Trellix announced enhanced data security capabilities and a strategic framework designed to help organizations confidently adopt generative AI while protecting sensitive data from exposure and loss. “The rapid adoption of AI tools across the enterprise is creating new and often…
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Social engineering attacks on open source developers are escalating
North Korean hackers spent weeks socially engineering an Axios maintainer through a fake Slack workspace, a cloned company identity, and a fabricated Microsoft Teams call that tricked him into installing a RAT posings as a software update. They used the…
Iranian cyber activity hits US energy, water, and government networks
U.S. government agencies on Tuesday warned American organizations about ongoing cyber activity targeting OT and PLC devices, including those manufactured by Rockwell Automation and Allen-Bradley, across multiple critical infrastructure sectors. The activity has been attributed to Iranian-affiliated APT actors seeking…
Chaos malware expands from routers to Linux cloud servers
Chaos, Go-based malware first documented by Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, has historically targeted routers and edge devices. A new variant observed in March 2026 shows the malware operating against misconfigured Linux cloud servers, a category of infrastructure the botnet had…
Flatpak 1.16.4 fixes sandbox escape and three other security flaws
Flatpak, a Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework, released version 1.16.4, patching four security vulnerabilities. The most severe fix addresses a complete sandbox escape that leads to host file access and code execution in the host context, tracked as CVE-2026-34078.…
Secureframe expands Comply with User Access Reviews for automated governance
Secureframe has announced the launch of User Access Reviews, a new capability within Secureframe Comply. Access reviews are the primary mechanism organizations use to validate that the right people have the appropriate access, but the process has historically been manual,…
What managing partners should ask AI vendors before signing any contract
In this Help Net Security interview, Kumar Ravi is the Chief Security & Resilience Officer at TMF Group, argues that over-privileged access and weak workflow controls pose more danger than ransomware attacks, precisely because they accumulate quietly and go unnoticed.…
6G network design puts AI at the center of spectrum, routing, and fault management
Wireless network operators are preparing for a generation of infrastructure where AI is built into the architecture from the start. Sixth-generation networks, expected to reach commercial development over the coming decade, are being designed with AI at the center of…
OpenSSL 3.6.2 lands with eight CVE fixes
OpenSSL 3.6.2 patches eight CVEs across a range of components. The project rates the most severe issue in the release as Moderate. What got fixed The release fixes incorrect failure handling in RSA KEM RSASVE encapsulation (CVE-2026-31790) and a loss…
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Anthropic’s new AI model finds and exploits zero-days across every major OS and browser
Automated vulnerability discovery tools have existed for decades, and the gap between finding a bug and building a working exploit has always slowed attackers. That gap is now substantially narrower. Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview, a new general-purpose language model being…
Cybercriminals move deeper into networks, hiding in edge infrastructure
Attack activity is moving toward infrastructure outside endpoint visibility. Proxy networks support a wide range of operations, edge devices serve as initial access points, and GenAI speeds up how attackers assemble and rebuild their tooling. Lumen’s 2026 Threatscape Report describes…
Cybercrime losses break the $20 billion mark
Online crime continues to generate rising financial losses, with totals reaching $20.877 billion in 2025. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report shows a 26% increase in total reported losses from the previous year. (Source: FBI) More than one…
Russian hackers hijack internet traffic using vulnerable routers
The Russian state cyber group APT28 has been compromising routers to hijack web traffic and spy on victims, the UK’s The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned. Attackers are exploiting vulnerable routers to alter DHCP and DNS settings, redirecting…
Acronis MDR by TRU brings 24/7 managed detection and response to MSPs
Acronis has announced the launch of Acronis MDR by Acronis TRU, a globally available 24/7/365 managed detection and response (MDR) service. Built specifically for managed service providers (MSPs) of all sizes, the service provides threat detection, incident response, and cyber…
Cloudflare moves up its post-quantum deadline as researchers narrow the path to Q-Day
Cloudflare announced it is targeting 2029 to complete post-quantum security across its entire product suite, including post-quantum authentication. The company is following a revised roadmap that Google also adopted after announcing that it had improved the quantum algorithm used to…
AI-enabled device code phishing campaign exploits OAuth flow for account takeover
A phishing campaign that bypasses the standard 15-minute expiration window through automation and dynamic code generation, leveraging the OAuth Device Code Authentication flow to compromise organizational accounts at scale, has been observed by the Microsoft Defender Security Research team. The…
GitHub Copilot CLI gets a second-opinion feature built on cross-model review
Coding agents make decisions in sequence: a plan is drafted, implemented, then tested. Any error introduced early compounds as subsequent steps build on the same flawed assumption. Self-reflection is a recognized mitigation technique, and one GitHub Copilot already supports, but…
OpenAI opens applications for an external AI safety research fellowship
OpenAI is accepting applications for a paid fellowship program that will fund external researchers to work on safety and alignment questions related to advanced AI systems. The program, called the OpenAI Safety Fellowship, runs from September 14, 2026 through February…
Comp AI: The open-source way to get compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR
Getting a startup through a SOC 2 audit has long meant months of manual evidence collection, policy writing, and repeated back-and-forth with auditors. A growing number of compliance platforms have moved to automate parts of that process, and Comp AI…