U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple, Laravel Livewire and Craft CMS 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-2025-31277 (CVSS score of 8.8)…
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VoidStealer malware steals Chrome master key via debugger trick
An information stealer called VoidStealer uses a new approach to bypass Chrome’s Application-Bound Encryption (ABE) and extract the master key for decrypting sensitive data stored in the browser. […]
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GitLab Enables Broader and More Affordable Access to Agentic AI Across the Software Lifecycle
COMPANY NEWS: Organisations on the GitLab.com free tier can now start using GitLab Duo Agent Platform by purchasing a monthly commitment of GitLab Credits, giving every team access to agentic AI across the full software lifecycle. Agentic code reviews now cost a flat $0.25 per review (4 code reviews per GitLab Credit today), making automated…
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The Agentic Era Arrives: How AI Is Transforming the Cyber Threat Landscape
GUEST OPINION: The cyber security landscape is undergoing a significant shift. Between January and February 2026, we observed a major evolution in how threat actors adopt, weaponise, and operationalise AI. What was once experimental is now mature. What once required coordinated teams can now be executed by a single experienced developer with an AI‑powered IDE. And…
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15,500 Malicious Domains: How Threat Actors Abuse a Popular Ad Tracker for Cloaked AI Investment Scams
GUEST RESEARCH: New research from Infoblox Threat Intel and Confiant reveals that cybercriminals are abusing Keitaro, a widely used advertising performance tracker, to hide (“cloak”) scams and malware behind ordinary web traffic; with many posing specifically as AI investment opportunities.
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Chatbot Makers Try Sex Appeal
Plus, why we believe AI is actually thinking, phase two of the boom and Bezos’s $100 billion fundraising effort.
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Adactin Launches AFIVE: An Intelligent AI Knowledge Platform Empowering Enterprises with Consistent Data, Reduced Duplication, and Accelerated Decision-Making
COMPANY NEWS: Adactin, an Australian technology services provider with deep expertise in cloud, AI, and software engineering services, today announced the launch of AFIVE, its next-generation AI-powered knowledge platform designed to transform how organisations access, manage, and leverage information. Built to deliver instant answers and seamless knowledge retrieval, AFIVE enables enterprises to unlock greater productivity…
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AI set to define law firm profitability as adoption gaps widen across the profession
GUEST RESEARCH: Global research finds Australian firms prioritising productivity gains as pricing pressure and workload constraints reshape legal economics
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Context, not correlation, is the key to a successful AI strategy
GUEST OPINION: As we all know, organisations across the world are adopting artificial intelligence (AI). Automating menial tasks, operating chatbots and personalising customer experiences have become run-of-the-mill AI use cases. However, many leaders are failing to see the return on their investment and are anxiously looking towards AI’s next iteration – agentic AI. AI that is…
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AI Dominates RSAC Innovation Sandbox
The 10 finalists will each have three minutes to make their case for being the most innovative, promising young security company of the year.
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This Time, the Hype Around Self-Driving Cars Feels Real
A new excitement is building for autonomous vehicles to become mainstream.
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FIRESIDE CHAT: In the AI age, your MFA, authentication apps can be compromised in minutes
The authentication layer that corporate America spent a decade building is now a liability. Listen to the podcast:The day MFA became the problem That’s the blunt assessment of Kevin Surace, chairman of Token, a Rochester, N.Y.-based security company whose biometric hardware is drawing attention from enterprise security teams and federal regulators alike. Surace made the…
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 89
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter New Payload ransomware – malware analysis DRILLAPP: new backdoor targeting Ukrainian entities with possible links to Laundry Bear When Trusted Websites Turn Malicious: WordPress Compromises Advance Global Stealer Operation AI Coding Tools Under Fire:…
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Week in review: ScreenConnect servers open to attack, exploited Microsoft SharePoint flaw
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: What smart factories keep getting wrong about cybersecurity In this Help Net Security interview, Packsize CSO Troy Rydman breaks down the biggest vulnerabilities in smart factory environments today, from IoT devices and legacy systems to human error. He explains how…
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Post-Quantum Web: A New Era of Security and Speed
Discover how a quantum-safe HTTPS protocol is revolutionizing online security and speed, addressing the future threats of quantum computing.
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Native Launches With Security Control Plane for Multicloud
Discover how Native’s new security control plane enhances multicloud security management, simplifying policy enforcement across major platforms.
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Businesses Unite to Combat Online Fraud Amid Uncertain Government Role
Major industry leaders join forces to fight the growing threat of online fraud as government support remains uncertain, promising enhanced security for all.
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iTWire TV: Australia’s AI Problem Isn’t Models. It’s Metadata – and NetApp Has the Fix.
GUEST INTERVIEW: NetApp’s APJ CTO Dhruv Dhumatkar on why metadata is the real bottleneck, how the NFL explains enterprise IoT, and why sovereign clouds aren’t optional anymore.
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Australia’s AI Problem Isn’t Models. It’s Metadata – and NetApp Has the Fix.
NetApp’s APJ CTO Dhruv Dhumatkar on why metadata is the real bottleneck, how the NFL explains enterprise IoT, and why sovereign clouds aren’t optional anymore.
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 568 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. WorldLeaks ransomware group breached the City of Los Angels PolyShell flaw exposes Magento and Adobe Commerce…
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WorldLeaks ransomware group breached the City of Los Angels
WorldLeaks group hit Los Angeles and its Metro system, forcing a shutdown, while two Bay Area cities declared emergencies after ransomware attacks. WorldLeaks group hit Los Angeles and its Metro, forcing a shutdown, while two Bay Area cities declared emergencies after ransomware attacks. This week, local media reported that an unauthorized activity hit Metro’s internal…
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Trivy vulnerability scanner breach pushed infostealer via GitHub Actions
The Trivy vulnerability scanner was compromised in a supply-chain attack by threat actors known as TeamPCP, which distributed credential-stealing malware through official releases and GitHub Actions. […]
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The Silicon Valley Salesman Accused of Helping China Get Nvidia’s Top Chips
A recently unsealed indictment naming Wally Liaw, co-founder of Super Micro Computer, puts the company at the center of the U.S.-China tech war.
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How I Stop AI From Telling Me What I Want to Hear
Chatbot sycophancy may make us feel good. But it creates all sorts of problems.
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Google adds ‘Advanced Flow’ for safe APK sideloading on Android
Google has announced a new mechanism in Android called Advanced Flow that will allow sideloading APKs from unverified developers for power users in a more secure way. […]
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Microsoft Azure Monitor alerts abused in callback phishing campaigns
Microsoft Azure Monitor alerts are being abused to send callback phishing emails that impersonate warnings from the Microsoft Security Team about unauthorized charges on your account. […]
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I.T. is Eighty, an Ageing Boomer
The digital computing machine is at the end of a Rogers’ innovation curve. Is “AI” just a last hurrah?
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FBI Warns Russian Hackers Target Signal, WhatsApp in Mass Phishing Attacks
Threat actors affiliated with Russian Intelligence Services are conducting phishing campaigns to compromise commercial messaging applications (CMAs) like WhatsApp and Signal to seize control of accounts belonging to individuals with high intelligence value, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Friday. “The campaign
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MY TAKE: As RSAC 2026 opens, AI has bifurcated cybersecurity into two wars—the clock is running
SAN FRANCISCO — RSAC 2026 opens here Monday at Moscone Center, with upwards of 40,000 cybersecurity professionals, executives, and policy leaders, myself among them, filing in to take stock of an industry under acute pressure. Related: RSAC 2026’s full agenda The dominant undercurrent is already unmistakable: AI hasn’t just arrived in cybersecurity. It has split…
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Oracle Patches Critical CVE-2026-21992 Enabling Unauthenticated RCE in Identity Manager
Oracle has released security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Identity Manager and Web Services Manager that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21992, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. “This vulnerability is remotely exploitable without authentication,” Oracle said in an…
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PolyShell flaw exposes Magento and Adobe Commerce to file upload attacks
Sansec found a Magento and Adobe Commerce REST API flaw, named PolyShell, which allows unauthenticated file uploads and possible XSS in older versions. Sansec disclosed a critical flaw in the Magento and Adobe Commerce REST API that allows attackers to upload executable files without authentication. The issue affects versions up to 2.4.9-alpha2 and could also…
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Trivy Supply Chain Attack Triggers Self-Spreading CanisterWorm Across 47 npm Packages
The threat actors behind the supply chain attack targeting the popular Trivy scanner are suspected to be conducting follow-on attacks that have led to the compromise of a large number of npm packages with a previously undocumented self-propagating worm dubbed CanisterWorm. The name is a reference to the fact that the malware uses an ICP…
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Trivy vulnerability scanner backdoored with credential stealer in supply chain attack
Attackers have compromised the widely used open-source Trivy vulnerability scanner, injecting credential-stealing malware into official releases and GitHub Actions used by thousands of CI/CD workflows. The breach could trigger a cascade of additional supply-chain compromises if impacted projects and organizations don’t rotate their secrets immediately. The attack, disclosed by Trivy maintainers today, results from an…
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Interlock Ransomware Targets Cisco Enterprise Firewalls
Discover how the Interlock ransomware gang is exploiting a critical vulnerability in Cisco firewalls, threatening global cybersecurity and urging immediate…
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Cyber OpSec Fail: Beast Gang Exposes Ransomware Server
A major security breach reveals the Beast Gang’s ransomware tactics, highlighting vulnerabilities in global cybersecurity measures and backup systems.
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Oracle’s Fusion Middleware Critical RCE Vulnerability Prompts Urgent Patching
Oracle’s urgent patch addresses a critical RCE vulnerability in Fusion Middleware, highlighting serious security risks for exposed services.
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The Trillion Dollar Race to Automate Our Entire Lives
The AI sprint is hurtling toward a world where anyone can build personal concierges to do everything from executive presentations to March Madness brackets.
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The Smartest Minds in AI Just Learned the World’s Most Valuable F-Word
At companies that can do anything, the most important thing is focus. Steve Jobs made it a priority at Apple—and OpenAI and Anthropic are learning why.
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Are nations ready to be the cybersecurity insurers of last resort?
A senior member of the Cyber Monitoring Center (CMC), an organization formed last year to monitor, define and classify cyber events impacting UK organizations, this week questioned whether a £1.5 billion (about $2 billion) government loan guarantee provided to Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) should have happened in the first place. Speaking at an event hosted…
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Elon Musk Is Liable for Some Twitter Investors’ Losses, Jury Says
Musk’s lawyers said they would appeal the verdict. And the jury absolved Musk of “engaging in a scheme to defraud Twitter investors.”
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7,500+ Magento sites defaced in global hacking campaign
Hackers defaced 7,500 Magento sites since Feb 27, uploading files across 15,000 hostnames, mostly opportunistic attacks. Since February 27, a large-scale campaign has defaced over 7,500 Magento sites, targeting e-commerce platforms, global brands, and government services. According to cybersecurity firm Netcraft, attackers placed plaintext defacement files across more than 15,000 hostnames, directly compromising affected infrastructure.…
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‘New Humans: Memories of the Future’ Review: The New Museum’s Maximalist New Chapter
Reopening after a high-profile expansion, the institution stages a sprawling and enthralling inaugural show that examines how technology shapes ideas of what it means to be human.
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Hacker Group LAPSUS$ Claims Alleged AstraZeneca Data Breach
LAPSUS$ claims it breached AstraZeneca, offering alleged source code, credentials, cloud configs, and employee data for sale in leaked samples.
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FBI links Signal phishing attacks to Russian intelligence services
The FBI has issued a public service announcement warning that Russian intelligence-linked threat actors are actively targeting users of encrypted messaging apps such as Signal and WhatsApp in phishing campaigns that have already compromised thousands of accounts. […]
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FBI, CISA issue PSA on Russian intelligence campaign to target messaging apps
Russian intelligence-affiliated hackers have gained access to thousands of users’ messaging apps with a global phishing campaign, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned in a public service announcement on Friday. The high-value targets they’re pursuing include current and former U.S. government officials, political figures, military personnel and journalists, the two agencies…
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Patch Now: Oracle’s Fusion Middleware Has Critical RCE Flaw
Attackers can execute arbitrary code without authentication if Oracle’s Identity or Web Services Managers are exposed to the Web.
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Navia data breach impacts nearly 2.7 Million people
Navia Benefit Solutions data breach exposed 2.7M people after attackers accessed systems from December 2025 to January 2026. Navia Benefit Solutions disclosed a data breach affecting 2,697,540 individuals. The company detected suspicious activity on January 23, 2026 and quickly launched an investigation to assess the incident. Navia Benefit Solutions is a U.S.-based company that provides…
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How MSPs Should Evaluate Cloud Partners in 2026
MSPs are rethinking cloud partnerships as the market grows more competitive and complex, shifting evaluation beyond technical performance to long-term viability, economics, and operational fit. Why MSPs are re-evaluating cloud partnerships amid rapid growth The MSP market is expanding rapidly, with global revenue projected to reach $354 billion in 2026 and partner programs driving 40%…
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Trump’s federal AI policy framework aims to undercut state laws
US President Donald Trump’s administration today released its National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence: Legislative Recommendations, a document that reads less like the AI safety blueprints that states are increasingly adopting and more like a playbook for asserting federal control over AI governance. It is part of a coordinated push with congressional allies, most notably…
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Oracle pushes emergency fix for critical Identity Manager RCE flaw
Oracle has released an out-of-band security update to fix a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Identity Manager and Web Services Manager tracked as CVE-2026-21992. […]
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StorMagic Adds Scott Mann to Drive Channel Growth
StorMagic has appointed Scott Mann as global senior vice president of sales as partners and customers reassess virtualization strategies amid rising VMware costs and ongoing hardware refresh pressures. The move comes as enterprises navigating infrastructure upgrades face a higher total cost of ownership, prompting increased interest in alternative virtualization platforms, particularly in edge and distributed…
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Trio sentenced for facilitating North Korean IT worker scheme from their homes
Three American men were sentenced Friday for crimes they committed in furtherance of North Korea’s vast scheme to get operatives hired at U.S. companies, the Justice Department said. The trio — Audricus Phagnasay, 25, Jason Salazar, 30, and Alexander Paul Travis, 35 — pleaded guilty in November to wire fraud conspiracy for providing U.S. identities…
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How Much Do You Know About Rare Earths? Test Yourself With This Quiz
You may know they are crucial to power many technologies, including AI. But there’s much more to understand.
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OpenAI’s desktop superapp: The end of ChatGPT as we know it?
OpenAI is reportedly planning to fold its ChatGPT application, Codex coding platform, and AI-powered browser into a single desktop ‘superapp’, a move that signals a shift toward enterprise and developer audiences and away from the consumer market that made the company a household name. The unified product will merge the ChatGPT interface, the Codex coding…
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Water utilities strengthen cybersecurity through cooperation
Water utilities are finding that letting information flow can flush out cybersecurity problems. The water industry has a security issue: Many utilities operate with ageing systems and minimal IT or cybersecurity personnel. But by coordinating responses to cyber-attacks, participants in a pilot program run by the Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI) and the Center on Cyber…
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Trivy Security Scanner GitHub Actions Breached, 75 Tags Hijacked to Steal CI/CD Secrets
Trivy, a popular open-source vulnerability scanner maintained by Aqua Security, was compromised a second time within the span of a month to deliver malware that stole sensitive CI/CD secrets. The latest incident impacted GitHub Actions “aquasecurity/trivy-action” and “aquasecurity/setup-trivy,” which are used to scan Docker container images for vulnerabilities and set up GitHub Actions workflow
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PwC US tells staff to opt out of company, not AI
PwC partners will need to embrace AI or face being replaced. The consultancy firm has made clear that it doesn’t see AI as a disruptive force and is set to amend its tax and consulting services into AI-powered automated tools, reducing the requirement for PwC US staff. PwC US CEO Paul Griggs told the Financial…
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Is MacBook Neo the Mac’s iPhone moment?
In news that will strike a chill to the heart of competing PC makers, Apple has effectively confirmed that demand for its new MacBook Neo is massively exceeding expectations. “Mac just had its best launch week ever for first-time Mac customers,” Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote on X. “We love seeing the enthusiasm!” Apple also introduced new MacBook…
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Police take down 373,000 fake CSAM sites in Operation Alice
An international law enforcement action called Operation Alice has shut down over 373,000 dark web sites that offered fake CSAM packages. […]
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Microsoft won’t force Copilot in everywhere after all
Microsoft has temporarily halted automatic installation of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices with Microsoft 365 desktop apps. The company announced the change via an update in Microsoft 365 Message Centre, but offered no indication when the measure would be reactivated. However, existing installations of the app will not be affected. “Automatic installation…
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Most Europeans fear Trump could cut off digital services
A majority of Europe’s population is concerned about its dependence on American technology, according to a new survey presented to Members of the European Parliament by SWG and Polling Europe. A full 86% of those surveyed believe it likely the US could restrict Europe’s access to digital services, while 59% describe it as an already…
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Cyber OpSec Fail: Beast Gang Exposes Ransomware Server
Files on a central cloud server used by the ransomware group highlight a systematic, aggressive attack on network backups as a key TTP.
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Ubiquiti defect poses account takeover risk for UniFi Networking Application users
Researchers and threat hunters are scrambling to contain a maximum-severity defect in Ubiquiti’s UniFi Network Application that attackers could exploit to take over user accounts by accessing and manipulating files. The path-traversal vulnerability — CVE-2026-22557 — affects software used to manage UniFi networking devices, including access points, gateways and switches. The vendor disclosed and released…
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Cybet Review: A Fast-Growing Crypto Casino with Fast Withdrawals and No-KYC Gaming
In this post, I will show you the Cybet review, a fast-growing crypto casino with fast withdrawals and no-KYC gaming. The rapid growth of cryptocurrency has transformed the online gambling industry. More players are now looking for crypto casinos that offer faster transactions, greater privacy, and modern gaming experiences. Among the new platforms gaining attention in the…
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Teaching AI to Smell
Plus, employers are tracking the use of AI tokens and Uber is investing in Rivian robotaxis.
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How To Secure Your Magento Website
Today, we will show you how to secure your Magento website. In a previous article, we answered the question – are Magento websites secure? – and the stats are unfavorable. As the article mentions,“Magento is the most targeted online platform by hackers.”” However, that doesn’t imply that you shouldn’t use Magento. The platform is still…
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Hyvä Theme Development in 2026
In this post, I will talk about Hyvä theme development in 2026. In the ever-evolving world of eCommerce, frontend performance, scalability, and developer efficiency have become critical success factors. Within the ecosystem of Magento, the Hyvä Theme has emerged as a revolutionary solution that challenges traditional frontend development approaches. By prioritizing simplicity, speed, and modern…
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ZeroThreat.ai Wins Cybersecurity Excellence Award for Best Web Application Security Platform
Chicago, IL – March, 2026 – ZeroThreat.ai, the AI-powered automated web and API pentesting platform that validates real exploit paths in minutes, today announced it has been named the Silver Award winner of the Cybersecurity Excellence Award for Best Web Application Security Platform. The award, recognized globally across the cybersecurity industry, honors organizations that demonstrate…
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Amazon is aiming for a comeback in the smartphone market
Amazon plans to release a new smartphone, according to Reuters; the so-called “Transformer” project is being developed in-house and will focus on AI, personalization, and integration with Alexa. The idea is for the phone to serve as a central hub for a user’s daily life — from shopping and streaming to voice-controlled services — and…
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How Cloud PBX Phone Systems Provide Flexibility, Reliability, And Scalability
Learn how cloud PBX phone systems provide flexibility, reliability, and scalability in this post. Communication systems tend to become hard to handle as businesses expand. Traditional phone setups are highly reliant on hardware, constant maintenance, and complex upgrades. As the teams grow and the calling rush grows, these systems start to struggle. Calls may be…
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Denver’s crosswalks hacked to broadcast anti-Trump messages
Pedestrians crossing a street in Denver, Colorado, got rather more than they bargained for last weekend, when the audio signals at two crosswalks began broadcasting a political message alongside their usual walking instructions. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Critical Langflow Flaw CVE-2026-33017 Triggers Attacks within 20 Hours of Disclosure
A critical security flaw impacting Langflow has come under active exploitation within 20 hours of public disclosure, highlighting the speed at which threat actors weaponize newly published vulnerabilities. The security defect, tracked as CVE-2026-33017 (CVSS score: 9.3), is a case of missing authentication combined with code injection that could result in remote code execution. “The…
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CISA orders feds to patch max-severity Cisco flaw by Sunday
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered federal agencies to patch a maximum-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-20131, in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) by Sunday, March 22. […]
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Justice Department disrupts botnet networks that hijacked 3 million devices
Authorities seized infrastructure powering four botnets that hijacked a combined three million devices and launched more than 300,000 DDoS attacks collectively, the Justice Department said Thursday. The botnets — Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad — enabled operators to sell access to the infected devices for various cybercrimes. The aftermath spanned thousands of attacks, including some…
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Why Image Format Conversion Is Becoming a Practical Issue in Web Security and Performance
WebP boosts performance raises compatibility issues, making image format conversion to PNG essential for secure, flexible, and efficient web workflows today.
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How CISOs Can Survive the Era of Geopolitical Cyberattacks
Geopolitical tensions are driving destructive cyberattacks designed to disrupt operations, not demand ransom. CISOs must limit lateral movement and contain breaches to reduce the impact of wiper campaigns. […]
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New Fake Zoom Meeting Invite Scam Spreads Malware on Windows PCs
Cybersecurity researchers at Sublime Security have discovered a new scam that uses realistic, interactive JavaScript-based Zoom meeting invites to trick users into installing malware.
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Cisco FMC flaw was exploited by Interlock weeks before patch (CVE-2026-20131)
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-20131) in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) that Cisco disclosed and patched in early March 2026 has been exploited as a zero-day by the Interlock ransomware gang, Amazon CISO and VP of Security Engineering CJ Moses revealed. “Our research [using Amazon’s MadPot system of honeypots] found that Interlock was exploiting this…
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Why Even Smart People Believe AI Is Really Thinking
As our adoption of artificial intelligence grows, so does our belief that the machines are really thinking. That’s a fluke of evolution, say researchers.
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Interlock Ransomware Targets Cisco Enterprise Firewalls
The ransomware gang, known for double-extortion attacks, had access to a critical Cisco firewall vulnerability weeks before it was publicly disclosed.
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Google slows Android sideloading to trip up scammers
Google’s advanced flow for Android changes how apps from unverified developers are installed, adding steps to reduce scam-driven sideloading. The feature is aimed at experienced users and allows sideloading through a controlled, one-time setup. It addresses scam scenarios where attackers pressure individuals to install malicious software. In these cases, scammers often stay on the phone…
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Terminated contract led to $2.5 million cyber extortion scheme
A federal jury convicted Cameron Curry, 27, a Charlotte resident, of carrying out an extensive cyber extortion scheme targeting a Washington, D.C.-based international technology company. He faces up to two years in prison on each of the six charges. Curry, who worked as a data analyst for about six months with the victim company and…
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All aboard: the NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Program is headed to our next stop! Share your input on where we’re headed during our Future Directions Two-Day Workshop on March 31st.
Workshop Details… We’re looking forward to hearing from the community during our “Future Directions” Workshop! Date: March 31 – April 1, 2026 Where: NIST’s Gaithersburg campus! Registration and Details: HERE Can’t make it? We still want to hear from you – email us at IoTSecurity [at] nist.gov (IoTSecurity[at]nist[dot]gov). All Aboard for Product Cybersecurity The NIST…
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Meet Your Incident Responders
Somewhere right now, a Cisco colleague is on a call with a company facing the worst day of their professional lives. Their network is compromised, their data may be stolen, and their business is at risk. That Cisco colleague is calm, focused, and already three steps into solving the problem. Meet Cisco Talos Incident Response, or Talos IR – our frontline…
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Identity is the Battleground
Part 2 to A Retrospective on VoidLink and the Emerging Workload Security Threat.
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DDoS-Attacken: Schlag gegen internationale Cyberkriminelle
DDos bleibt ein Evergreen unter den Security-Bedrohungen. Karsten Kunert mit ChatGPT In einem großangelegten Schlag gegen ein internationales Hacker-Netzwerk haben Sicherheitsbehörden in Nordamerika und Deutschland die beiden weltgrößten Botnetze zerschlagen. Die Infrastruktur der Kriminellen war vor allem für sogenannte Denial-of-Services-Attacken (DDoS), verwendet worden, teilte das Bundeskriminalamt mit. Dabei versuchen die Cyberkriminellen, die Webseiten und Apps…
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Apple urges iPhone users to update as Coruna and DarkSword exploit kits emerge
Apple warns that outdated iPhones are vulnerable to Coruna and DarkSword exploit kits and urges users to update iOS. Apple has warned that iPhones running outdated iOS versions are at risk from exploit kits like Coruna and DarkSword. These attacks use malicious web content to trigger infection chains that can steal sensitive data. Users are…
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Google Adds 24-Hour Wait for Unverified App Sideloading to Reduce Malware and Scams
Google on Thursday announced a new “advanced flow” for Android sideloading that requires a mandatory 24-hour wait period to install apps from unverified developers in an attempt to balance openness with safety. The new changes come against the backdrop of a developer verification mandate the tech giant announced last year that requires all Android apps…
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Rapid7 enhances Exposure Command with runtime validation and DSPM for risk analysis
Rapid7 has unveiled new cloud security capabilities within Exposure Command. The introduction of runtime validation and Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) enables organizations to identify, validate, and prioritize exploitable risks based on real-world attack paths and business impact. As organizations scale hybrid and multi-cloud environments, security programs must move beyond reactive models built on assessment…
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Authorities disrupt four IoT botnets behind record DDoS attacks
The U.S. Justice Department and international partners have disrupted four IoT botnets linked to DDoS attacks that reached 30 terabits per second, among the largest ever recorded. The post Authorities disrupt four IoT botnets behind record DDoS attacks appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Global law enforcement operation targets AISURU, Kimwolf, JackSkid botnet operators
DoJ disrupted IoT botnets’ C2 infrastructure with global partners, targeting operators behind AISURU, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and others. The U.S. DoJ disrupted command-and-control infrastructure used by several IoT botnets, including AISURU, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad. The operation involved authorities from Canada and Germany, along with major tech companies, to target botnet operators and weaken their global…
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Hackers Exploit Critical Langflow Bug in Just 20 Hours
Sysdig details how threat actors exploited a critical CVE in Langflow in less than a day
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LeakNet ransomware: what you need to know
A ransomware gang that claims to be a group of “investigative journalists”? Meet LeakNet – the group using fake CAPTCHA pages to trick employees into hacking themselves. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.
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Fake AI songs streamed billions of times, netting fraudster $10 million
Michael Smith, 54, of Cornelius, North Carolina, has pleaded guilty in federal court to running a scheme that exploited music streaming platforms and diverted royalty payments from artists. He admitted to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, and agreed to forfeit $8,091,843.64. According…
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GUEST ESSAY: Executives trust AI security even as security teams confront blind spots, new risks
In our recent report, Beyond the Black Box, we found a striking gap: 80% of executives believe their organizations have strong security coverage for AI systems. Only about 40% of AppSec practitioners agree. Related: AI moves mainstream That’s not just a perception problem. It’s a visibility problem. The numbers back that up. Sixty-three percent of…
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Move fast and save things: A quick guide to recovering a hacked account
What you do – and how fast – after an account is compromised often matters more than it may seem
AI, Global Security News, malware
The Importance of Behavioral Analytics in AI-Enabled Cyber Attacks
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing how individuals and organizations conduct many activities, including how cybercriminals carry out phishing attacks and iterate on malware. Now, cybercriminals are using AI to generate personalized phishing emails, deepfakes and malware that evade traditional detection by impersonating normal user activity and bypassing legacy security models. As a result,
AI, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Global Security News, malware
ANY.RUN Enters IT-Harvest’s 2026 Cyber 150 for Fast Growth and Industry Impact
We’re thrilled to announce that ANY.RUN has once again been recognized in IT-Harvest’s 2026 Cyber 150, a list of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies. Receiving this recognition for the second year in a row makes this moment especially meaningful and reflects the strong progress our company made over the past year. It also points to a broader shift in the market.…
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Servers With Nvidia Chips Were Smuggled Into China, U.S. Indictment Says
Super Micro Computer placed two employees on leave and fired a contractor after charges of diverting U.S.-assembled servers to China, violating export control laws.
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NCA Boss Warns That Teens Are Being “Radicalized” Into Cybercrime Online
The National Crime Agency’s director general warns that technology is rapidly reshaping crime