Today, we welcome the 46th government onboarded to Have I Been Pwned’s free gov service: the Philippines. The Philippines’ National CERT, working with the Department of Information and Communications Technology, now has access to monitor official government domains against the data in HIBP. This gives their Cyber Threat Intel and Monitoring Section the ability to…
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Microsoft Exchange Online outage causes email delays, failures
Microsoft is working to address a widespread service issue affecting the mail flow pipeline for Exchange Online customers across North America and Germany. […]
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Secure multi-tenant AI agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore resource-based policies
Software as a service (SaaS) providers building AI-powered applications on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore often need to serve multiple tenants with distinct security requirements from a shared infrastructure. Some tenants require cross-account access from their own Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts, while others mandate that traffic stay within a private virtual private cloud (VPC) for regulatory…
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64,000 accounts exposed in breach of GTA V cheat service Atlas Menu
Atlas Menu, a cheat service for Grand Theft Auto V and Counter-Strike 2, has been added to the Have I Been Pwned database following a data breach that exposed tens of thousands of user records. The incident exposed approximately 64,000 accounts, including email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, support tickets, and passwords hashed with bcrypt. The…
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Cybanetix unveils Managed AI Service to secure users, models, and agents
Cybanetix has announced the launch of its Managed AI Service to address all three aspects of AI use within the enterprise. Covering employee AI usage, AI governance, and embedded AI, the Managed AI Service combines technology from NOMA, SentinelOne, Microsoft, and Exabeam with Cybanetix consultancy, managed services, and 24/7 Security Operations Centre (SOC) monitoring. The…
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USPS moving forward with mail-in ballot changes as courts weigh Trump’s election order
The U.S. Postal Service is moving forward with mail-in ballot restrictions, following a court’s rejection of a request by voting rights groups to immediately block an executive order from President Donald Trump ordering the changes. A new regulation proposed last Friday seeks to apply “uniform standards for the mailing of absentee ballots to and from…
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Insight bundles exposure management, patch operations, and XDR into one service
Insight has launched Insight Managed Exposure Defense, a managed security service designed to help organizations identify and address vulnerabilities. The service aims to help organizations reduce exposure and implement protections without lengthy procurement processes or reliance on multiple vendors. AI-assisted exploit development has compressed the weaponization window from days to hours, and most organizations lack…
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Botnet of 17 Million Devices Dismantled in the Netherlands
Dutch authorities seized 200 servers running a 17-million-device botnet linked to proxy service Asocks. Dutch authorities have taken offline a massive botnet of at least 17 million devices and seized more than 200 servers at a local provider that supported the operation. Infected devices included computers, tablets, and smartphones. The action was carried out following…
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Botnet of 17 Million Devices Dismantled in the Netherlands
Dutch authorities seized 200 servers running a 17-million-device botnet linked to proxy service Asocks. Dutch authorities have taken offline a massive botnet of at least 17 million devices and seized more than 200 servers at a local provider that supported the operation. Infected devices included computers, tablets, and smartphones. The action was carried out following…
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Critical Gogs RCE Vulnerability Lets Any Authenticated User Execute Arbitrary Code
A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in Gogs, a popular open-source self-hosted Git service, that allows an authenticated user to execute arbitrary code under certain conditions. The security flaw, per Rapid7, is rated 9.4 on the CVSS scoring system. It does not have a CVE identifier. “The vulnerability allows any authenticated user to achieve…
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Resecurity Supports Microsoft DCU in Disrupting Fox Tempest ’s Cybercriminal Code-Signing Ecosystem
Microsoft and Resecurity disrupted Fox Tempest, a malware-signing service that used fake Microsoft certificates to make malware look legitimate. Resecurity supported Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) in its disruption of Fox Tempest, a financially motivated threat actor operating a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) capability used by cybercriminals to make malicious files appear legitimate. On May 19, 2026,…
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New Gogs zero-day flaw lets hackers get remote code execution
An unpatched zero-day vulnerability in the Gogs self-hosted Git service can allow attackers to gain remote code execution (RCE) on Internet-facing instances. […]
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Top 6 UCaaS Providers for Businesses in 2026
Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) is essential for modern businesses looking to stay connected in today’s fast-moving work environment. By combining video conferencing, VoIP, messaging, and collaboration tools into a single cloud-based platform, UCaaS helps teams communicate and collaborate in real time from anywhere. As remote and hybrid work continue to evolve in 2026,…
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BTMOB Android RAT Spreads Through No-Code Builder Tooling
BTMOB Android RAT sold as a service with a no-code builder for fast, regional phishing lures
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Welcoming the Bhutanese Government to Have I Been Pwned
Today, we welcome the 45th government onboarded to Have I Been Pwned’s free gov service: Bhutan. The Bhutan Computer Incident Response Team, BtCIRT, now has access to monitor Bhutanese government domains against the data in HIBP. As Bhutan’s national CIRT, BtCIRT is responsible for consuming threat intelligence and sharing relevant insights with its constituents, helping…
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LG Launches PRO Services to Simplify DVLED Rollouts for Partners
LG Electronics USA’s commercial display division has launched LG PRO Services, a new “manufacturer-backed” installation service for its Direct View LED (DVLED) portfolio. The service covers fixed-price All-in-One DVLED models as well as cabinet-based indoor DVLED solutions, expanding LG’s role beyond hardware to help partners plan, deploy, and scale display projects with greater confidence. Addressing…
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Workday extends Sana AI to ITSM after HR, finance
Workday conversational AI platform Sana for Workday is now ready to talk about IT Service Management (ITSM) automation as part of the company’s broader effort to help enterprises streamline workflows, especially across HR and finance, with autonomous AI agents. The new Sana for ITSM capabilities are intended to automate workflows for employee on- and offboarding,…
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European authorities take down prolific cybercrime VPN service
European authorities took down a prominent virtual private network service and arrested the alleged administrator behind an operation that cybercriminals used to steal data, commit fraud and ransomware attacks, Europol said Thursday. First VPN, which was promoted on Russian-speaking cybercrime forums, gained popularity for providing services that allowed users to hide their infrastructure and identities.…
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Cybercriminal VPN Dismantled in Europol Crackdown
First VPN, a service used by ransomware actors and fraudsters, was dismantled by Europol
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Authorities dismantle First VPN, used by ransomware actors
First VPN, a virtual private network service marketed to cybercriminals, promising anonymity for its users, was taken offline on May 19 and 20 as part of Operation Saffron. During the operation, French and Dutch authorities, with support from Europol and Eurojust, dismantled 33 servers linked to the service and interviewed the operator in Ukraine. The…
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Police seize “First VPN” service used in ransomware, data theft attacks
A virtual private network service called ‘First VPN,’ used in ransomware and data theft attacks, has been taken offline in a joint international law enforcement operation. […]
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Europol Seizes First VPN Used by Ransomware Gangs, Arrests Administrator
Europol has seized First VPN, a service used by ransomware gangs, arrested its administrator and gained access to data linked to thousands of users.
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Microsoft Disrupts Malware-Signing Service Used by Ransomware Gangs
Microsoft says it disrupted a malware-signing service that abused Azure Artifact Signing to create fraudulent certificates used in ransomware and malware attacks. The Fox Tempest operation allegedly helped cybercriminals distribute malware disguised as trusted software to evade Windows defenses and fool users. “Fox Tempest doesn’t directly target victims but instead provides supporting services that enable…
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Microsoft disrupts malware code-signing service used by ransomware gangs
Microsoft has disrupted the infrastructure powering the largest malware code-signing service used to help ransomware groups and other cybercriminals make malicious programs harder to detect on Windows. The threat actors behind the service used stolen identities and impersonated legitimate organizations to obtain more than 1,000 code-signing certificates. Microsoft seized the group’s website, signspace[.]cloud, revoked the…
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Westcon-Comstor Launches White-Label OneSOC Service
Westcon-Comstor has launched OneSOC, a vendor-agnostic, white-label security operations service designed to help channel partners offer SOC capabilities under their own brand without upfront investment. The global technology distributor, which specializes in cybersecurity, networking, and hybrid cloud, announced the service on May 19. OneSOC targets partner barriers to SOC delivery OneSOC is available across Europe,…
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Microsoft disrupts cybercrime service that abused software verification systems en masse
Microsoft seized infrastructure and disrupted a cybercrime service that created and sold more than 1,000 code-signing certificates that other cybercriminals used to make malware-riddled software appear trusted and legitimate for follow-on cyberattacks, including ransomware, the company said Tuesday. The financially-motivated threat group, which Microsoft tracks as Fox Tempest, provided the malware-signing-as-a-service to multiple ransomware groups,…
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Top 21 MSSP Software to Best Serve Security Clients in 2026
MSSP software is a tool or platform that enables managed security service providers (MSSPs) to deliver outsourced cybersecurity services to organizations. Unlike traditional MSP software, MSSP tools focus specifically on security functions such as threat detection, access control, vulnerability management, and infrastructure protection. MSSPs support organizations ranging from small businesses to enterprises and play a…
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Over 70% of organizations hit by identity breaches
Attackers rely on stolen credentials, compromised service accounts, and social engineering attacks targeting employees, according to Sophos’ The State of Identity Security 2026 survey. What do you estimate to be the overall cost to your organization to rectify the identity breach? Base: organization could not stop the security breach. n=510. (Source: Sophos) Identity attack trends…
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Welcoming the Bahamian Government to Have I Been Pwned
Today, we welcome the 44th government onboarded to Have I Been Pwned’s free gov service: The Bahamas. The National Computer Incident Response Team of The Bahamas, CIRT-BS, now has access to monitor government domains against the data in HIBP. As the national CIRT, CIRT-BS is responsible for coordinating and supporting cybersecurity-related matters across the country,…
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Amazon Quick authorization bypass let users reach blocked AI chat agents
Enterprises running Amazon Quick, the AWS business intelligence and agentic AI service, rely on a feature called custom permissions to restrict who inside an account can use AI chat agents. Fog Security founder Jason Kao discovered that those restrictions were enforced only in the user interface for a period earlier this year, and direct calls…
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Xurrent Intros MCP Server to Enhance AI Integration for ITOps
AI-powered service and operations management platform for corporate IT teams and enterprise MSPs, Xurrent, is launching its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. This MCP standard enables Xurrent to act as a universal connector, enabling different AI models and digital agents to securely access Xurrent data and perform tasks within established workflows. AI models now connect…
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Welcoming the Bangladesh Government to Have I Been Pwned
Today, we welcome the 43rd government onboarded to Have I Been Pwned’s free gov service, Bangladesh. The BGD e-GOV CIRT department now has full access to query all their government domains via API, and monitor them against future breaches. Bangladesh joins a growing list of national governments using HIBP to help protect their public sector…
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Welcoming the Costa Rican Government to Have I Been Pwned
Today, we welcome the 42nd government onboarded to Have I Been Pwned’s free gov service: Costa Rica. The CSIRT of the Government of Costa Rica now has access to monitor government domains against the data in HIBP. This enables their national cybersecurity incident response team to identify exposure of government email addresses in data breach,…
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How Inefficient MSP Service Desks Drive Burnout
As MSP service desk operations become increasingly complex, inefficiency has emerged as a major contributor to technician burnout. Fragmented ticketing systems, overloaded inboxes, and overly complex workflows can demoralize teams and ultimately lead to burnout. At the same time, MSP teams are managing growing ticket volumes and alert fatigue as businesses become more interconnected and…
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Object First Fleet Manager simplifies distributed backup storage
Object First released Object First Fleet Manager, a cloud-based service that simplifies the management of distributed Ootbi backup storage deployments for Veeam Software environments. Built for enterprises and service providers with distributed backup storage infrastructures, Fleet Manager is available to Ootbi users with active support contracts at no additional cost. As backup infrastructure becomes more…
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Best MSP Certifications to Grow Services in 2026
To stay ahead in today’s competitive channel landscape, managed service providers (MSPs) need relevant certifications that validate their expertise and strengthen their credibility across key areas such as cybersecurity, cloud services, and artificial intelligence (AI). With the growing number of role-based and vendor-specific certifications available in 2026, choosing the right ones to expand your service…
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Amazon SES increasingly abused in phishing to evade detection
The Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is being increasingly abused to send convincing phishing emails that can bypass standard security filters and render reputation-based blocks ineffective. […]
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Carding service Jerry’s Store leak exposes 345,000 stolen payment cards
Jerry’s Store, a card-checking service used by cybercriminals, exposed 345,000 stolen payment cards after leaving its server open, revealing sensitive data. A cybercriminal operation known as Jerry’s Store has reportedly exposed a large cache of stolen payment card data after leaving its own infrastructure accessible online. The service appears to have been used to test…
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Laptop Service Center Dubai Sports City: Why Pro Athletes and Esports Tenants Are Driving a New Repair Cluster
In the latest development, I will talk about Laptop Service Center Dubai Sports City and show you why Pro Athletes and Esports tenants are driving a new repair cluster. Dubai, UAE – A district designed for football academies and motorsport facilities has quietly become one of Dubai’s busiest computer repair zones. Service ticket data from…
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Fleet hopes to be the MDM provider for the AI Era
Fleet, the independent, open-source, multi-platform MDM service, recently announced its new partner program for VARs and MSPs serving enterprise customers and recruited MobileIron co-founder Suresh Batchu to serve on the company’s board. With those moves in mind, I caught up with company CEO Mike McNeil to find out more about the Fleet’s plans. Given the company’s…
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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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Microsoft Entra Agent ID Flaw Enabled Tenant Takeover via Privilege Escalation
Microsoft Entra Agent ID flaw allowed privilege escalation and tenant takeover via Service Principal abuse, now fully patched by Microsoft.
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Scenario: Open-source framework for automated AI app red-teaming
Enterprises running customer service bots, data analytics agents, and other AI-driven applications in production handle sensitive records and connect to core business systems every day. LangWatch has released Scenario, an open-source framework that runs automated red-team exercises against AI agents using multi-turn attack techniques that mirror how adversaries operate in the wild. Multi-turn attacks replace…
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Orro Transforms Vulnerability Management with AI-Powered Exposure Management Service
Orro’s Managed CTEM Service Helps Australian Businesses Address Critical Pain Points in Vulnerability Management by Focusing on Risks and Threats, Integrating Data, and Providing Contextual Insights
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Apple Intelligence flaw kept stolen tokens reusable on another device
Apple claims that Apple Intelligence, a GenAI service provided on its operating systems, is designed with an extra focus on user security and privacy through a two-stage authentication and authorization system using anonymous access tokens. However, researchers from The Ohio State University have identified vulnerabilities in this design, demonstrated on macOS 26.0 (Tahoe), that allow…
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Microsoft pulls service update causing Teams launch failures
Microsoft has reverted a recent service update that was preventing some customers from launching the Microsoft Teams desktop client. […]
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[Webinar] Find and Eliminate Orphaned Non-Human Identities in Your Environment
In 2024, compromised service accounts and forgotten API keys were behind 68% of cloud breaches. Not phishing. Not weak passwords. Unmanaged non-human identities that nobody was watching. For every employee in your org, there are 40 to 50 automated credentials: service accounts, API tokens, AI agent connections, andOAuth grants. When projects end or employees leave, most
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CISA cancels summer internships for cyber scholarship students amid DHS funding lapse
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has informed participants of the federal government’s Scholarship for Service program that it has canceled this year’s summer internship programs due to the current funding issues at the Department of Homeland Security. Emails from CISA obtained by CyberScoop recently informed applicants that the agency will not bring any CyberCorps:…
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Apple Business rolls out to 200+ countries today
Apple’s all-new Apple Business platform is expected to launch as a free service in the US and 200 other countries starting today. It’s the go-to platform for small business seeking better management tools for their Apple tech and a great accompaniment to the millions migrating to the Mac with MacBook Neo. What is Apple Business Apple…
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ShowDoc RCE Flaw CVE-2025-0520 Actively Exploited on Unpatched Servers
A critical security vulnerability impacting ShowDoc, a document management and collaboration service popular in China, has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-0520 (aka CNVD-2020-26585), which carries a CVSS score of 9.4 out of 10.0. It relates to a case of unrestricted file upload that stems from improper validation of
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UJET Launching New Channel-Led Global Sales Motion With Google Cloud
UJET, an innovator in AI-powered contact centers, has announced it will launch a new managed service offering and a strategic sales motion with Google Cloud. The Google Cloud CCaaS by UJET offering brings Google Cloud’s enterprise-grade agentic AI, CX, and contact center solutions to the small- to medium-sized business (SMB) and mid-market sectors through AVANT’s…
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Nutanix Accelerates Service Provider Growth with New Cloud Capabilities and Migration Programs
New and upcoming multitenancy offerings and service validation programs are designed to help service providers scale efficiently while modernising customer environments
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Survey: Governance Gaps Threaten MSP AI Revenue Opportunity
For managed service providers, AI represents a $276 billion opportunity. The problem? More than half of them can’t get their customers ready for it. That’s the headline finding from new research published this week by AvePoint and analyst firm Omdia, which surveyed 333 MSPs across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific on what’s actually blocking AI…
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Acronis Launches MDR Solution for MSP Security Services
Acronis is launching a new managed detection and response (MDR) service to provide 24/7 threat detection and response for MSPs. MSPs gain a new way to scale security offerings without an in-house SOC Acronis MDR by Acronis TRU is globally available and provides 24/7/365 threat detection, rapid incident response, and cyber resilience for MSPs of…
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CERT-EU: European Commission hack exposes data of 30 EU entities
The European Union’s Cybersecurity Service (CERT-EU) has attributed the European Commission cloud hack to the TeamPCP threat group, saying the resulting breach exposed the data of at least 29 other Union entities. […]
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Venom Stealer MaaS Platform Commoditizes ClickFix Attacks
A new service on the cybercrime market provides automated capabilities to create persistent information-stealing social engineering attacks.
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Proton launches new “Meet” privacy-focused conferencing platform
Proton has announced a new video conferencing service named Meet and positioned it as a privacy-focused alternative to mainstream services like Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. […]
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Pondurance MDR Essentials uses autonomous SOC to tackle AI-driven attacks
Pondurance announced MDR Essentials, MDR Essentials, an MDR service providing an autonomous SOC that reduces the time from threat detection to containment by 90%. Threat actors today use AI to attack at machine-speed, making it difficult for traditional cybersecurity solutions to accurately detect and contain cyber threats before they can become breaches. A recent paper…
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HIBP Mega Update: Passkeys, k-Anonymity Searches, Massive Speed Enhancements and a Bulk Domain Verification API
For a hobby project built in my spare time to provide a simple community service, Have I Been Pwned sure has, well, “escalated”. Today, we support hundreds of thousands of website visitors each day, tens of millions of API queries, and hundreds of millions of password searches. We’re processing billions of compromised records each year…
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Interactive secures IT Managed Services Agreement with Major Superannuation Fund
The leading Australian IT service provider will support the delivery of Hostplus’ technology strategy to enhance service delivery and operational resilience.
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Darktrace expands MSSP offering with AI-driven managed email security
Darktrace has launched its managed security service for MSSPs, enabling partners to deliver AI-native email security with real-time detection, investigation, and response across the email ecosystem. The launch is supported by updates to the Darktrace Defenders Partner Program designed to provide flexibility and scalability for partners at every stage of their services maturity, helping them…
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Rimini Street Wins Multiple Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service Excellence
COMPANY NEWS: Company honoured for Best Use of AI in Customer Service, Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year in the Technology Industry and Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy
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NVIDIA GTC Recap: Updates From the Next-Gen AI Conference
NVIDIA GTC 2026, one of the largest AI conferences focused on next-gen AI, featured no shortage of product and service announcements. Among the announcements are those that open new opportunities for the channel with AI agent-as-a-service offerings and strengthening NVIDIA’s position as a platform orchestrator within the channel ecosystem. MSPs and MSSPs will also be…
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Australia’s first Semiconductor Roadmap
The Semiconductor Sector Service Bureau (S3B) has announced it is leading the development of Australia’s first National Semiconductor Roadmap, a 15-year strategic plan designed to strengthen the nation’s semiconductor capability, competitiveness and supply-chain resilience.
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An AI-powered phishing campaign has compromised hundreds of organizations
A phishing campaign tied to AI cloud-hosting service Railway has given hackers access to the Microsoft cloud accounts for hundreds of businesses, according to researchers at Huntress. Rich Mozeleski, product manager for Huntress’ identity team, told CyberScoop the campaign is currently tied to a smaller actor and approximately a dozen IP addresses, but has managed…
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OnlyFans Owner Leo Radvinsky Dies at 43
The reclusive executive built the subscription service into an adult-content powerhouse.
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Microsoft Exchange Online service change causes email access issues
Microsoft is working to address an ongoing service issue that has intermittently prevented some users from accessing their cloud-based Exchange Online mailboxes via Outlook mobile and Mac desktop clients since Thursday. […]
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FBI links Signal phishing attacks to Russian intelligence services
The FBI has issued a public service announcement warning that Russian intelligence-linked threat actors are actively targeting users of encrypted messaging apps such as Signal and WhatsApp in phishing campaigns that have already compromised thousands of accounts. […]
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Russian hackers exploit Zimbra flaw in Ukrainian govt attacks
Hackers part of APT28, a state-backed threat group linked to Russia’s military intelligence service (GRU), are exploiting a Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) vulnerability in attacks targeting Ukrainian government entities. […]
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900,000 contact records exposed in Aura data breach
Aura, the online safety service, confirmed that an unauthorized party accessed about 900,000 records, mostly names and email addresses from a marketing tool linked to a company it acquired in 2021. The incident occurred as a result of a targeted phone phishing attack that tricked one of the employees. Aura believes that contact information related…
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Summit Holdings Debuts “MSP as a Service” Operations Model
Summit Holdings is introducing a new MSP-as-a-Service (MSPaaS) operating model to help managed service providers scale faster and improve profitability amid mounting industry pressures. The offering combines white-labeled operational support with integrated tooling, allowing MSPs to expand service delivery and recurring revenue without adding internal headcount. The move comes as many MSPs face growing cybersecurity…
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Millions of UK firms on alert after Companies House data exposure
Companies House, the UK’s official company registry, said its WebFiling service is back online after being shut down on Friday to fix a security issue that may have exposed the personal data of millions of firms. An investigation indicates the flaw was likely introduced during an October 2025 update. According to Companies House, only users…
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ConnectWise Report Reveals New MSP Pay and Hiring Trends
A new report from ConnectWise’s Service Leadership unit shows MSP wage pressures are finally easing after peaking in 2022, but competition for advanced technical talent remains intense. The 2026 Annual IT Solution Provider Compensation Report finds that hybrid work has become the dominant operating model across the IT services industry, while demand for high-skill engineering…
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US and European authorities disrupt socksEscort proxy service tied to AVrecon botnet
Authorities in the US and Europe disrupted the SocksEscort proxy service, which used the AVrecon botnet and infected about 360,000 devices since 2020. Law enforcement agencies in the US and Europe have disrupted SocksEscort, a malicious proxy service powered by the AVrecon botnet. Active since 2020, the service hijacked roughly 360,000 devices and allowed cybercriminals…
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Authorities Disrupt SocksEscort Proxy Botnet Exploiting 369,000 IPs Across 163 Countries
A court-authorized international law enforcement operation has dismantled a criminal proxy service named SocksEscort that enslaved thousands of residential routers worldwide into a botnet for committing large-scale fraud. “SocksEscort infected home and small business internet routers with malware,” the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said. “The malware allowed SocksEscort to direct internet
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The Top 7 Field Service Mobile Apps
In this post, I will show you the top 7 field service mobile apps. Most field service teams don’t fail because of technicians. They fall apart due to poor coordination, a job update that never made it back to the dispatcher, a customer who called three times to ask where the crew was, and a…
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Ericsson Breach Exposes Data of 15k Employees and Customers
Ericsson data breach affects 15k employees/customers after third-party service provider compromise
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Ericsson US confirms breach after third-party provider attack
Ericsson US reports a data breach after attackers hacked a service provider, exposing employee and customer information. Ericsson Inc., the U.S. branch of the Swedish telecom giant, disclosed a data breach after a service provider was hacked. The attack compromised the personal information of an unspecified number of employees and customers. “On April 28, 2025,…
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Check Point Launches a Secure AI Advisory Service to Help Enterprises Govern and Scale AI Transformation
COMPANY NEWS: New service provides a structured governance, regulatory alignment, and risk mitigation to accelerate responsible AI adoption
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Chinese state hackers target telcos with new malware toolkit
A China-linked advanced persistent threat actor tracked as UAT-9244 has been targeting telecommunication service providers in South America since 2024, compromising Windows, Linux, and network-edge devices. […]
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Authorities Shut Down Tycoon 2FA Phishing Platform Used to Bypass MFA
Europol and partners dismantle Tycoon 2FA phishing service used to bypass MFA, disrupting a global phishing-as-a-service operation targeting organisations.
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Microsoft leads takedown of Tycoon2FA phishing service infrastructure
The infrastructure hosting the Tycoon2FA service, which Europol said was among the largest phishing operations worldwide, has been taken down by a coalition of IT companies and law enforcement agencies. At least temporarily, this removes access to one more tool for evading multifactor authentication defenses from threat actors. Europol, which coordinated the operation, said Wednesday…
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Multi-Stage “BadPaw” Malware Campaign Targets Ukraine
Malware campaign uses Ukrainian email service for credibility, deploying “BadPaw” to execute attacks
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MSPs Turn to AI Ops to Scale Securely in 2026
AI has shifted from experimental add-on to operational backbone for managed service providers. As service complexity rises, ransomware targets identity and backup layers, and margins tighten, MSPs are embedding AI directly into security, service desk, and backup platforms to automate detection, accelerate response times, and preserve profitability. James Griffin, CEO of CyberSentriq, shares his thoughts…
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Alkira Launches Connect Partner Program
Alkira, a Network Infrastructure as a Service (NIaaS) leader, is launching the Alkira Connect Partner Program. Connecting GSI, CSP, MSP, and other partners to improved revenue streams The program is designed to mirror modern enterprise buying motions and delivers a framework to partners that allows them to build customer trust by solving complex problems faster,…
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They seized $4.8m in crypto… then gave the master key to the internet
South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) has found itself in the middle of a deeply embarrassing – and costly – blunder after accidentally handing thieves the master key to a seized cryptocurrency wallet. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Anthropic’s Claude hit by widespread service outage
Anthropic suffered widespread service disruptions Monday morning, leaving thousands of users unable to access its Claude AI platform. Most users reporting problems said they encountered errors when attempting to log in. The first notice was posted at 11:49 UTC. In its latest update, the company said it was continuing to work on a fix for…
Global Security News, Government & Policy
UK reduces cyberattack fix times from two months to eight days
The UK government has launched a new vulnerability monitoring service (VMS) that promises to reduce the time needed to fix critical cyber weaknesses across the public sector. Scanning government systems for critical cyber flaws The service, launched as part of the Blueprint for Modern Digital Government, published in January 2025, continuously scans internet-facing systems at…
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$4.8M in crypto stolen after Korean tax agency exposes wallet seed
South Korea’s National Tax Service accidentally exposed the mnemonic recovery phrase of a seized cryptocurrency wallet in an official press release, allowing hackers to steal 6.4 billion won ($4.8M) worth in cryptocurrency. […]
AI, Global Security News
Perplexity’s new Computer agent will run other agents for you
Perplexity says its new Perplexity Computer service can perform complex, multi-step tasks on behalf of human users, by organizing the tasks that are needed and creating the software agents required to fulfill the process. Users begin by describing their desired outcome, the company said, then, “Perplexity Computer breaks it into tasks and subtasks, creating sub-agents…
Global Security News, Government & Policy
UK Vulnerability Monitoring Service Cuts Unresolved Security Flaws by 75%
The UK government says its new Vulnerability Monitoring Service has cut unresolved security flaws by 75% and reduced cyber-attack fix times from nearly two months to just over a week
AI, Apps, Compliance, Global Security News
AWS successfully completed its first surveillance audit for ISO 42001:2023 with no findings
In November 2024, Amazon Web Services (AWS) was the first major cloud service provider to announce the ISO/IEC 42001 accredited certification for AI services, covering: Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Q Business, Amazon Textract, and Amazon Transcribe. In November 2025, AWS successfully completed its first surveillance audit for ISO 42001:2023, Artificial Intelligence Management System with no findings.…
AI, Global Security News, Network Security
ServiceNow plans automation of L1 Service Desk roles, promises more AI ‘specialists’ to come
ServiceNow plans to unleash the first member of its Autonomous Workforce, the Level 1 Service Desk AI specialist, next quarter. The agent will autonomously diagnose and resolve common IT support requests such as password resets, provisioning of software access, and network troubleshooting. It will base its actions on information from enterprise knowledge bases, historical incident…
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1Campaign platform helps malicious Google ads evade detection
A newly identified cybercrime service known as 1Campaign is enabling threat actors to run malicious Google Ads that remain online for extended periods while evading scrutiny from security researchers. […]
AI, Global Security News, Network Security
Ericsson launches Agentic rApp as a Service on AWS to accelerate Autonomous Networks transformation
COMPANY NEWS: The new Agentic rApp as a Service solution enables fast, scalable, flexible deployment of rApps on AWS Marketplace The solution introduces Agentic AI and Generative AI capabilities for network optimization while leveraging Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) open architecture The new solution will accelerate CSP transformation by acting as a catalyst to achieve…
AI, Global Security News, malware
Criminals create business website to sell RAT disguised as RMM tool
A RAT masquerading as legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) software is being sold to cybercriminals as a service, Proofpoint researchers recently discovered. The fake RMM tool, called TrustConnect, was being marketed via an LLM-created website parked on trustconnectsoftware[.]com, supposedly belonging to “TrustConnect Software PTY LTD”. “The malware creator uses the domain as the ‘business…
AI, Apps, Endpoint, Global Security News, Network Security
Uptime Kuma: Open-source monitoring tool
Service availability monitoring remains a daily operational requirement across IT teams, SaaS providers, and internal infrastructure groups. Many environments rely on automated checks and alerting to track outages, latency issues, and service degradation across web applications and network endpoints. Uptime Kuma is an open-source uptime monitoring project that supports this type of operational monitoring through…
AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News
Adidas investigates alleged data breach affecting 815,000 records
Adidas confirmed it is investigating a possible data breach involving one of its third-party customer service providers. The company stated that there is no indication its IT infrastructure, e-commerce platforms, or consumer data were impacted by the incident. An individual claiming to belong to the Lapsus$ Group posted on BreachForums alleging they had compromised the…
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Network Security
CYBERSPAN brings AI-driven, agentless network detection to MSSP environments
IntelliGenesis has announced the availability of CYBERSPAN for managed security service providers (MSSPs). The AI-driven network detection and response platform, originally developed to protect small and mid-sized contractors in the Defense Industrial Base, is now optimized for multi-tenant service delivery. Managed security service providers must scale cybersecurity operations across diverse client environments without driving up…
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How putting an AI assistant in every technician’s pocket could supercharge productivity and profitability for your print services business
GUEST OPINION: Having at-your-fingertips access to vital insights can help your field service team resolve issues the first time—and fast.