CISA added eight new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including a Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager vulnerability (CVE-2026-20133) that Cisco has yet to flag as exploited. Three Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager vulnerabilities Alongside CVE-2026-20133, CISA has also listed CVE-2026-20128 and CVE-2026-20122 – two other Catalyst SD-WAN Manager vulnerabilities – as being leveraged in…
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Actively exploited Apache ActiveMQ flaw impacts 6,400 servers
Nonprofit security organization Shadowserver found that over 6,400 Apache ActiveMQ servers exposed online are vulnerable to ongoing attacks exploiting a high-severity code injection vulnerability. […]
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NGate Campaign Targets Brazil, Trojanizes HandyPay to Steal NFC Data and PINs
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new iteration of an Android malware family calledNGate that has been found to abuse a legitimate application called HandyPay instead of NFCGate. “The threat actors took the app, which is used to relay NFC data, and patched it with malicious code that appears to have been AI-generated,” ESET security researcher Lukáš…
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The US NSA is using Anthropic’s Claude Mythos despite supply chain risk
Axios reports the National Security Agency uses Anthropic Mythos model despite Department of Defense concerns, blurring AI risk vs defense lines. The reported use of Anthropic’s Mythos model by the U.S. National Security Agency is a reminder that the line between AI as a defensive tool and AI as a security risk is getting harder…
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Google Patches Antigravity IDE Flaw Enabling Prompt Injection Code Execution
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Google’s agentic integrated development environment (IDE), Antigravity, that could be exploited to achieve code execution. The flaw, since patched, combines Antigravity’s permitted file-creation capabilities with an insufficient input sanitization in Antigravity’s native file-searching tool, find_by_name, to bypass the program’s Strict
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Report: Enterprises Rely on Managed Services to Scale AI
New research has found that an overwhelming majority of executives view managed services as essential for the delivery of agentic AI. Boosting AI with managed services According to the global KPMG Managed Services Outlook Survey 2026, more than 90 percent of executives believe managed services are essential to their agentic AI journeys, and 87 percent…
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Former ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to BlackCat attacks
41-year-old Angelo Martino, a former employee of cybersecurity incident response company DigitalMint, has pleaded guilty to targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks in 2023. […]
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Why identity is the driving force behind digital transformation
Identity centric technologies have undergone a significant transformation in recent times. Gone are the days when it was all about logging in and out of any given system. Today, identity has become the backbone of all digital enterprises. It’s the ‘invisible engine’ that powers everything. From security to how modern-day products are sold. Today’s Identity…
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Mythos can find the vulnerability. It can’t tell you what to do about it.
Mythos matters. It is a significant step forward in AI-assisted vulnerability discovery. But it does not mean cybersecurity changed overnight, nor does it mean enterprises are suddenly facing fully automated exploitation at internet scale tomorrow. It does mean the offensive side of AI is continuing to improve. The defensive side needs to catch up now.…
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Grinex crypto exchange shuts down, blames Western agencies for $13.7M breach
Grinex exchange collapses after $13.7M breach, blames Western spies as Chainalysis flags possible exit scam and sanctions evasion network links claims.
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A single platform powers SIM farm proxy networks across 17 countries
Racks of phones and 4G modems, connected to carrier networks and rented out as commercial mobile proxy services, are operating across at least 94 locations in 17 countries. An investigation by infrastructure intelligence firm Infrawatch traced a large portion of those deployments to a shared software platform called ProxySmart, built and operated out of Minsk,…
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Tim Cook Told Me His Advice for Apple’s Next CEO
He remembers what Steve Jobs told him 15 years ago. Now that Cook is stepping down, he has a message for his own successor.
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U.S. CISA adds Cisco Catalyst, Kentico Xperience, PaperCut NG/MF, Synacor ZCS, Quest KACE SMA, and JetBrains TeamCity flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco Catalyst, Kentico Xperience, PaperCut NG/MF, Synacor ZCS, Quest KACE SMA, and JetBrains TeamCity flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Cisco Catalyst, Kentico Xperience, PaperCut NG/MF, Synacor ZCS, Quest KACE SMA, and JetBrains TeamCity flaws to its Known…
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Vercel Confirms Cyber Incident After Sophisticated Attacker Exploits Third‑Party Tool
Cloud app developer Vercel appears to have suffered a security breach
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Top techniques attackers use to infiltrate your systems today
Much of the talk around cybersecurity these days revolves around AI and the threat it poses to corporate systems when used by nefarious actors. But the reality on the ground remains a little more mundane than polymorphic AI malware and criminal masterminds putting machine learning and generative AI to work at scale. Still, keeping on…
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NGate NFC malware targets Android users through trojanized payment app
NFC-based payment fraud is expanding geographically and operationally. A campaign active since November 2025 is targeting Android users in Brazil using a new variant of the NGate malware family, this time embedded in a trojanized version of HandyPay, a legitimate NFC relay application available on Google Play since 2021. ESET Research identified the campaign and…
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The thin gray line: Handala, CyberAv3ngers and Iran’s proxy ops
On April 7, six US government agencies issued a critical advisory warning domestic private sector organizations of potential infrastructural cyberattacks conducted by Iranian-affiliated Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors. The advisory stops short of attributing these threats to a single group but makes reference to 2023 attacks on US water and wastewater facilities linked to the…
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NGate Android malware uses HandyPay NFC app to steal card data
A new variant of the NGate malware that steals NFC payment data is targeting Android users by hiding in a trojanized version of HandyPay, a legitimate mobile payments processing tool. […]
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New NGate variant hides in a trojanized NFC payment app
ESET researchers discover another iteration of NGate malware, this time possibly developed with the assistance of AI
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New Lazarus APT Campaign: “Mach-O Man” macOS Malware Kit Hits Businesses
Editor’s note: The research is authored by Mauro Eldritch, offensive security expert and a founder of BCA LTD, a company dedicated to threat intelligence and hunting. You can find Mauro on X. The recent wave of ClickFix attacks has introduced several new ways to compromise users, establishing itself as a technique that is likely here to stay. We have observed Lazarus Group using…
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North Korean Blamed for $290m KelpDAO Crypto Heist
North Korea’s Lazarus Group is pegged for a $290m crypto theft at KelpDAO
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Bluesky hit by 24-hour DDoS attack as pro-Iran group claims responsibility
Bluesky suffered a 24-hour DDoS attack that caused outages. A pro-Iran hacker group claimed responsibility for the disruption. Bluesky experienced a sophisticated DDoS attack that disrupted its services for about 24 hours, starting on April 15. Bluesky is a decentralized, open-source microblogging social media platform similar to X (formerly Twitter). It allows users to post…
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A .WAV With A Payload, (Tue, Apr 21st)
There have been reports of threat actors using a .wav file as a vector for malware. It’s a proper .wav file, but they didn’t use staganography. The .wav file will play, but you’ll just hear noise: That’s because the TAs have just replaced the bytes that encode the sound with the BASE64 representation of their…
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CISA Adds 8 Exploited Flaws to KEV, Sets April-May 2026 Federal Deadlines
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added eight new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including three flaws impacting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, citing evidence of active exploitation. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2023-27351 (CVSS score: 8.2) – An improper authentication vulnerability in PaperCut
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Researchers build an encrypted routing layer for private AI inference
Organizations in healthcare, finance, and other sensitive industries want to use large AI models without exposing private data to the cloud servers running those models. A cryptographic technique called Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC) makes this possible. It splits data into encrypted fragments, distributes them across two or more servers that do not share information with…
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: April 21, 2026
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The Rise of Apple’s New CEO: A Hardware Expert Takes Over in the AI Era
John Ternus is a hardware expert who must help Apple catch up in the AI race as it looks for its next big hit.
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ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, April 21st, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9900, (Tue, Apr 21st)
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Void Dokkaebi Uses Fake Job Interview Lure to Spread Malware via Code Repositories
Our research on Void Dokkaebi’s operations uncovered a campaign that turns infected developer repositories into malware delivery channels. By spreading through trusted workflows, organizational codebases, and open-source projects, the threat can scale from a single compromise to a broader supply chain risk.
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KelpDAO suffers $290 million heist tied to Lazarus hackers
State-sponsored North Korean hackers are likely behind the $290 million crypto-heist that impacted the KelpDAO DeFi project on Saturday. […]
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Anthropic, Amazon Tighten Bond in $5 Billion Investment and Computing Deal
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China’s Apple App Store infiltrated by crypto-stealing wallet apps
A set of 26 malicious apps on Apple App Store impersonate popular wallets, such as Metamask, Coinbase, Trust Wallet, and OneKey, to steal recovery or seed phrases and drain them of cryptocurrency assets. […]
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Apple Hardware Exec to Succeed Tim Cook as CEO
Plus, an Iran cease-fire extension looks unlikely, and a $150 train ride to the World Cup might feel red-card worthy.
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Vercel Breach Linked to Context.ai, ShinyHunters Says It’s Not Involved
Vercel confirms a breach linked to Context.ai as a hacker lists alleged data for $2M. ShinyHunters denies involvement and flags imposters.
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Vuln in Google’s Antigravity AI agent manager could escape sandbox, give attackers remote code execution
As organizations consider agentic AI for their business and IT stacks, researchers continue to find bugs and vulnerabilities in major, commercial models that can significantly expand their attack surface. This week, researchers at Pillar Security disclosed a vulnerability in Antigravity, an AI-powered developer tool for filesystem operations made by Google. The bug, since patched, combined…
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Apple CEO Tim Cook stepping down, to be replaced by John Ternus
Apple announced late Monday that Tim Cook, the company’s CEO since 2011, is stepping down Sept. 1 to be replaced by current senior vice president of hardware engineering, John Ternus. Cook will become executive chairman of the board. Cook, who is 65, will continue as CEO until the end of August to assist in the…
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Vercel Employee’s AI Tool Access Led to Data Breach
Stolen OAuth tokens, which are at the root of these breaches, “are the new attack surface, the new lateral movement,” a researcher noted.
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The FTC’s AI portfolio is about to get bigger
The Federal Trade Commission is poised to deepen its involvement in curbing the use of AI for malicious purposes, including the spread of nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes and voice cloning scams. Last year, Congress passed the Take It Down Act, a law that allowed for criminal prosecution of individuals who share or distribute nonconsensual, intimate images…
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Serial-to-IP Devices Hide Thousands of Old and New Bugs
The OT devices that translate machine talk into Internet-speak are riddled with vulnerabilities and more frequently targeted for attacks, researchers say.
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Apple Hardware Executive John Ternus to Become CEO
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France’s ANTS ID System website hit by cyberattack, possible data breach
A cyberattack hit France’s ANTS website, possibly exposing personal data from users applying for IDs, passports, and driver’s licenses. A cyberattack targeted France’s ANTS platform, which handles applications for passports, ID cards, residence permits, and driver’s licenses. Authorities detected the incident on April 15 and warned it may have exposed personal data from both individuals…
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Cyberattack That Could Have Poisoned a City’s Water Supply by Manipulating Chlorine Levels
In mid-April 2026, researchers at Darktrace published a detailed breakdown of a malware sample that occupies a narrow but alarming niche in the threat landscape: a Windows-based OT weapon apparently designed from the ground up to sabotage Israeli water treatment and desalination infrastructure. The malware identifies itself internally as ZionSiphon — the name appears in a core…
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Vercel’s security breach started with malware disguised as Roblox cheats
Vercel customers are at risk of compromise after an attacker hopped through multiple internal systems to steal credentials and other sensitive data, the company said in a security bulletin Sunday. The attack, which didn’t originate at Vercel, showcases the pitfalls of interconnected cloud applications and SaaS integrations with overly privileged permissions. An attacker traversed third-party…
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The Gentlemen ransomware now uses SystemBC for bot-powered attacks
A SystemBC proxy malware botnet of more than 1,570 hosts, believed to be corporate victims, has been discovered following an investigation into a Gentlemen ransomware attack carried out by a gang affiliate. […]
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Panasonic Connect introduces TOUGHBOOK 56 for Mobile Professionals
Panasonic Connect North America has launched the TOUGHBOOK 56, a modular rugged laptop designed to support mobile workers across a range of industries. The new device delivers high-performance computing, faster connectivity options, improved thermal management, and advanced security features for professionals in public safety, utilities, enterprise, and federal operations. Offering purpose-built machine to frontline professionals…
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The Top VPNs Chosen By Gamers
In this post, I will talk about the top VPNs chosen by gamers. As seen in the news in 2026, online criminals are sometimes getting away with it. However, they despise virtual private networks. Also known as VPNs, these handy tools are becoming necessities for gamers, especially those who want to combat cybercrime and add…
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Procure IT & NetWolves Target Enterprise IT Expense Visibility
NetWolves has partnered with Procure IT to integrate its Managed Intelligence Platform into the provider’s Site Connectivity as a Service (SCaaS) offering, aiming to give large enterprises greater visibility into IT spending across vendors, contracts, and services. Why Procure IT and NetWolves formed the partnership The goal is to give Fortune 1000 companies and large…
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Global RAM shortage appears set to continue through 2027
The ongoing shortage of memory chips looks likely to continue throughout the year as demand from the AI sector surges. According to Nikkei Asia, leading manufacturers are expected to be able to meet only about 60% of global demand despite expansion plans. Although new factories are on the way, several of them are not expected…
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The Practical Guide to OT Security
In this post, I will talk about the practical guide to OT security. Nobody thinks about Operational Technology (OT) until it stops working. That’s the nature of infrastructure; it becomes invisible when it runs well, and catastrophic when it doesn’t. A corporate laptop going down is a bad afternoon. A pipeline controller misfiring because someone…
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What Sovereign AI Means for MSPs and Channel Partners
As AI has all but reached widespread adoption, the conversation has shifted from novelty to who can properly regulate it. It’s no longer just private companies leading the charge. Governments and nations are now at the forefront of AI efforts, working to ensure that both innovation and security are maintained. That shift is creating a…
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Scattered Spider member Tyler Buchanan pleads guilty to major crypto theft
Tyler Buchanan, linked to Scattered Spider, pleaded guilty in the US to hacking companies and stealing millions in cryptocurrency. Tyler Buchanan, a 24-year-old from Scotland linked to the Scattered Spider group, admitted in a US court that he hacked dozens of companies, committed fraud, and stole millions in cryptocurrency. Spanish police arrested the British national…
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Salesforce Creates FDE Partner Network for Agentforce
Salesforce is zeroing in on a familiar sticking point with enterprise AI. Getting something to work in a pilot is one thing; getting it to run smoothly in production, with the messiness of real systems and data, is where things tend to fall apart. The company this week introduced a Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) Partner…
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Washington Rewrites the Rules of Funding Technological Innovation
For decades, the federal government supported basic scientific research. The Trump administration is trying to change that.
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SAP participates in Hannover Messe 2026, showcasing agentic AI-Driven manufacturing and supply chain innovations
COMPANY NEWS: SAP announces its participation in Hannover Messe 2026, the world’s largest industrial trade fair held in Hannover, Germany, from April 20 to 24, to unveil its agentic AI-driven manufacturing and supply chain innovation solutions. Under this year’s theme, Trusted orchestration. Smarter execution, SAP will present its vision for how Business AI is fundamentally…
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SGLang CVE-2026-5760 (CVSS 9.8) Enables RCE via Malicious GGUF Model Files
A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in SGLang that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution on susceptible systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-5760, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10.0. It has been described as a case of command injection leading to the execution of arbitrary code. SGLang is…
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Is this where Apple Silicon will be in 5 years?
Apple Silicon has another big journey to take, one that means Apple will probably be the first to introduce 1.4- and 1-nanometer chips inside its systems. If that happens, Macs, iPhones, and iPads will continue to lead the industry in performance per watt. Why do I say this? Mainly because reports claim TSMC is working to build…
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ZionSiphon Malware Targets Water Infrastructure Systems
ZionSiphon malware targets OT water systems with sabotage and ICS scanning capabilities
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Fireside Chat: PKI has carried digital trust through every tech advance—now comes the hardest one
Public key infrastructure — the authentication and encryption framework that has held digital commerce together through every chaotic leap forward in technology — is facing a double whammy. Related: Achieveing AI security won’t be easy Autonomous AI agents are flooding enterprise networks, most without verified identities or any meaningful governance. What’s more, quantum computers are…
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Fake TikTok Downloaders on Chrome and Edge Spying on 130,000 Users
Over 130,000 users are at risk from fake TikTok downloader extensions on Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Researchers discovered these malicious tools use device fingerprinting to spy on users and steal sensitive browser data.
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Chinese Robot Beats Human Best Time in Half-Marathon, After a Stumble
Tech companies make progress in fixing humanoid runners’ malfunctions.
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Zero-Trust Hosting: What It Means and Why It’s Becoming the Standard
In this post, I will talk about zero-trust hosting and show you what it means and why it’s becoming the standard. Let’s get the obvious problem out of the way first. Zero trust has been talked about for fifteen years. It appears in every vendor deck, every security strategy document, and roughly every third conference…
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How to clone an AWS CloudHSM cluster across Regions
Important: As of January 1, 2025, Client SDK 3 tools (CMU and KMU) are no longer supported. This guide has been updated to use Client SDK 5 commands exclusively. Ensure you’re using the latest Client SDK 5 version (5.17 or later) for the most recent features and security improvements. You can use AWS CloudHSM to…
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After 15 years at the helm, Apple CEO Tim Cook to become executive chairman as hardware chief John Ternus takes the top job
The most consequential executive transition in Silicon Valley since Steve Jobs handed Apple to Tim Cook in 2011 is now locked in, and the man taking the CEO chair is the engineer who’s been quietly shipping the hardware you’re probably holding right now.
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Blue Yonder Survey: 66% of Leaders Are Actively Working To Reduce Their Supply Chain’s Impact
GUEST RESEARCH: Nearly half (47%) of large enterprises have dedicated sustainability teams to help direct cross-functional strategies
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Siemens brings AI to the physical world with Eigen Engineering Agent
New class of industrial AI product moves beyond AI-powered guidance to autonomous task completion Now commercially available, Eigen Engineering Agent delivers up to 50 percent efficiency gains in automation engineering tasks Latest milestone in Siemens’ announced €1 billion industrial AI investment advances company’s AI-centric growth strateg
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Microsoft: Teams increasingly abused in helpdesk impersonation attacks
Microsoft is warning of threat actors increasingly abusing external Microsoft Teams collaboration and relying on legitimate tools for access and lateral movement on enterprise networks. […]
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Protecting Digital IP with Secure AI 3D Modeling Tools
In this post, I will talk about the role of locally efficient AI engines in 3D content creation. As enterprises aggressively integrate generative AI into their creative pipelines, a new category of risk has emerged: the compromise of intellectual property (IP). In the rush to automate 3D modeling, many organizations have inadvertently exposed their proprietary…
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Tes Combines Over A Century Of Education Insight With Connected Technology In Launch Of Tes360
COMPANY NEWS: Schools and school groups can benefit from a connected technology platform providing deeper insight for earlier action and better student outcomes Tes supports a global community of more than 13 million educators, reinforcing its position as a leading provider of education technology worldwide
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Formbook Malware Campaign Uses Multiple Obfuscation Techniques to Avoid Detection
Formbook attacks use combination of DLL Side-Loading and Obfuscated JavaScript to stay hidden, researchers at WatchGuard have uncovered
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Vercel breached via compromised third-party AI tool
Cloud deployment and hosting platform Vercel has suffered a security breach that resulted in attackers accessing some of its internal systems and compromising Vercel credentials of a “limited subset of customers”. Advice for affected customers “The incident originated with a compromise of Context.ai, a third-party AI tool used by a Vercel employee,” the Vercel security…
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‘Beyond Inheritance’ Review: Divisional Danger
Genetic mutations are more pervasive than previously thought, causing cancer and other ailments. Are there possible benefits as well?
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WhatsApp Leaks User Metadata to Attackers
Strangers can infer limited info about you without knowing or messaging you, which could theoretically aid certain kinds of malicious activity.
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How to Remove Objects from Video: AI Tools & Pro Tips (2026)
Remove unwanted objects from video effortlessly with AI in 2026. Learn step-by-step methods, best tools, and pro tips to clean up your footage like a professional.
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NIST Scales Back Vulnerability Scoring in 2026 as CVE Volume Surges
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is narrowing how it analyzes and scores software vulnerabilities, citing a sharp increase in submissions that has made it difficult to keep pace. “For years, security teams relied on NVD for vulnerability context to support prioritization decisions. But that model is under real strain,” said Ian Gray,…
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Where there’s Muck there’s Brass
“Fear is a man’s best friend” is yet another great John Cale song. Dario Amodei of Anthropic has been listening.
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The backup myth that is putting businesses at risk
Backups protect data, but don’t keep your business running during downtime. Datto shows why BCDR is essential to keep operations running during ransomware and outages. […]
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John Ternus to become Apple CEO and Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman
Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer effective on September 1, 2026. The transition, which was approved unanimously by the Board of Directors, follows a thoughtful, long-term succession planning process.
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CVE-2023-33538 under attack for a year, but exploitation still unsuccessful
Hackers have targeted CVE-2023-33538 flaw in old TP-Link routers for a year, but no successful exploitation has been seen so far. Hackers have been trying for over a year to exploit a serious flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-33538 (CVSS score of 8.8), in outdated TP-Link routers, but so far without success. The vulnerability is a command…
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⚡ Weekly Recap: Vercel Hack, Push Fraud, QEMU Abused, New Android RATs Emerge & More
Monday’s recap shows the same pattern in different places. A third-party tool becomes a way in, then leads to internal access. A trusted download path is briefly swapped to deliver malware. Browser extensions act normally while pulling data and running code. Even update channels are used to push payloads. It’s not breaking systems—it’s bending trust.…
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Best Practices for Access Control Systems Installation in Commercial Spaces
In this post, I will talk about best practices for access control systems installation in commercial spaces. Installing an access control system in commercial spaces is key to protecting your business and managing who enters your facility. Done right, it improves security, controls traffic flow, and can reduce costs. But proper installation is essential to…
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British Scattered Spider hacker pleads guilty to crypto theft charges
A British man, believed to be the leader of the Scattered Spider cybercrime collective, has pleaded guilty in the United States to charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. […]
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Why the Axios attack proves AI is mandatory for supply chain security
Two weeks ago, a suspected North Korean threat actor slipped malicious code into a package within Axios, a widely used JavaScript library. The immediate concern was the blast radius: roughly 100 million weekly downloads spanning enterprises, startups, and government systems. But beyond the sheer scale, the attack’s speed was just as worrisome – a stark…
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As AI adoption outpaces controls, ISACA launches advanced in AI risk certification
COMPANY NEWS: New AAIR credential equips IT, risk professionals to govern, assess and manage AI risk across the enterprise.
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Attackers Exploit DVR Command Injection Flaw to Deploy Mirai-Based Botnet
FortiGuard Labs has identified a Mirai-based Nexcorium campaign actively exploiting CVE-2024-3721 in TBK DVR devices
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British Hacker Tyler Buchanan Pleads Guilty to $8M Hacking Scheme in US
Tyler Robert Buchanan, a 24-year-old British hacker linked to Scattered Spider, admits to a multi-year US hacking scheme involving at least $8M in crypto theft.
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LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest
The Los Angeles Police Department deployed drones intended for public safety uses to surveil a No Kings rally and a protest against the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant campaign, flight data reveals. Last year, the LAPD launched its “Drone as First Responder” program with a clearly articulated goal: to protect and even save lives. The pilot program…
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Attackers abuse Microsoft Teams to impersonate the IT helpdesk in a new enterprise intrusion playbook
Attackers are increasingly exploiting enterprise collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams to gain initial access, impersonating IT helpdesk staff and persuading employees to grant remote control, according to new research from Microsoft. In a blog post, Microsoft described a “cross-tenant helpdesk impersonation” technique in which threat actors initiate conversations with employees via Teams’ external access…
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Vercel Confirms Security Incident as Threat Actor Claims Stolen Data for Sale
Cloud development platform Vercel has confirmed a security incident involving unauthorized access to internal systems, after a threat actor claimed to be selling stolen company data online. “We’ve identified a security incident that involved unauthorized access to certain internal Vercel systems,” said the company in its advisory. Threat Actor Claims Access to Vercel Systems Vercel…
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Hackers exploit Vercel’s trust in AI integration
Frontend cloud platform Vercel, the creator of Next.js and Turbo.js, has warned about a data breach after a compromised third-party AI application abused OAuth to access its internal systems. A Vercel employee used the third party app, identified as Context.ai , which allowed the attackers to take over their Google Workspace account and access some…
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Best Storylane Competitors: 7 Interactive Demo Platforms Cutting Sales Cycles in 2026
GUEST OPINION: Interactive product demos have shifted from nice-to-have to non-negotiable. Whether you run a product-led motion or a classic sales-led funnel, prospects now expect to explore software on their own schedule—long before they ever meet an account executive.
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Microsoft tests Windows Explorer speed, performance improvements
Microsoft is rolling out multiple File Explorer changes to Windows 11 users in the Insider program, including improvements to launch speed and performance. […]
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There’s nothing quite like growth to expose operational gaps
COMPANY NEWS: Australian retail and fintech exec shares considerations for growth, technology and preparedness during session at major Netsuite event in Sydney.
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Why Most AI Deployments Stall After the Demo
The fastest way to fall in love with an AI tool is to watch the demo. Everything moves quickly. Prompts land cleanly. The system produces impressive outputs in seconds. It feels like the beginning of a new era for your team. But most AI initiatives don’t fail because of bad technology. They stall because what…
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AI platform ATHR makes voice phishing a one-person job
For $4,000 and a cut of the take, a lone criminal can now run a fully automated voice-phishing operation via ATHR, a plaform that spoofs emails alerts from Google, Microsoft, and Coinbase, buries a phone number in each message, and when the victim calls back, hands them off to either a human scammer or an…
AI, Apps, Compliance, Global Security News, Risk Management
AI-ready skills are not what you think
Enterprises have spent the past two years rushing to make their workforces “AI-ready.” But many early training programs — focused on prompt writing and chatbot skills — are proving poorly suited to the realities of AI-powered work. The reason is simple: the skills that matter most once AI enters real workflows have less to do…
Global Security News, Risk Management
52M-Download protobuf.js Library Hit by RCE in Schema Handling
Critical RCE flaw in protobuf.js lets attackers execute code via malicious schemas. Learn who is at risk, affected versions, and how to fix it.
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Anthropic MCP Design Vulnerability Enables RCE, Threatening AI Supply Chain
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical “by design” weakness in the Model Context Protocol’s (MCP) architecture that could pave the way for remote code execution and have a cascading effect on the artificial intelligence (AI) supply chain. “This flaw enables Arbitrary Command Execution (RCE) on any system running a vulnerable MCP implementation, granting attackers direct…
AI, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Global Security News
Third-party AI hack triggers Vercel breach, internal environments accessed
Vercel suffered a breach after a hacked Context.ai tool exposed an employee account, letting attackers access limited internal systems and non-sensitive data. Vercel reported a security breach caused by the compromise of a third-party AI tool, Context.ai, used by one of its employees. The attacker took over the employee’s Google Workspace account and used it…
AI, Apps, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Risk Management
CISOs reshape their roles as business risk strategists
Nitin Raina’s career history resembles that of many CISOs: He worked in IT infrastructure, operations, and services before moving into security and advancing through the ranks. He’s now global chief information security officer at technology consultancy Thoughtworks. But in a less common professional move Raina also picked up the role of global head of enterprise…

