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European authorities crack down on illegal streaming networks

Authorities in Europe arrested 29 alleged cybercriminals and took down more than 27,000 illegal streaming URLs that pirated major sporting events, films and TV programming, Europol said Wednesday. The continent-wide collaboration, led by Bulgaria and the European Union’s police agency, allowed authorities to dismantle nine organized crime groups supporting the illicit streaming networks, officials said.…

Anthropic grants Project Glasswing access to 150 more companies, with a focus on critical infrastructure

Anthropic on Tuesday announced that it was adding 150 more companies to its Project Glasswing AI-based vulnerability hunting initiative, with a particular focus on critical infrastructure companies including those involved in “power, water, healthcare, communications and hardware.” Analysts and security vendors agreed that the move is a positive step, noting that the more companies involved…

145 AI laws passed in 2025 and privacy teams aren’t catching a break

145 AI-related laws were enacted by state legislatures in 2025, and more than 1,000 additional bills were introduced or revised, according to DataGrail’s Privacy and AI Trends Report 2026. Average cost of manual data subject request management (Source: DataGrail) Shadow AI risks Of the 2,400 popular business software providers that advertised AI capabilities, 63.6% did…

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…

Anthropic: Mythos finds more than 10,000 software flaws in first month

Anthropic said its month-old Project Glasswing initiative has uncovered more than 10,000 high- or critical-severity software vulnerabilities across systemically important code, a finding the company says has shifted the central problem in cybersecurity from discovering flaws to verifying and patching them. The findings, drawn from partner reports and independent evaluations, mark one of the first…

Anthropic: Claude Mythos identified 10,000+ software flaws

Anthropic and its Project Glasswing partners have identified more than 10,000 high- or critical-severity vulnerabilities in critical software systems, the company announced in an update on the project’s progress. Mythos identifies thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities In April 2026, Anthropic introduced Claude Mythos Preview, a new large language model that can autonomously find zero-day vulnerabilities and…

AI security needs a shift from models to systems, researchers argue

Enterprises cannot secure AI agents by making the underlying models more robust and must instead enforce security controls at the system level around them, researchers behind a paper published this month argued, warning that traditional AI-security approaches are increasingly misaligned with how autonomous agents actually operate inside enterprise environments. The paper argues that enterprises should…

Claude Mythos AI Finds 10,000 High-Severity Flaws in Widely Used Software

Anthropic on Friday disclosed that Project Glasswing has helped uncover more than 10,000 high- or critical-severity vulnerabilities across some of the most “systemically” important software across the world since the cybersecurity initiative went live last month. Project Glasswing is an effort led by the artificial intelligence (AI) company, as part of which a small set…

Automating identity lifecycle and security with AWS Directory Service APIs

Managing identities and access across complex environments has become more critical than ever. AWS Directory Service for Managed Microsoft Active Directory, also known as AWS Managed Microsoft AD, has added new capabilities to manage users and groups. Now, you can perform create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations on users and groups directly through AWS…

AI Demand Pushes Neoclouds into the Channel Conversation

Neocloud providers are gaining momentum as enterprises look for more GPU capacity to support AI training, fine-tuning, and inference. For MSPs, resellers, and system integrators, that shift could expand the cloud infrastructure conversation beyond hypescalers. As AI workloads push customers to compare every available option, partners have an opportunity to advise on cost, capacity, workload…

Meet Rampart and Clarity, Microsoft’s new red team combo AI agents

On Wednesday, Microsoft released two new red teaming tools—Rampart and Clarity—,meant to help developers design more secure agentic software and assist incident responders in the face of ongoing breaches. Rampart is built on top of PyRIT, an existing open automation framework Microsoft developed for red teaming generative AI systems. But while PyRIT scans already-built systems…

How Can MSSPs Scale Threat Detection Without Burning Out Their Analysts?

Scaling threat detection as an MSSP doesn’t mean hiring more analysts — it means enabling the analysts you already have to handle more clients, more alerts, and more complex threats without burning out. The practical path forward combines three capabilities: continuous real-time intelligence that keeps detection systems current automatically, instant IOC investigation that cuts triage…

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,…

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,…

AI might cut false positives, but it won’t stop the slop 

As defenders get their hands on newer AI models with more powerful cybersecurity capabilities like Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s Daybreak, organizations are being told to prepare for a flood of new vulnerability reports. But for bug bounty programs across the nation, that day may already be here, as yesterday’s frontier models and today’s open-source AI…

Dell Unveils Portfolio Advancements to Simplify AI Adoption

During Dell Technologies World 2026, Dell unveiled more than 60 portfolio advancements to simplify AI adoption and modernize the data center. Dell AI innovations to scale new capabilities in data and agent adoption To help address the gap between AI ambition and AI outcomes, Dell has introduced new agentic AI capabilities, AI-ready data, next-generation infrastructure,…

Illicit Enterprise: An Anatomy of the Modern Underground Phishing Marketplace

Just as cyber threats have grown more complex and foreboding, the underground phishing marketplace which makes such attacks possible has profoundly evolved.  No longer a Craigslist-styled hodgepodge of products and services, marketplace forums have emerged as complete criminal ecosystems that function as not only distribution points for resources, but as labor exchanges to recruit and…

White House cyber official: identity security matters more than ever in the age of AI

As AI becomes more integrated into federal IT (and attacker toolsets) government agencies will need to focus their resources on regulating and monitoring the identities that access their network, a top White House cybersecurity official said Thursday. Nick Polk, branch director for federal cybersecurity in the Executive Office of the President, said that while AI…

Weaponized AI: The new frontier of fraud and identity spoofing

Today’s enterprise executives are navigating a complex landscape of AI-driven challenges, but none is more urgent than the rapid escalation of AI-generated fraud. Fraudsters are weaponizing generative AI to automate impersonation and mass-produce synthetic identities at a scale and pace that is rendering enterprises’ long-standing defenses obsolete. This is no longer a slow-moving game of…

Over 1 Million Baby Monitors and Security Cameras Exposed Through Meari Flaws

More than one million internet-connected baby monitors and security cameras were reportedly exposed through multiple vulnerabilities tied to Meari Technology.  The flaws potentially allowed attackers to access sensitive images, device data, and real-time household activity from around the world.  “What makes this story especially frustrating is that it highlights one of the hardest problems in…

TD SYNNEX Adds BCM One Voice and UCaaS Services

TD SYNNEX is adding more communications firepower to its partner ecosystem through a new partnership with BCM One, bringing voice, network services, and white-label UCaaS into the mix. Through the agreement, partners can now offer Pure IP’s global voice and network services alongside SkySwitch’s white-label UCaaS platform. It makes it much easier to integrate communications…

SAS Execs: AI Adoption is a Human and Organizational Challenge

AI adoption is more than a technical transformation, and organizations have been underestimating the human side of AI implementation, including employee fears, organizational culture, communication breakdowns, and trust. The human angle of AI adoption for organizations was a major talking point during SAS Innovate 2026. At the conference, Channel Insider sat down with both Kristi…

The missing cybersecurity leader in small business

The average cyberattack costs for a small- or medium-size business is more than $250,000. The salary for a chief information security officer (CISO) is about the same, pulling in between $250,000 and $400,000, according to the annual 2026 CISO Report from Sophos and Cybersecurity Ventures. Small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs) know they cannot afford the…

Dreame Launches More Than 20 Smart Home Products at DREAME NEXT Living Next Showcase, Highlighting Bionic Robotic Arm Platform Expansion

Dreame Technology, a global high-end technology company, today launched more than 20 smart home products and dozens of industry-first technologies at the Living Next segment of DREAME NEXT in San Francisco. The centerpiece of the showcase is the expansion of Dreame’s bionic robotic arm technology into air conditioners, range hoods, steam ovens, and dishwashers, demonstrating how a core capability continuously evolves and compounds across product categories.  Dreame first introduced bionic robotic arm technology in 2023. The technology has since been continuously refined…

Infra + security: why more & more CISOs are starting to own infrastructure

Over the past year, I have started to see a growing trend that in more and more organizations, CISOs are taking ownership of infrastructure teams. Where CISOs aren’t directly taking over infrastructure teams, they are exerting more direct control over how infrastructure is designed and operated. Like many structural shifts in cybersecurity, this is developing…

Brazilian LofyGang Resurfaces After Three Years With Minecraft LofyStealer Campaign

A cybercrime group of Brazilian origin has resurfaced after more than three years to orchestrate a campaign that targets Minecraft players with a new stealer called LofyStealer (aka GrabBot). “The malware disguises itself as a Minecraft hack called ‘Slinky,’” Brazil-based cybersecurity company ZenoX said in a technical report. “It uses the official game icon to…

Best Zero Trust Security Solutions in 2026

This guide is targeted toward IT and security teams looking to get more granular access control and reduce implicit trust across applications and systems in 2026. It introduces zero trust and top zero trust solutions. A presidential executive order mandating a zero trust strategy for federal agencies has raised the profile of the cybersecurity technology…

Vercel attack fallout expands to more customers and third-party systems

Vercel said the fallout from an attack on its internal systems hit more customers than previously known, as ongoing analysis uncovered additional evidence of compromise.  The company, which makes tools and hosts cloud infrastructure for developers, maintains a “small number” of accounts were impacted, but it has yet to share a number or range of…

3 practical ways AI threat detection improves enterprise cyber resilience

Why “more alerts” isn’t the same as better security If you run security in an enterprise environment, you already know the problem. Generic detection tools generate thousands of alerts, most of them low value. Analysts spend hours chasing noise while attackers quietly move laterally using valid credentials and trusted tools. AI‑driven threat detection promises to…

The 2026 Edition of PepsiCo’s APAC Greenhouse Program Shifts Beyond Pilots to Fast-Track Startups into its Supply Chain

COMPANY NEWS: The IMPACT Edition introduces a more structured integration model, bringing proven alumni solutions into PepsiCo’s operations through coordinated execution, commercial pathways, and an expanded partner ecosystem. Two Australian start-ups, Adiona and X-Centric, will join three other finalists to take part in the IMPACT edition.

Employment Hero AI unlocks new employment model targeting $12.6 billion in duplicated employment admin holding Australia back

New modelling shows businesses are paying $12.6 billion more than they should in employment administration Complex, manual HR processes are driving duplication, costing up to a quarter of an employee’s salary and dragging down productivity  Despite Australian businesses spending $160 billion annually on compliance, hundreds of thousands of workers remain underpaid and over half of…

Over 1,300 SharePoint Servers Still Exposed to Actively Exploited Spoofing Flaw

More than 1,300 internet-exposed Microsoft SharePoint servers remain unpatched against a spoofing flaw previously exploited as a zero-day. “Improper input validation in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network,” said Microsoft in its advisory. SharePoint Servers Still Exposed  The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32201, affects SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, SharePoint…

World ID expands its ‘proof of human’ vision for the AI era

Identity management is a critical concern for any enterprise, and it’s becoming ever more complex and convoluted with the advent of AI agents. World ID is taking a unique (and to some, controversial) approach to this challenge by building a ‘digital proof of human’ ecosystem for the internet. Today, at its “Lift Off” event, the…

Executive orders likely ahead in next steps for national cyber strategy

National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross expects more executive orders coming from the White House as part of implementing the national cybersecurity strategy, he said Wednesday. Staffers on Capitol Hill and others in the cyber world have been awaiting the implementation guidance the Trump administration had proclaimed would come to accompany the strategy  published last month.…