The Fragmented State of Modern Enterprise Identity Enterprise IAM is approaching a breaking point. As organizations scale, identity becomes increasingly fragmented across thousands of applications, decentralized teams, machine identities, and autonomous systems. The result is Identity Dark Matter: identity activity that sits outside the visibility of centralized IAM and beyond the reach of
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Debian 13.5 point release lands with security fixes, bug patches
Debian 13.5 is the fifth point release for the stable distribution “trixie.” The update folds in roughly 100 Debian Security Advisories and corrections for more than 130 source packages, covering everything from the Linux kernel and Apache HTTP Server to OpenSSH, sudo, systemd, OpenSSL, glibc, and FreeRDP. Fresh installer images carrying the same fixes will…
AI, Apps, china, Endpoint, Europe, Exploits, Global Security News, malware, Network Security, Russia
FamousSparrow targets Azerbaijani energy sector in multi-wave espionage campaign
Chinese-linked FamousSparrow repeatedly targeted an Azerbaijani oil and gas company, reusing the same entry point in three intrusions from Dec 2025 to Feb 2026. Chinese-linked threat actor FamousSparrow has conducted a sustained intrusion campaign against an Azerbaijani oil and gas company, returning to the same compromised entry point three separate times between late December 2025…
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Moovila CEO: MSPs Must Focus on ROI, Risk, and Reality in AI Adoption
Understanding the true business return has been a sticking point of managed service providers (MSPs) in the age of AI. Taking a look at any AI initiative involves understanding how much error an operation can tolerate and identifying opportunities to help customers operationalize AI before fully diving in. To break down how to evaluate AI…
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OpenAI and Microsoft Strike Truce, Redrawing Once-Tense Partnership
A new deal offers the startup more freedom and marks a turning point in one of the AI boom’s highest-profile partnerships.
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Check Point to Integrate AI Defense Plane with Google Cloud to Help Secure AI Agents with Integrated Discovery, Governance, and Runtime Protection
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pioneer and global leader of cyber security solutions, today announced that it will serve as a launch partner with Google Cloud to integrate Check Point’s AI Defense Plane with Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. The integration will combine centralised agent control with contextual intelligence and real-time…
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Salesforce Creates FDE Partner Network for Agentforce
Salesforce is zeroing in on a familiar sticking point with enterprise AI. Getting something to work in a pilot is one thing; getting it to run smoothly in production, with the messiness of real systems and data, is where things tend to fall apart. The company this week introduced a Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) Partner…
AI, Cloud Security, Exploits, Global Security News
The exploit gap is closing, and your patch cycle wasn’t built for this
The Cloud Security Alliance has published a briefing on what it calls a turning point in the threat landscape: the time between a vulnerability being discovered and a working exploit is shrinking fast. The briefing centers on Anthropic’s Claude Mythos, which autonomously found thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities across major operating systems and browsers, generated working…
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Legitify: Open-source scanner for security misconfigurations on GitHub and GitLab
Misconfigured source code management platforms remain a common entry point in software supply chain attacks, and organizations often lack visibility into which settings put them at risk. Legitify, an open-source tool from Legit Security, addresses that gap by scanning GitHub and GitLab environments and reporting policy violations across organizations, repositories, members, and CI/CD runner groups.…
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Check Point Software Technologies Expands Australian Presence with Western Australia Check Point Workspace Security SASE Data Residency Instance
COMPANY NEWS: New Point of Presence Enhances Web application and API protection with low latency and delivers Industry-Leading Threat Prevention and Cloud-Ready Security Architecture
Exploits, Global Security News
Analysis of one billion CISA KEV remediation records exposes limits of human-scale security
Analysis of 1 billion CISA KEV remediation records reveal a breaking point for human-scale security. Qualys shows most critical flaws are exploited before defenders can patch them. […]
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It’s iPhone speculation time: flips, flaps — and Fold
We’ve reached that familiar point in Apple’s annual iPhone speculation cycle when conflicting reports insist an unreleased, unconfirmed product is both behind schedule and set to appear right on time. As with Apple’s annual macOS system naming fable, this moment comes every year. One publication, sometimes Nikkei, might claim development is running late, while a second…
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Shrinking the IAM Attack Surface through Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platforms (IVIP)
The Fragmented State of Modern Enterprise Identity Enterprise IAM is approaching a breaking point. As organizations scale, identity becomes increasingly fragmented across thousands of applications, decentralized teams, machine identities, and autonomous systems. The result is Identity Dark Matter: identity activity that sits outside the visibility of centralized IAM and
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GigaOm Names Check Point Software a Leader and Fast Mover in Application and API Security
Check Point WAF recognised for industry‑leading detection and a unified platform that protects modern web and AI‑driven applications with simplicity and speed
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Cybersecurity in the age of instant software
AI is rapidly changing how software is written, deployed, and used. Trends point to a future where AIs can write custom software quickly and easily: “instant software.” Taken to an extreme, it might become easier for a user to have an AI write an application on demand — a spreadsheet, for example — and delete…
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ChatGPT Security Issue Enabled Data Theft via Single Prompt
OpenAI has patched vulnerability, which Check Point said was because of a DNS loophole
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Best AI Security Solutions for Enterprises in 2026
Enterprise AI security solutions in 2026, compare Check Point, Palo Alto, CrowdStrike, Fortinet, and Zscaler across cloud, endpoint, and network.
Global Security News, Risk Management
Google races to secure encryption before quantum threats arrive
Google is preparing for the quantum era, a turning point in digital security, with a 2029 timeline for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) migration. Security professionals warn that current encryption could be broken by large-scale quantum computers in the coming years. This risk is already relevant due to store-now-decrypt-later attacks. Google says organizations should adopt NIST-developed PQC…
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Boards under pressure: Why AI is forcing a governance reset
iTWire TV: Australian boardrooms are entering a critical inflection point as AI, cyber risk and geopolitical uncertainty converge to reshape corporate governance.
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Check Point unveils AI Defense Plane to govern and secure enterprise AI systems
Check Point has announced the Check Point AI Defense Plane, a unified AI security control plane designed to help enterprises govern how AI is connected, deployed, and operated across the business. As AI systems move from assistants to autonomous actors that access data, invoke tools, and take action, the AI Defense Plane provides the intelligence…
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Attackers are handing off access in 22 seconds, Mandiant finds
Exploits remain the leading entry point for attackers for the sixth consecutive year, according to Mandiant’s M-Trends 2026 report, which draws on more than 500,000 hours of incident response work conducted in 2025. The data shows attackers speeding up their internal hand-offs, shifting away from email phishing, and targeting backup and virtualization infrastructure with greater…
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5 key priorities for your RSAC 2026 agenda
RSA Conference 2026 arrives at a significant inflection point for the cybersecurity industry — one that will see its more than 43,000 attendees and 600-plus exhibitors navigating an agenda that has fundamentally shifted in character. For the first time, “AI” is not a track at RSAC. It is the event. Of the 450-plus sessions across…
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Copilot and Claude Signal a New AI Services Market
In 2026, the conversation around AI coworkers has become a key talking point in the enterprise industry. Anthropic introduced its Claude Cowork program earlier this year, a solution that transcends traditional AI chatbots and appears capable of doing real, task-driven work on its own. Not long after, Microsoft announced its own take on an agentic…
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Rates Rise, Nerves Follow – RBA Lifts Rates Again to 4.1% and Signals the Fight Is Not Over
The Reserve Bank has lifted its benchmark cash rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.1 percent, returning it to where it sat a year ago. That symmetry is neat. The reality is not.
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The Pentagon Dealmaker Who Has Become Anthropic’s Nemesis
Emil Michael, a veteran of controversies at Uber, is the Trump administration’s point person in the fight over military use of AI.
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Cyber-Attacks on UK Firms Increase at Four Times Global Rate
Check Point data shows attack volumes are growing much faster in the UK than worldwide
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Turning expertise into opportunity for women in cybersecurity
Speaker diversity in cybersecurity has been a talking point for over a decade, with panels, pledges, and dedicated conference tracks failing to produce change. Stages still skew heavily male, even as women represent millions of qualified professionals in the field. SheSpeaksCyber, a free and open directory launched by the Women4Cyber Foundation, aims to close that…
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Digital.ai expands post-build protection for Android and iOS applications
Software security has reached an inflection point as AI development tools increase the volume and velocity of software releases, while AI is also powering the next generation of threat actors driving attack volume and sophistication to new heights. For security teams, this is not just acceleration – it is multiplication: more apps, more releases, and…
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: Kali Linux + Claude, Chrome Crash Traps, WinRAR Flaws, LockBit & 15+ Stories
Nothing here looks dramatic at first glance. That’s the point. Many of this week’s threats begin with something ordinary, like an ad, a meeting invite, or a software update. Behind the scenes, the tactics are sharper. Access happens faster. Control is established sooner. Cleanup becomes harder. Here is a quick look at the signals worth…
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One Process, Every Metric: How Better Alert Enrichment Transforms SOC Performance
Every security alert represents a decision point. Act too slowly, and a threat becomes a breach. Act without context, and analysts drown in noise. At the center of both failure modes is a single, often underestimated process: alert enrichment. Key Takeaways Alert enrichment is the operational multiplier. Its quality determines the effectiveness of every other SOC investment — detection tools, SIEM…
Global Security News, Government & Policy
NSW’s cyber strategy reflects a broader shift, security is becoming an enabler of progress
GUEST OPINION: The NSW Government’s new cyber security strategy is a strong point of reference, not just because it applies to government, but because it reflects a broader shift we are seeing across Australian organisations.
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Unit 42: Nearly two-thirds of breaches now start with identity abuse
Identity is still the primary entry point for cyberattacks, according to Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence firm Unit 42. In its annual incident response report released Tuesday, Unit 42 found that identity-based techniques accounted for nearly two-thirds of all initial network intrusions last year. Social engineering was the leading attack method, accounting for one-third of…
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Cloud teams are hitting maturity walls in governance, security, and AI use
Enterprise cloud programs have reached a point where most foundational services are already in place, and the daily work now centers on governance, security enforcement, and managing sprawl across environments. Hybrid and multi-cloud architectures have become routine in large organizations, bringing new operational pressures around consistency and control. A new survey of cloud architects and…
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How to govern agentic AI so as not to lose control
This year will mark the turning point where artificial intelligence will stop assisting and start acting. We will witness a qualitative leap towards agent-based or agentive AI, capable of making autonomous decisions, managing complex workflows, and executing end-to-end tasks without constant intervention. However, this autonomy carries with it a serious warning for businesses: the ability…
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New Hacking Campaign Exploits Microsoft Windows WinRAR Vulnerability
Researchers at Check Point link ‘Amarath-Dragon’ attacks to prolific Chinese cyber-espionage operation
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AI is driving a new kind of phishing at scale
Email remains a primary entry point for attackers, and security teams continue to manage high volumes of malicious messages that change form across campaigns. Attackers generate large numbers of messages with small variations in wording, structure, and delivery paths. AI systems now sit at the center of this activity, supporting generation, testing, and rollout of…