In this post, I will talk about the role of locally efficient AI engines in 3D content creation. As enterprises aggressively integrate generative AI into their creative pipelines, a new category of risk has emerged: the compromise of intellectual property (IP). In the rush to automate 3D modeling, many organizations have inadvertently exposed their proprietary…
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NIST Scales Back Vulnerability Scoring in 2026 as CVE Volume Surges
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is narrowing how it analyzes and scores software vulnerabilities, citing a sharp increase in submissions that has made it difficult to keep pace. “For years, security teams relied on NVD for vulnerability context to support prioritization decisions. But that model is under real strain,” said Ian Gray,…
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Best Practices for Access Control Systems Installation in Commercial Spaces
In this post, I will talk about best practices for access control systems installation in commercial spaces. Installing an access control system in commercial spaces is key to protecting your business and managing who enters your facility. Done right, it improves security, controls traffic flow, and can reduce costs. But proper installation is essential to…
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Why the Axios attack proves AI is mandatory for supply chain security
Two weeks ago, a suspected North Korean threat actor slipped malicious code into a package within Axios, a widely used JavaScript library. The immediate concern was the blast radius: roughly 100 million weekly downloads spanning enterprises, startups, and government systems. But beyond the sheer scale, the attack’s speed was just as worrisome – a stark…
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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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Anthropic MCP Design Vulnerability Enables RCE, Threatening AI Supply Chain
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical “by design” weakness in the Model Context Protocol’s (MCP) architecture that could pave the way for remote code execution and have a cascading effect on the artificial intelligence (AI) supply chain. “This flaw enables Arbitrary Command Execution (RCE) on any system running a vulnerable MCP implementation, granting attackers direct…
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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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Claude Mythos – ist der Hype gerechtfertigt?
Claude Mythos wird derzeit von ausgesuchten Organisationen getestet – in erster Linie großen Tech-Konzernen aus den USA. Anthropic | Screenshot Der Hype um Anthropics Security-Modell Mythos bekommt erste Risse: Während KI-Konkurrent OpenAI plant, mit einem eigenen Cybersecurity-fokussierten KI-Modell „entgegenzuwirken“, stellen die Sicherheitsexperten von VulnCheck in einer aktuellen Untersuchung die praktischen Auswirkungen von Claude Mythos, respektive…
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Researchers Detect ZionSiphon Malware Targeting Israeli Water, Desalination OT Systems
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware called ZionSiphon that appears to be specifically designed to target Israeli water treatment and desalination systems. The malware has been codenamed ZionSiphon by Darktrace, highlighting its ability to set up persistence, tamper with local configuration files, and scan for operational technology (OT)-relevant services on the local subnet.
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You’re About to See a Lot of Critical Software Updates. Don’t Ignore Them.
Anthropic’s newest, as-yet-unreleased AI model is a hacker’s dream, so here’s the cybersecurity advice you need to start taking seriously right now.
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 573 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. Hidden VMs: how hackers leverage QEMU to stealthily steal data and spread malware Nexcorium Mirai variant…
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SCC Tester: Complete Guide to Somatic Cell Count Testing in Milk Quality Control
In this post, I will discuss SCC Tester and provide a comprehensive guide to somatic cell count testing in milk quality control. An important diagnostic tool is widely used in the dairy industry to evaluate milk quality and detect potential health issues in cows. The SCC tester helps farmers, dairy laboratories, and processors measure Somatic…
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Flawed Cisco update threatens to stop APs from getting further patches
Cisco admins are scrambling to patch a critical flash memory overflow vulnerability in over 200 Cisco Systems IOS XE-based models of wireless access points (APs), caused by a recent flawed software update. If the issue is not corrected quickly, the AP’s memory will become so flooded that new software updates will be blocked and the…
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The surveillance law Congress can’t quit — and can’t explain
Congress is grappling with renewal of a surveillance law set to expire at the end of this month that critics say is a mystery on how much of a difference it has made for controversial government spying authorities — for better or worse. The 2024 law reauthorized so-called Section 702 powers of the Foreign Intelligence…
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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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New Mirai Variant Nexcorium Hijacks DVR Devices for DDoS Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers at Fortinet have discovered Nexcorium, a new Mirai-based malware targeting TBK DVR systems to turn them into bots for DDoS attacks.
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Commercial AI Models Show Rapid Gains in Vulnerability Research
AI models are making rapid gains in vulnerability research and exploit development, raising new cybersecurity risks, a Forescout study finds
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White House moves to give federal agencies access to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos
The US government is preparing to authorize a version of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos model for use by major US federal agencies, amid concerns that the AI model could rapidly spot cybersecurity vulnerabilities and offer the ability to exploit them. Federal Chief Information Officer Gregory Barbaccia at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB)…
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How Addressing Cloud Misconfigurations Disrupts the Cyber Kill Chain
In this post, I will show you how addressing cloud misconfigurations disrupts the cyber kill chain. Cloud environments offer speed and flexibility, but they introduce new risks. One common issue is misconfiguration. Small mistakes, such as overly broad access permissions or publicly exposed resources, can open the door to attackers. These gaps sometimes go unnoticed…
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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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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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NIST Limits CVE Enrichment After 263% Surge in Vulnerability Submissions
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced changes to the way it handles cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) listed in its National Vulnerability Database (NVD), stating it will only enrich those that fulfil certain conditions owing to an explosion in CVE submissions. “CVEs that do not meet those criteria will still be…
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Social media bans might steer kids into riskier corners of the internet
Governments are moving to block children under 16 from social media in the name of safety. But once these measures move from policy to practice, they raise a harder question: what happens when protecting kids requires collecting more data than ever before and may put them at greater risk? Age checks spark debate over privacy…
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Apache ActiveMQ CVE-2026-34197 Added to CISA KEV Amid Active Exploitation
A recently disclosed high-severity security flaw in Apache ActiveMQ Classic has come under active exploitation in the wild, per the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). To that end, the agency has added the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-34197 (CVSS score: 8.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, requiring Federal Civilian
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Anthropic’s latest model is deliberately less powerful than Mythos (and that’s the point)
Anthropic has today released a new, improved Claude model, Opus 4.7, but has deliberately built it to be less capable than the highly-anticipated Claude Mythos. Anthropic calls Opus 4.7 a “notable improvement” over Opus 4.6, offering advanced software engineering capabilities and improved visioning, memory, instruction-following, and financial analysis. However, the yet-to-be-released (and inadvertently leaked) Mythos…
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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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NIST cuts down CVE analysis amid vulnerability overload
Overwhelmed by an escalating volume of security flaws, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced significant changes to how it handles cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs). Rather than commit to providing enrichment for all entries in its National Vulnerability Database (NVD), the agency will focus on just the most critical CVEs, which…
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New Microsoft Defender “RedSun” zero-day PoC grants SYSTEM privileges
A researcher known as “Chaotic Eclipse” has published a proof-of-concept exploit for a second Microsoft Defender zero-day, dubbed “RedSun,” in the past two weeks, protesting how the company works with cybersecurity researchers. […]
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Newly Discovered PowMix Botnet Hits Czech Workers Using Randomized C2 Traffic
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an active malicious campaign that’s targeting the workforce in the Czech Republic with a previously undocumented botnet dubbed PowMix since at least December 2025. “PowMix employs randomized command-and-control (C2) beaconing intervals, rather than persistent connection to the C2 server, to evade the network signature detections,” Cisco Talos
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Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7 with automated cybersecurity safeguards
Software teams building agentic AI workflows have been pushing frontier models toward longer, unsupervised task runs. Claude Opus 4.7, now generally available from Anthropic, is aimed squarely at that demand, with particular gains in software engineering, multimodal processing, and the kind of instruction fidelity that matters when a model is running tasks autonomously over multiple…
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OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4-Cyber to Boost Defensive Cybersecurity
OpenAI unveils GPT-5.4-Cyber, a cybersecurity-focused model built to help defenders analyze malware and fix software bugs. The company is also expanding its Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) program to thousands of verified experts.
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OPSWAT, Emerson Partner on OT Cybersecurity Globally
OPSWAT, a cybersecurity company for critical infrastructure, and Emerson, a global automation company, have announced a global strategic reseller agreement that will bring OPSWAT’s industry-proven cybersecurity technologies to Emerson’s power and water industry customers. As the first initiative under this enterprise-wide agreement, Emerson will integrate OPSWAT’s scalable, secure operational technology (OT) patch management capabilities into…
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Microsoft’s Windows Recall still allows silent data extraction
Microsoft’s Windows Recall feature remains vulnerable to complete data extraction despite a major security overhaul, according to a cybersecurity researcher who says malware running in a user’s context can quietly siphon off everything Recall has captured, without administrator privileges, kernel exploits, or breaking encryption. Alexander Hagenah, executive director at Zürich-based financial infrastructure operator SIX Group,…
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Microsoft’s Windows Recall still allows silent data extraction
Microsoft’s Windows Recall feature remains vulnerable to complete data extraction despite a major security overhaul, according to a cybersecurity researcher who says malware running in a user’s context can quietly siphon off everything Recall has captured, without administrator privileges, kernel exploits, or breaking encryption. Alexander Hagenah, executive director at Zürich-based financial infrastructure operator SIX Group,…
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Security Services For Technology Campuses in San Francisco
In this post, I will talk about security Services for technology campuses in San Francisco. The technology sector in San Francisco has its own pace. People come in early, stay late, move between buildings, meet in common areas, take calls outside, receive deliveries throughout the day. It’s not a static environment. It’s constantly moving, which…
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Behind the Mythos hype, Glasswing has just one confirmed CVE
Efforts to cut through the buzz surrounding Anthropic’s Mythos are emerging. As OpenAI moves to counter the hype around it with its own cybersecurity model, VulnCheck is reporting that the model’s publicly attributable output amounts to just one confirmed CVE. While Project Glasswing, the controlled access program for Mythos, promises a powerful offensive capability, gated…
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Cybersecurity Risks of Hiring a Virtual Assistant and How to Protect Your Business
Virtual assistants boost productivity but add cybersecurity risks. Poor access control, weak devices, and credential sharing can expose sensitive business data.
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BlobPhish: The Phantom Phishing Campaign Hiding in Browser Memory
ANY.RUN has observed a sustained surge in a credential-phishing campaign active since 2024. This campaign, dubbed BlobPhish, introduces a sneaky twist: instead of delivering phishing pages via traditional HTTP requests, it generates them directly inside the victim’s browser using blob objects. The result is a phishing payload that lives entirely in memory, leaving little to no trace in logs, caches,…
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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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Ghost breaches: How AI-mediated narratives have become a new threat vector
A company wakes up to a news story claiming it has suffered a major data breach. The details are specific, technical and convincing. But the breach didn’t happen. No systems were compromised. No data was taken. A language model generated the entire story, filling in plausible details from scratch. And before the company can figure…
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The endless CISO reporting line debate — and what it says about cybersecurity leadership
It is difficult to understand why, in 2026, we are still debating the reporting line of the chief information security officer (CISO). It is one of the first topics I wrote about in 2015, and after more than two decades of high-profile cyber incidents, sustained regulatory pressure, massive technology investments and the steady elevation of…
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EU cybersecurity standards are at risk if supplier ban passes
Today, the European standards body ETSI sent a formal position paper to the European Commission, calling for changes to the proposed Cybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2), the EU’s planned revision to its existing cybersecurity certification framework. The paper focuses on two provisions: a proposed expansion of ENISA’s role in developing technical specifications, and a clause in…
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Was bei der Cloud-Konfiguration schiefläuft – und wie es besser geht
Fehlerhaft konfigurierte Cloud-Dienste sorgen regelmäßig für Datenlecks – und schlimmeres. DC Studio | shutterstock.com Konfigurationsfehler in der Cloud, die Unternehmensdaten gefährden, sind nicht unbedingt etwas Neues – eher im Gegenteil. Umso schlimmer, dass Unternehmen ihre Cloud-Ressourcen immer noch nicht durchgängig absichern. Zumindest legt das ein aktueller Report nahe. Dafür hat der Cloud-Sicherheitsanbieter Qualys 101 Cybersecurity-…
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[Guest Diary] Compromised DVRs and Finding Them in the Wild, (Thu, Apr 16th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Alec Jaffe, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Cybersecurity (BACS) program [1]. Security cameras are great at monitoring physical doors, but terrible at locking their own digital ones. Across the internet, thousands of unpatched DVRs sit publicly exposed, many guarded only by the…
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Smashing Security podcast #463: This AI company leaked its own code. It’s also built something terrifying
A hacking group claims to have broken into the flood defence system protecting Venice’s Piazza San Marco – and is offering to sell access to whoever wants it. The asking price? A frankly insulting $600. Meanwhile, Anthropic accidentally leaked the source code for Claude Code via a basic packaging mistake. Oh, and by the way,…
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NIST narrows scope of CVE analysis to keep up with rising tide of vulnerabilities
The federal agency tasked with analyzing security vulnerabilities is overwhelmed as it and other authorities struggle to keep pace with a flood of defects that grows every year. The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced Wednesday that it has capitulated to that deluge and narrowed the priorities for its National Vulnerability Database. NIST said…
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News Alert: NTT Research launches SaltGrain—advanced Attribute-Based Encryption security
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Apr. 15, 2026 – NTT Research, Inc., a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced the launch of Scale Academy, a startup incubator responsible for bringing to market products and services based upon technologies studied within the labs of NTT Research and NTT R&D. NTT Research also revealed Scale Academy’s first product, SaltGrain, a zero-trust data security suite…
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Cybersecurity Challenges Facing Small Businesses Today
In this post, I will talk about cybersecurity challenges facing small businesses today. Key Takeaways Small businesses are now primary targets for threat actors who view them as high-value, low-resistance gateways compared to heavily fortified enterprise organizations. The use of generative A and machine learning has allowed criminals to automate sophisticated phishing campaigns and malware…
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Executive orders likely ahead in next steps for national cyber strategy
National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross expects more executive orders coming from the White House as part of implementing the national cybersecurity strategy, he said Wednesday. Staffers on Capitol Hill and others in the cyber world have been awaiting the implementation guidance the Trump administration had proclaimed would come to accompany the strategy published last month.…
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Report: Only 34% of Security Talent Plan to Stay in Their Roles
Only 34% of cybersecurity professionals plan to stay in their current roles, according to IANS and Artico Search’s recently released 2026 Cybersecurity Talent Report. The report outlines key insights on compensation, roles, and retention based on a survey of more than 500 security professionals. CISOs must rethink how to retain talent The report highlights declining…
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OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.4-Cyber for Improving Cyber Defense With AI
OpenAI’s new frontier model focused on cybersecurity comes following Anthropic’s launch of Claude Mythos Preview and Project Glasswing
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European Cybersecurity Agency ENISA Seeks Top-Tier Status in CVE Program
The EU cybersecurity agency looks to become the third Top-Level Root CVE Numbering Authority, alongside CISA and MITRE
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U.S. CISA adds Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft Office Excel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft Office Excel 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-2009-0238 Microsoft Office Remote…
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Rolling Networks: Securing the Transportation Sector
Modern trucks are rolling networks packed with sensors, connectivity, and attack surfaces, creating new cyber risks. NMFTA’s Cybersecurity Conference brings industry leaders together to tackle emerging threats in transportation. […]
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OpenAI expands Trusted Access for Cyber program with new GPT 5.4 Cyber model
OpenAI said it is expanding its Trusted Access for Cyber program to “thousands of individuals and organizations,” who will use the company’s technology to root out bugs and vulnerabilities in their products. The program will also incorporate GPT 5.4 Cyber, a new variant of ChatGPT that OpenAI says is specifically optimized for cybersecurity tasks. OpenAI’s…
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Chile’s Cybersecurity Framework Law: How SOCs Achieve Compliance and Response Readiness
In Chile, cybersecurity compliance is becoming an operational issue, not just a legal one. Under the new Cybersecurity Framework Law, organizations must show they have real capabilities for threat detection, incident analysis, and response. For many teams, that exposes a serious gap between regulatory expectations and day-to-day security operations. Key Takeaways Chile’s Cybersecurity Framework Law…
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108 malicious Chrome extensions caught stealing Google and Telegram data from 20,000 users
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed that 108 malicious Google Chrome extensions have been quietly stealing user credentials, hijacking Telegram sessions, and injecting unwanted ads and scripts into browsers – all reporting back to the same central point. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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The deepfake dilemma: From financial fraud to reputational crisis
Deepfake technology has crossed a critical threshold. What was impossible 10 years ago and required specific expertise only a few years ago is now cheap and accessible. Worse, it’s now good enough to fool a wide range of employees and executives. In fact, a 2025 Gartner survey found that 43% of cybersecurity leaders experienced at…
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Report: AI Shifts IT Roles as Demands and Complexity Rise
SolarWinds recently released its 2026 IT Trends Report: The Human Side of Autonomous IT, examining how AI is reshaping IT roles. Instead of simply managing systems, IT teams are now expected to interpret AI-driven insights, design automated workflows, and govern increasingly autonomous environments. The shift is creating a paradox: while AI reduces manual effort, it…
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Going Keyless: How Modern Access Control Is Reshaping Building Security
Want to learn about going keyless? In this post, I will show you how modern access control is reshaping building security. The way we secure buildings is changing fast. Traditional metal keys are giving way to smarter, more manageable solutions that give facility managers greater control over who gets in and when. The Problem With…
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Essential Gaming Guide: Mastering Cybersecurity in the Digital Arena
Check out our gaming guide. In the dynamic realm of technology, gaming stands as a unique fusion of entertainment, education, and innovation. From the pixelated adventures of arcade classics to the breathtaking worlds of modern AAA titles, gaming has captivated millions of players across all demographics, transcending cultural and linguistic barriers to become a global…
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A Clean Domain Name Is No Longer a Trust Signal
In this post, I will show you that a clean domain name is no longer a trust signal. For years, it felt like you could spot a trustworthy website by its clean, professional domain name. We learned to avoid suspicious links with strange endings or obvious typos, thinking these were the main clues to danger…
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7 biggest healthcare security threats
Cyberattacks targeting the healthcare sector have surged since the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting rush to enable remote delivery of healthcare services. Security vendors and researchers tracking the industry have reported a major increase in phishing attacks, ransomware, web application attacks, and other threats targeting healthcare providers. Recent rising of ransomware attacks on healthcare, in…
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The need for a board-level definition of cyber resilience
Cyber resilience has become a critical governance concern as organizations face increasingly complex and costly cyber threats. However, recent research reveals that the concept of cyber resilience remains inconsistently defined across regulatory frameworks and in some cases presents contradictory guidance to cross-sector and multinational organizations. This conceptual fragmentation poses a systemic risk for top management…
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Mallory Launches AI-Native Threat Intelligence Platform, Turning Global Threat Data Into Prioritized Action
Built by a veteran security team and led by a former Google and Mandiant executive, Mallory delivers intelligence that drives action for enterprise security teams. Mallory is launching a AI-native threat intelligence platform, purpose-built to answer the questions CISOs and their teams are asking every day: What are the real threat vectors for our organization?…
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OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4-Cyber with Expanded Access for Security Teams
OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled GPT-5.4-Cyber, a variant of its latest flagship model, GPT‑5.4, that’s specifically optimized for defensive cybersecurity use cases, days after rival Anthropic unveiled its own frontier model, Mythos. “The progressive use of AI accelerates defenders – those responsible for keeping systems, data, and users safe – enabling them to find and fix problems
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April Patch Tuesday roundup: Zero day vulnerabilities and critical bugs
A critical hole in Windows Internet Key Exchange for secure communications, an actively exploited zero day in Microsoft SharePoint and a critical SQL injection vulnerability in a SAP product are the focus of the April Patch Tuesday releases requiring immediate attention from IT security teams. “April’s threat landscape is defined by immediate, real-world exploitation rather…
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Microsoft Bets $10 Billion to Boost Japan’s AI, Cybersecurity
The deal aims to accelerate AI adoption, train workers, and develop cybersecurity partnerships — the latest move by a hyperscaler to compete for sovereign AI and data centers.
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CISA cancels summer internships for cyber scholarship students amid DHS funding lapse
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has informed participants of the federal government’s Scholarship for Service program that it has canceled this year’s summer internship programs due to the current funding issues at the Department of Homeland Security. Emails from CISA obtained by CyberScoop recently informed applicants that the agency will not bring any CyberCorps:…
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Microsoft drops its second-largest monthly batch of defects on record
Microsoft addressed 165 vulnerabilities affecting its various products and underlying systems, including one actively exploited vulnerability in Microsoft Office SharePoint, in this month’s Patch Tuesday update. “By my count, this is the second-largest monthly release in Microsoft’s history,” Dustin Childs, head of threat awareness at Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, wrote in a blog post…
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4 questions to ask before outsourcing MDR
Security teams are stretched thin. Alerts never stop, attackers move faster, and expectations for uptime and resilience keep rising. For many IT and security leaders, Managed Detection and Response (MDR) has become less of a “nice to have” and more of a practical way to stay ahead. But outsourcing MDR is not just about handing…
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5 trends defining the future of AI-powered cybersecurity
The new N-able and Futurum Report reveals how AI is reshaping cyber resilience as it accelerates both business innovation and adversarial tradecraft. Attackers are scaling their operations with unprecedented speed, leveraging automation to bypass traditional defenses. For IT security leaders and MSP owners, the days of relying on static, perimeter-based security are over. To stay…
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GIGABYTE Announces Exclusive ANZ Bundle: 12 Months of Surfshark One with Select Gaming Laptops
GIGABYTE, the world’s leading computer brand, today announced a strategic partnership with Surfshark, a global pioneer in cybersecurity. Starting today, customers in Australia and New Zealand (aged 18+) who purchase select GIGABYTE AERO X16 or GIGABYTE GAMING A16 gaming laptops from authorized resellers can redeem a free 12-month Surfshark One subscription (valued at over $170 AUD). This partnership delivers…
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Space Force official touts AI’s impact on cyber compliance
Seth Whitworth, who is both acting Associate Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Cyber and Data and acting chief information security officer, said he believes AI tools are shifting the way defenders review cyber risk, both for individual systems and more holistically throughout an enterprise. In particular, Large Language Models can be used to systematically…
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How to Remove Wave Browser (User Complaints, Safety Check & Fix Guide)
Learn how to remove Wave Browser and address issues some users have reported in this guide. Some users have reported unexpected behavior after installing Wave Browser, such as changes to browser settings or increased ads. While Wave Browser is a legitimate application, it has been classified by some users and security tools as a potentially…
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AI might be killing traditional SIEMs, but data advantage is as strong as ever
Over 3 years ago, I talked about the concept of data gravity – the idea that as more and more data gets centralized in a single place, it gives a huge advantage to companies that collect this data. That idea made a lot of sense back then, in January 2023, some 2 months after the…
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EU regulators largely denied access to Anthropic Mythos
European regulators have largely been frozen out of early access to Anthropic’s new Mythos model, Politico reports. The AI technology, aimed at cybersecurity use cases, is said to be able to identify and exploit technical vulnerabilities at a level that surpasses most humans — signaling a structural shift for CISOs and the cybersecurity industry. For security…
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Testing reveals Claude Mythos’s offensive capabilities and limits
Could Claude Mythos Preview, Anthropic’s latest large language model, be leveraged for fully automated cyber attacks? The UK government’s AI Security Institute (AISI) tested its capability to successfully engage in capture-the-flag (CTF) challenges and multi-step attack scenarios, and found that that while its cybersecurity capabilities exceed those of previously available models, it can’t reliably execute…
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US, UK and Canada disrupt $45M crypto theft in Operation Atlantic
US, UK and Canada ran Operation Atlantic, uncovering $45M in crypto theft and freezing $12M to return to victims. An international law enforcement operation from the US, UK and Canada, codenamed Operation Atlantic, has targeted large-scale cryptocurrency theft schemes. Authorities identified more than $45 million in stolen digital assets and successfully froze around $12 million.…
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World Quantum Day 2026: QuSecure on Urgent Need for PQC Shift
As World Quantum Day approaches on April 14, the cybersecurity conversation is rapidly evolving from theoretical risk to operational urgency. Industry leaders are no longer asking if quantum computers will break modern encryption—but when—and how prepared organizations will be when that moment arrives. QuSecure is among the vendors pushing that shift in mindset, urging enterprises…
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CISOs Urged to Innovate with Talent Retention as Job Satisfaction Declines
A new IANS report claims just 34% of cybersecurity professionals plan to stay put in the next 12 months
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MINISFORUM MS-01 Work Station and A1 Wholesale Guide
This post will show you the MINISFORUM MS-01 Work Station and A1 wholesale guide. Many people need a powerful computer for work, but large desktop systems take too much space. At the same time, most small PCs are made for basic tasks and may not handle heavy workloads well. This makes it hard to find…
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MINISFORUM MS-01 Work Station and A1 Wholesale Guide
This post will show you the MINISFORUM MS-01 Work Station and A1 wholesale guide. Many people need a powerful computer for work, but large desktop systems take too much space. At the same time, most small PCs are made for basic tasks and may not handle heavy workloads well. This makes it hard to find…
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When Trust Becomes a Weapon: Google Cloud Storage Phishing Deploying Remcos RAT
Modern phishing campaigns increasingly abuse legitimate services. Cloud platforms, file-sharing tools, trusted domains, and widely used SaaS applications are now part of the attacker’s toolkit. Instead of breaking trust, attackers borrow it. This shift creates a dangerous asymmetry. Security controls often whitelist or inherently trust these services, while users are far less likely to question them. The…
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Secretary Mullin must help finish the job: Urge the Senate to confirm Plankey
On March 23, the Senate confirmed Senator Markwayne Mullin as the next homeland security secretary, marking an important step in strengthening leadership during a critical moment for our nation’s security. But only half of the job is done. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the federal government’s main civilian cyber defense agency, still lacks…
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Attackers target unpatched ShowDoc servers via CVE-2025-0520
A critical RCE flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-0520, in ShowDoc is being actively exploited, putting unpatched servers at serious risk. A critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-0520 (CVSS score of 9.4), affecting ShowDoc is under active exploitation in the wild. ShowDoc is an online tool that helps IT teams share documents and improve collaboration…
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Attackers target unpatched ShowDoc servers via CVE-2025-0520
A critical RCE flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-0520, in ShowDoc is being actively exploited, putting unpatched servers at serious risk. A critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-0520 (CVSS score of 9.4), affecting ShowDoc is under active exploitation in the wild. ShowDoc is an online tool that helps IT teams share documents and improve collaboration…
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How AI is transforming threat detection
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how security teams detect and hunt cyber threats by helping analyze vast volumes of security data, uncovering subtle signs of malicious activity, and identifying potential attacks faster than traditional tools or human analysts alone. Analyst firm Gartner expects that by 2028, 50% of threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR) platforms…
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The AI inflection point: What security leaders must do now
AI is no longer a speculative topic for security leaders. It has moved from experimentation to implementation, and increasingly, to measurable production impact. Over the past year, my conversations with CISOs have shifted. The question is no longer whether AI belongs in cybersecurity; it’s about deploying it responsibly, strategically and at scale. For security leaders,…
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108 Malicious Chrome Extensions Steal Google and Telegram Data, Affecting 20,000 Users
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign in which a cluster of 108 Google Chrome extensions has been found to communicate with the same command-and-control (C2) infrastructure with the goal of collecting user data and enabling browser-level abuse by injecting ads and arbitrary JavaScript code into every web page visited. According to Socket, the extensions are…
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U.S. CISA adds Adobe, Fortinet, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Microsoft Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Adobe, Fortinet, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Microsoft Windows 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-2026-34621 Adobe Acrobat…
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RapidScale Set to Announce New Partner Program
RapidScale, a managed cloud services organization, has announced its new partner program to change how it engages with the channel. The Ascend Partner Program is a tiered initiative that accelerates RapidScale’s new solutions-led go-to-market approach and partners’ role as strategic advisors. The program is designed to empower partners to capture a greater share of customer…
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CISA Adds 6 Known Exploited Flaws in Fortinet, Microsoft, and Adobe Software
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added half a dozen security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2026-21643 (CVSS score: 9.1) – An SQL injection vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClient EMS that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: April 14, 2026
Cyber Security Engineer/Application Security Specialist Tecnots | India | On-site – View job details As a Cyber Security Engineer/Application Security Specialist, you will integrate security into the SDLC, perform application security reviews, and support secure APIs, authentication, and data protection. You will embed security into CI/CD pipelines using SAST and DAST, enforce secure coding practices,…
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Anthropic’s Mythos signals a structural cybersecurity shift
Over the past week, reaction to Anthropic’s Glasswing disclosure has split along familiar lines. At one end: alarm over an AI system capable of autonomously identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities. At the other: dismissive hot takes, arguing there is nothing new here. A more grounded view comes from a new briefing by the Cloud Security Alliance…
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Here’s how cyber heavyweights in the US and UK are dealing with Claude Mythos
A joint report from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the SANS Institute and the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) concludes that in the near term, organizations are “likely to be overwhelmed” by threat actors using AI to find and exploit vulnerabilities faster than defenders can patch them. While those organizations can use AI tools…
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Quantum Threats Move from Theory to Reality as ‘Harvest Now, Decrypt Later’ Attacks Rise
Cybersecurity leaders are being urged to rethink long-held assumptions about encryption as the industry marks World Quantum Day, with experts warning that the risks posed by quantum computing are no longer a distant concern.