SRG actors initiate attacks by posing as IT support staff, contacting victims via phone calls or phishing emails to solicit a remote desktop session.
Tag: calls
AI, Global Security News, privacy
Discord adds end-to-end encryption to voice and video calls by default
Discord now enables end-to-end encryption by default for all voice and video calls, making conversations inaccessible even to the platform itself. No announcement fanfare, no opt-in required, no settings to dig through. Discord flipped a switch on Monday and end-to-end encryption is now the default for every voice and video call on the platform. If…
Global Security News
Discord rolls out end-to-end encryption on voice, video calls
Discord announced that all voice and video calls through the communication platform are now protected by default with end-to-end encryption (E2EE). […]
Global Security News
The end of unencrypted Discord calls is here
Discord has protected voice and video calls in DMs, group DMs, voice channels, and Go Live streams with end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default. The company began experimenting with E2EE for voice and video in 2023, starting a long-term effort. End-to-end encryption allows only participants in a call to access its content, while Discord does not…
Global Security News
Hackers Bypass Security Tools to Target Users Directly
Bridewell report calls out emergence of “fix-style” attacks
Apps, Global Security News
Open-source MCP server monitoring for Python apps
Pythonic Model Context Protocol servers handle tool calls, session events, module imports, and subprocess activity. BlueRock has released MCP Python Hooks, an open source runtime sensor that gives developers a way to capture those signals without modifying application code. What the sensor captures The tool wraps a Python process at startup so its hooks initialize…
AI, Global Security News, Risk Management
Google, Microsoft and xAI Agree to Share Early AI Models with U.S.
The agreement calls for AI developers to share models with reduced or removed safeguards to evaluate national security-related capabilities and risks.
AI, Cloud Security, Exploits, Global Security News
The exploit gap is closing, and your patch cycle wasn’t built for this
The Cloud Security Alliance has published a briefing on what it calls a turning point in the threat landscape: the time between a vulnerability being discovered and a working exploit is shrinking fast. The briefing centers on Anthropic’s Claude Mythos, which autonomously found thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities across major operating systems and browsers, generated working…
AI, Global Security News
iTWire TV: SAP’s Thomas Pfiester – Your AI Won’t Work If Your Data Is a Mess
SAP is betting big on something it calls “agentic transformation.” The idea is simple, even if the execution is anything but: a future where human workers and AI agents coexist across every business process.
AI, Global Security News
SAP’s Thomas Pfiester: Your AI Won’t Work If Your Data Is a Mess
SAP is betting big on something it calls “agentic transformation.” The idea is simple, even if the execution is anything but: a future where human workers and AI agents coexist across every business process.
Cybersecurity, Global Security News
This month in security with Tony Anscombe – March 2026 edition
The past four weeks have seen a slew of new cybersecurity wake-up calls that showed why every organization needs a well-thought-out cyber-resilience plan
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, malware, Network Security, Risk Management
Leak reveals Anthropic’s ‘Mythos,’ a powerful AI model aimed at cybersecurity use cases
Anthropic didn’t intend to introduce Mythos this way. Details of what it calls its most capable AI model yet surfaced through a data leak in its content management system (CMS), revealing a LLM with sharply improved reasoning and coding skills. The data leak, which was the result of the company’s staffers inadvertently exposing material about…
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, malware, Network Security, Risk Management
Leak reveals Anthropic’s ‘Mythos,’ a powerful AI model aimed at cybersecurity use cases
Anthropic didn’t intend to introduce Mythos this way. Details of what it calls its most capable AI model yet surfaced through a data leak in its content management system (CMS), revealing a LLM with sharply improved reasoning and coding skills. The data leak, which was the result of the company’s staffers inadvertently exposing material about…
AI, Data Breaches, Data Security, Global Security News, Risk Management
AI Now Top Risk as 47% of Cloud Data Unencrypted: Thales
A new report warns that artificial intelligence is quickly becoming what it calls the “new insider threat,” and many companies are not ready. According to the 2026 Thales Data Threat Report, nearly half of sensitive cloud data, 47%, remains unencrypted, even as AI systems gain broader access to corporate information. AI ranked as top data…
AI, Global Security News
HPE says ‘AI factory grids’ are the next phase of enterprise AI
HPE is pushing a new architectural concept it calls the “AI factory grid” – a vision in which multiple AI data centres are interconnected to operate as a single, distributed AI system.
Global Security News
Critical Grandstream VoIP Bug Highlights SMB Security Blind Spot
CVE-2026-2329 allows unauthenticated root-level access to SMB phone infrastructure, so attackers can intercept calls, commit toll fraud, and impersonate users.
AI, Global Security News, malware
North Korean Hackers Use Deepfake Video Calls to Target Crypto Firms
Campaign combines stolen Telegram accounts, fake Zoom calls and ClickFix attacks to deploy infostealer malware
AI, Funding, Global Security News
Portal26 Launches AI Value Realization Platform for Enterprises
Portal26 today announced the launch of what it calls the industry’s first AI Value Realization Solution, a new module designed to help enterprises better measure, manage, and improve returns on generative AI investments. The vendor said the new offering builds on its existing GenAI Adoption Platform, which focuses on Shadow AI discovery, GenAI security, and…