As enterprises race to adopt AI agents across software development workflows, Microsoft is rolling out new controls aimed at keeping the transformation from becoming a security headache. At its annual developer conference, Microsoft Build, the company unveiled a set of initiatives, including a brand new runtime containment offering, Microsoft Execution Container (MXC), for agentic AI…
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Microsoft wants to put AI agents on a short leash
As enterprises race to adopt AI agents across software development workflows, Microsoft is rolling out new controls aimed at keeping the transformation from becoming a security headache. At its annual developer conference, Microsoft Build, the company unveiled a set of initiatives, including a brand new runtime containment offering, Microsoft Execution Container (MXC), for agentic AI…
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Microsoft wants to put AI agents on a short leash
As enterprises race to adopt AI agents across software development workflows, Microsoft is rolling out new controls aimed at keeping the transformation from becoming a security headache. At its annual developer conference, Microsoft Build, the company unveiled a set of initiatives, including a brand new runtime containment offering, Microsoft Execution Container (MXC), for agentic AI…
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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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Palo Alto Warns High-Severity Bug Is Being Actively Exploited
A vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS software is being exploited in attacks
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North Korean hackers Kimsuky target South Korea with new malware variants
Kimsuky, also known as Velvet Chollima, utilized spoofed security software installation pages and fake Webex meeting invitations to deliver malware.
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Malicious Sicoob NuGet Steals Banking Credentials as npm Packages Target Cloud Secrets
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious NuGet package that masquerades as a C# software development kit for Sicoob, one of Brazil’s largest cooperative financial systems, to siphon client IDs and PFX certificates. According to Socket, versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.4 of “Sicoob.Sdk” contain functionality to exfiltrate sensitive information, including PFX certificates that are used to
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IBM, Red Hat launch Project Lightwell to secure open-source software
IBM and Red Hat launch $5 billion effort to secure open-source software supply chains.
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AI Software Supply Chain Threats Escalate in 2026
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming software development, but new research from JFrog suggests security teams are struggling to keep pace with the risks that come with it. The Software Supply Chain Security State of the Union 2026 report found that AI-driven development is accelerating malicious package activity, insecure AI tooling, and software supply chain governance…
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Agentic AI Isn’t Risky; the Way Orgs Deploy It Is
AI agents aren’t black boxes — they’re models interacting with software tools. The risk lies in their overlap.
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Developers on H-1B face a tighter job market as AI shifts hiring priorities
For years, software developers on H-1B visas benefited from steady demand among US technology employers. That market is becoming more selective as companies redirect spending toward AI and rely more heavily on coding assistants. Recent layoffs at companies including Meta and Amazon have added to the uncertainty, with engineering and software roles affected even as…
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The CISO selling confidence in a market full of breach headlines
Engineering teams across enterprise IT are writing their own software with AI coding assistants, spinning up agents that act on their behalf, and assigning those agents the same access privileges their human creators hold. The shift has pulled the role of the chief information security officer into territory that did not exist two years ago.…
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Google Employee Charged With Insider Trading on Polymarket
Federal prosecutors allege a software engineer made more than $1 million using nonpublic information to bet on who would be the most-searched people of 2025.
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California amendment would exempt Linux from age verification law
The Linux community had raised concerns that the open-source nature of the software, lacking commercial ownership and centralized account infrastructure, would make enforcing such a policy difficult.
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CrowdStrike, Google Take Down Glassworm Botnet
Operators of the malicious Glassworm botnet have been targeting software developers since at least early 2025
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Glassworm botnet disrupted after resilient C2 infrastructure takedown
The Glassworm botnet targeting developers in software supply-chain attacks has been disrupted after researchers took down its resilient command-and-control infrastructure relying on Solana blockchain transactions and the BitTorrent DHT network. […]
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Novee launches Agentic Fix to automate vulnerability remediation
Agentic Fix addresses a critical bottleneck in the software development lifecycle where vulnerability discovery has been significantly accelerated, but the subsequent steps of triage, assignment, patching, and retesting remain largely manual.
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Critical vulnerability in Universal Robots’ PolyScope OS allows remote command execution
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-8153 with a CVSS score of 9.8, affects all PolyScope software versions prior to 5.25.1.
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Claude Mythos AI Identified 10,000+ Software Vulnerabilities in One Month
Anthropic says its Claude Mythos AI identified more than 10,000 software vulnerabilities in one month, including critical flaws in open-source code.
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As AI speeds coding, CVE Lite CLI keeps security deliberately AI-free
As AI coding assistants accelerate software development, one OWASP-backed open-source project is arguing that dependency security tooling still arrives too late to be truly useful. CVE Lite CLI, a JavaScript and TypeScript dependency vulnerability scanner focused on local lockfile analysis, is positioning itself around a simple idea. Developers should see dependency risks while they are…
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TrapDoor Supply Chain Attack Spreads Credential-Stealing Malware via npm, PyPI, and CratesIO
A new coordinated cross-ecosystem software supply chain attack campaign has targeted npm, PyPI, and Crates.io to distribute credential-stealing malware. The campaign, codenamed TrapDoor, spans more than 34 malicious packages across over 384 versions. The earliest activity was recorded on May 22, 2026, at 8:20 p.m. UTC, with new packages published to the ecosystems in waves…
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npm Adds 2FA-Gated Publishing and Package Install Controls Against Supply Chain Attacks
GitHub has rolled out new controls for npm to improve the security of the software supply chain, giving maintainers the ability to explicitly approve a release prior to the packages becoming publicly available for installation. Called staged publishing, the feature is now generally available on npm. It mandates that a human maintainer pass a two-factor…
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Laravel-Lang PHP Packages Compromised to Deliver Cross-Platform Credential Stealer
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh software supply chain attack campaign that has targeted multiple PHP packages belonging to Laravel-Lang to deliver a comprehensive credential-stealing framework. The affected packages include – laravel-lang/lang laravel-lang/http-statuses laravel-lang/attributes laravel-lang/actions “The timing and pattern of the newly published tags
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Trend Micro warns of Apex One zero-day exploited in the wild
Japanese cybersecurity software company Trend Micro has addressed an Apex One zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks targeting Windows systems. […]
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Workday’s Returning CEO Has a Plan to Survive the AI Era
The software company isn’t an AI native. But Aneel Bhusri has established an AI task force and is launching new agents for IT and corporate travel.
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GitHub Confirms Breach, 4K Internal Repos Stolen
Open source software giant GitHub confirmed a data breach this week involving the theft of thousands of repos. One threat actor — TeamPCP — took credit.
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Verizon DBIR: AI Helped Hackers Exploit Vulnerabilities in 31% of Recent Breaches
Verizon DBIR 2026 reveals software vulnerabilities overtook stolen passwords in cyberattacks, with AI helping hackers exploit flaws within hours.
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Verizon DBIR: Vulnerability Exploits Overtake Credentials as Top Access Vector
Verizon DBIR finds 31% of data breaches began with software flaws last year
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LaunchDarkly adds real-time controls for AI agents in production
LaunchDarkly has launched AgentControl, a new solution that gives software teams real-time control over AI agents in production. With AgentControl, teams can change how an agent behaves at runtime without redeploying the underlying application. As AI agents move into production, engineering teams need new ways to manage configuration, quality, and runtime behavior. Unlike traditional code,…
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GitHub Actions Supply Chain Attack Redirects Tags to Steal CI/CD Credentials
In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have compromised the popular GitHub Actions workflow, actions-cool/issues-helper, to run malicious code that harvests sensitive credentials and exfiltrates them to an attacker-controlled server. “Every existing tag in the repository has been moved to point to an imposter commit that does not appear in the action’s normal…
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Mini Shai-Hulud Pushes Malicious AntV npm Packages via Compromised Maintainer Account
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fresh software supply chain attack campaign that has compromised various npm packages associated with the @antv ecosystem as part of the ongoing Mini Shai-Hulud attack wave. “The attack affects packages tied to the npm maintainer account atool, including echarts-for-react, a widely used React wrapper for Apache ECharts with roughly 1.1…
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Shai-Hulud Worm Clones Spread After Code Release
The release of Shai-Hulud source code spells trouble for software developers as researchers worry the self-replicating worm could scale.
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AI is drowning software maintainers in junk security reports
AI-assisted vulnerability research has exploded, unleashing a firehose of low-quality reports on overworked software maintainers who are wasting hours sifting through noise instead of fixing real problems. Linus Torvalds, the Linux kernel’s creator, says the flood has made the project’s security mailing list “almost entirely unmanageable, with enormous duplication due to different people finding the…
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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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When ransomware hits, confidence doesn’t restore endpoints
Ransomware, supply chain vulnerabilities, insider threats, compliance failures, and software disruptions remain major concerns for security leaders, according to The Ransomware Reality: Zero Days to Recover report by Absolute Security. How CISOs currently ensure endpoint resilience against ransomware (overall, %) (Source: Absolute Security) A survey of 750 CISOs from enterprise organizations with more than 5,000…
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Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, Day One: $523,000 paid out, AI products fall
Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 day one saw 22 entries and 24 zero-days across major software, with researchers earning $523,000 in total rewards. Day one of Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 featured 22 entries targeting widely used technologies, including browsers, operating systems, AI platforms, and NVIDIA infrastructure. By the end of the day, researchers demonstrated 24 unique zero-day vulnerabilities…
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Anthropic’s Mythos Helped Find Bugs in Apple’s Desktop Operating System
During tests in April, researchers found software issues in MacOS, one of the world’s toughest targets for hackers.
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Anthropic’s Mythos Helped Find Bugs in Apple’s Desktop Operating System
During tests in April, researchers found software issues in MacOS, one of the world’s toughest targets for hackers.
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Dell confirms its SupportAssist software causes Windows BSOD crashes
Dell confirmed that its SupportAssist software is causing blue-screen crashes on some Windows systems following a wave of user reports about random reboots affecting Dell devices since Friday. […]
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‘Mini Shai-Hulud’ malware compromises hundreds of open-source packages in sprawling supply-chain attack
A rapidly spreading malware campaign has infected hundreds of software packages across major open-source registries, embedding credential-stealing code into development tools downloaded millions of times a week. The attack, referred to as “mini Shai-Hulud,” targeted prominent software libraries, including TanStack, UiPath, and MistralAI. TanStack’s React Router package alone accounts for more than 12 million weekly…
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Veeam Intelligent ResOps unifies data context and recovery
Veeam Software announced Veeam Intelligent ResOps, a new solution that unifies data context and recovery operations. As agentic AI accelerates change at machine speed, Intelligent ResOps gives teams the insight they need into their data to quickly understand impact and recover precisely – without broad rollbacks when something happens. When insights are disconnected from recovery,…
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Shai Hulud attack ships signed malicious TanStack, Mistral npm packages
A large-scale software supply-chain attack involving the “Shai-Hulud” malware has compromised hundreds of packages across open-source software ecosystems. […]
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Škoda confirms unauthorized access to its online shop
Car manufacturer Škoda discovered that attackers had exploited a vulnerability in its online shop software and gained temporary unauthorized access to the system. What happened? After discovering the incident, the company took the shop offline as a precautionary measure, fixed the vulnerability, referred the incident to a specialized IT forensics team for technical analysis, and…
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OpenAI’s Daybreak uses Codex Security to identify risky attack paths
OpenAI Daybreak is the company’s cybersecurity initiative focused on building AI-assisted software defense into the development process from the start. It combines OpenAI models, Codex Security, and cyber-focused GPT-5.5 variants to help organizations identify, validate, and prioritize software vulnerabilities. How Daybreak identifies exploitable vulnerabilities Daybreak builds editable threat models from a company’s code repository, analyzes…
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The hidden smart fridge risks that emerge years after purchase
Household refrigerators are built to last more than a decade. The software, cloud services, and mobile apps that control them are not. A new analysis from Erik Buchmann at Leipzig University maps what happens when those two timelines collide, and the findings reach further than the kitchen. The study examines three current models on the…
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Best RMM Software for MSPs in 2026: Features & Pricing
Remote monitoring and management (RMM) software is an IT management solution that allows MSPs to remotely monitor, manage, and maintain client IT environments. They provide visibility into device health and performance, help teams identify and proactively address issues, and streamline day-to-day IT operations. The best RMM software platforms typically include core features such as remote…
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AI Is Reshaping Software Supply Chain Risk
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how developers build software, but security controls are struggling to keep pace. According to Willem Delbare, co-founder and CEO of Aikido Security, AI-assisted development is fundamentally changing the software supply chain threat model by increasing automation around code generation, dependency selection, and tool installation. “As of 2025, 84% of developers…
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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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Why Outdated Maintenance Software Is a Growing Ransomware Risk
Outdated maintenance software increases ransomware risk by exposing weak access controls, unpatched systems, and critical operational data to attackers.
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DAEMON Tools devs confirm breach, release malware-free version
Disc Soft Limited, the maker of DAEMON Tools Lite, confirmed that the software had been trojanized in a supply chain attack and released a new, malware-free version. […]
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DAEMON Tools trojanized in supply-chain attack to deploy backdoor
Hackers trojanized installers for the DAEMON Tools software and since April 8, delivered a backdoor to thousands of systems that downloaded the product from the official website. […]
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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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DAEMON Tools Supply Chain Attack Compromises Official Installers with Malware
A newly identified supply chain attack targeting DAEMON Tools software has compromised its installers to serve a malicious payload, according to findings from Kaspersky. “These installers are distributed from the legitimate website of DAEMON Tools and are signed with digital certificates belonging to DAEMON Tools developers,” Kaspersky researchers Igor Kuznetsov, Georgy Kucherin, Leonid
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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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The EOL Blind Spot in Your CVE Feed: What SCA Tools Don’t Check.
Critical vulnerabilities can exist in open source software your scanners don’t check. HeroDevs reveals how EOL software creates blind spots in CVE feeds and SCA tools, and how you can receive a free end-of-life scan for your projects. […]
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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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Army Asks Missile Makers to Hack Their Own Weapons
The U.S. Army is pushing defense contractors to open up weapons’ software to new tools, including AI.
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AI Computing Is a Memory Hog. An Nvidia-Backed Startup Has an Answer
RadixArk has raised $100 million at a $400 million valuation for a software engine and framework that make inference and training more efficient to run.
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We Scanned 1 Million Exposed AI Services. Here’s How Bad the Security Actually Is
While the software industry has made genuine strides over the past few decades to deliver products securely, the furious pace of AI adoption is putting that progress at risk. Businesses are moving fast to self-host LLM infrastructure, drawn by the promise of AI as a force multiplier and the pressure to deliver more value faster.…
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Beyond the Checkbox: A Strategic Guide to Software Penetration Testing in 2026
Here is a guide to software penetration testing. Your software has vulnerabilities. The only real question is whether you find them first — or an attacker does. That’s not alarmism. That’s the current state of application security. According to the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023, the average cost of a data breach in…
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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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Anthropic and FIS Are Building an AI Agent to Help Banks Police Financial Crimes
The AI giant struck a partnership with financial software provider FIS to develop new tools for banks.
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Palantir Beats Forecasts With $1.63 Billion Sales Quarter
U.S. military used company’s software in Iran war and Venezuela raid, and private-sector business has grown quickly.
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Agentic AI and the Evolution of Code Security in Modern Development
The rise of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping how software is developed, tested, and secured. In a recent discussion with Jeremy Katz, VP of Code Security at Sonar, key insights emerged about how AI-driven workflows are accelerating development while introducing new security challenges that organizations must address. Agentic Workflows in Modern Development Agentic…
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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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Critical MOVEit Automation auth bypass vulnerability fixed (CVE-2026-4670)
Progress Software has fixed a critical authentication bypass (CVE-2026-4670) and a privilege escalation (CVE-2026-5174) vulnerability in MOVEit Automation, exploitation of which “may lead to unauthorized access, administrative control, and data exposure.” The vulnerabilities were reported privately by Airbus researchers and there’s no mention of them being leveraged by attackers in the wild. Still, performing an…
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Progress warns of critical MOVEit Automation auth bypass flaw
Progress Software warned customers to patch a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in its MOVEit Automation enterprise-grade managed file transfer (MFT) application. […]
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I Vibe-Coded the App of My Dreams and Only Lost My Mind Twice
Our columnist used AI to create a dashboard to monitor her life—and caught a glimpse of our DIY software future.
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You Have No Idea How Much You Still Use BlackBerry
Once left for dead, the company is making money again with hidden software in 275 million cars. You use it every day without knowing it.
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Enterprise Spotlight: Transforming software development with AI
Artificial intelligence has had an immediate and profound impact on software development. Coding practices, coding tools, developer roles, and the software development process itself are all being reimagined as AI agents advance on every stage of the software development life cycle, from planning and design to testing, deployment, and maintenance. Download the May 2026 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors…
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Poisoned Ruby Gems and Go Modules Exploit CI Pipelines for Credential Theft
A new software supply chain attack campaign has been observed using sleeper packages as a conduit to subsequently push malicious payloads that enabled credential theft, GitHub Actions tampering, and SSH persistence. The activity has been attributed to the GitHub account “BufferZoneCorp,” which has published a set of repositories that are associated with malicious Ruby gems…
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Enterprise Spotlight: Transforming software development with AI
Artificial intelligence has had an immediate and profound impact on software development. Coding practices, coding tools, developer roles, and the software development process itself are all being reimagined as AI agents advance on every stage of the software development life cycle, from planning and design to testing, deployment, and maintenance. Download the May 2026 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors…
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Best Diagram Software in 2026, Why EdrawMax Works for Everyday Use
Compare top diagram software in 2026 and see why Wondershare EdrawMax can be a practical choice for fast, template rich, AI supported diagramming.
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PyTorch Lightning Compromised in PyPI Supply Chain Attack to Steal Credentials
In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have managed to compromise the popular Python package Lightning to push two malicious versions to conduct credential theft. According to Aikido Security, Socket, and StepSecurity, the two malicious versions are versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, both of which were published on April 30, 2026. The campaign is…
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Auvik Unveils Aurora AI Agents for Proactive IT Management
IT management software provider Auvik has announced the launch of Auvik Aurora, AI-powered IT agents designed to help IT professionals proactively manage, troubleshoot, and optimize their networks. AI agents target network visibility and ticket resolution According to Auvik, its new AI agents aim to bridge the gap created by IT teams managing an increasing number…
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Genetec Honours Oceania 2025 Partner Success with Regional Awards Announced at Vietnam Elevate ‘26 Conference
COMPANY NEWS: Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), the global leader in enterprise physical security software, has announced the winners of its 2025 ANZ channel partner awards at the company’s regional Elevate ’26 Asia-Pacific conference held in Da Nang, Vietnam.
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Top 6 Remote Desktop Software Solutions Compared
Remote desktop software enables businesses and IT professionals to access and manage computers and devices from remote locations, ensuring seamless operations from anywhere. The most effective solutions offer features like unattended access, secure file transfer, multi-monitor support, cross-platform compatibility, and real-time collaboration. To help you find the best fit, we’ve compared the leading options on…
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Fast16: Pre-Stuxnet malware that targeted precision engineering software
Fast16 is a pre-Stuxnet malware that tampered with precision software and spread itself. Evidence suggests links to U.S. operations during early cyber tensions. SentinelOne uncovered Fast16, a sabotage malware used in 2005, years before Stuxnet. The malicious code is written in Lua and targeted high-precision calculation software, altering results and spreading across systems. The malware…
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Bitwarden CLI password manager trojanized in supply chain attack
Researchers warn of a new software supply chain attack that resulted in a malicious version of Bitwarden CLI, the terminal version of the extremely popular open-source password manager. The attack is believed to be related to the string of recent supply chain compromises attributed to a group called TeamPCP. “The attack appears to have leveraged…
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Project Glasswing Proved AI Can Find the Bugs. Who’s Going to Fix Them?
Last week, Anthropic announced Project Glasswing, an AI model so effective at discovering software vulnerabilities that they took the extraordinary step of postponing its public release. Instead, the company has given access to Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and a coalition of others to find and patch bugs before adversaries can. Mythos Preview, the model that…
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Apple Patches iOS Flaw That Stored Deleted Signal Notifications in FBI Forensic Case
Apple has rolled out a software fix for iOS and iPadOS to address a Notification Services flaw that stored notifications marked for deletion on the device. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-28950 (CVSS score: N/A), has been described as a logging issue that has been addressed with improved data redaction. “Notifications marked for deletion could be…
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Check Point to Integrate AI Defense Plane with Google Cloud to Help Secure AI Agents with Integrated Discovery, Governance, and Runtime Protection
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pioneer and global leader of cyber security solutions, today announced that it will serve as a launch partner with Google Cloud to integrate Check Point’s AI Defense Plane with Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. The integration will combine centralised agent control with contextual intelligence and real-time…
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High Commissioner Of Canada To Australia Visits Genetec Experience Centre In Sydney On Second Anniversary Of Opening
COMPANY NEWS: Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), the global leader in enterprise physical security software, has announced that the High Commissioner of Canada to Australia, Her Excellency Julie Sunday, visited the Genetec Sydney Experience Centre on 15 April to commemorate two years since its official launch.
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Progress Software fixes sneaky WAF bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-21876)
Progress Software has fixed a slew of high-severity vulnerabilities in MOVEit WAF and LoadMaster, including a flaw (CVE-2026-21876) that may allow attackers to bypass firewall detection. MOVEit WAF (web application firewall) is designed to protect Progress’s managed file transfer platform MOVEit Transfer from web-based attacks. (A zero-day vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer was infamously exploited in…
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The 6 Best Partner Relationship Management (PRM) Software in 2026
Partner Relationship Management (PRM) software is a type of B2B solution designed to help companies manage and optimize their partner relationships. The best PRM platforms typically include features such as partner management, lead distribution, deal registration, and incentives and rewards management to drive better outcomes. In this guide, we’ll explore the top PRM software solutions…
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NIST Scales Back Vulnerability Scoring in 2026 as CVE Volume Surges
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is narrowing how it analyzes and scores software vulnerabilities, citing a sharp increase in submissions that has made it difficult to keep pace. “For years, security teams relied on NVD for vulnerability context to support prioritization decisions. But that model is under real strain,” said Ian Gray,…
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Other World Computing Launches OWC Express 4M2 Ultra
Other World Computing (OWC®), a trusted leader in high-performance storage, memory, connectivity, software, and accessories that empower creative and business professionals to maximize performance, enhance reliability, and streamline workflows, today announced from NAB 2026, OWC Booth #N2373, the launch of the OWC Express 4M2 Ultra, the first certified Thunderbolt 5 four-slot NVMe M.2 SSD enclosure.
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GitLab 18.11 brings agentic AI to security fixes, CI pipelines, and delivery analytics
GitLab has released GitLab 18.11, expanding agentic AI across the entire software lifecycle with security remediation, pipeline configuration, and delivery analytics. AI-generated code moves faster than the systems around it can keep up with, creating the AI paradox: faster code generation without faster delivery, security, or operations to match. As code volume grows, so does…
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Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7 with automated cybersecurity safeguards
Software teams building agentic AI workflows have been pushing frontier models toward longer, unsupervised task runs. Claude Opus 4.7, now generally available from Anthropic, is aimed squarely at that demand, with particular gains in software engineering, multimodal processing, and the kind of instruction fidelity that matters when a model is running tasks autonomously over multiple…
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OpenAI expands its cyber defense program with GPT-5.4-Cyber for vetted researchers
Defending critical software has long depended on the ability to find and fix vulnerabilities faster than attackers can exploit them. OpenAI is expanding a program designed to give professional defenders prioritized access to AI tools built for that purpose. The company is scaling its Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) program to thousands of verified individual…
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Legitify: Open-source scanner for security misconfigurations on GitHub and GitLab
Misconfigured source code management platforms remain a common entry point in software supply chain attacks, and organizations often lack visibility into which settings put them at risk. Legitify, an open-source tool from Legit Security, addresses that gap by scanning GitHub and GitLab environments and reporting policy violations across organizations, repositories, members, and CI/CD runner groups.…
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Patch Tuesday, April 2026 Edition
Microsoft today pushed software updates to fix a staggering 167 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and related software, including a SharePoint Server zero-day and a publicly disclosed weakness in Windows Defender dubbed “BlueHammer.” Separately, Google Chrome fixed its fourth zero-day of 2026, and an emergency update for Adobe Reader nixes an actively exploited…
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Buyer’s Guide to HR Management Software in Australia for 2026 | Top 7 HRIS Platforms
Choosing HR software is one of the most important technology decisions you’ll make for your business.
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Hackers hijacked CPUID downloads, served STX RAT to victims
If you tried to download software from CPUID’s website late last week, you might have downloaded malware instead. “Investigations are still ongoing, but it appears that a secondary feature (basically a side API) was compromised for approximately six hours between April 9 and April 10, causing the main website to randomly display malicious links (our…
AI, Apps, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
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…
AI, Apps, Compliance, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Meta moves fast toward a world where AI builds the software
Meta Platforms is reportedly pulling top software engineers from across the company into a newly created AI unit on a mandatory basis, with the stated goal of eventually having autonomous agents perform the bulk of the work of building, testing, and shipping its products, and human engineers serving only to monitor them. The development was…
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Healthcare IT solutions provider ChipSoft hit by ransomware attack
Dutch healthcare software vendor ChipSoft has been impacted by a ransomware attack that forced the company to take offline its website and digital services for patients and healthcare providers. […]
AI, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Endpoint, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, privacy, Risk Management
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…
AI, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Endpoint, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, privacy, Risk Management
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…
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News
How AI is Changing Software Development and Release Management
In this post, I will show you how AI is changing software development and release management. Software development is changing very fast today. Teams are expected to build better software in less time, while also making sure everything is secure, stable, and follows rules. This can be very difficult, especially when different tools and processes…