This guide is for IT professionals, security teams, and business leaders looking to strengthen network defenses in 2026. It covers the best network security tools to protect data and help reduce overall organizational risk. Network security tools incorporate hardware and software technologies, methods, and policies to preserve network integrity and prevent potential breaches. These tools…
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6 Best Intrusion Detection & Prevention Systems in 2026
This guide is for IT leaders, security teams, and network administrators looking to strengthen threat detection and response in 2026. It covers the top intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS) and key features to consider when choosing the right solution. Network security is not just about keeping the bad guys out. It’s about having a…
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What the March 2026 Threat Technique Catalog update means for your AWS environment
The AWS Customer Incident Response Team (AWS CIRT) regularly encounters patterns that repeat across their engagements when helping customers respond to security incidents. We’re passionate about making sure that information is widely accessible so that everyone can improve their security posture and their organization’s resilience to disruption. The primary method we use to share this…
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ClickUp Data Leak Exposes Enterprise Emails for Over a Year
A hardcoded API key embedded in ClickUp’s public website has quietly exposed hundreds of corporate and government email addresses for more than a year. The flaw, first reported in early 2025, remained active as of April 2026 — allowing anyone to access sensitive data with a simple request and no authentication. “I went to http://clickup[.]com,…
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Access control with IAM Identity Center session tags
As organizations expand their Amazon Web Services (AWS) footprint, managing secure, scalable, and cost-efficient access across multiple accounts becomes increasingly important. AWS IAM Identity Center offers a centralized, unified solution for managing workforce access to AWS accounts. It simplifies authentication, enhances security, and provides a seamless user sign-in experience to AWS services across diverse environments.…
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Checkmarx confirms LAPSUS$ hackers leaked its stolen GitHub data
Application security company Checkmarx has confirmed that the LAPSUS$ threat group leaked data stolen from its private GitHub repository. […]
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Cequence Agent Personas bring granular control and governance to enterprise AI agents
Cequence Security has announced the general availability of Agent Personas in Cequence AI Gateway. These capabilities give enterprises granular, infrastructure-level control over what AI agents can do, down to individual tool calls, closing a critical privilege gap that identity alone cannot address. As organizations deploy AI agents to connect to enterprise applications via the Model…
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HTTP Requests with X-Vercel-Set-Bypass-Cookie Header, (Tue, Apr 28th)
This weekend, we saw a few requests to our honeypot that included an “X-Vercel-Set-Bypass-Cookie” header. A sample request: GET / HTTP/1.1 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,*/ *;q=0.8 Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5 Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br Cache-Control: no-cache Pragma: no-cache Connection: keep-alive X-Vercel-Set-Bypass-Cookie: samesite-none-secure Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1 X-Forwarded-From: 21.235.92.139 X-Real-Iphone: 21.235.92.139 Referer: [redacted, same…
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6 Lessons Security Leaders Must Learn About AI and APIs
Most organizations treating AI security as a model problem are defending the wrong layer. Security teams filter prompts, patch jailbreaks, and tune model behavior, which is all necessary work, while the actual attack surface sits largely unexamined underneath. That surface is the API layer: the endpoints AI systems use to retrieve data, call tools, and…
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Securing RAG pipelines in enterprise SaaS
In the enterprise SaaS space, AI agents are becoming an integral part of the SaaS product. To make these intelligent agents truly useful, they need contextual, customer-specific knowledge, something standard Large Language Models (LLMs), open source or otherwise, inherently lack since they are not trained on customer proprietary data. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is the bridge…
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Stopping AiTM attacks: The defenses that actually work after authentication succeeds
The security industry has spent years building better authentication. Longer passwords, second factors, hardware tokens. And attackers responded by moving past authentication entirely. Adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing does not steal credentials and replay them. It sits between the user and the legitimate service, watches a real authentication succeed in real time, and walks away with the…
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NCSC launches SilentGlass, a plug-in device to secure HDMI and DisplayPort links
NCSC’s SilentGlass blocks malicious HDMI/DisplayPort links, protecting monitors from hardware attacks. Now commercialized for global use. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched SilentGlass, a new device to protect one of the most overlooked parts of modern IT systems: the physical links between screens and computers. It is a small plug-in security device…
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Microsoft, OpenAI change contract terms–again
Microsoft and OpenAI on Monday again revised their agreement, softening their exclusivity and revenue-sharing conditions in the process. These changes underscore how critical it is for enterprises to work with as many AI vendors as practical, given the leapfrogging performance stats as well as the constantly shifting alliances. Both OpenAI and Microsoft issued their own…
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Best Zero Trust Security Solutions in 2026
This guide is targeted toward IT and security teams looking to get more granular access control and reduce implicit trust across applications and systems in 2026. It introduces zero trust and top zero trust solutions. A presidential executive order mandating a zero trust strategy for federal agencies has raised the profile of the cybersecurity technology…
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Optimize security operations through an AWS Security Hub POC
April 27, 2026: This post was first published in September 2025 when the enhanced AWS Security Hub was in public preview. It has since been updated to reflect the general availability of Security Hub. This revision also provides a more detailed, step-by-step framework for planning your POC. AWS Security Hub prioritizes your critical security issues…
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FIRESIDE CHAT: Leaked secrets are now the go-to attack vector — and AI is accelerating exposures
A consequential shift is underway in how enterprise breaches begin. The leaked credential — once treated as a hygiene problem — has become the primary on-ramp. Related: No easy fixes for AI risk Last August’s Salesloft campaign was the pattern in miniature. Stolen OAuth tokens from one chatbot vendor pulled Salesforce data from 760 enterprise…
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TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 008 – 26-Day Pause Ends with Three Concurrent Compromises (Checkmarx KICS, Bitwarden CLI Cascade, xinference PyPI), CanisterSprawl npm Worm Identified, and Tier 1 Coverage Returns, (Mon, Apr 27th)
This update succeeds TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign Update 007, published April 8, 2026, which left the campaign in credential-monetization mode following the Cisco source code theft via Trivy-linked credentials, Google GTIG’s formal designation of the operators as UNC6780 (with their credential stealer named SANDCLOCK), and the lapsed CISA KEV remediation deadline for CVE-2026-33634 with no standalone…
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Chinese spy posed as researcher in spear-phishing campaign targeting NASA to steal defense software
A Chinese national posed as a U.S. researcher, tricking NASA staff in a phishing campaign to steal sensitive data tied to defense software and exports. A Chinese national ran a spear-phishing campaign by posing as a U.S. researcher and tricked NASA employees into sharing sensitive information. The NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) and federal…
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Report: 60% of Enterprises Actively Deploying AI PCs
Building on previous IDC-commissioned AI PC research, AMD has debuted a new report displaying how enterprises are moving from evaluating AI PCs to active deployment. Nearly all enterprises are at least in the planning stage of AI PC adoption The report captures the growing momentum of AI PC adoption among organizations and what it means…
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Microsoft patched an ‘agent-only’ role that was not
An administrative role meant for AI agents within Microsoft’s Entra ID ecosystem could allow privilege escalation and tenant takeover attacks, as it had privileges over more than agent-related objects. Researchers at Silverfort found that users assigned to Microsoft’s “Agent ID Administrator” role, scoped to agent-related objects like blueprints and agent identities, could take ownership of…
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Top 6 Remote Desktop Software Solutions Compared
Remote desktop software enables businesses and IT professionals to access and manage computers and devices from remote locations, ensuring seamless operations from anywhere. The most effective solutions offer features like unattended access, secure file transfer, multi-monitor support, cross-platform compatibility, and real-time collaboration. To help you find the best fit, we’ve compared the leading options on…
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AI is reshaping DevSecOps to bring security closer to the code
Artificial intelligence tools are revamping DevSecOps processes, enabling security and development teams to more effectively build safeguards into software products from the get-go. But AI’s impact on DevSecOps goes well beyond tooling and processes, altering the scope, skills, and strategies foundational to the discipline as well. “AI is fundamentally shifting DevSecOps from reactive validation to…
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Your AI strategy is all wrong
Every CEO and executive enthusiastically slashing headcount in anticipation of an AI-driven productivity boom should read a new meta-analysis from the UK’s Royal Docks School of Business and Law. It suggests those decision-makers might be optimizing for the wrong thing. While mass layoffs have an immediate measurable payoff, the study says the best use of…
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Critical bug in CrowdStrike LogScale let attackers access files
CrowdStrike fixed CVE-2026-40050 in LogScale self-hosted, a critical flaw allowing unauthenticated file access via path traversal. CrowdStrike recently disclosed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-40050, affecting its LogScale self-hosted product. The flaw enables unauthenticated path traversal, which could allow a remote attacker to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem. “CrowdStrike has released security updates…
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Meta’s compute grab continues with agreement to deploy tens of millions of AWS Graviton cores
Meta is continuing its compute grab as the agentic AI race accelerates to a sprint. Today, the company announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that will bring “tens of millions” of AWS Graviton5 cores (one chip contains 192 cores) into its compute portfolio, with the option to expand as its AI capabilities grow.…
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Agent Mode is now available in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Microsoft has beefed up Copilot’s capabilities in Word, Excel and PowerPoint, claiming its Agent Mode will help speed up workers’ output. The new features, announced last year, mean that Copilot can work more efficiently with Office applications, for example, understanding the richness of a pivot table in Excel or the use of animations in PowerPoint. In…
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Google Cloud Makes Key Agentic AI Announcements at Next ‘26
To coincide with the Google Cloud Next ‘26 conference – Google Cloud’s largest event – the cloud giant is making a number of announcements, including the new Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, advancements to its AI Hypercomputer architecture, and introducing the Agentic Data Cloud. A single platform for agent development, orchestration, and governance Google Cloud is…
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Adobe bets on AI agents to stay at the center of marketing workflows
Adobe is rolling out autonomous agents to orchestrate work across its applications, a move that will reinforce its position at the core of content and marketing workflows as AI disrupts the software landscape, analysts say. “We’re living at true inflection point; a moment where creativity and marketing are being reshaped by AI, unlocking incredible new…
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ShinyHunters Claims Udemy Data Breach of 1.4M Users
A notorious threat actor group has targeted Udemy, one of the world’s largest online learning platforms. ShinyHunters claims it has stolen more than 1.4 million user records and is threatening to leak the data within days. “Over 1.4M records containing PII and other internal corporate data have been compromised. Pay or Leak,” the threat actors…
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Palantir Is Helping Trump’s IRS Conduct “Massive-Scale” Data Mining
military contractor Palantir is helping the IRS analyze dozens of different data sets on Americans to investigate a broad range of financial crimes, according to records shared with The Intercept. Since 2018, the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation division has used Palantir’s Lead and Case Analytics platform to aggregate and analyze a sprawling list of…
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Data Breaches, AI Expansion, and Cloud Security Define This Week’s Cyber Landscape in April 2026
Major Threats & Vulnerabilities Vulnerability Scoring and Exploitation Trends The NIST Adjusts Scoring Amid CVE Spike report highlights a 260%+ increase in CVE submissions since 2020. To manage the surge, NIST will prioritize high-impact vulnerabilities, potentially leaving many without full scoring data. Security teams must adapt to inconsistent vulnerability data and prepare for potential blind…
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Microsoft Pushes Partners Deeper Into Copilot and AI Tools
Microsoft is expanding its AI channel strategy with new partner benefits, updated recognition programs, and additional tooling to accelerate enterprise adoption of Copilot, security, and agent-based offerings. The moves show how the company is trying to turn strong AI demand into a more repeatable partner-led sales and services motion. Microsoft posts strong earnings across cloud…
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The Governance Gap: How the EU AI Act Makes API Security a Compliance Imperative
Your legal team just handed you a 400-page document and said “figure out compliance.” The EU AI Act is live, your organization falls under its scope, which is broader than many expect. Even non‑EU companies must comply if their AI systems are used, deployed, or produce effects within the European Union. In practice, that means that global organizations…
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Bitwarden CLI password manager trojanized in supply chain attack
Researchers warn of a new software supply chain attack that resulted in a malicious version of Bitwarden CLI, the terminal version of the extremely popular open-source password manager. The attack is believed to be related to the string of recent supply chain compromises attributed to a group called TeamPCP. “The attack appears to have leveraged…
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Checkmarx Supply Chain Attack Exploits Docker Images and CI/CD Pipelines
A supply chain attack targeting Checkmarx tooling has exposed developer environments. Attackers pushed malicious Docker images and tampered extensions capable of stealing credentials and other sensitive data. This “… continues a dangerous trend that’s accelerated over the past month: CI/CD pipelines have become the new perimeter,” said Eli Woodward, Cyber Threat Intelligence Advisor at Team…
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iOS Flaw Let Deleted Notifications Linger, Apple Issues Fix
Apple fixed an iOS flaw that kept deleted notifications on devices, allowing recovery of messages, including from apps like Signal. Apple released updates for iOS and iPadOS to address the vulnerability CVE-2026-28950, a flaw in Notification Services that stored notifications even after deletion. This logging issue could allow recovery of sensitive data, including messages from…
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Bitwarden CLI Compromised in Ongoing Checkmarx Supply Chain Campaign
Bitwarden CLI has been compromised as part of the newly discovered and ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign, according to new findings from Socket. “The affected package version appears to be @bitwarden/cli@2026.4.0, and the malicious code was published in ‘bw1.js,’ a file included in the package contents,” the application security company said. “The attack appears to…
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Aqua Compass MCP server enables real-time investigation and containment of runtime threats
Aqua Security has announced Aqua Compass, a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables agentic investigation, containment and remediation of runtime incidents, and new runtime risk dashboards. These capabilities help security teams move beyond identifying risk and focus on containing threats in running applications. The announcement builds on Aqua’s Secure AI capabilities, extending the company’s…
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CVE-2026-40372: Critical ASP.NET Core Flaw May Let Attackers Gain SYSTEM Privileges
Microsoft has released out-of-band updates for CVE-2026-40372, a high-impact ASP.NET Core privilege-escalation vulnerability tied to the platform’s Data Protection cryptographic APIs. Public reporting says the flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.1 and could allow an unauthenticated attacker to forge authentication material and ultimately obtain SYSTEM privileges on affected systems. The issue stands out not…
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Apple Patches Exploited Notification Flaw, (Thu, Apr 23rd)
Apple yesterday released iOS/iPadOS 26.4.2 and iOS/iPadOS 18.7.8. This update fixes a single Notification Services vulnerability, CVE-2026-28950: Impact: Notifications marked for deletion could be unexpectedly retained on the device Description: A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction. Apple did not mark the vulnerability as exploited. However, recent news articles reported that the FBI…
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Tim Cook’s legacy: a successful CEO who stumbled over AI
Apple’s Tim Cook was viewed as a worthy successor to Steve Jobs when he took over as CEO in August 2011, two months before Jobs’ death. Apple products became successful (and profitable) in many ways due to his success as COO, where he whipped company operations and supply chains into shape. Cook expanded the company’s…
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Scale Computing Execs on Unified Edge, Partner-First Strategy
Scale Computing, an edge-first platform company, is positioning itself as a platform that spans everything outside traditional data centers and cloud environments, from localized infrastructure to device-level deployments. Executives point to unique challenges in modern infrastructure needs Craig Theriac, VP of Product Management at Scale Computing, told Channel Insider that this spectrum introduces real-world challenges…
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Oracle Builds for AI While Channel Rivals Chase Share
Oracle is reshaping its enterprise strategy around AI, multicloud infrastructure, and deeper ties with hyperscale partners such as AWS. But as the company pours billions into data centers, pushes agentic AI across its portfolio, and cuts jobs to support that transition, rivals see an opening to compete more aggressively for Oracle-adjacent workloads. That opportunity is…
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Scenario: Open-source framework for automated AI app red-teaming
Enterprises running customer service bots, data analytics agents, and other AI-driven applications in production handle sensitive records and connect to core business systems every day. LangWatch has released Scenario, an open-source framework that runs automated red-team exercises against AI agents using multi-turn attack techniques that mirror how adversaries operate in the wild. Multi-turn attacks replace…
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Malicious pgserve, automagik developer tools found in npm registry
Application developers are being warned that malicious versions of pgserve, an embedded PostgreSQL server for application development, and automagik, an AI coding tool, have been dropped into the npm JavaScript registry, where they could poison developers’ computers. Downloading and using these versions will lead to the theft of data, tokens, SSH keys, credentials, including those…
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Microsoft issues out-of-band patch for critical security flaw in update to ASP.NET Core
Developers are advised to check their applications after Microsoft revealed that last week’s ASP.NET Core update inadvertently introduced a serious security flaw into the web framework’s Data Protection Library. Microsoft describes the issue as a “regression,” coding jargon for an update that breaks something that was previously working correctly. In this case, what was introduced…
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Anthropic Probes Alleged Unauthorized Access to AI Security Tool Mythos
Anthropic is investigating reports that an unauthorized group gained access to its newly launched tool, Mythos, highlighting potential gaps in how early-access AI systems are distributed and secured. “Unauthorized users were able to access Anthropic’s Mythos model, reportedly by just changing a model name,” said Shane Fry, CTO at RunSafe Security in an email to…
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11:11 Systems Named Cohesity FY2025 MSP Strategic Partner of the Year
I’m thrilled to share that 11:11 Systems has been recognised as Cohesity’s FY2025 MSP Strategic Partner of the Year. This award is a powerful validation of the work our teams do together every day to help customers modernise, protect, and manage their mission‑critical applications and data.
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What Are The Security Features On The QuickBooks Desktop?
This post answers the question – what are the security features on the QuickBooks Desktop? QuickBooks software from Intuit is businesses and individuals’ most widely used accounting application. It’s highly convenient to use for payroll management, bill payment, expense management, and business payments. Traditionally, users installed QuickBooks on their Desktops and could only access their…
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CVE-2026-40372: Microsoft Patches ASP.NET Core Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Microsoft has released an out-of-band update to fix an ASP.NET Core vulnerability that could allow attackers to take full control of affected systems. The flaw enables unauthenticated privilege escalation, increasing risk for enterprises running .NET workloads. “Improper verification of cryptographic signature in ASP.NET Core allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network,” said…
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Microsoft out-of-band updates fixed critical ASP.NET Core privilege escalation flaw
Microsoft fixed critical ASP.NET Core vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-40372 (CVSS score of 9.1), that lets attackers escalate privileges. Microsoft released out-of-band updates to address a serious ASP.NET Core vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-40372 (CVSS score of 9.1). Microsoft fixed the flaw in ASP.NET Core version 10.0.7. An attacker could exploit the flaw to gain SYSTEM-level privileges, access…
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Attacking the MCP Trust Boundary
Every secure API draws a line between code and data. HTTP separates headers from bodies. SQL has prepared statements. Even email distinguishes the envelope from the message. The Model Context Protocol (MCP), the fast-growing standard for connecting AI agents to external services, inherits that gap from the models it sits on top of. Its central…
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NFC tap-to-pay gets tapped by hackers
Cyber crooks are abusing a trojanized Android payment application to steal near field communication (NFC) data and PINs, enabling cloning of payment cards and draining victim accounts. According to ESET researchers, a new variant of the NGate malware has been infused into the HandyPay NFC-relay application to transfer NFC data to the attacker’s device and…
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Progress Software fixes sneaky WAF bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-21876)
Progress Software has fixed a slew of high-severity vulnerabilities in MOVEit WAF and LoadMaster, including a flaw (CVE-2026-21876) that may allow attackers to bypass firewall detection. MOVEit WAF (web application firewall) is designed to protect Progress’s managed file transfer platform MOVEit Transfer from web-based attacks. (A zero-day vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer was infamously exploited in…
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Tencent’s QClaw AI agent app arrives on Windows and macOS
Tencent has opened an international beta of QClaw, an AI agent application aimed at consumers in Canada, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States. The first wave is capped at 20,000 users. Additional markets are scheduled to follow. QClaw runs on Windows and MacOS. Setup takes about three minutes and involves downloading the application,…
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Phishing reclaims the top initial access spot, attackers experiment with AI tools
Phishing returned as the leading method attackers used to break into organizations in the first quarter of 2026, accounting for over a third of engagements where initial access could be determined, according to Cisco Talos. It is the first quarter phishing has led the category since Q2 2025, when exploitation of public-facing applications took over…
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Anthropic bets on EPSS for the coming bug surge
Anthropic’s Mythos has intensified a problem that vulnerability management programs were already struggling to contain: too many vulnerabilities and not enough clarity about which ones matter. What changes with Mythos — and the AI-based class of vulnerability discovery systems it represents — is the speed at which software flaws can be found and exploited. That…
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$293M KelpDAO Crypto Heist Exposes Cross-Chain Weaknesses in DeFi
A $293 million cryptocurrency theft has rocked the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, with KelpDAO at the center of an attack now suspected to be linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. The attack highlights how quickly sophisticated attackers can exploit weaknesses in cross-chain infrastructure. “Preliminary indicators suggest attribution to a highly sophisticated state actor, likely DPRK’s…
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Thousands of Apache ActiveMQ instances still unpatched, weeks after an actively exploited hole discovered
Two weeks after researchers using an AI tool discovered a major hole in Apache’s ActiveMQ messaging middleware, there are still thousands of unpatched instances open to the internet, more evidence that many application developers and IT leaders aren’t paying close attention to warnings about vulnerabilities. While the remote code injection vulnerability [CVE-2026-34197] was revealed on…
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COO Mark Cree Outlines Scale Computing’s Edge Platform Push
Scale Computing used its Platform//2026 Summit to position its expanded edge computing platform alongside new partner growth opportunities as it looks to move beyond its roots in virtualization. In an interview at the event, President and COO Mark Cree outlined how the company is evolving into a full-stack edge provider spanning compute, networking, security, and…
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AI is one of the two monumental shifts in cyber today
It’s 2026, when nobody can confidently say what the future of security is going to look like. Everyone is trying (what else can we do), but judging by all the progress around AI in recent months, we are all going to be wrong. The biggest mistake we all make is assuming that the future is…
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Why API Discovery Is the First Step to Securing AI
TL;DR AI risk doesn’t live in the model. It lives in the APIs behind it. Every AI interaction triggers a chain of API calls across your environment. Many of those APIs aren’t documented or tracked. That’s your real exposure. Shadow API discovery gives you visibility into those hidden endpoints, so you can find them before…
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Azure SRE Agent flaw let outsiders silently eavesdrop on enterprise cloud operations
A high-severity authentication flaw in Microsoft’s Azure SRE Agent exposed sensitive agent data to unauthorized network access, according to a confirmed vulnerability disclosure. The issue was identified by Enclave AI researcher Yanir Tsarimi, who detailed the findings in a blog post describing how agent interactions could be accessed without proper authentication controls. The vulnerability has…
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NGate Campaign Targets Brazil, Trojanizes HandyPay to Steal NFC Data and PINs
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new iteration of an Android malware family calledNGate that has been found to abuse a legitimate application called HandyPay instead of NFCGate. “The threat actors took the app, which is used to relay NFC data, and patched it with malicious code that appears to have been AI-generated,” ESET security researcher Lukáš…
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Report: Enterprises Rely on Managed Services to Scale AI
New research has found that an overwhelming majority of executives view managed services as essential for the delivery of agentic AI. Boosting AI with managed services According to the global KPMG Managed Services Outlook Survey 2026, more than 90 percent of executives believe managed services are essential to their agentic AI journeys, and 87 percent…
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Why identity is the driving force behind digital transformation
Identity centric technologies have undergone a significant transformation in recent times. Gone are the days when it was all about logging in and out of any given system. Today, identity has become the backbone of all digital enterprises. It’s the ‘invisible engine’ that powers everything. From security to how modern-day products are sold. Today’s Identity…
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NGate NFC malware targets Android users through trojanized payment app
NFC-based payment fraud is expanding geographically and operationally. A campaign active since November 2025 is targeting Android users in Brazil using a new variant of the NGate malware family, this time embedded in a trojanized version of HandyPay, a legitimate NFC relay application available on Google Play since 2021. ESET Research identified the campaign and…
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New Lazarus APT Campaign: “Mach-O Man” macOS Malware Kit Hits Businesses
Editor’s note: The research is authored by Mauro Eldritch, offensive security expert and a founder of BCA LTD, a company dedicated to threat intelligence and hunting. You can find Mauro on X. The recent wave of ClickFix attacks has introduced several new ways to compromise users, establishing itself as a technique that is likely here to stay. We have observed Lazarus Group using…
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: April 21, 2026
Application Security Engineer (DevSecOps / Azure DevOps) BEWAHARVEST | Philippines | Hybrid – View job details As an Application Security Engineer (DevSecOps / Azure DevOps), you will embed security across the SDLC by working with engineering and DevOps teams to implement automated security controls and testing. You will manage application security programs including SAST, DAST,…
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France’s ANTS ID System website hit by cyberattack, possible data breach
A cyberattack hit France’s ANTS website, possibly exposing personal data from users applying for IDs, passports, and driver’s licenses. A cyberattack targeted France’s ANTS platform, which handles applications for passports, ID cards, residence permits, and driver’s licenses. Authorities detected the incident on April 15 and warned it may have exposed personal data from both individuals…
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Cyberattack That Could Have Poisoned a City’s Water Supply by Manipulating Chlorine Levels
In mid-April 2026, researchers at Darktrace published a detailed breakdown of a malware sample that occupies a narrow but alarming niche in the threat landscape: a Windows-based OT weapon apparently designed from the ground up to sabotage Israeli water treatment and desalination infrastructure. The malware identifies itself internally as ZionSiphon — the name appears in a core…
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Vercel’s security breach started with malware disguised as Roblox cheats
Vercel customers are at risk of compromise after an attacker hopped through multiple internal systems to steal credentials and other sensitive data, the company said in a security bulletin Sunday. The attack, which didn’t originate at Vercel, showcases the pitfalls of interconnected cloud applications and SaaS integrations with overly privileged permissions. An attacker traversed third-party…
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What Sovereign AI Means for MSPs and Channel Partners
As AI has all but reached widespread adoption, the conversation has shifted from novelty to who can properly regulate it. It’s no longer just private companies leading the charge. Governments and nations are now at the forefront of AI efforts, working to ensure that both innovation and security are maintained. That shift is creating a…
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CVE-2023-33538 under attack for a year, but exploitation still unsuccessful
Hackers have targeted CVE-2023-33538 flaw in old TP-Link routers for a year, but no successful exploitation has been seen so far. Hackers have been trying for over a year to exploit a serious flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-33538 (CVSS score of 8.8), in outdated TP-Link routers, but so far without success. The vulnerability is a command…
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Vercel Confirms Security Incident as Threat Actor Claims Stolen Data for Sale
Cloud development platform Vercel has confirmed a security incident involving unauthorized access to internal systems, after a threat actor claimed to be selling stolen company data online. “We’ve identified a security incident that involved unauthorized access to certain internal Vercel systems,” said the company in its advisory. Threat Actor Claims Access to Vercel Systems Vercel…
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Hackers exploit Vercel’s trust in AI integration
Frontend cloud platform Vercel, the creator of Next.js and Turbo.js, has warned about a data breach after a compromised third-party AI application abused OAuth to access its internal systems. A Vercel employee used the third party app, identified as Context.ai , which allowed the attackers to take over their Google Workspace account and access some…
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AI-ready skills are not what you think
Enterprises have spent the past two years rushing to make their workforces “AI-ready.” But many early training programs — focused on prompt writing and chatbot skills — are proving poorly suited to the realities of AI-powered work. The reason is simple: the skills that matter most once AI enters real workflows have less to do…
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Third-party AI hack triggers Vercel breach, internal environments accessed
Vercel suffered a breach after a hacked Context.ai tool exposed an employee account, letting attackers access limited internal systems and non-sensitive data. Vercel reported a security breach caused by the compromise of a third-party AI tool, Context.ai, used by one of its employees. The attacker took over the employee’s Google Workspace account and used it…
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CISOs reshape their roles as business risk strategists
Nitin Raina’s career history resembles that of many CISOs: He worked in IT infrastructure, operations, and services before moving into security and advancing through the ranks. He’s now global chief information security officer at technology consultancy Thoughtworks. But in a less common professional move Raina also picked up the role of global head of enterprise…
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AI Model Claude Opus turns bugs into exploits for just $2,283
Claude Opus created a working Chrome exploit for $2,283, showing that widely available AI models can already find and weaponize vulnerabilities. Claude Opus managed to produce a functional Chrome exploit for just $2,283, raising concerns about how easily AI can be used to find and exploit vulnerabilities. Below is the cost of the experiment: Model…
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Product showcase: Syncthing for secure, private file synchronization
Syncthing is a free and open-source application that synchronizes files directly between your devices. Instead of uploading data to a central server, it uses a peer-to-peer approach, transferring files whenever peers are online. This decentralized model ensures that your data remains private and under your control. Syncthing monitors shared folders for changes. When a file…
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Critical sandbox bypass fixed in popular Thymeleaf Java template engine
Maintainers of Thymeleaf, a widely used template engine for Java web applications, fixed a rare critical vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute malicious code on servers. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-40478, is rated 9.1 on the CVSS severity scale and is described as a Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) issue. Thymeleaf has a sandbox-like protection…
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Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release for April is a whopper
Windows admins are going to be busy this month, dealing with the largest Patch Tuesday cycle we can recall. The April release involves 165 updates and roughly 340 unique CVEs from Microsoft — including two zero-days, one of which is already being actively exploited in the wild. The Readiness team is recommending “Patch Now” schedules…
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Transform security logs into OCSF format using a configuration-driven ETL solution
Security logs capture essential security-related activities, such as user sign-ins, file access, network traffic, and application usage. These logs are important for monitoring, detecting, and responding to potential security events. The Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) addresses this challenge by providing a standardized format to represent security events, ensuring consistent and efficient data handling across…
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Critical Exploits, AI Shifts, and Major Breaches Redefine Cybersecurity This Week
Major Threats & Vulnerabilities Zero-Day and Active Exploits A critical flaw in Nginx UI is being actively exploited in the wild, allowing unauthenticated users to perform privileged actions through an unprotected endpoint. Administrators are urged to patch immediately and restrict public access to management interfaces. The EngageLab SDK vulnerability affecting over 50 million Android users…
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Palo Alto’s Helmut Reisinger sees a cyber sea change ahead as AI advances
In two decades, Palo Alto Networks has evolved from a next-generation niche player to one of the largest global cybersecurity giants today. Under its mantra of “platformization,” the company has catapulted its revenues over its closest competitors and boosted its stock valuation to over $130 billion. No stranger to AI use in cybersecurity, Palo Alto recently announced…
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Mozilla challenges enterprise AI providers with Thunderbolt, open-source AI client under your control
For organizations that want to keep company data within their own systems and have more control over how AI is deployed, Mozilla is offering an alternative to externally hosted AI services with Thunderbolt, an open-source AI client designed for self-hosted use. Thunderbolt is available through a waitlist, with native applications for web, macOS, Windows, Linux,…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Apache ActiveMQ to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Apache ActiveMQ to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Apache ActiveMQ, tracked as CVE-2026-34197 (CVSS score of 8.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CVE-2026-34197 is a critical flaw in Apache ActiveMQ caused by…
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AI is finally delivering productivity — for remote employees
The productivity gains from AI are so great, companies can lay off thousands of employees and still get the same amount of work done — right? Or maybe it’s the opposite: despite all the hype, any supposed AI productivity boom is a mirage, causing employees, even developers, to experience heavier workloads. At the moment, the…
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Here’s What Agentic AI Can Do With Have I Been Pwned’s APIs
I love cutting-edge tech, but I hate hyperbole, so I find AI to be a real paradox. Somewhere in that whole mess of overnight influencers, disinformation and ludicrous claims is some real “gold” – AI stuff that’s genuinely useful and makes a meaningful difference. This blog post cuts straight to the good stuff, specifically how…
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Cisco Systems issues three advisories for critical vulnerabilities in Webex, ISE
Admins who use Cisco Webex Services configured to use trust anchors within the SSO integration with Control Hub must install a new identity provider certificate to close a critical vulnerability, or risk losing access control. Cisco said in an advisory this week that admins must upload a new identity provider (IdP) SAML certificate to Webex…
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Cisco Systems issues three advisories for critical vulnerabilities in Webex, ISE
Admins who use Cisco Webex Services configured to use trust anchors within the SSO integration with Control Hub must install a new identity provider certificate to close a critical vulnerability, or risk losing access control. Cisco said in an advisory this week that admins must upload a new identity provider (IdP) SAML certificate to Webex…
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RCE by design: MCP architectural choice haunts AI agent ecosystem
AI agent building tools enable users to configure Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers may be exposing systems to remote code execution due to an architectural decision in Anthropic’s reference implementation. At issue are unsafe defaults in how MCP configuration works over the STDIO interface, with broad implications for the agent ecosystem, according to a new…
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Reporter’s notebook: In Nepal and Sri Lanka, AI boom brings hope
The soap refill dispenser at a cafe in TRACE Expert City — a technology hub in Colombo, Sri Lanka — boldly declares that it was delivered by ”USAID, from the American people.” The device is a relic from the past, reflecting goodwill that once existed between the US and Sri Lanka. Now, as external aid…
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Azul Delivers Strong FY26 Momentum Fueled by Java Platform Innovation, Channel Expansion and a Growing Enterprise Java Ecosystem
COMPANY NEWS: Market demand for Azul driven by enterprise imperatives for performance, cloud cost optimisation, application modernisation and greater control over Java licensing costs
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Obsidian Plugin Abuse Delivers PHANTOMPULSE RAT in Targeted Finance, Crypto Attacks
A “novel” social engineering campaign has been observed abusing Obsidian, a cross-platform note-taking application, as an initial access vector to distribute a previously undocumented Windows remote access trojan called PHANTOMPULSE in attacks targeting individuals in the financial and cryptocurrency sectors. Dubbed REF6598 by Elastic Security Labs, the activity has been found to leverage
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Microsoft Teams cheat sheet: How to get started
If your organization uses Microsoft 365 (a.k.a. Office), chances are you’ve encountered Teams, at least for video meetings. But it’s capable of a lot more, providing an effective way for groups of people to collaborate on work and advance business objectives. Teams is, at its core, group chat software with videoconferencing capabilities and some interesting…
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Insurance carriers quietly back away from covering AI outputs
Several major insurance carriers have begun to back away from providing cybersecurity and other insurance to companies using AI to run internal processes, insiders say. While there’s no standard response to customer use of AI in the insurance market, many carriers are now quietly declining to write policies for claims related to AI-generated outputs in…
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What the EU AI Act requires for AI agent logging
The EU AI Act is 144 pages long. The logging requirements that matter for AI agent developers sit across four articles that keep referencing each other. Here’s what they say, when the deadlines hit, and where the gaps are. Your agent is probably high-risk The Act doesn’t mention “AI agents” by name. What matters is…
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McGraw-Hill Confirms Data Exposure Tied to Salesforce Issue
McGraw-Hill has confirmed unauthorized access to a limited set of internal data following a reported Salesforce misconfiguration. The disclosure comes after an extortion threat that raised questions about the scale and sensitivity of the incident. “ShinyHunters has no shortage of options for potential follow-up campaigns. They can target instructors with convincingly branded messages, pivot into…