Cato Networks, a provider of SASE solutions, has announced the debut of Cato Dynamics Prevention, an auto-adaptive threat-prevention engine on its SASE platform. Proactive defense against compromise The new solution was designed to proactively stop stealthy, multi-stage attacks – continuously evaluating activity in full context – and correlate signals from across Cato’s sensors over months…
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Vectra AI Appoints Chad Reese as Channel Chief: Exclusive
Security vendor Vectra AI today announced it has appointed channel veteran Chad Reese as its global channel chief. Reese spoke with Channel Insider before the official announcement about why he joined Vectra AI and his early priorities for the company’s vast partner ecosystem. Reese joins Vectra AI leadership to scale global partner program Reese joins…
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DeepKeep Launches AI Agent Security Scanner
DeepKeep on Tuesday introduced a new AI Agent Scanner designed to help enterprises identify and secure the growing attack surface created by AI agents embedded in business workflows. The Tel Aviv-based AI security vendor said its latest release provides structured attack surface scanning and discovery for agentic AI environments, where large language model (LLM)-based agents…
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DataDome Adjusts Partner Program to Build Ecosystem
DataDome has launched an enhanced Partner Program to more tightly integrate resellers with its technology and cloud alliances, as AI agents introduce new security complexities for enterprise customers. Announced on Tuesday, the updated program is designed to move beyond traditional channel structures where resellers, technology alliances, and cloud alliances operate independently. New structure connects resellers…
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LevelBlue redefines incident readiness and response with new Resilience Retainer
COMPANY NEWS: Unifying frontline expertise from Cybereason, Stroz Friedberg, and Trustwave to deliver modern cyber resilience, not just a reactive response.
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UAC-0252 Attack Detection: SHADOWSNIFF and SALATSTEALER Fuel Phishing Campaigns in Ukraine
Since January 2026, CERT-UA has been tracking a series of intrusions attributed to UAC-0252 and built around SHADOWSNIFF and SALATSTEALER infostealers. The campaigns rely on well-crafted phishing lures, payload staging on legitimate infrastructure, and user-driven execution of disguised EXE files. Detect UAC-0252 Attacks Covered in CERT-UA#20032 According to the Phishing Trends Q2 2025 research by…
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Commvault SHIFT Melbourne Spotlights Identity Resilience and Clean Recovery as Foundations of Cyber Resilience in 2026
GUEST RESEARCH: Commvault, a leader in unified resilience at enterprise scale, recently concluded its flagship SHIFT event in Melbourne with a clear message for Australian and New Zealand organisations: as AI adoption accelerates, cyber resilience must be built around identity protection and proven recovery.
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OAuth phishers make ‘check where the link points’ advice ineffective
Microsoft has warned that phishers are exploiting a built-in behavior of the OAuth authentication protocol to redirect victims to malware, using links that point to legitimate identity provider domains such as Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace. The links look safe but ultimately lead somewhere that isn’t. “OAuth includes a legitimate feature that allows identity…
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OAuth phishers make ‘check where the link points’ advice ineffective
Microsoft has warned that phishers are exploiting a built-in behavior of the OAuth authentication protocol to redirect victims to malware, using links that point to legitimate identity provider domains such as Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace. The links look safe but ultimately lead somewhere that isn’t. “OAuth includes a legitimate feature that allows identity…
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The Emerging Workload Security Threat, a Retrospective on VoidLink
Explore how VoidLink, a malware framework, targets Kubernetes and AI workloads. Discover why kernel-level runtime security is the new frontline.
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Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Inex Finds AI Is Driving Rapid Container Adoption while Shadow IT and Organisational Silos Create AI Risks
COMPANY NEWS: Shadow IT is creating business risk and security challenges Data sovereignty is a non-negotiable for Australian organisations Containers are the foundation of modern applications, with AI as the key driver
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Australian Healthcare Organisations Haven’t Advanced Beyond AI Pilots, Appian Research Finds
GUEST RESEARCH: New research from Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) highlights the slow introduction of AI into the healthcare sector in Australia, with the majority of people surveyed within healthcare organisations with very few of the people surveyed within healthcare organizations stating their companies had moved beyond pilot stage implementations. The research, which surveyed 500 Australian healthcare…
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Plain language principles at the heart of Blacktown City Council
COMPANY NEWS: Plain English Foundation supports Blacktown City to build trust, inclusion and good governance as population growth accelerates
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ECI Software Solutions Appoints Jack Wood as Chief Technology Officer to Scale Practical AI Innovation
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: Proven enterprise technology leader will advance secure platform modernization and expand AI-driven productivity gains across ECI’s industry-specific solutions.
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ECI Software Solutions Accelerates Embedded Payments and AI-Driven Accounts Receivable Strategy with Acquisition of Drypowder
COMPANY NEWS: Acquisition strengthens ECI’s ERP ecosystem with intelligent, embedded AR workflows and digital payment experiences to accelerate cash flow and reduce manual work
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What is digital employee experience — and why is it more important than ever?
On any given day, an organization’s employees might be using smartphones, laptops, desktop computers, tablets, a variety of cloud and networking services, a host of enterprise applications and mobile apps, and other digital tools. Many of them might be working remotely, and nearly all of them will be operating with tight security and data privacy…
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Phishing campaign exploits OAuth redirection to bypass defenses
Microsoft researchers warn that threat actors abuse OAuth redirects to target government users and deliver malware. Microsoft has warned of phishing campaigns targeting government and public-sector organizations by abusing OAuth URL redirection. Instead of stealing credentials or exploiting software flaws, attackers leverage OAuth’s legitimate by-design behavior to bypass email and browser defenses. The tactic redirects…
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Amazon: Drone strikes damaged AWS data centers in Middle East
Amazon has confirmed that three Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one in Bahrain have been damaged by drone strikes, causing an extensive outage that is still affecting dozens of cloud computing services. […]
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As War Continues, Pro-Iranian Actors Launch Barrage of Cyberattacks
Iran and its supporters have taken to cyberspace to retaliate for US-Israeli military action, with an aim to cause economic and physical disruption.
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AI Agents: The Next Wave Identity Dark Matter – Powerful, Invisible, and Unmanaged
The Rise of MCPs in the Enterprise The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is quickly becoming a practical way to push LLMs from “chat” into real work. By providing structured access to applications, APIs, and data, MCP enables prompt-driven AI agents that can retrieve information, take action, and automate end-to-end business workflows across the enterprise. This…
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Anthropic poaches users from rival chatbots with easier migration
The controversy over Anthropic’s negotiations with the Pentagon has driven increased interest in Claude. Negotiations between the Department of Defense and Anthropic collapsed after a deadline for an agreement expired without a deal. The Pentagon had pressed the company to loosen certain restrictions on how its AI systems could be used. Anthropic declined and kept…
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Starkiller Phishing Suite Uses AitM Reverse Proxy to Bypass Multi-Factor Authentication
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new phishing suite called Starkiller that proxies legitimate login pages to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) protections. It’s advertised as a cybercrime platform by a threat group calling itself Jinkusu, granting customers access to a dashboard that lets them select a brand to impersonate or enter a brand’s real…
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Star Citizen game dev discloses breach affecting user data
Cloud Imperium Games (CIG), the game developer behind Star Citizen and Squadron 42, says attackers breached systems containing some users’ personal information in January. […]
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Expanding Phishing Detection at Scale with Automatic SSL Decryption
90% of modern cyberattacks start with phishing and it’s getting worse. The volume of compromise attempts keeps surging, leaving companies more exposed to credential theft and heavy financial hits. As phishing evolves, we focus on countering the core tactics that make it effective. That’s why ANY.RUN is upgrading the threat detection capabilities of the Interactive Sandbox across all subscription tiers with the new SSL decryption technology. By extracting encryption keys directly from process memory, it increases the detection rate of phishing inside the sandbox, helping every user and SOC team…
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Iranian Cyber Threat Actor Targets Iraqi Government Officials in AI-Powered Campaign
Zscaler ThreatLabz assessed with medium to high confidence that an Iranian adversary targeted Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a new cyber-attack
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Android devices hit by exploited Qualcomm flaw CVE-2026-21385
Google confirms that the Qualcomm Android vulnerability CVE-2026-21385 was exploited in real-world attacks. Google has confirmed that CVE-2026-21385 (CVSS score of 7.8), a high-severity vulnerability affecting an open-source Qualcomm component used in Android devices, has been actively exploited. “There are indications that CVE-2026-21385 may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” reads Google’s advisory. The flaw is…
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Epic Fury introduces new layer of enterprise risk
Operation Epic Fury — the US administration’s sustained kinetic pressure on core Iranian regime assets — introduces a new layer of operational risk for every multinational with people, assets, or dependencies in the Middle East region and beyond. The immediate briefings from Washington — early damage assessments, stated intent, geopolitical framing, and situational updates and…
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Studie: Hacker legen Betrieb bei vielen Unternehmen lahm
Hacker hatten auch 2025 deutsche Unternehmen im Visier. Studio-M – shutterstock.com Hacker haben im vergangenen Jahr bei vielen Unternehmen in Deutschland Schäden angerichtet. Das zeigt eine repräsentative Befragung des Zentrums für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) aus Mannheim, die der Deutschen Presse-Agentur vorliegt. In der Informationswirtschaft, die unter anderem IT- und Mediendienstleister umfasst, gab ungefähr jedes siebte…
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UH Cancer Center data breach affects nearly 1.2 million people
The University of Hawaii confirmed that a ransomware gang stole the data of nearly 1.2 million individuals in August 2025 after breaching its Cancer Center’s Epidemiology Division. […]
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Microsoft Warns OAuth Redirect Abuse Delivers Malware to Government Targets
Microsoft on Monday warned of phishing campaigns that employ phishing emails and OAuth URL redirection mechanisms to bypass conventional phishing defenses implemented in email and browsers. The activity, the company said, targets government and public-sector organizations with the end goal of redirecting victims to attacker-controlled infrastructure without stealing their tokens. It described
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Chrome security flaw enabled spying via Gemini Live assistant
A Google Chrome vulnerability lets malicious extensions hijack Gemini Live to spy on users and steal sensitive files. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks found a Chrome vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0628, that could let malicious extensions take control of the Gemini Live AI assistant. By abusing the flaw, attackers could spy on users and exfiltrate sensitive…
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Top 10 AI-Powered Automated Pentesting Tools
In this post, I will talk about the top 10 AI-Powered automated pentesting tools. Is your security strategy keeping pace with daily code updates? Most manual pentests take weeks, but software ships every hour. Today, 97% of CISOs are turning to a hybrid approach using AI-powered tools and having manual oversight to stay ahead. These…
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Google Confirms CVE-2026-21385 in Qualcomm Android Component Exploited
Google on Monday disclosed that a high-severity security flaw impacting an open-source Qualcomm component used in Android devices has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-21385 (CVSS score: 7.8), a buffer over-read in the Graphics component. “Memory corruption when adding user-supplied data without checking available buffer space,” Qualcomm said in an…
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7 factors impacting the cyber skills gap
Individuals with strong cybersecurity skills are in high demand. That’s no secret. What’s most important is the fact that the shortage is preventing many enterprises from building sustainable cybersecurity talent pipelines. According to World Economic Forum statistics, only 14% of organizations are confident they have the people and skills required to meet their cybersecurity objectives.…
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Climb Global Execs on European Expansion, Acquisition Efforts
Climb Global Solutions has acquired Greece-based cloud distributor interworks.cloud for approximately €8.0 million ($9.4 million), expanding its cloud distribution footprint in Southeastern Europe and deepening its position in the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) ecosystem. The transaction, announced Feb. 24, brings more than 600 cloud reseller and MSP relationships into Climb’s European channel portfolio, along…
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SloppyLemming Targets Pakistan and Bangladesh Governments Using Dual Malware Chains
The threat activity cluster known as SloppyLemming has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting government entities and critical infrastructure operators in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The activity, per Arctic Wolf, took place between January 2025 and January 2026. It involves the use of two distinct attack chains to deliver malware families tracked as…
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AI went from assistant to autonomous actor and security never caught up
Enterprise AI deployments have shifted from pilot programs to production systems handling customer data, executing business transactions, and integrating with core infrastructure. That has exposed a significant gap between what AI agents can do and what security teams can observe or control. A briefing published by the AIUC-1 Consortium, developed with input from Stanford’s Trustworthy…
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MSP Well Aims to Break Stigma, Support Mental Health in Channel
Cavelo CEO James Mignacca, alongside several channel leaders and others, has founded the MSP Well organization to address mental health stigma within the channel. We spoke with Mignacca about the non-profit and how he hopes to support channel professionals. MSP Well launches to address burnout and stress in MSP and MSSP community Mignacca told Channel…
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: March 3, 2026
AI & Data Security Expert Ferrero | Italy | Hybrid – View job details As an AI & Data Security Expert, you will define and maintain security controls for AI solutions, ensuring compliance with evolving threats and regulations. You will advise on data protection, tool selection, and access controls, strengthen AI evaluation frameworks, and drive…
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A ‘Fight About Vibes’ Drove the Pentagon’s Breakup with Anthropic
The AI giant’s CEO Dario Amodei and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have contrasting personalities and worldviews.
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Anthropic’s Feud With Pentagon Earns It Fans Amid the Blowback
The AI company’s app is reaching new heights of popularity after President Trump ordered the government to stop using it.
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CyberStrikeAI tool adopted by hackers for AI-powered attacks
Researchers warn that a newly identified open-source AI security testing platform called CyberStrikeAI was used by the same threat actor behind a recent campaign that breached hundreds of Fortinet FortiGate firewalls. […]
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Critical OpenClaw Vulnerability Exposes AI Agent Risks
The now-patched flaw is the latest in a growing string of security issues associated with the viral AI tool, which has seen rapid adoption among developers.
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Google addresses actively exploited Qualcomm zero-day in fresh batch of 129 Android vulnerabilities
Google disclosed one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability Monday, warning that the high-severity defect affecting an open-source Qualcomm display component for Android devices “may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” The memory-corruption vulnerability — CVE-2026-21385 — which Google’s Android security team reported to Qualcomm Dec. 18, affects 234 chipsets, Qualcomm said in a security bulletin. Qualcomm said…
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News alert: DDoS attacks surge 75% in 2025; Link11 says attacks now sustained, not sporadic
FRANKFURT, Mar. 2, 2026, CyberNewswire — Link11 has published its European Cyber Report 2026, revealing that DDoS attacks reached a new level in 2025 and have become a permanent stress factor for digital infrastructures. The report shows that the number of documented attacks in the Link11 network rose by 75% in 2025, following explosive growth in…
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Researchers warn about ChatGPT’s new health service
A new study published in the journal Nature Medicine raises concerns about the safety of Open AI’s health service ChatGPT Health, which in many cases fails to recommend emergency care when it ‘ actually needed, according to The Guardian. Researchers tested ChatGPT Health with 60 realistic patient scenarios, ranging from mild discomfort to acute medical…
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AI Now Top Risk as 47% of Cloud Data Unencrypted: Thales
A new report warns that artificial intelligence is quickly becoming what it calls the “new insider threat,” and many companies are not ready. According to the 2026 Thales Data Threat Report, nearly half of sensitive cloud data, 47%, remains unencrypted, even as AI systems gain broader access to corporate information. AI ranked as top data…
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The FBI’s cyber chief is using Winter SHIELD to accelerate China prep, threat intelligence sharing
The FBI’s cyber chief is prioritizing preparation for stepped-up Chinese threats, enhanced confrontation of adversaries in cyberspace and quicker intelligence sharing with industry as the bureau enters the second and final month of a unique cybersecurity awareness campaign. Brett Leatherman, who took over as assistant director of the FBI’s cyber division last summer, listed those…
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Middle east crisis prompts UK NCSC warning on potential Iranian cyber activity
UK’s NCSC warns of potential Iranian cyberattacks as Middle East tensions rise, urging vigilance from exposed organizations. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned organizations of a potential increase in Iranian cyber threats amid the escalating Middle East conflict. While it sees no immediate shift in the direct threat to Britain, officials stress…
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Fake Google Security site uses PWA app to steal credentials, MFA codes
A phishing campaign is using a fake Google Account security page to deliver a web-based app capable of stealing one-time passcodes, harvesting cryptocurrency wallet addresses, and proxying attacker traffic through victims’ browsers. […]
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Windows 11 Insider Previews: What’s in the latest build?
Windows 11 25H2 has been released, but behind the scenes, Microsoft is constantly working to improve the newest version of Windows. The company frequently rolls out public preview builds to members of its Windows Insider Program, allowing them to test out — and help shape — upcoming features. Skip to the latest builds The Windows…
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OpenAI says its US defense deal is safer than Anthropic’s, but is it?
OpenAI has struck a deal to supply the US government with AI services, announcing it hours after US President Donald Trump’s decision on Friday to ban its AI rival Anthropic from all US government contracts. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said of the negotiation, “It was definitely rushed, and the optics don’t look good,” in…
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Vulnerability monitoring service secures public-sector websites faster
An automated scanning system has cut the time it takes to fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities across public sector IT systems, reducing median remediation time for general cyber vulnerabilities from 53 days to 32, and slashing DNS-specific average fix times from 50 days to eight. The results come from the UK government’s newly launched vulnerability monitoring service…
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The Dark Side of Luxury Brands: Fraud and Laundering
Haute couture may be showcased under chandeliers and velvet ropes, but its underground counterpart operates in Telegram channels, crypto wallets, and dark web storefronts. What looks like a niche problem of fake handbags is, in reality, a sprawling shadow economy where luxury goods function as financial instruments, laundering vehicles, and scam bait. “Unlike the glamorous…
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Tech leaders discuss success in leadership today
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: In celebration of International Women’s Day, we speak to senior female leaders in technology, marketing, advertising, data and AI , illustrating how governance, finance, marketing, and people strategy together determine whether AI becomes a durable enterprise capability.
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The AI Exchange: Innovators in Payment Security Featuring Checkout.com
Welcome to the PCI Security Standards Council’s blog series, The AI Exchange: Innovators in Payment Security. This special, ongoing feature of our PCI Perspectives blog offers a resource for payment security industry stakeholders to exchange information about how they are adopting and implementing artificial intelligence (AI) into their organizations.
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Apple announces the iPhone 17e and a new M4-powered iPad Air
Apple promised a big week of new product introductions and seems ready to deliver. Starting the week off are the iPhone 17e and an iPad Air with a powerful M4 chip. Both systems meet the promises we heard during pre-introduction speculation, but perhaps it is even more impressive that Apple has somehow also managed to offer…
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New Chrome Vulnerability Let Malicious Extensions Escalate Privileges via Gemini Panel
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome that could have permitted attackers to escalate privileges and gain access to local files on the system. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0628 (CVSS score: 8.8), has been described as a case of insufficient policy enforcement in the WebView tag. It was patched…
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Google Develops Merkle Tree Certificates to Enable Quantum-Resistant HTTPS in Chrome
Google has announced a new program in its Chrome browser to ensure that HTTPS certificates are secure against the future risk posed by quantum computers. “To ensure the scalability and efficiency of the ecosystem, Chrome has no immediate plan to add traditional X.509 certificates containing post-quantum cryptography to the Chrome Root Store,” the Chrome Secure…
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Understanding IAM for Managed AWS MCP Servers
As AI agents become part of your development workflows on Amazon Web Services (AWS), you want them to work with your existing AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions, not force you to build a separate permissions model. At the same time, you need the flexibility to apply different governance controls when an AI agent…
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Closing the gap: why traditional security fails to protect the modern web browser
As the primary gateway to the internet – and now to most enterprise applications – web browsers are one of the most heavily used applications in any enterprise. Yet as cybercrime has grown to unprecedented levels, browsers remain one of the least protected elements of the security stack.
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IPFire ships its 200th core update with a new domain blocklist and kernel upgrade
Network firewall distribution IPFire released Core Update 200, marking the 200th incremental update to the 2.29 branch. The release bundles a kernel upgrade, a beta domain blocklist service, security patches for OpenSSL and glibc, and a range of component updates. The kernel has been rebased on Linux 6.18.7 LTS, bringing updated hardware security mitigations alongside…
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Meta AI in WhatsApp organizes chats and reopens privacy issues
The trend of integrating AI into digital platforms continues. In the latest Android beta release (2.26.9.4), the company has introduced a feature that allows users to organize their chat history with the help of Meta AI. Organize WhatsApp chats with Meta AI (Source: WABetaInfo) Some beta testers can access a new feature that lets them…
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Expect Iran to Launch Cyber-Attacks Globally, Warns Google Head of Threat Intel
John Hultquist suggests “aggressive” Iranian cyber attackers will target the US and its Gulf allies with plausibly deniable ransomware attacks, hacktivist campaigns and more
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AI adoption is surging – ‘but only 1 in 5 employees say expectations are very clear’
Findings suggest a growing need for clearer capability frameworks and workforce design to support AI-enabled roles Nearly 9 in 10 (87%) employees are using AI at work, but only 1 in 5 say leadership expectations are very clear 41% are concerned their role could be made redundant, while half feel pressure to work harder to…
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Operator of AI Fake ID Platform Pleads Guilty
An artificial intelligence-powered website that churned out thousands of fake passports and driver’s licenses has landed its alleged operator in federal court. Yurii Nazarenko, a 27-year-old Ukrainian national, pleaded guilty to running OnlyFake, a subscription-based platform that generated more than 10,000 counterfeit identification documents for customers worldwide. “OnlyFake’s manufacture of fraudulent IDs and other documents…
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Apple’s ‘Affordable’ New iPhone 17e: Why You Should—or Shouldn’t—Get It
The latest member of the iPhone 17 family is available on March 11, starting at $599.
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VAST Data and TwelveLabs partner to ‘expand video intelligence for the World’s largest and most secure video archives’
At VAST Forward 2026, VAST Data, the AI Operating System company, and TwelveLabs, which develops video foundation models that enable advanced video intelligence, have announced a partnership “to help organisations see, hear and reason across massive video content archives and sensitive data environments beyond public cloud deployments”.
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How Deepfakes and Injection Attacks Are Breaking Identity Verification
Deepfakes and injection attacks are targeting identity verification moments, from onboarding to account recovery. Incode explains why enterprises must validate the full session—media, device integrity, and behavior—to stop synthetic and injected attacks in real time. […]
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Hybrid Middle East Conflict Triggers Surge in Global Cyber Activity
Military strikes in the Middle East escalate cyber ops, raising spillover risks globally for firms
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Red Hat Launches Red Hat AI Enterprise to Deliver a Unified AI Platform that Spans from Metal to Agents
Red Hat AI Enterprise bridges the gap from AI infrastructure to production-ready agents by unifying the AI lifecycle with the industry-leading foundation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift
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Amazon Leads Massive OpenAI Capital and Compute Deal
OpenAI just announced that it has raised $110 billion in a single private funding round, led by Amazon with significant contributions from Nvidia and SoftBank. The deal values the company at roughly $840 billion after the investment, according to Reuters. Amazon’s $50 billion followed by $30 billion each from NVIDIA and SoftBank The breakdown is…
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Europol Operation Targets Online Network Exploiting Minors
A yearlong international crackdown has led to 30 arrests tied to “The Com,” a decentralized cybercrime collective accused of targeting children and teenagers across digital platforms. Coordinated by Europol and involving law enforcement agencies from 28 countries, the operation — codenamed Project Compass — resulted in the arrest of 30 suspects, linked 179 additional individuals…
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AI’s Rapid Rise: Cybersecurity and Lifestyle Changes
Artificial intelligence has changed so much. A few decades ago, we thought AI would mean having moving robots around the house. Few of us accurately imagined what the reality would be (robot vacuum cleaners aside).
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Russia-linked APT28 exploited MSHTML zero-day CVE-2026-21513 before patch
Russia-linked APT28 reportedly exploited MSHTML zero-day CVE-2026-21513 before Microsoft patched it, a high-severity bypass flaw. Akamai reports that Russia-linked APT28 may have exploited CVE-2026-21513 CVSS score of 8.8), a high-severity MSHTML vulnerability (CVSS 8.8), before Microsoft patched it in February 2026. The vulnerability is an Internet Explorer security control bypass that can lead to code…
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South Korean Tax Agency Leak Leads to $4.8M Crypto Theft
A public press release intended to highlight a tax enforcement victory instead exposed millions in confiscated cryptocurrency. South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) inadvertently revealed the mnemonic seed phrase of a seized Ledger hardware wallet, enabling an unknown actor to transfer approximately $4.8 million in digital assets. “The thief first deposited a small amount of…
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Chrome Extension Hijacked to Push ClickFix Malware
A once-trusted Chrome extension with thousands of users was quietly transformed into a malware delivery vehicle, exposing how quickly browser add-ons can become security liabilities. QuickLens – Search Screen with Google Lens was removed from the Chrome Web Store after researchers discovered it had been updated to deploy ClickFix attacks and steal cryptocurrency wallet data. …
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Anthropic’s Claude hit by widespread service outage
Anthropic suffered widespread service disruptions Monday morning, leaving thousands of users unable to access its Claude AI platform. Most users reporting problems said they encountered errors when attempting to log in. The first notice was posted at 11:49 UTC. In its latest update, the company said it was continuing to work on a fix for…
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Avalara Acquires Versori to Accelerate AI-Native, Enterprise-Grade Integration at Global Scale
Avalara, Inc., the agentic tax and compliance leader, today announced it has acquired Versori, a next-generation integration platform company specializing in automated connector development powered by agentic AI workflows. Deal terms were not disclosed.
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BYOVD Turns Trusted Drivers Against Windows Security
A growing number of great actor groups are quietly abusing legitimate Windows drivers to turn endpoint defenses against themselves. Known as Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD), the technique allows attackers to load a digitally signed but flawed driver and exploit it to gain full kernel-level access. Attackers “… load a legitimate, digitally signed, but…
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Salesforce Revamps Consulting Partner Track for Agentic Era
Salesforce is overhauling its Consulting Track partner program, shifting from traditional implementation metrics to a results-driven model designed to support what it calls the “Agentic Enterprise” era. The company said the program update is intended to reward partners based on verifiable customer outcomes rather than legacy scorecards and administrative benchmarks. With partners already leading 70%…
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Intel Charts Growth Path in 2026 Following Rocky 2025
After a bruising few years defined by lost ground in AI, mounting competitive pressure, and the fading importance of some of its core products, Intel entered 2025 in recovery mode. Twelve months on, the chipmaker is betting on a new wave of AI PCs and a sharper strategic focus to restore its relevance in a…
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⚡ Weekly Recap: SD-WAN 0-Day, Critical CVEs, Telegram Probe, Smart TV Proxy SDK and More
This week is not about one big event. It shows where things are moving. Network systems, cloud setups, AI tools, and common apps are all being pushed in different ways. Small gaps in access control, exposed keys, and normal features are being used as entry points. The pattern becomes clear only when you see everything…
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NetQuest launches NetworkLens for hyperscale AI threat detection
NetQuest has announced NetQuest NetworkLens, a new portfolio of hyperscale real-time network intelligence datasets engineered to power AI-driven cyber threat detection and advanced security analytics. As cyber defense increasingly relies on machine learning, behavioral detection, and data pipelines, the network metadata required to uncover advanced threats has evolved. NetworkLens captures precise contextual intelligence modern AI…
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Everyone Knows About Broken Authorization – So Why Does It Still Work for Attackers?
Broken authorization is one of the most widely known API vulnerabilities. It features in the OWASP Top 10, AppSec conversations, and secure coding guidelines. Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA) and Broken Function Level Authorization (BFLA) account for hundreds of API vulnerabilities every quarter. According to the 2026 API ThreatStats report, authorization issues ranked ninth in…
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Q&A: AI Fuels ERP Modernization Surge in the Channel
ERP modernization is no longer a discretionary IT refresh; it has become a strategic inflection point. As organizations confront end-of-maintenance deadlines, mounting security exposure, talent attrition, AI-driven competitive pressure, and rising expectations for real-time performance, the question is shifting from whether to modernize to how, and how fast. In this Q&A, Henrik Wagner, the chief…
AI, Data Breaches, Endpoint, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, malware, Network Security
APT37 combines cloud storage and USB implants to infiltrate air-gapped systems
North Korea-linked APT 37 used Zoho WorkDrive and USB malware to breach air-gapped networks in the Ruby Jumper campaign. North Korean group ScarCruft (aka APT37, Reaper, and Group123) deployed new tools in a campaign dubbed Ruby Jumper, using a backdoor that leverages Zoho WorkDrive for C2 and a USB-based implant to breach air-gapped systems. Zscaler ThreatLabz…
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How Australian insurers are turning automation into competitive advantage
GUEST OPINION: Australia’s insurance industry has crossed a decisive threshold. For the past decade, artificial intelligence has lived at the edges of the business, mainly in pilots and innovation labs that didn’t fundamentally change workflows. However, by the end of 2025, most insurers had embraced generative AI and began actively seeking to shift early wins in key areas such as claims processing and underwriting into repeatable operational advantage.
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VAST Data and TwelveLabs Partner to Expand Video Intelligence for the World’s Largest and Most Secure Video Archives
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: New collaboration extends TwelveLabs’ video foundation models beyond public cloud deployments, introducing a first-of-its-kind customer-managed deployment path on the VAST AI Operating System to power video search, analytics, and reasoning at massive scale
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6 Ways Agentic AI Changes How Systems Act and Adapt
Learn how agentic AI changes system behavior in production environments through supervised fine-tuning, structured oversight, and lifecycle governance to improve reliability, manage risk, and support accountable deployment.
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Quick Howto: ZIP Files Inside RTF, (Mon, Mar 2nd)
In diary entry “Quick Howto: Extract URLs from RTF files” I mentioned ZIP files. There are OLE objects inside this RTF file: They can be analyzed with oledump.py like this: Options –storages and -E %CLSID% are used to show the abused CLSID. Stream CONTENTS contains the URL: We extracted this URL with the method…
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pureLiFi unveils LiFi architecture to extend gigabit capacity indoors
pureLiFi is addressing a key fixed wireless access (FWA) challenge by delivering reliable indoor signal performance through LiFi, a wireless communication technology that transmits data through the light spectrum instead of traditional radio frequencies. The latest LiFi systems leverage technology trusted by international security agencies for classified networks, demonstrating that LiFi’s capacity and military-grade security…
AI, APAC, Cloud Security, Cybersecurity, Endpoint, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Innovation without exposure: A CISO’s secure-by-design framework for business outcomes
The brief for security leaders has changed. It used to be enough to reduce risk and keep the lights on. Now you are expected to enable AI adoption, connect more “things” to the network, modernize cloud at pace and still demonstrably reduce exposure, often without the comfort of ever-expanding budgets. In that environment, innovation is…
AI, Cybersecurity, Endpoint, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
How ‘silent probing’ can make your security playbook a liability
For years, cyberattacks followed a familiar pattern: reconnaissance, exploitation, persistence, impact. Defenders built their strategies around that cycle, patching vulnerabilities, monitoring indicators, and working to reduce dwell time. But a quieter shift is underway. Today’s most sophisticated adversaries are using AI to study how organizations defend themselves. They run what we call “silent probing campaigns:”…
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From fake nudes to fake quotes: AI deepfakes plagued Olympic athletes
While competing for medals and glory in Milan, Italy, U.S. Olympic athletes experienced something that is fast becoming a regular feature of modern public life: the widespread use of AI tools by politicians, trolls and sexual harassers to manipulate their images and voices Users on 4chan and other sites quickly generated and shared “nudified” or…
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Ransomware Payments Decline 8% as Attacks Surge 50%
Chainalysis reveals a big surge in median ransomware payment size in 2025 despite overall drop in criminal revenue
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, Russia
APT28 Tied to CVE-2026-21513 MSHTML 0-Day Exploited Before Feb 2026 Patch Tuesday
A recently disclosed security flaw patched by Microsoft may have been exploited by the Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor known as APT28, according to new findings from Akamai. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-21513 (CVSS score: 8.8), a high-severity security feature bypass affecting the MSHTML Framework. “Protection mechanism failure in MSHTML Framework allows an unauthorized
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, privacy
Motorola turns to GrapheneOS for smartphone security upgrade
Motorola is strengthening smartphone security through a long-term partnership with the GrapheneOS Foundation, a mobile security nonprofit that develops a hardened operating system based on the Android Open Source Project. GrapheneOS includes protections designed to reduce entire classes of vulnerabilities, strengthen app sandboxing and system boundaries, and limit the impact of common exploits while maintaining…
AI, Data Breaches, Europe, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security
Europol’s Project Compass nets 30 arrests in crackdown on “The Com”
Europol’s Project Compass led to 30 arrests targeting ‘The Com’ network, identifying 62 victims and protecting four children from harm. A yearlong operation, code-named Project Compass, led by Europol has dealt a major blow to The Com,’ a cybercrime network known for targeting children and teenagers. The joint effort, called Project Compass and coordinated by…
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Comparing macOS Optimization Tools from a Software Testing Perspective
macOS optimization tools are designed with a couple of goals in mind: improve the computer’s performance, free up some storage, and keep the system stable over time. They promise faster startup times and reduced clutter. An automated maintenance process also comes in the package. These claims are surely attractive to Mac users. But we should…