It is difficult to understand why, in 2026, we are still debating the reporting line of the chief information security officer (CISO). It is one of the first topics I wrote about in 2015, and after more than two decades of high-profile cyber incidents, sustained regulatory pressure, massive technology investments and the steady elevation of…
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Sweden reports cyberattack attempt on heating plant amid rising energy threats
Sweden says a pro-Russian group attacked a heating plant in 2025. The failed cyberattack highlights growing threats to Europe’s energy infrastructure. Sweden has blamed a pro-Russian group linked to Russian intelligence for a failed cyberattack on a heating plant in 2025. Officials say the incident is part of a broader wave of attacks targeting critical…
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Scale Computing Debuts Velocity Partner Program
Scale Computing, a provider of edge computing and network solutions, has announced the launch of a new next-generation partner program. Prioritizing speed, clarity, and partner execution The Scale Computing Velocity Partner Program was designed to replace traditional volume-based models and is engineered to help partners navigate the evolving virtualization and distributed IT markets by reducing…
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Wi-Fi roaming security practices for access network providers and identity providers
Public Wi-Fi roaming networks carry authentication credentials across multiple administrative boundaries, and the protocols governing that process vary widely in their security properties. The Wireless Broadband Alliance published a set of guidelines that specifies which authentication, encryption, and credential-handling practices operators should apply to networks running Passpoint and OpenRoaming. “What this work shows is that,…
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[Guest Diary] Compromised DVRs and Finding Them in the Wild, (Thu, Apr 16th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Alec Jaffe, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Cybersecurity (BACS) program [1]. Security cameras are great at monitoring physical doors, but terrible at locking their own digital ones. Across the internet, thousands of unpatched DVRs sit publicly exposed, many guarded only by the…
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OpenAI pulls out of a second Stargate data center deal
In the space of one week, OpenAI has pulled out of two European Stargate data center deals, one in the UK and the second in Norway. Observers attribute the move to the company taking a more disciplined approach to its massive expenses, with OpenAI executives trying to make their books look better in a common…
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McGraw-Hill Confirms Data Exposure Tied to Salesforce Issue
McGraw-Hill has confirmed unauthorized access to a limited set of internal data following a reported Salesforce misconfiguration. The disclosure comes after an extortion threat that raised questions about the scale and sensitivity of the incident. “ShinyHunters has no shortage of options for potential follow-up campaigns. They can target instructors with convincingly branded messages, pivot into…
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Critical nginx UI tool vulnerability opens web servers to full compromise
Security vendor Pluto Security has published details of a critical vulnerability in the open-source nginx UI web server configuration tool that has been under active exploitation by cybercriminals since March. News of the flaw, identified as CVE-2026-33032, first appeared on the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) on March 30, the same day that threat intelligence companies…
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Copado Puts AI Agents Inside DevOps Workflows
Copado just rolled out Agentia, a shiny new AI tool that adds automated agents into the day-to-day work of building, testing, and releasing software in Salesforce. How agentic AI is developing code and other time-intensive workloads That means the agents aren’t just suggesting things or answering questions; they’re actually writing code, running tests, diagnosing failures,…
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News Alert: NTT Research launches SaltGrain—advanced Attribute-Based Encryption security
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Apr. 15, 2026 – NTT Research, Inc., a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced the launch of Scale Academy, a startup incubator responsible for bringing to market products and services based upon technologies studied within the labs of NTT Research and NTT R&D. NTT Research also revealed Scale Academy’s first product, SaltGrain, a zero-trust data security suite…
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CVE-2026-33032: severe nginx-ui bug grants unauthenticated server access
An actively exploited critical nginx-ui flaw (CVE-2026-33032) lets attackers bypass authentication and take full control of Nginx servers. A critical vulnerability in nginx-ui, tracked as CVE-2026-33032 (CVSS score of 9.8), is being actively exploited, allowing attackers to bypass authentication and fully take over Nginx servers. The issue stems from improper protection of the /mcp_message endpoint,…
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Equinix Accelerates Enterprise AI Workloads with Launch of Fabric Intelligence
AI agents autonomously manage networking environments to create more adaptive, efficient and resilient infrastructure for customers
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U.S. CISA adds Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft Office Excel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft Office Excel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apple, Laravel Livewire and Craft CMS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2009-0238 Microsoft Office Remote…
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Rolling Networks: Securing the Transportation Sector
Modern trucks are rolling networks packed with sensors, connectivity, and attack surfaces, creating new cyber risks. NMFTA’s Cybersecurity Conference brings industry leaders together to tackle emerging threats in transportation. […]
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Sitehop’s SAFEcore Edge enables ultra-low-latency, hardware-enforced post-quantum encryption
Sitehop has launched SAFEcore Edge, a post-quantum encryption device, bringing quantum-resistant security to critical national infrastructure, financial services, and government networks at every point, however remote. From oil platforms and far-flung bank branches to autonomous vehicles, retail sites and official communications, the pocket-sized device is designed to operate where conventional security infrastructure cannot reach. SAFEcore…
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We’re only seeing the tip of the chip-smuggling iceberg
Last year, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang repeatedly denied that China was obtaining America’s most advanced chips. ‘There’s no evidence of any AI chip diversion,’ he said, dismissing such reports on another occasion as ‘tall tales.’ Federal prosecutors would beg to differ. They’ve charged six men over the past three weeks with smuggling billions of dollars’…
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The deepfake dilemma: From financial fraud to reputational crisis
Deepfake technology has crossed a critical threshold. What was impossible 10 years ago and required specific expertise only a few years ago is now cheap and accessible. Worse, it’s now good enough to fool a wide range of employees and executives. In fact, a 2025 Gartner survey found that 43% of cybersecurity leaders experienced at…
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7 biggest healthcare security threats
Cyberattacks targeting the healthcare sector have surged since the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting rush to enable remote delivery of healthcare services. Security vendors and researchers tracking the industry have reported a major increase in phishing attacks, ransomware, web application attacks, and other threats targeting healthcare providers. Recent rising of ransomware attacks on healthcare, in…
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The need for a board-level definition of cyber resilience
Cyber resilience has become a critical governance concern as organizations face increasingly complex and costly cyber threats. However, recent research reveals that the concept of cyber resilience remains inconsistently defined across regulatory frameworks and in some cases presents contradictory guidance to cross-sector and multinational organizations. This conceptual fragmentation poses a systemic risk for top management…
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2026 fixed actively exploited SharePoint zero-day
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for April 2026 fixed 165 vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited SharePoint zero-day. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates addressed 165 vulnerabilities, making it one of the largest updates by CVE count. One of the most interesting flaws fixed by the IT giant is a critical SharePoint zero-day, tracked as CVE-2026-32201, already…
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Apple devices’ satellite link is under new ownership
Globalstar, a mobile satellite services (MSS) operator in which Apple has a 20% stake, on Tuesday announced a merger agreement with Amazon, which, pending regulatory approval, could soon bring direct to device services (D2D) services to Leo, the latter’s low Earth orbit satellite network. The deal, worth an estimated $11.6 billion, is an indication that…
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Network segmentation projects fail in predictable patterns
Most enterprise networks have segmentation on the roadmap. Many have had it there for years. A survey of 400 U.S.-based network security practitioners who lived through failed segmentation projects finds that failure clusters into four distinct patterns, and the type of failure a team experiences depends heavily on the kind of environment and approach they…
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April Patch Tuesday roundup: Zero day vulnerabilities and critical bugs
A critical hole in Windows Internet Key Exchange for secure communications, an actively exploited zero day in Microsoft SharePoint and a critical SQL injection vulnerability in a SAP product are the focus of the April Patch Tuesday releases requiring immediate attention from IT security teams. “April’s threat landscape is defined by immediate, real-world exploitation rather…
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Secure AI agent access patterns to AWS resources using Model Context Protocol
AI agents and coding assistants interact with AWS resources through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Unlike traditional applications with deterministic code paths, agents reason dynamically, choosing different tools or accessing different data depending on context. You must assume an agent can do anything within its granted entitlements, whether OAuth scopes, API keys, or AWS Identity…
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Patch Tuesday, April 2026 Edition
Microsoft today pushed software updates to fix a staggering 167 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and related software, including a SharePoint Server zero-day and a publicly disclosed weakness in Windows Defender dubbed “BlueHammer.” Separately, Google Chrome fixed its fourth zero-day of 2026, and an emergency update for Adobe Reader nixes an actively exploited…
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Microsoft drops its second-largest monthly batch of defects on record
Microsoft addressed 165 vulnerabilities affecting its various products and underlying systems, including one actively exploited vulnerability in Microsoft Office SharePoint, in this month’s Patch Tuesday update. “By my count, this is the second-largest monthly release in Microsoft’s history,” Dustin Childs, head of threat awareness at Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, wrote in a blog post…
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4 questions to ask before outsourcing MDR
Security teams are stretched thin. Alerts never stop, attackers move faster, and expectations for uptime and resilience keep rising. For many IT and security leaders, Managed Detection and Response (MDR) has become less of a “nice to have” and more of a practical way to stay ahead. But outsourcing MDR is not just about handing…
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Space Force official touts AI’s impact on cyber compliance
Seth Whitworth, who is both acting Associate Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Cyber and Data and acting chief information security officer, said he believes AI tools are shifting the way defenders review cyber risk, both for individual systems and more holistically throughout an enterprise. In particular, Large Language Models can be used to systematically…
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday April 2026., (Tue, Apr 14th)
This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday looks like a record one, but let’s look at it a bit closer to understand what is happening The update patches a total of 243 vulnerabilities. However, 78 of them are Chromium issues affecting Microsoft Edge. Patches for Edge were released earlier. This leaves 165 vulnerabilities that are not Edge-related.…
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AI might be killing traditional SIEMs, but data advantage is as strong as ever
Over 3 years ago, I talked about the concept of data gravity – the idea that as more and more data gets centralized in a single place, it gives a huge advantage to companies that collect this data. That idea made a lot of sense back then, in January 2023, some 2 months after the…
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Black Basta’s playbook lives on as former affiliates launch fast-scale intrusion campaign
A small group of former Black Basta affiliates have targeted more than 100 employees across dozens of organizations to intrude network systems for potential data theft, ransomware deployment and extortion, according to ReliaQuest. The social engineering campaign, which involves mass email bombing and Microsoft Teams help desk impersonation, surged last month and dates back to…
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Testing reveals Claude Mythos’s offensive capabilities and limits
Could Claude Mythos Preview, Anthropic’s latest large language model, be leveraged for fully automated cyber attacks? The UK government’s AI Security Institute (AISI) tested its capability to successfully engage in capture-the-flag (CTF) challenges and multi-step attack scenarios, and found that that while its cybersecurity capabilities exceed those of previously available models, it can’t reliably execute…
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AppDirect Acquires PartnerStack for Unified Commerce Platform
AppDirect, a B2B subscription commerce platform provider, has acquired PartnerStack, a partner relationship management (PRM) platform with one of the largest B2B partner networks globally. The integration aims to embed a powerful partner ecosystem engine into the AppDirect subscription commerce platform, enhancing its ability to help companies leverage ecosystems and distribution as a primary growth…
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US, UK and Canada disrupt $45M crypto theft in Operation Atlantic
US, UK and Canada ran Operation Atlantic, uncovering $45M in crypto theft and freezing $12M to return to victims. An international law enforcement operation from the US, UK and Canada, codenamed Operation Atlantic, has targeted large-scale cryptocurrency theft schemes. Authorities identified more than $45 million in stolen digital assets and successfully froze around $12 million.…
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China-linked cloud credential heist runs on typos and SMTP
China-aligned hackers have deployed a Linux-based ELF backdoor to steal cloud credentials at scale from workloads across AWS, GCP, Azure, and Alibaba Cloud environments. According to Breakglass Intelligence findings, the backdoor uses a “zero-detection” technique, employing SMTP port 25 as a covert command-and-control (C2) channel to harvest cloud provider credentials and metadata. “A selective C2…
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When Trust Becomes a Weapon: Google Cloud Storage Phishing Deploying Remcos RAT
Modern phishing campaigns increasingly abuse legitimate services. Cloud platforms, file-sharing tools, trusted domains, and widely used SaaS applications are now part of the attacker’s toolkit. Instead of breaking trust, attackers borrow it. This shift creates a dangerous asymmetry. Security controls often whitelist or inherently trust these services, while users are far less likely to question them. The…
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ShinyHunters claim the hack of Rockstar Games breach and started leaking data
Leak of 8.1GB data tied to Rockstar Games includes anti-cheat code, game data, analytics and more, reportedly exposed by ShinyHunters. An 8.1GB data leak reportedly linked to Rockstar Games has surfaced, with files shared by ShinyHunters after being obtained via Anodot. The dataset includes anti-cheat source code, player analytics, game assets, Zendesk support tickets and…
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GUEST ESSAY: Google’s 2029 deadline exposes readiness gap as move to quantum-safe crypto lags
For years, quantum risk was easy for most institutions to treat as premature: real in theory, urgent someday, but not yet an operational problem. That is no longer tenable. Related: AI spawns semantic attacks Two developments this month brought the shift into focus. Google Quantum AI published research suggesting the computing resources needed to break…
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Secretary Mullin must help finish the job: Urge the Senate to confirm Plankey
On March 23, the Senate confirmed Senator Markwayne Mullin as the next homeland security secretary, marking an important step in strengthening leadership during a critical moment for our nation’s security. But only half of the job is done. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the federal government’s main civilian cyber defense agency, still lacks…
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How AI is transforming threat detection
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how security teams detect and hunt cyber threats by helping analyze vast volumes of security data, uncovering subtle signs of malicious activity, and identifying potential attacks faster than traditional tools or human analysts alone. Analyst firm Gartner expects that by 2028, 50% of threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR) platforms…
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The AI inflection point: What security leaders must do now
AI is no longer a speculative topic for security leaders. It has moved from experimentation to implementation, and increasingly, to measurable production impact. Over the past year, my conversations with CISOs have shifted. The question is no longer whether AI belongs in cybersecurity; it’s about deploying it responsibly, strategically and at scale. For security leaders,…
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U.S. CISA adds Adobe, Fortinet, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Microsoft Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Adobe, Fortinet, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Microsoft Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apple, Laravel Livewire and Craft CMS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2026-34621 Adobe Acrobat…
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Fake Claude AI installer abuses DLL sideloading to deploy PlugX
Fake Claude website impersonates Anthropic and delivers PlugX RAT via ZIP download using DLL sideloading. A fake website impersonating Anthropic’s Claude service was found distributing the PlugX remote access trojan, according to Malwarebytes. The rogue site abuses the chatbot’s popularity to trick users into downloading a ZIP archive presented as a “pro version” installer. The…
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UJET Launching New Channel-Led Global Sales Motion With Google Cloud
UJET, an innovator in AI-powered contact centers, has announced it will launch a new managed service offering and a strategic sales motion with Google Cloud. The Google Cloud CCaaS by UJET offering brings Google Cloud’s enterprise-grade agentic AI, CX, and contact center solutions to the small- to medium-sized business (SMB) and mid-market sectors through AVANT’s…
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Zero trust at year two: What nobody planned for
In this Help Net Security video, Jim Alkove, CEO of Oleria, walks through where zero trust programs typically stand one to two years in. Most organizations have made gains in endpoint security and network segmentation, but identity remains the stubborn problem. Identity sprawl, legacy system exceptions, and workforce friction each contribute to stalls that few…
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Anthropic’s Mythos signals a structural cybersecurity shift
Over the past week, reaction to Anthropic’s Glasswing disclosure has split along familiar lines. At one end: alarm over an AI system capable of autonomously identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities. At the other: dismissive hot takes, arguing there is nothing new here. A more grounded view comes from a new briefing by the Cloud Security Alliance…
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This Booking.com Breach Could Expose Your Travel Plans
Booking.com has disclosed a security incident involving unauthorized access to customer reservation data, prompting the company to reset reservation PINs tied to affected bookings. The activity, described as “suspicious access” to a subset of reservation records, did not expose payment card data but surfaced a category of information that, from an operational security standpoint, is…
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Here’s how cyber heavyweights in the US and UK are dealing with Claude Mythos
A joint report from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the SANS Institute and the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) concludes that in the near term, organizations are “likely to be overwhelmed” by threat actors using AI to find and exploit vulnerabilities faster than defenders can patch them. While those organizations can use AI tools…
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The French government eyes alternatives to Windows
The French government has decided to reduce its dependence on US technology companies in light of the growing divide between the US and the EU. The Direction interministérielle du numérique (DINUM), an agency responsible for digitalization issues, has announced that it will soon replace Windows with a Linux-based operating system. Previously, the French government had…
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Cisco Targets AI Trust with Galileo Deal
If the original Galileo spent his time figuring out how things move and fall, Cisco is now tackling a version of that problem in AI, trying to understand how these systems behave once set loose. The company announced plans to acquire Galileo Technologies, an AI observability startup focused on helping enterprises monitor and evaluate how…
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Australia’s EV surge: JOLT signs up record EV drivers for urban charging network
As Australia reaches EV sales records, new data shows drivers are switching for good – and the EV cost savings are real
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Aura Business Debuts BYOD Security Solution for MSPs
AI-powered online safety platform Aura has introduced a new business security solution to help shrink the unmanaged device gap that exists in today’s security stacks. The new identity-centric bring your own device solution built for MSPs Aura Business for MSPs is a new identity-centric BYOD security solution designed to protect businesses and employees. It allows…
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Critical flaw in Marimo Python notebook exploited within 10 hours of disclosure
A critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in Marimo, an open-source Python notebook platform owned by AI cloud company CoreWeave, was exploited in the wild less than 10 hours after its public disclosure, according to the Sysdig Threat Research Team. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-39987 with a severity score of 9.3 out of 10, affects…
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Seven IBM WebSphere Liberty flaws can be chained into full takeover
Security researchers are warning of a set of flaws affecting IBM WebSphere Liberty, a lightweight, modular Java application server, that can be chained into a full server compromise. The flaws, a total of seven, that led to the ultimate compromise of the server were initiated by a newly discovered pre-authentication issue in the platform’s SAML…
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Your MTTD Looks Great. Your Post-Alert Gap Doesn’t
Anthropic restricted its Mythos Preview model last week after it autonomously found and exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in every major operating system and browser. Palo Alto Networks’ Wendi Whitmorewarned that similar capabilities are weeks or months from proliferation. CrowdStrike’s 2026 Global Threat Report puts average eCrime breakout time at 29 minutes. Mandiant’s M-Trends 2026
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Google makes it harder to exploit Pixel 10 modem firmware
Google is working to improve the security of Pixel phones by focusing on the cellular baseband modem, a part of the device that handles communication with mobile networks and processes external data. In the Pixel 9, the company introduced measures to reduce memory-related vulnerabilities. With the Pixel 10, the approach goes further by integrating a…
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Citizen Lab: Webloc tracked 500M devices for global law enforcement
Citizen Lab reported that law enforcement used the surveillance tool Webloc to track up to 500M devices via ad data globally. A report by Citizen Lab revealed that law enforcement agencies in the U.S., Hungary, and El Salvador used a surveillance tool called Webloc to track devices via advertising data, potentially affecting up to 500…
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Siemens expands Industrial Automation DataCenter with edge AI and cybersecurity
Siemens will present the next generation of its Industrial Automation DataCenter, a custom-configured data center for IT needs in production, expanding its turnkey solution into an AI-ready platform. Structure of the Siemens Industrial Automation DataCenter and its Remote Industrial Operations Services (Source: Siemens AG) In partnership with NVIDIA and in collaboration with Palo Alto Networks,…
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Marimo RCE Flaw Exploited Within Hours of Disclosure
A vulnerability in the open-source Marimo Python notebook platform is already being actively exploited, underscoring how quickly attackers can turn newly disclosed flaws into real-world attacks. Less than 10 hours after public disclosure, threat actors developed a working exploit and began targeting exposed systems. “Within 9 hours and 41 minutes of the vulnerability advisory’s publication,…
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Major Real Estate and Legal Firms Partner with My Databoss Ahead of Landmark AML Reforms
As Australia edges closer to the Tranche 2 anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) reforms, compliance platform My Databoss has secured partnerships with several prominent industry leaders. Major real estate networks Barry Plant and Di Jones, legal firm Owen Hodge Lawyers, and commercial property specialist X-Commercial have all selected Australian-made My Databoss to prepare for…
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Hackers claim control over Venice San Marco anti-flood pumps
Hackers breached Venice ’s San Marco flood system, claiming control of pumps and the ability to disable defenses and flood coastal areas. The technologies that govern the physical world are the quiet infrastructure of modern life. From energy grids to water systems, from factories to flood defenses, operational technology (OT) has long had one essential…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 572 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. Censys finds 5,219 devices exposed to attacks by Iranian APTs, majority in U.S. GlassWorm evolves with…
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Censys finds 5,219 devices exposed to attacks by Iranian APTs, majority in U.S.
Censys researchers found 5,219 exposed Rockwell PLCs online, mostly in the U.S., urging defenders to secure or disconnect them. On April 7, 2026, U.S. agencies, including FBI, CISA, and NSA, warned of Iran-linked APTs exploiting internet-exposed Rockwell Automation PLCs. Threat actors are carrying out cyberattacks targeting internet-connected operational technology (OT) across multiple critical infrastructure sectors.…
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Anthropic’s Project Glasswing Signals Potential AI-Driven Shift in Cybersecurity
Anthropic’s Project Glasswing highlights how advanced AI models may rival top human experts in finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities. Early claims from the company suggest these models, like Claude Mythos Preview, can operate at large scale and find vulnerabilities faster. However, security leaders share mixed views on the claims. “Mythos appears to materially change the…
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Commerce setting up new AI export regime to push adoption of ‘American AI’ abroad
The Department of Commerce is putting together a catalog of AI tools that will be given special export status by the federal government to be sold abroad. The department issued a call for proposals to participating companies in the Federal Register, looking to create a “menu of priority AI export packages that the U.S. Government…
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Old Docker authorization bypass pops up despite previous patch
Researchers warn about a new vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass authorization plug-ins in Docker Engine and gain root-level access to host systems. The flaw has the same root cause as another authorization bypass vulnerability patched in 2024, but the underlying problem has been known since 2016. Tracked as CVE-2026-34040, the new vulnerability is rated…
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Nearly 4,000 US industrial devices exposed to Iranian cyberattacks
The attack surface targeted by Iranian-linked hackers in cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure networks includes thousands of Internet-exposed programmable logic controllers (PLCs) manufactured by Rockwell Automation. […]
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Bringing Rust to the Pixel Baseband
Posted by Jiacheng Lu, Software Engineer, Google Pixel Team Google is continuously advancing the security of Pixel devices. We have been focusing on hardening the cellular baseband modem against exploitation. Recognizing the risks associated within the complex modem firmware, Pixel 9 shipped with mitigations against a range of memory-safety vulnerabilities. For Pixel 10, Google is…
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How AI Is Reshaping Cybersecurity Careers — Not Replacing Them
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming cybersecurity roles, but not in the way many expected. Rather than just eliminating jobs, AI is redefining how cybersecurity professionals work, shifting the focus from manual task execution to higher-level decision-making and analysis. The work of security professionals “becomes less about processing and more about applying strong judgment, logic,…
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Zero-Days, Data Breaches, and AI Risks Define This Week’s Cybersecurity Landscape in 2026
Major Threats & Vulnerabilities Zero-Day and Critical Exploits A new zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader is being actively exploited through malicious PDFs. Attackers can steal data and compromise systems, with no patch currently available. Security teams are urged to block untrusted PDFs, disable JavaScript, and use sandboxing with outbound traffic monitoring. The Fortinet EMS…
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Alleged 10 Petabyte Data Theft From China’s Tianjin Supercomputing Hub
Threat actors are claiming responsibility for what could be one of the largest data breaches in China’s history — allegedly stealing more than 10 petabytes of data from a key national supercomputing facility tied to scientific and defense research. “The reports that hackers with the alias of FlamingChina stole 10 petabytes of data containing Chinese…
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Meta moves fast toward a world where AI builds the software
Meta Platforms is reportedly pulling top software engineers from across the company into a newly created AI unit on a mandatory basis, with the stated goal of eventually having autonomous agents perform the bulk of the work of building, testing, and shipping its products, and human engineers serving only to monitor them. The development was…
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Claude uncovers a 13‑year‑old ActiveMQ RCE bug within minutes
Anthropic’s Claude dug up a critical remote code execution (RCE) bug that sat quietly inside Apache ActiveMQ Classic for over a decade. Researchers at Horizon3.ai say that it only took minutes for their team to work out an exploit chain for the bug with the help of AI. The researcher behind the work, Naveen Sunkavally,…
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Browser Extensions Are the New AI Consumption Channel That No One Is Talking About
While much of the discussion on AI security centers around protecting ‘shadow’ AI and GenAI consumption, there’s a wide-open window nobody’s guarding: AI browser extensions. A new report from LayerX exposes just how deep this blind spot goes, and why AI extensions may be the most dangerous AI threat surface in your network that isn’t on anyone’s
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Why most zero-trust architectures fail at the traffic layer
Zero trust has become one of the most widely adopted security models in enterprise environments. Organizations invest heavily in identity systems, access policies, and modern security tooling. On paper, these environments look well-protected. Yet during incidents, a different reality often emerges. I have worked with organizations where zero-trust initiatives were fully implemented from an identity…
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The cyber winners and losers in Trump’s 2027 budget
Federal cybersecurity spending will decline in 2027 under Donald Trump’s proposed budget, with uneven shifts across agencies, as some see sizable increases while others face sharp reductions. According to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) crosscut tables released with Trump’s budget, civilian federal cybersecurity spending is expected to fall from $12.455 billion in 2026…
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CMMC compliance in the age of AI
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 (CMMC 2.0) is pushing federal contractors to demonstrate, not just assert, that they can protect sensitive government data. Eligibility for contracts now depends on the ability to show how controlled unclassified information (CUI) is handled, why specific safeguards were selected and whether those safeguards operate consistently under scrutiny from assessors,…
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Little Snitch for Linux shows what your apps are connecting to
Network monitoring on Linux has long been a gap for users who want per-process visibility into outbound connections. Existing tools either operate at the command line or were designed for server security rather than desktop privacy. Objective Development, the Austrian company behind the macOS firewall utility Little Snitch, released a Linux version of the tool.…
Global Security News, Network Security, privacy
Product showcase: Session, a messenger without phone numbers or metadata
Instant messaging has been around for decades, but it became widely adopted with the emergence of smartphones. Earlier, communication was limited to basic text messages. Messaging expanded to include photos, videos, and video calls without relying on telecom networks, as long as there is a reliable data connection. Privacy and metadata concerns With the growth…
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Iranian attacks on US critical infrastructure puts 3,900 devices in crosshairs
The fallout and potential exposure from Iran’s state-backed targeting of U.S. critical infrastructure extends to more than 5,200 internet-connected devices, researchers at Censys said in a threat intelligence brief Wednesday. Of the programmable logic controllers manufactured by Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley that Censys identified as potentially exposed to Iranian government attackers, nearly 3,900, or about 3 out…
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Eurail data breach impacted 308,777 people
Hackers breached Eurail in Dec 2025, stole names and passport data, and exposed over 300,000 travelers’ personal information. Threat actors breached Eurail in December 2025 and stole names and passport numbers from its network. The company now notifies 308,777 people that attackers exposed their personal data, raising concerns about identity theft and misuse of sensitive…
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$3.6 Million Crypto Heist Targets Bitcoin Depot
Attackers have stolen more than $3.6 million in Bitcoin from crypto ATM operator Bitcoin Depot after breaching its internal systems. The incident, disclosed in a recent regulatory filing, shows how quickly attackers can monetize access once inside corporate environments. The “unauthorized actor transferred approximately 50.903 Bitcoin from Company-controlled wallets, valued at approximately $3.665 million as…
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GigaOm names Nokia “Leader” and “Outperformer” in Data Center Switching for fifth straight year
Independent analysis highlights Nokia’s Data Center Fabric for innovation, performance and readiness for AI-scale infrastructure Nokia’s Data Center Fabric Solution earns top marks for AI capabilities, automation, and reliability Recognition highlights how Nokia is delivering secure and reliable solutions in data center networking where it has clear technology leadership
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Cato Networks Joins Westcon-Comstor’s AWS Marketplace Program
Global IT distributor Westcon-Comstor has announced that Cato Networks, a provider of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solutions, is joining its AWS Marketplace program. Launched in 2024, the distributor program helps partners close deals faster and reduce the procurement friction in AWS Marketplace. Adding Cato Networks to the program is meant to unlock “new growth…
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Adobe Acrobat Reader Zero Day Exploited in Active PDF Attacks
Attackers have been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader for months, using malicious PDF files to silently steal data and potentially take over victim systems. Active since at least Dec. 2025, the campaign highlights how a seemingly routine document can serve as an effective entry point for system compromise. This exploit “allows the…
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Masjesu botnet targets IoT devices while evading high-profile networks
Masjesu is a stealthy DDoS-for-hire botnet targeting IoT devices, active since 2023 and designed to stay hidden by avoiding high-profile networks. Masjesu is a stealthy botnet active since 2023, advertised as a DDoS-for-hire service. It targets IoT devices like routers and gateways, spanning multiple architectures. Designed for persistence, it executes carefully, avoiding high-profile IP ranges…
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Datto RMM Exploited in Phishing Attack, Researchers Warn
Security researchers have uncovered an active phishing campaign that abuses Datto’s remote monitoring and management platform, CentraStage, as a command-and-control channel, giving attackers full interactive control over compromised systems while flying under the radar of traditional security defenses. Phishing campaign delivers remote access trojan via fake files The campaign, tracked by the Fortra Intelligence and…
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Weak at the seams
Before I ever held a security title, I was a software engineer implementing vertically integrated automation systems for industrial manufacturing, warehouse-scale conveyor networks, robotic material handling, physical infrastructure controlled by software on increasingly connected networks. I learned early that tightly coupled systems produce tightly coupled failures. When a single software fault could halt a distribution…
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GrafanaGhost Flaw Allows Silent Data Exfiltration
A vulnerability called GrafanaGhost allows attackers to quietly extract sensitive data from Grafana environments without user interaction or traditional compromise techniques. Discovered by researchers at Noma Security, the flaw highlights how AI-driven features can introduce new, difficult-to-detect attack paths in widely used platforms. “Across ForcedLeak, GeminiJack, DockerDash, and now GrafanaGhost, we keep seeing the same…
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Mobile World Congress 2026: AI-powered Network Security
Cisco is the sole supplier of network services to Mobile World Congress. The Security and Network Operations Center used Splunk to bring them together.
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Powering MWC Barcelona – Building a Unified SOC and NOC with Splunk in Record Time
Cisco is the sole supplier of network services to Mobile World Congress. The Security and Network Operations Center used Splunk to bring them together.
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Inside the Mobile World Congress 2026 SOC: Detecting Shadow Traffic with Firepower 6100
Cisco is the sole supplier of network services to Mobile World Congress. The Security and Network Operations Center used Cisco Secure Firewall 6100, Secure Access, Cisco XDR and Splunk to bring them together.
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AI-powered Network Security at the Mobile World Congress 2026 SNOC
Cisco is the sole supplier of network services to Mobile World Congress. The Security and Network Operations Center used Splunk to bring them together.
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Don’t just fight fraud, hunt it
Our nation has entered a new fraud arms race fueled by AI. With billions of dollars in fraud losses mounting in both the private and public sectors, it’s clear the old ways of deterring fraud aren’t working. That’s why we need a new playbook that starts with understanding how fraudsters operate, evolving our defenses, and…
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How Phishing Is Targeting Germany’s Economy: Active Threats from Finance to Manufacturing
Germany’s economy is a precision machine: finance fuels it, manufacturing builds it, telecom connects it, IT optimizes it, and healthcare sustains it. The country sits at the crossroads of industrial power and digital transformation, making it irresistibly attractive to attackers. In this article, we explore real-world attacks targeting five critical German industries, analyzed by ANY.RUN’s analysts using Interactive…
Global Security News, malware, Network Security, Risk Management
Advenica’s File Scanner Kiosk scans USB media for malware
Advenica announced the File Scanner Kiosk, a system that scans USB media for malware and helps businesses reduce infection risk. With the reliance on external media for file transfers, organisations face increased vulnerability to malware. The File Scanner Kiosk addresses this challenge by providing an automated, reliable, and efficient way to scan USB media for…
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Weak at the seams
Before I ever held a security title, I was a software engineer implementing vertically integrated automation systems for industrial manufacturing, warehouse-scale conveyor networks, robotic material handling, physical infrastructure controlled by software on increasingly connected networks. I learned early that tightly coupled systems produce tightly coupled failures. When a single software fault could halt a distribution…
Data Breaches, Global Security News, Network Security
Hackers steal $3.6 million from crypto ATM giant Bitcoin Depot
Bitcoin Depot, which operates one of the largest Bitcoin ATM networks, says attackers stole $3.665 million worth of Bitcoin from its crypto wallets after breaching its systems last month. […]
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Internet-Exposed ICS Devices Raise Alarm for Critical Sectors
Exposed ICS devices and insecure protocols like Modbus increase risks to critical infrastructure, enabling disruption, data access, and potential sabotage. Malware targeting industrial control systems (ICS) poses a serious risk to critical infrastructure, with threats like Stuxnet, Industroyer, Triton, Havex, and BlackEnergy already demonstrating the ability to disrupt operations, cause outages, and even inflict physical…
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Questions raised about how LinkedIn uses the petabytes of data it collects
Through LinkedIn’s more than one billion business users, the Microsoft unit has access to a vast array of personally-identifiable information, including data that could identify religious and political positions. What is less clear is what LinkedIn does with all of that data. A small European company that sells a browser extension to leverage different aspects…