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U.S. CISA adds Android and Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Android and Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2022-0492 (CVSS score of 7.0) Linux Kernel Improper Authentication…
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Oracle WebLogic CVE-2024-21182 Added to KEV Catalog After Active Exploitation
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security flaw impacting Oracle WebLogic Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-21182 (CVSS score: 7.5), allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to take control of susceptible servers. It was
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U.S. CISA adds Oracle WebLogic flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Oracle WebLogic flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-21182 (CVSS score of 7.5), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The CVE-2024-21182 flaw is an easily exploitable vulnerability affecting Oracle WebLogic…
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U.S. CISA adds Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0257 (CVSS score of 7.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Palo Alto Networks addressed the vulnerability CVE-2026-0257 on May…
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Venture Capital Turns to Hardware Bets as AI Threatens Software Companies
Investors are betting big on infrastructure and “physical AI,” enticed by the prospect of new revenue opportunities.
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Netskope extends data localization capabilities with NewEdge updates
Netskope has enhanced its NewEdge Network infrastructure, expanding data sovereignty capabilities to more regions than any other SASE cloud provider. The NewEdge Network architecture provides national data localization features that address requirements for network transport, data processing, and metadata governance in major regions worldwide, while enabling Netskope to extend this coverage to additional countries. The…
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U.S. CISA adds Daemon Tools, TanStack, and Nx Console flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Daemon Tools, TanStack, and Nx Console flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2026-8398 (CVSS score of ver. 4.0 of…
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Digimarc adds provenance, audit, and verification controls for AI agent workflows
Digimarc has announced new provenance and verification infrastructure designed to secure autonomous and AI-enabled workflows. As enterprises increasingly adopt AI systems capable of generating content, orchestrating workflows, and taking action with minimal human intervention, establishing trusted provenance and verifiable authenticity is becoming mission critical. Digimarc’s new capabilities are designed to help organizations determine whether digital…
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U.S. CISA adds LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin flaw CVE-2026-48172 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CVE-2026-48172 (CVSS score of 10.0) affects the LiteSpeed User-End cPanel plugin before version 2.4.5 and allows…
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Smashing Security podcast #469: What your Oura ring won’t tell you
CISA, the US government agency whose entire job is keeping America’s critical infrastructure safe from hackers, has had a contractor publish dozens of plain-text credentials to a public GitHub profile. Meanwhile, your Oura ring is quietly transmitting some of its data unencrypted – and when one journalist asked the company how often it hands user…
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Cogent Data Center Sale Highlights AI Inference Shift
If you’ve been following AI infrastructure at all over the past year, you know that most of the conversation has been centered around training, which, of course, refers to the massive systems used to build these models in the first place. That’s where all the talk of bigger clusters, more GPUs, and more power has…
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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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Webinar: Too many tools are slowing network incident response
IT teams often need to jump between monitoring dashboards, infrastructure tools, ticketing systems, and communication platforms during network incidents. This webinar explores how automation and AI-assisted workflows can help reduce manual coordination and improve incident response times. […]
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Drupal Core to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Drupal Core to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server, tracked as CVE-2026-9082 (CVSS score of 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Drupal issued a highly critical security patch on May…
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Drupal Core SQL Injection Bug Actively Exploited, Added to CISA KEV
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a recently patched critical security flaw impacting Drupal Core to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-9082 (CVSS score: 6.5), an SQL injection vulnerability affecting all supported versions of Drupal Core. “Drupal Core
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Lawmakers Demand Answers as CISA Tries to Contain Data Leak
Lawmakers in both houses of Congress are demanding answers from the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) after KrebsOnSecurity reported this week that a CISA contractor intentionally published AWS GovCloud keys and a vast trove of other agency secrets on a public GitHub account. The inquiry comes as CISA is still struggling to contain…
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CISA’s new KEV nomination form opens reporting to vendors and researchers
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency launched a new nomination form that lets researchers, vendors, and industry partners report known exploited vulnerabilities for possible inclusion in its KEV catalog. The form gives outside contributors a direct way to submit vulnerabilities to CISA. Email submissions remain available at vulnerability@cisa.dhs.gov for organizations and individuals who prefer that…
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U.S. CISA adds Trend Micro Apex One and Langflow to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Trend Micro Apex One and Langflow flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2025-34291 Langflow Origin Validation Error Vulnerability…
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CISA Adds Exploited Langflow and Trend Micro Apex One Vulnerabilities to KEV
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added two security flaws impacting Langflow and Trend Micro Apex One to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below – CVE-2025-34291 (CVSS score: 9.4) – An origin validation error vulnerability in Langflow that could
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New Linux malware ‘Showboat’ targets Middle East telecom provider
Showboat is believed to be utilized by Chinese-affiliated threat actors, with command-and-control infrastructure linked to Chengdu, China.
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U.S. CISA adds Microsoft and Adobe flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft and Adobe flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability CVE-2009-1537 Microsoft DirectX NULL…
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Lawmakers from both parties say CISA cuts have gone too far
Two cybersecurity-focused members of Congress agreed Thursday that reductions to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have done too much damage to an agency essential to defending civilian networks against foreign adversaries. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., and Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., spoke during a discussion at the National Cyber Innovation Forum. Despite representing different parties,…
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CISA chief frets about open-source vulnerabilities, delayed security improvements
Securing some of the open-source technology that serves as the backbone for all modern digital infrastructure is going to require some “hard decisions” amid a wave of malware attacks, the leader of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Thursday. “The open-source community is one that I’m particularly worried about when we start to think…
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Terra adds continuous network exploitation validation to its platform
Terra Security has announced the public preview of continuous exploitation validation for network infrastructure, now available to all customers through the Terra Platform. The launch expands Terra’s offensive security capabilities from web applications to network infrastructure and extends coverage across three areas: web applications, AI, and network environments. Terra said the update expands its continuous…
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Virtuozzo CEO: AI Infrastructure Is a Channel Opportunity
Virtuozzo is positioning its new AI infrastructure platform as more than a product launch: CEO Kurt Daniel sees it as a channel opportunity for service providers facing rising hardware costs, GPU demand, and pressure to modernize cloud offerings. The company recently introduced its Virtuozzo Infrastructure System, an integrated platform combining compute, storage, networking, orchestration, automation,…
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Microsoft disrupts malware code-signing service used by ransomware gangs
Microsoft has disrupted the infrastructure powering the largest malware code-signing service used to help ransomware groups and other cybercriminals make malicious programs harder to detect on Windows. The threat actors behind the service used stolen identities and impersonated legitimate organizations to obtain more than 1,000 code-signing certificates. Microsoft seized the group’s website, signspace[.]cloud, revoked the…
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CISA credential leak raises alarms, and Capitol Hill demands answers
Congressional Democrats want answers from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency about the reported public exposure of sensitive agency credential data on GitHub in an incident that the security researcher who discovered it called one of the worst leaks he’s ever seen. Other security professionals also voiced concern Tuesday about the leak and the potential…
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Microsoft Takes Down Fox Tempest for Providing Ransomware-Enabling Signing Tool
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has taken down the infrastructure of Fox Tempest, a prolific cybercrime-enabling threat group
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Microsoft disrupts cybercrime service that abused software verification systems en masse
Microsoft seized infrastructure and disrupted a cybercrime service that created and sold more than 1,000 code-signing certificates that other cybercriminals used to make malware-riddled software appear trusted and legitimate for follow-on cyberattacks, including ransomware, the company said Tuesday. The financially-motivated threat group, which Microsoft tracks as Fox Tempest, provided the malware-signing-as-a-service to multiple ransomware groups,…
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AI infrastructure is cracking under sovereignty demands
AI deployments are moving into environments with tighter controls around data, infrastructure, and system operations. Organizations are building AI systems across multiple providers, platforms, and computing environments while managing governance, security, and compliance obligations within defined boundaries. NTT DATA’s 2026 Global AI Report A Playbook for Private and Sovereign AI examined these conditions in more…
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CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on Github
Until this past weekend, a contractor for the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) maintained a public GitHub repository that exposed credentials to several highly privileged AWS GovCloud accounts and a large number of internal CISA systems. Security experts said the public archive included files detailing how CISA builds, tests and deploys software internally, and…
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Former CISA nominee Sean Plankey named US CEO of defense startup
Sean Plankey, most recently the nominee for director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, is joining defense technology company UFORCE as its U.S. chief executive officer. The London-based company created out of nine Ukrainian-based firms announced Plankey’s move Monday less than a month after he withdrew his nomination amid difficulties overcoming objections from senators…
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Closing the Gap: The Regulatory and Structural Maturation of Digital Assets
Digital assets are reshaping global finance as institutions adopt regulated crypto infrastructure, stablecoins, and tokenized assets.
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server, tracked as CVE-2026-42897 (CVSS score of 8.1), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Microsoft warned that threat actors are…
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CISA Adds Cisco SD-WAN CVE-2026-20182 to KEV After Admin Access Exploits
The U.S.Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a newly disclosed vulnerability impacting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, requiring Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to remediate the issue by May 17, 2026. The vulnerability is a critical authentication bypass tracked as CVE-2026-20182. It’s
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AppDirect Targets Energy Opportunity for Tech Advisors
As AI workloads drive new demand for power and infrastructure, AppDirect sees energy procurement becoming a more immediate advisory opportunity for MSPs, resellers, and technology advisors already guiding customers through cloud, software, and connectivity decisions. In an interview with Channel Insider, Benji Coomer, GM of Energy at AppDirect, said the company’s energy strategy is designed…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, tracked as CVE-2026-20182 (CVSS score of 10.0), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Cisco fixed CVE-2026-20182, a flaw in SD-WAN control…
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CVE-2026-42945: 18-Year-Old NGINX Rewrite Flaw May Enable Unauthenticated RCE
Web infrastructure bugs remain especially dangerous when they sit in widely deployed request-handling logic for years without detection. Among the latest vulnerabilities impacting NGINX Plus and NGINX Open, the CVE-2026-42945 vulnerability stands out as an 18-year-old heap buffer overflow in ngx_http_rewrite_module that can be reached by an unauthenticated attacker through crafted HTTP requests and may…
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How AI Hallucinations Are Creating Real Security Risks
AI hallucinations are introducing serious security risks into critical infrastructure decision-making by exploiting human trust through highly confident yet incorrect outputs. When an AI model lacks certainty, it doesn’t have a mechanism to recognize that. Instead, it generates the most probable response based on patterns in its training data, even if that response is inaccurate.…
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Most Organizations Now Use AI Agents for Sensitive Security Tasks
Semperis study finds 74% of organizations believe AI will increase attacks on identity infrastructure
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OpenLoop Health confirms January 2026 Data breach affecting 716,000
In January 2026, telehealth infrastructure firm OpenLoop Health suffered a security breach that exposed information of 716,000 people. OpenLoop Health confirmed a January 2026 cyberattack that exposed personal information of 716,000 individuals using its telehealth services. The breach was reported to authorities in March, but the full scope was only recently determined. Threat actors exfiltrated…
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Acronis Launches Cyber Frame IaaS Platform for MSPs
The cyber protection company wants to give MSPs and cloud providers a way to run infrastructure on their own terms, without the vendor lock-in hangover. Acronis on Wednesday unveiled Cyber Frame, a new hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform built specifically for service providers tired of being squeezed by legacy virtualization costs and hyperscaler…
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CISA’s AI SBOM guidance pushes software supply-chain oversight into new territory
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and its G7 cyber agency partners have released a list of minimum elements for an AI software bill of materials, a move that could help CISOs assess the security and provenance of AI systems entering enterprise environments. The guidance extends traditional SBOM concepts into AI by calling…
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May Patch Tuesday roundup: Critical holes in Windows Netlogon, DNS, and SAP S/4HANA
Critical vulnerabilities in Windows Server’s networking and identity infrastructure, as well as a serious hole in Microsoft Dynamics 365 on-premises version, highlight Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday fixes. They are among the 118 vulnerabilities identified this month by the company. Some in cloud-based services like Azure and Microsoft Teams have already been fixed, so no admin…
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Virtuozzo Targets AI Infrastructure Costs With New Platform
As companies race to build AI services without drowning in infrastructure costs, Virtuozzo says it wants to make the process leaner, faster, and far less complicated. The infrastructure software company on Monday unveiled its new vision for AI infrastructure, introducing what it calls a fully integrated system designed to help businesses run AI workloads more…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in BerriAI LiteLLM to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in BerriAI LiteLLM to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in BerriAI LiteLLM, tracked as CVE-2026-42208 (CVSS score of 9.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. At the end of April, attackers rapidly exploited the critical…
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New PCPJack worm steals credentials, cleans TeamPCP infections
A new malware framework called PCPJack is stealing credentials from exposed cloud infrastructure while actively removing TeamPCP’s access to the systems. […]
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in the Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), tracked as CVE-2026-6973 (CVSS score of 7.1), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Ivanti warns customers…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, tracked as CVE-2026-0300 (CVSS score of 9.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The flaw is a buffer…
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The Chip Craze Is Turning a Glass Company and a Toilet Maker Into AI Stocks
Investors are driving big gains in companies making components vital to AI infrastructure.
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CISA Urges Critical Infrastructure Providers to Make Plans to Remain Operational if hit by Cyber-Attack
CISA’s CI Fortify initiative aim for critical infrastructure operators to build isolation & recovery
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CISA wants critical infrastructure to operate ‘weeks to months’ in isolation during conflict
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is urging critical infrastructure owners and operators to plan for delivering essential services under emergency conditions – potentially for months at a time. The federal government’s top cybersecurity agency warned that state-sponsored hackers, particularly two Chinese groups known as Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon, continue to threaten critical sectors…
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CISA mulls new three-day remediation deadline for critical flaws
Experts have mixed reactions to a report that the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is considering reducing the timeline in which government agencies must address critical vulnerabilities from two weeks to only three days. The current 14-day window applies to high-severity flaws dating from 2021 onwards, listed as known to be under exploit…
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CISA boasts AI automation improvements to threat analysis, mission support
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has gotten “by far” the biggest gains from artificial intelligence automation in its security operations unit to help analysts sift through threats, but it’s also proven valuable elsewhere within the agency, CISA officials said Tuesday. It’s “really allowing those analysts to do triage very fast, so they focus on…
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CISA pushes critical infrastructure operators to prepare to work in isolation
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has unveiled a new national initiative aimed at helping critical infrastructure operators withstand and recover from major cyberattacks by preparing to operate in isolation from the internet and third-party dependencies. The program, CI Fortify, is designed to ensure that organizations can continue delivering essential services even when…
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Meta adds proof-based security to encrypted backups
Meta has updated its infrastructure for protecting password-based and end-to-end encrypted backups, introducing over-the-air fleet key distribution for Messenger and a commitment to publishing evidence of secure fleet deployments. How encrypted backups work These updates build on the company’s HSM-based Backup Key Vault, which provides end-to-end encrypted backups for WhatsApp and Messenger. The system protects…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Linux Kernel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Linux Kernel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in the Linux Kernel, tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score of 7.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Recently, Xint Code researchers warned of a serious Linux…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in WebPros cPanel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in WebPros cPanel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Microsoft Defender, tracked as CVE-2026-41940 (CVSS score of 9.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. cPanel is a widely used web hosting control panel that lets…
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CISA Adds Actively Exploited Linux Root Access Bug CVE-2026-31431 to KEV
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a recently disclosed security flaw impacting various Linux distributions to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a case of local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw that could allow…
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Windows shell spoofing vulnerability puts sensitive data at risk
Microsoft and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have sounded the alarm about a Windows shell spoofing vulnerability that is already being exploited by attackers. It is not clear by whom as yet, but the main suspects are hackers in Russia. CISA has mandated that all federal agencies patch this vulnerability, designated CVE-2026-32202, by…
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Windows shell spoofing vulnerability puts sensitive data at risk
Microsoft and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have sounded the alarm about a Windows shell spoofing vulnerability that is already being exploited by attackers. It is not clear by whom as yet, but the main suspects are hackers in Russia. CISA has mandated that all federal agencies patch this vulnerability, designated CVE-2026-32202, by…
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Canonical Hit by Sustained DDoS Attack, Disrupting Ubuntu Services Worldwide
Canonical’s web infrastructure was knocked offline by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, disrupting core Ubuntu services relied on by developers and security teams globally. “A direct extortion message sent to the Ubuntu team by the hacktivist group ‘The Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq – 313 Tea,’ has been detected,” said VECERT Analyzer in their X…
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Identity is the control plane for distributed infrastructure
Teleport CEO Ev Kontsevoy makes the case that distributed infrastructure, across cloud, Kubernetes, databases, and servers, can’t be secured by layering more tools on top of fragmented identity systems. He argues for fewer credentials, fewer entry points, and a single identity layer that gives security and engineering teams unified visibility and control. The post Identity…
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CVE-2026-41940: Critical cPanel & WHM Authentication Bypass Exposes Hosting Servers to Admin Takeover
A newly disclosed CVE-2026-41940 vulnerability in cPanel & WHM has put internet-facing hosting infrastructure under urgent scrutiny. The flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and can let an unauthenticated remote attacker bypass authentication and gain administrative access, while cPanel’s advisory says the issue affects cPanel software, including DNSOnly, across all versions after 11.40. For…
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Dismantle implicit trust in OT networks, CISA tells critical infrastructure operators
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has asked owners and operators of operational technology to stop assuming their networks are safe, and has released joint guidance to adapt zero trust principles for industrial systems that support US power, water, transportation, building automation, and weapons-support infrastructure. OT owners should design controls on the assumption…
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Bad bots make up 40% of internet traffic
The normalization of AI and automation within internet infrastructure is changing how organizations interpret traffic. Activity that once appeared anomalous is now treated as expected behavior. AI agents have emerged as a third category of automated traffic alongside good and bad bots, according to the Thales 2026 Bad Bot Report: Bad Bots in the Agentic…
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GitHub Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution With a Single Git Push
A vulnerability in GitHub’s infrastructure could have allowed attackers to execute code on backend systems using nothing more than a standard git push command. The flaw affected both GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES), exposing millions of repositories to potential compromise before it was patched. “By exploiting an injection flaw in GitHub’s internal protocol, any…
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ReadySteadyPlug receives $1.51 million ARENA funding to accelerate national rollout of affordable EV chargers in apartments
– ARENA funding to accelerate the national rollout of smart strata-based EV charging infrastructure – ReadySteadyPlug’s smart Level 1 solution avoids costly switchboard or infrastructure upgrades with limited upfront contribution from the Owners Corporation – Funding comes amid surging EV demand driven by global fuel crisis
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CISA orders feds to patch Windows flaw exploited as zero-day
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered federal agencies to secure their Windows systems against a vulnerability exploited in zero-day attacks. […]
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CISA Adds Actively Exploited ConnectWise and Windows Flaws to KEV
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws impacting ConnectWise ScreenConnect and Microsoft Windows to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2024-1708 (CVSS score: 8.4) – A path traversal vulnerability in ConnectWise ScreenConnect
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U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2024-1708 (CVSS score of 8.4) ConnectWise ScreenConnect Path Traversal…
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Feuding Ransomware Groups Leak Each Other’s Data
When 0APT and KryBit attacked each other, they exposed infrastructure and operational data, giving defenders rare insight into ransomware operations.
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Modulus Labs Improves Global Payment Infrastructure Uptime with Datadog’s Centralized Monitoring and Security
Modulus Labs, Asia’s most versatile payment infrastructure for high-volume merchants and PayFacs, strengthens compliance, security, and uptime with centralized observability across PCI DSS–compliant cloud infrastructure
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U.S. CISA adds SimpleHelp, Samsung, and D-Link flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds SimpleHelp, Samsung, and D-Link flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added SimpleHelp, Samsung, and D-Link flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2024-7399 Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server Path Traversal Vulnerability CVE-2024-57726 SimpleHelp Missing Authorization Vulnerability…
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The Race to Make the World’s Most In-Demand Machine
Tech companies’ plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on AI infrastructure depend on a one-of-a-kind Dutch equipment maker most Americans have never heard of.
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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 last in line for access to Anthropic Mythos
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) does not yet have access to Anthropic’s bug-hunting AI model, Claude Mythos, even though other government agencies do, Axios reported earlier this week. As if that weren’t a big enough slap in the face for the national cyber-defense agency, the list of those who do have access…
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CISA last in line for access to Anthropic Mythos
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) does not yet have access to Anthropic’s bug-hunting AI model, Claude Mythos, even though other government agencies do, Axios reported earlier this week. As if that weren’t a big enough slap in the face for the national cyber-defense agency, the list of those who do have access…
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FIRESTARTER Backdoor Hit Federal Cisco Firepower Device, Survives Security Patches
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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Compromised everyday devices power Chinese cyber espionage operations
China-linked threat actors have shifted from individually procured infrastructure to large-scale covert networks, botnets built from compromised routers and other edge devices, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns. To help organizations address this threat, the NCSC, together with the Cyber League and partner agencies, has issued an advisory. The advisory includes guidance for organizations…
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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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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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Oracle Builds for AI While Channel Rivals Chase Share
Oracle is reshaping its enterprise strategy around AI, multicloud infrastructure, and deeper ties with hyperscale partners such as AWS. But as the company pours billions into data centers, pushes agentic AI across its portfolio, and cuts jobs to support that transition, rivals see an opening to compete more aggressively for Oracle-adjacent workloads. That opportunity is…
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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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Hitachi Vantara Releases FY2025 Sustainability Report, Highlighting Leadership in Energy-Efficient Infrastructure for AI-Driven Workloads
GUEST RESEARCH: Annual report details advancements in sustainable data infrastructure, including expanded lifecycle design initiatives, governance improvements and energy-efficient systems for AI workloads
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New GoGra malware for Linux uses Microsoft Graph API for comms
A Linux variant of the GoGra backdoor uses legitimate Microsoft infrastructure, relying on an Outlook inbox for stealthy payload delivery. […]
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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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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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Fireside Chat: PKI has carried digital trust through every tech advance—now comes the hardest one
Public key infrastructure — the authentication and encryption framework that has held digital commerce together through every chaotic leap forward in technology — is facing a double whammy. Related: Achieveing AI security won’t be easy Autonomous AI agents are flooding enterprise networks, most without verified identities or any meaningful governance. What’s more, quantum computers are…
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Vercel Breach Tied to Context AI Hack Exposes Limited Customer Credentials
Web infrastructure provider Vercel has disclosed a security breach that allows bad actors to gain unauthorized access to “certain” internal Vercel systems. The incident stemmed from the compromise of Context.ai, a third-party artificial intelligence (AI) tool, that was used by an employee at the company. “The attacker used that access to take over the employee’s…
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DDoS-For-Hire Services Disrupted by International Police Action in ‘Operation PowerOff’
Coordinated action by FBI, Europol and others seizes infrastructure, makes arrests – and sends warning letters to known DDoS service users
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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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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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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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GNM Advances to 1.6T per Wavelength on CIENA – Powered Backbone
GNM has upgraded its CIENA-powered backbone infrastructure from 800G to 1.6T per wavelength on high-capacity routes with growing traffic demand – increasing available capacity without deploying additional fiber.
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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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Operator XR Launches Interceptor: Purpose-Built C-sUAS Training System
Dedicated VR platform delivers scalable counter-drone training without fixed infrastructure
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Triad Nexus Expands Global Fraud Operations Despite US Sanctions
Triad Nexus scales $200m scams, uses infrastructure laundering, localized fraud and US-access blocks
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Malicious Chrome Extensions Campaign Exposes User Data
108 malicious Chrome extensions steal sessions, Google data, inject ads via single C2 infrastructure