MokN’s approach utilizes ultra-realistic decoy access points, a technique they call “phish-back,” designed to trap threat actors and allow organizations to neutralize stolen credentials before they can be exploited.
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Data Breaches, Global Security News
Digital Intelligence Lab launches observatory to connect cyber events with geopolitical context
The DIL Observatory maps cyber incidents, including ransomware attacks, data breaches, and cyber militia activity, alongside their geopolitical and social contexts.
AI, Global Security News, malware
Red Hat npm packages compromised to steal developer credentials
More than 30 npm packages under Red Hat’s ‘@redhat-cloud-services’ namespace were compromised in a supply-chain attack that distributed a new variant of the Shai-Hulud credential-stealing malware, dubbed “Miasma.” […]
Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Spain arrests doxer leaking sensitive data of govt employees
The Spanish National Police has arrested an individual for leaking sensitive information related to members of various key state organizations, including the National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE). […]
Global Security News
Google Seeks to Raise $80 Billion for AI Infrastructure
The company says it has reached an agreement to sell $10 billion of stock to Berkshire Hathaway as part of the plan.
Europe, Global Security News
Anthropic to Open Mythos AI to EU’s ENISA
The European security agency’s entry to Project Glasswing is the result of “strong bilateral cooperation” between the European Commission and Anthropic.
AI, Apps, Data Breaches, Endpoint, Global Security News, malware, Network Security, Risk Management
Fake Claude Code Installers Deliver Credential-Stealing Malware
Developers searching for Claude Code installation instructions could be walking into a sophisticated malware campaign that disguises itself as legitimate AI tooling documentation. Researchers found dozens of fake Claude Code and developer platform sites designed to steal credentials, API keys, and cryptocurrency. “The attack chain runs on the same unchecked trust that makes AI developer…
AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News
Tina Peters, convicted in election-security breach, emerges defiant and vows legal fight
Former Mesa County, Colorado election clerk Tina Peters remained unapologetic in her first public interview since her prison sentence was commuted, reiterating many of the same conspiratorial beliefs about elections while vowing to recover her health and fight on in court to have her criminal record expunged. In an interview with former Trump campaign manager…
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
PAN-OS authentication bypass bug added to list of exploited vulnerabilities
While NIST upgraded the bug to 9.1, experts say teams must focus more on how attackers can exploit this flaw to gain VPN access.
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Dashlane password manager users locked out by brute force attacks
Multiple Dashlane users have been locked out of their accounts following brute-force attacks that attempted logins from distant locations and unknown devices. […]
AI, Apps, Funding, Global Security News, Network Security
Anthropic Moves Toward IPO as OpenAI Competition Heats Up
Anthropic has confidentially filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO), becoming the latest artificial intelligence giant to move toward the public markets and potentially beating rival OpenAI to a public debut. The Claude developer submitted a draft registration statement to the SEC on June 1, a…
AI, Global Security News
AI security’s cost bottleneck isn’t tokens – it’s validation
Experts say attempting to replace deterministic tools and human analysts with AI could cost companies more.
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy
USPS moving forward with mail-in ballot changes as courts weigh Trump’s election order
The U.S. Postal Service is moving forward with mail-in ballot restrictions, following a court’s rejection of a request by voting rights groups to immediately block an executive order from President Donald Trump ordering the changes. A new regulation proposed last Friday seeks to apply “uniform standards for the mailing of absentee ballots to and from…
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security
Oracle’s first monthly patch release fixes 35 flaws, including 11 rated ‘critical’
Oracle has released the first security fixes in its new monthly Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU) cycle, designed to address urgent vulnerabilities that can’t wait for the company’s quarterly patching. The initial batch addresses 35 flaws, including several for which exploit code is publicly available. In total, there are 11 flaws rated ‘critical’, 18 rated…
AI, Global Security News
What One Predator Case Can Reveal About an Online Platform’s Safety Gaps
When a predator contacts a child through an online platform, the details of how it happened often expose…
AI, Global Security News
Miasma Supply Chain Attack Compromises Red Hat npm Packages with Credential-Stealing Worm
A new Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attack campaign, codenamed Miasma, has compromised @redhat-cloud-services packages to steal credentials and secrets from developer machines and deliver a self-propagating worm. “This is effectively a Mini Shai-Hulud campaign: it uses the same core tactics of install-time execution, credential harvesting, CI/CD targeting, encrypted exfiltration, and potential
AI, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News
Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts
The Instagram accounts for the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force were briefly defaced with pro-Iranian images and messages over the weekend, after instructions began circulating on Telegram showing how to trick Meta’s “AI support assistant” bot into resetting account passwords. A screenshot from a video released on…
Global Security News
Russian hacker used AI to run fraud scheme on MAGA Telegram channel
The threat actor created the public Telegram channel, @americanpatriotus, shortly after the Capitol riot in 2021.
AI, Global Security News
Attackers use ChatGPT feature to spread malware
The campaign discovered by Push Security, dubbed “LLMShare,” utilizes Google ads to direct users searching for ChatGPT to a malicious shared page hosted on the legitimate chatgpt.com domain.
AI, Global Security News
OpenAI requires stronger authentication for users of its most powerful AI models
Yubico announced its significant role in securing the AI frontier as OpenAI mandates the use of passkeys for individuals that are part of their Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) program. As a leading global AI research and development company, OpenAI is setting a precedent for empowering its users to take control of their own security…
Global Security News
Dutch authorities disrupt massive botnet of 17 million devices
The operation, a collaboration between Dutch police and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), targeted servers hosted by a local provider.
Global Security News, malware
WordPress malware campaign hides payloads in Steam profiles
Nearly 2,000 WordPress websites were infected with malware that relies on Steam Community profile comments to hide command-and-control (C2) data. […]
Exploits, Global Security News
California sues 23andMe over 2023 data breach
The lawsuit stems from a credential-stuffing attack in October 2023, where threat actors exploited weak user credentials to access accounts.
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Pointing a Cursor at evading detection
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Meta tries to get ahead of scammers before the World Cup begins
Football fans are counting down the days until the FIFA World Cup begins, and scammers are doing the same. Last week, the FBI warned that cybercriminals are spoofing FIFA websites to steal personal information, sell fake tickets, and promote fraudulent hospitality packages ahead of the tournament. With millions of supporters expected to travel to the…
AI, Global Security News
Anthropic Files to Go Public
The $965 billion-valuation artificial intelligence lab filed confidentially, the company said.
AI, Cloud Security, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, privacy, Risk Management
Spring 2026 SOC 1, 2, and 3 reports are now available with 188 services in scope
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce that the Spring 2026 System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1, 2, and 3 reports are now available. The reports cover 188 services over the 12-month period from April 1, 2025–March 31, 2026, giving customers a full year of assurance. These reports demonstrate our continuous commitment to adhering…
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Channel Insider Opens Nominations for 2026 AI Leaders List
Artificial intelligence is no longer an emerging technology story in the IT channel — it is rapidly becoming central to how partners deliver services, drive operational efficiency, improve cybersecurity outcomes, and create new revenue opportunities for customers. To recognize the executives and innovators leading that transformation, Channel Insider is officially opening nominations for the 2026…
Global Security News
Why Oura Made Its Smart Ring Smaller Than Ever
Watch Oura Chief Executive Tom Hale answer our questions about the company’s latest redesign, the future of health tracking and the rise of health anxiety.
Global Security News
The 2026 FIFA World Cup: A network availability stress test
Here’s four tips for organizations protecting the World Cup ecosystem from a major DDoS attack.
AI, APAC, Apps, Global Security News
Snowflake Expands AWS Deal as Enterprise AI Demand Grows
Snowflake is committing $6 billion to AWS over multiple years as the cloud data company works to secure the compute capacity needed to support growing enterprise AI workloads. The expanded agreement deepens Snowflake’s long-running relationship with AWS and comes as the company reports stronger revenue growth tied to AI adoption. Revenue outlook improves as AI…
AI, Global Security News
Four Takeaways From the WSJ Investigation Into Bill Gates
The Epstein files are eroding efforts to burnish the billionaire philanthropist’s reputation.
AI, Apps, Global Security News, privacy
WWDC: What can developers expect?
Apple will open the doors to developers at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) next week. Beyond a big push on AI and new OSes focused on stability and performance, what should developers expect? Mostly it’s about new APIs, Foundation Models, and App Intents; here’s what I’ve been able to figure out so far. Foundation Models Apple has…
AI, Global Security News, Network Security
NetQuest expands NetworkLens to detect threats hidden in network management traffic
NetQuest announced an expansion of its NetworkLens enriched dataset portfolio. The new network telemetry datasets deliver detailed traffic characteristics of network management transactions, giving security teams the granular, AI-ready intelligence needed to detect threats hidden within the protocols used to manage critical network infrastructure. The effectiveness of AI-driven threat detection tools — including agentic security…
AI, Global Security News
How to Fight AI Brain Rot at School? For One Country, It’s With Free ChatGPT
The experiment offers one of the first large-scale looks at the effect that coordinated AI adoption can have on students’ reasoning, retention and confidence.
Global Security News
RaccoonLine Publishes 2026 dVPN Buyer’s Guide for Privacy-Focused Users
Roma, Італія, 1st June 2026, CyberNewswire
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OpenAI Sued by Florida’s Attorney General Over AI Harms
Suit alleging ChatGPT is an unsafe product follows criminal investigation over its role in campus mass shooting.
Global Security News
Microsoft investigates Office Apps, Teams file access issues
Microsoft says an ongoing incident is preventing users of its Teams collaboration platform and free Office for the web cloud-based productivity suite from opening files. […]
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
Patch Now: Another Palo Alto Auth Bypass Bug Under Active Exploit
Exploiting the PAN-OS GlobalProtect VPN vulnerability requires certain conditions, but adversaries have done so in two attack waves that started in mid-May.
AI, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Cops Are Spying on People Who Criticize AI Data Centers Online
Americans speaking out against artificial intelligence data centers on social media are falling under police surveillance, a confidential law enforcement bulletin obtained by The Intercept reveals. A fusion center in Philadelphia combed through spicy internet comments from AI critics and concluded there is a growing risk of physical violence against data centers from “domestic violent…
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Windows Netlogon RCE exploited, domain controllers at risk (CVE-2026-41089)
CVE-2026-41089, a critical Windows Netlogon RCE flaw that allows remote code execution, is now actively exploited in the wild, the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) warned on Friday. About CVE-2026-41089 CVE-2026-41089 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Windows Netlogon, the service and protocol that handles authentication and security within a Windows domain environment. The…
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
Race Against Time: Why Faster Vulnerability Alerts Matter
Attackers are exploiting vulnerabilities faster than many organizations can identify and patch them. SecAlerts explains why faster vulnerability alerts can help reduce exposure and improve response times. […]
Global Security News
Critical Flowise Flaw Gives Attackers Full Server Control
Obsidian publishes PoC for a 1-click Flowise RCE that can fully compromise self-hosted servers
AI, Global Security News
⚡ Weekly Recap: New Linux Flaw, PAN-OS Exploit, AI-Powered Attacks, OAuth Phishing and More
Monday hit like a cron job with anger issues. A busted auth path here, a repo-side faceplant there, some “patched-ish” thing already getting chewed on in the wild, and then the usual bonus round: poisoned dev tools, sketchy forum chatter, phishing kits pretending to be productivity, and AI lowering the bar for people who already…
AI, Europe, Global Security News, Network Security, Russia
Ransomware Operators Keep Business Hours. The Data Proves It
16,699 ransomware leak posts over 2 years show 84% drop Monday–Friday, peak at European afternoon hours. October spikes yearly. Someone analyzed 16,699 ransomware leak-site posts across 200 groups over two years and asked the question most threat intelligence reports dance around: when does this actually happen? The answer is mundane and useful. Ransomware runs on…
AI, Europe, Global Security News, Network Security, Russia
Ransomware Operators Keep Business Hours. The Data Proves It
16,699 ransomware leak posts over 2 years show 84% drop Monday–Friday, peak at European afternoon hours. October spikes yearly. Someone analyzed 16,699 ransomware leak-site posts across 200 groups over two years and asked the question most threat intelligence reports dance around: when does this actually happen? The answer is mundane and useful. Ransomware runs on…
AI, Global Security News, Risk Management
Secure Code Warrior connects developer training to AI usage and code risks
Secure Code Warrior has introduced Adaptive Learning, a capability designed to help organizations support AI software governance through targeted training based on identified risks. The feature delivers contextual microlearning and tracks outcomes at the code commit level. Software development is going through its biggest shift ever, from human-written code, to AI-assisted coding, to fully agentic…
AI, Global Security News
Brute-force attack triggers Dashlane account lockouts
Password manager Dashlane has confirmed that a brute-force attack targeting user accounts triggered temporary account suspensions and authentication issues. The company first acknowledged the incident on May 31 after users reported receiving account suspension emails and experiencing login problems. “Your account has been temporarily suspended for security reasons as someone has attempted to register a…
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
Insight bundles exposure management, patch operations, and XDR into one service
Insight has launched Insight Managed Exposure Defense, a managed security service designed to help organizations identify and address vulnerabilities. The service aims to help organizations reduce exposure and implement protections without lengthy procurement processes or reliance on multiple vendors. AI-assisted exploit development has compressed the weaponization window from days to hours, and most organizations lack…
AI, Global Security News
depthfirst adds pre-install protection against malicious dependencies
depthfirst has introduced Dependency Firewall, a product that reviews every open-source package being downloaded anywhere in a company and blocks the malicious ones before they reach the person or system that requested them. Developers, AI agents, and any employee using Claude, Codex, or other AI tools keep installing exactly as they do today, and nothing…
Apps, Global Security News
How to Get a Reddit API Key in 2026: Step-by-Step Guide
Getting a Reddit API key starts with creating an application through Reddit’s developer portal and understanding how its…
AI, Global Security News, Network Security
PathSolutions brings on-premises AI troubleshooting to NetOps teams
PathSolutions has announced the launch of TotalView AI, a new capability within its TotalView platform that provides AI-driven troubleshooting for NetOps teams using network data analyzed on-premises. As enterprise networks become more distributed and complex, NetOps teams face increasing pressure to resolve issues quickly, often without the benefit of deep domain expertise. At the same…
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security
Cato cuts vulnerability protection time to 45 minutes with agentic threat research
Cato Networks announced a new capability that reduces time-to-protect for newly disclosed vulnerabilities to 45 minutes. The company attributes this reduction to the use of agentic threat research designed to accelerate protection against emerging exploits. Traditional appliance-based security depends on a slow customer-operated patching cycle: vendors develop protections, customers receive updates, teams test them, and…
AI, Global Security News
Hyland platform innovations focus on AI governance, context, and agent oversight
Hyland has unveiled platform innovations designed to move AI from experimentation to enterprise-wide adoption. Powered by the Content Innovation Cloud, these advancements transform governed enterprise content into trusted, actionable intelligence that accelerates business outcomes. To meet the demands of global organizations, Hyland announced the general availability of the Enterprise Context Engine and introduced industry-specific ontologies…
Cybersecurity, Europe, Global Security News
Infosecurity Europe: Tabletop Exercise to Test How CISOs Respond to Major Supermarket Cyber-Attack
Semperis is set to bring ‘Enter the War Room: A Tabletop Experience’ to Infosecurity Europe to help cybersecurity leaders prepare to face real incidents
Global Security News
Zero-Click pretalx XSS Flaw Lets Hackers Hijack Conference Organizer Accounts
pretalx XSS flaw lets attackers hijack conference organizer accounts, steal sessions, auto-accept talks, and demote admins. Patched in v2026.1.0.
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management gets a smarter exposure score
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management’s updated exposure score model adds vulnerability risk signals and asset context to help teams understand where risk is concentrated and which remediation actions are likely to have the greatest impact. The model is available in public preview. “The updated model addresses these customer pain points by combining vulnerability risk, exploitability signals,…
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Nano Banana Review: Features, Benefits, and User Experience
In this post, I will give you the Nano Banana review and disclose its features, benefits, and user experience. Artificial intelligence is transforming the digital creative industry faster than ever before. From AI-powered writing assistants to automated video generation platforms, creators now have access to tools that simplify complex creative tasks. One of the most…
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Intel stakes new claim in physical AI with robotics chips
Intel is invading the physical AI space with a reentry into the robotics market it quit many years ago amid financial struggles. The robotics strategy is part of the company’s larger plan to establish AI on the “edge,” in which devices have the computing capability to run AI locally. Many devices lack AI capabilities and…
Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News
Critical Windows Netlogon RCE flaw now exploited in attacks
The Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB), the country’s national authority for cybersecurity, warned on Friday that threat actors are now exploiting a recently patched critical Windows Netlogon vulnerability in attacks. […]
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
Horizon3.ai introduces Rapid Response to prioritize and verify vulnerability remediation
Horizon3.ai has introduced Rapid Response, a capability that helps organizations assess exposure to newly disclosed threats, prioritize remediation, and verify that vulnerabilities have been addressed. Security teams are inundated with vulnerability disclosures, threat intelligence feeds, exploit chatter, and vendor advisories, all demanding immediate attention. While tens of thousands of new vulnerabilities are disclosed each year,…
AI, Global Security News
How to Get the Most From Your Explainer Video Production Services
Video can simplify a hard offer, shorten sales conversations, and improve recall. Those gains depend on disciplined planning…
AI, Global Security News, Network Security
Webinar tomorrow: From alert to resolution in network incident response
Network incidents are often detected quickly, but investigations and coordination can delay resolution. Join our webinar tomorrow to learn how automation and AI-assisted workflows can help IT teams accelerate incident response. […]
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Flowise’s MCP implementation can run ghost commands
Enterprises using the lightweight, open-source Flowise platform to power self-hosted AI workloads have a new near-max severity issue to worry about. Researchers at Obsidian Security have detailed a one-click remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting self-hosted Flowise deployments through its implementation of Model Context Protocol (MCP) stdio servers. The problem is essentially a sandboxing failure…
AI, Global Security News
From Log Flood to Threat Signal: Cisco and Splunk Bring Context to Modern Defense
Cisco is bringing more detailed visibility into Splunk across Cisco Firewall and Isovalent, helping teams act across hybrid environments with greater speed and confidence.
Endpoint, Global Security News
Finding what lives between the alerts: Announcing Cisco Talos Threat Hunting
Announcing Cisco Talos Threat Hunting expansion across Cisco Secure Endpoint, Cisco Secure Firewall, and Cisco Duo, delivered via Security in Cloud Control.
Apps, Global Security News, Risk Management
Cisco Secure Access and Island Browser Enable Zero Trust Everywhere
The integration between Cisco Secure Access and Island enterprise browser improves the user experience while reducing risk by connecting and protecting user access to private applications from unmanaged devices.
Global Security News
Cisco Secure Access and Microsoft Purview Integration for Simplified Data Protection
Announcing the new integration between Cisco Secure Access and Microsoft Purview designed to provide unified DLP based on Purview policies that can be enforced locally and in the cloud within Cisco Secure Access.
AI, Compliance, Europe, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
IBM unveils tool to track sovereignty risks for cloud workloads
IBM has launched a tool designed to help customers assess cloud-sovereignty risks and meet regulatory compliance requirements. The Sovereignty Risk Profile launch comes as digital sovereignty becomes a higher priority for organizations concerned about where data is stored and processed. According to an IBM survey, 93% of executives believe sovereignty needs to be part of…
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy
China-Aligned Groups Ramp Up Attacks: Dragon Weave Hits Czech Republic & Taiwan
A new cyber espionage campaign codenamed Operation Dragon Weave has been observed targeting officials and citizens in the Czech Republic and Taiwan to deliver an AdaptixC2 agent. According to Seqrite Labs, targets of the campaign include government, research, academic, technology, and financial services sectors. The activity entails distributing spear-phishing emails containing ZIP attachments
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Infosecurity Europe: AI SOCs Will Still Need SOC Analysts, Security Vendors Say
Top cybersecurity vendors said AI won’t replace entry-level – only routine ticket-taking and triage
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How NIST fumbled management of the National Vulnerability Database
A US federal watchdog has outlined how the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) failed to effectively manage the growing backlog of unprocessed cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD). How the NVD crisis unfolded The NVD was established in 2005 and serves as a central repository for cybersecurity vulnerability data. When security…
Global Security News
Microsoft confirms outage affecting MFA, My Sign-Ins platform
Microsoft is working to address an ongoing incident preventing customers from setting up multi-factor authentication (MFA) or accessing the My Sign-Ins platform. […]
AI, Cybersecurity, Endpoint, Exploits, Global Security News, malware
CVE-2026-8732: The WP Maps Pro Flaw That Lets Anyone Create a WordPress Admin Without a Password
CVE-2026-8732 in WP Maps Pro lets unauthenticated attackers create WordPress admin accounts. 2,858 attacks blocked in 24 hours. WP Maps Pro plugin allows WordPress site owners to embed Google Maps and OpenStreetMap with markers, listings, and location search. It’s a store locator tool. Unremarkable. The plugin is installed on over 15,000 websites, according to sale…
Compliance, Cybersecurity, Global Security News
The Security Growth Platform: Why MSPs Are Moving Beyond vCISO Tools
Three years ago, the practical question for an MSP building a cybersecurity practice was which “vCISO platform” to buy. The term was good shorthand for the work at the time: assessments, advisory, reporting, maybe a compliance module bolted on the side. The work has since outgrown the descriptor. A Security Growth Platform is the more…
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FSB Group Gamaredon Hides Worm in Windows Data Streams
FSB-linked Gamaredon concealed a fileless worm in NTFS data streams to spy on Ukraine targets
AI, Apps, Cybersecurity, Endpoint, Exploits, Global Security News, malware, Network Security, Risk Management
Windows 11 Smart App Control explained
In the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape, Microsoft has introduced various new features in Windows 11 designed to protect users from modern workplace threats. Among such features, Smart App Control (SAC) changes how Windows devices handle, and occasionally block, unwanted or potentially malicious applications. But what exactly is Smart App Control? How does it work, who benefits…
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How to defend at machine speed: A post-LLM era playbook
AI-era attacks now move at machine speed, forcing defenders to rethink validation and response.
AI, Global Security News
Microsoft fixes KB5089549 Windows security update install issues
Microsoft has resolved a known issue causing installation failures and 0x800f0922 errors when deploying the May 2026 Windows 11 security update (KB5089549). […]
AI, Global Security News, malware
Fake Purchase Order Emails Spread Fileless PureLogs Malware via RAR Archives
Hackers are using fake purchase order emails and process hollowing to deploy fileless PureLogs malware to steal Windows users’ browser, crypto, and Discord data.
Global Security News, Network Security
Dragos acquires Phosphorus to secure extended operational technology
Dragos has acquired Phosphorus, extending the Dragos Platform to protect billions of connected devices embedded across critical infrastructure and other operational networks. Operational environments have outgrown traditional OT boundaries. Power grids, pipelines, manufacturing facilities, and data centers now depend on an increasingly diverse mix of connected devices and digital systems. Traditional and non-traditional assets alike…
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Election threats are focused on campaign systems, not voting machines
Cybersecurity threats to the 2026 midterm elections are targeting the accounts and platforms that campaigns, donors and voters use to communicate, according to a security report released Monday by Check Point Software Technologies. So far in this election cycle, threats are not aimed at voting machines or ballot-counting systems. Instead, threat actors are going after…
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CIFSwitch, a Linux Root Bug Hidden in Plain Sight for 19 Years
CIFSwitch is a 19-year-old Linux logic bug turning forged CIFS auth keys into root. Affects Mint, CentOS, Rocky, Kali, SLES. CIFSwitch stands apart from typical privilege escalation vulnerabilities because of how it was discovered. Asim Manizada, a security engineer at SpaceX, didn’t find it by auditing source code the old-fashioned way. He built an AI-powered…
Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security
Hackers are exploiting Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN authentication bypass (CVE-2026-0257)
Authentication bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-0257) in Palo Alto Networks’ firewalls that the company disclosed on May 13 have been targeted in “limited exploit attempts”. “Across multiple customers, Rapid7 observed successful exploitation via authentication probes using forged cookies, but the appliance accepted the cookie without a full VPN session being established in 8 out of 10 impacted…
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News
OpenAI Codex Authentication Tokens Stolen in codexui-android npm Supply Chain Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malicious supply chain campaign that’s targeting developers using OpenAI Codex through a legitimate-looking remote web UI. The tool, named codexui-android, is advertised on GitHub and npm as a remote web UI for OpenAI Codex, attracting over 29,000 weekly downloads. The package is still available for download from…
AI, Global Security News, malware
Attackers Abuse Shared Content for ChatGPT Phishing Campaign
Push Security says threat actors are delivering malware hosted on chatgpt.com/s/ domain
Global Security News
Helping defense’s use of AI catch up with offense, cost of the vulnpocalypse, news – Evan Powell – ESW #461
Exploits, Global Security News
Critical WP Maps Pro Flaw Actively Exploited to Create Admin Accounts
Threat actors are attempting to actively exploit a critical security flaw impacting WP Maps Pro, a WordPress plugin that has had over 15,000 sales on the Envato Market, to create malicious administrator accounts on susceptible sites. WP Maps Pro allows site owners to embed customizable Google Maps and OpenStreetMap with markers, listings, and advanced location…
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NVIDIA goes open source with a big batch of physical AI agent tools
NVIDIA just dropped a big batch of open-source “physical AI” skills and tools, and they’re designed to make a roboticist’s life a whole lot easier. The idea? Take the messy, complicated work behind robots, self-driving cars, vision AI, and industrial digital twins, and break it into bite-sized tasks that AI agents can actually run themselves.…
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U.S. CISA adds Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0257 (CVSS score of 7.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Palo Alto Networks addressed the vulnerability CVE-2026-0257 on May…
Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security
Palo Alto Warns High-Severity Bug Is Being Actively Exploited
A vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS software is being exploited in attacks
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1,000 Data Breaches Later, the Disclosure Lag is Worse Than Ever
Today, I loaded the 1,000th data breach into Have I Been Pwned. Reflecting on that milestone number, I pondered how to mark the occasion in writing, and what immediately came to mind was a very simple question: why is it still needed? Especially considering the emergence of privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA in…
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Infosecurity Europe: OWASP Forms New Agentic Research Council
OWASP’s new Agentic Research Council will aim to connect academic work to operational realities on agentic AI security
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DNS-AID lets AI agents find and verify each other through DNS
AI agents run across many platforms, and each one needs a way to locate and confirm the identity of the others it works with. The Linux Foundation’s DNS-AID project gives them that capability through the Domain Name System, the same address lookup system that has directed internet traffic for decades. The project lets AI agents…
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Asimily turns device risk into automated network policy
Asimily has launched Segmentation Orchestration, enabling connected-device risk intelligence to flow directly into enforceable network policy without manual translation. No other platform combines full asset visibility, vulnerability prioritization, and segmentation orchestration in a single system. “AI has exploded the volume and sophistication of network attacks against connected devices, and security teams are discovering that visibility…
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The Pentagon Finally Admits That Location Data Is a Battlefield Problem
The Pentagon confirmed adversaries are using commercial location data to track U.S. troops, exposing risks tied to smartphones and ad-tech networks. For years, security researchers, privacy advocates, and intelligence analysts have been warning about the same thing: smartphone location data isn’t just an advertising product. It’s surveillance infrastructure that anyone with enough money can access.…
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6 critical security gaps every CISO must address
CISOs acknowledge that no organization is completely safe, but many also admit their security measures aren’t where they’d like them to be. One-third of CISOs surveyed for Proofpoint’s 2025 Voice of the CISO Report said the data within their organization is not adequately protected, and 58% said their organizations were unprepared to respond to a…
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Data discovery gaps that catch enterprises off guard
In this interview with Help Net Security, Avani Desai, CEO at Schellman, talks about the gap between what organizations think they know about their data and what discovery scans turn up. She shares stories of shadow data in abandoned cloud storage, post-merger surprises where duplicated datasets slowed integration, and why synthetic data is overmarketed while…
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Nvidia Introduces First PCs Designed for AI Agents
The chip giant will work with manufacturers including Dell, Lenovo and HP to make the laptops, designed to support agentic computing.
AI, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Risk Management
EU organizations buckle under rising compliance pressure
Cybersecurity governance in the EU is shifting under expanding frameworks such as NIS2 and DORA, while AI raises new questions for security teams. What the future brings is hard to predict, and organizations must find a way to cope. Antonija Vojnović, Governance, Risk and Compliance Department Manager at Span, spoke with Help Net Security at…