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Exclusive Networks Launches Ignition in North America

Exclusive Networks is expanding its incubation model for emerging cybersecurity vendors into North America, aiming to give MSPs and solution providers earlier access to next-generation, AI-driven technologies while accelerating vendor go-to-market timelines. Exclusive Networks launches Ignition in North America at RSA Conference Exclusive Networks this week announced the North American debut of its “Ignition” program,…

Treasury asks whether terrorism risk insurance program should bolster cyber coverage

The Treasury Department is soliciting public feedback on whether it should change a terrorism risk insurance program to address cyber-related losses. In a Federal Register notice set for publication Wednesday, Treasury seeks comment from the public for a mandatory report it must deliver to Congress this summer on the effectiveness of the terrorism risk insurance…

QualDerm Partners December 2025 data breach impacts over 3 Million people

Over 3.1M people affected as QualDerm Partners suffered a December 2025 breach, exposing personal, medical, and health insurance data. Over 3.1 million people are affected by a December 2025 data breach at QualDerm Partners, where hackers stole personal, medical, and health insurance information from the company’s internal systems. QualDerm Partners is a U.S.-based healthcare management…

“It is not the customer’s job to know what they want” rings true in cyber

Ever since I embarked on the founder journey and started working on my own startup, I’ve developed different perspectives and some strong opinions about founder life. In today’s issue, I am going to share one of them – about the fact that there has never been a billion-dollar security company built based on Gartner’s* insight…

Barracuda Adds to Cybersecurity Platform & Partner Program

Barracuda Networks has announced advancements to its BarracudaONE cybersecurity platform and its Barracuda Partner Success Program. Accelerating innovation to boost cyber resilience The cybersecurity company is strengthening resilience across email, network access, and generative AI usage with the BarracudaONE updates. The platform delivers cyber resilience for MSPs and their customers through an open ecosystem. Among…

Darktrace Launches AI-Native Email Security Service for MSSPs

Phishing emails are getting smarter, and Darktrace wants to ensure the people fighting them can keep up. Darktrace brings managed security service capabilities to the channel The Cambridge-based AI cybersecurity company announced Tuesday the launch of its first managed security service offering, built specifically for Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), enabling partners to deliver AI-powered…

Ghost Campaign Uses 7 npm Packages to Steal Crypto Wallets and Credentials

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new set of malicious npm packages that are designed to steal cryptocurrency wallets and sensitive data. The activity is being tracked by ReversingLabs as the Ghost campaign. The list of identified packages, all published by a user named mikilanjillo, is below – react-performance-suite react-state-optimizer-core react-fast-utilsa ai-fast-auto-trader

Vulnerabilities from years ago still opening doors for attackers

Exploitation timelines continued to compress in enterprise environments, with newly disclosed flaws reaching active use almost immediately and older weaknesses remaining active years after disclosure. (Source: Cisco Talos) Findings from Cisco Talos’ 2025 Year in Review show how attackers combined rapid weaponization with long-term exposure spanning infrastructure, identity systems, and user workflows. Top-targeted vulnerabilities show…

Protos AI delivers agent-driven threat intelligence without vendor lock-in

Protos Labs has announced the launch of a freemium edition of Protos AI, a platform that deploys specialized AI agents augmenting cyber threat intelligence (CTI) analyst teams by executing structured investigations from planning to reporting. The new tier enables security teams to operationalize AI-driven investigations without committing to closed vendor ecosystems or overhauling existing security…

Canada-Based Organization Health Shared Services Accelerates SOC Investigations with ANY.RUN 

ANY.RUN spoke with the Interim CISO and Director of Cyber Operations at Health Shared Services, who provided insights into how their team addressed alert fatigue, improved MTTD and MTTR, and strengthened their investigation workflow with ANY.RUN.  In this new addition to our success story series, we explore how the healthcare organization’s SOC team improved detection, triage, and response efficiency while maintaining the existing operational processes.  Organization Overview  Health Shared Services is a healthcare support organization based in Alberta, Canada.  Its SOC team consists of 16…

Canada-Based Organization Health Shared Services Accelerates SOC Investigations with ANY.RUN 

ANY.RUN spoke with the Interim CISO and Director of Cyber Operations at Health Shared Services, who provided insights into how their team addressed alert fatigue, improved MTTD and MTTR, and strengthened their investigation workflow with ANY.RUN.  In this new addition to our success story series, we explore how the healthcare organization’s SOC team improved detection, triage, and response efficiency while maintaining the existing operational processes.  Organization Overview  Health Shared Services is a healthcare support organization based in Alberta, Canada.  Its SOC team consists of 16…

The Hidden Cost of Cybersecurity Specialization: Losing Foundational Skills

Cybersecurity has changed fast. Roles are more specialized, and tooling is more advanced. On paper, this should make organizations more secure. But in practice, many teams struggle with the same basic problems they faced years ago: unclear risk priorities, misaligned tooling decisions, and difficulty explaining security issues in terms the business understands. These challenges do not

How Businesses Can Protect Sensitive Mailroom Workflow in a Digital Age

In this post, you will learn how businesses can protect sensitive mailroom workflow in a digital age. Mailrooms are no longer just a place where packages are received and sorted. They are critical control points where sensitive information, valuable assets, and internal operations intersect. Yet many businesses still rely on outdated processes that expose them…

Relyance AI’s Lyo addresses data security gaps in autonomous systems

Relyance AI has announced the commercial availability of Lyo, an autonomous data defense engineer that monitors and secures how AI agents interact with enterprise data. Lyo emerges at an inflection point for the cybersecurity industry as autonomous AI agents spread across enterprise environments, gaining access to sensitive data, triggering workflows, provisioning infrastructure, and calling APIs…

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: March 24, 2026

Application Security Analyst Alignerr | USA | Remote – View job details As an Application Security Analyst, you will review and analyze application security scenarios across code, APIs, and system behavior. You will classify vulnerabilities such as authentication flaws, injection risks, and business logic issues, and evaluate secure coding practices and remediation strategies. You will…

Palo Alto updates security platform to discover AI agents

As CISOs worry about AI agent sprawl, Palo Alto Networks has announced an update to its Prisma AIRS security platform and enterprise browser to include the ability to discover AI agents, models, and connections across the entire IT environment, to scan agents for vulnerabilities, and to allow admins to simulate red team tests for agents.…

Experts insist Trump administration’s cyber strategy is already paying off

SAN FRANCISCO — The Trump administration’s two-week old cyber strategy that aims to promote more proactive, offensive actions while bolstering federal networks and critical infrastructure, is a significant shift that’s already materializing in meaningful ways, a group of experts said Monday at the RSAC 2026 Conference.  Despite the federal government’s absence from the industry’s largest…

Trend Micro’s Enterprise Business Is Now TrendAI

  New identity for solving enterprise challenges reflects company’s evolution and AI leadership. The global leader in AI cybersecurity has adopted a name to match. TrendAI™ is the new name for the enterprise cybersecurity business unit of parent company Trend Micro Incorporated. The new identity aligns with the company’s focus on solving real-world security challenges as AI…

An AI-powered phishing campaign has compromised hundreds of organizations

A phishing campaign tied to AI cloud-hosting service Railway has given hackers access to the Microsoft cloud accounts for hundreds of businesses, according to researchers at Huntress. Rich Mozeleski, product manager for Huntress’ identity team, told CyberScoop the campaign is currently tied to a smaller actor and approximately a dozen IP addresses, but has managed…

Quantum threats are already active and the defense response remains fragmented

Enterprises are moving toward post-quantum security at uneven speeds, and the gap between organizations that have built crypto-agility into their infrastructure and those that have adopted the label without the underlying capability is widening. Dr. Tan Teik Guan, CEO of Singapore-based cybersecurity company pQCee, draws a sharp line between the two. Crypto-agility, in his view,…

6 Best Unified Threat Management (UTM) Devices & Software

Unified threat management devices provide a quick path to comprehensive security for SMEs, offering an all-in-one approach to network protection without the need to manage multiple tools. Many products that were once labeled UTM are now marketed as firewalls, but they still serve a similar purpose. Not all solutions deliver the same level of protection,…

Most Secure Cloud Storage for Privacy & Protection

Cloud storage makes it easy to store and access files from anywhere, but it also introduces real security risks. Every time you upload sensitive data, you rely on a provider to protect it from breaches, unauthorized access, and data exposure. Not all cloud storage services offer the same level of security. Some lack zero-knowledge encryption,…

Trivy Hack Spreads Infostealer via Docker, Triggers Worm and Kubernetes Wiper

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered malicious artifacts distributed via Docker Hub following the Trivy supply chain attack, highlighting the widening blast radius across developer environments. The last known clean release of Trivy on Docker Hub is 0.69.3. The malicious versions 0.69.4, 0.69.5, and 0.69.6 have since been removed from the container image library. “New image tags…

6 High-Quality Print Production Capabilities Every Branding-Focused Company Should Offer

In this post, I will show you 6 high-quality print production capabilities every branding-focused company should offer. If you’re a branding-focused company, you already know that how your materials look can make or break the impression you leave with your audience. Print production is more than getting your marketing materials out there; it’s about making…

Hackers Exploit CVE-2025-32975 (CVSS 10.0) to Hijack Unpatched Quest KACE SMA Systems

Threat actors are suspected to be exploiting a maximum-severity security flaw impacting Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA), according to Arctic Wolf. The cybersecurity company said it observed malicious activity starting the week of March 9, 2026, in customer environments that’s consistent with the exploitation of CVE-2025-32975 on unpatched SMA systems exposed to the internet.…

Oracle fixes critical RCE flaw CVE-2026-21992 in Identity Manager

Oracle fixed a critical severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-21992, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution in Identity Manager. Oracle released security updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21992 (CVSS score of 9.8), affecting Identity Manager and Web Services Manager. The flaw lets unauthenticated attackers over HTTP take control of Oracle Identity Manager and Web…

U.S. CISA adds Apple, Laravel Livewire and Craft CMS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple, Laravel Livewire and Craft CMS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apple, Laravel Livewire and Craft CMS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2025-31277 (CVSS score of 8.8)…

Week in review: ScreenConnect servers open to attack, exploited Microsoft SharePoint flaw

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: What smart factories keep getting wrong about cybersecurity In this Help Net Security interview, Packsize CSO Troy Rydman breaks down the biggest vulnerabilities in smart factory environments today, from IoT devices and legacy systems to human error. He explains how…

Security Affairs newsletter Round 568 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. WorldLeaks ransomware group breached the City of Los Angels PolyShell flaw exposes Magento and Adobe Commerce…

WorldLeaks ransomware group breached the City of Los Angels

WorldLeaks group hit Los Angeles and its Metro system, forcing a shutdown, while two Bay Area cities declared emergencies after ransomware attacks. WorldLeaks group hit Los Angeles and its Metro, forcing a shutdown, while two Bay Area cities declared emergencies after ransomware attacks. This week, local media reported that an unauthorized activity hit Metro’s internal…

FBI Warns Russian Hackers Target Signal, WhatsApp in Mass Phishing Attacks

Threat actors affiliated with Russian Intelligence Services are conducting phishing campaigns to compromise commercial messaging applications (CMAs) like WhatsApp and Signal to seize control of accounts belonging to individuals with high intelligence value, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Friday. “The campaign

MY TAKE: As RSAC 2026 opens, AI has bifurcated cybersecurity into two wars—the clock is running

SAN FRANCISCO — RSAC 2026 opens here Monday at Moscone Center, with upwards of 40,000 cybersecurity professionals, executives, and policy leaders, myself among them, filing in to take stock of an industry under acute pressure. Related: RSAC 2026’s full agenda The dominant undercurrent is already unmistakable: AI hasn’t just arrived in cybersecurity. It has split…

PolyShell flaw exposes Magento and Adobe Commerce to file upload attacks

Sansec found a Magento and Adobe Commerce REST API flaw, named PolyShell, which allows unauthenticated file uploads and possible XSS in older versions. Sansec disclosed a critical flaw in the Magento and Adobe Commerce REST API that allows attackers to upload executable files without authentication. The issue affects versions up to 2.4.9-alpha2 and could also…

Are nations ready to be the cybersecurity insurers of last resort?

A senior member of the Cyber Monitoring Center (CMC), an organization formed last year to monitor, define and classify cyber events impacting UK organizations, this week questioned whether a £1.5 billion (about $2 billion) government loan guarantee provided to Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) should have happened in the first place. Speaking at an event hosted…

7,500+ Magento sites defaced in global hacking campaign

Hackers defaced 7,500 Magento sites since Feb 27, uploading files across 15,000 hostnames, mostly opportunistic attacks. Since February 27, a large-scale campaign has defaced over 7,500 Magento sites, targeting e-commerce platforms, global brands, and government services. According to cybersecurity firm Netcraft, attackers placed plaintext defacement files across more than 15,000 hostnames, directly compromising affected infrastructure.…

FBI, CISA issue PSA on Russian intelligence campaign to target messaging apps

Russian intelligence-affiliated hackers have gained access to thousands of users’ messaging apps with a global phishing campaign, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned in a public service announcement on Friday. The high-value targets they’re pursuing include current and former U.S. government officials, political figures, military personnel and journalists, the two agencies…

Water utilities strengthen cybersecurity through cooperation

Water utilities are finding that letting information flow can flush out cybersecurity problems. The water industry has a security issue: Many utilities operate with ageing systems and minimal IT or cybersecurity personnel. But by coordinating responses to cyber-attacks, participants in a pilot program run by the Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI) and the Center on Cyber…

Cybet Review: A Fast-Growing Crypto Casino with Fast Withdrawals and No-KYC Gaming

In this post, I will show you the Cybet review, a fast-growing crypto casino with fast withdrawals and no-KYC gaming. The rapid growth of cryptocurrency has transformed the online gambling industry. More players are now looking for crypto casinos that offer faster transactions, greater privacy, and modern gaming experiences. Among the new platforms gaining attention in the…

Hyvä Theme Development in 2026

In this post, I will talk about Hyvä theme development in 2026. In the ever-evolving world of eCommerce, frontend performance, scalability, and developer efficiency have become critical success factors. Within the ecosystem of Magento, the Hyvä Theme has emerged as a revolutionary solution that challenges traditional frontend development approaches. By prioritizing simplicity, speed, and modern…

ZeroThreat.ai Wins Cybersecurity Excellence Award for Best Web Application Security Platform

Chicago, IL – March, 2026 – ZeroThreat.ai, the AI-powered automated web and API pentesting platform that validates real exploit paths in minutes, today announced it has been named the Silver Award winner of the Cybersecurity Excellence Award for Best Web Application Security Platform. The award, recognized globally across the cybersecurity industry, honors organizations that demonstrate…

How Cloud PBX Phone Systems Provide Flexibility, Reliability, And Scalability

Learn how cloud PBX phone systems provide flexibility, reliability, and scalability in this post.  Communication systems tend to become hard to handle as businesses expand. Traditional phone setups are highly reliant on hardware, constant maintenance, and complex upgrades. As the teams grow and the calling rush grows, these systems start to struggle. Calls may be…

All aboard: the NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Program is headed to our next stop! Share your input on where we’re headed during our Future Directions Two-Day Workshop on March 31st.

Workshop Details… We’re looking forward to hearing from the community during our “Future Directions” Workshop! Date: March 31 – April 1, 2026 Where: NIST’s Gaithersburg campus! Registration and Details: HERE Can’t make it? We still want to hear from you – email us at IoTSecurity [at] nist.gov (IoTSecurity[at]nist[dot]gov). All Aboard for Product Cybersecurity The NIST…

GUEST ESSAY: Executives trust AI security even as security teams confront blind spots, new risks

In our recent report, Beyond the Black Box, we found a striking gap: 80% of executives believe their organizations have strong security coverage for AI systems. Only about 40% of AppSec practitioners agree. Related: AI moves mainstream That’s not just a perception problem. It’s a visibility problem. The numbers back that up. Sixty-three percent of…

ANY.RUN Enters IT-Harvest’s 2026 Cyber 150 for Fast Growth and Industry Impact 

We’re thrilled to announce that ANY.RUN has once again been recognized in IT-Harvest’s 2026 Cyber 150, a list of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies. Receiving this recognition for the second year in a row makes this moment especially meaningful and reflects the strong progress our company made over the past year.  It also points to a broader shift in the market.…

Field workers don’t need more access, they need better security

In this Help Net Security interview, Chris Thompson, CISO at West Shore Home, discusses least privilege and credential hygiene for a field-based workforce. He covers access management, authentication practices, and data risk processes that support employees in the field. Thompson also outlines security awareness efforts and how field teams are integrated into an organization’s security…

CISA urges IT to harden endpoint management systems after cyberattack by pro-Iranian group

The US is urging infosec leaders to harden their endpoint management system configurations after last week’s hack of American medical supplies provider Stryker by pro-Iranian threat actor Handala. The warning from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is principally for organizations using Microsoft Intune, a cloud-based unified endpoint management (UEM) service that Handala,…

CISA urges IT to harden endpoint management systems after cyberattack by pro-Iranian group

The US is urging infosec leaders to harden their endpoint management system configurations after last week’s hack of American medical supplies provider Stryker by pro-Iranian threat actor Handala. The warning from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is principally for organizations using Microsoft Intune, a cloud-based unified endpoint management (UEM) service that Handala,…

8 Best Encryption Software & Tools in 2026

This guide is for businesses and IT decision-makers evaluating encryption software in 2026, covering how these tools work and how to choose the right solution for your needs.  Encryption software obfuscates data to render it unreadable without a decryption key, protecting it against unauthorized access or theft. However, the best tool depends heavily on the…

Huntress Set to Expand Global Partner Program

Cybersecurity organization Huntress is expanding the Huntress Partner Program to resellers to reach and protect more organizations globally. Huntress continues to bring enterprise security to smaller businesses through channel partners The expansion of the program will help Huntress protect the 99 percent of companies that fall below the Fortune 1000, their target customer.  Its expanded…

Can Zero Trust survive the AI era?

For the past decade, cybersecurity experts in the federal government have argued that trust, or a lack of it, was key to developing effective security policies for agency systems and data. But today, cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers are using artificial intelligence to develop and launch cyberattacks more quickly and efficiently. Governments and businesses are facing…

Speagle Malware Hijacks Cobra DocGuard to Steal Data via Compromised Servers

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware dubbed Speagle that hijacks the functionality and infrastructure of a legitimate program called Cobra DocGuard. “Speagle is designed to surreptitiously harvest sensitive information from infected computers and transmit it to a Cobra DocGuard server that has been compromised by the attackers, masking the data exfiltration process as legitimate

Feds keep eyes peeled for Iran cyberattacks, respond to Stryker breach

Federal cyber officials aren’t seeing a significant change in attacks tied to Iran since the conflict there began, at least not yet, but they are on the lookout for any uptick and are focusing on the Stryker attack in particular. Terry Kalka — director of the Defense Industrial Base Collaborative Information Sharing Environment at The…

News alert: SpyCloud study reveal stolen tokens, session data fuel surge in non-human identity attacks

AUSTIN, Texas, Mar. 19, 2026, CyberNewswire—SpyCloud, the leader in identity threat protection, today released its annual 2026 Identity Exposure Report, one of the most comprehensive analyses of stolen credentials and identity exposure data circulating in the criminal underground and highlighting a sharp expansion in non-human identity (NHI) exposure. Last year, SpyCloud saw a 23% increase…

U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Cisco FMC and Cisco SCC Firewall Management to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Cisco FMC and Cisco SCC Firewall Management to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management, tracked as CVE-2026-20131 (CVSS score…

Top 25 Cybersecurity Companies in 2026

This guide is for IT leaders, security professionals, and decision-makers looking to explore leading cybersecurity companies in 2026 and evaluate vendors across key areas of modern security. Cybersecurity has become one of the most critical priorities for organizations operating in today’s world.  As businesses adopt cloud computing, remote work, artificial intelligence (AI), and increasingly complex…

Top 6 XDR Solutions & Vendors in 2026

This guide is for security leaders, IT administrators, and growing businesses evaluating extended detection and response (XDR) platforms, and it covers the top solutions available today along with key features and buying considerations.  XDR tools provide centralized visibility and threat detection across endpoints, networks, cloud workloads, and email systems, helping organizations respond to increasingly complex…

Russian APT targets Ukraine via Zimbra XSS flaw CVE-2025-66376

Russian APT exploits a critical XSS flaw in Zimbra, tracked as CVE-2025-66376, running scripts via HTML emails to target users in Ukraine. Russia-linked threat actor exploits a high-severity XSS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-66376 (CVSS score of 7.2), in Zimbra Collaboration. Attackers exploited insufficiently sanitized HTML emails to run scripts when opened, targeting users in Ukraine.…

The React 19 Security Audit: Hardening Your App Against “React2Shell” and RSC Vulnerabilities

In this post, I will talk about the React 19 security audit: and show you how to hardening your app against “React2Shell” and RSC vulnerabilities. TL;DR The rollout of React 19 Server Components (RSC) fundamentally shifted the application attack surface. This led to critical late-2025 and early-2026 deserialization vulnerabilities, headlined by the CVSS 10.0 “React2Shell.”…

Ready for macOS Threats: Expanding Your SOC’s Cross-Platform Analysis with ANY.RUN 

Enterprise security teams are no longer defending a single-platform environment. They are expected to investigate threats across multiple platforms every day, often under constant pressure to move faster and make the right call early. When analysis workflows are split across different tools and environments, triage slows down, investigations take longer, and business risks grow.  To help SOC and MSSP teams handle cross-platform threats…

5 Best Rootkit Scanners and Removers: Anti-Rootkit Tools in 2026

This guide is for IT professionals, security teams, and everyday users who want to detect and remove stealthy rootkit malware, and it covers the best rootkit scanners and removal tools available today.  Rootkits are particularly dangerous because they embed deep within an operating system, allowing attackers to hide malicious activity and maintain persistent access without…

New Perseus Android Banking Malware Monitors Notes Apps to Extract Sensitive Data

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new Android malware family called Perseus that’s being actively distributed in the wild with an aim to conduct device takeover (DTO) and financial fraud. Perseus is built upon the foundations of Cerberus and Phoenix, at the same time evolving into a “more flexible and capable platform” for compromising Android devices…

Secure endpoint management systems immediately, CISA urges

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns that the cyberattack on Stryker Corporation serves as a signal to U.S. organizations that foreign cyber activity tied to Middle East conflicts may be spilling into their operations. Attackers breached Stryker’s internal Microsoft environment and reportedly wiped 200,000 systems, servers, and mobile devices, while extracting 50…

Bot Traffic, Click Farms, and Ad Fraud: The Cyber Threats Marketers Keep Ignoring

Bot traffic and click farms are draining ad budgets worldwide. Discover why ad fraud is a cybersecurity problem and how businesses can fight back. When cybersecurity professionals think about threats, they usually focus on ransomware, phishing, data breaches, and network intrusions. Rarely does ad fraud make the list. Yet this overlooked category of cybercrime is…

CISA warns of active exploitation of Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability (CVE-2026-20963)

CVE-2026-20963, a remote code execution (RCE) SharePoint vulnerability Microsoft fixed in January 2026, is being exploited by attackers. The confirmation comes from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on Wednesday. About CVE-2026-20963 CVE-2026-20963 affects Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, Microsoft SharePoint Server…

Keysight SBOM Manager simplifies global cybersecurity compliance and software transparency

Keysight Technologies has launched Keysight SBOM Manager, a new solution designed to help organizations meet growing global cybersecurity and software transparency requirements, led by the European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). The solution provides a unified approach to generating, managing, and using Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) for digital products, enabling organizations to meet regulatory…

Iran war set to hit global IT spending, IDC warns

The conflict in the Middle East threatens to weigh heavily on the global economy, with soaring oil prices expected to dampen GDP growth and prompt businesses and consumers to reduce technology spending, according to analysts at IDC. The key question – and one with few answers – is how long the fighting will continue.  The…

CISA Warns of Zimbra, SharePoint Flaw Exploits; Cisco Zero-Day Hit in Ransomware Attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has urged government agencies to apply patches for two security flaws impacting Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint, stating they have been actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerabilities in question are as follows – CVE-2025-66376 (CVSS score: 7.2) – A stored cross-site scripting

Top 8 Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) Solutions in 2026

This guide is for IT and security teams evaluating the best endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions in 2026, covering top platforms and the features that matter most for threat detection and response.  EDR tools play a critical role in identifying and stopping threats at the device level by continuously monitoring endpoint activity and enabling…

Cisco’s latest vulnerability spree has a more troubling pattern underneath

Cisco customers have confronted a flood of actively exploited vulnerabilities affecting the vendor’s network edge software since late February, and researchers say that five of the nine vulnerabilities Cisco disclosed in its firewalls and SD-WAN systems over the past three weeks have already been exploited in the wild.  Attackers exploited a pair of these defects…

U.S. CISA adds Microsoft SharePoint and Zimbra  flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds SharePoint and Zimbra flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added ([1, 2]) SharePoint and Zimbra flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2026-20963 (CVSS score of 8.8) – Microsoft SharePoint Deserialization…

6 Best Digital Forensics Tools Used in 2026

This guide is for security professionals, IT teams, and investigators evaluating the best digital forensics tools in 2026, covering top platforms and how they support modern investigations.  As cyber incidents, insider threats, and legal disputes become more complex, organizations need reliable tools to collect, analyze, and preserve digital evidence across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments.…

U.S. robotics companies want federal help to keep Chinese robots out of America’s networks

Executives at top U.S. robotics companies asked Congress for federal dollars, new legislation and a simpler regulatory field, arguing the support is necessary to adapt to the AI era and compete with their well-oiled, state-funded Chinese competitors. The U.S. robotics sector, estimated at $50 billion in value, includes world famous companies like Boston Dynamics. The…

Optiv CRO: AI Driving New Enterprise Security Risks

Enterprise security teams are under increasing pressure as AI adoption accelerates, introducing new risks around identity, governance, and operational resilience.  Channel Insider spoke with Optiv CRO John Hurley about how enterprise priorities are shifting—and where partners are seeing the most demand in 2026. Optiv’s advisory model reflects shift toward services-led security Optiv supports its enterprise…

Meet the 2026 Cybersecurity Startups Beating Hackers at Their Own Game

Cyber threats are advancing fast in 2026… and startups are leading the charge to stop them. Startups are racing to counter new threats like AI-powered phishing, deepfake fraud, ransomware-as-a-service, and supply-chain attacks. At the same time, venture capital is returning to cybersecurity, AI is reshaping both offense and defense, and regulators are raising the bar…

Free Antivirus Software Face-Off: Which One Protects Best?

Free antivirus software isn’t what it used to be. It’s better. In 2025, some of the most respected names in cybersecurity are offering powerful tools at no cost. If you’re looking for solid protection without opening your wallet, you’re in the right place. I tested and reviewed the top free antivirus products available today, focusing…

Researchers warn of unpatched, critical Telnetd flaw affecting all versions

CVE-2026-32746 is a critical flaw in GNU InetUtils telnetd that allows remote attackers to execute code with elevated privileges Cybersecurity company Dream disclosed a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-32746 (CVSS score of 9.8), in GNU InetUtils telnetd that lets unauthenticated remote attackers execute code with elevated privileges. The issue stems from an out-of-bounds write in…

Protect Your Privacy: Best Secure Messaging Apps in 2026

Think your messages are private? Think again. Someone could be reading them. Someone could be listening to your calls. From public Wi-Fi to fake login pages, attackers have countless ways to slip between you and the person you’re communicating with, without you ever knowing. Without a trusted messaging app, you’re leaving the door wide open.…

Summit Holdings Debuts “MSP as a Service” Operations Model

Summit Holdings is introducing a new MSP-as-a-Service (MSPaaS) operating model to help managed service providers scale faster and improve profitability amid mounting industry pressures. The offering combines white-labeled operational support with integrated tooling, allowing MSPs to expand service delivery and recurring revenue without adding internal headcount. The move comes as many MSPs face growing cybersecurity…

Top 7 Full Disk Encryption Software Solutions in 2026

This guide is for IT teams, security leaders, and businesses evaluating the best full disk encryption solutions in 2026, covering how they work and why they matter for protecting sensitive data.  Full disk encryption serves as a critical first line of defense by securing hard drives, external storage, and endpoints against unauthorized access. As cyber…

Top 10 Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Tools in 2026

This guide is for compliance leaders, risk managers, and IT teams seeking the best governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) tools in 2026, covering top platforms, key features, and selection considerations. These tools simplify the complexity of governance by equipping your team with the resources needed to manage evolving regulations, reduce risk, and control costs more…