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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Review: Foundations of Cybersecurity, 2nd edition
Jason Andress has refreshed his introductory security text for No Starch Press. He writes in the introduction that the term security now extends past data center servers to cloud resources, mobile devices, the Internet of Things, and AI. About the author Jason Andress is an experienced security professional with 15+ years in the industry. He…
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Ollama Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability Allows Remote Process Memory Leak
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security vulnerability in Ollama that, if successfully exploited, could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to leak its entire process memory. The out-of-bounds read flaw, which likely impacts over 300,000 servers globally, is tracked as CVE-2026-7482 (CVSS score: 9.1). It has been codenamed Bleeding Llama by Cyera. Ollama is a
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 96
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter CloudZ RAT potentially steals OTP messages using Pheno plugin Backdoored PyTorch Lightning package drops credential stealer A rigged game: ScarCruft compromises gaming platform in a supply-chain attack Muddying the Tracks: The State-Sponsored Shadow Behind…
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Hackers Hijack JDownloader Site to Deliver Malware Through Installers
JDownloader confirms a security breach where hackers manipulated official download links to distribute malicious files between 6 and 7 May 2026.
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 576 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Quasar Linux RAT (QLNX): A Fileless Linux Implant Built for Stealth and Persistence Braintrust security incident…
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RansomHouse says it breached Trellix and exposes internal systems
RansomHouse claimed responsibility for the Trellix breach, adding the security firm to its Tor data leak site and sharing screenshots of internal systems. The RansomHouse ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the recent cyberattack on cybersecurity firm Trellix. To support its claims, the gang published screenshots allegedly showing access to internal Trellix services. In early…
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Sen. Schumer seeks DHS plan on AI cyber coordination with state, local governments
The Senate’s top Democrat called on the Department of Homeland Security Friday to work closely with state and local governments to defend against artificial intelligence-strengthened hacks. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wrote to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to make sure state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) governments aren’t left behind as AI models advance,…
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GTT Channel Exec on 2026 Platform Strategy & Market Trends
GTT says growing AI and security demands are pushing enterprise customers to seek simpler technology strategies and closer partner relationships. Sara Seegers, GTT’s channel chief, spoke with Channel Insider about the company’s platform-based approach to technology and how channel partners remain a core face of GTT’s growth strategy. GTT continues to serve partners seeking simplicity …
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Apple vs. social engineering: Terminal paste trap blocked
Echoing concerns from other security experts, Orange Cyberdefense (OC) recently warned that employees have become the biggest security threat faced by business. Now, in the latest illustration of its ongoing security response, Apple is putting new protections in place in macOS 26.4 that should help – but employee education remains critical as hackers turn to complex, multi-stage, social engineering…
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One Missed Threat Per Week: What 25M Alerts Reveal About Low-Severity Risk
The dark secret of enterprise security operations is that defenders have quietly institutionalized the practice of not looking. This is not just anecdotal, but rather backed by a recent report investigating more than 25 million security alerts, including informational and low-severity, across live enterprise environments. The dataset behind these findings includes 10 million monitored
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Snyk integrates Claude to advance AI-native application security
Snyk has announced it is leveraging Anthropic’s Claude models to advance software security. Snyk has integrated Claude into the Snyk AI Security Platform, enabling automated vulnerability discovery, prioritization, and developer-ready fixes across code, dependencies, containers, and AI-generated artifacts. The threat driving that integration is real and accelerating. It’s a challenge that JPMorganChase’s Global Technology Leadership…
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Securonix launches AI threat research agent and ThreatWatch validation tool
Securonix announced the Securonix Threat Research Agent and ThreatWatch for ThreatQ, expanding how security teams research threats, validate exposure, and turn intelligence into documented action. Built on the ThreatQ platform and connected to Securonix security operations workflows, the new capabilities help teams generate role-specific intelligence, validate emerging threats against historical telemetry, and deliver explainable findings…
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Transilience AI unveils Security Operating System for cloud remediation
Transilience AI has announced the general availability of its Full Stack Security Operating System for the cloud, platform designed to solve one of enterprise security’s most persistent challenges: bridging the gap between detection and remediation. New platform replaces fragmented tool sprawl with an agent-powered, human-guided second brain, moving security posture from Detected to Eliminated. Cloud…
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May 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: AI starts driving security industry changes
Project Glasswing. This is one of three major security industry changes I’ll cover today. The Anthropic Mythos vulnerability discovery model has already proven to be game changing in its ability to identify new vulnerabilities in software. Many of these vulnerabilities have existed for 10 to 15 years without human discovery. In a recent announcement from…
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ICYMI: April 2026 @AWS Security
Read all about the latest AWS security features, compliance updates, and hands-on resources in our new, monthly digest posts. You’ll find expert blog posts, new service capabilities, code samples, and workshops. AWS Security Blog posts This month’s AWS Security Blog posts covered AI security, identity and access management, threat intelligence, data protection, and multicloud operations.…
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Inside the World of Laptop Farms: How They Help Foreign Remote Workers Look U.S.-Based to Earn More Money
The expansion of remote work fundamentally altered enterprise security models. Organizations that once relied on tightly controlled office environments suddenly began shipping pre-configured corporate laptops to workers they would never physically meet. VPN enrollment, SaaS identity platforms, remote onboarding systems, and cloud collaboration tools rapidly became the new trust perimeter. Criminal organizations and state-sponsored operators…
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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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Australia warns of ClickFix attacks pushing Vidar Stealer malware
The Australian Cyber Security Center (ACSC) is warning organizations of an ongoing malware campaign using the ClickFix social engineering technique to distribute the Vidar Stealer info-stealing malware. […]
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Ivanti EPMM CVE-2026-6973 RCE Under Active Exploitation Grants Admin-Level Access
Ivanti is warning that a new security flaw impacting Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) has been explored in limited attacks in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-6973 (CVSS score: 7.2), is a case of improper input validation affecting EPMM before versions 12.6.1.1, 12.7.0.1, and 12.8.0.1. It allows “a remotely authenticated user with administrative access to achieve…
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Legacy Security Tools Are Failing Data Protection, Capital One Software Report Finds
Traditional network security tools are undermining data protection, with Forrester and Capital One Software research warning AI adoption is impossible without rethinking data security
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Cline Kanban Flaw Lets Websites Hijack AI Coding Agents
Oasis Security finds critical Cline kanban WebSocket flaw exposing AI coding agents to hijack
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The Browser Is Breaking Your DLP: How Data Slips Past Modern Controls
Your security controls aren’t failing, they’re missing where most of today’s work actually happens. Keep Aware shows how browser activity like copy/paste and AI prompts bypass traditional protections. […]
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Webinar: Why modern attacks require both security and recovery
Modern attacks don’t stop at initial compromise. This webinar explores why security and recovery must work together to reduce downtime and improve resilience. […]
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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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vm2 Node.js Library Vulnerabilities Enable Sandbox Escape and Arbitrary Code Execution
A dozen critical security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the vm2 Node.js library that could be exploited by bad actors to break out of the sandbox and execute arbitrary code on susceptible systems. vm2 is an open-source library used to run untrusted JavaScript code inside a secure sandbox by intercepting and proxying JavaScript objects to…
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Sysdig delivers cloud security that runs inside AI coding agents
Sysdig announced headless cloud security, a cyberdefense platform designed for the agentic AI era. Sysdig Headless Cloud Security enables customers to drop the traditional, one-size-fits-all UI approach and equip their AI agents as the primary operators of machine-speed, data-driven cyberdefense. Over the last year, rapid advancements across coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and…
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CVE-2026-0300: Palo Alto PAN-OS Zero-Day Enables Root RCE on Exposed Firewalls
Edge security appliances remain high-value targets, especially when a flaw can be exploited before a patch is widely available. The CVE-2026-0300 vulnerability is a critical buffer overflow in the User-ID Authentication Portal, also known as Captive Portal, in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS. Palo Alto rates it 9.3/10 when the portal is exposed to the internet…
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CVE-2026-0300: Palo Alto PAN-OS Zero-Day Enables Root RCE on Exposed Firewalls
Edge security appliances remain high-value targets, especially when a flaw can be exploited before a patch is widely available. The CVE-2026-0300 vulnerability is a critical buffer overflow in the User-ID Authentication Portal, also known as Captive Portal, in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS. Palo Alto rates it 9.3/10 when the portal is exposed to the internet…
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Your AI Agents Are Already Inside the Perimeter. Do You Know What They’re Doing?
Analysts recently confirmed what identity security teams have quietly feared: AI agents are being deployed faster than enterprises can govern them. In their inaugural Market Guide for Guardian Agents, Gartner states that “enterprise adoption of AI agents is accelerating, outpacing maturity of governance policy controls.” Enterprise leaders can request access to the Gartner Market Guide…
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Application Security Strategies Are Changing as AI-generated Code Floods the SDLC
AI-generated code is changing AppSec workflows, forcing teams to rethink SDLC security, dependency checks, code review, and risk prioritization.
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ServiceNow strengthens enterprise AI security with Autonomous Security & Risk platform
ServiceNow has launched Autonomous Security & Risk to govern every AI agent, identity, and connected asset. Armis delivers continuous asset intelligence across code, IT, OT, IoT, and connected assets, while Veza provides fine-grained visibility, intelligence, and governance for both human and non-human identities. Security and risk crossed $1 billion in annual contract value (ACV) for…
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Megaport enhances network resilience with integrated DDoS protection
Megaport has announced the launch of Megaport DDoS Protection. This new built-in security capability for Megaport Internet allows customers to filter malicious traffic directly within the Megaport network, rather than routing it through a separate external service. This helps ensure mission-critical uptime without introducing additional latency or routing complexity. As enterprises increasingly migrate to distributed…
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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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Trellix Source Code Breach Highlights Growing Supply Chain Threats
Info is scant, but such breaches can reveal where a security product’s controls are located and how detections are designed, giving attackers a leg up.
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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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Critical Apache HTTP/2 Flaw (CVE-2026-23918) Enables DoS and Potential RCE
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has released security updates to address several security vulnerabilities in the HTTP Server, including a severe vulnerability that could potentially lead to remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-23918 (CVSS score: 8.8), has been described as a case of “double free and possible RCE” in the HTTP/2 protocol…
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Oracle will patch more often to counter AI cybersecurity threat
Oracle plans to issue security patches for its ERP, database, and other software on a monthly cycle, rather than quarterly, to respond to the increased pace of AI-enabled software vulnerability discovery. Other software vendors, notably Microsoft, SAP, and Adobe, already release patches on a monthly beat, always on the second Tuesday of each month. Oracle,…
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Five ways to use Kiro and Amazon Q to strengthen your security posture
A Monday morning security alert flags unauthorized access attempts, security group misconfigurations, and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy violations. Your team needs answers fast. Security teams are using Kiro and Amazon Q Developer to handle repetitive tasks—scanning resources, drafting policies, and researching Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs)—so engineers can focus on risk decisions…
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Google to pay up to $1.5 million for zero-click Pixel Titan M exploits
Google has revised its Android and Chrome Vulnerability Reward Programs (VRPs), which pay security researchers to report vulnerabilities in Android, Google hardware, and the Chrome browser. The update raises top bounties to $1.5 million and adjusts rewards for lower-complexity reports. The program targets vulnerability classes that automated tools struggle to detect and prioritizes researcher-driven findings.…
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Fake SSA Emails Drive Venomous#Helper Phishing Campaign
Venomous#Helper attackers impersonate the US Social Security Administration to deploy signed RMM software and maintain persistent access across US networks
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Download: Secure Foundations for AI Workloads on AWS
Center for Internet Security helps organizations deploy AI and high-performance compute environments from a trusted, hardened operating system baseline. CIS Hardened Images help teams reduce misconfiguration risk, support compliance efforts, and move faster in AWS. What are AI-optimized CIS Hardened Images CIS Hardened Images are secure, on-demand, scalable cloud images that help organizations deploy from…
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MetInfo CMS CVE-2026-29014 Exploited for Remote Code Execution Attacks
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw impacting an open-source content management system (CMS) known as MetInfo, according to new findings from VulnCheck. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-29014 (CVSS score: 9.8), a code injection flaw that could result in arbitrary code execution. “MetInfo CMS versions 7.9, 8.0, and 8.1 contain an unauthenticated…
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Oracle rolls out monthly security patch updates
Oracle is changing how its security fixes are delivered: starting in May 2026, there will be a monthly Critical Security Patch Update. “Each [monthly] CSPU is smaller and more focused, making it easier to apply critical fixes quickly [to customer-managed deployments],” Oracle says. Quarterly Critical Patch Updates (CPUs) remain in place and will continue to…
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Anomali ThreatStream Next-Gen speeds threat response across workflows
Anomali has announced ThreatStream Next-Gen. Available standalone or within the Anomali Unified Security Data Lake, it turns threat intelligence into an active decisioning layer across security workflows, validated to drive investigations 300× faster than traditional methods across 50 enterprise deployments. Most security platforms focus on detection. Anomali focuses on decision-making. It integrates intelligence across data,…
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NCSC Warns of an AI-Fuelled “Vulnerability Patch Wave”
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre is urging organizations to prepare for glut of new software updates
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Why most zero-trust architectures fail at the traffic layer
Zero trust has become one of the most widely adopted security models in enterprise environments. Organizations invest heavily in identity systems, access policies and modern security tooling. On paper, these environments look well-protected. Yet during incidents, a different reality often emerges. I have worked with organizations where zero-trust initiatives were fully implemented from an identity…
Data Breaches, Global Security News
Trellix Reveals Unauthorized Access to Source Code
Security vendor Trellix has suffered a breach involving unauthorized access
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Cyber Security Management vs Traditional IT Security Approaches
We will compare cyber security management vs traditional IT security approaches in this post. The digital world has changed so much in the last decade that the methods used to protect it have required a total structural overhaul. In the early days of office networks, security was a set of digital locks managed by the…
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Weaver E-cology RCE Flaw CVE-2026-22679 Actively Exploited via Debug API
A critical security vulnerability in Weaver (Fanwei) E-cology, an enterprise office automation (OA) and collaboration platform, has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability (CVE-2026-22679, CVSS score: 9.8) relates to a case of unauthenticated remote code execution affecting Weaver E-cology 10.0 versions prior to 20260312. The issue resides in the “/papi/esearch/data/devops/
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: May 5, 2026
Armis Security Specialist HCLTech | Ireland | On-site – View job details As an Armis Security Specialist, you will manage and optimize the Armis deployment to strengthen security across lab, OT, and IoT environments. You will maintain device visibility, refine policies and detections, and integrate Armis with other tools to improve monitoring and reduce false…
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Progress Patches Critical MOVEit Automation Bug Enabling Authentication Bypass
Progress Software has released updates to address two security flaws in MOVEit Automation, including a critical bug that could result in an authentication bypass. MOVEit Automation (formerly Central) is a secure, server-based managed file transfer (MFT) solution used to schedule and automate file movement workflows in enterprise environments without requiring any custom scripts. The
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Webinar: Why MSPs must rethink security and backup strategies
Security breaches don’t just test your defenses—they test your recovery. Join Kaseya in our upcoming webinar to learn how MSPs strengthen resilience with SaaS backups and BCDR to stay operational after attacks. […]
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Cyber-Secure Philanthropy: Tech Infrastructure for Global Donations
Secure philanthropy needs hardened payments, API security, and compliance controls to protect global donations from fraud and attacks.
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Microsoft confirms April Windows updates cause backup failures
Microsoft has confirmed that the April 2026 security updates are causing failures in third-party backup applications using the psmounterex.sys driver. […]
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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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Claude Security enters public beta with Opus 4.7 vulnerability scanning and patching
Claude Security, previously called Claude Code Security, is in public beta for Claude Enterprise customers. Available in Claude.ai, the capability scans codebases for security vulnerabilities and suggests targeted patches for review, helping teams identify and fix issues that might otherwise be missed. Admins can enable it in the admin console. Access for Claude Team and…
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How CISOs should utilize data security posture management to inform risk
Every CISO eventually faces the same tension: You know your security program needs to mature, but the budget and headcount to do it all aren’t there. That tension is especially sharp when it comes to data security posture management (DSPM). Not every organization can afford, or even needs, the gold standard of DSPM deployment. Full-featured…
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Spotting third-party cyber risk before attackers do
In this Help Net Security video, Jeffrey Wheatman, SVP and Cyber Strategist at Black Kite, discusses how organizations can identify and manage third-party cyber exposures before attackers exploit them. He argues that businesses should move beyond a data-loss mindset toward one centered on resilience, meaning keeping operations running when vendors or partners get hit. Wheatman…
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What researchers learned about building an LLM security workflow
Security operations centers are running into the same wall everywhere. Detection tools generate more alerts than analysts can work through, and the early stages of any investigation involve pulling together logs from several sources to decide whether something is worth escalating. Vendors have spent the past two years pitching LLMs as the answer, with a…
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 95
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter fast16 | Mystery ShadowBrokers Reference Reveals High-Precision Software Sabotage 5 Years Before Stuxnet 73 Open VSX Sleeper Extensions Linked to GlassWorm Show New Malware Activations An alarm clock you can’t ignore: How CapFix attacks…
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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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Security Affairs newsletter Round 575 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Two US cybersecurity experts sentenced in ransomware case, third awaits July ruling Trellix discloses the breach…
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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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Google AppSheet Exploited in 30,000-User Facebook Phishing Operation
Scammers are abusing Google AppSheet and Google Drive to bypass security filters and steal thousands of Facebook Business accounts globally.
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Two US cybersecurity experts sentenced in ransomware case, third awaits July ruling
Two US security experts were sentenced to 4 years for helping ransomware attacks. A third accomplice pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. Two US cybersecurity professionals, Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin, were sentenced to four years in prison for their role in supporting ransomware attacks. Both pleaded guilty to conspiracy involving extortion. A third individual, Angelo…
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Trellix discloses the breach of a code repository
Trellix disclosed a security breach affecting part of its source code repository, however, the company says there’s no sign of code misuse. Trellix revealed a breach that allowed unauthorized access to part of its source code repository. The company said it quickly launched an investigation with forensic experts and notified law enforcement. While the exact…
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Best 5 Cybersecurity Management Security Tools
In this post, I will show you the best 5 cybersecurity management security tools. With more companies moving their work online, the risk of cyberattacks has grown. From data breaches to ransomware, small security gaps can lead to big problems. That’s why having the right cybersecurity management tools is a must-have for organisations of all…
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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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Announcing the ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management on AWS Compliance Guide
AWS Security Assurance Services is announcing the release of our latest compliance guide, ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management on AWS, which provides practical guidance for organizations establishing and operating a risk management program in AWS environments using ISO 31000:2018 principles. The guide explains how organizations can integrate AWS services into their risk management processes to support…
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Edtech firm Instructure confirms data breach after Salesforce instance hack
Instructure, the company behind the widely used Canvas learning platform, has disclosed a security incident after a social engineering attack allowed hackers to access data in its Salesforce instance. […]
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Microsoft fixes Remote Desktop warnings displaying incorrectly
Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing newly introduced Windows security warnings to display incorrectly when opening Remote Desktop (.rdp) files. […]
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Anthropic Rolls Out Claude Security for AI Vulnerability Scanning
Claude Security enters public beta, giving enterprises AI driven code scanning with no API integration or custom agents required
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Nine-Year-Old Zero-Day Flaw in Linux Kernel Discovered by AI-Equipped Security Researcher
A researcher from offensive security firm Theori has found a nine-year-old flaw in the Linux kernel with the help of AI
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Top Five Sales Challenges Costing MSPs Cybersecurity Revenue
The managed security services market is projected to grow from $38.31 billion in 2025 to $69.16 billion by 2030[1], with cybersecurity being the fastest-growing sector[2]. Despite this opportunity, many MSPs leave revenue on the table because their go-to-market strategy fails to connect technical expertise with business needs. This execution gap is where most deals stall.…
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Anthropic launches Claude Security to counter rapid AI-Powered exploits
Anthropic launched Claude Security to counter faster AI-driven cyberattacks, as tools like Mythos enable near-instant exploitation by threat actors. Anthropic introduced Claude Security to help defenders keep up with a surge in AI-powered cyberattacks. As models like Mythos drastically reduce the time needed to exploit vulnerabilities, similar tools will likely spread among criminals and nation-state…
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April KB5083769 Windows 11 update causes backup software failures
The April 2026 KB5083769 security update breaks third-party backup applications from multiple vendors on systems running Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2. […]
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AI Adoption Fuels Rise in Identity Attack Path Risk
Identity security is one of the most urgent priorities for enterprises as AI adoption expands the attack surface and introduces new complexity. The SpecterOps Trends in Identity Attack Path Management 2026 report highlights how organizations are increasing investment in identity security while struggling to turn visibility into consistent risk reduction. “As identity becomes the control…
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CISA and Partners Publish Zero Trust Guidance For OT Security
A new CISA‑led guide explains how zero‑trust security can be applied to operational technology, balancing cyber defence with safety and system availability
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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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Security Insights: A Threat-First View for the Platform That Enforces Access
Secure Access adds Security Insights to speed up SOC Ops. Now, an analyst uses a three-click workflow, reducing investigation time from minutes to seconds.
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Nine-year-old Linux kernel flaw enables reliable local privilege escalation (CVE-2026-31431)
Security researchers at Theori have disclosed a high-severity local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) in the Linux kernel. The flaw, nicknamed “Copy Fail”, has affected virtually every major Linux distribution shipped since 2017, and a working proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit is publicly available. About CVE-2026-31431 According to Theori researchers, CVE-2026-31431 originates from the interaction of three…
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Max-severity RCE flaw found in Google Gemini CLI
Security researchers are warning about a max severity vulnerability in Google Gemini CLI that could allow remote code execution (RCE) in environments where the tool processes untrusted inputs. The issue was disclosed by Novee Security researchers and affects the @google/gemini-cli package and its associated GitHub Action, widely used in CI/CD workflows. “Gemini CLI (@google/gemini-cli) and…
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Google Fixes CVSS 10 Gemini CLI CI RCE and Cursor Flaws Enable Code Execution
Google has addressed a maximum severity security flaw in Gemini CLI — the “@google/gemini-cli” npm package and the “google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli” GitHub Actions workflow — that could have allowed attackers to execute arbitrary commands on host systems. “The vulnerability allowed an unprivileged external attacker to force their own malicious content to load as Gemini configuration,”
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Adaptive Security Leadership in an Expanding Threat Surface
Last week I joined fellow security leaders at CISO Inspire Summit North for a panel discussion on The Expanding Threat Surface: Adaptive Security Leadership for 2026 and Beyond. It was a timely discussion, because the challenge facing security leaders today is not simply more threats. It is more connections, more dependencies, and more complexity. Suppliers, SaaS, identities, automation…
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Alleged Silk Typhoon hacker extradited to the United States to face charges
A man accused of working as a hacker for China’s Ministry of State Security has been extradited to the USA from Italy, and faces – if found guilty – the prospect of decades behind bars. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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What to Look for in an Exposure Management Platform (And What Most of Them Get Wrong)
Every security team has a version of the same story. The quarter ends with hundreds of vulnerabilities closed. The dashboards are bursting with green. Then someone in a leadership meeting asks: “So, are we actually safer now?” Crickets. The room goes quiet because an honest answer requires context – which is something that patch counts…
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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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Critical cPanel Authentication Vulnerability Identified — Update Your Server Immediately
cPanel has released security updates to address a security issue impacting various authentication paths that could allow an attacker to obtain access to the control panel software. The problem affects all currently supported versions, according to an alert released by cPanel on Tuesday. The issue has been addressed in the following versions – 11.110.0.97 11.118.0.63…
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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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Margin vs. Madness: Fixing MSSP Top 5 Operational Nightmares
Leading a managed security services provider has never been a comfortable job. And it isn’t now, though the demand for MSSPs has never been higher. The global threat landscape is expanding faster than most enterprise security teams can keep pace with, and organizations across every sector are turning to managed providers to fill the gap. For MSSP leaders, this…
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ShinyHunters exploit Anodot incident to target Vimeo
The video platform Vimeo confirmed a security breach via Anodot that exposed metadata, video titles, and some user emails. Vimeo said some user data was accessed after a breach at Anodot. Anodot is a company that provides AI-driven data analytics and anomaly detection tools. Most of the exposed information includes technical data, video titles, and…
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The Exchange Online security controls organizations keep getting wrong
In this Help Net Security interview, Scott Schnoll, Microsoft MVP for Exchange, breaks down the Shared Responsibility Model, where Microsoft secures the cloud while organizations must protect their own data, identities, and configurations. The discussion covers default settings worth changing tomorrow, including legacy protocols like SMTP AUTH that survive due to printer, scanner, and ERP…
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7 Best Network Security Tools to Use in 2026
This guide is for IT professionals, security teams, and business leaders looking to strengthen network defenses in 2026. It covers the best network security tools to protect data and help reduce overall organizational risk. Network security tools incorporate hardware and software technologies, methods, and policies to preserve network integrity and prevent potential breaches. These tools…
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Best AI Deepfake and Scam Detection Tools for Security in 2026
This guide is for security professionals, IT teams, and anyone concerned about AI-driven fraud who wants to detect deepfakes and scams in 2026. It covers some of the best tools available to identify fake videos, audio, and synthetic content. You can fake a video. You can clone a voice. You can even generate a “live”…
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6 Best Intrusion Detection & Prevention Systems in 2026
This guide is for IT leaders, security teams, and network administrators looking to strengthen threat detection and response in 2026. It covers the top intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS) and key features to consider when choosing the right solution. Network security is not just about keeping the bad guys out. It’s about having a…