A targeted social engineering attack against DigiCert’s support channel led to the compromise of internal systems and the unauthorized issuance of EV Code Signing certificates. DigiCert is a global Certificate Authority (CA) providing digital trust services, specializing in TLS/SSL certificates, PKI management, and IoT security. According to DigiCert’s incident report, a threat actor contacted the…
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Multiple threat actors actively exploit cPanel vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940)
The situation around the critical cPanel authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) has deteriorated significantly since our initial coverage. Exploratory probing has evolved into multi-actor exploitation, leading to disrupted websites, ransomware and malware deployment, and targeted attacks. “Sorry” ransomware Attackers have taken advantage of CVE-2026-41940 to mass-exploit vulnerable internet-facing cPanel instances to breach servers, deface websites and…
Data Breaches, Global Security News
Webinar: Why MSPs must rethink security and backup strategies
Security breaches don’t just test your defenses—they test your recovery. Join Kaseya in our upcoming webinar to learn how MSPs strengthen resilience with SaaS backups and BCDR to stay operational after attacks. […]
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Why data centers now belong on the critical infrastructure list
Missile and drone attacks that took out cloud data centers in the Middle East underscored a critical vulnerability in the modern economy: reliance on digital infrastructure that sustains competitive advantage and operational continuity for corporations, nations, and militaries. The outages and downstream disruption were a preview of a new form of strategic and operational risk.…
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The fake IT worker problem CISOs can’t ignore
Hiring fake IT workers has been a growing problem in recent years — but it’s often a problem very few want to admit to. From Fortune 500 companies down to smaller organizations, remote hiring practices have been exploited to grant trusted access to individuals who are not who they claim to be creating an insider…
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15-year-old detained over massive data breach at French government agency
French authorities have detained a 15-year-old suspected of involvement in a data breach at France Titres, the government agency responsible for issuing official documents. “Between 12 and 18 million data records were reportedly being offered for sale on cybercriminal forums by a hacker known as “breach3d,“ the Paris Prosecutor’s Office said in a press release.…
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Salt Typhoon breach IBM subsidiary in Italy: a warning for Europe’s digital defenses
April 2026 breach at Sistemi Informativi (IBM Italy) raises concerns over Chinese-linked cyber ops in Europe, including Salt Typhoon. In late April 2026, the Italian cybersecurity landscape was shaken by a significant breach targeting Sistemi Informativi, a company wholly owned by IBM Italy that provides IT infrastructure management for key public and private institutions. The…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 575 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. Two US cybersecurity experts sentenced in ransomware case, third awaits July ruling Trellix discloses the breach…
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Controlling Data Breach And The Use Of DRM For Document Security
This post will reveal how to control the aftermath of a data breach by using DRM for document security. Gathering physical and digital evidence to correlate data from multiple sources to piece together a data breach incident is crucial in evaluating how and when the incident occurred. The evidence can show if someone had infiltrated…
Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News
Critrical cPanel flaw mass-exploited in “Sorry” ransomware attacks
A new disclosed cPanel flaw tracked as CVE-2026-41940 is being mass-exploited to breach websites and encrypt data in “Sorry” ransomware attacks. […]
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Trellix discloses the breach of a code repository
Trellix disclosed a security breach affecting part of its source code repository, however, the company says there’s no sign of code misuse. Trellix revealed a breach that allowed unauthorized access to part of its source code repository. The company said it quickly launched an investigation with forensic experts and notified law enforcement. While the exact…
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Best 5 Cybersecurity Management Security Tools
In this post, I will show you the best 5 cybersecurity management security tools. With more companies moving their work online, the risk of cyberattacks has grown. From data breaches to ransomware, small security gaps can lead to big problems. That’s why having the right cybersecurity management tools is a must-have for organisations of all…
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Trellix Confirms Source Code Breach With Unauthorized Repository Access
Cybersecurity company Trellix has announced that it suffered a breach that enabled unauthorized access to a “portion” of its source code. It said it “recently identified” the compromise of its source code repository and that it began working with “leading forensic experts” to resolve the matter immediately. It also said it has notified law enforcement…
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Canonical Hit by Sustained DDoS Attack, Disrupting Ubuntu Services Worldwide
Canonical’s web infrastructure was knocked offline by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, disrupting core Ubuntu services relied on by developers and security teams globally. “A direct extortion message sent to the Ubuntu team by the hacktivist group ‘The Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq – 313 Tea,’ has been detected,” said VECERT Analyzer in their X…
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Story retracted
BleepingComputer initially published a story about a new data breach at Instructure. Shortly after publication, we determined that the information was incorrect and primarily based on outdated details from a prior incident. The article has been retracted, and we regret the error. […]
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Digital attacks drive a new wave of cargo theft, FBI says
The FBI warns of rising cyber cargo theft, with hackers targeting brokers and carriers. Experts say digital attacks are replacing traditional cargo theft. The FBI has issued a Public Service Announcement (PSA) about a surge in cyber-enabled cargo theft, with hackers increasingly targeting brokers and carriers. This trend confirms earlier findings from Proofpoint and alerts…
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Supply Chain Attacks, AI Security, and Major Breaches Define This Week in Cybersecurity in May 2026
Major Threats & Vulnerabilities Software Supply Chain and CI/CD Exploits Researchers uncovered a malicious campaign targeting SAP npm packages that secretly stole developer and CI/CD credentials through preinstall scripts and GitHub-based command and control. SAP has yet to comment on the incident, which highlights the growing risk of dependency poisoning in enterprise ecosystems. Another critical…
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Former incident responders sentenced to 4 years in prison for committing ransomware attacks
Two former cybersecurity professionals who moonlighted as cybercriminals, committing a series of ransomware attacks in 2023, were each sentenced to four years in prison, the Justice Department said Thursday. Ryan Clifford Goldberg and Kevin Tyler Martin previously pleaded guilty to one of three charges brought against them in December and faced up to 20 years…
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SAP npm Supply Chain Attack Targets Developer Credentials
A supply chain attack targeting SAP npm packages is putting enterprise development environments at risk. Aikido researchers discovered malicious code designed to steal credentials and secrets from developer systems and CI/CD pipelines. The attack “… harvests local developer credentials, GitHub and npm tokens, GitHub Actions secrets, and cloud secrets from AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes,”…
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AI Adoption Fuels Rise in Identity Attack Path Risk
Identity security is one of the most urgent priorities for enterprises as AI adoption expands the attack surface and introduces new complexity. The SpecterOps Trends in Identity Attack Path Management 2026 report highlights how organizations are increasing investment in identity security while struggling to turn visibility into consistent risk reduction. “As identity becomes the control…
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Two new extortion crews are speedrunning the Scattered Spider playbook
A pair of persistent and problematic threat groups affiliated with The Com are actively targeting organizations across multiple critical infrastructure sectors for rapid data theft and extortion attacks, according to CrowdStrike. The financially-motivated attackers, which CrowdStrike tracks as Cordial Spider and Snarky Spider, have used voice-phishing and social engineering attacks to break into victims’ identity…
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Anti-DDoS Firm Heaped Attacks on Brazilian ISPs
A Brazilian tech firm that specializes in protecting networks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has been enabling a botnet responsible for an extended campaign of massive DDoS attacks against other network operators in Brazil, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The firm’s chief executive says the malicious activity resulted from a security breach and was likely the work…
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Cisco Introduces Model Provenance Kit to Strengthen AI Supply Chain Security
Organizations are rapidly adopting AI models, but many still lack visibility into where those models come from or how they’ve been modified along the way. Cisco is aiming to close that gap with the release of its open-source Model Provenance Kit, a tool designed to verify the origins of AI models and improve trust across…
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UK: Education Sector Faces Surge in Cyber Breaches Despite Stable National Threat Levels
The British public education sector has faced the nation’s most dramatic increase in cyber breach prevalence over the past year
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Meta accused of violating DSA by failing to safeguard minors
The European Commission accuses Meta of failing to protect children, allowing users under 13 on Instagram and Facebook, in breach of the DSA rules. The European Commission has accused Meta of violating child safety rules. Instagram and Facebook allegedly failed to prevent children under 13 from accessing their platforms. According to the Commission, Meta did…
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Smashing Security podcast #465: This developer wanted to cheat at Roblox. It cost millions
A developer at an AI startup wanted to cheat at Roblox. They downloaded a dodgy script on their work laptop. That one decision triggered a cascade of failures that ended with a $2 million data breach affecting hundreds of thousands of organisations. All for some free in-game currency. Meanwhile, there’s a 1980s phone protocol called…
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cPanel Vulnerability Exposes Servers to Takeover
An authentication vulnerability in cPanel and Web Host Manager (WHM) is putting web hosting environments at risk, prompting the company to release an emergency patch and warn administrators to act quickly. The flaw affects multiple authentication paths and could allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to servers if left unpatched. “Let’s call this what it…
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GitHub Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution With a Single Git Push
A vulnerability in GitHub’s infrastructure could have allowed attackers to execute code on backend systems using nothing more than a standard git push command. The flaw affected both GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES), exposing millions of repositories to potential compromise before it was patched. “By exploiting an injection flaw in GitHub’s internal protocol, any…
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Polymarket Rejects Data Breach Claims as Hacker Alleges 300K Records Stolen
A hacker using the alias “Xorcat” claims to have breached Polymarket using API flaws, but research suggests the leak could be just data scraping incident.
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Learning from the Vercel breach: Shadow AI & OAuth sprawl
A single third-party OAuth integration can become a direct path into your environment. Push explains how the Vercel breach shows a compromised OAuth app can lead to widespread impact across downstream customers. […]
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US-Estonian Suspect Arrested Over Alleged Scattered Spider Cyberattacks
US-Estonian suspect Peter Stokes arrested in Finland over alleged ties to Scattered Spider, facing US charges for cyberattacks, fraud, and data breaches.
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AWS leans on prior ingenuity to face future AI and quantum threats
As Amazon celebrates the 20th anniversary of its AWS cloud this year, the world’s biggest cloud computing provider now faces two giant cybersecurity threats — AI and quantum. How the company will navigate these emerging issues to ensure the security and resilience of systems used by its millions of corporate customers remains an evolving question.…
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ShinyHunters exploit Anodot incident to target Vimeo
The video platform Vimeo confirmed a security breach via Anodot that exposed metadata, video titles, and some user emails. Vimeo said some user data was accessed after a breach at Anodot. Anodot is a company that provides AI-driven data analytics and anomaly detection tools. Most of the exposed information includes technical data, video titles, and…
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7 Best Network Security Tools to Use in 2026
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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Video service Vimeo confirms Anodot breach exposed user data
Vimeo has disclosed that data belonging to some of its customers and users has been accessed without authorization following the recent breach at the Anodot data anomaly detection company. […]
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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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Infra + security: why more & more CISOs are starting to own infrastructure
Over the past year, I have started to see a growing trend that in more and more organizations, CISOs are taking ownership of infrastructure teams. Where CISOs aren’t directly taking over infrastructure teams, they are exerting more direct control over how infrastructure is designed and operated. Like many structural shifts in cybersecurity, this is developing…
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Rep. Delia Ramirez takes over as top House cybersecurity Dem
Illinois Rep. Delia Ramirez is taking over as the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security panel’s cybersecurity subcommittee, replacing former Rep. Eric Swalwell after his resignation. Committee Democrats approved the change Tuesday at a meeting prior to a “shadow hearing” without the GOP majority, focused on protecting elections from Trump administration interference. Ramirez first…
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ShinyHunters claims it stole 1.4 million records from Udemy
The ShinyHunters group claims it has breached the Udemy, one of the world’s largest online learning platforms. According to Have I Been Pwned, the leaked dataset contained 1.4 million unique email addresses of customers and instructors, along with names, physical addresses, phone numbers, employer information, and instructor payout methods, including PayPal, cheque, and bank transfer.…
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Medtronic Confirms Data Breach After ShinyHunters Claims
Medtronic confirms IT breach as ShinyHunters claims millions of records accesseda
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Fusion Signage achieves ISO 27001 certification and hits 20,000 user licence milestone
In what is turning out to be a month of major achievements Fusion Signage, often referred to as Australia’s user-friendliest digital signage software, has officially achieved ISO 27001 certification and hit their 20,000 user licence milestone all in the same week. Fusion Signage MD James Ingram ISO 27001 is the leading international standard for information security…
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Signal Phishing Campaign Targets German Officials in Suspected Russian Operation
Suspected Russian phishing via Signal targeted German officials, exploiting trust to access accounts and sensitive political communications. A new wave of cyber operations targeting European political leadership is once again highlighting how modern espionage increasingly relies on deception rather than technical exploits. Recent investigations by German authorities point to a large-scale phishing campaign conducted via…
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Alleged Chinese hacker extradited to US over cyberattacks targeting COVID-19 research
Chinese national Xu Zewei was extradited from Italy to the United States to face charges tied to an alleged cyber espionage campaign that breached thousands of computers worldwide. Xu is charged alongside Zhang Yu, who remains at large. According to court documents, officers of China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), including its Shanghai State Security…
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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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French police arrest 21-year-old “HexDex” hacker over 100 alleged data breaches
A 21-year-old man suspected of conducting approximately 100 data breaches since late 2025 – including a hack of the French Ministry of National Education that exposed records on almost a quarter of a million employees – has been arrested at his home in western France. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security…
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Weekly Update 501
This is so “peak 2026” – writing an equality policy to ensure people treat our AI bot with the same respect as they do their human counterparts. It’s intentionally a bit tongue-in-cheek, but it’s there for a purpose: we simply don’t have the capacity to deal with every request we get, and we need Bruce…
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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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Medtronic discloses security incident after ShinyHunters claimed theft of 9M+ records
Medtronic confirmed a breach of its IT systems after ShinyHunters claimed the theft of over 9 million records. Medtronic confirmed a cyberattack on its corporate IT systems after the hacker group ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen over 9 million records. The company did not share details on the security breach. Medtronic is an international medical…
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Senators seek answers about hackers obtaining sensitive student data from ostensibly anonymous tip line
A bipartisan pair of senators want a company that operates a tip line for anonymously reporting school safety concerns to answer questions about hackers compromising sensitive student information. Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Jim Banks, R-Ind., announced on Monday they’d sent a letter to the firm, Navigate360, about last month’s incident. “We write to express…
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ShinyHunters Leaks Data of Udemy, Zara, 7-Eleven in Salesforce Linked Breach
ShinyHunters leaks data of Udemy, Zara, 7-Eleven, exposing Salesforce records, PII, and cloud-linked breaches across multiple targets.
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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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Home security giant ADT data breach affects 5.5 million people
The ShinyHunters extortion group stole the personal information of 5.5 million individuals after breaching the systems of home security giant ADT earlier this month, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. […]
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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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Medtronic confirms breach after hackers claim 9 million records theft
Medical device giant Medtronic disclosed last week that hackers breached its network and accessed data in “certain corporate IT systems.” […]
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The Best VPNs for Small Businesses on a Budget in 2026
One wrong click. One rogue Wi-Fi connection. One stolen credential. That’s all it takes for a cybercriminal to breach your small business. And while you may not have an enterprise-sized budget, you still have plenty to lose: sensitive data, client trust, even your reputation. That’s where a virtual private network (VPN) comes in. A VPN…
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Enterprise VPN Solutions Every Business Should Know in 2026
This guide is for IT leaders, security teams, and growing businesses that need secure remote access to corporate systems. It highlights the top enterprise VPN solutions in 2026 that protect data, control access, and support reliable connectivity. Think of your enterprise network as a busy airport. Every employee, device, and data packet is trying to…
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LINKEDIN BROWSERGATE
BrowserGate claims LinkedIn secretly fingerprints users via extensions and device data, sending encrypted results to third parties for tracking. BrowserGate is an investigation conducted by Fairlinked (https://browsergate.eu/), an association of commercial LinkedIn users, which documents what it describes as one of the largest data breach and corporate espionage scandals in digital history. The central thesis:…
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UNC6692 Hackers Exploit Microsoft Teams to Deploy SNOW Malware
UNC6692 hackers exploit Microsoft Teams with fake IT alerts to deploy SNOW malware, steal credentials, and breach corporate networks in advanced attacks.
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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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U.S. utility giant Itron discloses a security breach
Itron detected unauthorized access to part of its IT environment on April 13, 2026, and launched incident response and notified authorities. Itron disclosed a cyber incident involving unauthorized access to part of its internal IT systems, detected on April 13, 2026. The company activated its incident response plan, engaged external cybersecurity experts, and notified law…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 574 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. U.S. CISA adds SimpleHelp, Samsung, and D-Link flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Over 400,000…
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Week in review: Claude Mythos finds 271 Firefox flaws, Vercel breach
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: SmokedMeat: Open-source tool shows what attackers do inside CI/CD pipelines Boost Security has released SmokedMeat, an open-source framework that runs attack chains against CI/CD infrastructure so engineering and security teams can see what an attacker would do in their specific…
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ADT confirms data breach after ShinyHunters leak threat
Home security giant ADT has confirmed a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom is paid. […]
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New US House privacy bills raise hard questions about enterprise data collection
US House Republicans have introduced two major privacy proposals that would reshape how US companies collect, process, and retain consumer data: the SECURE Data Act for general consumer privacy and the GUARD Financial Data Act for financial institutions. The bills would create national standards for privacy and security practices while broadly preempting many state privacy…
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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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DORA and operational resilience: Credential management as a financial risk control
Article 9 of DORA makes authentication and access control a legal obligation for EU financial entities. Here is what the regulation requires, and what a breach looks like when those controls are missing. […]
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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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UK Biobank Data Breach: Health Data of 500,000 Listed for Sale in China
UK government Minister confirms that breached health records of UK Biobank volunteers were up for sale on Chinese ecommerce platforms before being removed
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Users advised to drop passwords and make room for passkeys
In a decisive move that could reshape how users log in online, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging consumers to abandon passwords in favour of passkeys, positioning them as the future of authentication. “Passkeys should become consumers’ first choice for logging into digital services,” NCSC said. Overhauling decades of security guidance, the agency…
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Inside agenteV2: How Brazilian Attackers Use Fake Court Summons to Steal Banking Credentials in Real Time
A new phishing campaign targeting Brazilian users demonstrates how modern financial malware has evolved from simple credential theft into full-scale, operator-driven fraud platforms. Disguised as a judicial summons, this campaign leverages social engineering, multi-stage malware delivery, and real-time remote access capabilities to compromise victims and actively assist attackers in financial theft. For organizations, the implications extend beyond individual users. Employees accessing corporate…
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Checkmarx supply chain attack impacts Bitwarden npm distribution path
Bitwarden CLI was hit by the Checkmarx supply chain attack. Version 2026.4.0 shipped malicious code in bw1.js via a compromised GitHub Action. Bitwarden CLI has been compromised as part of the ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign, researchers warn. The affected version, @bitwarden/cli 2026.4.0, contained malicious code hidden in the bw1.js file. The breach likely stemmed…
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The calm before the ransom: What you see is not all there is
A breach claims the systems as well as the confidence that was, in retrospect, a major vulnerability
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Vercel attack fallout expands to more customers and third-party systems
Vercel said the fallout from an attack on its internal systems hit more customers than previously known, as ongoing analysis uncovered additional evidence of compromise. The company, which makes tools and hosts cloud infrastructure for developers, maintains a “small number” of accounts were impacted, but it has yet to share a number or range of…
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US, UK agencies warn hackers were hiding on Cisco firewalls long after patches were applied
A state-sponsored hacking group has implanted a custom backdoor on Cisco network security devices that can survive firmware updates and standard reboots, U.S. and British cybersecurity authorities disclosed Thursday, marking a significant escalation in a campaign that has targeted government and critical infrastructure networks since at least late 2025. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency…
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Luxury cosmetics giant Rituals discloses data breach impacting member personal details
Rituals disclosed a breach where hackers accessed and downloaded some My Rituals members’ data, including names and addresses. Luxury cosmetics giant Rituals disclosed a data breach impacting My Rituals members after attackers gained unauthorized access to its systems and downloaded part of the database. The security breach occurred earlier this month, and the company is…
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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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Cosmetics giant Rituals discloses data breach affecting customers
Dutch cosmetics giant Rituals disclosed a data breach after attackers stole the personal information of an undisclosed number of customers from its “My Rituals” membership database. […]
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Hacker with a special interest in breaching sports institutions ends behind bars
French police have arrested a suspected hacker linked to a series of data breaches affecting organizations in the country. Citing authorities, Le Parisien reported that the suspect, a 20-year-old man using the alias ‘HexDex,’ was taken into custody on April 22, 2026, in the Vendée region, western France. The suspect admitted to using the alias…
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Smashing Security podcast #464: Rockstar got hacked. The data was junk. The secrets it revealed were not
A company that ran anonymous tip lines for 35,000 American schools – handling reports of bullying, weapons, and self-harm – boasted on its website that it had suffered zero security breaches in over 20 years. A hacker called Internet Yiff Machine thought that sounded like a challenge, with predictable results… Meanwhile, Rockstar Games gets hacked…
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Discord-Linked Group Accessed Anthropic’s Claude Mythos AI in Vendor Breach
Anthropic is investigating a vendor breach after a Discord-linked group accessed its Claude Mythos AI model, with no evidence of impact on core systems.
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Cyberattack on French government agency triggers phishing alert for users
France Titres, a French government agency, has disclosed a data breach that may have exposed user data from its online portal. France Titres, also known as the Agence nationale des titres sécurisés (ANTS), operates under the French Ministry of the Interior and manages systems for official identity and registration documents, including driver’s licences, national ID…
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Over 1,300 SharePoint Servers Still Exposed to Actively Exploited Spoofing Flaw
More than 1,300 internet-exposed Microsoft SharePoint servers remain unpatched against a spoofing flaw previously exploited as a zero-day. “Improper input validation in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network,” said Microsoft in its advisory. SharePoint Servers Still Exposed The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32201, affects SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, SharePoint…
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News alert: BreachLock’s integrated attack validation platform debuts in Gartner AEV category
NEW YORK, Apr. 21, 2026, CyberNewswire—BreachLock, a global leader in offensive security, today announced it has been named a representative vendor in the 2026 Gartner Market Guide for Adversarial Exposure Validation. This recognition marks the first time BreachLock has been identified in the Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) category since launching its agentic AI-powered Adversarial Exposure Validation platform in 2025. Not only has the company gained recognition in the AEV market quickly, but BreachLock has also emerged as the only vendor offering adversarial exposure validation, Penetration Testing…
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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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Bluesky Back Online After DDoS Attack, as Iran-Linked 313 Team Takes Credit
Bluesky is back online after a roughly 24-hour DDoS attack disrupted services, with the Iran-linked 313 Team claiming responsibility and no data breach reported.
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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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DetectFlow: Deploying Detections at Scale Without the Engineering Overhead
The Problem: Achieving Threat Detections at Scale At SOC Prime, we have spent over a decade making detection engineering easier for organizations of every size. Each year, as threats multiply and environments grow more complex, the traditional approach puts SOC Managers in an impossible position — responsible for coverage they cannot achieve with the tools…
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Shadow AI, deepfakes, and supply chain compromise are rewriting the financial sector threat playbook
Financially motivated attacks continued to drive the bulk of cyber incidents against banks, insurers, and payment processors in 2025. Approximately 90% of breaches affecting financial institutions carried a financial motive, with data breaches accounting for roughly 64% of incidents and ransomware making up the remaining 36%. The average cost of a data breach in the…
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French govt agency confirms breach as hacker offers to sell data
France Titres, the government agency in France for issuing and managince administrative documents has disclosed a data breach after a threat actor claimed the attack and stealing citizen data. […]
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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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Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to extortion scheme
A South Florida man pleaded guilty to conspiring with multiple ransomware affiliates to commit attacks against and extort payments from the same U.S. companies he represented as a ransomware negotiator for DigitalMint in 2023, the Justice Department said Monday. Angelo John Martino III shared confidential information about victim organizations’ internal negotiating positions and insurance policy…
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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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North Korea’s Lazarus APT stole $290M from Kelp DAO
North Korea-linked Lazarus Group stole $290M from Kelp DAO by abusing LayerZero. A second $95M attempt was stopped. Hackers tied to the North-Korea linked group Lazarus APT carried out a $290M crypto theft targeting Kelp DAO. Earlier today we identified suspicious cross-chain activity involving rsETH. We have paused rsETH contracts across mainnet and several L2s…
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130K Users Compromised by StealTok Campaign That Uses Fake TikTok Downloaders
A widespread browser extension campaign is quietly compromising users by disguising data-stealing tools as TikTok video downloaders. “While many people see browser extensions as harmless little widgets, oftentimes they have no idea who is actually behind these extensions, and what capabilities they contain within their source code,” said Natalie Zargarov, security researcher at LayerX in…
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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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‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty
A 24-year-old British national and senior member of the cybercrime group “Scattered Spider” has pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Tyler Robert Buchanan admitted his role in a series of text-message phishing attacks in the summer of 2022 that allowed the group to hack into at least a dozen major technology…
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No Exploit Needed: How Attackers Walk Through the Front Door via Identity-Based Attacks
The cybersecurity industry has spent the last several years chasing sophisticated threats like zero-days, supply chain compromises, and AI-generated exploits. However, the most reliable entry point for attackers still hasn’t changed: stolen credentials. Identity-based attacks remain a dominant initial access vector in breaches today. Attackers obtain valid credentials through credential stuffing
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Grinex crypto exchange shuts down, blames Western agencies for $13.7M breach
Grinex exchange collapses after $13.7M breach, blames Western spies as Chainalysis flags possible exit scam and sanctions evasion network links claims.
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U.S. CISA adds Cisco Catalyst, Kentico Xperience, PaperCut NG/MF, Synacor ZCS, Quest KACE SMA, and JetBrains TeamCity flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco Catalyst, Kentico Xperience, PaperCut NG/MF, Synacor ZCS, Quest KACE SMA, and JetBrains TeamCity flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Cisco Catalyst, Kentico Xperience, PaperCut NG/MF, Synacor ZCS, Quest KACE SMA, and JetBrains TeamCity flaws to its Known…