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RSAC 2026: No easy fixes for expanding AI attack surface, but a coordinated response is emerging

SAN FRANCISCO — Forty-four thousand cybersecurity practitioners converged on Moscone Center this week with an urgent question: how do you secure a network when everything — the technology, the threats, the tools — is changing faster than anyone can govern it? Related: Feds pull back on collaboration Microsoft’s Vasu Jakkal set the scale on day…

Open VSX Bug Let Malicious VS Code Extensions Bypass Pre-Publish Security Checks

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched bug impacting Open VSX’s pre-publish scanning pipeline to cause the tool to allow a malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension to pass the vetting process and go live in the registry. “The pipeline had a single boolean return value that meant both ‘no scanners are…

CISA sounds alarm on Langflow RCE, Trivy supply chain compromise after rapid exploitation

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: CVE-2026-33017, a recently disclosed code injection vulnerability in Langflow, an open-source framework for building AI agents and workflows, and CVE-2026-33634, an embedded malicious code vulnerability in Aqua Security’s Trivy security scanner. Their addition to the catalog…

U.S. CISA adds an Aquasecurity Trivy flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds an Aquasecurity Trivy flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Aquasecurity Trivy flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-33634 (CVSS score of 9.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. On March 19, 2026, attackers used compromised credentials to release a malicious…

How to Build Cybersecurity Expertise as a Professional

Learn how to build cybersecurity expertise as a professional in this post. The cybersecurity landscape is evolving as digital threats become more sophisticated. Current trends emphasize proactive measures, such as artificial intelligence for threat detection. The rise of remote work has expanded the attack surface, making robust security practices essential. Organizations now view cybersecurity as…

LangChain, LangGraph Flaws Expose Files, Secrets, Databases in Widely Used AI Frameworks

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed three security vulnerabilities impacting LangChain and LangGraph that, if successfully exploited, could expose filesystem data, environment secrets, and conversation history. Both LangChain and LangGraph are open-source frameworks that are used to build applications powered by Large Language Models (LLMs). LangGraph is built on the foundations of

ODNI tackles AI, threat hunting, app cybersecurity in year-one tech review

A year-long effort to strengthen cybersecurity and modernize tech at U.S. intelligence agencies has led to policy standards for using AI to bolster cyber defenses, a shared repository of all apps that have undergone a cybersecurity review and more, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced Thursday. An unclassified summary of cyber and…

U.S. CISA adds a Langflow flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Langflow to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Langflow flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-33017 (CVSS score of 9.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Langflow is a popular tool used for building agentic AI workflows.  CVE-2026-33017 is a…

WebRTC Skimmer Bypasses CSP to Steal Payment Data from E-Commerce Sites

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new payment skimmer that uses WebRTC data channels as a means to receive payloads and exfiltrate data, effectively bypassing security controls. “Instead of the usual HTTP requests or image beacons, this malware uses WebRTC data channels to load its payload and exfiltrate stolen payment data,” Sansec said in a report…

GlassWorm Malware Uses Solana Dead Drops to Deliver RAT and Steal Browser, Crypto Data

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new evolution of the GlassWorm campaign that delivers a multi-stage framework capable of comprehensive data theft and installing a remote access trojan (RAT), which deploys an information-stealing Google Chrome extension masquerading as an offline version of Google Docs. “It logs keystrokes, dumps cookies and session tokens, captures screenshots, and

Dell Addresses Emerging Quantum Risks, AI Era Resilience

Dell Technologies is taking a step in expanding cybersecurity and resilience for the AI era and emerging quantum threats by introducing new security capabilities to help organizations secure, detect, and recover from next-gen threats. Quantum computing and AI continue to introduce new security threats These latest enhancements address risks from quantum computing and AI by…

Device Code Phishing Hits 340+ Microsoft 365 Orgs Across Five Countries via OAuth Abuse

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to an active device code phishing campaign that’s targeting Microsoft 365 identities across more than 340 organizations in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Germany. The activity, per Huntress, was first spotted on February 19, 2026, with subsequent cases appearing at an accelerated pace since then. Notably, the campaign…

Barracuda strengthens cyber resilience with BarracudaONE platform updates

Barracuda Networks has announced advancements to the BarracudaONE cybersecurity platform and Barracuda Partner Success Program. The latest innovations strengthen cyber resilience across email, network access and generative AI usage, while the enhanced partner program delivers new benefits, incentives and tools that help partners accelerate growth and profitability. “Email and identity‑based attacks are intensifying at an…

The Erosion of Endpoint Security: How AI Coding Tools are Reshaping Cybersecurity

In a startling revelation, cybersecurity experts have noted that AI coding tools have significantly undermined the effectiveness of endpoint security systems. This shift, identified by researcher Dr. Emily Carter, has raised alarms across the industry, prompting discussions about the vulnerabilities that these advanced AI technologies present. The trend emerged prominently throughout 2023, as companies worldwide…

DarkSword’s GitHub leak threatens to turn elite iPhone hacking into a tool for the masses

Leaked iOS spyware has some cybersecurity professionals raising urgent alarms about potential mass iPhone compromises, a development that pairs ominously with the recent discovery of two sophisticated iOS exploit kits. At the same time, some other experts say Apple’s defensive features for iPhones remain elite. But several factors have created unprecedented circumstances: the public accessibility…

Exclusive Networks Launches Ignition in North America

Exclusive Networks is expanding its incubation model for emerging cybersecurity vendors into North America, aiming to give MSPs and solution providers earlier access to next-generation, AI-driven technologies while accelerating vendor go-to-market timelines. Exclusive Networks launches Ignition in North America at RSA Conference Exclusive Networks this week announced the North American debut of its “Ignition” program,…

Barracuda Adds to Cybersecurity Platform & Partner Program

Barracuda Networks has announced advancements to its BarracudaONE cybersecurity platform and its Barracuda Partner Success Program. Accelerating innovation to boost cyber resilience The cybersecurity company is strengthening resilience across email, network access, and generative AI usage with the BarracudaONE updates. The platform delivers cyber resilience for MSPs and their customers through an open ecosystem. Among…

Ghost Campaign Uses 7 npm Packages to Steal Crypto Wallets and Credentials

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new set of malicious npm packages that are designed to steal cryptocurrency wallets and sensitive data. The activity is being tracked by ReversingLabs as the Ghost campaign. The list of identified packages, all published by a user named mikilanjillo, is below – react-performance-suite react-state-optimizer-core react-fast-utilsa ai-fast-auto-trader

The Hidden Cost of Cybersecurity Specialization: Losing Foundational Skills

Cybersecurity has changed fast. Roles are more specialized, and tooling is more advanced. On paper, this should make organizations more secure. But in practice, many teams struggle with the same basic problems they faced years ago: unclear risk priorities, misaligned tooling decisions, and difficulty explaining security issues in terms the business understands. These challenges do not

Trivy Hack Spreads Infostealer via Docker, Triggers Worm and Kubernetes Wiper

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered malicious artifacts distributed via Docker Hub following the Trivy supply chain attack, highlighting the widening blast radius across developer environments. The last known clean release of Trivy on Docker Hub is 0.69.3. The malicious versions 0.69.4, 0.69.5, and 0.69.6 have since been removed from the container image library. “New image tags…

U.S. CISA adds Apple, Laravel Livewire and Craft CMS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple, Laravel Livewire and Craft CMS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apple, Laravel Livewire and Craft CMS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2025-31277 (CVSS score of 8.8)…

Water utilities strengthen cybersecurity through cooperation

Water utilities are finding that letting information flow can flush out cybersecurity problems. The water industry has a security issue: Many utilities operate with ageing systems and minimal IT or cybersecurity personnel. But by coordinating responses to cyber-attacks, participants in a pilot program run by the Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI) and the Center on Cyber…

Huntress Set to Expand Global Partner Program

Cybersecurity organization Huntress is expanding the Huntress Partner Program to resellers to reach and protect more organizations globally. Huntress continues to bring enterprise security to smaller businesses through channel partners The expansion of the program will help Huntress protect the 99 percent of companies that fall below the Fortune 1000, their target customer.  Its expanded…

Can Zero Trust survive the AI era?

For the past decade, cybersecurity experts in the federal government have argued that trust, or a lack of it, was key to developing effective security policies for agency systems and data. But today, cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers are using artificial intelligence to develop and launch cyberattacks more quickly and efficiently. Governments and businesses are facing…

Speagle Malware Hijacks Cobra DocGuard to Steal Data via Compromised Servers

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware dubbed Speagle that hijacks the functionality and infrastructure of a legitimate program called Cobra DocGuard. “Speagle is designed to surreptitiously harvest sensitive information from infected computers and transmit it to a Cobra DocGuard server that has been compromised by the attackers, masking the data exfiltration process as legitimate

U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Cisco FMC and Cisco SCC Firewall Management to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Cisco FMC and Cisco SCC Firewall Management to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management, tracked as CVE-2026-20131 (CVSS score…

Top 25 Cybersecurity Companies in 2026

This guide is for IT leaders, security professionals, and decision-makers looking to explore leading cybersecurity companies in 2026 and evaluate vendors across key areas of modern security. Cybersecurity has become one of the most critical priorities for organizations operating in today’s world.  As businesses adopt cloud computing, remote work, artificial intelligence (AI), and increasingly complex…

New Perseus Android Banking Malware Monitors Notes Apps to Extract Sensitive Data

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new Android malware family called Perseus that’s being actively distributed in the wild with an aim to conduct device takeover (DTO) and financial fraud. Perseus is built upon the foundations of Cerberus and Phoenix, at the same time evolving into a “more flexible and capable platform” for compromising Android devices…

Secure endpoint management systems immediately, CISA urges

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns that the cyberattack on Stryker Corporation serves as a signal to U.S. organizations that foreign cyber activity tied to Middle East conflicts may be spilling into their operations. Attackers breached Stryker’s internal Microsoft environment and reportedly wiped 200,000 systems, servers, and mobile devices, while extracting 50…

Bot Traffic, Click Farms, and Ad Fraud: The Cyber Threats Marketers Keep Ignoring

Bot traffic and click farms are draining ad budgets worldwide. Discover why ad fraud is a cybersecurity problem and how businesses can fight back. When cybersecurity professionals think about threats, they usually focus on ransomware, phishing, data breaches, and network intrusions. Rarely does ad fraud make the list. Yet this overlooked category of cybercrime is…

CISA Warns of Zimbra, SharePoint Flaw Exploits; Cisco Zero-Day Hit in Ransomware Attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has urged government agencies to apply patches for two security flaws impacting Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint, stating they have been actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerabilities in question are as follows – CVE-2025-66376 (CVSS score: 7.2) – A stored cross-site scripting

U.S. CISA adds Microsoft SharePoint and Zimbra  flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds SharePoint and Zimbra flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added ([1, 2]) SharePoint and Zimbra flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2026-20963 (CVSS score of 8.8) – Microsoft SharePoint Deserialization…

Abnormal AI Attune 1.0 targets AI-driven attacks with behavioral detection

Abnormal AI has unveiled the launch of Attune 1.0, a behavioral foundation model for cybersecurity. Trained on more than one billion derived behavioral signals, Attune now powers 85% of detections across the Abnormal Behavior Platform and establishes a shared intelligence layer for the company’s expanding security portfolio. Communication is how organizations build trust. That trust…

Cybersecurity and privacy priorities for 2026: The legal risk map

Escalating cybersecurity threats and growing privacy concerns lurk around every corner these days. Evolving technology and mounting regulations continue to present both the perils and solutions. All players — public and private, organizations and individuals alike — are to conquer the next quest in this realm. In the most recent Annual Litigation Trends Survey by…

Critical Unpatched Telnetd Flaw (CVE-2026-32746) Enables Unauthenticated Root RCE via Port 23

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw impacting the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd) that could be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32746, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10.0. It has been described as a case of out-of-bounds write…

AI Flaws in Amazon Bedrock, LangSmith, and SGLang Enable Data Exfiltration and RCE

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new method for exfiltrating sensitive data from artificial intelligence (AI) code execution environments using domain name system (DNS) queries. In a report published Monday, BeyondTrust revealed that Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter’s sandbox mode permits outbound DNS queries that an attacker can exploit to enable interactive shells

CISA Flags Actively Exploited Wing FTP Vulnerability Leaking Server Paths

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a medium-severity security flaw impacting Wing FTP to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-47813 (CVSS score: 4.3), is an information disclosure vulnerability that leaks the installation path of the application under certain conditions

U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Wing FTP Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Wing FTP Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Wing FTP Server flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-47813 (CVSS score of 4.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CVE-2025-47813 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Wing FTP…

ArmorPoint and Dynascale Partner on Cloud Infrastructure

ArmorPoint, a provider of managed cybersecurity solutions, has announced a partnership with Dynascale Technologies, a provider of private and hybrid cloud and AI-ready infrastructure. Dynascale embeds ArmorPoint SOC and SIEM into managed infrastructure offering The partnership will enable Dynascale to embed ArmorPoint’s 24/7 managed SOC and SIEM capabilities directly into its fully managed cloud infrastructure. …

Attackers are exploiting AI faster than defenders can keep up, new report warns

Cybersecurity is entering “a new phase” as artificial intelligence tools have matured and given IT defenders significantly less time to respond to cyberattacks and other threats, according to a new report released Monday. The report, authored by federal contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, concludes that threat actors have adopted AI more quickly than governments and private…

GlassWorm Supply-Chain Attack Abuses 72 Open VSX Extensions to Target Developers

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new iteration of the GlassWorm campaign that they say represents a “significant escalation” in how it propagates through the Open VSX registry. “Instead of requiring every malicious listing to embed the loader directly, the threat actor is now abusing extensionPack and extensionDependencies to turn initially standalone-looking extensions into transitive

U.S. CISA adds Google Chrome flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chrome flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two Google Chrome flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2026-3909 Google Skia Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability CVE-2026-3910 Google Chromium V8 Unspecified Vulnerability This…

Nine CrackArmor Flaws in Linux AppArmor Enable Root Escalation, Bypass Container Isolation

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities within the Linux kernel’s AppArmor module that could be exploited by unprivileged users to circumvent kernel protections, escalate to root, and undermine container isolation guarantees. The nine confused deputy vulnerabilities have been collectively codenamed CrackArmor by the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU). The