A ransomware attack on the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center exposed personal data of 1.2 million people. A 2025 ransomware attack targeting the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center compromised the personal information of about 1.2 million individuals. The attack hit the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center on August 31, 2025, impacting servers that support research…
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ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9834, (Wed, Mar 4th)
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Building a High-Impact Tier 1: The 3 Steps CISOs Must Follow
Every CISO knows the uncomfortable truth about their Security Operations Center: the people most responsible for catching threats in real time are the people with the least experience. Tier 1 analysts sit at the front line of detection, and yet they are also the most vulnerable to the cognitive and organizational pressures that quietly erode…
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ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9832, (Tue, Mar 3rd)
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, March 2nd, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9830, (Mon, Mar 2nd)
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Global Memory Shortage Deepens Amid AI Surge
The global memory shortage is intensifying as AI-driven data center memory demand accelerates, forcing OEM price hikes and reshaping procurement strategies for MSPs and IT resellers. AI data center memory demand accelerates DRAM, HBM shortage The issue is simple but severe. AI servers demand far more memory than consumer devices. High-bandwidth memory (HBM), used to…
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Ransomware activity peaks outside business hours
Intrusions continue to center on credential access and timed execution outside standard business hours. The Sophos Active Adversary Report 2026 analyzes 661 incident response and managed detection and response cases handled between November 1, 2024 and October 31, 2025, spanning organizations in 70 countries. The dataset examines how attackers gain access, how quickly they reach…
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ISC Stormcast For Friday, February 27th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9828, (Fri, Feb 27th)
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ISC Stormcast For Thursday, February 26th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9826, (Thu, Feb 26th)
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Airline brands become launchpads for phishing, crypto fraud
Airline brands sit at the center of peak travel booking cycles, loyalty programs, and high value transactions. Criminal groups continue to register thousands of lookalike domains tied to these brands, targeting travelers, employees, and business partners. Recent threat intelligence from BforeAI’s PreCrime Labs identifies sustained impersonation activity across the global commercial airline sector. Between September…
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ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, February 25th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9824, (Wed, Feb 25th)
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Why SOCs are moving toward autonomous security operations in 2026
The modern security operations center faces a crisis of scale that human effort cannot fix. With alert volumes exponentially growing and threat actors automating their attacks, organizations must pivot to autonomous SOC strategies. This shift to AI-driven defense is the only way to survive the operational realities of 2026. The mathematical impossibility of legacy defense…
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ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9822, (Tue, Feb 24th)
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University of Mississippi Medical Center Still Offline After Ransomware Attack
University of Mississippi Medical Center is still scrambling to respond to a ransomware attack last Thursday
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, February 23rd, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9820, (Mon, Feb 23rd)
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University of Mississippi Medical Center Closes Clinics After Ransomware Attack
A ransomware attack has forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) to temporarily close most of its clinics, cancel elective procedures, and shift to manual documentation as IT systems remain offline. The incident, detected in the early hours of Feb. 19, 2026, disrupted UMMC’s network, including its EPIC electronic medical record (EMR) platform. “We…
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LLMs change their answers based on who’s asking
AI chatbots may deliver unequal answers depending on who is asking the question. A new study from the MIT Center for Constructive Communication finds that LLMs provide less accurate information, increase refusal rates, and sometimes adopt a different tone when users appear less educated, less fluent in English, or from particular countries. Breakdown of performance…
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Mississippi medical center closes all clinics after ransomware attack
The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) closed all its clinic locations statewide on Thursday following a ransomware attack. […]
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ISC Stormcast For Friday, February 20th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9818, (Fri, Feb 20th)
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Microsoft Patches CVE-2026-26119 Privilege Escalation in Windows Admin Center
Microsoft has disclosed a now-patched security flaw in Windows Admin Center that could allow an attacker to escalate their privileges. Windows Admin Center is a locally deployed, browser-based management tool set that lets users manage their Windows Clients, Servers, and Clusters without the need for connecting to the cloud. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-26119,…
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Microsoft reveals critical Windows Admin Center vulnerability (CVE-2026-26119)
Microsoft has disclosed a privilege-escalation vulnerability in Windows Admin Center (WAC), a browser-based platform widely used by IT administrators and infrastructure teams to manage Windows clients, servers, clusters, Hyper-V hosts and virtual machines, as well as Active Directory-joined systems. Although the issue was patched in early December 2025 with the release of Windows Admin Center…
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ISC Stormcast For Thursday, February 19th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9816, (Thu, Feb 19th)
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Genetec Adds Investigation Capabilities in Security Center SaaS
Genetec, Inc. recently debuted new investigation capabilities in the Genetec Security Center SaaS to assist enterprises in faster incident resolution and to help them return to daily operations more quickly – even if investigations span multiple sites, systems, and camera vendors. Investigation experience promises efficiency in complex security environments This new investigation experience, delivered by…
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Windows Admin Center Flaw Opens Door to Privilege Escalation
A vulnerability in Windows Admin Center (WAC) could allow authorized attackers to escalate privileges in enterprise environments. The issue affects WAC version 2.6.4 and has been assigned a CVSS score of 8.8. “Improper authentication in Windows Admin Center allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network,” said Microsoft in its advisory. How the…
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ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, February 18th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9814, (Wed, Feb 18th)
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ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, February 17th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9812, (Tue, Feb 17th)
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Infosys and Anthropic Announce Collaboration to Unlock AI Value across Complex, Regulated Industries
Collaboration launches in telecommunications with dedicated Anthropic Center of Excellence, expanding across financial services, manufacturing, and software development. Infosys Topaz and Anthropic’s Claude models, including Claude Code, combine to automate complex workflows, accelerate software delivery, and build agentic AI solutions across industries.
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, February 16th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9810, (Mon, Feb 16th)
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ISC Stormcast For Friday, February 13th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9808, (Fri, Feb 13th)
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ISC Stormcast For Thursday, February 12th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9806, (Thu, Feb 12th)
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ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, February 11th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9804, (Wed, Feb 11th)
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ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, February 10th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9802, (Tue, Feb 10th)
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, February 9th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9800, (Mon, Feb 9th)
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, February 9th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9800, (Mon, Feb 9th)
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, February 9th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9800, (Mon, Feb 9th)
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ISC Stormcast For Friday, February 6th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9798, (Fri, Feb 6th)
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IAM Identity Center now supports IPv6
Amazon Web Services (AWS) recommends using AWS IAM Identity Center to provide your workforce access to AWS managed applications—such as Amazon Q Developer—and AWS accounts. Today, we announced IAM Identity Center support for IPv6. To learn more about the advantages of IPv6, visit the IPv6 product page. When you enable IAM Identity center, it provides…