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The Pentagon Is Running an AI Propaganda Mill Targeting Latin America

The United States is feeding Pentagon propaganda to internet users in Latin American countries using a new AI-laden content mill, an investigation by The Intercept has found. La Tilde quietly began development early this year and appears to still be a work in progress, pitching itself as a modern media brand for Latin American audiences…

News Alert: Lyrie.ai joins Anthropic verification program, unveils protocol for securing AI agents

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 11, 2026, CyberNewswire—Dubai-founded OTT Cybersecurity LLC today announced acceptance into Anthropic’s Cyber Verification Program and unveiled the Agent Trust Protocol (ATP), an open cryptographic standard for AI agent identity, scope and action verification slated for IETF submission. OTT Cybersecurity LLC, the company behind Lyrie.ai, today announced two milestones that together…

ShinyHunters Extorts Universities in New Instructure Canvas Hack 

Students across the United States were locked out of coursework, quizzes, and grades during finals week after threat actors defaced hundreds of Canvas login portals in a ShinyHunters-linked extortion campaign.  The disruption impacted colleges, universities, and school districts worldwide, underscoring the growing cybersecurity risks facing cloud-based education platforms.  “ShinyHunters has breached Instructure (again). Instead of…

US government, allies publish guidance on how to safely deploy AI agents

Cybersecurity agencies from the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom jointly published guidance Friday urging organizations to treat autonomous artificial intelligence systems as a core cybersecurity concern, warning that the technology is already being deployed in critical infrastructure and defense sectors with insufficient safeguards. The guidance focuses on agentic AI —…

Alleged Chinese hacker extradited to US over cyberattacks targeting COVID-19 research

Chinese national Xu Zewei was extradited from Italy to the United States to face charges tied to an alleged cyber espionage campaign that breached thousands of computers worldwide. Xu is charged alongside Zhang Yu, who remains at large. According to court documents, officers of China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), including its Shanghai State Security…

MITRE releases a shared fraud-cyber framework built from real attack data

Financial fraud losses in the United States reached $16.6 billion in 2024, up from $4.2 billion in 2020. Behind those numbers is a structural problem: the teams responsible for stopping fraud, fraud investigators and cybersecurity analysts, have historically operated separately, using different tools, different terminology, and different mental models of how attacks unfold. The MITRE…

Minimus Taps Yael Nardi to Lead Strategic Operations as Chief Business Officer

New York, United States: Minimus, a provider of hardened and secure container images designed to mitigate CVE risk, today announced the appointment of Yael Nardi as Chief Business Officer (CBO). In this newly created role, Nardi will lead the company’s next phase of scale, overseeing top-of-funnel growth strategy, operations, and corporate development. As the market landscape evolves…

Caught in the Iranian War crossfire: Big Tech, Microsoft and Windows

Iran’s most potent weapon in the war with the United States is pretty clear: attack the world’s oil and gas infrastructure by closing off access to the Strait of Hormuz. But Big Oil isn’t the only industry Iran is aiming for — it’s also attacking Big Tech. And that includes Microsoft, which is directly in…

Sherweb Expands to the UK to Support MSP Growth

Sherweb is expanding into the United Kingdom as the Canadian cloud marketplace and MSP enablement provider looks to grow beyond North America. The move targets one of Europe’s largest managed services markets and builds on Sherweb’s recent acquisition of Ireland-based IT distributor MicroWarehouse. The company says the expansion will focus on helping MSPs navigate rapid…

Security Leaders Warn of Cyber Risks Tied to Iran Conflict

The escalating confrontation between the United States and Iran is raising concerns among cybersecurity agencies and security leaders, who have warned businesses to be on alert for a potential increase in cyberattacks from the region. Governments warn of increased cyber activity linked to Iran conflict Official warnings from cybersecurity centers in the United States, the…

UK Warns of Heightened Iranian Cyber Risk as Middle East Conflict Intensifies

The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging British organizations to brace for potential Iranian-linked cyber activity as tensions escalate in the Middle East.  While officials say there is no confirmed spike in direct attacks against the UK, they caution that the situation could shift rapidly.  “There is almost certainly a heightened risk…