Security experts warn of an “AI vulnerability storm” triggered by the introduction of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos in a new paper from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA).
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OpenAI’s Mac apps needs an update thanks to the Axios hack
OpenAI updated its security certificates and is requiring all macOS users to update to the latest versions after determining its products, along with many others, were impacted by a widespread supply-chain attack that briefly infected a popular open-source library in late March, the company said in a blog post Friday. The artificial intelligence vendor said…
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Stolen Rockstar Games analytics data leaked by extortion gang
Rockstar Games has suffered a data breach linked to a recent security incident at Anodot, with the ShinyHunters extortion gang now leaking the stolen data on its data leak site. […]
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Critical flaw in wolfSSL library enables forged certificate use
A critical vulnerability in the wolfSSL SSL/TLS library can weaken security via improper verification of the hash algorithm or its size when checking Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) signatures. […]
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Adobe rolls out emergency fix for Acrobat, Reader zero-day flaw
Adobe has released an emergency security update for Acrobat Reader to fix a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-34621, that has been exploited in zero-day attacks since at least December. […]
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Mirax Android Trojan Turns Devices Into Residential Proxy Nodes
Security researchers warn of Mirax, an emerging Android banking trojan using MaaS, remote access and residential proxies to target European users
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Aura Business Debuts BYOD Security Solution for MSPs
AI-powered online safety platform Aura has introduced a new business security solution to help shrink the unmanaged device gap that exists in today’s security stacks. The new identity-centric bring your own device solution built for MSPs Aura Business for MSPs is a new identity-centric BYOD security solution designed to protect businesses and employees. It allows…
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Seven IBM WebSphere Liberty flaws can be chained into full takeover
Security researchers are warning of a set of flaws affecting IBM WebSphere Liberty, a lightweight, modular Java application server, that can be chained into a full server compromise. The flaws, a total of seven, that led to the ultimate compromise of the server were initiated by a newly discovered pre-authentication issue in the platform’s SAML…
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Google makes it harder to exploit Pixel 10 modem firmware
Google is working to improve the security of Pixel phones by focusing on the cellular baseband modem, a part of the device that handles communication with mobile networks and processes external data. In the Pixel 9, the company introduced measures to reduce memory-related vulnerabilities. With the Pixel 10, the approach goes further by integrating a…
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Adobe issues emergency fix for Acrobat Reader flaw exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-34621)
Adobe has pushed out an emergency security update for Adobe Acrobat Reader, patching a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-34621) exploited in the wild since November 2025. About CVE-2026-34621 CVE-2026-34621 is a critical prototype pollution vulnerability – a type of vulnerability that occurs in JavaScript and allows attackers to add or modify an application’s JavaScript objects and properties.…
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UK Cyber Security Council Launches Associate Cyber Security Professional Title
The UK Cyber Security Council has unveiled a new Associate Cyber Security Professional title aimed at supporting early‑career cybersecurity professionals
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TekStream CEO on Expanding Student-Staffed SOCs Nationwide
TekStream is expanding its student-staffed security operations center (SOC) program nationwide, positioning the model as a dual solution to cybersecurity talent shortages and rising demand for U.S.-based managed security services. We spoke with TekStream CEO Rob Jensen about how the provider continues to build on the program’s early success with LSU. Inside TekStream’s public-private SOC…
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Fixing vulnerability data quality requires fixing the architecture first
In this Help Net Security interview, Art Manion, Deputy Director at Tharros, examines why vulnerability data across repositories stays inconsistent and hard to trust. The problem starts with systems not designed to collect or manage that data well. They introduce the idea of Minimum Viable Vulnerability Enumeration (MVVE), a minimum set of assertions needed to…
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Bringing governance and visibility to machine and AI identities
In this Help Net Security interview, Archit Lohokare, CEO of AppViewX, explains how the rise of AI marked a turning point where machine and AI agent identities began converging into a single problem. Drawing on his experience across IBM and CyberArk, he describes the shift from human-driven systems to autonomous machines. Lohokare also shares how…
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Qualys TRU Research Finds Manual Remediation Can’t Keep Up As Exploitation Hits ‘Negative One Day’
GUEST RESEACH: Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a leading provider of cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today released a new research report, The Broken Physics of Remediation, revealing how exploitation timelines are outpacing human-scale remediation, and why traditional patch metrics can no longer describe true business exposure.
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 92
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Thirty-Six Malicious npm Strapi Packages Deploy Redis RCE, Database Theft, and Persistent C2 Malicious LNK Files Distributing a Python-Based Backdoor and Changes in Distribution Techniques (Kimsuky Group) Hackers Are Attempting to Turn ComfyUI Servers Into a…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 572 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. Censys finds 5,219 devices exposed to attacks by Iranian APTs, majority in U.S. GlassWorm evolves with…
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Adobe Patches Actively Exploited Acrobat Reader Flaw CVE-2026-34621
Adobe has released emergency updates to fix a critical security flaw in Acrobat Reader that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-34621, carries a CVSS score of 8.6 out of 10.0. Successful exploitation of the flaw could allow an attacker to run malicious code on affected installations. It has been described…
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White House Races to Head Off Threats From Powerful AI Tools
Group led by National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross aims to identify security vulnerabilities before models from Anthropic, OpenAI are released.
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Bringing Rust to the Pixel Baseband
Posted by Jiacheng Lu, Software Engineer, Google Pixel Team Google is continuously advancing the security of Pixel devices. We have been focusing on hardening the cellular baseband modem against exploitation. Recognizing the risks associated within the complex modem firmware, Pixel 9 shipped with mitigations against a range of memory-safety vulnerabilities. For Pixel 10, Google is…
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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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ClickFix campaign delivers Mac malware via fake Apple page
Security researchers at Jamf have uncovered a new ClickFix-style attack targeting Mac users via a fake Apple-themed webpage offering instructions on how to “reclaim disk space on your Mac”. The malicious page (Source: Jamf) ClickFix for everybody ClickFix is a social engineering technique that cons victims into running malicious commands on their own machine, usually…
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Browser Extensions Are the New AI Consumption Channel That No One Is Talking About
While much of the discussion on AI security centers around protecting ‘shadow’ AI and GenAI consumption, there’s a wide-open window nobody’s guarding: AI browser extensions. A new report from LayerX exposes just how deep this blind spot goes, and why AI extensions may be the most dangerous AI threat surface in your network that isn’t on anyone’s
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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…
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What vibe hunting gets right about AI threat hunting, and where it breaks down
In this Help Net Security interview, Aqsa Taylor, Chief Security Evangelist, Exaforce, explains vibe hunting, an AI-driven approach to threat detection that inverts traditional hypothesis-driven methods. Instead of analysts defining attack vectors upfront, the AI scans datasets for anomalous patterns and surfaces potential threats. Taylor draws a firm line on responsibility: analysts must be able…
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EngageLab SDK Flaw Exposed 50M Android Users, Including 30M Crypto Wallets
Details have emerged about a now-patched security vulnerability in a widely used third-party Android software development kit (SDK) called EngageLab SDK that could have put millions of cryptocurrency wallet users at risk. “This flaw allows apps on the same device to bypass Android security sandbox and gain unauthorized access to private data,” the Microsoft Defender
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Datto RMM Exploited in Phishing Attack, Researchers Warn
Security researchers have uncovered an active phishing campaign that abuses Datto’s remote monitoring and management platform, CentraStage, as a command-and-control channel, giving attackers full interactive control over compromised systems while flying under the radar of traditional security defenses. Phishing campaign delivers remote access trojan via fake files The campaign, tracked by the Fortra Intelligence and…
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Weak at the seams
Before I ever held a security title, I was a software engineer implementing vertically integrated automation systems for industrial manufacturing, warehouse-scale conveyor networks, robotic material handling, physical infrastructure controlled by software on increasingly connected networks. I learned early that tightly coupled systems produce tightly coupled failures. When a single software fault could halt a distribution…
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Mobile World Congress 2026: AI-powered Network Security
Cisco is the sole supplier of network services to Mobile World Congress. The Security and Network Operations Center used Splunk to bring them together.
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Powering MWC Barcelona – Building a Unified SOC and NOC with Splunk in Record Time
Cisco is the sole supplier of network services to Mobile World Congress. The Security and Network Operations Center used Splunk to bring them together.
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Inside the Mobile World Congress 2026 SOC: Detecting Shadow Traffic with Firepower 6100
Cisco is the sole supplier of network services to Mobile World Congress. The Security and Network Operations Center used Cisco Secure Firewall 6100, Secure Access, Cisco XDR and Splunk to bring them together.
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AI-powered Network Security at the Mobile World Congress 2026 SNOC
Cisco is the sole supplier of network services to Mobile World Congress. The Security and Network Operations Center used Splunk to bring them together.
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Intruder expands cloud security with agentless container image scanning
Intruder has announced the release of Container Image Scanning, a new upgrade to its cloud security capabilities that automatically scans container images for vulnerabilities, granting customers actionable insight into container risk without deploying and maintaining scanning agents across their estates. Leveraging existing integrations with major cloud providers, Intruder supports Amazon Web Services Elastic Container Registry,…
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Atomic Stealer MacOS ClickFix Attack Bypasses Apple Security Warnings
macOS 26.4 update introduced security warnings into Terminal to prevent ClickFix attacks, so attackers have shifted to Script Editor instead
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Patch windows collapse as time-to-exploit accelerates
The gap between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation is drastically decreasing, putting security teams’ patching practices on notice. According to Rapid7’s latest Cyber Threat Landscape Report, confirmed exploitation of newly disclosed high- and critical-severity vulnerabilities (CVSS 7-10) increased 105% year to 146 in 2025, up from 71 in 2024. Moreover, the median time from vulnerability publication…
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Weak at the seams
Before I ever held a security title, I was a software engineer implementing vertically integrated automation systems for industrial manufacturing, warehouse-scale conveyor networks, robotic material handling, physical infrastructure controlled by software on increasingly connected networks. I learned early that tightly coupled systems produce tightly coupled failures. When a single software fault could halt a distribution…
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AI agent intent is a starting point, not a security strategy
In this Help Net Security video, Itamar Apelblat, CEO of Token Security, walks through findings from the company’s research, which shows that 65% of agentic chatbots have never been used yet still hold live access credentials. He explains why organizations treat AI agents more like quick experiments than governed identities, and why that creates risks…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Ivanti EPMM to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Ivanti EPMM to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Ivanti EPMM, tracked as CVE-2026-1340 (CVSS score of 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The critical vulnerability is a code injection in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile…
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A framework for securely collecting forensic artifacts into S3 buckets
When customers experience a security incident, they need to acquire forensic artifacts to identify root cause, extract indicators of compromise (IoCs), and validate remediation efforts. NIST 800-86, Guide to Integrating Forensic Techniques into Incident Response, defines digital forensics as a process comprised of four basic phases: collection, examination, analysis, and reporting. This blog post focuses…
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NWN Launches AI Cyber Suite, Expands Security Partnerships
AI-powered technology solutions provider NWN has announced the launch of NWN Cybersecurity, an AI-enabled managed security operations suite. NWN Experience Management Platform gains advanced integrations with Palo Alto, Cisco, and Arctic Wolf The new suite introduces new managed services, delivers new platform integrations through NWN’s patented Experience Management Platform (EMP), and expands strategic partnerships with…
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Trellix strengthens data security for the GenAI era
Trellix announced enhanced data security capabilities and a strategic framework designed to help organizations confidently adopt generative AI while protecting sensitive data from exposure and loss. “The rapid adoption of AI tools across the enterprise is creating new and often invisible data risks,” said Alex Au Yeung, CPO, Trellix. “Trellix brings together policy, visibility, and…
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13-year-old bug in ActiveMQ lets hackers remotely execute commands
Security researchers discovered a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Classic that has gone undetected for 13 years and could be exploited to execute arbitrary commands. […]
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Anthropic’s AI Push Signals Major Shift for Channel Partners
Anthropic is rapidly scaling both the infrastructure and security footprint of its AI business, signaling a shift that could reshape how enterprises—and their channel partners—approach both compute and cyber risk. The company this week announced a massive expansion of TPU capacity through Google and Broadcom while simultaneously launching Project Glasswing, a sweeping industry collaboration aimed…
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10 ChatGPT Prompts L1 SOC Analysts Can Use in Their Daily Work
Security operations center (SOC) analysts are expected to process a constant stream of alerts — often under tight response timelines. At the same time, they are expected to investigate accurately, document clearly, and communicate findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. This is where generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT can be helpful.…
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Cynomi Launches AI Agents to Give Every MSP a vCISO Team
Cynomi is expanding its Security Growth Platform today with a new suite of AI Agents built specifically for managed service providers (MSPs), managed security service providers (MSSPs), and virtual CISO (vCISO) practices. The company is calling the launch an extension of what it describes as its “CISO Intelligence” infrastructure; essentially, the idea that the strategic…
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Data Optimization in Security: A Splunk Architect’s Perspective
Learn how to design security data optimization around detection engineering, Splunk architecture, and faster incident response outcomes.
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LLM-generated passwords are indefensible. Your codebase may already prove it
Two independent research programs, one from AI security firm Irregular, one from Kaspersky, have now converged on the same conclusion: Every frontier LLM generates structurally predictable passwords that standard entropy meters catastrophically overrate. AI coding agents are autonomously embedding those credentials in production infrastructure, and conventional secret scanners have no mechanism to detect them. As…
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LLM-generated passwords are indefensible. Your codebase may already prove it
Two independent research programs, one from AI security firm Irregular, one from Kaspersky, have now converged on the same conclusion: Every frontier LLM generates structurally predictable passwords that standard entropy meters catastrophically overrate. AI coding agents are autonomously embedding those credentials in production infrastructure, and conventional secret scanners have no mechanism to detect them. As…
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What managing partners should ask AI vendors before signing any contract
In this Help Net Security interview, Kumar Ravi is the Chief Security & Resilience Officer at TMF Group, argues that over-privileged access and weak workflow controls pose more danger than ransomware attacks, precisely because they accumulate quietly and go unnoticed. He addresses the tension between legal privilege and timely threat-sharing, the challenge of managing fourth-party…
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: April 8, 2026
Application Security Engineer Liebherr Group | Germany | On-site – View job details As an Application Security Engineer, you will implement security testing tools such as SAST, DAST, and IAST, perform vulnerability assessments and penetration testing, and collaborate with developers to remediate issues and enforce secure coding practices. You will automate security testing in CI/CD…
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Docker CVE-2026-34040 Lets Attackers Bypass Authorization and Gain Host Access
A high-severity security vulnerability has been disclosed in Docker Engine that could permit an attacker to bypass authorization plugins (AuthZ) under specific circumstances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-34040 (CVSS score: 8.8), stems from an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-41110, a maximum-severity vulnerability in the same component that came to light in July 2024. “
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Human vs AI: Debates Shape RSAC 2026 Cybersecurity Trends
As AI dominated RSAC 2026, CISOs and industry leaders debated its role in security, from agentic applications to the challenges of scaling human involvement in decision-making.
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‘GrafanaGhost’ bypasses Grafana’s AI defenses without leaving a trace
Security researchers at Noma Security have disclosed a new vulnerability they are calling GrafanaGhost, an exploit capable of silently stealing sensitive data from Grafana environments by chaining multiple security bypasses, including a method that circumvents the platform’s AI model guardrails without requiring any user interaction. Grafana is widely deployed across enterprise organizations as a central…
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Cloudflare moves up its post-quantum deadline as researchers narrow the path to Q-Day
Cloudflare announced it is targeting 2029 to complete post-quantum security across its entire product suite, including post-quantum authentication. The company is following a revised roadmap that Google also adopted after announcing that it had improved the quantum algorithm used to break elliptic curve cryptography. Google stopped short of publishing the algorithm, disclosing only a zero-knowledge…
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AI Agents and Non-Human Identities Creating Critical Security Gaps, Report
New research from Keeper Security, reveals non-human identities and automated system-to-system interactions are becoming the top security risk for businesses in 2026.
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The Hidden Cost of Recurring Credential Incidents
When talking about credential security, the focus usually lands on breach prevention. This makes sense when IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report puts the average cost of a breach at $4.4 million. Avoiding even one major incident is enough to justify most security investments, but that headline figure obscures the more persistent problems caused by recurring credential
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AI Agent Traps: How Hackers Are Turning the Web into a Minefield for Assistants
AI agents can automate tasks, but they also introduce new security risks. Here’s how “AI Agent Traps” can turn the web into a dangerous environment for autonomous systems.
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Supply chain security is now a board-level issue: Here’s what CSOs need to know
For many years, supply chain security was viewed purely as a technical concern. However, with high-profile vulnerabilities and regulations, it is now a board-level issue that requires organizations to rethink how to build resiliency and insulate their operations. The changing regulatory landscape has been a key driver of the C-suite’s focus, as legislation such as…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Fortinet FortiClient EMS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Fortinet FortiClient EMS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Fortinet FortiClient EMS, tracked as CVE-2026-35616 (CVSS score of 9.1), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Fortinet released out-of-band patches for a…
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Flowise AI Agent Builder Under Active CVSS 10.0 RCE Exploitation; 12,000+ Instances Exposed
Threat actors are exploiting a maximum-severity security flaw in Flowise, an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform, according to new findings from VulnCheck. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-59528 (CVSS score: 10.0), a code injection vulnerability that could result in remote code execution. “The CustomMCP node allows users to input configuration settings for connecting
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The case for fixing CWE weakness patterns instead of patching one bug at a time
In this Help Net Security interview, Alec Summers, MITRE CVE/CWE Project Lead, discusses how CWE is moving from a background reference into active use in vulnerability disclosure. More CVE records now include CWE mappings from CNAs, which tends to produce more precise root-cause data. Automation tools help analysts map weaknesses faster, but can reinforce bad…
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How Mimecast brings enterprise-grade email protection to API deployment
In this Help Net Security video, Andrew Williams, Senior Product Manager at Mimecast, walks through the company’s API-based email security protection for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace environments. The video covers a core problem: AI-generated phishing and business email compromise are slipping past native Microsoft 365 controls. According to Mimecast’s State of Human Risk report,…
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CISA orders feds to patch Fortinet flaw exploited in attacks by Friday
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered federal agencies to secure FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) instances against an actively exploited vulnerability by Friday. […]
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Exabeam Confronts AI Insider Threats Extending Behaviour Detection and Response to OpenAI ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot
Applies behaviour profiling and analytics to the digital workforce, giving security teams full visibility into how users and AI agents interact across the enterprise
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Genetec Highlights Why Governance Defines Secure Cloud Adoption In Enterprise Physical Security
Genetec Inc., the global leader in enterprise physical security software, is highlighting a disconnect between cloud adoption models in physical security and the governance and operational demands of large enterprises.
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Cloudflare Targets WordPress With New AI-Powered EmDash CMS
Cloudflare launches EmDash CMS, an AI-powered platform built to fix WordPress security flaws with sandboxed plugins, serverless scaling, and passkey auth.
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Why Security Researchers and Red Teams Are Turning to Workflow Automation
Security researchers and red teams adopt workflow automation to cut alert fatigue, enrich data, and scale operations across SOC, intel and recon tasks.
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Managed Security Services Shift as AI Reshapes Risk
Managed security services are entering a new phase of growth (and complexity) as AI accelerates both cyberattacks and defense strategies. For MSPs and channel partners, that dual pressure is forcing a shift in how security is delivered, packaged, and monetized. From bundled service offerings to tighter vendor alignment, providers are rethinking their role as strategic…
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CISOs grapple with AI demands within flat budgets
Security spending continues to edge upward across large organizations, though the changes remain gradual and tightly managed. The 2026 RH-ISAC CISO Benchmark reflects a steady environment where budgets expand in small steps, even as AI becomes a routine part of security operations. Budget growth stays measured Spending levels increased during 2025 across both IT and…
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New FortiClient EMS flaw exploited in attacks, emergency patch released
Fortinet has released an emergency weekend security update for a new critical FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) vulnerability that is actively exploited in attacks. […]
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 91
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Infiniti Stealer: a new macOS infostealer using ClickFix and Python/Nuitka Converging Interests: Analysis of Threat Clusters Targeting a Southeast Asian Government RoadK1ll: A WebSocket Based Pivoting Implant axios Compromised: npm Supply Chain Attack via Dependency Injection …
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 571 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. Qilin ransomware group claims the hack of German political party Die Linke U.S. CISA adds a…
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Fortinet Patches Actively Exploited CVE-2026-35616 in FortiClient EMS
Fortinet has released out-of-band patches for a critical security flaw impacting FortiClient EMS that it said has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-35616 (CVSS score: 9.1), has been described as a pre-authentication API access bypass leading to privilege escalation. “An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiClient EMS may allow an
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in TrueConf Client to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in TrueConf Client to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in TrueConf Client, tracked as CVE-2026-3502 (CVSS score of 7.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. TrueConf is a videoconferencing platform often used in secure, offline…
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Security lapse lets researchers view React2Shell hackers’ dashboard
An apparent security lapse has allowed researchers to peer into the work of a threat group currently exploiting unpatched servers open to the four-month-old React2Shell vulnerability to steal login credentials, keys, and tokens at scale. Researchers from Cisco Systems’ Talos threat intelligence team who made the discovery said Thursday that the data harvested by an…
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Wyden warns Social Security chief: Trump’s voter database is ‘blatant voter suppression’
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., warned Social Security Administration chief Frank Bisignano that any follow-through on President Donald Trump’s executive order creating a new database of U.S. voters using agency data would be viewed by Democrats as a conscious choice on the part of SSA officials to participate in “blatant voter suppression.” “Facilitating Donald Trump’s directive…
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Google Workspace’s continuous approach to mitigating indirect prompt injections
Posted by Adam Gavish, Google GenAI Security Team Indirect prompt injection (IPI) is an evolving threat vector targeting users of complex AI applications with multiple data sources, such as Workspace with Gemini. This technique enables the attacker to influence the behavior of an LLM by injecting malicious instructions into the data or tools used by…
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Cisco Patches 9.8 CVSS IMC and SSM Flaws Allowing Remote System Compromise
Cisco has released updates to address a critical security flaw in the Integrated Management Controller (IMC) that, if successfully exploited, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and gain access to the system with elevated privileges. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20093, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. “This
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OpenSSH 10.3 patches five security bugs and drops legacy rekeying support
OpenSSH 10.3 shipped carrying five security fixes alongside feature additions and a set of behavior changes that will break compatibility with older SSH implementations that do not support rekeying. Rekeying compatibility removed SSH clients and servers that lack rekeying support will fail when they attempt to interoperate with OpenSSH going forward. The project removed the…
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New ‘Storm’ Infostealer Remotely Decrypts Stolen Credentials
This modern infostealer adopted server-side decryption of stolen credentials to bypass security controls
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Inside the Talos 2025 Year in Review: A discussion on what the data means for defenders
A conversation between Cisco Talos and Cisco Security leaders on identity, vulnerabilities, and what defenders should focus on in 2025.
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DarkSword exploit forces Apple to loosen its patching policy
Apple has extended security updates to a wider range of devices still running iOS 18, aiming to protect users from the DarkSword exploit kit. This is not the first time Apple has backported fixes for older devices based on vulnerability severity. Allowing iOS 18 users to receive patches without upgrading to iOS 26, however, signals…
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Over 14,000 F5 BIG-IP APM instances still exposed to RCE attacks
Internet security watchdog Shadowserver has found over 14,000 BIG-IP APM instances exposed online amid ongoing attacks exploiting a critical-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. […]
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Trust, friction, and ROI: A CISO’s take on making security work for the business
In this Help Net Security interview, John O’Rourke, CISO at PPG, talks about what it means for security to drive business value. He explains how mature security programs reduce friction in sales cycles and M&A processes, and how trust is built over time. O’Rourke also addresses how buyer sophistication has raised the bar for suppliers,…
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Your customer passed authentication. So why are they sending money to a scammer?
In this Help Net Security video, Lenny Gusel, Head of Fraud Solutions in North America at Feedzai, explains how customer identity and access management has converged with digital fraud detection, and why treating them as separate systems creates real risk. The core idea is continuous, contextual trust. Where traditional IAM grants access at a single…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Google Dawn to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Google Dawn to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Google Dawn, tracked as CVE-2026-5281 (CVSS score of 8.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The flaw is a use after free in the Dawn…
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Apple expands iOS 18 updates to more iPhones to block DarkSword attacks
Apple has now made it possible for more iPhones still running iOS 18 to receive security updates that protect against the actively exploited DarkSword exploit kit. […]
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Apple Pushes Rare iOS 18 Patch for Devices at Risk from DarkSword Exploit
Apple pushes rare iOS 18 security patch to protect devices at risk from the DarkSword exploit, urging users to update or move to iOS 26 for stronger protection.
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Fireside Chat: AI agents are reshaping mobile attacks — and exposing weak API trust models
SAN FRANCISCO — A new exposure is emerging in mobile security as AI begins to act on behalf of users — and attackers move to exploit that shift. Related: RSAC wrap-up—no easy fixes for AI exposures In a Fireside Chat at RSAC 2026, Approov CEO Ted Miracco described how mobile apps are starting to hand…
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Vim and GNU Emacs: Claude Code helpfully found zero-day exploits for both
Developers can spend days using fuzzing tools to find security weaknesses in code. Alternatively, they can simply ask an LLM to do the job for them in seconds. The catch: LLMs are evolving so rapidly that this convenience might come with hidden dangers. The latest example is from researcher Hung Nguyen from AI red teaming…
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Block the Prompt, Not the Work: The End of “Doctor No”
There is a character that keeps appearing in enterprise security departments, and most CISOs know exactly who that is. It doesn’t build. It doesn’t enable. Its entire function is to say “No.” No to ChatGPT. No to DeepSeek. No to the file-sharing tool the product team swears by. For years, this looked like security. But…
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New Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2026-5281 Under Active Exploitation — Patch Released
Google on Thursday released security updates for its Chrome web browser to address 21 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-5281 (CVSS score: N/A), concerns a use-after-free bug in Dawn, an open-source and cross-platform implementation of the WebGPU standard. “Use-after-free in Dawn in Google…
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Geopolitical volatility has become a ‘technology leadership test’
Forrester has published a new report ‘Geopolitical Conflict Increases IT Budget Scrutiny And Security Risks’ which details how geopolitical instability in the Middle East is forcing technology leaders to heavily scrutinize their budgets.
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Cloud Security Alliance Wins 2026 SC Award for AI Security Certification
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has won the 2026 SC Award for Best Professional Certification Program for its Trusted AI Security Expert (TAISE) credential, a training program focused on the secure development, deployment, and governance of generative AI systems. The recognition comes as organizations continue adopting AI tools at a rapid pace, often while security,…
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AWS Security Agent on-demand penetration testing now generally available
AWS Security Agent on-demand penetration testing is now generally available, enabling you to run comprehensive security tests across all your applications, not only your most critical ones. This milestone transforms penetration testing from a periodic bottleneck into an on-demand capability that scales with your development velocity across AWS, Azure, GCP, other cloud-providers, and on-premises. With…
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TrueConf Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks on Southeast Asian Government Networks
A high-severity security flaw in the TrueConf client video conferencing software has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day as part of a campaign targeting government entities in Southeast Asia dubbed TrueChaos. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-3502 (CVSS score: 7.8), a lack of integrity check when fetching application update code, allowing an attacker…
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Amazon sends AI agents into pen testing and DevOps
Amazon’s latest AI capabilities bring on-demand penetration testing through the AWS Security Agent, alongside the AWS DevOps Agent. “These agents are changing the way we secure and operate software. AWS Security Agent compresses penetration testing timelines from 2-6 weeks to 1-2 days. AWS DevOps agent gives teams 3–5x faster incident resolution so they can spend…
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EvilTokens ramps up device code phishing targeting Microsoft 365 users
Security researchers report a notable increase in device code phishing activity aimed at Microsoft 365 users, and have attributed this rise to the availability of EvilTokens, a new, specialized phishing toolkit that’s being offered as-a-service via Telegram. What is device code phishing? Device code phishing is a type of attack where attackers trick users into…
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Foxit flags hidden security risks in PDFs with new tool
Foxit Software introduced a new capability designed to uncover hidden security risks inside PDFs as part of its latest PDF Editor 2026.1 release for Windows and macOS. The update is led by PDF Action Inspector, a new tool that proactively scans documents for embedded JavaScript and self-modifying behaviors — threats that can bypass redaction, expose…
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Vertex AI Vulnerability Exposes Google Cloud Data and Private Artifacts
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security “blind spot” in Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform that could allow artificial intelligence (AI) agents to be weaponized by an attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data and compromise an organization’s cloud environment. According to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, the issue relates to how the Vertex AI…