In the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape, Microsoft has introduced various new features in Windows 11 designed to protect users from modern workplace threats. Among such features, Smart App Control (SAC) changes how Windows devices handle, and occasionally block, unwanted or potentially malicious applications. But what exactly is Smart App Control? How does it work, who benefits…
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AI, Europe, Global Security News, Government & Policy, privacy, Russia
Police take down VPN service (this time with a good reason)
European authorities have cracked down on a VPN that has been used for various criminal activities. The operation, led by investigators in France and the Netherlands with help from Europol and Eurojust, has dismantled First VPN, a service that has been heavily promoted within Russia as a way of evading law enforcement. Criminals used it…
AI, Europe, Global Security News, Government & Policy, privacy, Russia
Police take down VPN service (this time with a good reason)
European authorities have cracked down on a VPN that has been used for various criminal activities. The operation, led by investigators in France and the Netherlands with help from Europol and Eurojust, has dismantled First VPN, a service that has been heavily promoted within Russia as a way of evading law enforcement. Criminals used it…
Exploits, Global Security News
Ivanti, Fortinet, SAP, VMware, n8n Patch RCE, SQL Injection, Privilege Escalation Flaws
Ivanti, Fortinet, n8n, SAP, and VMware have released security fixes for various vulnerabilities that could be exploited by bad actors to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code. Topping the list is a critical flaw impacting Ivanti Xtraction (CVE-2026-8043, CVSS score: 9.6) that could be exploited to achieve information disclosure or client-side attacks. “External control of…
AI, Apps, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
Microsoft addresses 137 vulnerabilities in May’s Patch Tuesday, including 13 rated critical
Microsoft addressed another triple-digit batch of vulnerabilities cutting across its various enterprise products, components and underlying systems. Yet despite the high number of defects, the vendor reported no actively exploited zero-days in this month’s Patch Tuesday update. Thirteen of the 137 vulnerabilities Microsoft disclosed were assigned critical CVSS ratings, including a pair of vulnerabilities affecting…
Global Security News
Your coworker might be selling company logins, and thinks it’s fine
Employee behavior once considered unacceptable is becoming tolerated across various industries, particularly in IT and telecommunications, and at all levels of seniority, including leadership. Cifas Workplace Fraud Trends research, based on a survey of 2,000 UK employees working at companies with more than 1,000 staff, shows that employee-driven fraud, such as selling login credentials or…
AI, Global Security News
Critical cPanel Authentication Vulnerability Identified — Update Your Server Immediately
cPanel has released security updates to address a security issue impacting various authentication paths that could allow an attacker to obtain access to the control panel software. The problem affects all currently supported versions, according to an alert released by cPanel on Tuesday. The issue has been addressed in the following versions – 11.110.0.97 11.118.0.63…
AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News
Scanning for AI Models, (Tue, Apr 14th)
Starting March 10, 2026, my DShield sensor started getting probe for various AI models such as claude, openclaw, huggingface, etc. Reviewing the data already reported by other DShield sensors to ISC, the DShield database shows reporting of these probes started that day and has been active ever since. Based on what we currently have reported,…
AI, Cybersecurity, Endpoint, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security
Microsoft drops its second-largest monthly batch of defects on record
Microsoft addressed 165 vulnerabilities affecting its various products and underlying systems, including one actively exploited vulnerability in Microsoft Office SharePoint, in this month’s Patch Tuesday update. “By my count, this is the second-largest monthly release in Microsoft’s history,” Dustin Childs, head of threat awareness at Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, wrote in a blog post…
AI, Apps, Global Security News, Risk Management
Scans for EncystPHP Webshell, (Mon, Apr 13th)
Last week, I wrote about attackers scanning for various webshells, hoping to find some that do not require authentication or others that use well-known credentials. But some attackers are paying attention and are deploying webshells with more difficult-to-guess credentials. Today, I noticed some scans for what appears to be the “EncystPHP” web shell. Fortinet wrote about…
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy
Attackers Hide Infostealer in Copyright Infringement Notices
A phishing campaign targeting healthcare, government, hospitality, and education sectors in various countries uses several evasion techniques to avoid detection.
Global Security News
Microsoft Patches 84 Flaws in March Patch Tuesday, Including Two Public Zero-Days
Microsoft on Tuesday released patches for a set of 84 new security vulnerabilities affecting various software components, including two that have been listed as publicly known. Of these, eight are rated Critical, and 76 are rated Important in severity. Forty-six of the patched vulnerabilities relate to privilege escalation, followed by 18 remote code execution, 10…
AI, Global Security News
Iran’s MuddyWater Targets Orgs With Fresh Malware as Tensions Mount
The long-active Iranian threat group debuted various attack strains and payloads in attacks against organizations in the Middle East and Africa.
AI, Global Security News
5 ways Gemini can help you make Google Slides presentations
Gemini, Google’s generative AI assistant, has various tools you can access within Google Slides to assist you in creating and editing your presentations. Additionally, you can generate whole presentations in the standalone Gemini app and then export them into Slides to work on. Anyone with a Google account can use the Gemini app for free.…
AI, Europe, Global Security News, Network Security
T-Mobile offers a reason to call, not text: simultaneous translation
Could language barriers be a thing of the past? Various companies are looking to bring AI to the party to solve this linguistic issue and maybe help bring voice once again to the fore. T-Mobile is preparing to offer network-based real-time translation services in more than 50 languages. The new service, currently in beta testing,…