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From Fake Purchase Orders to Remote Access: Analyzing the JS.MonoGlyphRAT Threat to US Enterprises

A previously unidentified cyberattack is quietly spreading through US businesses — and most security tools are not catching it. Researchers at ANY.RUN have identified a new backdoor called JS.MonoGlyphRAT, an advanced piece of malware delivered as an ordinary-looking JavaScript file disguised as a purchase order, quote, or business proposal. Once an employee opens the file,…

GoDaddy found malware on 1,980 WordPress sites using Steam as C2 infrastructure

Malware on approximately 2,000 WordPress sites hid C2 instructions in Steam profile comments using invisible Unicode. GoDaddy researchers spotted a command-and-control infrastructure for a malware campaign abusing Valve’s Steam gaming platform. The experts discovered malware on approximately 1,980 WordPress sites that fetches its instructions by reading Steam Community profile comments, where the actual payload is…

Fake Claude Code Installers Deliver Credential-Stealing Malware 

Developers searching for Claude Code installation instructions could be walking into a sophisticated malware campaign that disguises itself as legitimate AI tooling documentation.  Researchers found dozens of fake Claude Code and developer platform sites designed to steal credentials, API keys, and cryptocurrency.  “The attack chain runs on the same unchecked trust that makes AI developer…

Anthropic Moves Toward IPO as OpenAI Competition Heats Up

Anthropic has confidentially filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO), becoming the latest artificial intelligence giant to move toward the public markets and potentially beating rival OpenAI to a public debut. The Claude developer submitted a draft registration statement to the SEC on June 1, a…

WWDC: What can developers expect?

Apple will open the doors to developers at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) next week. Beyond a big push on AI and new OSes focused on stability and performance, what should developers expect? Mostly it’s about new APIs, Foundation Models, and App Intents; here’s what I’ve been able to figure out so far. Foundation Models Apple has…

Flowise’s MCP implementation can run ghost commands

Enterprises using the lightweight, open-source Flowise platform to power self-hosted AI workloads have a new near-max severity issue to worry about. Researchers at Obsidian Security have detailed a one-click remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting self-hosted Flowise deployments through its implementation of Model Context Protocol (MCP) stdio servers. The problem is essentially a sandboxing failure…

Windows 11 Smart App Control explained

In the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape, Microsoft has introduced various new features in Windows 11 designed to protect users from modern workplace threats. Among such features, Smart App Control (SAC) changes how Windows devices handle, and occasionally block, unwanted or potentially malicious applications. But what exactly is Smart App Control? How does it work, who benefits…

The Pentagon Finally Admits That Location Data Is a Battlefield Problem

The Pentagon confirmed adversaries are using commercial location data to track U.S. troops, exposing risks tied to smartphones and ad-tech networks. For years, security researchers, privacy advocates, and intelligence analysts have been warning about the same thing: smartphone location data isn’t just an advertising product. It’s surveillance infrastructure that anyone with enough money can access.…

Russia-aligned crime group Greyvibe extensively uses AI in attacks

Researchers have uncovered a previously undocumented Russian group that makes extensive use of large language models (LLMs) in its attacks against private, government, and military organizations in Ukraine. It uses a variety of attack vectors along with custom malware, with the goal of intelligence gathering for the ongoing war. Dubbed Greyvibe by researchers from WithSecure,…

Open source Euro-Office productivity suite to launch June 9

The Euro-Office open source productivity app suite will be available with the first stable release of the software on June 9.  Euro-Office was unveiled in March with the aim of providing a modern, open source alternative to Microsoft and Google software for European organizations increasingly wary of a dependence on US-based suppliers.  Euro-Office consists of…

Certifiably random: Swiss researchers claim perfect random number source

Researchers in Switzerland claim to have built a perfect random number generator from two quantum superconducting chips, a 30-meter-long pipe, and some software. The resulting device could be used to generate cryptographic keys, or to offer a “public randomness service” for lotteries or blockchain applications, they say. They’re not the first to make the claim.…

Certifiably random: Swiss researchers claim perfect random number source

Researchers in Switzerland claim to have built a perfect random number generator from two quantum superconducting chips, a 30-meter-long pipe, and some software. The resulting device could be used to generate cryptographic keys, or to offer a “public randomness service” for lotteries or blockchain applications, they say. They’re not the first to make the claim.…

Websites can spy on user activity by analyzing SSD behavior

Websites have spent years collecting information about visitors through browser fingerprinting, tracking scripts, and other techniques designed to identify devices and monitor behavior. Researchers have demonstrated another method that relies on something most users would never expect a website to observe: activity on their SSD (Solid-State Drive), the storage device where applications and files are…

What 2,000 Exposed Vibe-Coded Apps Reveal About the Limits of Most Security Stacks

Shadow AI used to mean employees pasting things they shouldn’t into ChatGPT. It now means something bigger: employees building full applications with AI, wiring them into production systems, and publishing them on the open internet. Without Security or IT in the loop. The artifact moved from a prompt to a product. The risk surface moved…

The Race to Build AI Data Centers — Before the People Can Protest

Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary has been making the media rounds defending the 40,000-acre data center project he’s backing in northern Utah. Dismissing residents’ concerns over the environmental impacts and water demands of the proposed project in the drought-stricken Great Salt Lake region, O’Leary has claimed protesters are “bused in,” “misinformed,” and alleged that China has…

GDPR set the tone for regulatory action — and the AI fine pushback to come

Big tech firms continue to push back against fines levied for alleged violations of European data protection law, in what could be a harbinger for AI regulations to come. While lawyers and experts quizzed by CSO broadly argue that big tech firms contesting data protection rules isn’t a particular cause for concern, the more widespread…

How to protect Windows 10 and 11 PCs from ransomware

CryptoLocker. WannaCry. DarkSide. Conti. MedusaLocker. Qilin. The ransomware threat has exploded over the past decade, and it isn’t going away anytime soon; the news brings constant reports of new waves of this pernicious type of malware washing across the world. Ransomware gained in popularity in large part because of the immediate financial payoff for attackers:…

IBM and Red Hat want to become the ‘security clearinghouse’ for open source applications in the enterprise

Open source code is everywhere in the enterprise; it’s estimated that upwards of 90% of Fortune 500 companies have it in their software supply chains. But open source code is notoriously rife with vulnerabilities, and identifying and patching those bugs can be an endless battle for security teams. IBM and Red Hat are betting that…

Lack of response to critical vulnerability in Gogs is a reminder of the limits of open source projects

A newly discovered and so far unpatched critical vulnerability in the open source Gogs Git service not only demands immediate action from developers to secure their code, it also puts a spotlight on the potential issues in using self-hosted code platforms from small maintainers. The hole is a critical argument injection vulnerability, discovered by a…

News alert: TVC Analyst Group names 12 vendors to watch ahead of Gartner’s security summit

NEW YORK, May 28, 2026, CyberNewswire—TVC Analyst Group has released its list of twelve cybersecurity companies identified for their activity and positioning ahead of the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026, where participating vendors are expected to present product updates, strategic initiatives, and technology developments. The annual Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, scheduled…

Why and how to migrate to a Transit Gateway-attached AWS Network Firewall

AWS Network Firewall now supports native attachment to AWS Transit Gateway. Customers commonly use Transit Gateway to route traffic from Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) networks to a centralized inspection VPC (a VPC dedicated to hosting firewall endpoints for traffic inspection) where their network firewall endpoints are deployed. This centralized deployment model reduces the…

AI Software Supply Chain Threats Escalate in 2026 

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming software development, but new research from JFrog suggests security teams are struggling to keep pace with the risks that come with it.  The Software Supply Chain Security State of the Union 2026 report found that AI-driven development is accelerating malicious package activity, insecure AI tooling, and software supply chain governance…

AI Is Reshaping the Future of Cyber Resilience

Cyber resilience has been a core focus in cybersecurity for years.  During my recent conversation with Brandon Willitts, Director of Product Management for Cyber Resilience at Everpure, it became clear that artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing how organizations approach resilience strategies.  According to Willitts, AI is not creating entirely new security problems as much…

Multi-Turn Attacks Expose Ongoing Weaknesses Across Frontier AI Models

A Cisco evaluation of frontier LLMs found that no tested model consistently resisted multi-turn adversarial attacks, raising concerns about current AI safety assessments.  The research suggests that many widely used AI safety benchmarks may underestimate real-world risk because they focus primarily on single-turn prompt evaluations rather than adaptive, iterative attacks. Key Takeaways from Cisco’s Research…

Browser Threats Expand Across Enterprise Networks 

A NordLayer report warns that browsers have become the primary workplace interface, increasing exposure to credential theft, phishing, malware, and session hijacking attacks.   The study found that 100% of the 504 analyzed workplace applications supported browser access, while 78.8% were entirely browser-based. According to the report, browser-related incidents are now widespread across organizations.  The report…

6 Best Cloud Log Management Services Reviewed in 2026

This guide is for security teams, SOC analysts, DevOps engineers, and IT administrators looking to improve cloud visibility, threat detection, and operational monitoring in 2026. It reviews the best cloud log management services, key platform features, and important factors to consider when selecting the right solution for your environment. Key Takeaways of Cloud Log Management…

What Is Cloud Security Management? Types & Strategies in 2026

This guide is for cloud security teams, IT leaders, and security administrators looking to improve cloud visibility, data protection, and compliance across modern cloud environments in 2026. It explains how cloud security management works, key cloud security strategies and tools, and best practices for securing cloud infrastructure and operations. Key Points about Cloud Security Management…

6 Best IT Asset Management (ITAM) Software in 2026

This guide is for IT leaders, system administrators, and security teams looking to improve asset visibility, lifecycle management, and endpoint security across their organizations in 2026. It covers the best IT asset management (ITAM) software solutions, key features to evaluate, and how to choose the right platform for your business needs. Key Takeaways on IT…

Silent Ransom Group Targets Law Firms With IT Impersonation Attacks 

Silent Ransom Group is escalating attacks on U.S. law firms by posing as IT staff through phishing emails, phone calls, and in-person visits.  The group, also tracked as Luna Moth, Chatty Spider, and UNC3753, is focusing on data theft and extortion rather than traditional ransomware encryption, making its activity more difficult for organizations to detect…

Zapier fixes bug chain that researchers say risked widespread account takeover

Security researchers chained together five separate weaknesses in the popular workflow automation service Zapier that, if first discovered by a malicious actor, could have granted access to millions of user accounts and the systems those accounts connect to. The flaws, disclosed by security firm Token Security, did not require malware or insider access. The only…

GlassWorm falls, but the repo problem is far from solved

Taking down a sprawling malware operation once signaled progress in securing the open-source ecosystem. Now, it barely registers. The GlassWorm campaign disruption comes at a moment when attackers can quickly reconstitute, and defenders are increasingly grappling with a new challenge: distinguishing real threats from automated noise. “I think coordinated actions, like GlassWorm, can sever control,…

Developers on H-1B face a tighter job market as AI shifts hiring priorities

For years, software developers on H-1B visas benefited from steady demand among US technology employers. That market is becoming more selective as companies redirect spending toward AI and rely more heavily on coding assistants. Recent layoffs at companies including Meta and Amazon have added to the uncertainty, with engineering and software roles affected even as…

Microsoft’s new cloud PCs place AI agents under enterprise controls

Microsoft’s Windows 365 for Agents, a cloud PC platform for agentic workloads, runs AI agents in secure environments. Organizations can direct agents with natural language to interact with applications, browsers, files, and enterprise systems. The platform is available in public preview. A conceptual computer-using agent architecture. (Source: Microsoft) Users will be able to automate workflows…

19.6 Billion Files Are Sitting Open on the Internet. No Password Required

19.6 Billion files are exposed in misconfigured cloud buckets, including 685K credential files and nearly 1M database dumps. There’s a comfortable myth most people carry around: that the data they hand to companies is locked somewhere safe. Researchers at Mysterium VPN just ran the numbers, and the numbers disagree. Across 535,480 publicly listable cloud storage…

Q&A: Box CEO embraces shift to ‘headless’ software in the agentic AI era

The rise of generative AI (genAI) technology has prompted a growing debate about the future of software-as-a-service (SaaS) business models.  Some of the fears are overblown: enterprises are unlikely to vibe-code their own applications to replace their SaaS suppliers anytime soon, while software vendors have yet to see per-seat sales fall off due to mass automation…

Companies built AI into core systems before figuring out how to govern it

70% of organizations use GenAI in live environments, and 64% have AI agents in pilot or production deployments. Some of those agents have privileged access to core systems, according to Check Point’s 2026 Cloud Security Report. Confirmed and suspected AI incidents (Source: Check Point) Production AI expands the enterprise attack surface Security architectures built around…

Another IT governance headache: AI-enabled sanction evasion

Over the next three to five years, both governments and the private sector will need to rapidly adapt identification and mitigation protocols as adversaries move from AI-assisted to AI-enabled sanctions evasion and proliferation financing (PF), a new research paper warns. The report, Algorithms of Evasion: The Rise of AI-Enabled Proliferation Financing, from the Royal United…

Another IT governance headache: AI-enabled sanction evasion

Over the next three to five years, both governments and the private sector will need to rapidly adapt identification and mitigation protocols as adversaries move from AI-assisted to AI-enabled sanctions evasion and proliferation financing (PF), a new research paper warns. The report, Algorithms of Evasion: The Rise of AI-Enabled Proliferation Financing, from the Royal United…

ShinyHunters Alleges 42M Records Stolen from Charter Communications  

Charter Communications confirmed a cybersecurity incident after the ShinyHunters extortion group claimed it stole customer data and threatened to leak the information unless a ransom was paid.   The company, which operates under the Spectrum brand, said it is investigating the incident and coordinating with authorities.   “The Charter breach is a reminder that the most sophisticated…

ScalePad CEO Chris Day on MSP & SMB AI Adoption in 2026

ScalePad CEO Chris Day says MSPs are facing mounting pressure to support artificial intelligence as SMB clients adopt AI tools faster than many providers can operationalize, creating new urgency around automation, advisory services, and AI governance. Clients are moving faster than providers MSPs are being pulled into artificial intelligence faster than many expected, as small…

Dell Leaders on Local AI Reshaping Enterprise Security

At Dell Technologies World 2026, the tech giant announced major changes to its portfolio and to the role security plays in enhancing it, ensuring partners and customers are well protected as cyber threats evolve. Why partner alignment is crucial to customer success Rob Emsley, Director at Dell Technologies, told Channel Insider that Dell Technologies World…

AI chatbot recommendations lure users to cryptojacking malware sites

Cybercriminals are using AI chatbot interactions alongside poisoned search results to direct users to malicious download sites in an active cryptojacking campaign, Microsoft has warned. The campaign impersonates legitimate software tools such as CrystalDiskInfo, HWMonitor, Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU), FurMark, K-Lite Codec Pack, and PDFgear. Screenshot of search engine results showing a malicious source of…

7 Best Vulnerability Scanning Tools & Software in 2026

This guide is for IT leaders, security teams, and vulnerability management professionals looking to strengthen risk detection and remediation efforts in 2026. It covers the best vulnerability scanning tools and the key capabilities organizations should evaluate to improve visibility across networks, endpoints, cloud environments, and web applications. Key points about vulnerability scanning tools in 2026…

Top 7 Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Tools in 2026

This guide is for IT leaders, cloud security teams, and compliance professionals looking to strengthen cloud security posture and reduce configuration risks in 2026. It covers the top cloud security posture management (CSPM) tools and the key capabilities organizations should evaluate to improve visibility, automate remediation, and enforce compliance across cloud environments. Key Takeaways of…

FastAPI-based AI tools exposed to authentication bypass by flaw in Starlette framework

A single malformed character in a web request can let an unauthenticated attacker slip past the access controls that guard applications built on Starlette, the open-source Python framework that powers FastAPI, researchers said. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-48710 could allow attackers to bypass host-validation protections using malformed Host headers, according to an advisory from cybersecurity…

10 of the Best Patch Management Service Providers in 2026

This guide is for IT leaders, security teams, and system administrators looking to streamline vulnerability remediation and automate software updates in 2026. It covers the best patch management service providers and the key features organizations should evaluate to improve endpoint security, reduce operational overhead, and strengthen overall IT resilience. Key Points on Patch Management Solutions…

6 Under-the-Radar Vendors That Supercharge Breach and Attack Simulation in 2026

This guide is for IT leaders and security teams looking to validate their defenses against real-world cyberattacks in 2026. It covers the top breach and attack simulation (BAS) solutions and the key capabilities organizations should evaluate to strengthen endpoint, cloud, and network security resilience. Key Takeaways of BAS Solutions in 2026 Breach and attack simulation…

6 Best Identity & Access Management (IAM) Software Solutions in 2026

This guide is for IT leaders, security teams, and identity administrators looking to improve access control and secure distributed workforces in 2026. It covers the best identity and access management (IAM) software solutions and the key features organizations should evaluate when choosing the right platform for cloud, SaaS, and remote access security. Key Takeaways of…

The 6 Best Email Security Software & Solutions in 2026 (Compared and Reviewed)

This guide is for IT leaders, security teams, and business decision-makers looking to strengthen email protection against phishing, malware, and business email compromise attacks. It covers the best email security software solutions in 2026, along with the key features, pricing considerations, and deployment factors to evaluate before choosing a platform. Key Takeaways for Email Security…

Microsoft SharePoint Has a New RCE Flaw. If You Haven’t Patched Yet, Go Do That.

A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-45659, in Microsoft SharePoint can allow attackers to achieve remote code execution with little effort. Microsoft released security updates to patch a high-severity SharePoint vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-45659 (CVSS score of 8.8), that could allow remote code execution. The flaw does not require complex conditions for exploitation, making it a…

Jetico expands BestCrypt Data Shelter with zero-trust file access controls

Jetico has announced the extension of BestCrypt Data Shelter to include centrally managed enterprise data access control for sensitive files. The solution allows security teams to define and enforce policies governing which applications, processes and users can access protected files. This default-deny model aligns with zero-trust security principles. “Organizations have made significant progress in encrypting…

DSPM buyer’s guide: Top 10 data security posture management tools

Data security posture management (DSPM) explained Data security posture management (DSPM) tools help security teams examine their entire data environment to find shadow data, reducing the risk of data loss. Tracking down sensitive data across both cloud and on-premises systems can be vexing. Each environment presents its own challenges. Given the dynamic and ephemeral nature…

AppOmni’s Marlin AI automates SaaS threat analysis, triage, and remediation at scale

AppOmni has launched Marlin AI to transform how enterprise organizations defend complex SaaS applications. Marlin AI delivers autonomous AI-powered SaaS security that leverages AppOmni’s deep SaaS application observability. It actively correlates SaaS security indicators, performs deep investigations, and guides security teams to immediate solutions. By reducing the massive hours wasted on investigating threats, alerts and…

Top 6 UCaaS Providers for Businesses in 2026

Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) is essential for modern businesses looking to stay connected in today’s fast-moving work environment. By combining video conferencing, VoIP, messaging, and collaboration tools into a single cloud-based platform, UCaaS helps teams communicate and collaborate in real time from anywhere.  As remote and hybrid work continue to evolve in 2026,…

TeamPCP Compromised LiteLLM in AI Supply Chain Attack

A supply chain attack targeting the open-source AI ecosystem shows how threat actors are increasingly abusing developer tools and AI infrastructure to steal credentials and compromise cloud environments.  Researchers found that TeamPCP compromised LiteLLM, a widely used open-source Python library that connects applications to more than 100 LLM providers through OpenAI-compatible APIs.   The attack reportedly…

Why Annual Penetration Tests Are No Longer Enough

Traditional annual penetration tests are becoming less effective as organizations rapidly expand cloud, hybrid, and AI-driven environments that change far faster than yearly assessment cycles can keep up with.  According to Lydia Zhang, President and Co-Founder of Ridge Security, modern infrastructure, applications, APIs, and dependency chains evolve continuously, creating constantly shifting attack surfaces that static…

How Lineage Reveals Your Data’s Secrets

Imagine this scenario: on an otherwise fine and ordinary Monday morning, your security operations center (SOC) flags a suspicious alert.  Files from a confidential vault are transferring to someone’s personal cloud storage account.  Halt! An analyst stops the flow, but some files are leaked to who-knows-where.  In fact, other than knowing the leak happened, you…

Welcoming the AWS Customer Incident Response Team

May 26, 2026: This post was originally published in July 2022. It has been updated to reflect current engagement options, new threat intelligence resources such as the Threat Technique Catalog for AWS (TTC), additional open-source tools, and the distinction between AWS CIRT support and the AWS Security Incident Response managed service. Welcome back, or welcome…

ConnectWise Automate Vulnerability Could Allow Security Check Bypass and RCE

ConnectWise has disclosed a vulnerability in its Automate remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform that could allow attackers to bypass integrity verification mechanisms and execute malicious code in affected environments.  The flaw impacts on-premises versions of ConnectWise Automate prior to version 2026.5 and carries a CVSS score of 8.8. “Under certain conditions, components obtained during…

Well-architected best practices for software supply chain security

There have been multiple notable supply chain attacks using the npm Registry since September: Shai-Hulud, Chalk/Debug, one abusing tea.xyz tokens, and recently axios. Thanks to community efforts involving the Amazon Inspector team, the Open Source Security Foundation, and others, the affected packages were quickly flagged, which reduced the impact of these incidents. Supply chain attacks…

CVE-2026-48095: 7-Zip Heap Buffer Overflow Can Lead to Code Execution

CVE-2026-48095 in 7-Zip has raised fresh concerns around malicious archive handling and user-driven exploitation. According to GitHub Security Lab, the flaw is a heap buffer write overflow in 7-Zip’s NTFS archive handler that affects version 26.00 and can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution or application crashes. The issue was fixed in 7-Zip 26.01, released…

High-Quality Customer Outcomes Require Courageous Leadership

This article is written by Brett Diamond, CEO, 11:11 Systems, and provided to Channel Insider by 11:11 Systems. Every company claims to be customer-first. Many invest in support, success teams, and service management frameworks. But the uncomfortable truth is this: ensuring quality at every customer touch point often requires focused decision-making. And the decisions that…

Malware Found in Laravel-Lang Composer Packages After Git Tag Poisoning Attack

Attackers have poisoned four Laravel-Lang Composer packages by rewriting hundreds of Git tags, putting many Laravel apps at risk. Hackers compromised four popular Laravel-Lang Composer packages and injected malware by rewriting more than 700 Git tags tied to historical versions. Laravel-Lang is a community-driven project that provides translation and localization files for Laravel applications. The…

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: May 26, 2026

Application Security Engineer IG Group | India | Hybrid – View job details As an Application Security Engineer, you will assess the security of web, mobile, and cloud applications through penetration testing, secure code reviews, threat modeling, and architecture reviews. Responsibilities also include integrating security into CI/CD pipelines, managing vulnerability remediation, supporting purple team activities,…

The Underground Malware-Signing-as-a-Service That Makes Ransomware Look “Verified” on Windows

The Core Technical Concept: Code Signing At the center of Microsoft’s disruption of the Fox Tempest cybercrime operation is a foundational trust mechanism that modern operating systems rely on heavily: code signing. Code signing is a cryptographic trust framework used by operating systems such as Windows to verify both the integrity and origin of executable…

Google adds open source Agent Executor to support AI agents in production

Google has introduced Agent Executor, an open source runtime aimed at helping enterprises run AI agents more reliably at scale, as attention shifts from building agent prototypes to managing the operational challenges of putting them into production. To address those production-related challenges, the runtime, according to the company, comes with capabilities that are geared towards…

Anthropic adds 28 security and compliance integrations for Claude

AI tools are becoming part of everyday work in organizations, creating new security and oversight requirements as usage grows. To address that, Anthropic introduced 28 integrations with security and compliance tools that allow IT and security teams to manage Claude in the same way they manage other applications in their environments. The integrations are powered…

AI security needs a shift from models to systems, researchers argue

Enterprises cannot secure AI agents by making the underlying models more robust and must instead enforce security controls at the system level around them, researchers behind a paper published this month argued, warning that traditional AI-security approaches are increasingly misaligned with how autonomous agents actually operate inside enterprise environments. The paper argues that enterprises should…

As AI speeds coding, CVE Lite CLI keeps security deliberately AI-free

As AI coding assistants accelerate software development, one OWASP-backed open-source project is arguing that dependency security tooling still arrives too late to be truly useful. CVE Lite CLI, a JavaScript and TypeScript dependency vulnerability scanner focused on local lockfile analysis, is positioning itself around a simple idea. Developers should see dependency risks while they are…

Zero-Click WhatsApp Account Takeover Hits iPhone Users Running iOS 16. No Linked Devices, No Warning

A zero-click attack targeting iPhones on iOS 16 hijacked WhatsApp accounts without linked devices, warnings, or user interaction. There is a particular kind of security incident that is harder to explain than most: your WhatsApp account is sending messages you did not write, asking your contacts for money transfers, and when you check the “Linked…

Anthropic’s Project Glasswing: 10,000+ Vulnerabilities Found in One Month, and the Patching Problem Has Never Been More Obvious

Anthropic said its AI Project Glasswing found over 10,000 serious vulnerabilities in one month, exposing a growing patching gap. Anthropic announced on Friday that Project Glasswing, its defensive cybersecurity initiative built around Claude Mythos Preview, has uncovered more than 10,000 high- or critical-severity vulnerabilities in the month since the program went live. The number is…

FBI warns about fast-growing phishing kit targeting Microsoft 365 users

The FBI is warning organizations and defenders about Kali365, a growing phishing-as-a-service platform that retrieves Microsoft 365 access tokens, issuing a public service announcement Thursday.  The toolkit bypasses multi-factor authentication and abuses OAuth device code authorizations via phishing lures impersonating common enterprise services. This technique grants cybercriminal-controlled applications access to Microsoft 365 accounts, opening victims…

LG Launches PRO Services to Simplify DVLED Rollouts for Partners

LG Electronics USA’s commercial display division has launched LG PRO Services, a new “manufacturer-backed” installation service for its Direct View LED (DVLED) portfolio. The service covers fixed-price All-in-One DVLED models as well as cabinet-based indoor DVLED solutions, expanding LG’s role beyond hardware to help partners plan, deploy, and scale display projects with greater confidence. Addressing…

Authorities arrest 23-year-old accused of running the Kimwolf botnet

Canadian authorities arrested a 23-year-old Ottawa man accused of running the Kimwolf DDoS botnet. The US is now seeking extradition. US authorities have charged 23-year-old Jacob Butler (aka “Dort”), an Ottawa resident, for allegedly operating the recently disrupted Kimwolf botnet. Authorities arrested the suspect in Canada, he could face up to 10 years in prison…

Pros And Cons Of Open Source CMS

Today, we will show you the pros and cons of open-source CMS. In today’s digital landscape, Content Management Systems (CMS) are the cornerstones of website creation. These software applications empower users to publish content, manage media, and build websites without extensive coding knowledge. However, a crucial decision arises: Open-source or closed-source CMS? Let’s delve into…

Identity as the primary attack surface: What modern breaches are really exploiting

The “retro” way “The thing about the old days is… they are the old days” – Slim Charles, The Wire Protecting a specified network perimeter was the main focus of enterprise security strategy for several decades. Businesses made significant investments in firewalls, intrusion detection systems, endpoint security and segmentation controls, all of which were built…

With AI, typing’s out, talking’s in

Eight months ago, LinkedIn co-founder and former CEO Reid Hoffman confessed: “I am voicepilled.”  He argued that talking instead of typing was the next great leap in computing. Being “voicepilled,” he said, was the epiphany that you can be vastly more productive and creative when not bogged down by the Victorian-era contraption known as the…

Alleged Kimwolf Botmaster ‘Dort’ Arrested, Charged in U.S. and Canada

Canadian authorities on Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old Ottawa man on suspicion of building and operating Kimwolf, a fast spreading Internet-of-Things botnet that enslaved millions of devices for use in a series of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks over the past six months. KrebsOnSecurity publicly named the suspect in February 2026 after the accused launched a…

Unpatched ChromaDB flaw leaves servers open to remote code execution

Researchers have published details about a critical vulnerability in ChromaDB that could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code and access sensitive data on machines running the open-source vector database. The issue, tracked as CVE-2026-45829, is located in ChromaDB’s API server and was published by researchers at HiddenLayer after reportedly failing to get in contact…

Automating identity lifecycle and security with AWS Directory Service APIs

Managing identities and access across complex environments has become more critical than ever. AWS Directory Service for Managed Microsoft Active Directory, also known as AWS Managed Microsoft AD, has added new capabilities to manage users and groups. Now, you can perform create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations on users and groups directly through AWS…

6 Best Vulnerability Management Software & Systems for 2026

This guide is for IT leaders, security teams, and vulnerability management professionals looking to improve security visibility and remediation across their environments in 2026. It covers the best vulnerability management software and systems, along with the key features organizations should evaluate when selecting the right solution for their security operations. Key Takeaways about the Best…