This guide is for IT leaders, cloud security teams, and compliance professionals looking to strengthen cloud security posture and reduce configuration risks in 2026. It covers the top cloud security posture management (CSPM) tools and the key capabilities organizations should evaluate to improve visibility, automate remediation, and enforce compliance across cloud environments. Key Takeaways of…
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Hackers are knocking on office doors pretending to be IT staff
The Silent Ransom Group (SRG) is targeting law firms using social engineering techniques and an unusual tactic for cybercriminals: showing up at victims’ offices in person while posing as IT staff, the FBI warns. The group, also known as Luna Moth, Chatty Spider, and UNC3753, has been active since at least 2022 and has targeted…
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FastAPI-based AI tools exposed to authentication bypass by flaw in Starlette framework
A single malformed character in a web request can let an unauthenticated attacker slip past the access controls that guard applications built on Starlette, the open-source Python framework that powers FastAPI, researchers said. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-48710 could allow attackers to bypass host-validation protections using malformed Host headers, according to an advisory from cybersecurity…
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How Can MSSPs Scale Threat Detection Without Burning Out Their Analysts?
Disclosure: This article was provided by ANY.RUN. The information and analysis presented are based on their research and findings.
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Google AI Threat Defense targets attackers using AI to find flaws faster
Google Cloud introduced AI Threat Defense, an automated cybersecurity platform that combines several of the company’s security assets to find, prioritize, and patch software vulnerabilities at machine speed. The product is aimed at enterprises contending with attackers who use AI to discover and exploit flaws in hours or days, compressing windows that once stretched into…
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Can you enforce strong Active Directory password rules without frustrating users?
Strong Active Directory passwords don’t have to come at the expense of usability. Specops Software explains how passphrases, breached password protection, and self-service resets can improve security without frustrating users. […]
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CrowdStrike, Google Take Down Glassworm Botnet
Operators of the malicious Glassworm botnet have been targeting software developers since at least early 2025
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ExtraHop, Ignition Bring Agentic SOC Push to North America
ExtraHop, a modern network detection and response (NDR) provider, has expanded its partnership with Ignition, operating under Exclusive Networks, in North America. Providing the ‘definitive’ intelligence layer for SOCs According to ExtraHop, the expanded partnership with Exclusive Networks will make its NDR platform “more accessible than ever,” giving organizations real-time network traffic insights to strengthen…
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The LA Metro Attack Wasn’t Hacktivism. It Was a State Operation With a Costume On.
Iran’s “hacktivist” group Ababil of Minab, which hit LA Metro and wiped terabytes of data, is forensically linked to Iran’s intelligence service MOIS. In late March, a group calling itself Ababil of Minab posted videos and screenshots online claiming it had broken into the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, wiped hundreds of terabytes of…
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Claude now reviews and fixes vulnerabilities as you write code
Anthropic introduced a security-guidance plugin for Claude Code that reviews code changes for common vulnerabilities and helps Claude identify and fix issues during the same development session. The company says the plugin is designed to catch issues such as injection flaws, unsafe deserialization, and insecure DOM APIs before code reaches pull requests, reducing the amount…
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Cogent targets exploit-to-remediation gap with new AI-powered security capabilities
Cogent has launched two new platform capabilities designed to reduce the time between vulnerability disclosure and confirmed remediation. Zero Day Response identifies exposure within minutes of public disclosure, without waiting for scanner signatures. Autonomous Remediation determines the right fix, assesses business impact before execution, and confirms that the vulnerability has been resolved. The releases arrive…
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CrowdStrike disrupts Glassworm botnet that preyed on open-source supply chain
CrowdStrike has dismantled the Glassworm botnet in an operation aided by Google and Shadowserver, stripping the operators’ access to infrastructure that helped threat actors infect hundreds of pieces of open-source software with malware since early 2025, the company said Tuesday. The coordinated effort involved the simultaneous takedown of four attacker-controlled servers that were designed to…
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Infosecurity Europe: Why Burnout in Cybersecurity Demands Risk-Based Response
Cybermindz warns that cybersecurity burnout is a growing risk, urging organizations to move beyond wellness initiatives and adopt a measurable, risk-based approach to workforce stress
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Glassworm botnet disrupted after resilient C2 infrastructure takedown
The Glassworm botnet targeting developers in software supply-chain attacks has been disrupted after researchers took down its resilient command-and-control infrastructure relying on Solana blockchain transactions and the BitTorrent DHT network. […]
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Ping Identity advances agentic security with AI governance and trusted access
Ping Identity announced new capabilities that extend the Ping Identity Platform for the agentic enterprise, where AI agents, automation, and developers increasingly shape how access is managed, governed, and secured across organizations. AI agents are changing both sides of the identity equation. They are new actors that need to be discovered, governed, and managed across…
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10 of the Best Patch Management Service Providers in 2026
This guide is for IT leaders, security teams, and system administrators looking to streamline vulnerability remediation and automate software updates in 2026. It covers the best patch management service providers and the key features organizations should evaluate to improve endpoint security, reduce operational overhead, and strengthen overall IT resilience. Key Points on Patch Management Solutions…
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6 Under-the-Radar Vendors That Supercharge Breach and Attack Simulation in 2026
This guide is for IT leaders and security teams looking to validate their defenses against real-world cyberattacks in 2026. It covers the top breach and attack simulation (BAS) solutions and the key capabilities organizations should evaluate to strengthen endpoint, cloud, and network security resilience. Key Takeaways of BAS Solutions in 2026 Breach and attack simulation…
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eSentire launches new Atlas AI Operatives for autonomous threat detection and response
eSentire has unveiled new preempt, detect, and respond capabilities within the Atlas Platform, a unified agentic AI platform with purpose-built AI Operatives that work together in a continuous security lifecycle. Controlled autonomy SecOps The Atlas Platform delivers purpose-built and adaptive AI operative infrastructure in a continuous closed loop across autonomous AI offensive security, exposure management,…
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All Major LLMs Exposed to Multi-Turn Manipulation, Warn Researchers
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6 Best Identity & Access Management (IAM) Software Solutions in 2026
This guide is for IT leaders, security teams, and identity administrators looking to improve access control and secure distributed workforces in 2026. It covers the best identity and access management (IAM) software solutions and the key features organizations should evaluate when choosing the right platform for cloud, SaaS, and remote access security. Key Takeaways of…
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The 6 Best Email Security Software & Solutions in 2026 (Compared and Reviewed)
This guide is for IT leaders, security teams, and business decision-makers looking to strengthen email protection against phishing, malware, and business email compromise attacks. It covers the best email security software solutions in 2026, along with the key features, pricing considerations, and deployment factors to evaluate before choosing a platform. Key Takeaways for Email Security…
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Robinhood Lets Customers Use AI to Trade Stocks, Make Credit-Card Purchases
The brokerage’s new feature links artificial-intelligence tools to investment and credit-card accounts.
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Link11 is fully committed to Europe and is opening a Customer Excellence Hub in Lisbon
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 27th May 2026, CyberNewswire
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Cybersecurity Evolution: How We Went From Perimeter Defense to AI-Native Security
The cybersecurity industry of 2006 barely resembled today’s billion-dollar behemoth. As part of Dark Reading’s 20th anniversary celebration, we trace the industry’s evolution through a technology lens.
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Iranian threat group targets US aviation sector with AI-assisted ‘MiniFast’ backdoor
Career-themed phishing lures targeted employees of US domestic airlines during Operation Epic Fury.
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FBI warns of in-person data theft attacks from extortion gang
The FBI warned on Tuesday that the Silent Ransom Group (SRG) extortion gang is now targeting U.S.-based law firms in in-person data theft attacks. […]
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Fake ChatGPT and Claude installers on GitHub are dropping Deno RAT malware
Attackers are hosting counterfeit installers and plugins on GitHub and SourceForge that pose as widely used software, including ChatGPT, Claude, AutoTune, Kontakt, Ableton Live, and ZENOLOGY. The downloads deliver a backdoor called DinDoor, which then loads a remote access Trojan built on the Deno JavaScript runtime, according to Malwarebytes. Compromised YouTube channels push victims toward…
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GlassWorm Malware Takedown Disrupts Developer Supply Chain Attack Infrastructure
CrowdStrike, in partnership with Google and the Shadowserver Foundation, has announced the simultaneous disruption of all command-and-control (C2) channels associated with GlassWorm, a persistent software chain campaign targeting software developers through malicious packages and extensions. “Since at least early 2025, GlassWorm operators have systematically targeted software developers, a
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Apple’s iPhone satellite ambition goes beyond rescuing hikers
Apple has spent billions of dollars to develop satellite connectivity for iPhone; I very much doubt it did so solely to rescue stranded hikers. The company will most certainly have had a bigger prize in its sights when it first began working with GlobalStar (now owned by Amazon). The most logical reason to invest in satellite…
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How cybersecurity firms took down Glassworm botnet in one shot
Glassworm infected developers through poisoned tools and packages until a coordinated takedown killed all four of its C2 channels at once. On May 26, 2026, at 14:00 UTC, CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations team, working with Google and the Shadowserver Foundation, killed all four command-and-control channels of the Glassworm botnet at the same time. The timing…
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5 Steps to Managing Shadow AI Tools Without Slowing Down Employees
When an employee installs an AI writing assistant, connects a coding copilot to their IDE, or starts summarizing meetings with a new browser tool, they are doing exactly what a productive employee should do: finding faster ways to work. Across most organizations today, employees are running three to five AI tools on any given day.…
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Thousands of Fake FIFA Domains Target World Cup Fans
Group-IB uncovered Ghost Stadium phishing and 4300 fake FIFA World Cup domains targeting fans
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Inside ANY.RUN’s 10-Year Evolution: An Interview with CEO Aleksey Lapshin
What happens when a malware analyst decides to build a product he always wished he had? The case of ANY.RUN tells us that ten years later it may turn into an industry-standard solution, adopted by 74 Fortune 100 companies. Celebrating a decade of ANY.RUN, CEO Aleksey Lapshin shared his perspective on the evolution of the company,…
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Apple makes its quantum-resistant encryption open source
Apple has published its post-quantum cryptography implementations in corecrypto, together with mathematical proofs and verification tools for independent expert evaluation, allowing external researchers to review the work and reproduce the company’s analysis. Post-quantum cryptography is designed to protect encrypted data from future quantum computers that could break widely used public-key encryption algorithms. A new approach…
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China Memory-Chip Maker CXMT Clears Shanghai Listing Review
China’s securities regulator has cleared an approximately $4 billion share offering by a leading memory maker, bringing the highly anticipated listing a step closer following the company’s recent technological breakthroughs.
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Gitea Vulnerability Exposes Private Container Images without Authentication
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security flaw in Gitea, an open-source, self-hosted platform for version control, that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to pull private container images from Gitea deployments without requiring an account, password, or other credentials. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-27771 (CVSS score: N/A), affects all versions of Gitea prior to 1.26.2
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CISA gives feds 4 days to patch actively exploited cPanel plugin flaw
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has given U.S. federal agencies four days to secure their servers against a critical vulnerability in the LiteSpeed cPanel user-end plugin, which is actively being exploited in attacks. […]
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Total Android recall: Never lose an important notification again
Google’s shiny new Android 17 update may be on the brink of making its way out into world, but one of the most consequential Android notification upgrades I’ve seen in ages is actually available for anyone, on any device, this instant. It’s one of those things you don’t even realize is missing — and awkwardly…
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68% of UK Firms Plan to Increase Cyber Spending as AI Risks Rise
UK firms plan higher cyber spending as AI adoption raises security concerns
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SpaceX’s Rocket Monopoly Gives It an Edge Over OpenAI in the IPO Race
The frontier development of artificial intelligence is crowded, while SpaceX has forged a market of one.
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Dutch police arrests suspect linked to Ajax football club hack
The Dutch National Police arrested a 35-year-old man suspected of hacking the professional football club Ajax Amsterdam (AFC Ajax) earlier this year. […]
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The NSA, ‘Mythos’ and the quiet emergence of AI cyber doctrine
For most of my career running security operations, the shape of cyber conflict has been defined by who could move faster than the other side. Faster at identifying a vulnerability, faster at patching, faster at detecting, faster at responding. The last few months have made me reevaluate that framing. Speed still matters. It just no…
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What Security Leaders Should Expect from RSAC – Joseph Blankenship – BSW #449
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What to consider before asking an AI chatbot for health advice
Using chatbots for medical advice could elicit hallucinations and even expose you to security and privacy risks. Here’s what’s at stake and how to stay safe.
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DXC, WWT on Dell’s Partner Program & Enterprise AI Growth
At Dell Technologies World 2026, much of the conference focused on partner program enhancements the organization recently made. For partners like DXC and World Wide Technologies (WWT), these enhancements provide even greater opportunities to provide strong customer outcomes. They reinforce what both DXC and WWT already know: Dell’s Partner Program is a major reason their…
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Windows 11 KB5089573 update released with performance improvements
Microsoft has released the KB5089573 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, which comes with 30 changes, including performance and reliability improvements. […]
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Dutch Government just said no to an American firm buying the keys to their digital State
The Dutch government blocked Kyndryl’s €100M bid for Solvinity, citing national security concerns over critical digital infrastructure. Dutch Government told Kyndryl it can’t buy Solvinity. That sentence doesn’t sound dramatic, but what it means is this: a European government just blocked an American IT company from acquiring the firm that runs DigiD, the platform Dutch…
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Proofpoint Introduces Active Exploits Protection to Help Organizations Prioritize Vulnerability Patching for Real-World Attacks in the AI Era
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PureLogs Variant Steals Data via Purchase Order Lures
FortiGuard Labs detailed a PureLogs campaign using JavaScript, PowerShell and process hollowing
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AI Chatbot Recommendations Redirect Users to Cryptojacking Malware Sites
Microsoft has warned of an active cryptojacking campaign that makes use of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot interactions as a mechanism for surfacing malicious download sites. “This emerging delivery technique extends social engineering beyond conventional search results and increases the visibility of malicious software recommendations,” Microsoft Defender Experts and the Microsoft
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Franklin Access adds three-layer security system to Wi-Fi routers
Franklin Access has launched a three-layer security system integrated into its Wi-Fi routers, delivering enterprise-grade protection for consumers and small businesses. The system runs automatically in the background, blocking millions of malicious websites in real time to protect families, children, seniors, and businesses from online threats. Franklin’s Wi-Fi routers include advanced security protocols and privacy…
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Microsoft SharePoint Has a New RCE Flaw. If You Haven’t Patched Yet, Go Do That.
A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-45659, in Microsoft SharePoint can allow attackers to achieve remote code execution with little effort. Microsoft released security updates to patch a high-severity SharePoint vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-45659 (CVSS score of 8.8), that could allow remote code execution. The flaw does not require complex conditions for exploitation, making it a…
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Jetico expands BestCrypt Data Shelter with zero-trust file access controls
Jetico has announced the extension of BestCrypt Data Shelter to include centrally managed enterprise data access control for sensitive files. The solution allows security teams to define and enforce policies governing which applications, processes and users can access protected files. This default-deny model aligns with zero-trust security principles. “Organizations have made significant progress in encrypting…
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DSPM buyer’s guide: Top 10 data security posture management tools
Data security posture management (DSPM) explained Data security posture management (DSPM) tools help security teams examine their entire data environment to find shadow data, reducing the risk of data loss. Tracking down sensitive data across both cloud and on-premises systems can be vexing. Each environment presents its own challenges. Given the dynamic and ephemeral nature…
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The big winner in Elon Musk’s suit against OpenAI and Microsoft — hypocrisy
If ever there were a lawsuit in which a jury and judge should have ruled against both the accuser and the defendants, Elon Musk’s suit against OpenAI and Microsoft was it. The high-profile legal battle pitted the world’s richest man against a company worth more than $3 trillion, another that might soon launch a $1…
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The AI tech job slaughter gets real
Tech companies seem to be falling over each other these days in firing people to either replace them with AI or to pay to build AI infrastructure. Wouldn’t it be nice if they at least waited until AI actually worked for business? On the one hand, top tech businesses such as Amazon, Block, Cisco, Cloudflare,…
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AppOmni’s Marlin AI automates SaaS threat analysis, triage, and remediation at scale
AppOmni has launched Marlin AI to transform how enterprise organizations defend complex SaaS applications. Marlin AI delivers autonomous AI-powered SaaS security that leverages AppOmni’s deep SaaS application observability. It actively correlates SaaS security indicators, performs deep investigations, and guides security teams to immediate solutions. By reducing the massive hours wasted on investigating threats, alerts and…
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Novee’s Agentic Fix turns validated exploits into fixes through AI coding agents
Novee has announced Agentic Fix, an enhancement to its AI penetration testing platform that helps teams move from validating security findings to deploying fixes in a single step. Agentic Fix extends Novee’s platform by generating remediation guidance from the same exploit context used to uncover an issue, then routing that guidance to the AI coding…
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Coinflow CISO on crypto payments security under AI pressure
Crypto payment firms sit near the top of the target list for advanced persistent threat groups, and the workload on their security leaders keeps growing. Malcolm Portelli, CISO at Coinflow, runs the company’s security program from Malta. Coinflow is headquartered in the United States and operates across multiple jurisdictions. Portelli sat down for this interview…
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Vigolium: Open-source vulnerability scanner
Vigolium, an open-source vulnerability scanner that combines deterministic scanning with AI-driven auditing, launched its initial open-source release this month. The project ships 235+ scanner modules and an in-process agent runtime called olium that handles autonomous endpoint discovery, attack planning, and finding triage. The tool exposes two scanning paths. vigolium scan runs a multi-phase deterministic pipeline…
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The alert economy is driving security analyst burnout
In this Help Net Security video, Ido Livneh, CEO of Jazz, explains why security analysts burn out and what leaders can do about it. The cause, he argues, is not long hours but meaningless work. Analysts spend their days closing repetitive tickets while the institutional knowledge of senior staff walks out the door when they…
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European AI adoption hits 99% with regulated data driving most policy violations
Generative AI tools operate inside nearly every European workplace, embedded in meeting transcription services, writing assistants, coding copilots, and search features. Workers in the region pull these tools into daily routines that involve customer records, financial information, and proprietary code, and that volume of activity has produced a measurable pattern in where data exposure occurs.…
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GitHub internal repositories breached
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ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, May 27th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9946, (Wed, May 27th)
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Microsoft previews automatic device isolation in Defender for Endpoint
Microsoft is previewing a new automatic device isolation capability in Defender for Endpoint’s auto attack disruption tool to help security pros contain cyber attacks in progress on their IT networks. The company announced the capability earlier this month in a column about new features in Defender. There’s no word on when automatic device isolation will…
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Microsoft previews automatic device isolation in Defender for Endpoint
Microsoft is previewing a new automatic device isolation capability in Defender for Endpoint’s auto attack disruption tool to help security pros contain cyber attacks in progress on their IT networks. The company announced the capability earlier this month in a column about new features in Defender. There’s no word on when automatic device isolation will…
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Top 6 UCaaS Providers for Businesses in 2026
Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) is essential for modern businesses looking to stay connected in today’s fast-moving work environment. By combining video conferencing, VoIP, messaging, and collaboration tools into a single cloud-based platform, UCaaS helps teams communicate and collaborate in real time from anywhere. As remote and hybrid work continue to evolve in 2026,…
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Sophos named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection for the 17th consecutive report
Strong endpoint protection remains critical. But in today’s AI-driven threat environment, it’s most powerful when it’s part of a broader, coordinated defense. Categories: Products & Services Tags: Gartner, Gartner Magic Quadrant, Endpoint, Sophos Endpoint
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Novee launches Agentic Fix to automate vulnerability remediation
Agentic Fix addresses a critical bottleneck in the software development lifecycle where vulnerability discovery has been significantly accelerated, but the subsequent steps of triage, assignment, patching, and retesting remain largely manual.
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Formula 1 fans targeted by evolving scams, Bitdefender warns
Bitdefender’s Fan Threat Index highlights four major threats targeting Formula 1 enthusiasts: counterfeit merchandise, fraudulent ticket sales, malicious streaming services, and sophisticated social engineering attacks.
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AppOmni launches Marlin AI for autonomous SaaS security alert investigation
Marlin AI operates within the AppOmni platform, continuously analyzing security indicators across business-critical applications.
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7AI Inc. launches PLAID ELITE, an AI-native security operations service
PLAID ELITE handles the entire security operations workflow, including alert ingestion, enrichment, triage, investigation, and response, autonomously.
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Fake AI tool websites used to steal developer data
The attack campaign employs SEO poisoning to elevate fake installation pages in search engine results, leading developers searching for AI tools like Google Gemini CLI or Anthropic’s Claude Code to typosquatted domains.
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Varonis integrates Claude AI compliance API into Atlas platform
This integration aims to provide organizations with enhanced visibility and oversight for their use of Claude, a tool relied upon for knowledge work, analysis, and application development.
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ShinyHunters extorts Charter Communications after data breach
The incident came to light after Charter was listed on ShinyHunters’ data leak site, where the group claimed to have stolen 40 million records.
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Iranian-backed hackers linked to Los Angeles transit system breach
The hacktivist group Ababil of Minab initially claimed responsibility for the breach, stating they had stolen and subsequently deleted data from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) systems.
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to automatically isolate compromised devices
The new feature automatically disconnects compromised endpoints from the network, limiting the risk of further impact while maintaining connectivity to the Defender for Endpoint service for continued monitoring.
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Cybercriminals increasingly use AI for deepfake-based KYC bypass, report finds
New research from Flashpoint highlights a significant trend where threat actors are not focused on developing novel AI tools but rather on refining existing ones.
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Dutch government blocks US IT giant’s acquisition of cloud provider
The Dutch minister for the digital economy announced a complete prohibition on the acquisition, which would have allowed Kyndryl to purchase Solvinity for an undisclosed sum.
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Listening, Drupal, TTE, KEV, Mythos, Megalodon, Badanov, MFA, Pope Leo, Aaran Leyland – SWN #584
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TeamPCP Compromised LiteLLM in AI Supply Chain Attack
A supply chain attack targeting the open-source AI ecosystem shows how threat actors are increasingly abusing developer tools and AI infrastructure to steal credentials and compromise cloud environments. Researchers found that TeamPCP compromised LiteLLM, a widely used open-source Python library that connects applications to more than 100 LLM providers through OpenAI-compatible APIs. The attack reportedly…
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Why Annual Penetration Tests Are No Longer Enough
Traditional annual penetration tests are becoming less effective as organizations rapidly expand cloud, hybrid, and AI-driven environments that change far faster than yearly assessment cycles can keep up with. According to Lydia Zhang, President and Co-Founder of Ridge Security, modern infrastructure, applications, APIs, and dependency chains evolve continuously, creating constantly shifting attack surfaces that static…
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KnowledgeDeliver flaw exploited as a zero-day to install web shells
Hackers exploited a critical zero-day vulnerability in a server running the KnowledgeDeliver learning management system (LMS) to deploy the Godzilla web shell. […]
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GUEST ESSAY: AI pipelines are shattering network security — most companies haven’t even noticed yet
For the past two decades, enterprise security teams have gotten good at one thing: keeping sensitive data where it belongs. Related: Leaked secrets no. 1 exposure Production data stays in production. Test environments get masked or synthetic data. Access is controlled. Ownership is defined. The system, while imperfect, largely works. Then AI arrived — and…
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Feeding Frenzy: ‘Megalodon’ Malware Infects Thousands of GitHub Repos
In just six hours, the campaign quietly pushed thousands of malicious commits to more than 5,500 GitHub repositories, stealing credentials, developer secrets, and more.
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Charter confirms data breach after ShinyHunters extortion threat
U.S. telecommunications giant Charter Communications has confirmed it suffered a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom is paid. […]
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Apple open-sources quantum-resistant encryption code
Apple has released quantum-resistant cryptographic code and the mathematical verification tools it developed to prove the code’s correctness, making them publicly available for independent review and broader use across the industry. The release includes implementations of two quantum-secure algorithms, ML-KEM and ML-DSA, along with the formal verification libraries and tools Apple created to validate their…
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How Lineage Reveals Your Data’s Secrets
Imagine this scenario: on an otherwise fine and ordinary Monday morning, your security operations center (SOC) flags a suspicious alert. Files from a confidential vault are transferring to someone’s personal cloud storage account. Halt! An analyst stops the flow, but some files are leaked to who-knows-where. In fact, other than knowing the leak happened, you…
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The Hackers Behind Shai-Hulud: Lucky or Skilled?
TeamPCP, the hackers behind the Shai-Hulud worm, has done significant damage to the open source ecosystem. But it’s not necessarily due to skill alone.
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White House charts new course for federal agencies and cybersecurity logging
The White House has updated rules for federal agencies to keep logs of significant cyber activities in their networks, touting it as a measure to cut back on red tape and focus on how cybersecurity risks have evolved. The Office of Management and Budget memorandum, released Friday, replaces a 2021 memo signed by then-President Joe…
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Welcoming the AWS Customer Incident Response Team
May 26, 2026: This post was originally published in July 2022. It has been updated to reflect current engagement options, new threat intelligence resources such as the Threat Technique Catalog for AWS (TTC), additional open-source tools, and the distinction between AWS CIRT support and the AWS Security Incident Response managed service. Welcome back, or welcome…
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Drupal bug added to CISA list of known exploited vulnerabilities
Drupal SQL injection flaw CVE-2026-9082 added to CISA KEV as active attacks target sites.
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ECB warns banks of new AI risks
The European Central Bank (ECB) has summoned major banks to an emergency meeting to warn of new cybersecurity risks linked to advanced AI models, according to the Financial Times. Frank Elderson, vice chair of the ECB’s Supervisory Board, said banks must become significantly faster at installing security updates. According to the ECB, new AI tools…
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Trojanized Gemini and Claude Installers Target Developers Via SEO Poisoning
Cybercriminals are using SEO poisoning and fake Gemini and Claude installer sites to infect developers with fileless malware and steal data.
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When ransomware shutters the ER, cyber resilience can help teams mitigate the damage
Here’s five ways to implement a cyber resilience plan well before a medical facility experiences a crisis.
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CrowdStrike Disrupts Glassworm Supply Chain Botnet
CrowdStrike announced the coordinated takedown of the Glassworm botnet, a large-scale operation that targeted software developers through compromised open-source packages, malicious VSCode extensions, and poisoned GitHub repositories. The operation, conducted alongside Google and the Shadowserver Foundation, disrupted the botnet’s infrastructure and severed communication between the operators and infected systems. “In collaboration with Google and the…
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The Hidden Ransomware Economy Running on Exposed Databases
A 5-year study on the Ransomware Economy found that 30,515 exposed databases were hit by ransom attacks, causing massive damage despite victims never paying. Database extortion doesn’t look like the ransomware stories that usually grab headlines. There’s no slick branding, no leak-site countdown, no gang posting memes on Telegram. In most cases, there’s just a…
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Services Revenue Becomes the Channel’s Growth Engine
Halfway into 2026, managed services continue to emerge as one of the industry’s strongest growth engines. Gone are the days when infrastructure deals and one-time product sales dominated partner revenue. Increasingly, the real opportunity lies in the services surrounding technology, from AI advisory and deployment to cybersecurity management and implementation. In this article, we examine…
AI, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
ConnectWise Automate Vulnerability Could Allow Security Check Bypass and RCE
ConnectWise has disclosed a vulnerability in its Automate remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform that could allow attackers to bypass integrity verification mechanisms and execute malicious code in affected environments. The flaw impacts on-premises versions of ConnectWise Automate prior to version 2026.5 and carries a CVSS score of 8.8. “Under certain conditions, components obtained during…
AI, APAC, Global Security News
Dell CEO Says Agentic AI is Straining Supply Chains
The AI boom was already straining the supply chain, and agentic AI is apparently pushing it to a new level of dysfunction. Speaking at Dell Technologies World 2026 in Las Vegas, Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell said the rise of autonomous AI systems is making it harder for supply and demand to settle into any…