Credential theft malware rarely announces itself with ransomware-level noise. Instead, it operates like a silent siphon hidden inside everyday business workflows: invoices, payroll files, purchase orders, procurement requests. Agent Tesla campaigns are especially dangerous because they target the operational arteries of organizations, harvesting credentials that enable deeper compromise, business email compromise (BEC), financial fraud, cloud account takeover, and long-term…
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Critical Flaw Turns Vect Ransomware into Data Destroying Wiper
The Vect 2.0 ransomware wipes large files instead of merely encrypting them, making recovery impossible – even for the attackers
AI, Cloud Security, Global Security News, Risk Management
Google gets agent-ready for the Mythos age
In response to Anthropic Mythos, instead of launching another LLM, Google unveiled a broad push toward agentic, AI-driven defense at Google Cloud Next ‘26 to help SOC analysts as they scramble to keep up with the influx of CVEs Mythos threatens. As Mythos promises more vulnerabilities, and reports of unauthorized access despite its limited preview…
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Most “AI SOCs” Are Just Faster Triage. That’s Not Enough.
AI-powered SOC tools promise automation, but most only speed up triage instead of reducing real workload. Tines shows how real gains come from end-to-end workflows that execute actions across systems, not just summarize alerts. […]
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
Copilot and Agentforce fall to form-based prompt injection tricks
Enterprise AI agents are supposed to streamline workflows. Instead, two fresh findings show they can just as easily streamline data exfiltration. Security researchers have uncovered prompt-injection vulnerabilities in both Microsoft Copilot Studio and Salesforce Agentforce that allow attackers to execute malicious instructions via seemingly harmless prompts. According to Capsule Security findings, SharePoint forms and public-facing…
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The Sudden Fall of OpenAI’s Most Hyped Product Since ChatGPT
Sam Altman hoped Sora would turn OpenAI into a creative pioneer. Instead, it looks like an expensive strategic miscalculation.
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How to Scale Phishing Detection in Your SOC: 3 Steps for CISOs
Phishing has quietly turned into one of the hardest enterprise threats to expose early. Instead of crude lures and obvious payloads, modern campaigns rely on trusted infrastructure, legitimate-looking authentication flows, and encrypted traffic that conceals malicious behavior from traditional detection layers. For CISOs, the priority is now clear: scale phishing detection in a way that…
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How a cybersecurity boss framed his own employee
When a top cybersecurity firm discovered it had a leak, you would expect the FBI to be called. Instead, the person put in charge of the investigation was the actual leaker… who promptly sent an innocent colleague into a career-ending ambush. In this episode, we unravel the jaw-dropping tale of a defence contractor caught selling…
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Russia
Smashing Security podcast #457: How a cybersecurity boss framed his own employee
When a top cybersecurity firm discovered it had a leak, you would expect the FBI to be called. Instead, the person put in charge of the investigation was the actual leaker… who promptly sent an innocent colleague into a career-ending ambush. In this episode, we unravel the jaw-dropping tale of a defence contractor caught selling…
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South Korean Tax Agency Leak Leads to $4.8M Crypto Theft
A public press release intended to highlight a tax enforcement victory instead exposed millions in confiscated cryptocurrency. South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) inadvertently revealed the mnemonic seed phrase of a seized Ledger hardware wallet, enabling an unknown actor to transfer approximately $4.8 million in digital assets. “The thief first deposited a small amount of…
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Forescout VistaroAI replaces prompt engineering with role-based AI automation
Forescout introduced Forescout VistaroAI, which thinks like a security expert instead of a chatbot. It eliminates the need for prompt engineering by delivering role-based automation with human-in-the-loop control, resulting in faster, more accurate risk decisions and an improved user experience compared to prompt-driven AI assistants. Forescout VistaroAI provides users with a personalized view of the…
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LibreOffice 26.2 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is What’s New
Highlights of LibreOffice 26.2 include a new option to use horizontal tabs instead of vertical in dialogs, the ability to insert hyperlinks from the context menu when text is selected, the ability to copy dialog screenshots to the clipboard, and expanded support for open standards to reinforce long-term access to documents. The post LibreOffice 26.2…
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Microsoft releases Windows 11 26H1 for select and upcoming CPUs
Microsoft has announced Windows 11 26H1, but it’s not for existing PCs. Instead, it will ship on devices with Snapdragon X2 processors and possibly other rumored ARM chips.w […]