Obsidian Security announced end-to-end SaaS supply chain security solution, empowering organizations to monitor, control and contain the security risk hiding inside interconnected SaaS ecosystems. Companies depend on hundreds of SaaS applications to operate their business. The security threat posed by…
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Energy sector orgs targeted with AiTM phishing campaign
Organizations in the energy sector are being targeted with phishing emails aimed at compromising enterprise accounts, Microsoft warns. The attack campaign The attacks started with phishing emails with “NEW PROPOSAL – NDA” in the subject line, coming from a compromised…
Claroty raises $150 million to advance global CPS protection platform
Claroty has secured $150 million in Series F funding led by Golub Growth, an affiliate of Golub Capital, with additional confirmed participation from existing investors up to $50 million. This investment will support global expansion through organic and inorganic growth…
OpenWrt One gains support for running Debian
Debian now runs on the OpenWrt One hardware platform following recent engineering work by Collabora. OpenWrt One is a developer focused router designed to support embedded Linux work on standardized hardware. The platform serves as a reference device for the…
Tesla, Sony, and Alpine systems compromised on day one of Pwn2Own Automotive 2026
Security researchers uncovered 37 previously unknown vulnerabilities on the opening day of Pwn2Own Automotive 2026, earning a combined $516,500 in prize money, according to results released by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative. The Master of Pwn leaderboard (Source: Trend Micro)…
TeraWave space-based network aims for 6 Tbps connectivity worldwide
Blue Origin announced TerraWave, a satellite communications network designed to support enterprise, data center, and government users that rely on reliable connectivity for mission-critical operations. The network will provide symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 Tbps worldwide. The TerraWave…
EaseUS Disk Copy 7.0.0 enables backup, restore, and migration without multiple drives connected
EaseUS announced EaseUS Disk Copy 7.0.0, representing a shift in how disk cloning and backup workflows are handled on Windows. The update introduces disk imaging–based backup and restore capabilities, allowing users to create disk image and restore them to physical…
Exposed training apps are showing up in active cloud attacks
Security teams often spin up vulnerable applications for demos, training, or internal testing. A recent Pentera research report documents how those environments are being left exposed on the public internet and actively exploited. The research focuses on intentionally vulnerable apps…
Unbounded AI use can break your systems
In this Help Net Security video, James Wickett, CEO of DryRun Security, explains cyber risks many teams underestimate as they add AI to products. He focuses on how fast LLM features are pushed into live applications without limits or guardrails.…
The internet’s oldest trust mechanism is still one of its weakest links
Attackers continue to rely on domain names as an entry point into enterprise systems. A CSC domain security study finds that large organizations leave this part of their attack surface underprotected, even as attacks become more frequent. The research examined…
A new framework helps banks sort urgent post-quantum crypto work from the rest
Financial institutions now have a concrete method for deciding where post-quantum cryptography belongs on their security roadmaps. New research coordinated by Europol sets out a scoring framework that helps banks rank systems and business use cases based on quantum risk…
macOS Tahoe improves privacy and communication safety
macOS Tahoe privacy and security features focus on screening unwanted contact, limiting tracking, and keeping more decisions on the device. Most updates run quietly in the background and require little setup. Built-in filtering for calls and messages Apple reduced exposure…
Microsoft updates the security baseline for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
Microsoft has published version 2512 of its security baseline for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. The baseline documents recommended policy settings for Office applications used in enterprise environments and maps those settings to current management tools. What the v2512 baseline…
Fully patched FortiGate firewalls are getting compromised via CVE-2025-59718?
CVE-2025-59718, a critical authentication bypass flaw that attackers exploited in December 2025 to compromise FortiGate appliances, appears to persist in newer, purportedly fixed releases of the underlying FortiOS. According to Fortinet, CVE-2025-59718 had been fixed in FortiOS versions 7.6.4 or…
RCE flaw in Cisco enterprise communications products probed by attackers (CVE-2026-20045)
Cisco has fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-20045) in some of its unified communications solutions that’s being targeted by attackers in the wild, the company announced on Wednesday via a security advisory. About CVE-2026-20045 CVE-2026-20045 is a code…
Cohesity enhances identity resilience with ITDR capabilities
Cohesity has unveiled Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) capabilities that expand its Identity Resilience portfolio, providing a more comprehensive approach to securing and recovering critical identity systems such as Active Directory (AD) and Microsoft Entra ID. Identity is foundational…
Check Point Exposure Management unifies threat intelligence, context, and remediation
Check Point announced Check Point Exposure Management, a new approach designed to help organizations defend against attacks by turning fragmented exposure data into prioritized, actionable, and safe remediation. Exposure Management delivers real-time situational awareness by unifying threat intelligence, dark-web insights,…
Vectra AI helps organizations prevent AI-powered cyberattacks
Vectra AI launched the next generation of its flagship platform, purpose-built to protect the AI enterprise by delivering preemptive security and proactive defense against AI-powered cyberattacks. As enterprises embed AI across applications and infrastructure, they are becoming AI enterprises: always-on,…
EU tightens cybersecurity rules for tech supply chains
The European Commission has proposed a new cybersecurity package aimed at strengthening the EU’s cyber resilience, including a revised EU Cybersecurity Act designed to secure ICT supply chains and ensure products reaching EU citizens are secure by design through a…
Rust package registry adds security tools and metrics to crates.io
The Rust project updated crates.io to include a Security tab on individual crate pages. The tab shows security advisories drawn from the RustSec database and lists which versions of a crate may have known issues. This change gives developers a…