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Kiteworks & Citrix Incidents Show Challenges of Zero-Day Response
One company told customers to power down its data-protection platform during a nine-hour window, while the other remained mum on reported attacks prior to releasing a patch for its product.
SWIFT Banking & Government Middleware Enables RCE
Patch middleware vulnerabilities now to avoid hardware-based MFA exploits in ultra-sensitive environments.
Is Your Organization Ready for 2027's AI Accountability Era?
Organizations may face an artificial intelligence (AI) reckoning over the next year. Omdia and Gartner weigh in on how to tackle the governance, security, and value challenges ahead.
Is It Fair to Blame 'Rogue' AI for Security Failures?
"Rogue AI" terminology anthropomorphizes LLMs and shifts risk responsibility from vendors. Defenders should treat agents as untrusted, nondeterministic software systems, not sentient beings with malicious intent.
Vulnerability Backlogs Are an Ownership Problem
Organizations don't need better vulnerability scanners; they need to know who owns their assets and has the authority and capacity to actually fix them.
Malicious Linux Implants Mimic Asian Mail Security Products
A trio of newly discovered backdoors walk and quack like legitimate edge solutions, so it's hard to tell they're not.
Alleged KillSec Ransomware Mastermind a 16-Year-Old
Law enforcement from multiple countries collaborated to disrupt a cybercrime operation that has claimed some 500 victims worldwide in the past two years.
Warlock Ransomware Hits Large Spanish, Portuguese Orgs
A year-old Chinese threat actor looks like a cybercrime gang, acts like a state-associated APT, and attacks organizations in unexpected places.
Malicious Custom GPTs Turn ChatGPT Into RAT Delivery Lure
In yet another ClickFix-style campaign, threat actors abuse legitimate domains from OpenAI and Google to fool unsuspecting users.
Trump, Tech Giants Strike Voluntary AI Safety Accord
The new White House Accord on so-called "Super Intelligence" calls on companies to implement greater controls and oversight over AI safety.
As AI Reshapes the SOC Career Ladder, Satisfaction Rises for 91%, but Entry Gets Harder for Nearly Half
New Swimlane research underscores a paradox: While AI detection and response is essential to giving defenders an edge, one in four security pros say AI limits their skill development.
Russia's Star Blizzard Ditches ClickFix to Widen Phishing Net
The APT actor is using a new tactic, dubbed "RedFlick," against Ukrainian-linked targets such as NGOs, think tanks, and journalists to deploy its CosmicPulse backdoor.
South Africa Seeks Help After Cyberattack Targets Air Traffic Control
As aviation infrastructure suffers more cyberattacks, air traffic systems are the latest target, with a ransomware toolkit installed on at least one operational network.
Apple Zero-Day Vulnerability Weaponized in Targeted Attacks
Attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-86950, an out-of-bounds write flaw, in an extremely sophisticated fashion, according to Apple.
Unsloth Studio Flaw Turns Routine Model Inspection Into Code Execution
A patched Unsloth Studio vulnerability allows malicious AI models to execute arbitrary Python code during inspection, via the trust_remote_code setting.
Cloudflare Announces Public Certificate Authority for the Post-Quantum Web
Automated certificates for everyone, built for today, and hardened for the era of quantum computing.
'NeedyMantis' Provides Long-Term Access to Compromised Networks
Microsoft observed a China-based actor using a previously unidentified malware framework in targeted intrusions against telcos, universities, medical, and government-related organizations.
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