The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has revealed that an unnamed federal civilian agency’s Cisco Firepower device running Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software was compromised in September 2025 with malware called FIRESTARTER. FIRESTARTER, per CISA and the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), is assessed to be a backdoor designed for remote access…
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26 FakeWallet Apps Found on Apple App Store Targeting Crypto Seed Phrases
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of malicious apps on the Apple App Store that impersonate popular cryptocurrency wallets in an attempt to steal recovery phrases and private keys since at least fall 2025. “Once launched, these apps redirect users to browser pages designed to look similar to the App Store and distribute trojanized versions…
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AI is speeding up nation-state cyber programs
Im this Help Net Security interview, Kaja Ciglic, Senior Director, Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy at Microsoft, discusses how nation-state cyber programs have changed over three years. Cyber has become a core instrument of state power, integrated with military, economic, and diplomatic tools. Ciglic argues that responses like sanctions and indictments need broader strategies, including conditional…
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The curious case of Sean Plankey’s derailed CISA nomination
Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Sean Plankey, informed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and the White House that he is withdrawing his nomination after a 13-month stall, during which the well-regarded cybersecurity veteran faced mounting resistance. “After thirteen months since my initial nomination, it has become clear the…
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If cyber espionage via HDMI worries you, NCSC built a device to stop it
A new cybersecurity device developed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) should be a helpful solution for protecting governments and businesses from malicious activity carried through display connections. Called SilentGlass, the plug-and-play tool is designed to protect HDMI and DisplayPort links from potential cyberattacks. The NCSC warns that monitors are an attractive target for…
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Hackers Use Hidden Website Instructions in New Attacks on AI Assistants
Cybersecurity researchers at Forcepoint uncover new indirect prompt injection attacks that use hidden website code to exploit AI assistants like GitHub Copilot.
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Microsoft Defender to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Microsoft Defender to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Microsoft Defender, tracked as CVE-2026-33825 (CVSS score of 7.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CVE-2026-33825 is a Microsoft Defender flaw that can be exploited…
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How Companies Can Use AI Cybersecurity Tools to Audit Their Defenses
In this post, I will talk about how companies can use AI cybersecurity tools to audit their defenses. Cybersecurity audits used to be slow, expensive, and often reactive. Teams would comb through logs, check configurations, and hope they hadn’t missed anything critical. That approach no longer holds. The scale of modern attacks, and the speed…
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CISA director pick Sean Plankey withdraws his nomination
Sean Plankey, the long-sidelined nominee to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, asked President Donald Trump on Wednesday to withdraw his nomination. “At this point in time, I am asking the President to remove my nomination from consideration,” he said in a notification letter seen by CyberScoop. “After thirteen months since my initial nomination, it…
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Malicious KICS Docker Images and VS Code Extensions Hit Checkmarx Supply Chain
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of malicious images pushed to the official “checkmarx/kics” Docker Hub repository. In an alert published today, software supply chain security company Socket revealed that unknown threat actors managed to have overwritten existing tags, including v2.1.20 and alpine, while also introducing a new v2.1.21 tag that does not correspond to an official…
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Self-Propagating Supply Chain Worm Hijacks npm Packages to Steal Developer Tokens
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh set of packages that have been compromised by bad actors to deliver a self-propagating worm that spreads through stolen developer npm tokens. The supply chain worm has been detected by both Socket and StepSecurity, with the companies tracking the activity under the name CanisterSprawl owing to the use of…
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NCSC Unveils SilentGlass, a Plug-In Device to Protect Monitors from Cyber-Attacks
The UK’s cybersecurity agency said the devices will be available for purchase by organizations around the world
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UK Pledges £90m for Cybersecurity and Pushes for ‘Resilience Pledge’
UK unveils £90m cybersecurity funding at CYBERUK to boost SME resilience, promote Cyber Essentials and a new Cyber Resilience Pledge, sparking industry debate
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Lotus Wiper Malware Targets Venezuelan Energy Systems in Destructive Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented data wiper that has been used in attacks targeting Venezuela at the end of last year and the start of 2026. Dubbed Lotus Wiper, the novel file wiper has been used in a destructive campaign targeting the energy and utilities sector in Venezuela, per findings from Kaspersky. “Two…
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Mustang Panda’s New LOTUSLITE Variant Targets India Banks, South Korea Policy Circles
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of a known malware called LOTUSLITE that’s distributed via a theme related to India’s banking sector. “The backdoor communicates with a dynamic DNS-based command-and-control server over HTTPS and supports remote shell access, file operations, and session management, indicating a continued espionage-focused capability set rather than
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22 BRIDGE:BREAK Flaws Expose 20,000 Lantronix and Silex Serial-to-IP Converters
Cybersecurity researchers have identified 22 new vulnerabilities in popular models of serial-to-IP converters from Lantronix and Silex that could be exploited to hijack susceptible devices and tamper with data exchanged by them. The vulnerabilities have been collectively codenamed BRIDGE:BREAK by Forescout Research Vedere Labs, which identified nearly 20,000 Serial-to-Ethernet converters exposed
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Threat Intel Scraping Without Burning Your Cover or Your Stack
Threat Intel Scraping sounds simple until it isn’t, here’s how cybersecurity teams avoid blocks, bad data, and unnecessary risk.
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No Exploit Needed: How Attackers Walk Through the Front Door via Identity-Based Attacks
The cybersecurity industry has spent the last several years chasing sophisticated threats like zero-days, supply chain compromises, and AI-generated exploits. However, the most reliable entry point for attackers still hasn’t changed: stolen credentials. Identity-based attacks remain a dominant initial access vector in breaches today. Attackers obtain valid credentials through credential stuffing
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NGate Campaign Targets Brazil, Trojanizes HandyPay to Steal NFC Data and PINs
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new iteration of an Android malware family calledNGate that has been found to abuse a legitimate application called HandyPay instead of NFCGate. “The threat actors took the app, which is used to relay NFC data, and patched it with malicious code that appears to have been AI-generated,” ESET security researcher Lukáš…
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Google Patches Antigravity IDE Flaw Enabling Prompt Injection Code Execution
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Google’s agentic integrated development environment (IDE), Antigravity, that could be exploited to achieve code execution. The flaw, since patched, combines Antigravity’s permitted file-creation capabilities with an insufficient input sanitization in Antigravity’s native file-searching tool, find_by_name, to bypass the program’s Strict
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Former ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to BlackCat attacks
41-year-old Angelo Martino, a former employee of cybersecurity incident response company DigitalMint, has pleaded guilty to targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks in 2023. […]
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U.S. CISA adds Cisco Catalyst, Kentico Xperience, PaperCut NG/MF, Synacor ZCS, Quest KACE SMA, and JetBrains TeamCity flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco Catalyst, Kentico Xperience, PaperCut NG/MF, Synacor ZCS, Quest KACE SMA, and JetBrains TeamCity flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Cisco Catalyst, Kentico Xperience, PaperCut NG/MF, Synacor ZCS, Quest KACE SMA, and JetBrains TeamCity flaws to its Known…
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Top techniques attackers use to infiltrate your systems today
Much of the talk around cybersecurity these days revolves around AI and the threat it poses to corporate systems when used by nefarious actors. But the reality on the ground remains a little more mundane than polymorphic AI malware and criminal masterminds putting machine learning and generative AI to work at scale. Still, keeping on…
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CISA Adds 8 Exploited Flaws to KEV, Sets April-May 2026 Federal Deadlines
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added eight new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including three flaws impacting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, citing evidence of active exploitation. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2023-27351 (CVSS score: 8.2) – An improper authentication vulnerability in PaperCut
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Anthropic MCP Design Vulnerability Enables RCE, Threatening AI Supply Chain
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical “by design” weakness in the Model Context Protocol’s (MCP) architecture that could pave the way for remote code execution and have a cascading effect on the artificial intelligence (AI) supply chain. “This flaw enables Arbitrary Command Execution (RCE) on any system running a vulnerable MCP implementation, granting attackers direct…
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Researchers Detect ZionSiphon Malware Targeting Israeli Water, Desalination OT Systems
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware called ZionSiphon that appears to be specifically designed to target Israeli water treatment and desalination systems. The malware has been codenamed ZionSiphon by Darktrace, highlighting its ability to set up persistence, tamper with local configuration files, and scan for operational technology (OT)-relevant services on the local subnet.
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You’re About to See a Lot of Critical Software Updates. Don’t Ignore Them.
Anthropic’s newest, as-yet-unreleased AI model is a hacker’s dream, so here’s the cybersecurity advice you need to start taking seriously right now.
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New Mirai Variant Nexcorium Hijacks DVR Devices for DDoS Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers at Fortinet have discovered Nexcorium, a new Mirai-based malware targeting TBK DVR systems to turn them into bots for DDoS attacks.
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Commercial AI Models Show Rapid Gains in Vulnerability Research
AI models are making rapid gains in vulnerability research and exploit development, raising new cybersecurity risks, a Forescout study finds
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Apache ActiveMQ to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Apache ActiveMQ to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Apache ActiveMQ, tracked as CVE-2026-34197 (CVSS score of 8.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CVE-2026-34197 is a critical flaw in Apache ActiveMQ caused by…
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NIST Limits CVE Enrichment After 263% Surge in Vulnerability Submissions
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced changes to the way it handles cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) listed in its National Vulnerability Database (NVD), stating it will only enrich those that fulfil certain conditions owing to an explosion in CVE submissions. “CVEs that do not meet those criteria will still be…
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Newly Discovered PowMix Botnet Hits Czech Workers Using Randomized C2 Traffic
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an active malicious campaign that’s targeting the workforce in the Czech Republic with a previously undocumented botnet dubbed PowMix since at least December 2025. “PowMix employs randomized command-and-control (C2) beaconing intervals, rather than persistent connection to the C2 server, to evade the network signature detections,” Cisco Talos
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OPSWAT, Emerson Partner on OT Cybersecurity Globally
OPSWAT, a cybersecurity company for critical infrastructure, and Emerson, a global automation company, have announced a global strategic reseller agreement that will bring OPSWAT’s industry-proven cybersecurity technologies to Emerson’s power and water industry customers. As the first initiative under this enterprise-wide agreement, Emerson will integrate OPSWAT’s scalable, secure operational technology (OT) patch management capabilities into…
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Cybersecurity Risks of Hiring a Virtual Assistant and How to Protect Your Business
Virtual assistants boost productivity but add cybersecurity risks. Poor access control, weak devices, and credential sharing can expose sensitive business data.
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Cybersecurity Challenges Facing Small Businesses Today
In this post, I will talk about cybersecurity challenges facing small businesses today. Key Takeaways Small businesses are now primary targets for threat actors who view them as high-value, low-resistance gateways compared to heavily fortified enterprise organizations. The use of generative A and machine learning has allowed criminals to automate sophisticated phishing campaigns and malware…
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Report: Only 34% of Security Talent Plan to Stay in Their Roles
Only 34% of cybersecurity professionals plan to stay in their current roles, according to IANS and Artico Search’s recently released 2026 Cybersecurity Talent Report. The report outlines key insights on compensation, roles, and retention based on a survey of more than 500 security professionals. CISOs must rethink how to retain talent The report highlights declining…
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OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.4-Cyber for Improving Cyber Defense With AI
OpenAI’s new frontier model focused on cybersecurity comes following Anthropic’s launch of Claude Mythos Preview and Project Glasswing
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European Cybersecurity Agency ENISA Seeks Top-Tier Status in CVE Program
The EU cybersecurity agency looks to become the third Top-Level Root CVE Numbering Authority, alongside CISA and MITRE
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U.S. CISA adds Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft Office Excel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft Office Excel 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-2009-0238 Microsoft Office Remote…
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Chile’s Cybersecurity Framework Law: How SOCs Achieve Compliance and Response Readiness
In Chile, cybersecurity compliance is becoming an operational issue, not just a legal one. Under the new Cybersecurity Framework Law, organizations must show they have real capabilities for threat detection, incident analysis, and response. For many teams, that exposes a serious gap between regulatory expectations and day-to-day security operations. Key Takeaways Chile’s Cybersecurity Framework Law…
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108 malicious Chrome extensions caught stealing Google and Telegram data from 20,000 users
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed that 108 malicious Google Chrome extensions have been quietly stealing user credentials, hijacking Telegram sessions, and injecting unwanted ads and scripts into browsers – all reporting back to the same central point. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Microsoft Bets $10 Billion to Boost Japan’s AI, Cybersecurity
The deal aims to accelerate AI adoption, train workers, and develop cybersecurity partnerships — the latest move by a hyperscaler to compete for sovereign AI and data centers.
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CISA cancels summer internships for cyber scholarship students amid DHS funding lapse
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has informed participants of the federal government’s Scholarship for Service program that it has canceled this year’s summer internship programs due to the current funding issues at the Department of Homeland Security. Emails from CISA obtained by CyberScoop recently informed applicants that the agency will not bring any CyberCorps:…
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World Quantum Day 2026: QuSecure on Urgent Need for PQC Shift
As World Quantum Day approaches on April 14, the cybersecurity conversation is rapidly evolving from theoretical risk to operational urgency. Industry leaders are no longer asking if quantum computers will break modern encryption—but when—and how prepared organizations will be when that moment arrives. QuSecure is among the vendors pushing that shift in mindset, urging enterprises…
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CISOs Urged to Innovate with Talent Retention as Job Satisfaction Declines
A new IANS report claims just 34% of cybersecurity professionals plan to stay put in the next 12 months
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108 Malicious Chrome Extensions Steal Google and Telegram Data, Affecting 20,000 Users
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign in which a cluster of 108 Google Chrome extensions has been found to communicate with the same command-and-control (C2) infrastructure with the goal of collecting user data and enabling browser-level abuse by injecting ads and arbitrary JavaScript code into every web page visited. According to Socket, the extensions are…
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U.S. CISA adds Adobe, Fortinet, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Microsoft Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Adobe, Fortinet, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Microsoft Windows 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-2026-34621 Adobe Acrobat…
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CISA Adds 6 Known Exploited Flaws in Fortinet, Microsoft, and Adobe Software
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added half a dozen security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2026-21643 (CVSS score: 9.1) – An SQL injection vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClient EMS that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to
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Quantum Threats Move from Theory to Reality as ‘Harvest Now, Decrypt Later’ Attacks Rise
Cybersecurity leaders are being urged to rethink long-held assumptions about encryption as the industry marks World Quantum Day, with experts warning that the risks posed by quantum computing are no longer a distant concern.
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Your Next Breach Will Look Like Business as Usual
These are the fundamental detection model shifts cybersecurity teams need to make to keep up with the rising number of credential-based attacks.
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How AI Is Reshaping Cybersecurity Careers — Not Replacing Them
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming cybersecurity roles, but not in the way many expected. Rather than just eliminating jobs, AI is redefining how cybersecurity professionals work, shifting the focus from manual task execution to higher-level decision-making and analysis. The work of security professionals “becomes less about processing and more about applying strong judgment, logic,…
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GlassWorm Campaign Uses Zig Dropper to Infect Multiple Developer IDEs
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged yet another evolution of the ongoing GlassWorm campaign, which employs a new Zig dropper that’s designed to stealthily infect all integrated development environments (IDEs) on a developer’s machine. The technique has been discovered in an Open VSX extension named “specstudio.code-wakatime-activity-tracker,” which masquerades as WakaTime, a
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The cyber winners and losers in Trump’s 2027 budget
Federal cybersecurity spending will decline in 2027 under Donald Trump’s proposed budget, with uneven shifts across agencies, as some see sizable increases while others face sharp reductions. According to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) crosscut tables released with Trump’s budget, civilian federal cybersecurity spending is expected to fall from $12.455 billion in 2026…
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CMMC compliance in the age of AI
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 (CMMC 2.0) is pushing federal contractors to demonstrate, not just assert, that they can protect sensitive government data. Eligibility for contracts now depends on the ability to show how controlled unclassified information (CUI) is handled, why specific safeguards were selected and whether those safeguards operate consistently under scrutiny from assessors,…
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Do Ceasefires Slow Cyberattacks? History Suggests Not
The cybersecurity community is waiting with bated breath to see if Iranian hackers will honor a ceasefire that doesn’t actually name or directly involve them.
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Ivanti EPMM to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Ivanti EPMM to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Ivanti EPMM, tracked as CVE-2026-1340 (CVSS score of 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The critical vulnerability is a code injection in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile…
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NWN Launches AI Cyber Suite, Expands Security Partnerships
AI-powered technology solutions provider NWN has announced the launch of NWN Cybersecurity, an AI-enabled managed security operations suite. NWN Experience Management Platform gains advanced integrations with Palo Alto, Cisco, and Arctic Wolf The new suite introduces new managed services, delivers new platform integrations through NWN’s patented Experience Management Platform (EMP), and expands strategic partnerships with…
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New Chaos Variant Targets Misconfigured Cloud Deployments, Adds SOCKS Proxy
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new variant ofmalware called Chaosthat’scapable of hitting misconfigured cloud deployments, marking an expansion of the botnet’s targeting infrastructure. “Chaos malware is increasingly targeting misconfigured cloud deployments, expanding beyond its traditional focus on routers and edge devices,” Darktrace said in a new report.
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Australian organisations face compliance overload as cybercriminals accelerate attacks
GUEST OPINION: Australian organisations navigate one of the most complex regulatory cybersecurity environments in the world while cybercriminals operate without constraint, speed limits, or compliance obligations. This imbalance creates systemic risk.
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Masjesu Botnet Emerges as DDoS-for-Hire Service Targeting Global IoT Devices
Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the curtain on a stealthy botnet that’s designed for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Called Masjesu, the botnet has been advertised via Telegram as a DDoS-for-hire service since it first surfaced in 2023. It’s capable of targeting a wide range of IoT devices, such as routers and gateways, spanning multiple architectures. “Built for
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Iranian Threat Actors Target U.S. Critical Infrastructure
A new federal cybersecurity alert is raising alarms across critical infrastructure sectors, as Iranian-affiliated threat actors actively target programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in the United States. The campaign, confirmed by multiple federal agencies, has already caused operational disruptions and financial losses — marking a notable escalation in cyber activity against industrial environments. “The most notable…
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Project Glasswing powered by Claude Mythos: defending software before hackers do
Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos, a powerful AI for cybersecurity that could also be misused to enhance cyberattacks. Anthropic has unveiled Claude Mythos, a new AI model designed to strengthen cybersecurity through Project Glasswing, aiming to secure critical software before it can be abused. Interest in Mythos grew after a leak of nearly 3,000 internal files…
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Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Finds Thousands of Zero-Day Flaws Across Major Systems
Artificial Intelligence (AI) company Anthropic announced a new cybersecurity initiative called Project Glasswing that will use a preview version of its new frontier model, Claude Mythos, to find and address security vulnerabilities. The model will be used by a small set of organizations, including Amazon Web Services, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike,&
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Is compliance complexity outpacing IT capacity?
No matter the country, industry, or company size, IT and cybersecurity teams report a heavy regulatory load and worry about staying aligned with requirements Categories: Sophos Insights Tags: PRODUCTS & SERVICES, surveys, Compliance, GDPR compliance, regulatory compliance
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Is compliance complexity outpacing IT capacity?
No matter the country, industry, or company size, IT and cybersecurity teams report a heavy regulatory load and worry about staying aligned with requirements Categories: Products & Services Tags: CISO, Compliance
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What Anthropic Glasswing reveals about the future of vulnerability discovery
AI giant Anthropic has unveiled Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity initiative built around Claude Mythos Preview, a model it describes as “cybersecurity in the age of AI” that can autonomously identify software vulnerabilities at scale. Rather than release the model publicly, Anthropic is restricting access to a closed consortium of more than 40 companies that includes…
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Why 24/7 Threat Monitoring Has Become Essential for Modern Businesses
GUEST OPINION – Cybersecurity used to be treated like a perimeter problem. Put up a firewall, install antivirus, enforce a few password rules, and hope that was enough. That approach no longer works. Today’s attacks do not wait for business hours. They move quietly through cloud platforms, endpoints, email, collaboration tools, and third-party applications. In…
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Cybersecurity Metrics
A panel of five C-suite leaders discuss how cybersecurity success is measured and why it isn’t improving results.
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Focusing on the People in Cybersecurity at RSAC 2026 Conference
AI dominated the RSAC 2026 Conference and showed it’s still humans in cybersecurity who matter most.
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The rise of proactive cyber: Why defense is no longer enough
For more than two decades, cybersecurity has been built on a reactive model: detect intrusions, patch vulnerabilities, respond to incidents, and repeat. That model is now under sustained pressure from a threat environment that is faster, more coordinated, and increasingly automated. Two recent developments illustrate how quickly that model is breaking down. Earlier this month,…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Fortinet FortiClient EMS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Fortinet FortiClient EMS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Fortinet FortiClient EMS, tracked as CVE-2026-35616 (CVSS score of 9.1), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Fortinet released out-of-band patches for a…
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2027 POTUS Budget Proposal Targets CISA With Funding Cuts
A federal budget proposal is putting one of the nation’s top cybersecurity agencies on the chopping block, raising alarms about the U.S. government’s readiness to defend against escalating digital threats. The administration’s fiscal 2027 budget blueprint would reduce funding for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), continuing a trend of cuts that could reshape…
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CISA orders feds to patch Fortinet flaw exploited in attacks by Friday
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered federal agencies to secure FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) instances against an actively exploited vulnerability by Friday. […]
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Best Phishing Simulation Platform for Cyber Security Awareness Training in India
In this post, I will talk about phishing simulation platform for cybersecurity awareness training in India. Learn how to protect employees from phishing attacks and reduce human risk with effective training. Indian businesses are rapidly adopting digital infrastructure, cloud platforms, and SaaS tools. However, with this growth comes a major cybersecurity challenge — human error.…
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Escaping the COTS trap
Over the years, enterprise cybersecurity environments have accumulated staggering numbers of commercial tools. Industry research converges on a consistent picture of tool proliferation that drives complexity, cost, and risk. The global cybersecurity market is valued at approximately $243 billion in 2024 and projected to surpass $520 billion annually by 2026. Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software promises…
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36 Malicious npm Packages Exploited Redis, PostgreSQL to Deploy Persistent Implants
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 36 malicious packages in the npm registry that are disguised as Strapi CMS plugins but come with different payloads to facilitate Redis and PostgreSQL exploitation, deploy reverse shells, harvest credentials, and drop a persistent implant. “Every package contains three files (package.json, index.js, postinstall.js), has no description, repository,
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in TrueConf Client to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in TrueConf Client to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in TrueConf Client, tracked as CVE-2026-3502 (CVSS score of 7.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. TrueConf is a videoconferencing platform often used in secure, offline…
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Trump budget proposal would cut hundreds of millions more from CISA
President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget would slash the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s total by $707 million, according to a summary released Friday, which would deeply chop down an agency that already took a big hit in Trump’s first year. Another budget document suggests a smaller — but still substantial — hit of $361…
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New SparkCat Variant in iOS, Android Apps Steals Crypto Wallet Recovery Phrase Images
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of the SparkCat malware on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, more than a year after the trojan was discovered targeting both the mobile operating systems. The malware has been found to conceal itself within seemingly benign apps, such as enterprise messengers and food delivery services, while
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CERT-EU: European Commission hack exposes data of 30 EU entities
The European Union’s Cybersecurity Service (CERT-EU) has attributed the European Commission cloud hack to the TeamPCP threat group, saying the resulting breach exposed the data of at least 29 other Union entities. […]
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The Future of AI in Cybersecurity
Discover how AI is transforming cybersecurity, enhancing threat detection, and shaping the future of digital defense strategies.
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Hasbro Cybersecurity Breach: Understanding the Implications
Discover the implications of Hasbro’s recent cybersecurity breach and how it affects consumer data and the company’s operations.
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Geopolitics, AI, and Cybersecurity: Insights From RSAC 2026
Discover key insights from RSAC 2026 on how AI, geopolitics, and cybersecurity are shaping our future and the need for global collaboration.
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Geopolitics, AI, and Cybersecurity: Insights From RSAC 2026
AI-driven threats, global leadership shifts, and the future of cybersecurity in a rapidly evolving landscape were among the discussions at RSAC 2026 Conference.
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Claude Code Leak Exposes AI Supply Chain Threats
A leak involving Anthropic’s Claude Code has drawn attention from the cybersecurity and developer communities, exposing internal components of the AI coding agent and introducing potential risks for organizations. “The significance of this leak is in what the code reveals about AI agent architecture. The leak exposed approximately 512,000 lines of TypeScript across roughly 1,900…
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Lawmakers renew push for Labor Department-backed cyber apprenticeship grants
With the country’s cybersecurity workforce still experiencing major shortages, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers is pushing to enlist the Department of Labor to help tackle the problem. The Cyber Ready Workforce Act would direct the DOL to establish a grant program that supports the “creation, implementation, and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs in cybersecurity,”…
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NCSC Issues Security Alert Over Hackers Targeting WhatsApp and Signal Accounts
The UK’s cybersecurity agency offered advice to “high-risk’ individuals” on how to protect against social engineering and cyber-attacks
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Emerging Cyber Threat: Venom Stealer MaaS Platform Revolutionizes Information Theft
Discover how the Venom Stealer platform is transforming cybercrime by enabling even novice hackers to launch sophisticated information theft attacks.
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Cyberattacks Intensify Pressure on Latin American Governments
Latin American governments are under siege as cyberattacks surge, jeopardizing infrastructure and public health in a region grappling with digital…
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LatAm’s Self-Taught Cyber Talent Overlooked Amid Cyberattack Glut
Discover how Latin America’s self-taught cyber talent is a vital yet overlooked resource in the fight against rising cyberattacks.
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News Alert: TAC Security surpasses 10,000 customers, scaling global VM and AppSec platform
NEW YORK, Apr. 1, 2026, CyberNewswire—TAC Infosec, a global leader in cybersecurity (NSE: TAC), with presence across 100+ countries, announced a historic milestone by crossing 10,000 clients – 6,500+ of TAC Security and 3,500+ of CyberScope, since April 2024, delivering on its commitment to shareholders to achieve this by 2026. While building trusted access to…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Google Dawn to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Google Dawn to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Google Dawn, tracked as CVE-2026-5281 (CVSS score of 8.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The flaw is a use after free in the Dawn…
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efex acquires IT solutions provider Priority 1 IT, ‘strengthening regional presence and healthcare capability’
efex, one of Australia’s leading providers of managed IT services, cybersecurity, technology solutions, and business optimisation. has acquired Priority 1 IT, strengthening its geographical footprint in Queensland and deepening its healthcare and medical IT capability”.
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3 Reasons Attackers Are Using Your Trusted Tools Against You (And Why You Don’t See It Coming)
For years, cybersecurity has followed a familiar model: block malware, stop the attack. Now, attackers are moving on to what’s next. Threat actors now use malware less frequently in favor of what’s already inside your environment, including abusing trusted tools, native binaries, and legitimate admin utilities to move laterally, escalate privileges, and persist without raising…
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Are We Training AI Too Late?
Ask the Expert: Cybersecurity teams need to expand their field of view to include new, unique threat sources, rather than relying on past, proven threat actors.
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Rethinking Vulnerability Management Strategies for Mid-Market Security
Discover how mid-market security teams can enhance their vulnerability management by prioritizing critical threats in today’s evolving cyber landscape.
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Google’s Vertex AI Faces Security Concerns Amid Attacks
Discover the alarming vulnerabilities in Google’s Vertex AI that could expose sensitive data and compromise cloud security, raising urgent concerns for users.
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Axios NPM Package Compromised in Precision Attack
A recent cyber attack on a popular JavaScript library raises alarms about open-source security and the risks for developers using third-party packages.
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What Happens When AI Agents Go Rogue?
Cybersecurity takes a back seat in AI race, while OpenAI makes a tough call with Sora
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Vertex AI Vulnerability Exposes Google Cloud Data and Private Artifacts
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security “blind spot” in Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform that could allow artificial intelligence (AI) agents to be weaponized by an attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data and compromise an organization’s cloud environment. According to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, the issue relates to how the Vertex AI…