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Download: The ultimate guide to network operations management

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…

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…

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,”

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…

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

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…

​​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…

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.  …

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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 

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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.…