The disgruntled researcher released yet another PoC for a Windows Defender bug that allows for system takeover, showing no signs of abandoning their ongoing feud with Microsoft.
Global Security News
PCI SSC Publishes New Guidance on Compensating Controls and the Customized Approach
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has released a new information supplement, PCI DSS v4.x: Guidance for Compensating Controls and the Customized Approach. The document provides practical guidance to help assessed entities and assessors navigate two options in PCI DSS v4.x that provide flexibility but are often misunderstood – the use of compensating controls…
Global Security News
Chinese APTs have made identity part of the intrusion path
Don’t merely identify the attacker – understand how they behave.
AI, Global Security News
Apple Silicon boosts the TCO benefit of Macs — report
Apple Silicon Macs fail at less than half the rate of Intel Macs, dramatically reducing the platform’s already industry-leading total cost of ownership (TCO), according to data revealed by London, UK-based Apple reseller Hoxton Macs. While it’s true the data is based on a relatively small sample group, it does seem to reflect what the industry in…
china, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Network Security
China-Linked JDY Botnet Expands to 1,500+ Devices for Cyber Reconnaissance
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a “resurgence and expansion” of JDY, a covert network associated with China-nexus state-sponsored threat actors. “The JDY botnet comprises over 1,500 SOHO [small office and home office] and IoT devices and operates as a centrally controlled, high-performance scanner used to discover, fingerprint, and continuously map exposed services at scale,” Lumen’s
AI, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
CISA directive orders agencies to prioritize vulnerability patching in a new way
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Wednesday ordered federal agencies to prioritize vulnerabilities based on four criteria, as part of push to “patch smarter, not harder.” Federal agencies should emphasize patches for vulnerabilities that affect a publicly exposed asset, allow an attacker to fully automate exploitation, give attackers the ability to take over control…
Global Security News
Fake Software Tutorials on TikTok Spread Vidar Stealer
Threat actors push fake free-software tutorials on TikTok and Instagram to spread Vidar stealer
Global Security News
Ivanti releases patches for critical Sentry vulnerabilities
The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2026-10520 and CVE-2026-10523, affect Ivanti Sentry, formerly MobileIron Sentry, which secures traffic between corporate systems and mobile devices.
Global Security News
New SilabRAT Trojan Hijacks Sessions to Steal Crypto
MaaS trojan SilabRAT uses HVNC and browser cloning to hijack sessions and steal crypto
Apps, Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Cybersecurity Software Fails to Detect Fifth of Brower-Based Phishing Attacks
Menlo Security research warns that as enterprise applications become increasingly browser based, traditional cybersecurity tools leave them vulnerable to cyber threats
Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Can I Install A Hidden Camera In A Nursing Home?
We are in the new millennium, where technology has led to several innovations and inventions at large. We can now install cameras at home to monitor everything from any place and at any time. Hidden nursing cameras are now used to monitor our loved ones in the nursing facilities. But then, can I install a…
Global Security News
ServiceNow Discloses Security Incident Exposing Customer Data
ServiceNow applied a security update after an API access issue exposed customer data, with affected firms notified through direct support cases.
Global Security News
Ivanti, Fortinet, and SAP Release Patches for Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities
Fortinet, Ivanti, and SAP have released security updates to address multiple critical security vulnerabilities that could result in arbitrary code execution and information disclosure. The security flaw patched by Fortinet relates to a command injection vulnerability in FortiSandbox, FortiSandbox Cloud, and FortiSandbox PaaS WEB UI. It’s tracked as CVE-2026-25089 (CVSS score: 9.1). “An
AI, Cybersecurity, Endpoint, Global Security News, Network Security, Venture
What Israeli dominance in cyber means for non-Israeli cybersecurity founders
Over the past five years, it surely feels like Israeli cybersecurity startups have taken over. The biggest exit of recent years – Wiz – is an Israeli company. CyberArk, acquired by Palo Alto Networks, is an Israeli company. Armis, which just exited to ServiceNow, is also an Israeli company. That is not to say that…
AI, Apps, Exploits, Global Security News
Unpatched Langflow Flaw CVE-2026-5027 Exploited for Unauthenticated RCE
A high-severity unpatched security flaw in Langflow, an open-source low-code platform to build artificial intelligence (AI) applications, has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to findings from VulnCheck. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-5027 (CVSS score: 8.8), a case of path traversal that could allow an attacker to write files to arbitrary locations.…
AI, Global Security News, malware, Network Security
China-linked JDY botnet expands targeting of U.S. military networks
The JDY botnet, a malware network previously associated with Chinese threat actors like Volt Typhoon, has significantly expanded its targeting scope and reconnaissance efforts. […]
AI, APAC, Apps, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
June Patch Tuesday marks a ‘new normal’ with over 200 CVEs, 32 rated ‘critical’
June’s Patch Tuesday security updates have arrived, with SAP fixing four critical vulnerabilities and Microsoft addressing over 200 CVEs. Microsoft’s to-do list includes fixes for three zero days, 32 patches rated as ‘critical’, and a batch of other high-risk vulnerabilities that need urgent assessment. There’s also one older flaw under exploit, and some patches affecting…
Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News
CISA Adds Cisco, Chrome, and Arista Flaws to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added three new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2026-20245 (CVSS score: 7.8) – An improper encoding or escaping of output vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager that could allow…
AI, Global Security News
Identity theft is turning into a chain reaction for victims
For a growing number of victims, identity theft no longer ends with a fraudulent charge or a compromised account. More than one in four people who contacted the Identity Theft Resource Center during the reporting period were dealing with multiple identity-related incidents, according to the organization’s 2026 Trends in Identity Report. The report is based…
AI, Global Security News
How AI Is Changing IT Channel Partner Programs
Partner programs across the IT channel are undergoing a major transformation as AI adoption accelerates and vendors rethink how they engage with MSPs and solution providers. In this Channel Insider Partner POV discussion, Victoria Durgin and Jordan Smith explore how traditional vendor programs are evolving, why collaboration and ecosystem strategies are becoming more important, and…
Global Security News
The 5 Best Practices for Secure Identity Verification
Attackers are increasingly bypassing weak authentication through phishing, MFA fatigue, and service desk social engineering. Specops Software breaks down five best practices for stronger identity verification and access security. […]
AI, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, malware, Network Security, Russia
Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’
A cybercrime group known as The Gentlemen has emerged as the second most active ransomware gang by victim count, rapidly attracting a talented pool of hackers through an aggressive recruitment strategy that promises affiliates 90 percent of any ransom paid by victims. This post examines clues pointing to a real life identity for the administrator…
AI, APAC, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Network Security
Kaseya Unveils MSP Success Ecosystem for Efficient Growth
Global provider of AI-powered IT management and cybersecurity software, Kaseya, announced the launch of MSP Success, a unified growth ecosystem that brings together Kaseya’s growth and business acceleration programs, including MSP Success Digital Marketing, MSP Success Peer, and the Kaseya Community. Kaseya unifies its partner marketing and peer groups This unification is meant to help…
Exploits, Global Security News
Microsoft patches Exchange Server zero-day exploited in attacks
Microsoft has patched an actively exploited Exchange Server vulnerability that allows threat actors to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks targeting Outlook Web Access users. […]
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
AISLE Snapshot keeps source code under enterprise control during vulnerability scanning
AISLE has introduced AISLE Snapshot, a new offering that gives regulated and security-sensitive enterprises access to frontier-class vulnerability detection inside their own environments, at a fraction of the cost, with source code and security data that never leave their control. Organizations are under increasing pressure to secure growing codebases against a rapidly expanding vulnerability landscape.…
AI, APAC, Apps, Europe, Global Security News
EU Unveils Tech Sovereignty Package and Chips Act 2.0
The EU has unveiled its much-anticipated European Technological Sovereignty Package, comprising two pieces of legislation intended to boost the continent’s independence in cloud services, AI and semiconductors. The Cloud and AI Development Act seeks to foster the growth of AI models and apps, as well as the buildout of supporting infrastructure, with a specific goal…
AI, Endpoint, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, malware, Russia
Russian APTs Still Exploiting Patched WinRAR Flaw CVE-2025-8088
Despite a 2025 patch, Russian-linked groups still exploit a WinRAR flaw (CVE-2025-8088) to deploy malware via phishing archives. CVE-2025-8088 is a path traversal flaw in WinRAR that lets an attacker write files outside the extraction directory using NTFS Alternate Data Streams. WinRAR fixed it in version 7.13 in July 2025. Nearly a year later, Trend…
AI, Global Security News, Risk Management
Drata brings visibility, control and auditability to enterprise AI agents
Drata has introduced AI Agent Governance, a new security category focused on managing the risks and oversight requirements of AI agents, while extending its trust platform to support enterprise adoption of autonomous AI systems. While McKinsey finds 57% of business leaders cite governance friction as the top blocker to deploying more AI, this move is…
Global Security News
Mini Shai-Hulud ‘Hades’ variant affects 23 PyPI package versions
The JavaScript stealer payload includes an anti-analysis LLM prompt injection.
Global Security News
New Intel 471 assessment helps organizations measure CTI program maturity
Intel 471 has announced its new Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Maturity Pulse Check, a free, lightweight self-assessment for practitioners based on the Cyber Threat Intelligence Capability Maturity Model (CTI-CMM v1.3). The CTI Maturity Pulse Check offers a quick, structured way for organizations to reflect on their CTI program’s current capabilities, highlight areas that warrant a…
Global Security News
Why schools remain one of cybercriminals’ favourite targets
Schools on both sides of the Atlantic have been revealed in recent days to have been hit by hackers, reminding all of us that ransomware gangs see educational instituions as targets all year round. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
Critical Ivanti Sentry flaw allows root-level remote code execution (CVE-2026-10520)
Ivanti has patched two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-10520 and CVE-2026-10523) in Ivanti Sentry and has urged customers to implement the fix right away. Though the vulnerabilities are not known to be actively exploited, security researchers have already released technical details about the former, which may be used by attackers to craft a working exploit. About Ivanty…
Global Security News
Cloud Security Report Finds Fragmented Tools Widening the Cloud Complexity Gap
Washington D.C., USA, 10th June 2026, CyberNewswire
AI, Global Security News, Network Security
New Browser-in-the-Browser phishing uses fake login popups to steal Microsoft 365 credentials
A new Browser-in-the-Browser (BitB) phishing campaign is targeting Microsoft 365 users with fake login popups designed to closely mimic legitimate browser authentication windows, according to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. The attack relies on a fake browser window embedded within a webpage. Victims who click a Microsoft sign-in button are presented with what appears to…
AI, Cybersecurity, Endpoint, Europe, Global Security News, malware, Network Security, Risk Management
Intelligence-Driven Threat Hunting: How SOCs Find What Alerts Miss
Talk to any threat hunter long enough, and beneath the polished case studies and conference talks, the same frustrations surface. Hunting is supposed to be proactive. In practice, it often feels reactive. You are chasing whispers of activity through log noise, querying SIEM fields that barely reflect real attacker behavior and writing detections against technique descriptions that…
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News
Microsoft feud escalates as researcher drops new Windows zero-day
The long-running feud between Microsoft and security researcher Nightmare Eclipse has entered a new chapter. Eclipse, who has spent the past several months publicly releasing unpatched Windows vulnerabilities while sparring with Microsoft over vulnerability disclosure practices, has published exploit code for a new zero-day flaw dubbed RoguePlanet. The researcher said their exploit uses a race…
AI, Global Security News
Building reusable workflows with custom agents in Copilot CLI
Developers spend much of their working time in the terminal, generating commands, debugging issues, and running scripts close to their systems. Repeated terminal work tends to pile up small steps such as re-running the same commands, re-explaining context, and translating logs into a form a team can act on. Custom agents in GitHub Copilot CLI…
Global Security News
Microsoft: Some Windows PCs fail to install latest monthly updates
Microsoft warned customers on Tuesday that they may have issues installing the latest monthly updates on some Windows devices that were upgraded to Windows 11 24H2 or 25H2. […]
AI, Global Security News
Why I’m leaving Copilot for Gemini
I’ve been using and writing about Microsoft Copilot since it was publicly released in 2023. I’ve reviewed it, written articles about using it more effectively, explained how to curb hallucinations in it and other similar tools, and detailed how to use it in concert with Microsoft 365. It’s also been my go-to generative AI (genAI)…
AI, Apps, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
U.S. CISA adds Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Arista Extensible Operating System (EOS), and Google Chromium V8 flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Arista Extensible Operating System (EOS), and Google Chromium V8 flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added BerriAI LiteLLM and Check Point Security Gateway flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The two flaws added to…
Global Security News
19 Things to Know About Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s President
Elon Musk’s trusted lieutenant has a ritual for launch days and put a Starlink on the roof of her car.
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19 Things to Know About Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s President
Elon Musk’s trusted lieutenant has a ritual for launch days and put a Starlink on the roof of her car.
AI, Global Security News
New Fable 5 Is a “Mythos-Class” LLM Available to All, Anthropic Announces
Anthropic unveils Claude Mythos 5 and Fable 5, a restricted-access frontier AI model and guardrailed version for everyone to use
Exploits, Global Security News
Record Microsoft Patch Tuesday, fresh zero-day
Microsoft marked its largest-ever Patch Tuesday this month, by shipping fixes for nearly 200 vulnerabilities. Within hours, “Nightmare Eclipse”, the researcher behind weeks of escalating Windows exploit releases, dropped a proof-of-concept exploit for a new zero-day: “RoguePlanet”, which abuses a race condition in Windows Defender to spawn a command shell running with SYSTEM-level privileges. Various…
AI, Apps, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Risk Management
Autonomous AI agents duped into leaking sensitive data in phishing test
AI agents given access to corporate email and business applications could become a new phishing target for attackers, according to cybersecurity researchers, after a test agent built on OpenClaw was tricked into sharing cloud credentials and customer data with an external attacker. Varonis Threat Labs said it built an OpenClaw AI agent called Pinchy to…
Global Security News, Risk Management
Your Automated Pentest Looks Clean. See What It Missed in This Expert Webinar
Your pentest report looks clean. That might be the problem. Run automated pentesting long enough, and the new findings start to dry up. By the third or fourth run, fewer issues appear. The report looks stable. Leadership reads “stable” as “secure.” It usually isn’t. The work slows down. The risk does not. That gap is…
Global Security News
Over a Quarter of Identity Crime Victims Hit by Multiple Incidents, ITRC Data Shows
Nearly 26% of identity crime victims faced multiple incidents in the past year, as ITRC warns of a growing “multi-layered crisis”
AI, Global Security News
Microsoft patches YellowKey, GreenPlasma, MiniPlasma zero-days
On Tuesday, Microsoft patched two zero-day vulnerabilities that let attackers gain SYSTEM privileges on fully patched Windows systems, and a third one that grants access to BitLocker-protected drives. […]
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
Chaotic Eclipse Unveils RoguePlanet Exploit Targeting Fully Patched Windows
The researcher Chaotic Eclipse released a PoC for the RoguePlanet Microsoft Defender zero-day, which can grant SYSTEM privileges on fully patched Windows systems. Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse, also known as Nightmare-Eclipse, has published a new proof-of-concept exploit for a RoguePlanet Microsoft Defender zero-day. The flaw relies on a race condition that can provide attackers with…
AI, Global Security News, privacy, Risk Management
Welcome to AI’s creepy era
For the past few days, I’ve been immersed in Google’s latest vision of the future — an AI-infused dashboard that taps into info from all of your Google app activity and then uses that data to cook up a series of daily “stories” designed to “connect you with what matters.” And — believe me, I…
Global Security News
Microsoft Patches Record 206 Flaws, Including Three Zero-Days and Critical RCE Bugs
Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for a record 206 security vulnerabilities impacting its software portfolio, including three flaws that have been publicly disclosed at the time of release. Of the 206 flaws, 39 are rated Critical, and 167 are rated Important in severity. This includes 63 privilege escalation, 56 remote code execution, 30 information disclosure,…
AI, Apps, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security
Rubrik launches Autonomous Business Recovery to rebuild cloud applications after cyberattacks
Rubrik has unveiled Autonomous Business Recovery (ABR) for Cloud Applications, the agentic cyber resilience solution that recovers cloud applications from data to network, identity and configurations. The end result is a rebuild of an organization’s Minimum Viable Business (MVB) at machine speed. At a time when powerful AI models collapse the window between vulnerability discovery…
AI, Global Security News, privacy
Apple brings Private Cloud Compute to third-party data centers
Apple is bringing its Private Cloud Compute (PCC) platform to Google Cloud, expanding the infrastructure behind Apple Intelligence to third-party data centers. Introduced in 2024, PCC provides cloud-based processing for AI workloads that exceed the capabilities of on-device models while maintaining Apple’s security and privacy guarantees. The system was originally built on Apple silicon and…
Global Security News, Network Security
Microsoft June 2026 Patch Tuesday Fixes 206 Flaws and 3 Zero-Days
Microsoft’s June 2026 patch Tuesday resolves 206 vulnerabilities, including 3 critical zero-days and severe 9.8 CVSS kernel, network and HTTP.sys flaws.
AI, Apps, Exploits, Global Security News
F5 adds AI-powered threat detection and API security for on-premises environments
F5 has introduced new web application and API protection (WAAP) capabilities for its Application Delivery and Security Platform. The company said the updates are intended to address a threat landscape in which AI models can accelerate the time between vulnerability discovery and exploitation, giving attackers faster access to offensive capabilities. The new features expand the…
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Risk Management
Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 is out for public use, with safeguards for high-risk requests
Days after publishing research on how advanced AI systems could amplify cyber operations in the wrong hands, Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class model for general use. “Releasing a model this capable comes with risks. Without safeguards, Fable 5’s capabilities in areas like cybersecurity could be misused to cause serious damage,” Anthropic wrote. The…
Global Security News
Innovation Without Data Security Risk as AI Unlocks Budgets and Identity Challenges – Tony Kelly – BSW #451
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Network Security, Risk Management
AI red teaming comes of age
When Ram Shankar Siva Kumar launched Microsoft’s AI red team in 2019, the discipline barely existed. “The running joke used to be that people who used to work in AI red teaming, you can round them up in a 14-foot catamaran,” he tells CSO. At the time, Microsoft’s approach looked familiar to anyone in cybersecurity:…
Global Security News
Anti-Nvidia Data Center Startup Is Valued at $1.55 Billion in New Funding Round
TensorWave will use a fresh $350 million to fill more data centers with chips from AMD, an investor.
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, malware, Network Security, Risk Management
“AI Worms”, researchers demonstrate autonomous malware capable of adapting to any online device
A study by the University of Toronto shows how artificial intelligence can power autonomous worms capable of tailoring attacks against Windows, Linux and IoT devices. A group of researchers from the University of Toronto has demonstrated how open-source artificial intelligence models can be used to create a new category of computer worms capable of autonomously…
AI, Global Security News, malware
Every set of AI guardrails can be broken by the right prompt
Companies that build AI systems wrap them in guardrails meant to block harmful output, including deepfakes, malware, and instructions for making biological weapons or illicit drugs. When a user prompts the system for such content, the guardrails are designed to flag the request and refuse. A new mathematical proof sets a limit on how secure…
AI, Apps, Endpoint, Global Security News
How has use of framing protection security headers changed in the past 3 years?, (Wed, Jun 10th)
Back in 2023, I wrote a diary[1] discussing how commonly X-Frame-Options and CSP headers containing the frame-ancestors directive were used on 1 million most popular domains on the internet (based on the Tranco list[2]), and how they were set. Given that three years have passed since then, I thought it might be interesting to repeat…
AI, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy
France’s Government Messaging App Tchap Got Breached
France’s government chat app Tchap was breached after a single account was compromised, exposing messages and data from public channels. Tchap, the encrypted messaging platform developed by the French government for its civil servants and made mandatory last year, was breached on June 7. ANSSI, France’s cybersecurity agency, detected the intrusion. The vector was straightforward:…
Global Security News
Microsoft Fixes 200 CVEs in June Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has patched 200 vulnerabilities including three zero-days
AI, Global Security News
Anthropic Releases Claude Fable 5, Its Most Powerful AI Yet, With Cyber Safeguards
On June 9, Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, the most capable model it has ever made, generally available. It also did something unusual: it shipped one model as two products, split not by capability but by a layer of safety classifiers. Fable 5 goes to the public. Its twin, Claude Mythos 5, the same underlying…
AI, Compliance, Global Security News, privacy
Plugable CEO: Local AI Creates MSP Opportunity
As businesses reassess the cost, privacy, and performance tradeoffs of cloud-based AI, Plugable CEO Lynn Smurthwaite-Murphy sees local AI becoming a more urgent channel opportunity for IT resellers and MSPs. In an interview with Channel Insider, Smurthwaite-Murphy said AI adoption remains “all over the map” as companies experiment with cloud-based models, emerging open-source tools, and…
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
ServiceNow Flaw Exploited to Gain Unauthorized Access to Customer Instances
ServiceNow has warned about a security incident in which unknown threat actors exploited a flaw to obtain deeper unauthorized access to susceptible instances. “On June 5, 2026, ServiceNow applied a security update to hosted customer instances,” the company revealed in an advisory that requires customer access. “The update concerned a security issue that could allow…
Global Security News
Ivanti: Max severity Sentry flaw allows code execution as root
Ivanti has patched two critical vulnerabilities in its Sentry secure mobile gateway solution, including a maximum-severity flaw that enables remote attackers to execute code with root privileges. […]
AI, Global Security News
The security in smartphones is helping send them to landfills
Billions of working smartphones reach the end of their service lives each year and move into drawers, recycling streams, and waste piles. The WEEE Forum estimated that 5.3 billion mobile phones became electronic waste in 2022. Many of these devices still function. The average smartphone stays in use for about three years, and owners often…
Data Breaches, Global Security News
Weekly Update 507
1,000 breaches is one hell of a milestone. It’s not just the process of getting data, verifying it, loading it, sending notifications etc, it’s all the other stuff that goes into keeping the whole thing afloat. Legal docs. Trademarks. Accounting. Agreements. The most mind-numbingly boring stuff you can imagine happening in the background so that…
AI, Global Security News
NOVA microhypervisor brings AMD DMA isolation to shared AI infrastructure
BlueRock has issued the latest open-source release of its NOVA Microhypervisor with DMA remapping support for AMD platforms that have IOMMU hardware virtualization. The capability is enabled by default and extends hardware-level isolation across virtual machines, devices, and memory in shared execution environments. Background on NOVA NOVA combines microkernel and hypervisor functions in a small…
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
Microsoft Defender RoguePlanet Zero-Day Grants SYSTEM Access on Updated Windows
The anonymous security researcher going by the name Chaotic Eclipse (aka Nightmare-Eclipse) has released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for yet another Microsoft Defender zero-day named RoguePlanet. “The exploit is a race condition, so it’s a hit or miss,” the researcher, who published the exploit under a new GitHub account, “MSNightmare” said. “I have managed to…
Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News
Six Proto6 Vulnerabilities in protobuf.js Expose Node.js Apps to RCE and DoS
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged half a dozen vulnerabilities in protobuf.js, a JavaScript and TypeScript implementation of Protocol Buffers (Protobuf), that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution (RCE) and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. “In affected environments, a single malicious protobuf schema, descriptor, or crafted payload could be enough to trigger
GeekGuyBlog
Patch Tuesday Hits Record 206 CVEs Amid AI Vulnerability Discovery
Discover how October’s Patch Tuesday reveals a record 206 CVEs, driven by AI advancements, and what it means for cybersecurity professionals.
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Product showcase: Staying ahead of the threat horizon with Aunoo
Aunoo is an open strategic intelligence platform that uses AI agents to monitor intelligence sources, including for cybersecurity, to compile a daily briefing and alert on defined criteria. Each source is checked for credibility and quality before it is included. The platform runs in any browser and can send its findings via Slack, Discord, Teams,…
GeekGuyBlog, Uncategorized
Recent Patents in Endpoint Threat Detection (2022-2026)
AI, Global Security News, Risk Management
Cyber resilience metrics that drive action
In this Help Net Security video, Pete Bowers, COO at NormCyber, explains how organizations can build a cyber resilience metrics program that supports better decisions. He questions common ways of measuring resilience, such as risk registers, tool scores, and annual tests, and points out their limits. These methods often rely on opinion, narrow data, or…
AI, china, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Europe, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, privacy, Risk Management
UK move to filter photos and messages triggers encryption worries for CISOs
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s speech on Monday insisting that tech companies create device controls to somehow block children from viewing or creating sexually explicit imagery has raised alarms among CISOs, who worry that the same technology could undermine enterprise security. Starmer gave tech firms three months to create and implement such restrictions voluntarily, at…
AI, china, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Europe, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, privacy, Risk Management
UK move to filter photos and messages triggers encryption worries for CISOs
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s speech on Monday insisting that tech companies create device controls to somehow block children from viewing or creating sexually explicit imagery has raised alarms among CISOs, who worry that the same technology could undermine enterprise security. Starmer gave tech firms three months to create and implement such restrictions voluntarily, at…
AI, Global Security News
Scams now operate like real businesses with budgets and targets
Social media has overtaken email as a primary attack vector, showing changes in how people consume information and interact online, according to Bitdefender’s Global Scam Intelligence Report 2026. Fraud campaigns use advertisements, sponsored content, impersonation pages, and direct messages to reach users. Global scam breakdown by category (Source: Bitdefender) One in seven consumers fell victim…
AI, Apps, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
Enterprises know AI-generated code is vulnerable; they’re shipping it anyway
AI-generated code is riddled with security flaws, yet enterprises are shipping more of it than ever before. Why? Perhaps they’re over-confident, lack true visibility into security risks, or are simply choosing to ignore the problem and hope it goes away. It’s a dangerous game to play at the dawn of the agentic AI era, as…
AI, Compliance, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Working group formed to develop standard for AI-native docs
LF AI & Data Foundation, a division of the Linux Foundation, launched a working group on Tuesday that will focus on the development of DocLang, a specification intended to support interoperable document processing across AI and agentic workflows. The working group, founded by premier members IBM, Nvidia and Red Hat, is tasked with the creation…
AI, Global Security News
Anthropic rolls out Claude Fable 5, but it’s available for a limited time
Anthropic has begun rolling out a new model called “Fable,” which is based on the same underlying model as Mythos, its most powerful AI model class. […]
Global Security News
ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, June 10th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9966, (Wed, Jun 10th)
(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
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Economists Weigh In on the Future of Work and AI
How 16 top economists think AI will change the job market, and how to prepare.
Global Security News
Microsoft Defender ‘RoguePlanet’ zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges
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AI, Exploits, Global Security News
Microsoft Releases Record-Breaking Patch Tuesday With 208 CVEs
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2026 fix a record 208 CVEs, including one actively exploited zero-day and multiple critical RCE flaws. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2026 mark a record. Microsoft shipped fixes for 208 CVEs across Windows, Office, Azure, Exchange, Hyper-V, Secure Boot, BitLocker, and a range of AI tooling.…
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security
AI-driven computer worm demonstrates autonomous network exploitation
The AI worm, tested on an isolated 33-host network, demonstrated a significant ability to adapt and exploit.
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Veeam releases security update for critical backup server vulnerability
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-44963, affects Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) versions 12.3.2.4465 and earlier, with the fix available in version 12.3.2.4854.
AI, Global Security News
Rubrik enhances data security with AI agents and autonomous recovery
Rubrik introduced Rubrik AI, an agent-first interface for its Security Cloud and Agent Cloud, allowing customers to define business outcomes that the software executes by reasoning over data, identities, and deployed agents.
Global Security News
Filigran launches AI orchestration layer for threat management
XTM One integrates Filigran’s OpenCTI threat intelligence platform and OpenAEV exposure validation tool into a unified workflow, addressing the manual processes security teams currently use to manage threat intelligence, attack scenarios, and remediation.
Global Security News
Tempo news website hit by massive DDoS cyberattack
Tempo’s technology team reported that the cyberattack generated an unprecedented volume of bot-generated traffic, placing immense pressure on their infrastructure.
Cybersecurity, Global Security News
6 Best IoT Connectivity Distributors for System Integrators
Want the best IoT connectivity distributors for system integrators? Read on. Choosing an IoT SIM distributor can make—or break—your deployment. Pick well and every sensor stays online; pick poorly and field devices rack up fees or fall silent. After stress-testing 12 globally active distributors between 2023 and 2026, interviewing integration engineers, and scoring each vendor…
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CISA to reevaluate risk prioritization for critical infrastructure and federal agencies
CISA is set to release a binding operational directive for federal agencies, aiming to revise vulnerability management practices.
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Iranian-linked hackers claim cyberattack on Israeli military, but evidence is weak
As reported by HackRead, an Iranian-linked hacker group named Handala claimed on Sunday, June 7, 2026, to have conducted significant cyberattacks against Israeli military targets, including disrupting signal networks and radar systems.
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Discord data breach claim filed with Maine AG raises red flags
The notice, submitted on June 8, 2026, presents several anomalies that suggest it may not be an officially verified incident.
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Windows 10 KB5094127 update fixes vulnerabilities, enhances Secure Boot monitoring
The KB5094127 update primarily focuses on security enhancements and bug fixes, as Microsoft is no longer introducing new features to Windows 10.
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French government messaging platform Tchap breached via hijacked account
The attack on Tchap, a platform developed for the French public sector, reportedly involved a social engineering attack that compromised a user account.
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A Record-Breaking Patch Tuesday for June 2026
Microsoft today released software updates to plug nearly 200 security holes across its Windows operating systems and supported software, a record number of fixes for the company’s monthly Patch Tuesday cycle. Nearly three dozen of those bugs earned Microsoft’s most dire “critical” rating, and exploit code for at least three of the weaknesses is now…
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The Invisible Battlefield: How Cyber War Is Reshaping Everyday Life
Former National Cyber Director Chris Inglis warns that cyber attacks threaten hospitals, utilities and essential services.