Modern network operations are too manual. Today’s IT and security teams are managing growing complexity across networks, infrastructure, tools, and workflows. The result? Slower response, duplicated effort, and operational friction. This guide explores how intelligent workflows help teams reduce manual work, improve visibility, and move faster across network operations. What you’ll learn: Why traditional approaches…
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Polygraf AI Meeting Guard Detects Deepfakes in Video Calls

AI security company Polygraf AI has launched Meeting Guard, a real-time fraud-detection tool that joins virtual meetings as a visible participant and monitors for deepfake voices, AI-generated responses, identity impersonation, and sensitive-data exposure. The platform is designed for enterprise and government users across Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet. Meeting Guard targets deepfakes and identity…
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Cursor IDE Auto-Executes Malicious Code in Poisoned Repos
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Windows Search just got a faster, cleaner overhaul – how to try it today
I tried the new Windows Search, and it offers a refreshing change with an updated layout that makes it easier to find what I need.
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Microsoft Entra ID gets passkeys default authentication starting September
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New phishing kits target Microsoft 365 accounts, evade MFA
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11 Old Microsoft-Signed Linux UEFI Shims Could Let Attackers Bypass Secure Boot

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 11 old, Microsoft-signed, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications that could be abused to bypass Secure Boot on most systems using the modern firmware standard. “An attacker exploiting one of these vulnerable applications can execute untrusted code during system boot, enabling deployment of malicious UEFI bootkits or other malware,”
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“Context bombs” can frustrate AI-driven attacks, researchers found

A new approach tried out by Tracebit researchers has proven very effective at stopping AI agents from fully compromising targeted environments. What makes it notable isn’t the technique – prompt injection is old news – but the direction it’s pointed: not to hijack AI agents, but to defend against them. Canaries with context bombs Tracebit…
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Don’t let an AI chatbot pick your password, ever
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Telegram’s t.me Links Go Offline After Registry Places Domain on serverHold
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Q2 2026 Cyber Attacks Statistics Infographic

Last Updated on July 14, 2026 Cyber Attacks Statistics — Q2 2026 Q2 Threat Intelligence Briefing Cyber AttacksQ2 2026 543 confirmed incidents between 1 April and 30 June 2026. Financially motivated Cyber Crime drove over 7 in 10 attacks, Malware remained the weapon of choice, and Information & Communication infrastructure absorbed the heaviest targeting. 0…
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MSP vs MSSP vs VAR: What Are the Differences?
Whether you’re a large enterprise or a smaller IT business looking to add value to your customers or introduce new functions across business segments, MSPs, MSSPs, and VARs are three types of third-party companies that can assist in your growth journey. Companies of varying sizes can’t always hire their way into new capabilities or build…
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New MacOS Malware Exploits Legitimate Developer ID to Pose as Apple Crash Reporter
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Study of 85 Crypto Wallet Extensions Finds Address Leaks and Cross-Site Tracking Risks
Researchers at KU Leuven tested 85 of the most popular crypto wallets that run as browser extensions and found that the wallets themselves leak enough to link and track the people using them. The way these wallets talk to websites and blockchain servers can tie a person’s separate addresses together and let outsiders follow them…
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SAP warns of critical flaws in NetWeaver and Commerce Cloud
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How small business owners can keep pace with Australia’s changing compliance rules
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How Pentera Turns AI Security Workflows into Validation Engines

AI security agents are starting to influence real security decisions. They summarize findings, prioritize remediation, recommend next steps, and help teams move faster. But most still rely on fragmented risk signals: scanner output, severity scores, threat intelligence, configuration findings, and exposure data. That fragmentation matters because attackers do not move through environments one
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OAuth Client ID Spoofing Lets Attackers Validate Stolen Microsoft Entra Credentials

At least two distinct threat actors are weaponizing a novel evasion technique called OAuth client ID spoofing in cloud campaigns, while slipping past telemetry. The activity allows users to enumerate user accounts and validate stolen credentials in Microsoft Entra ID environments, without ever generating a successful sign-in event that would otherwise alert defenders. And bad…
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Warning: Scammers are using FaceTime to empty bank accounts
Apple is urging users to treat any suspicious FaceTime call or message as untrusted, especially if it involves payments, refunds, password resets, or requests for personal information. This warning appears in a broader Apple support article about scams that target iPhone and iPad users through social engineering. Apple says attackers may contact people by phone…
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SEO is not dead: 5 ways to win more citations from AI search
Now that AI chat is becoming the new status quo of search engines, the rules for staying visible have changed for small businesses and solopreneurs.
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With its latest layoffs, Microsoft goes all in on AI

Microsoft’s big lead over AI competitors like Google and others has vanished, and the company is now playing catch up. As a result, Microsoft’s stock has tanked in the last year — down roughly 23% compared to a year ago, due mainly to its massive AI spending and an inability to monetize Copilot. The company…
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Your phishing defense was built for 2016, but attackers are operating in 2026
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RabbitMQ fixes flaw that allowed broker takeover via OAuth secret disclosure
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Microsoft starts testing cleaner Windows Search without ads
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[Video] Where protection starts: Cisco Talos Intelligence Integrations
Cybersecurity has always involved elements of uncertainty. Every day, security teams are asked to make decisions with incomplete information, while attackers rely on defenders not being able to see the full picture. What defenders haven’t always had to deal with is attackers using AI to rewrite malicious commands on the fly, malware that adapts its…
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Google adds FIDO2 keys and phone passkeys to Windows login via GCPW

Google has started rolling out FIDO2-compliant physical security key support as a second factor for authentication in Google Credential Provider for Windows (GCPW) to all Google Workspace customers. GCPW is a free tool that lets users sign in to Windows computers with their Google Workspace account instead of, or alongside, a Windows username and password.…
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No one knows how many old shims can still bypass UEFI Secure Boot

The vast majority of UEFI computers carry a Microsoft certificate that will trust a small first-stage loader called a shim, a program Microsoft signs so that Linux and assorted boot tools can run with Secure Boot on. Eleven of those signed shims turned out to be old enough to undo the protection they were meant…
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Attacker Used AI to Build Custom PowerShell Recon Malware

Huntress found an AI-generated PowerShell script used for AD reconnaissance, showing attackers are using AI to create custom, evasive tools. During an incident response investigation on June 3, 2026, Huntress analyst Jevon Ang recovered a PowerShell script from a compromised Windows Server that the attacker had used to map out the victim’s Active Directory environment.…
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ISC2: AI Oversight Adds to Cybersecurity Worker Burnout
Cybersecurity professionals are spending more time babysitting AI than they expected, according to new research from ISC2. Security teams spend more time validating AI outputs A new survey of 856 security professionals by ISC2 reveals that while automation handles the grunt work, humans are burning out from acting as babysitters for AI outputs. The study…
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Kratos PhaaS Targets US and EU Companies: How to Reduce Microsoft 365 Account Takeover Risk
Kratos is a mature Phishing-as-a-Service operation targeting Microsoft 365 users across the US, Europe, and other regions. By combining trusted platforms, anti-bot checks, and convincing login pages, ithelps attackers steal credentials while delaying detection and response. For security leaders, that increases the risk of account takeover, fraud, data exposure, and higher incident response costs. ANY.RUN…
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The serpent’s tongue: Luring the Python out of its den
Python’s popularity, readable syntax, and extensive third-party library ecosystem make it an attractive target for threat actors seeking to compromise developer devices and infrastructure. Malicious packages and supply-chain attacks are increasingly common, exploiting the trust built into Python’s packaging ecosystem to execute payloads at the moment of installation, without any direct interaction from the victim. …
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Forg365 industrializes Microsoft 365 phishing with AI-generated lures

A newly documented phishing-as-a-service platform distributed through Telegram is lowering the technical barrier to Microsoft 365 account takeovers by giving less-skilled attackers automated tools to evade some authentication controls and retain access after compromise. The platform, called Forg365, uses AI-assisted lure creation alongside device-code abuse and adversary-in-the-middle techniques, according to research published by security company ZeroBEC. Forg365 was…
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Phishing for dummies: Forg365 lowers barrier to M365 account takeovers
A newly documented phishing-as-a-service platform distributed through Telegram is lowering the technical barrier to Microsoft 365 account takeovers by giving less-skilled attackers automated tools to evade some authentication controls and retain access after compromise. The platform, called Forg365, uses AI-assisted lure creation alongside device-code abuse and adversary-in-the-middle techniques, according to research published by security company…
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Lidl Notifies Customers of Third-Party Data Breach
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US sanctions VPN, malware providers for enabling ransomware attacks
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Millions of Microsoft Entra Accounts Targeted in OAuth Client ID Spoofing Campaigns
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The inside job that cost ransomware victims millions

When a ransomware crew locks up your servers, the outside negotiator you hire has to know everything about you so that they can negotiate a smaller ransom payment. You tell them what your cyber-insurance covers and what your board is willing to pay. You have to. That’s the whole reason you hire one. But what…
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UK charges five persons linked to fraud platform behind more than a million scam calls

Five people have been charged in the UK following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into Russian Coms, a caller ID spoofing service used by fraudsters. Ayoub Sehailia, 28, Zakkaria Sehailia, 30, Usman Din, 30, Denis Ozmus, 29, and Fadila Salem, 53, all of London, are charged with offences that include conspiracy to supply articles…
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Malware Hits Japan’s Largest Taxi Company Nihon Kotsu, Services Temporarily Suspended

Japan’s largest taxi operator Nihon Kotsu shut down systems after a malware attack, disrupting dispatch and bookings. Nihon Kotsu, Japan’s largest taxi company, disclosed on July 13, 2026 that its internal systems suffered an unauthorized external access involving malware infection in the early morning hours of Saturday, July 11. The company immediately shut down systems…
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Grok Build Uploads Entire Git Repositories to xAI Storage, Not Just Files It Reads

xAI’s Grok Build coding CLI was uploading entire Git repositories, full commit history and all, to a Google Cloud Storage bucket run by xAI, not just the files a coding task needed. A researcher publishing as cereblab, testing version 0.2.93, captured one of those uploads, cloned the git bundle out of the intercepted request, and…
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AI incidents need a new playbook. Here’s how to build one

Seventy-one percent of organizations say AI has access to core business systems. Only 16% govern that access effectively, according to the 2026 CISO AI Risk Report. Ask your IR team three questions: Where is your AI system inventory? What happens if a production model starts generating harmful outputs? Who has the authority to take it…
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Discovering & Securing Your AI Agent Attack Surface – Jeremy Snyder – ASW #391
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Forgotten UEFI shims undermining Secure Boot
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Microsoft Entra ID authentication overhaul to start in September 2026

Microsoft will begin rolling out passkeys as the default authentication experience for Microsoft Entra ID in the public cloud on September 1, 2026. Organizations with SMS or voice authentication enabled will automatically be enabled for passkeys. The next time users complete MFA, they will be prompted to register a passkey. Starting February 1, 2027, users…
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Five Charged in “Russian Coms” Fraud Platform Case
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U.S. Sanctions First VPN Service and Malware Cryptor Seller Over Ransomware Support

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated two individuals and a VPN service provider for enabling ransomware actors’ and other cybercriminals’ malicious activities, including ransomware attacks against Americans. The VPN, named First VPN Service (1VPNS), has been accused of offering its tools to ransomware groups, along with its 45-year-old Ukrainian
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The ransomware negotiator who was working for the other side

When a company falls victim to a ransomware attack, it is not uncommon for it to turn to experts for help. Specialist ransomware negotiation firms handle communications with criminal gangs on a victim’s behalf. What victims don’t expect is that their trusted negotiator might be separately sharing details of the victim’s cyber-insurance policy and negotiation…
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CrashStealer: New macOS Infostealer Uses Signed Apps to Evade Gatekeeper
New macOS infostealer CrashStealer uses a signed app to bypass Gatekeeper, steals credentials and wallets, then AES-encrypts stolen data. Jamf Threat Labs first spotted CrashStealer in early May 2026 as a suspicious macOS sample uploaded to VirusTotal. By early July, in-the-wild detections confirmed the malware had moved from development into active deployment. The malware is…
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Greenhat Announces Successful Delegation at Web Summit Vancouver 2026
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OpenAI Recruits Another Google Cloud Partner Vet

As OpenAI continues to grow out its global partner ecosystem, the AI organization has hired Philip Larson as Senior Director, OpenAI Partner Network (OPN). Larson brings VMware, Snowflake, and Google Cloud experience to AI giant In a LinkedIn post, Larson wrote that he has joined OpenAI to help “shape and scale its global partner ecosystem.”…
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AI Vendors Shift Focus from Performance to Cost

OpenAI, Meta, and xAI are putting greater emphasis on model efficiency as enterprise customers take a harder look at the rising cost of deploying AI at scale. The shift marks a change in how major AI vendors are positioning new models. Performance remains central, but lower token usage, operating costs, and overall efficiency are becoming…
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You’re not as far behind on AI as you may think
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148 npm Packages Disguised as Student Proxies Turned Browsers Into a DDoS Botnet

A campaign of 148 npm packages disguised as student web proxies turned visitors’ browsers into a distributed denial-of-service botnet for roughly two weeks in May, according to new research from JFrog. The packages did not go after the developers who might install them. The operators used the registry as free hosting for a booby-trapped proxy site…
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AI-powered breaches provide wake-up call for incident response

Enterprises have worked for years to improve detection and response times in the face of increasingly sophisticated attacks that relied on manual hacking and living-of-the-land techniques. AI is now threatening to undo those efforts. An increasing number of threat actors are automating all phases of attacks, including lateral movement by using LLM-powered agents, severely reducing…
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I tried Google Maps’ new 3D Immersive View for Android Auto, and it fixed my biggest navigation problems
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New tutorials on underground hacking forums have roughly doubled

Underground hacking forums are producing more original tutorials again, with growing attention on financial fraud, particularly the theft and fraudulent use of payment card data, known as carding, and cash-out techniques. New tutorials per month versus reposts (Source: Radware) Fraud tutorials gain momentum Radware analyzed 8,870 tutorial posts published across 24 deep- and dark-web forums…
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Microsoft Maps Year-Long ShinyHunters-Linked Salesforce Data Theft Across Three Paths

Attackers whose methods line up with the data-extortion group ShinyHunters have spent the past year walking into corporate Salesforce environments without exploiting a single flaw in the platform. The way in has been the trust the organization had already extended, usually through the OAuth connections that tie Salesforce to the apps and third-party vendors around it. In
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Independent Schools in Australia Rank Cyber as Top Risk Concern, Aon Report
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The best defense against AI attacks turns out to be a skeptical human

Analysts across the security industry now run generative AI through their daily work, from log triage to incident write-ups. Active use in cybersecurity strategy reached 78% of practitioners in 2026, up from half the field a year earlier. The 2026 SANS AI Survey, drawn from 536 IT and security professionals, describes what that commitment costs…
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Fake smart home residents could stand in for real ones in security research

Smart home security research runs on a scarce ingredient: recordings of how real people use the gadgets in their homes. Getting that data means wiring up someone’s house and watching for months, which is slow, costly, and about as invasive as it sounds. So the datasets stay small and cover a thin slice of how…
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Your vendor’s vendor might be the real breach risk

In this Help Net Security video, Chris Boehm, Field CTO, Zero Networks, breaks down how a vendor breach can become your breach. He explains that attackers now target the subcontractors behind your trusted vendors. A compromised credential at a company you have never heard of can open access into your systems, because your vendor’s vendor…
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Chatto: Open-source team messenger with privacy at its core
Teams that want their group chats off commercial platforms have a growing menu of self-hosted options. Chatto joined that group when its developer released the code under an open-source license and posted binaries for anyone to run on their own hardware. The software aims at the same ground as the large team messaging services, and…
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: July 14, 2026
Cyber Network Engineer Fiserv | USA | On-site – View job details As a Cyber Network Engineer, you will lead the design, governance, and security review of enterprise network architectures across on-premises and cloud environments. You will provide expertise in network security technologies, assess security risks, define security standards, and collaborate with engineering and DevOps…
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Plaud Now Works Inside ChatGPT: One‑Click Access to Meeting Intelligence Inside ChatGPT
Plaud has announced the launch of the Plaud ChatGPT App, a native integration available on web and mobile that allows users to connect their Plaud account directly inside…
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Gigamon 2026 Survey: 98 Percent of Breached Financial Services Organizations Report Material Impact as AI-Driven Threats Escalate
New research reveals financial services organizations are accelerating AI adoption as visibility gaps, quantum computing concerns, and cyber risks expose new vulnerabilities
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Commvault Appoints Brian Lanigan as Chief Partner Officer
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AI Appreciation Day: Advancing AI Starts with Securing the Agentic Enterprise
The conversation around AI has shifted from mere productivity gains to the restructuring of enterprise security. While we reflect on the opportunities of AI and how it has…
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New Relic Announces Hein Hellemons as Chief Revenue Officer
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ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, July 14th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10006, (Tue, Jul 14th)
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Meta Is Flooding the Market With Smartglasses. Privacy Advocates Are Up in Arms.
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How to sell old CBA shares in Australia
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Governments to enterprises: Improve your router security hygiene
Global security agencies say enterprises must clean up their act as Russian government-sponsored attackers exploit weaknesses in routers. According to a new multinational cybersecurity advisory, cyberattackers continue to exploit inadequately-protected and/or poorly-configured network devices via age-old tactics. Threat actors scan for weakened devices, typically routers, allowing them to “opportunistically” compromise critical infrastructure networks, according to…
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AI Security Report 2026

For years, the cyber security industry tracked AI as a force multiplier: something that made existing attack techniques faster, cheaper, and more accessible. That framing was accurate. But the Annual AI Security Report 2026 from Check Point Research documents a transition that goes further. AI has crossed from assistant to operator. Where it once helped attackers prepare, it now runs the…
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US authorities warn of Russian attacks on critical infrastructure

The US authorities NSA, FBI, and CISA warn that Russian hackers have recently carried out a number of attacks on critical infrastructure in North America and Europe. Hackers are reportedly breaking into networks using vulnerable and misconfigured routers, making it extra important to install the latest security patches. The most vulnerable are infrastructure related to energy, communications,…
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The memory crisis just split the smartphone market in two, with Apple and Samsung standing on the good half
Global smartphone shipments fell 4% year-on-year in 2Q26. Apple posted its best second quarter ever. Both of those things are true, and the gap between them is the story of the…
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Six Minutes to Compromise: How ‘Patriot Bait’ Actor Used AI to Build and Deploy a C&C Botnet
TrendAI™ Research analyzed over 200 Gemini CLI session logs showing how a Russian-speaking threat actor used AI to run a live botnet, finishing a full C&C migration in six minutes while doing just 11% of the work himself.
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Cloudflare launches Precursor to track bot behavior throughout browsing sessions
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Google Cloud Dialogflow CX vulnerability allowed AI agent hijacking
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Varonis launches ‘Breach at the Beach’ Entra ID training CTF
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EU proposes minimum age for unsupervised social media use
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UK and EU attribute Poland power grid attack to Russia’s FSB, urge critical infrastructure action
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Apple sues OpenAI over alleged theft of trade secrets by former employees
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LAPD ends contract with Flock Safety over privacy concerns
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Lidl reports data breach affecting online customers in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands
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Cybercriminals exploit OAuth client ID spoofing to bypass cloud security
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Argentine Football Association systems reportedly compromised after nearly year-old infostealer infection
The breach was discovered after mass emails were sent from legitimate AFA domains, claiming Argentina “stole” the win from Egypt.
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ThreatLocker CEO: AI vs. AI in cybersecurity is ‘complete garbage’
As outlined in CRN, ThreatLocker CEO Danny Jenkins has strongly refuted the notion that artificial intelligence (AI) can effectively defend against AI-powered cyberattacks, calling the concept “complete garbage.”
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CISA adds Cisco IOS flaw to known exploited vulnerabilities catalog
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IBM Quantum System One London: Why Every Organisation Should Be Preparing for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
Walking past IBM’s offices on York Road, just a short walk from Waterloo Station, I spotted the IBM Quantum System One on public display. Like many people, I initially wondered whether it was simply a replica or a marketing exhibit. The answer is no. This is a genuine IBM Quantum System One, housed within a…
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Micropatches released for Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2025-60704)
November 2025 Windows Updates brought a patch for CVE-2025-60704, a privilege escalation vulnerability in Kerberos, allowing the attacker residing in local network to impersonate any domain user. The vulnerability was found and reported to Microsoft by Eliran Partush and Dor Segal with Silverfort. Eliran also published a detailed analysis of the issue, which, with a…
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Inheriting trust: Why unified identity fabrics are becoming essential for agentic AI
Your outmoded identity-management system isn’t built to handle AI agents. Here’s what you need to know.
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Weak Security Continues to Fuel Russian Cyberattacks
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SpaceX and Starlink X Accounts Hacked in Crypto Scam

Official X accounts associated with SpaceX and Starlink were reportedly compromised and briefly used to promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency scam. According to reports, the attackers used an account called Sam Catman, which displayed a badge falsely linking it to SpaceX’s artificial intelligence initiatives. The official SpaceX and Starlink X accounts then allegedly reposted content promoting…
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AI Control Platform vs. AI Firewall vs. AI Gateway: Clearing Up The Terminology
Editor’s note: This article was originally published by Tim Erlin on LinkedIn. It has been republished here with the author’s permission. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-control-platform-vs-firewall-gateway-clearing-up-tim-erlin-ypodc It seems like every security vendor now sells “AI security.” The WAF companies, the API gateway companies, the cloud platforms, the proxy startups: all of them have an AI story, and most of…
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OpenClaw becomes a nonprofit foundation as it seeks to be ‘the Switzerland of AI’

OpenClaw’s announcement that it has become a nonprofit foundation is generating IT excitement because of the potential for governance and development consistency that the popular platform has thus far lacked. Still, some worry about the risks created by the move. “Our ambition is for OpenClaw to be the Switzerland of AI. Neutral ground where every…
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States are building their own election defense networks as federal support evaporates

The Trump administration’s abrupt firing of Election Assistance Commission commissioners last week and a Department of Justice warning threatening states with criminal prosecution have created new legal peril for officials who run, administer and secure elections. The EAC is an obscure but important agency that oversees testing and standards for voting machines, including around security.…








































