Here’s four tips for organizations protecting the World Cup ecosystem from a major DDoS attack.
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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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Formula 1 fans targeted by evolving scams, Bitdefender warns
Bitdefender’s Fan Threat Index highlights four major threats targeting Formula 1 enthusiasts: counterfeit merchandise, fraudulent ticket sales, malicious streaming services, and sophisticated social engineering attacks.
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Why Network Segmentation Projects Fail: Four Patterns
Cisco’s 2026 Segmentation Report analyzes 400 failed segmentation projects and identifies four distinct patterns of failure — and what teams can do about them
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Malware Found in Laravel-Lang Composer Packages After Git Tag Poisoning Attack
Attackers have poisoned four Laravel-Lang Composer packages by rewriting hundreds of Git tags, putting many Laravel apps at risk. Hackers compromised four popular Laravel-Lang Composer packages and injected malware by rewriting more than 700 Git tags tied to historical versions. Laravel-Lang is a community-driven project that provides translation and localization files for Laravel applications. The…
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The Big Four accounting firms are now hiring more AI specialists than accountants
The Big Four accounting and consulting firms — Deloitte, EY, KPMG, and PwC — advertised more AI-related job postings than traditional auditing positions in 2025, according to a new analysis by the Financial Times. Nearly 7% of the firms’ job postings required AI expertise, compared to less than 2% in 2022 when OpenAI’s ChatGPT was…
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OpenClaw Vulnerabilities Could Enable Full AI Agent Takeover
Researchers at Cyera disclosed four chainable vulnerabilities in OpenClaw, collectively named Claw Chain, that could allow attackers to escape AI agent sandboxes, steal credentials, escalate privileges, and establish persistent access across enterprise environments. The findings raise broader concerns about the security risks surrounding autonomous AI agent platforms. “Each step looks like normal agent behavior to…
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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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Tech Can’t Stop These Threats — Your People Can
Security controls can do only so much. Here are four attacks where your employees are usually your first, and only, line of cyber defense.
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Sophos named a Leader in the KuppingerCole Analysts Leadership Compass for Managed Detection and Response 2026
Sophos recognized across four leadership categories: Overall, Product, Innovation, and Market Categories: Products & Services Tags: MDR, KuppingerCole
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Huntress Expands Channel Reach with Four Distributors
Cybersecurity firm Huntress has announced four new distribution partnerships as it looks to scale its global presence and bring enterprise-grade protection to more organizations. The announcement, made today, confirms new alliances with Ingram Micro, Vertosoft, Liquid PC, and QBS Software. The move is aimed at strengthening Huntress’ channel ecosystem and accelerating growth across the mid-market,…
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Two cybersecurity pros get prison time for helping ransomware gang
Two American cybersecurity professionals were sentenced to four years in prison for facilitating BlackCat ransomware attacks in 2023. They pleaded guilty in December 2025 to one count of conspiracy to obstruct, delay, or affect commerce, or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by extortion. According to court documents, Ryan Goldberg, Kevin Martin,…
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Two Cybersecurity Professionals Get 4-Year Sentences in BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the sentencing of two cybersecurity professionals to four years each in prison for their role in facilitating BlackCat ransomware attacks in 2023. Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, and Kevin Martin, 36, of Texas, were accused of deploying the ransomware against multiple victims located throughout the U.S.…
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Copy Fail: New Linux bug enables Root via page‑cache corruption
Linux flaw CVE‑2026‑31431, ‘Copy Fail,’ lets any local user write four bytes into page cache files, enabling easy escalation to root on major distros. Xint Code researchers warn of a serious Linux flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score of 7.8), dubbed Copy Fail. It lets any local, unprivileged user write four controlled bytes into the…
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CISA Adds 4 Exploited Flaws to KEV, Sets May 2026 Federal Deadline
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added four vulnerabilities impacting SimpleHelp, Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server, and D-Link DIR-823X series routers to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The list of vulnerabilities is below – CVE-2024-57726 (CVSS score: 9.9) – A missing authorization vulnerability in
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CISA flags new SD-WAN flaw as actively exploited in attacks
CISA has given U.S. government agencies four days to secure their systems against another Catalyst SD-WAN Manager vulnerability it flagged as actively exploited in attacks. […]
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OpenAI Is Working With Consultants to Sell Codex
The ChatGPT maker said it has four million weekly active users for its AI coding tool, up from three million two weeks ago.
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New RecruitRat, SaferRat, Astrinox, Massiv Android Malware Found Targeting 800 Apps
New research from Zimperium reveals four active Android malware campaigns, RecruitRat, SaferRat, Astrinox, and Massiv, targeting over 800 banking apps globally.
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Operation PowerOFF: 53 DDoS domains seized and 3 Million criminal accounts uncovered
Operation PowerOFF shut down 53 DDoS-for-hire domains, arrested four suspects, and exposed data on over 3 million criminal user accounts. Operation PowerOFF is an international law enforcement action that dismantled 53 domains linked to DDoS-for-hire services used by over 75,000 cybercriminals. Authorities arrested four suspects, seized infrastructure, and gained access to databases containing more than…
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Operation PowerOFF Seizes 53 DDoS Domains, Exposes 3 Million Criminal Accounts
An international law enforcement operation has taken down 53 domains and arrested four people in connection with commercial distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) operations that were used by more than 75,000 cybercriminals. The ongoing effort, dubbed Operation PowerOFF, disrupted access to the DDoS-for-hire services, took down the technical infrastructure supporting them, and obtained access to
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Cisco fixed four critical flaws in Identity Services and Webex
Cisco fixed four critical flaws in Identity Services and Webex that could allow code execution and user impersonation. Cisco has addressed four critical vulnerabilities affecting its Identity Services and Webex platforms. The flaws could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and impersonate any user within the affected services. The issues pose serious security risks, prompting…
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Officials seize 53 DDoS-for-hire domains in ongoing crackdown
Authorities from 21 countries took down 53 domains and arrested four people allegedly involved in distributed denial-of-service operations used by more than 75,000 cybercriminals, Europol said Thursday. The globally coordinated effort dubbed “Operation PowerOFF” disrupted booter services and seized and dismantled infrastructure, including servers and databases, that supported the DDoS-for-hire services, officials said. Law enforcement…
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Cisco says critical Webex Services flaw requires customer action
Cisco has released security updates to patch four critical vulnerabilities, including a fixed improper certificate validation flaw in the company’s cloud-based Webex Services platform that requires further customer action. […]
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Cisco Patches Four Critical Identity Services, Webex Flaws Enabling Code Execution
Cisco has announced patches to address four critical security flaws impacting Identity Services and Webex Services that could result in arbitrary code execution and allow an attacker to impersonate any user within the service. The details of the vulnerabilities are below – CVE-2026-20184 (CVSS score: 9.8) – An improper certificate validation in the integration of single sign-on…
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What the EU AI Act requires for AI agent logging
The EU AI Act is 144 pages long. The logging requirements that matter for AI agent developers sit across four articles that keep referencing each other. Here’s what they say, when the deadlines hit, and where the gaps are. Your agent is probably high-risk The Act doesn’t mention “AI agents” by name. What matters is…
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iTWire TV: TrendAI’s ANZ Field CISO on why Australian enterprises can’t wait to be “100% ready” for AI
GUEST INTERVIEW: Trend Micro has been around for nearly four decades. Now it’s got a new enterprise identity, TrendAI, and a new mandate: help organisations adopt AI without blowing themselves up in the process.
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Beyond the billion-dollar banking oversight: How process intelligence can surface vital warning signs
GUEST OPINION: When one of Australia’s Big Four financial institutions recently self-reported over $1 billion in potentially fraudulent loans, the industry’s focus immediately turned to the sophistication of the bad actors. But for those of us looking at the mechanics of global banking, the more pressing question isn’t how the documents were doctored, it’s how…
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The external pressures redefining cybersecurity risk
Over the last four years, I’ve watched organizations get blindsided by threats that originated in a third-party network. More than 35% of data breaches are caused by a compromised vendor or partner, not by any failure in the organization’s controls. While many organizations know that the biggest threats to their security come from forces entirely…
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This month in security with Tony Anscombe – March 2026 edition
The past four weeks have seen a slew of new cybersecurity wake-up calls that showed why every organization needs a well-thought-out cyber-resilience plan
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Former NSA chiefs worry American offensive edge in cybersecurity is slipping
SAN FRANCISCO — Four former National Security Agency directors shared varying concerns about a lack of earnest and widespread response to growing threats in cyberspace during a discussion at the RSAC 2026 Conference on Tuesday. Accelerating threats posed by artificial intelligence, China and cybercriminals at large are testing the country’s resolve and determination to foster…
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QNAP fixed four vulnerabilities demonstrated at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025
QNAP fixed four vulnerabilities shown at Pwn2Own 2025 that could enable code execution, data access, or system disruption. Taiwanese vendor QNAP has addressed multiple vulnerabilities, including four SD-WAN router issues (CVE-2025-62843 to CVE-2025-62846) demonstrated at the Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 by Team DDOS. The team chained multiple bugs in QNAP devices to gain root access and…
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What’s coming next for LLMs and AI agents?
“Three or four years ago, we were super excited when our [AI] models could solve eighth-grade math problems,” Jeff Dean, chief scientist, Google DeepMind and Google Research, said during a panel discussion at Nvidia’s GTC developer show last week. By last year, Google’s Gemini had reached the gold-medal standard at the International Mathematical Olympiad and…
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Justice Department disrupts botnet networks that hijacked 3 million devices
Authorities seized infrastructure powering four botnets that hijacked a combined three million devices and launched more than 300,000 DDoS attacks collectively, the Justice Department said Thursday. The botnets — Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad — enabled operators to sell access to the infected devices for various cybercrimes. The aftermath spanned thousands of attacks, including some…
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Authorities disrupt four IoT botnets behind record DDoS attacks
The U.S. Justice Department and international partners have disrupted four IoT botnets linked to DDoS attacks that reached 30 terabits per second, among the largest ever recorded. The post Authorities disrupt four IoT botnets behind record DDoS attacks appeared first on Help Net Security.
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That cheap KVM device could expose your network to remote compromise
Researchers have found nine vulnerabilities in four popular low-cost KVM-over-IP devices, ranging from unauthenticated command injection to weak authentication defenses and insecure firmware updates. The flaws are particularly concerning given the growing presence of such devices in business environments, whether deployed intentionally by IT administrators and managed service providers or introduced as shadow IT. KVM-over-IP…
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Nozomi Networks Named Recognised in the 2026 Gartner Critical Capabilities Report for CPS Protection Platforms
COMPANY NEWS: Nozomi Networks received the highest scores in all four Use Cases in the Critical Capabilities for CPS Protection Platforms
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Just 22% of Australian employees are sticking to company AI-approved tools, says latest Qualtrics report
GUEST OPINION: Almost four out of five Australians are defying company policy and using unauthorised AI tools creating potential security and compliance risks, according to the 2026 Qualtrics Employee Experience Trends Report.
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Malicious NuGet Packages Stole ASP.NET Data; npm Package Dropped Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered four malicious NuGet packages that are designed to target ASP.NET web application developers to steal sensitive data. The campaign, discovered by Socket, exfiltrates ASP.NET Identity data, including user accounts, role assignments, and permission mappings, as well as manipulates authorization rules to create persistent backdoors in victim applications.
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SolarWinds Serv-U hit by four critical RCE-level vulnerabilities
SolarWinds has fixed four critical vulnerabilities in its popular Serv-U file transfer solution, which is used by businesses and organizations of all sizes. If exploited, the flaws may allow attackers to create a system admin user and/or execute code as a privileged account. The SolarWinds Serv-U vulnerabilities SolarWinds Serv-U runs on Windows or Linux and…
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SolarWinds Patches 4 Critical Serv-U 15.5 Flaws Allowing Root Code Execution
SolarWinds has released updates to address four critical security flaws in its Serv-U file transfer software that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution. The vulnerabilities, all rated 9.1 on the CVSS scoring system, are listed below – CVE-2025-40538 – A broken access control vulnerability that allows an attacker to create a system…
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SolarWinds patches four critical Serv-U flaws enabling root access
SolarWinds addressed four critical Serv-U vulnerabilities that could let attackers gain root access to unpatched servers. SolarWinds released updates fixing four critical Serv-U vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution, potentially giving attackers full root access on unpatched servers. Serv-U is a file transfer server software that allows organizations to securely transfer files over networks using…
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Critical SolarWinds Serv-U flaws offer root access to servers
SolarWinds has patched four critical Serv-U remote code execution vulnerabilities that could grant attackers root access to unpatched servers. […]
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Spain arrests suspected hacktivists for DDoSing govt sites
Spanish authorities have arrested four alleged members of a hacktivist group believed to have carried out cyberattacks targeting government ministries, political parties, and various public institutions. […]
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Spanish police arrest suspected Anonymous members over DDoS attacks on government sites
Spanish police (Guardia Civil) arrested four members of the hacktivist group Anonymous Fénix over DDoS attacks targeting ministries, political parties and public institutions. Police raid (Source: Guardia Civil) Police identified the organization’s leadership, including its administrator and moderator, who were arrested in May 2025 in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) and Oviedo (Asturias). Evidence gathered during…
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Flaws in Popular Software Development App Extensions Allow Data Exfiltration
Four serious new vulnerabilities affect Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Cursor and Windsurf extensions, three of which remain unpatched
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VS Code extensions with 125M+ installs expose users to cyberattacks
Four popular VS Code extensions with 125M+ installs have flaws that could let hackers steal files and run code remotely. OX Security researchers warn that security flaws in four widely used VS Code extensions (Live Server, Code Runner, Markdown Preview Enhanced, and Microsoft Live Preview) could allow attackers to steal local files and execute code…
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Critical Flaws Found in Four VS Code Extensions with Over 125 Million Installs
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities in four popular Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions that, if successfully exploited, could allow threat actors to steal local files and execute code remotely. The extensions, which have been collectively installed more than 125 million times, are Live Server, Code Runner, Markdown Preview Enhanced, and
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Flaws in four popular VS Code extensions left 128 million installs open to attack
Critical and high-severity vulnerabilities were found in four widely used Visual Studio Code extensions with a combined 128 million downloads, exposing developers to file theft, remote code execution, and local network reconnaissance. Application security company OX Security published the findings this week, saying it had begun notifying vendors in June 2025 but received no response…
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CISA Flags Four Security Flaws Under Active Exploitation in Latest KEV Update
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added four security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2026-2441 (CVSS score: 8.8) – A use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome that could allow a remote attacker to…
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Singapore telcos breached in China-linked cyber espionage campaign
Singapore’s four major telecommunications companies were hit by a coordinated cyber espionage campaign last year, the country’s Cyber Security Agency (CSA) has revealed. An advanced persistent threat group known as UNC3886 has probed deep into the networks of M1, SIMBA Telecom, Singtel, and StarHub, spurring Singapore’s security agencies to mount a large cyber defence operation.…
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Chinese cyberspies breach Singapore’s four largest telcos
The Chinese threat actor tracked as UNC3886 breached Singapore’s four largest telecommunication service providers, Singtel, StarHub, M1, and Simba, at least once last year. […]
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Chinese cyberspies breach Singapore’s four largest telcos
The Chinese threat actor tracked as UNC3886 breached Singapore’s four largest telecommunication service providers, Singtel, StarHub, M1, and Simba, at least once last year. […]
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Big Tech’s AI Push Is Costing a Lot More Than the Moon Landing
When considered as a percentage of GDP, the projected spending of four tech giants for 2026 rivals the most momentous capital efforts in U.S. history, as shown in these charts.
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Four new vulnerabilities found in Ingress NGINX
Four security vulnerabilities have been found in the open source Ingress NGINX traffic controller that is extensively used by organizations in Kubernetes deployments. They can only be fixed by upgrading to the latest version. Of the four holes, two are more serious, because they carry CVSS scores of 8.8: CVE-2026-1580 is an improper input validation…