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RTX Spark may split the AI PC market into mainstream laptops and premium workstations

Nvidia’s RTX Spark could give PC makers a new high-end category, built around machines that run more demanding AI workloads locally rather than in the cloud. The chipmaker and Microsoft said RTX Spark Windows PCs will be built for personal AI agents and heavier local AI workloads, from AI development to engineering and content creation.…

U.S. CISA adds Android and Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Android and Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2022-0492 (CVSS score of 7.0) Linux Kernel Improper Authentication…

Release Notes: Decision-Ready SOC Reporting, Elastic Security Integration, and 1400+ Threat Coverage Updates

Security leaders are under growing pressure to reduce the time between threat detection and response without adding more complexity to already overloaded SOC workflows. ANY.RUN’s May updates help teams act on security risks more efficiently, improve consistency across investigations, and maintain stronger protection as attacker tactics continue to evolve. Discover the updates your team can…

Unpatched Windows Search URI Vulnerability Lets Attackers Steal NTLMv2 Hashes

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an unpatched issue that could be exploited to disclose a user’s NTLMv2 hash to the attacker. Like in the case of CVE-2026-33829, which impacted the Windows Snipping Tool’s ms-screensketch: URI handler, the newly flagged issue resides in the search: URI handler, per Huntress. CVE-2026-33829 refers to a spoofing vulnerability…

AI may finally unlock the cyber budgets CISOs have wanted for years

For nearly two decades, cybersecurity leaders have faced the same reality: No matter how catastrophic the latest breach, ransomware attack, or nation-state intrusion, security spending often struggled against competition with every other business priority. AI may finally be changing that equation. The rapid emergence of frontier AI systems capable of autonomous cyber operations — combined…

AI may finally unlock the cyber budgets CISOs have wanted for years

For nearly two decades, cybersecurity leaders have faced the same reality: No matter how catastrophic the latest breach, ransomware attack, or nation-state intrusion, security spending often struggled against competition with every other business priority. AI may finally be changing that equation. The rapid emergence of frontier AI systems capable of autonomous cyber operations — combined…

AI may finally unlock the cyber budgets CISOs have wanted for years

For nearly two decades, cybersecurity leaders have faced the same reality: No matter how catastrophic the latest breach, ransomware attack, or nation-state intrusion, security spending often struggled against competition with every other business priority. AI may finally be changing that equation. The rapid emergence of frontier AI systems capable of autonomous cyber operations — combined…

A retro-geeky Android home screen remix

One of the best parts about using Android is the good old-fashioned geeky fun that comes with finding new ways to improve your digital environment — and improve your day-to-day efficiency. That capability manifests itself in all sorts of interesting freedoms that (cough, cough) other mobile platforms don’t trust their users enough to allow —…

Google Patches Actively Exploited Android Flaw Affecting Millions of Devices

Google fixed 124 Android flaws, including CVE-2025-48595, an actively exploited privilege escalation bug linked to targeted attacks. Google has released its June 2026 Android security updates, fixing 124 vulnerabilities across the mobile operating system. One flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-48595 (CVSS score of 8.4) stands out from the rest because it is already being exploited in…

Lessons from the Canvas cyberattack

Canvas cyberattack: Who, what, when, how? What and when? Over May 6 and 7, 2026, Canvas learning management system (LMS) users were served up a defaced web page in place of the expected login page. The altered web page displayed a warning by the ShinyHunters criminal hacker and extortion group advising of the Instructure compromise.…

Lessons from the Canvas cyberattack

Canvas cyberattack: Who, what, when, how? What and when? Over May 6 and 7, 2026, Canvas learning management system (LMS) users were served up a defaced web page in place of the expected login page. The altered web page displayed a warning by the ShinyHunters criminal hacker and extortion group advising of the Instructure compromise.…

Lessons from the Canvas cyberattack

Canvas cyberattack: Who, what, when, how? What and when? Over May 6 and 7, 2026, Canvas learning management system (LMS) users were served up a defaced web page in place of the expected login page. The altered web page displayed a warning by the ShinyHunters criminal hacker and extortion group advising of the Instructure compromise.…

New HTTP/2 Bomb Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS on NGINX, Apache, IIS, Envoy & Cloudflare

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a remote denial-of-service exploit that affects major web servers, including NGINX, Apache HTTPD, Microsoft IIS, Envoy, and Cloudflare Pingora. The vulnerability has been codenamed HTTP/2 Bomb by Calif. “The vulnerable behavior exists in each server’s default HTTP/2 configuration,” the company said, adding it was discovered by OpenAI Codex by chaining

Anthropic expands Project Glasswing to 150 organizations in more than 15 countries

Anthropic is expanding Project Glasswing, its cybersecurity initiative built around the Claude Mythos Preview model, by adding about 150 organizations following several weeks of work with its initial group of partners, security firms, open-source maintainers, and government agencies. Organizations joining the program must meet security requirements before gaining access, Anthropic noted. The expansion brings the…

Critical Start expands MDR capabilities with multi-agent AI system

Critical Start has released SOC AI, a production-proven multi-agent framework powering its AI-led Managed Detection and Response (MDR). SOC AI coordinates ten specialized agents across the full alert investigation and response lifecycle, covering detection, triage, response, threat hunting, and continuous improvement. Each agent operates with a discrete function, a defined scope, and a complete audit…

MazeBolt brings AI-generated attack simulation to DDoS security testing

MazeBolt has announced the launch of RADAR VectorAI, a new MazeBolt module that creates AI-generated DDoS attacks. As AI outpaces human response, enterprises need to have access to validated DDoS vulnerability data about both known and AI-generated attack vectors. Mythos has raised awareness of the cybersecurity risks created by AI. But while Mythos makes it…

Netskope adds AI asset discovery and AISecOps agent to AI security portfolio

Netskope has announced Netskope One AI Command Center, bringing together AI discovery, risk intelligence, and autonomous response capabilities in a single platform. As the latest expansion of the Netskope One AI Security suite, it helps security teams understand what AI is running in their environments, determine which risks require action, and accelerate response efforts. Among…

Weedhack Attacks Minecraft Users, CountLoader Hits 86K, Miners Spread via Pirated Content

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new campaign targeting Minecraft players via YouTube to spread malware capable of gaining control of victims’ systems. The Minecraft-focused malware-as-a-service (MaaS) campaign has been codenamed Weedhack by McAfee Labs, stating the activity has been active since January 2026 and impersonates Minecraft clients and mods to infect users. In all, 3820

Enterprise Spotlight: Rethinking cloud strategy in the age of AI

Cloud computing has reached a crossroads. The high cost and data sensitivity of AI workloads are raising the appeal of private clouds, even as neoclouds and sovereign clouds shake up the cloud provider landscape. New cyberthreats, shifting compute requirements, and management complexity are adding to cloud complications. Download the June 2026 issue of the Enterprise…

Why an HP Poly VoIP Phones Bug Could Become an Enterprise Foothold

Rapid7 details a critical unauthenticated overflow in HP Poly VoIP phones that can lead to root RCE, with patches available for affected models. Rapid7’s latest disclosure on CVE-2026-0826 should get serious attention from anyone running HP Poly VoIP phones in an enterprise setting. It’s a critical unauthenticated stack-based buffer overflow that can give a remote…

Welcoming the Philippine Government to Have I Been Pwned

Today, we welcome the 46th government onboarded to Have I Been Pwned’s free gov service: the Philippines. The Philippines’ National CERT, working with the Department of Information and Communications Technology, now has access to monitor official government domains against the data in HIBP. This gives their Cyber Threat Intel and Monitoring Section the ability to…

Anthropic grants Project Glasswing access to 150 more companies, with a focus on critical infrastructure

Anthropic on Tuesday announced that it was adding 150 more companies to its Project Glasswing AI-based vulnerability hunting initiative, with a particular focus on critical infrastructure companies including those involved in “power, water, healthcare, communications and hardware.” Analysts and security vendors agreed that the move is a positive step, noting that the more companies involved…

Kyvos Exec: Semantic Layers are Critical for Enterprise AI

As enterprises move from AI experimentation to production deployments, questions around data consistency, governance, and scalability are becoming increasingly important.  Many organizations have invested heavily in modern data platforms, yet AI systems still struggle to deliver reliable outcomes when business context is fragmented across tools and datasets. Pratik Jain, Senior Director of Technology at Kyvos…

Two-year old Oracle WebLogic Server vulnerability is being exploited

US federal government departments have been given until Thursday to patch a two-year old high severity vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to access critical data. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-21182, was added Monday to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, giving federal Oracle admins a…

HP Poly VoIP vulnerability sets the stage for executive voice deepfakes

HP has released patches for a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in multiple IP-enabled conference phones from its Poly Voice line. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to obtain root privileges on the underlying operating system, potentially enabling them to execute other attacks such as eavesdropping on conversations and recording voice data for AI-enabled impersonation attacks. The…

News alert: Halo Security recognized for helping MSPs manage customers’ external attack surfaces

MIAMI BEACH, Fla., June 2, 2026, CyberNewswire—Halo Security today announced that its attack surface management solution has been named a 2026 MSP Today Product of the Year Award winner by TMC, a leading global media company recognized for building communities in technology and business through live events and digital marketing platforms. This marks the second…

Identify unused AWS KMS keys and prevent accidental key deletions

As you scale your use of Amazon Web Services (AWS), managing KMS keys becomes increasingly important. Whether you manage a handful of keys or thousands across multiple AWS accounts and AWS Regions, there’s often a need to audit key usage to help you meet compliance requirements, evaluate your risk posture, and optimize key management costs.…

Trump revives parts of canceled AI order with cybersecurity-focused directive

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at strengthening cybersecurity defenses and establishing a voluntary framework for cooperation between the federal government and developers of advanced artificial intelligence models, reviving portions of a broader AI initiative that he abruptly shelved less than two weeks ago. The order, “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and…

Gamaredon Exploits WinRAR to Deliver GammaWorm and GammaSteel Against Ukraine

The Russian hacking group known as Gamaredon has been attributed to the continued exploitation of a WinRAR vulnerability to deliver multiple malware families aimed at data theft and propagation. Per Sekoia, the activity involves the weaponization of CVE-2025-8088, a path traversal flaw in WinRAR, to launch an HTML Application payload dubbed GammaPhish, which is then…

Claude Code GitHub Actions Flaw Created Supply Chain Attack Risk

Organizations using Claude Code GitHub Actions should review their CI/CD environments after a researcher found vulnerabilities that could expose repositories to compromise and supply chain attacks.   The flaws, which have since been patched, allowed attackers to bypass permission controls and inject untrusted input into trusted workflows.   These vulnerabilities allow “… an attacker [to] bypass its…

DOD wants to integrate cyber in all operations, and integrate security into AI

The Pentagon is focusing on integrating cyber into all its operations, and wants to make sure it integrates security into artificial intelligence usage from the outset, the Defense Department’s top cyber policy official said Tuesday. Recent conflicts have made clear how important cyber is, said Katherine Sutton, assistant secretary for cyber policy and principal cyber…

Trump administration releases scaled-back AI executive order

The Trump administration issued a revised executive order Tuesday focused on artificial intelligence, offering a significantly pared-back vision for the federal government’s role vetting AI systems compared to a draft version that was spiked weeks ago. The order keeps in place the administration’s largely voluntary framework for companies to engage with the federal government around…

Instagram Account Hijacks Expose the Security Risks of AI-Powered Support

Attackers exploited Meta’s AI support chatbot to reset Instagram passwords and hijack accounts without accessing victims’ email inboxes. Attackers abused Meta’s AI-powered support chatbot to reset Instagram passwords and hijack accounts without accessing victims’ email inboxes. The issue affected several users, including high-profile accounts, before Instagram fixed the flaw. Security researcher Jane Wong and other…

The Pentagon Is Running an AI Propaganda Mill Targeting Latin America

The United States is feeding Pentagon propaganda to internet users in Latin American countries using a new AI-laden content mill, an investigation by The Intercept has found. La Tilde quietly began development early this year and appears to still be a work in progress, pitching itself as a modern media brand for Latin American audiences…

Secure multi-tenant AI agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore resource-based policies

Software as a service (SaaS) providers building AI-powered applications on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore often need to serve multiple tenants with distinct security requirements from a shared infrastructure. Some tenants require cross-account access from their own Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts, while others mandate that traffic stay within a private virtual private cloud (VPC) for regulatory…

Google Patches Android Zero-Day Under Active Exploitation 

Google has patched a high-severity Android zero-day vulnerability that attackers have already exploited in the wild.  The issue affects multiple Android releases and serves as a reminder that mobile operating systems remain a valuable target for threat actors seeking access to sensitive enterprise and personal data.  “There are indications that CVE-2025-48595 may be under limited,…

HPE Earnings, Shares Surge on AI and Networking Demand

HPE shares surged after the company reported stronger-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results, powered by booming demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure, networking equipment, and servers. HPE beats Q2 expectations The company reported revenue of $10.7 billion for the quarter ended April 30, a 40% increase from a year earlier and well ahead of Wall Street expectations. Adjusted…

U.S. CISA adds Oracle WebLogic flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Oracle WebLogic flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-21182 (CVSS score of 7.5), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The CVE-2024-21182 flaw is an easily exploitable vulnerability affecting Oracle WebLogic…

FIRESIDE CHAT: Deepfakes exploit human emotion, making employee reflex training essential

The wire transfer went through. The CFO on the video call looked right, sounded right, and gave the authorization — except there was no CFO on that call. Related: The industrializing of identity fraud Corporate deepfake attacks of that kind, executives impersonated to authorize fraudulent wire transfers, accounted for roughly $550 million of the $2.19…

Four questions to answer if a security product will survive in the AI-first world

AI is changing the world faster than anyone could have predicted. This isn’t because it is taking over jobs (this would be too simplistic), but because it is slowly taking over a growing number of tasks that used to be done by humans. Security is not in any way immune to these changes, and I…

Anthropic expanding access to Project Glasswing

Anthropic is broadening access to its Project Glasswing program, adding approximately 150 organizations in 15 countries, the company announced Tuesday, as its restricted Claude Mythos Preview model has already surfaced more than 10,000 high- or critical-severity software vulnerabilities since the program launched in early April. The expansion follows an initial cohort of roughly 50 partners…

Portal26 Adds Visibility, Management for Anthropic Claude

Portal26 has announced new enterprise AI management capabilities for Anthropic’s Claude and Claude Cowork, positioning the offering as a control layer for organizations scaling generative and agentic AI across business workflows. The company said the capabilities are designed to give enterprises real-time visibility into Claude usage, token consumption, security controls, governance enforcement, auditability, and analytics…

Meta adds stricter guardrails for teen feeds

Meta has expanded its Teen Accounts 13+ content settings globally on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. The safeguards are designed to help young users see age-appropriate content by default. The company also introduced Limited Content on Instagram for parents seeking stricter restrictions. Meta plans to roll out the feature on Facebook and Messenger later this year.…

Sectigo Launches MCP Server for CLM

Sectigo has announced the general availability of what it says is the first globally available, production-ready Model Context Protocol server for certificate lifecycle management, expanding how enterprises can use AI agents to manage digital certificates. The MCP Server for Sectigo Certificate Manager allows administrators to perform certificate operations using natural language through MCP-compatible AI agents,…

Cisco Debuts Cloud Control for Agentic IT Operations

Cisco today unveiled Cisco Cloud Control, a new unified platform built for humans and AI agents to manage, monitor, and defend critical IT infrastructure. This platform is fully extensible, with more than 40 ecosystem tooling connectors, and fully customizable, enabling the creation of custom applications and agents using natural language directly within the platform. Cisco…

Google fixes actively exploited Android vulnerability (CVE-2025-48595)

Google has announced the June 2026 Android security updates, which fix a bucketload of vulnerabilities, including a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-48595) in the Android Framework that “may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” About CVE-2025-48595 CVE-2025-48595 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the Android Framework, a set of APIs and system services that apps interact with directly.…

Infected Red Hat npm packages expose developer credentials

Developers who pulled packages from Red Hat’s @redhat-cloud-services npm namespace over the weekend got a secret-stealing worm instead. Security researchers from several cybersecurity outlets are warning of a new supply chain attack compromising over 30 Red Hat Cloud Services-related npm packages to steal credentials, authentication tokens, and other secrets from developer environments. The campaign, which…

AI-Driven Exploitation is Destroying Vulnerability Management. Here’s How to Handle It.

AI-driven exploitation timelines are rapidly shrinking, and they are not going to stop shrinking. Vulnerabilities are being discovered, reproduced, and weaponized faster than ever in the history of enterprise security. As a result, the window between a vulnerability being disclosed and indiscriminate exploitation observed across the internet is now measured in hours, not days. The…

Diligent automates cyber risk assessments and reporting

Diligent has announced Diligent Cyber Risk Management, an agentic solution designed to help organizations manage cybersecurity risk in a business context. Available in summer 2026, the platform reduces cyber risk assessment work from weeks to hours and links cyber threats to strategic objectives, critical business processes, and board-level oversight, helping organizations prioritize security investments based…