shines spotlight on hidden risk The assessment is a complimentary evaluation that helps organizations identify and reduce hidden internal cyber risk from unnecessary user access to applications, tools, and operating system utilities commonly exploited in modern…
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Cybercriminals take aim at Hasbro, weeks of recovery ahead
Hasbro, an American toy maker with more than 5,000 employees, confirmed a cyberattack and proactively took certain systems offline. The intrusion was detected on March 28, and the company promptly activated its incident response protocols. The company said the investigation is ongoing with support from third-party cybersecurity professionals as it works to determine the scope…
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CERT-UA Impersonation Campaign Spread AGEWHEEZE Malware to 1 Million Emails
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of a new phishing campaign in which the cybersecurity agency itself was impersonated to distribute a remote administration tool known as AGEWHEEZE. As part of the attacks, the threat actors, tracked as UAC-0255, sent emails on March 26 and 27, 2026, posing as CERT-UA…
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HYCU Expands R-Shield With Halcyon Ransomware Defense
HYCU has expanded its R-Shield cyber resilience platform through a new integration with Halcyon, adding advanced ransomware prevention and data exfiltration protection. The update aims to address persistent gaps in enterprise security strategies, particularly the fragmentation of tools that limits organizations’ ability to detect, stop, and recover from modern ransomware attacks across hybrid and multi-cloud…
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Musk’s SpaceX Files to Go Public in One of the Biggest IPOs Ever
The company, which launches satellites and is building an AI business, is aiming to raise between $40 billion and $80 billion in an offering.
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Anthropic Leaks 512,000 Lines of Claude AI Code in Major Blunder
Human error exposed 512,000+ lines of Anthropic Claude AI Code, revealing KAIROS and Capybara secrets, pushing users to switch to the Native Installer.
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The Industry is Designing AI for Machines, Not for Humans. That is Not a Mistake.
Accepting that AI is being designed for machines rather than humans forces a shift in responsibility. The burden moves away from making systems intuitively understandable and toward making them structurally accountable. The post The Industry is Designing AI for Machines, Not for Humans. That is Not a Mistake. appeared first on RTInsights.
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European-Chinese geopolitical issues drive renewed cyberespionage campaign
A Chinese cyberespionage group has shifted its gaze back to Europe after years of focusing on other parts of the world, Proofpoint research published Wednesday found. The surge began in mid-2025, with a bevy of issues bubbling up between China and Europe, the company said. Proofpoint labels the government-linked group TA416, but other companies track…
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North Korean hackers linked to Axios npm supply chain compromise
The software supply chain attack that resulted in the compromise of npm packages of Axios, an extremely popular HTTP client library, is believed to be the work of financially-motivated North Korean attackers. Links to UNC1069 On March 31, 2026, unknown attackers managed to publish two backdoored Axios npm packages after gaining access to a maintainer’s…
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Kremlin Enters the Chat With Russia’s New Super-App
Max, a messaging and e-commerce platform, will offer everything from taxi-hailing services to electronic passport wallets.
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Google links Axios npm supply chain attack to North Korea-linked APT UNC1069
Google links the Axios npm supply chain attack to North Korean threat group UNC1069, targeting financial gain. Google has attributed the recent Axios npm supply chain compromise to a North Korean threat group tracked as UNC1069. The attack, aimed at financial gain, exploited the package to target developers and organizations relying on Axios. John Hultquist…
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Exabeam expands ABA to detect AI agent threats across ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini
Exabeam has announced the expansion of Exabeam Agent Behavior Analytics (ABA). Without direct visibility into how employees use AI assistants, what they query, what data they share, how frequently they interact, and from where, organizations cannot establish a baseline for normal AI behavior, investigate potential misuse, or detect emerging agentic insider threats. New support to…
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TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 005 – First Confirmed Victim Disclosure, Post-Compromise Cloud Enumeration Documented, and Axios Attribution Narrows, (Wed, Apr 1st)
This is the fifth update to the TeamPCP supply chain campaign threat intelligence report, “When the Security Scanner Became the Weapon” (v3.0, March 25, 2026). Update 004 covered developments through March 30, including the Databricks investigation, dual ransomware operations, and AstraZeneca data release. This update consolidates two days of intelligence through April 1, 2026. HIGH: Mercor AI…
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Exabeam Extends Behavior Detection and Response Analytics
Exabeam has recently announced the expansion of Exabeam Agent Behavior Analytics (ABA), extending behavior detection and response to OpenAI ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. Capabilities close the visibility gap in AI usage The expansion applies behavior profiling and analytics to the digital workforce, as organizations don’t have direct visibility into how employees are using AI assistants,…
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UAC-0255 Attack Detection: Threat Actors Impersonate CERT-UA to Infect Ukrainian Public and Private Sector Organizations With AGEWHEEZE RAT
Phishing remains one of the most effective tools in the cybercriminal arsenal, especially when threat actors abuse the credibility of trusted institutions and familiar digital services to increase victim interaction. In late March 2026, CERT-UA revealed a phishing campaign tracked as UAC-0255 in which attackers impersonated the agency and attempted to infect organizations across Ukraine’s…
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Ransomware Groups Exploit Legit IT Tools to Bypass Antivirus
New research from Seqrite explains the ‘dual-use dilemma,’ where ransomware attackers repurpose legitimate IT tools like IOBit Unlocker…
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Casbaneiro Phishing Targets Latin America and Europe Using Dynamic PDF Lures
A multi-pronged phishing campaign is targeting Spanish-speaking users in organizations across Latin America and Europe to deliver Windows banking trojans like Casbaneiro (aka Metamorfo) via another malware called Horabot. The activity has been attributed to a Brazilian cybercrime threat actor tracked as Augmented Marauder and Water Saci. The e-crime group was first documented by Trend…
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Major Cyber Attacks in March 2026: OAuth Phishing, SVG Smuggling, Magecart, and More
March 2026 brought a wave of cyber attacks that reflected how quickly modern threats can move from subtle early signals to serious business impact. ANY.RUN analysts identified and explored several major threats this month, exposing phishing campaigns, stealthy malware, payment-skimming activity, and resilient botnet infrastructure affecting organizations across industries. From Microsoft 365 token abuse and…
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Major Cyber Attacks in March 2026: OAuth Phishing, SVG Smuggling, Magecart, and More
March 2026 brought a wave of cyber attacks that reflected how quickly modern threats can move from subtle early signals to serious business impact. ANY.RUN analysts identified and explored several major threats this month, exposing phishing campaigns, stealthy malware, payment-skimming activity, and resilient botnet infrastructure affecting organizations across industries. From Microsoft 365 token abuse and…
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Microsoft Warns of WhatsApp-Delivered VBS Malware Hijacking Windows via UAC Bypass
Microsoft is calling attention to a new campaign that has leveraged WhatsApp messages to distribute malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files. The activity, beginning in late February 2026, leverages these scripts to initiate a multi-stage infection chain for establishing persistence and enabling remote access. It’s currently not known what lures the threat actors use to…
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New Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2026-5281 Under Active Exploitation — Patch Released
Google on Thursday released security updates for its Chrome web browser to address 21 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-5281 (CVSS score: N/A), concerns a use-after-free bug in Dawn, an open-source and cross-platform implementation of the WebGPU standard. “Use-after-free in Dawn in Google…
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FBI warns against using Chinese mobile apps due to privacy risks
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned Americans against using foreign-developed mobile applications, particularly those created by Chinese developers. […]
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Google fixes Chrome zero-day with in-the-wild exploit (CVE-2026-5281)
Google has fixed 21 vulnerabilities affecting its popular Chrome browser, among them a zero-day (CVE-2026-5281) with an in-the-wild exploit. About CVE-2026-5281 As per usual, information about the fixed zero-day is limited, and there’s no details about the exploit (or how/if it’s being used by attackers). CVE-2026-5281’s official description says it’s a use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability in…
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WhatsApp malware campaign uses malicious VBS files to gain persistent access
Microsoft is warning WhatsApp users of a new malware campaign that tricks them into executing malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files, ultimately enabling persistence and remote access. In a March 31 report, Microsoft Defender Experts said attackers have been distributing malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files through WhatsApp since at least late February, relying on…
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Asana’s chief product officer: Why enterprise AI agents should be ‘multiplayer by design’
As AI agents become more embedded in workplace tools, Asana is positioning its approach around collaboration rather than individual productivity. “We believe in AI being ‘multiplayer’ by design,” said chief product officer Arnab Bose. “The future of the agentic enterprise will only be realized if agents can work independently and with multiple people, versus just…
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Reality check: Physical AI benefits could be a decade away
Robots are cool, but real productivity from physical AI isn’t as close as boosters are making it out to be, said IT leaders at Nvidia’s GTC developer show last month. “There’s a huge potential, a huge promise, but there’s also a lot of categories where that promise is a decade out,” said Mark Hindsbo, head…
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3 Reasons Attackers Are Using Your Trusted Tools Against You (And Why You Don’t See It Coming)
For years, cybersecurity has followed a familiar model: block malware, stop the attack. Now, attackers are moving on to what’s next. Threat actors now use malware less frequently in favor of what’s already inside your environment, including abusing trusted tools, native binaries, and legitimate admin utilities to move laterally, escalate privileges, and persist without raising…
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Hacker zielen auf Exilportal Iranwire
Unbekannte sollen das Exilportal Iranwire gehackt haben. PX Media – shutterstock.com Hacker haben nach Angaben der iranischen Justiz mutmaßlich Zugriff auf Daten eines bekannten Exilportals erlangt. Dabei seien große Menge an Daten erbeutet worden, darunter Schriftwechsel, Listen von Angestellten, Informanten sowie streng vertrauliche Daten, berichtete das Sprachrohr der iranischen Justiz, die Nachrichtenagentur Misan. Bei dem Portal handelte…
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Defending Encryption in the Post Quantum Era
Post-quantum cryptography explained, risks of quantum attacks, and steps to secure data, systems, and infrastructure for a quantum-resilient…
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Hackers Hijack Axios npm Package to Spread RATs
Threat actors hijacked the popular npm package axios to spread RAT malware after compromising an open‑source maintainer’s account, researchers warn
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Security awareness is not a control: Rethinking human risk in enterprise security
Organizations have been responding to phishing, business email compromise, and credential theft in essentially the same manner for over ten years. They essentially follow a playbook that involves investing in awareness training, running phishing simulations, and requiring employees to complete annual security modules. The reason behind this is simple and the reasoning behind these efforts…
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9 ways CISOs can combat AI hallucinations
AI hallucinations are a well-known problem and, when it comes to compliance assessments, these convincing but inaccurate assessments can cause real damage with poor risk assessments, incorrect policy guidance, or even inaccurate incident reports. Cybersecurity leaders say the real trouble starts when AI moves past writing summaries and begins making judgment calls. That’s when it’s…
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SentinelOne autonomous detection blocks trojaned LiteLLM triggered by Claude Code
SentinelOne AI stopped a LiteLLM supply chain attack in seconds, blocking malicious code automatically without human intervention. SentinelOne’s AI-based security detected and blocked a supply chain attack involving a compromised LiteLLM package. SentinelOne’s macOS agent detected and stopped a malicious process chain triggered by Claude Code after it unknowingly installed a compromised LiteLLM package. The…
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Google Attributes Axios npm Supply Chain Attack to North Korean Group UNC1069
Google has formally attributed the supply chain compromise of the popular Axios npm package to a financially motivated North Korean threat activity cluster tracked as UNC1069. “We have attributed the attack to a suspected North Korean threat actor we track as UNC1069,” John Hultquist, chief analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), told The Hacker…
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Free VPNs leak your data while claiming privacy
Most free Android VPNs track users, request dangerous permissions, and connect to risky servers, privacy comes at a hidden cost. Free VPN apps are some of the most popular downloads on Android, promising privacy at no cost. But the reality is far from what they advertise. Most users tap “install” without a second thought, unaware…
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Egnyte expands Content Cloud with AI Governance and built-in Assistant
Egnyte has announced two major additions to the Egnyte Content Cloud: AI Safeguards, which give organizations granular control over how AI interacts with sensitive content, and an AI Assistant that acts as a built-in collaborator across Egnyte workspaces. AI Safeguards As organizations accelerate AI adoption, ungoverned access to sensitive content by AI systems represents a…
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Google Drive ransomware detection now on by default for paying users
Google announced that the AI-powered Google Drive ransomware detection feature has reached general availability and is now enabled by default for all paying users. […]
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Claude Code Source Leaked via npm Packaging Error, Anthropic Confirms
Anthropic on Tuesday confirmed that internal code for its popular artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant, Claude Code, had been inadvertently released due to a human error. “No sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed,” an Anthropic spokesperson said in a statement shared with CNBC News. “This was a release packaging issue caused by…
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Mimecast makes enterprise email security deployable in minutes
Most organizations running Microsoft 365 rely on native email controls as their primary line of defense. According to Mimecast research, 38% of organizations depend exclusively on those native controls for collaboration security, and 64% say those controls are insufficient against the threat landscape. Ranjan Singh, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Mimecast, outlines how the…
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Microsoft facing CMA probe of its business software portfolio
The regulatory body which last year accused Microsoft of inflating its office software’s license prices when it was run on rival cloud platforms to make those platforms less appealing, said Tuesday it will conduct a further investigation into the company’s entire business software ecosystem. The probe by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), scheduled…
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Financial groups lay out a plan to fight AI identity attacks
Generative AI tools have brought the cost of deepfake production low enough that criminals and state-sponsored actors now use them routinely against financial institutions. A joint paper from the American Bankers Association, the Better Identity Coalition, and the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council lays out the scale of the problem and calls on federal and…
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Malware detectors trained on one dataset often stumble on another
Machine learning models built to catch malware on Windows systems are typically evaluated on data that closely resembles their training set. In practice, the malware arriving on enterprise endpoints looks different, comes from different sources, and in many cases has been deliberately obfuscated to evade detection. A study from researchers at the Polytechnic of Porto…
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Anthropic employee error exposes Claude Code source
An Anthropic employee accidentally exposed the entire proprietary source code for its AI programming tool, Claude Code, by including a source map file in a version of the tool posted on Anthropic’s open npm registry account, a risky mistake, says an AI expert. “A compromised source map is a security risk,” said US-based cybersecurity and…
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White House executive order purports to limit mail-in voting, mandate federal voter lists
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that purports to limit mail-in voting, though critics say the move will almost certainly be challenged in court on constitutional grounds. The order instructs the Homeland Security secretary, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services and the commissioner of the Social Security Administration to compile lists…
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TrendAI Insight: New U.S. National Cyber Strategy
TrendAI reviews the White House National Cyber Strategy, outlining six pillars to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity—from deterrence and regulation to federal modernization, critical infrastructure protection, AI leadership, and workforce development.
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5 unexpected takeaways and one big prediction from RSAC
This year’s RSAC was different. A big part of that is because for the first time, I showed up not as a product leader or industry insider, but as a founder of a venture-backed cybersecurity startup. From presenting in front of George Kurtz, CJ Moses, Robert Herjavec, and Bartley Richardson as one of just six…
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Google now allows you to change your @gmail.com address
Google is rolling out a new feature that allows you to change your @gmail address or create a new alias. […]
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The Invisible Breach: How AI Agents Became the Most Dangerous Attack Surface of 2025–2026
The Attack That Requires No Click In June 2025, Microsoft patched a critical vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot — one that its discoverers at Aim Security described as something that had never been seen before. A threat actor needed only to send a carefully crafted email to any employee within a target organization. No link.…
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The Ultimate Guide to Secure Sweepstakes Gaming Platforms
Discover the most secure sweepstakes gaming platforms. Learn how fair play technology and encrypted social casino platforms protect your virtual currency entertainment. The digital entertainment landscape has shifted dramatically, with social casinos becoming a powerhouse of online play. However, as the industry grows, so does the importance of discernment. Choosing secure sweepstakes gaming platforms isn’t…
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Proton launches new “Meet” privacy-focused conferencing platform
Proton has announced a new video conferencing service named Meet and positioned it as a privacy-focused alternative to mainstream services like Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. […]
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Anthropic accidentally leaks Claude Code
Anthropic accidentally exposed Claude Code source via npm, causing the code to quickly spread online after discovery. Anthropic accidentally leaked the source code of its Claude Code tool after a large debug file was included in a public npm release. The file exposed over 500,000 lines of code, which were quickly discovered, shared, and analyzed…
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Digital Trust Index 2026: AI skepticism and identity access friction are ‘costing revenue’
93% of IT leaders are deploying GenAI, but only 23% of consumers trust companies that use AI to handle their data. Friction at sign-up, login, and onboarding is causing customer abandonment and revenue loss, with 68% of consumers switching due to website issues. 69% of consumers trust companies more when MFA (multi factor authentication) is…
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How Company Liquidators Manage Insolvent Winding‑Up Processes
Discover how company liquidators manage insolvent winding-up processes effectively. Our blog explains the essential steps and strategies involved. Key Highlights Company liquidators are appointed to manage the winding up of insolvent companies in a legally compliant way. The process involves assessing and realizing the company’s assets to repay creditors. Liquidators handle all communications with creditors,…
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Report: Many Orgs Still Rely on Traditional OS Deployment Workflows
Recently, Recast surveyed IT professionals to attempt to understand where organizations stand with ConfigMgr, Intune, and OS Deployment. With Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) retiring in January 2026, cloud-only isn’t enough for the industry, and SysAdmins are actively seeking tools to make their jobs easier. Recast says replacement planning for MDT is crucial in 2026 IT…
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Geopolitical volatility has become a ‘technology leadership test’
Forrester has published a new report ‘Geopolitical Conflict Increases IT Budget Scrutiny And Security Risks’ which details how geopolitical instability in the Middle East is forcing technology leaders to heavily scrutinize their budgets.
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Attackers trojanize Axios HTTP library in highest-impact npm supply chain attack
Attackers compromised the npm account of the lead maintainer of Axios, a widely used JavaScript HTTP client library, and used it to publish malicious versions of the package that deployed a cross-platform remote access trojan on developer machines. The incident represents the highest-impact npm supply chain attack on record given Axios’ approximately 100 million weekly…
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New compliance guide available: ISO/IEC 27001:2022 on AWS
We’re excited to announce the release of our latest compliance guide, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 on AWS, which provides practical guidance for organizations designing and operating an Information Security Management System (ISMS) using AWS services. As organizations migrate critical workloads to the cloud, aligning with globally recognized standards such as ISO/IEC 27001:2022 becomes an important step toward…
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Axios npm Attack Deploys Cross-Platform RAT
A brief compromise of the popular Axios npm package shows how quickly a trusted dependency can become a widespread threat. Attackers hijacked a maintainer account and published malicious versions that silently installed a remote access trojan (RAT) during routine package installs, putting developer environments and CI/CD pipelines at risk. “While traditional risks like manual dependency…
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Google’s Vertex AI Has an Over-Privileged Problem
Palo Alto researchers show how attackers could exploit AI agents on Google’s Vertex AI to steal data and break into restricted cloud infrastructure.
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Cloud Security Alliance Wins 2026 SC Award for AI Security Certification
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has won the 2026 SC Award for Best Professional Certification Program for its Trusted AI Security Expert (TAISE) credential, a training program focused on the secure development, deployment, and governance of generative AI systems. The recognition comes as organizations continue adopting AI tools at a rapid pace, often while security,…
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Check Point Research Reveals ChatGPT Data Exfiltration Flaw
A flaw in ChatGPT’s code execution environment shows how a single malicious prompt could quietly leak sensitive user data — without any warning or user approval needed. “Sensitive data shared with ChatGPT conversations could be silently exfiltrated without the user’s knowledge or approval,” said Check Point researchers. Inside the ChatGPT DNS Exfiltration Flaw The issue…
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Crypto industry may be running out of time to prepare for quantum attacks
Google’s latest research suggests the cryptocurrency industry may have less time than expected to prepare for quantum computing. In a whitepaper, Google examines risks to elliptic curve cryptography, the system securing most blockchain networks. The researchers revisit earlier assumptions about how difficult it would be for a quantum computer to break these protections, concluding that…
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Gigamon Extends Leadership Position in the Expanding Deep Observability Market with 51 Percent Market Share in 2025, According to New 650 Group Research Report
Surging AI traffic, evolving cyberthreats, and hybrid cloud complexity drive the need for deep observability across modern infrastructure
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5-month-old F5 BIG-IP DoS bug becomes critical RCE exploited in the wild
A vulnerability misclassified five months ago as a denial-of-service issue in F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) turned out to be a critical pre-authentication remote code execution flaw that is now under active exploitation. Hackers are using it to deploy a persistent malware program that runs with root privileges. The CVE-2025-53521 vulnerability was first disclosed…
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CrowdStrike and HCLTech Expand Strategic Partnership with AI-Powered Continuous Threat Exposure Management Services
CrowdStrike and HCLTech today announced an expansion of their strategic partnership with the launch of Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) services. This joint offering enables continuous, intelligence-led identification, prioritization, and remediation of exposure across endpoints, cloud, identity, applications, and data, helping enterprises maintain an always-on view of exposure and address risk in a more structured and timely manner.
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RSAC 2026 News: RSA Security and Microsoft Advance Identity Security for AI Era
At RSAC Conference 2026, I had the opportunity to sit down with Kenn Chong, Principal Product Manager at RSA Security (RSA), to discuss how identity security is evolving — and why traditional approaches are no longer enough. Our conversation centered on a clear theme: identity is now the primary attack surface, and securing it requires…
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Attackers hijack Axios npm account to spread RAT malware
Threat actors hijacked the npm account of Axios to distribute RAT malware via malicious package updates. Threat actors compromised the npm account of Axios, a widely used library with over 100M weekly downloads, and published malicious versions to spread remote access trojans across Linux, Windows, and macOS. The supply chain attack was identified by multiple…
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Euro-Office billed as Europe’s sovereign alternative to Microsoft Office
A group of European technology firms has launched a new open-source office suite aimed at offering a sovereign alternative to Microsoft Office. Euro-Office consists of four core applications — a document editor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and PDF editor — and is built on the open-source OnlyOffice suite. It supports Microsoft Office file formats DOCX,…
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Greens take aim at big tech after govt social media ban fails
The Australian Greens have introduced a new bill into Parliament which they say will create a Digital Duty of Care and force social media companies to make their algorithmic feeds an opt-in choice for users.
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Android Developer Verification Rollout Begins Ahead of September Enforcement
Google on Monday said it’s officially rolling out Android developer verification to all developers to combat the problem of bad actors distributing harmful apps while “hiding behind anonymity.” The development comes ahead of a planned verification mandate that goes into effect in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand this September, before it expands globally next year.…
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OutSystems Introduces Agentic Systems Engineering to Power Governed, Open Enterprise AI
The OutSystems Enterprise Context Graph and next-generation Mentor enable enterprises to build, modernize, and govern mission-critical agentic systems on a single secure, unified platform
AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News
Cisco source code stolen in Trivy-linked dev environment breach
Cisco has suffered a cyberattack after threat actors used stolen credentials from the recent Trivy supply chain attack to breach its internal development environment and steal source code belonging to the company and its customers. […]
AI, APAC, Global Security News
Pia Joins Pax8 Marketplace as MSPs Operationalize AI
Pia has entered the Pax8 Marketplace, marking a step toward making AI-driven automation more accessible to managed service providers (MSPs) as the technology shifts from experimentation into core operational infrastructure. Marketplace model reduces friction for MSP tool adoption By listing on the Pax8 Marketplace, Pia aims to reduce adoption friction, particularly for MSPs looking to…
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TeamViewer Surpasses One Million AI Sessions in Major Adoption Milestone
300,000 sessions added in March signal accelerating momentum
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Atturra Named as a Founding Partner Of monō ai Supporting Australian Enterprises In Transforming Their AI Ambition To AI-Enabled Operating Reality
Partnership brings together Atturra’s transformation, delivery and enterprise integration capability with monō ai’s enterprise AI platform to help organisations redesign how work gets done in the age of AI
AI, Apps, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Government & Policy
VRP 2025 Year in Review
Posted by Dirk Göhmann, Tony Mendez, and the Vulnerability Rewards Program Team 2025 marked a special year in the history of vulnerability rewards and bug bounty programs at Google: our 15th anniversary 🎉🎉🎉! Originally started in 2010, our vulnerability reward program (VRP) has seen constant additions and expansions over the past decade and a half,…
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Pondurance MDR Essentials uses autonomous SOC to tackle AI-driven attacks
Pondurance announced MDR Essentials, MDR Essentials, an MDR service providing an autonomous SOC that reduces the time from threat detection to containment by 90%. Threat actors today use AI to attack at machine-speed, making it difficult for traditional cybersecurity solutions to accurately detect and contain cyber threats before they can become breaches. A recent paper…
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Attack on axios software developer tool threatens widespread compromises
A hacker briefly delivered malware this week through a popular open-source project for software developers that has an estimated 100 million weekly downloads, raising the possibility of compromises spreading widely through a supply-chain attack. Axios is a JavaScript client library used in web requests. The unknown attacker hijacked the npm account — npm being a…
AI, Apps, Compliance, Endpoint, Europe, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
AWS Security Agent on-demand penetration testing now generally available
AWS Security Agent on-demand penetration testing is now generally available, enabling you to run comprehensive security tests across all your applications, not only your most critical ones. This milestone transforms penetration testing from a periodic bottleneck into an on-demand capability that scales with your development velocity across AWS, Azure, GCP, other cloud-providers, and on-premises. With…
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What Happens When AI Agents Go Rogue?
Cybersecurity takes a back seat in AI race, while OpenAI makes a tough call with Sora
AI, Apps, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy
TrueConf Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks on Southeast Asian Government Networks
A high-severity security flaw in the TrueConf client video conferencing software has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day as part of a campaign targeting government entities in Southeast Asia dubbed TrueChaos. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-3502 (CVSS score: 7.8), a lack of integrity check when fetching application update code, allowing an attacker…
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Beware of headlines touting impossible AI benefits, analysts warn
It’s no big deal, you’d think, that researchers have found a way to reduce the computing requirements for one of the many steps involved in training an AI model to help robots manipulate simple geometric objects. Yet such is the concern about the rising cost of powering data centers for AI applications that this one…
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Amazon sends AI agents into pen testing and DevOps
Amazon’s latest AI capabilities bring on-demand penetration testing through the AWS Security Agent, alongside the AWS DevOps Agent. “These agents are changing the way we secure and operate software. AWS Security Agent compresses penetration testing timelines from 2-6 weeks to 1-2 days. AWS DevOps agent gives teams 3–5x faster incident resolution so they can spend…
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AI and Quantum Are Forcing a Rethink of Digital Trust
In a conversation with Dark Reading’s Terry Sweeney, DigiCert CEO Amit Sinha explains how AI-driven identities and quantum threats are reshaping the foundations of digital trust.
AI, Apps, Global Security News, Network Security
Codenotary AgentMon monitors agentic AI activity and behavior
Codenotary launched AgentMon, an enterprise-grade monitoring designed specifically for agentic networks, providing organizations with real-time visibility into the security, performance and cost of AI-driven agents operating across the enterprise. As adoption of AI accelerates, agentic systems, semi-autonomous software agents that act on behalf of users and applications, are becoming embedded across business operations. The market…
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Why Unstructured Data Will Decide Whether AI Delivers Real Value in 2026
By treating unstructured data as a strategic asset rather than an operational byproduct, enterprises can resolve the tension between innovation and control. The post Why Unstructured Data Will Decide Whether AI Delivers Real Value in 2026 appeared first on RTInsights.