U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Oracle WebLogic flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-21182 (CVSS score of 7.5), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The CVE-2024-21182 flaw is an easily exploitable vulnerability affecting Oracle WebLogic…
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Infosecurity Europe: UK Firms Prioritize AI Threat Preparedness as Cyber Risks Evolve
UK organizations are prioritizing AI-driven cybersecurity as 43% cite AI-powered attacks as their top risk, prompting significant investment in advanced threat defense
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Pakistan-Linked SideCopy Targets Afghanistan Finance Ministry with Xeno RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a spear-phishing campaign likely undertaken by the Pakistan-aligned SideCopy group targeting Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance with an open-source remote access trojan called Xeno RAT. “The campaign opens with a spear phishing delivery – a ZIP archive containing a malicious LNK file bearing a carefully crafted Pashto-language filename,”
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ENISA NIS360 2026: Progress Across the Board, But the Sectors That Matter Most Are Still Falling Short
ENISA NIS360 2026 shows cybersecurity improving across EU critical sectors, but health, water, rail, and space remain in the risk zone. ENISA has published its third annual NIS360 report, assessing the cybersecurity maturity and criticality of all sectors covered by the NIS2 directive. The headline finding is that things are improving across the board. The…
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Anthropic to Open Mythos AI to EU’s ENISA
Discover how Anthropic’s partnership with ENISA is set to revolutionize cybersecurity in Europe through advanced AI integration and enhanced defense strategies.
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Infosecurity Europe: Tabletop Exercise to Test How CISOs Respond to Major Supermarket Cyber-Attack
Semperis is set to bring ‘Enter the War Room: A Tabletop Experience’ to Infosecurity Europe to help cybersecurity leaders prepare to face real incidents
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Critical Windows Netlogon RCE flaw now exploited in attacks
The Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB), the country’s national authority for cybersecurity, warned on Friday that threat actors are now exploiting a recently patched critical Windows Netlogon vulnerability in attacks. […]
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Infosecurity Europe: AI SOCs Will Still Need SOC Analysts, Security Vendors Say
Top cybersecurity vendors said AI won’t replace entry-level – only routine ticket-taking and triage
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The Security Growth Platform: Why MSPs Are Moving Beyond vCISO Tools
Three years ago, the practical question for an MSP building a cybersecurity practice was which “vCISO platform” to buy. The term was good shorthand for the work at the time: assessments, advisory, reporting, maybe a compliance module bolted on the side. The work has since outgrown the descriptor. A Security Growth Platform is the more…
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Windows 11 Smart App Control explained
In the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape, Microsoft has introduced various new features in Windows 11 designed to protect users from modern workplace threats. Among such features, Smart App Control (SAC) changes how Windows devices handle, and occasionally block, unwanted or potentially malicious applications. But what exactly is Smart App Control? How does it work, who benefits…
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Election threats are focused on campaign systems, not voting machines
Cybersecurity threats to the 2026 midterm elections are targeting the accounts and platforms that campaigns, donors and voters use to communicate, according to a security report released Monday by Check Point Software Technologies. So far in this election cycle, threats are not aimed at voting machines or ballot-counting systems. Instead, threat actors are going after…
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OpenAI Codex Authentication Tokens Stolen in codexui-android npm Supply Chain Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malicious supply chain campaign that’s targeting developers using OpenAI Codex through a legitimate-looking remote web UI. The tool, named codexui-android, is advertised on GitHub and npm as a remote web UI for OpenAI Codex, attracting over 29,000 weekly downloads. The package is still available for download from…
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U.S. CISA adds Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0257 (CVSS score of 7.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Palo Alto Networks addressed the vulnerability CVE-2026-0257 on May…
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Cybersecurity’s Evolution: Two Decades of Progress
Explore the remarkable transformation of cybersecurity over the past 20 years, highlighting key innovations and the evolving threat landscape.
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EU organizations buckle under rising compliance pressure
Cybersecurity governance in the EU is shifting under expanding frameworks such as NIS2 and DORA, while AI raises new questions for security teams. What the future brings is hard to predict, and organizations must find a way to cope. Antonija Vojnović, Governance, Risk and Compliance Department Manager at Span, spoke with Help Net Security at…
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Microsoft and security researcher’s dueling posts about cybersecurity disclosures get nasty
Microsoft and a prominent cybersecurity researcher have gotten into a very public and rather personal exchange of unpleasantries about what responsible cybersecurity disclosures should mean in 2026. A cybersecurity researcher going by the name Nightmare Eclipse, who has disclosed several cybersecurity holes before patches were available, posted that he had tried to contact Microsoft officials…
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ChatGPhish Vulnerability Turns ChatGPT Web Summaries Into a Phishing Surface
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a vulnerability in OpenAI ChatGPT that leverages the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant’s implicit trust in Markdown links and images to trigger prompt injections and open the door to phishing attacks. The technique has been codenamed ChatGPhish by Permiso Security. “The chatgpt.com response renderer trusts Markdown links and Markdown
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Prison communication service Pay Tel exposed hundreds of thousands of driver’s licenses
Cybersecurity firm UpGuard discovered an unprotected Microsoft Azure server managed by Pay Tel containing at least 300,000 driver’s license scans and other government-issued identification documents.
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Infosecurity Europe: CyCOS Project Expands to Support UK SMEs as CIISec Takes Over
From a research-driven pilot, the Cybersecurity Communities of Support (CyCOS) is about to be handed over to CIISec
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Malicious Sicoob NuGet Steals Banking Credentials as npm Packages Target Cloud Secrets
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious NuGet package that masquerades as a C# software development kit for Sicoob, one of Brazil’s largest cooperative financial systems, to siphon client IDs and PFX certificates. According to Socket, versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.4 of “Sicoob.Sdk” contain functionality to exfiltrate sensitive information, including PFX certificates that are used to
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News alert: TVC Analyst Group names 12 vendors to watch ahead of Gartner’s security summit
NEW YORK, May 28, 2026, CyberNewswire—TVC Analyst Group has released its list of twelve cybersecurity companies identified for their activity and positioning ahead of the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026, where participating vendors are expected to present product updates, strategic initiatives, and technology developments. The annual Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, scheduled…
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AI Is Reshaping the Future of Cyber Resilience
Cyber resilience has been a core focus in cybersecurity for years. During my recent conversation with Brandon Willitts, Director of Product Management for Cyber Resilience at Everpure, it became clear that artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing how organizations approach resilience strategies. According to Willitts, AI is not creating entirely new security problems as much…
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U.S. CISA adds Daemon Tools, TanStack, and Nx Console flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Daemon Tools, TanStack, and Nx Console flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2026-8398 (CVSS score of ver. 4.0 of…
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Indian CERT urges firms to contain exploited internet-facing flaws within 12 hours
India’s cybersecurity agency, CERT-In, has urged organizations to patch, mitigate, or isolate known exploited vulnerabilities affecting internet-facing “crown jewel” systems within 12 hours where feasible, warning that AI-assisted attacks are dramatically compressing the time between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation. The recommendation, part of a sweeping new CERT-In blueprint on defending against AI-assisted cyber exploitation, signals…
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Infosecurity Europe: Cybersecurity Staff Prefer CISOs With Real Attack Response Experience, Study Reveals
ISC2 survey of cybersecurity professionals suggests that staff want their information security leaders to have experienced reacting to a significant cyber incident
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U.S. CISA adds LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin flaw CVE-2026-48172 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CVE-2026-48172 (CVSS score of 10.0) affects the LiteSpeed User-End cPanel plugin before version 2.4.5 and allows…
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What the industrialization of exploitation means for defenders
For decades, cybersecurity was a battle of skill. Elite attackers versus elite defenders. The rules of engagement were understood, even if the playing field wasn’t level. If you hired better analysts and bought better tools, hopefully you hardened your systems well enough and built detection capabilities that wore out the adversary’s patience. That era is…
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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: May 2026
Presented here is a curated selection of noteworthy open-source cybersecurity solutions that have drawn recognition for their ability to enhance security postures across diverse settings. Pipelock: Open-source AI agent firewall AI coding agents run with shell access, environment variables containing API keys, and unrestricted internet connectivity, creating a single point of failure where one compromised…
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ShinyHunters Alleges 42M Records Stolen from Charter Communications
Charter Communications confirmed a cybersecurity incident after the ShinyHunters extortion group claimed it stole customer data and threatened to leak the information unless a ransom was paid. The company, which operates under the Spectrum brand, said it is investigating the incident and coordinating with authorities. “The Charter breach is a reminder that the most sophisticated…
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OpenAI heralds cybersecurity, election interference safeguard plans for 2026 midterms
OpenAI on Wednesday hailed its plans to safeguard information and aid cybersecurity defenders in the 2026 midterm elections, including work to combat deepfakes and other forms of artificial intelligence misuse. The announcement builds on commitments from major tech companies in 2024, including OpenAI, to protect elections from AI-infused election interference — efforts that some thought…
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Malicious npm Package Stole Files From Claude AI User Directory via GitHub
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious package on the npm registry that comes with information stealing capabilities. According to OX Security, the package, named “mouse5212-super-formatter,” is designed to upload files from “/mnt/user-data,” a dedicated directory used by Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence (AI) tool to handle uploads and outputs in the background. The
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Google AI Threat Defense targets attackers using AI to find flaws faster
Google Cloud introduced AI Threat Defense, an automated cybersecurity platform that combines several of the company’s security assets to find, prioritize, and patch software vulnerabilities at machine speed. The product is aimed at enterprises contending with attackers who use AI to discover and exploit flaws in hours or days, compressing windows that once stretched into…
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Infosecurity Europe: Why Burnout in Cybersecurity Demands Risk-Based Response
Cybermindz warns that cybersecurity burnout is a growing risk, urging organizations to move beyond wellness initiatives and adopt a measurable, risk-based approach to workforce stress
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Cybersecurity Evolution: How We Went From Perimeter Defense to AI-Native Security
The cybersecurity industry of 2006 barely resembled today’s billion-dollar behemoth. As part of Dark Reading’s 20th anniversary celebration, we trace the industry’s evolution through a technology lens.
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Gitea Vulnerability Exposes Private Container Images without Authentication
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security flaw in Gitea, an open-source, self-hosted platform for version control, that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to pull private container images from Gitea deployments without requiring an account, password, or other credentials. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-27771 (CVSS score: N/A), affects all versions of Gitea prior to 1.26.2
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CISA gives feds 4 days to patch actively exploited cPanel plugin flaw
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has given U.S. federal agencies four days to secure their servers against a critical vulnerability in the LiteSpeed cPanel user-end plugin, which is actively being exploited in attacks. […]
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Security experts caution MFA alone can no longer stop threat actors
Cybersecurity experts are warning enterprise admins about an increasing number of phishing campaigns aimed at stealing Microsoft 365 (M365) access tokens to bypass multifactor authentication login protection. Phishing kits aimed at capturing M365 tokens aren’t new; some reports say these kits have been around since 2021. One of the latest is EvilTokens, which researchers at…
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US states step up cyber defenses to protect local communities
U.S. state governments are taking on a larger role in cybersecurity to help protect local communities and essential services. Many states are building state-led cyber defense programs, including cybersecurity clinics, regional security operations centers (RSOCs), and state cyber corps programs to reduce costs, strengthen the local workforce, and improve cyber resilience. Cyber defense programs in…
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The Alert Firehose Finally Meets Its Match
Ask a cybersecurity pro about Network Detection and Response (NDR) and you might still hear “Noisy,” “Too much data.” But ask the teams running NDR that includes agentic AI capabilities and you’ll hear they’re actually using it to catch threats earlier, triage faster, and chase fewer false positives. The old complaint lingers in part because…
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Lazarus Deploys RemotePE Memory-Only RAT Against Financial and Crypto Firms
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a cross-platform malware called RemotePE that has been put to use by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group in attacks targeting financial and cryptocurrency organizations. RemotePE, per NCC Group subsidiary Fox-IT, is part of a multi-stage attack chain that involves two loaders tracked as DPAPILoader and RemotePELoader. “DPAPILoader decrypts and
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Drupal Core to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Drupal Core to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server, tracked as CVE-2026-9082 (CVSS score of 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Drupal issued a highly critical security patch on May…
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RondoDox Botnet Exploits Critical 2018 Vulnerability to Hijack ASUS Routers
Cybersecurity firm VulnCheck reveals hackers are using a critical 2018 vulnerability to bypass authentication and hack over a million ASUS routers.
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Laravel-Lang PHP Packages Compromised to Deliver Cross-Platform Credential Stealer
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh software supply chain attack campaign that has targeted multiple PHP packages belonging to Laravel-Lang to deliver a comprehensive credential-stealing framework. The affected packages include – laravel-lang/lang laravel-lang/http-statuses laravel-lang/attributes laravel-lang/actions “The timing and pattern of the newly published tags
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Drupal Core SQL Injection Bug Actively Exploited, Added to CISA KEV
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a recently patched critical security flaw impacting Drupal Core to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-9082 (CVSS score: 6.5), an SQL injection vulnerability affecting all supported versions of Drupal Core. “Drupal Core
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Zscaler acquires Symmetry Systems to enhance AI security
The acquisition of Symmetry Systems is expected to bolster Zscaler’s cybersecurity offerings, particularly in protecting artificial intelligence applications.
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Lawmakers Demand Answers as CISA Tries to Contain Data Leak
Lawmakers in both houses of Congress are demanding answers from the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) after KrebsOnSecurity reported this week that a CISA contractor intentionally published AWS GovCloud keys and a vast trove of other agency secrets on a public GitHub account. The inquiry comes as CISA is still struggling to contain…
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State officials urge Congress to reauthorize cybersecurity grant program
State officials emphasized that the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) provided essential aid to local governments, many of which lack dedicated cybersecurity staff and resources.
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Trend Micro warns of Apex One zero-day exploited in the wild
Japanese cybersecurity software company Trend Micro has addressed an Apex One zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks targeting Windows systems. […]
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Cork CEO Dan Candee on Evolution of Security Services & AI
Cork is pushing MSPs to rethink cybersecurity delivery as AI accelerates both business technology adoption and the sophistication of attackers. In an interview with Channel Insider, CEO Dan Candee said the company has moved beyond compliance reporting and intelligence into active security remediation tooling. As AI and other forces seem to push tighter deadlines for…
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Megalodon GitHub Attack Targets 5,561 Repos with Malicious CI/CD Workflows
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new automated campaign called Megalodon that has pushed 5,718 malicious commits to 5,561 GitHub repositories within a six-hour window. “Using throwaway accounts and forged author identities (build-bot, auto-ci, ci-bot, pipeline-bot), the attacker injected GitHub Actions workflows containing base64-encoded bash payloads that exfiltrate CI
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CISA’s new KEV nomination form opens reporting to vendors and researchers
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency launched a new nomination form that lets researchers, vendors, and industry partners report known exploited vulnerabilities for possible inclusion in its KEV catalog. The form gives outside contributors a direct way to submit vulnerabilities to CISA. Email submissions remain available at vulnerability@cisa.dhs.gov for organizations and individuals who prefer that…
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U.S. CISA adds Trend Micro Apex One and Langflow to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Trend Micro Apex One and Langflow flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2025-34291 Langflow Origin Validation Error Vulnerability…
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CISA Adds Exploited Langflow and Trend Micro Apex One Vulnerabilities to KEV
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added two security flaws impacting Langflow and Trend Micro Apex One to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below – CVE-2025-34291 (CVSS score: 9.4) – An origin validation error vulnerability in Langflow that could
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U.S. CISA adds Microsoft and Adobe flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft and Adobe flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability CVE-2009-1537 Microsoft DirectX NULL…
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Lawmakers from both parties say CISA cuts have gone too far
Two cybersecurity-focused members of Congress agreed Thursday that reductions to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have done too much damage to an agency essential to defending civilian networks against foreign adversaries. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., and Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., spoke during a discussion at the National Cyber Innovation Forum. Despite representing different parties,…
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Showboat Linux Malware Hits Middle East Telecom with SOCKS5 Proxy Backdoor
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Linux malware dubbed Showboat that has been put to use in a campaign targeting a telecommunications provider in the Middle East since at least mid-2022. “Showboat is a modular post-exploitation framework designed for Linux systems, capable of spawning a remote shell, transferring files, and functioning as a…
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AI, Cybersecurity Education, and the Defense of America’s Digital Border
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping cybersecurity at a pace that is forcing educators, businesses, and governments to rethink workforce development and national defense strategies. During a recent discussion with cybersecurity entrepreneur and ConnectSecure Chairman, Arnie Bellini, key themes emerged around the evolution of cyber threats, the importance of protecting America’s “digital border,” and the urgent…
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AI-generated reporting: Lessons learned from Cisco Talos Incident Response
Talos IR shares prompt engineering lessons for consistent, accurate AI-generated cybersecurity reports with a realistic case study.
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Android Malware Spotted Subscribing Victims to Paid Services Without Consent
Cybersecurity researchers expose a 10-month global Android malware campaign using fake apps to secretly charge users through premium SMS bills.
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9-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Enables Root Command Execution on Major Distros
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a vulnerability in the Linux kernel that remained undetected for nine years. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-46333 (CVSS score: 5.5), is a case of improper privilege management that could permit an unprivileged local user to disclose sensitive files and execute arbitrary commands as root on default installations of several…
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AI becoming an SOC imperative for curtailing emerging cyber threats
The cybersecurity profession is on the verge of a sea change, and security pros must begin to master AI tools to combat emerging threats by building more autonomous, real-time protections. Expert panelists at a recent DTX conference session in Manchester, titled “Bot vs Bot: Surviving the Era of Autonomous Cyber Warfare,” highlighted how bringing AI…
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Cyber threats push SMBs to spend more on security
Cybersecurity has become a key priority for small and medium-sized businesses due to growing threats and wider AI adoption. An IDC survey of 2,200 SMBs in eight markets examined how organizations manage cyber risks, prepare for AI-related threats, and handle third-party vendor security. Top business priorities for the year (Source: IDC) 60% of SMBs expect…
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Cyber Pros Can’t Decide If AI Is a Good or a Bad Thing
There is nothing cybersecurity professionals are more excited about, and nothing they fear more, than AI.
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ISC2 Report: AI Is ‘Double-Edged’ Sword of Cybersecurity
A new study from ISC2 has found that cybersecurity professionals now see AI as both their biggest opportunity and biggest threat. The findings point to a field at an inflection point, with teams moving to adopt AI for defense while preparing for more scalable, convincing AI-enabled attacks. AI ranks as top security opportunity and threat…
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Webworm Deploys EchoCreep and GraphWorm Backdoors Using Discord and MS Graph API
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged fresh activity from a China-aligned threat actor known as Webworm in 2025, deploying custom backdoors that employ Discord and Microsoft Graph API for command-and-control (C2 or C&C) communications. Webworm, first publicly documented by Broadcom-owned Symantec in September 2022, is assessed to be active since at least 2022, targeting government agencies
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Communicating cyber risk in dollars boards understand
In this Help Net Security interview, Nick Nieuwenhuis, Cybersecurity Architect at Nedscaper, explains why cybersecurity has not delivered the resilience that decades of investment have promised. He argues that spending has leaned too heavily on technical controls while neglecting people, processes, and organizational dynamics. He unpacks the gap between security teams and boards, pointing to…
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CISA credential leak raises alarms, and Capitol Hill demands answers
Congressional Democrats want answers from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency about the reported public exposure of sensitive agency credential data on GitHub in an incident that the security researcher who discovered it called one of the worst leaks he’s ever seen. Other security professionals also voiced concern Tuesday about the leak and the potential…
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Trapdoor Android Ad Fraud Scheme Hit 659 Million Daily Bid Requests Using 455 Apps
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new ad fraud and malvertising operation dubbed Trapdoor targeting Android device users. The activity, per HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team, encompassed 455 malicious Android apps and 183 threat actor-owned command-and-control (C2) domains, turning the infrastructure into a pipeline for multi-stage fraud. “Users
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Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 Closes With $1.3 Million in Zero-Day Payouts
Cybersecurity researchers successfully demonstrated 47 unique zero-day exploits at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, targeting major enterprise software and AI platforms.
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Compromised Nx Console 18.95.0 Targeted VS Code Developers with Credential Stealer
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a compromised version of the Nx Console extension that was published to the Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Marketplace. The extension in question is rwl.angular-console (version 18.95.0), a popular user interface and plugin for code editors like VS Code, Cursor, and JetBrains. The VS Code extension has more than 2.2…
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Mini Shai-Hulud Pushes Malicious AntV npm Packages via Compromised Maintainer Account
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fresh software supply chain attack campaign that has compromised various npm packages associated with the @antv ecosystem as part of the ongoing Mini Shai-Hulud attack wave. “The attack affects packages tied to the npm maintainer account atool, including echarts-for-react, a widely used React wrapper for Apache ECharts with roughly 1.1…
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Are Attackers Hiding Inside Your Network Traffic?
I believe one of the important shifts in cybersecurity over the past several years is how attackers are hiding in plain sight. According to the 2026 IP Intelligence Study released by Spur Intelligence, anonymizing infrastructure, such as virtual private networks (VPNs) and residential proxies, are now involved in nearly every modern cyberattack. These tools allow…
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CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on Github
Until this past weekend, a contractor for the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) maintained a public GitHub repository that exposed credentials to several highly privileged AWS GovCloud accounts and a large number of internal CISA systems. Security experts said the public archive included files detailing how CISA builds, tests and deploys software internally, and…
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AI might cut false positives, but it won’t stop the slop
As defenders get their hands on newer AI models with more powerful cybersecurity capabilities like Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s Daybreak, organizations are being told to prepare for a flood of new vulnerability reports. But for bug bounty programs across the nation, that day may already be here, as yesterday’s frontier models and today’s open-source AI…
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10 Tips for Phrasing Employee Feedback in Reviews
Performance reviews inside cybersecurity teams carry unusually high stakes. Security analysts, incident responders, IT administrators, and compliance staff…
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ANY.RUN Turns 10: Special Offers for Stronger Security Operations
Ten years in cybersecurity is a long journey. Threats have changed, attacks have become harder to spot, and security teams now need answers faster than ever. ANY.RUN has grown with those teams. What started as an interactive sandbox is now a trusted company with threat analysis and intelligence solution used by 15,000+ organizations, 600,000 security professionals, and teams at Fortune…
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Bank of England, FCA and Treasury Raise Alarm Over Frontier AI
The UK’s financial authorities have set expectations for the sector on cybersecurity and operational resilience
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Optiv: AI is Reshaping the MDR Security Approach for Partners
Cybersecurity is fundamentally different today from many other industries being disrupted by AI. Defenders are constantly facing active adversaries, and AI has only intensified these threats. Many sectors are focused on AI-driven efficiency and automation, while cybersecurity teams must simultaneously defend against attackers who are rapidly adopting AI-powered tooling. In a conversation with Benjamin Spencer,…
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Former CISA nominee Sean Plankey named US CEO of defense startup
Sean Plankey, most recently the nominee for director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, is joining defense technology company UFORCE as its U.S. chief executive officer. The London-based company created out of nine Ukrainian-based firms announced Plankey’s move Monday less than a month after he withdrew his nomination amid difficulties overcoming objections from senators…
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New Windows ‘MiniPlasma’ zero-day exploit gives SYSTEM access, PoC released
A cybersecurity researcher has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a Windows privilege escalation zero-day dubbed “MiniPlasma” that lets attackers gain SYSTEM privileges on fully patched Windows systems. […]
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server, tracked as CVE-2026-42897 (CVSS score of 8.1), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Microsoft warned that threat actors are…
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The Next Cybersecurity Challenge May Be Verifying AI Agents
AI agents are reshaping cybersecurity. Learn why verification, trusted identity standards, and runtime controls are now essential.
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Four OpenClaw Flaws Enable Data Theft, Privilege Escalation, and Persistence
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a set of four security flaws in OpenClaw that could be chained to achieve data theft, privilege escalation, and persistence. The vulnerabilities, collectively dubbed Claw Chain by Cyera, can permit an attacker to establish a foothold, expose sensitive data, and plant backdoors. A brief description of the flaws is below –
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Cybersecurity Insider Survey: AI Is Fueling a New Generation of Threat Actors
Artificial intelligence continues reshaping the cybersecurity landscape, and many security professionals now believe it is also helping create a more capable generation of cybercriminals. We recently surveyed thousands of subscribers to the Cybersecurity Insider newsletter and asked a simple but important question: Is AI creating a new generation of skilled threat actors? Key Takeaways of…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, tracked as CVE-2026-20182 (CVSS score of 10.0), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Cisco fixed CVE-2026-20182, a flaw in SD-WAN control…
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Stealer Backdoor Found in 3 Node-IPC Versions Targeting Developer Secrets
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about what has been described as “malicious activity” in newly published versions of node-ipc. According to Socket and StepSecurity, three different versions of the npm package have been confirmed as malicious – node-ipc@9.1.6 node-ipc@9.2.3 node-ipc@12.0.1 “Early analysis indicates that node-ipc@9.1.6, node-ipc@9.2.3, and node-ipc@12.0.1
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Windows Zero-Days Expose BitLocker Bypasses And CTFMON Privilege Escalation
An anonymous cybersecurity researcher who disclosed three Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities has returned with two more zero-days involving a BitLocker bypass and a privilege escalation impacting Windows Collaborative Translation Framework (CTFMON). The security defects have been codenamed YellowKey and GreenPlasma, respectively, by the researcher, who goes by the online aliases Chaotic Eclipse
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What CISOs need to land a board role
Cybersecurity leaders often have complex relationships with their boards. Many boards lack cyber expertise, and CISOs can encounter roadblocks as a result when it comes to earning board approval. Other security leaders may not have a direct line to their board, or they may be viewed as too technical to win the support needed. One…
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18-Year-Old NGINX Rewrite Module Flaw Enables Unauthenticated RCE
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities impacting NGINX Plus and NGINX Open, including a critical flaw that remained undetected for 18 years. The vulnerability, discovered by depthfirst, is a heap buffer overflow issue impacting ngx_http_rewrite_module (CVE-2026-42945, CVSS v4 score: 9.2) that could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution or cause a
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Dark Reading Celebrates 20 Years as a Leading Authority on Cybersecurity, Highlighting the People, Events, Ideas, and Technologies Shaping the Modern Risk Landscape
Informa TechTarget’s flagship cybersecurity media brand launches a special content series to mark two decades as a trusted source for cybersecurity professionals.
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Windows BitLocker zero-day gives access to protected drives, PoC released
A cybersecurity researcher has published proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for two unpatched Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities named YellowKey and GreenPlasma, which are a BitLocker bypass and a privilege-escalation flaw. […]
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Daybreak is OpenAI’s answer to the AI arms race in cybersecurity
OpenAI has unveiled Daybreak, a cybersecurity initiative that combines the company’s large language models with its Codex agentic framework to help organizations identify, patch, and validate software vulnerabilities across the development lifecycle. The platform is built around three model tiers: GPT-5.5 for general-purpose use, GPT-5.5 with Trusted Access for Cyber for verified defensive security workflows,…
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Ransomware: Over Half of CISOs Would Consider Paying Ransom to Hackers
Survey of cybersecurity leaders suggests that majority would strongly consider paying cybercriminals, if that’s what it took to help restore encrypted systems
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LW ROUNDTABLE: Microsoft Edge normalizes credential exposure — security pros push back
By design. Two words that have done an awful lot of heavy lifting in the cybersecurity industry over the years. They tend to surface whenever a vendor wants to wave off a serious finding without fixing it. Related: The unending password problem Microsoft just deployed them again. This time in response to a Norwegian researcher…
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Global Cyber Agencies Issue New SBOMs for AI Guidance to Tackle AI Supply Chain Risks
The G7 Cybersecurity Working Group releases new SBOM for AI guidance, outlining seven key data clusters to boost transparency and security across AI supply chains
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CISA’s AI SBOM guidance pushes software supply-chain oversight into new territory
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and its G7 cyber agency partners have released a list of minimum elements for an AI software bill of materials, a move that could help CISOs assess the security and provenance of AI systems entering enterprise environments. The guidance extends traditional SBOM concepts into AI by calling…
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UK Cybersecurity Market Expands to £14.7bn with Strong Growth in AI Security Firms
UK cybersecurity sector reaches £14.7bn in revenue, driven by rapid growth in AI security firms, increased investment and rising employment across the industry
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GemStuffer Abuses 150+ RubyGems to Exfiltrate Scraped U.K. Council Portal Data
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign dubbed GemStuffer that has targeted the RubyGems repository with more than 150 gems that use the registry as a data exfiltration channel rather than for malware distribution. “The packages do not appear designed for mass developer compromise,” Socket said. “Many have little or no download activity,…
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New TrickMo Variant Uses TON C2 and SOCKS5 to Create Android Network Pivots
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new version of the TrickMo Android banking trojan that uses The Open Network (TON) for command-and-control (C2). The new variant, observed by ThreatFabric between January and February 2026, has been observed actively targeting banking and cryptocurrency wallet users in France, Italy, and Austria. “TrickMo relies on a runtime-loaded APK (dex.module),
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OpenAI’s Daybreak uses Codex Security to identify risky attack paths
OpenAI Daybreak is the company’s cybersecurity initiative focused on building AI-assisted software defense into the development process from the start. It combines OpenAI models, Codex Security, and cyber-focused GPT-5.5 variants to help organizations identify, validate, and prioritize software vulnerabilities. How Daybreak identifies exploitable vulnerabilities Daybreak builds editable threat models from a company’s code repository, analyzes…