A Chinese-speaking cybercrime group has expanded its targeting to the European space, deploying previously undocumented malware and the Atlas backdoor. […]
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Organizations knowingly ship vulnerable code amid shrinking exploit windows
New research from Checkmarx reveals that 75% of organizations admit to frequently or sometimes deploying code they are aware is vulnerable.
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The AI backdoor your security stack is not built to see
Enterprises deploying LLMs have spent the past two years building defenses around a reasonable assumption: malicious behavior leaves a trace in the input. Scan for suspicious tokens, filter unusual characters, watch for prompt injection patterns. New research from Microsoft and the Institute of Science Tokyo demonstrates that this defensive posture has a blind spot, and…
AI, Apps, Compliance, Data Breaches, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Banks Face a Growing AI Risk at the Database Layer
Financial institutions are rapidly deploying AI, but new research suggests many banks may be securing the wrong layer of the stack. Liquibase researchers warn that while organizations focus heavily on AI models and APIs, the database layer may be one of the most exposed parts of modern financial infrastructure. “Governance for agents has to move…
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CloudZ malware abuses Microsoft Phone Link to steal SMS and OTPs
A new version of the CloudZ remote access tool (RAT) is deploying a previously unseen malicious plugin called Pheno that hijacks the Microsoft Phone Link connection to steal sensitive codes from mobile devices. […]
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Gartner sees untamed growth in agentic AI
Fortune 500 enterprises will be deploying armies of AI agents by 2028 — to the tune of 150,000 digital “workers,” Gartner said in a survey released this week. That would represent a sharp jump from the average of about 15 agents deployed per company last year. And agents as actual co-working tools are likely to…
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LMDeploy CVE-2026-33626 Flaw Exploited Within 13 Hours of Disclosure
A high-severity security flaw in LMDeploy, an open-source toolkit for compressing, deploying, and serving LLMs, has come under active exploitation in the wild less than 13 hours after its public disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-33626 (CVSS score: 7.5), relates to a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that could be exploited to access sensitive data.…
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Signed Adware Operation Disables Antivirus Across 23,000 Hosts
Huntress uncovers adware deploying AV-killing payloads via signed updates across 23,000 endpoints
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Curity looks to reinvent IAM with runtime authorization for AI agents
In 2026, enterprise developers are building and deploying the first generation of powerful, increasingly autonomous AI agents at incredible speed. Now comes the hard part: working out how to secure them. Vendors in the space are facing multiple challenges. To begin with, traditional identity and access management (IAM) tools were never designed to secure anything…
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Curity looks to reinvent IAM with runtime authorization for AI agents
In 2026, enterprise developers are building and deploying the first generation of powerful, increasingly autonomous AI agents at incredible speed. Now comes the hard part: working out how to secure them. Vendors in the space are facing multiple challenges. To begin with, traditional identity and access management (IAM) tools were never designed to secure anything…
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Claude Managed Agents bring execution and control to AI agent workflows
Anthropic’s Claude Managed Agents are a suite of composable APIs for building and deploying cloud-hosted agents at scale, handling sandboxed code execution, checkpointing, credential management, scoped permissions, and end-to-end tracing for you. Developers can define tasks, tools, and permissions within a managed environment, while the platform handles execution and state management. The product is currently…
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China-Linked Storm-1175 Exploits Zero-Days to Rapidly Deploy Medusa Ransomware
A China-based threat actor known for deploying Medusa ransomware has been linked to the weaponization of a combination of zero-day and N-day vulnerabilities to orchestrate “high-velocity” attacks and break into susceptible internet-facing systems. “The threat actor’s high operational tempo and proficiency in identifying exposed perimeter assets have proven successful, with recent
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Digital Trust Index 2026: AI skepticism and identity access friction are ‘costing revenue’
93% of IT leaders are deploying GenAI, but only 23% of consumers trust companies that use AI to handle their data. Friction at sign-up, login, and onboarding is causing customer abandonment and revenue loss, with 68% of consumers switching due to website issues. 69% of consumers trust companies more when MFA (multi factor authentication) is…
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China-Linked groups target Southeast Asian government with advanced malware in 2025
China-linked groups hit a Southeast Asian government in 2025, deploying multiple malware families in a sophisticated cyber campaign. In 2025, three China-linked threat clusters targeted a Southeast Asian government in a complex, well-funded cyber operation. Threat actors deployed numerous malware types, including HIUPAN, PUBLOAD, EggStremeFuel/Loader, MASOL RAT, PoshRAT, TrackBak Stealer, Hypnosis Loader, and FluffyGh0st, showing…
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Preparing for agentic AI: A financial services approach
Deploying agentic AI in financial services requires additional security controls that address AI-specific risks. This post walks you through comprehensive observability and fine-grained access controls—two critical capabilities for maintaining explainability and accountability in AI systems. You will learn seven design principles and get implementation guidance for meeting regulatory requirements while deploying secure AI solutions. Financial…
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FBI: Iranian hackers targeting opponents with Telegram malware
Iranian government-connected groups are deploying malware via the Telegram messaging app, taking aim at dissidents and other opponents of Tehran around the world, the FBI said in an alert Friday. The FBI said attackers linked to the Ministry of Intelligence and Security are behind the campaign, which stretches back to 2023. The bureau is escalating…
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Dell Technologies First to Ship NVIDIA GB300 Desktop for Autonomous AI Agents with NVIDIA NemoClaw and NVIDIA OpenShell
Dell Pro Max with GB10 and GB300 provide purpose-built desktop supercomputers for developing and deploying long-running autonomous agents.
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From Windows to macOS: ClickFix attacks shift tactics with ChatGPT-based lures
ClickFix campaigns are evolving, with attackers increasingly targeting macOS users and deploying more advanced infostealers, according to Sophos researchers. ClickFix is a growing social engineering technique that tricks users into manually executing malicious commands, bypassing traditional protections. Once mainly targeting Windows, it is now increasingly affecting macOS, with recent campaigns deploying infostealers like AMOS and…
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Meta adds new WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger anti-scam tools
Meta is introducing new anti-scam protections across its platforms, deploying systems and user-facing warnings to protect users against scammers. […]
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Devs looking for OpenClaw get served a GhostClaw RAT
A malicious npm package posing as an OpenClaw Installer has been caught deploying a remote access trojan (RAT) on victim machines, according to new JFrog research. The package, published under the name “@openclaw-ai/openclawai”, pretends to be an installer for the legitimate CLI tool but instead launches a multi-stage infection chain that steals system credentials, browser…
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Through the Lens of MDR: Analysis of KongTuke’s ClickFix Abuse of Compromised WordPress Sites
Our analysis of an active KongTuke campaign deploying modeloRAT — malware capable of reconnaissance, command execution, and persistent access — through compromised WordPress sites and fake CAPTCHA lures shows that the group still operates this delivery chain in parallel with the newer CrashFix technique.
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Splunk & Cisco Secure Firewall: Better Together at Cisco LiveAmsterdam 2026
The Cisco Live Amsterdam SOC team upgraded to Secure Firewallversion 10.0, deploying new Splunk integrations and Advanced Loggingfeatures to enhance SIEM data quality and visibility, streamlineconfiguration.
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Iran-linked MuddyWater deploys Dindoor malware against U.S. organizations
Iran-linked APT MuddyWater targeted U.S. organizations, deploying the new Dindoor backdoor across sectors including banks, airports, and nonprofits. Broadcom’s Symantec Threat Hunter Team uncovered a campaign by the Iran-linked MuddyWater (aka SeedWorm, TEMP.Zagros, Mango Sandstorm, TA450, and Static Kitten) APT group targeting several U.S. organizations. “Activity associated with Iranian APT group Seedworm has been spotted on the networks of multiple…
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Multi-Stage “BadPaw” Malware Campaign Targets Ukraine
Malware campaign uses Ukrainian email service for credibility, deploying “BadPaw” to execute attacks
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APT37 hackers use new malware to breach air-gapped networks
North Korean hackers are deploying newly uncovered tools to move data between internet-connected and air-gapped systems, spread via removable drives, and conduct covert surveillance. […]
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APCON IntellaStore IV analyzes network traffic characteristics for further processing
Deploying the IntellaStore IV Network Security Appliance from APCON means easy installation, dedicated network packet capture, and a seamless workflow from traffic of interest to security and compliance tools. The release of APCON’s IntellaStore IV empowers network security engineers, business owners, office managers, and others to conveniently address network visibility (filtering, port tagging, etc.) as…
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How Exposed Endpoints Increase Risk Across LLM Infrastructure
As more organizations run their own Large Language Models (LLMs), they are also deploying more internal services and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to support those models. Modern security risks are being introduced less from the models themselves and more from the infrastructure that serves, connects and automates the model. Each new LLM endpoint expands the…