The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: CVE-2026-33017, a recently disclosed code injection vulnerability in Langflow, an open-source framework for building AI agents and workflows, and CVE-2026-33634, an…
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Ajax data breach exposed season tickets, supporter bans open to tampering
AFC Ajax, the Dutch football club from Amsterdam, disclosed that an unknown hacker gained access to parts of its IT systems and obtained the email addresses of a few hundred people. The hack exploited vulnerabilities in Ajax’s app and website,…
AI frenzy feeds credential chaos, secrets leak through code, tools, and infrastructure
Code keeps moving through pipelines, and credentials continue to surface alongside it. GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl 2026 puts the count at 28.65 million new hardcoded secrets in public GitHub commits in 2025, extending a multi-year rise in exposed access…
AI frenzy feeds credential chaos, secrets spread through code, tools, and infrastructure
Code keeps moving through pipelines, and credentials continue to surface alongside it. GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl 2026 puts the count at 28.65 million new hardcoded secrets in public GitHub commits in 2025, extending a multi-year rise in exposed access…
Make OpenAI’s models misbehave and earn a reward
OpenAI’s public Safety Bug Bounty program focuses on AI abuse and safety risks across its products. The goal is to support safe and secure systems and reduce the risk of misuse that could lead to harm. This program complements the…
Top product launches at RSAC 2026
RSAC 2026 showcased a wave of innovation, with vendors unveiling technologies poised to redefine cybersecurity. From AI-powered defense to breakthroughs in identity protection, this year’s conference delivered a glimpse into the future. Here are the most interesting products that caught…
Tails 7.6 ships automatic Tor bridge retrieval and a new password manager
Tails 7.6 is out, and for users operating on networks that block Tor, the most consequential addition is built-in bridge retrieval. The Tor Connection assistant can now detect when a direct connection to Tor is restricted and automatically request bridges…
Second RedLine infostealer operator ends up in US custody
Hambardzum Minasyan, an Armenian man extradited to the United States, is accused of conspiring with others to develop and operate the RedLine infostealer malware used to steal sensitive data, including login credentials, from victims’ computers. Minasyan is charged with conspiracy…
Researchers release tool to detect stealthy BPFDoor implants in critical infrastructure networks
Telecommunications providers around the world have been dealing with the burrowing efforts of the China-linked APTs for many years now. To help them identify hard-to-detect implants used by the China-based group dubbed Red Menshen, Rapid7 researchers have released a scanning…
Mission to smuggle $170 million worth of AI tech to China collapsed for three men
Three individuals, Stanley Yi Zheng, Matthew Kelly, and Tommy Shad English, have been charged with conspiracy to commit smuggling and export control violations after allegedly attempting to procure millions of dollars’ worth of restricted computer chips from a California-based hardware…
GitHub jumps on the bandwagon and will use your data to train AI
GitHub updated how it uses data to improve AI-powered coding assistance. Starting April 24, interaction data from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users may be used to train and improve GitHub’s models unless users opt out. Copilot Business and Copilot…
Reddit declares war on bad bot activity
Reddit is introducing changes to support interactions between people. The company is taking a bottom-up approach to help users understand when they are engaging with another person unless an account is labeled otherwise. Reddit plans to verify that users are…
Google races to secure encryption before quantum threats arrive
Google is preparing for the quantum era, a turning point in digital security, with a 2029 timeline for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) migration. Security professionals warn that current encryption could be broken by large-scale quantum computers in the coming years. This…
DataBahn brings AI-driven intelligence into the security pipeline
DataBahn.ai has announced Autonomous In-Stream Data Intelligence (AIDI), a new operating model for security data pipelines in which data is continuously interpreted, validated, and acted on in real time as it flows. Building on its AI-native foundation, DataBahn advances the…
AI SOC vendors are selling a future that production deployments haven’t reached yet
Vendors selling AI-powered security operations platforms have built their pitches around a consistent set of promises: autonomous threat investigation, dramatic reductions in analyst workload, and an accelerating path toward humanless operations. Practitioners buying and deploying those platforms describe something different.…
Your facilities run on fragile supply chains and nobody wants to admit it
In this Help Net Security interview, Christa Dodoo, Global Chair at IFMA, discusses how facility managers are managing supply chain risk in critical building systems. She explains how sourcing, localized redundancy, and flexible infrastructure design are being integrated into resilience…
A nearly undetectable LLM attack needs only a handful of poisoned samples
Prompt engineering has become a standard part of how large language models are deployed in production, and it introduces an attack surface most organizations have not yet addressed. Researchers have developed and tested a prompt-based backdoor attack method, called ProAttack,…
Who owns AI agent access? At most companies, nobody knows
AI agents are operating across production enterprise environments at scale, and the identity infrastructure managing their access has not kept up with their deployment. A January 2026 survey of 228 IT and security professionals, conducted by the Cloud Security Alliance,…
Botnet operator behind $14 million in ransomware extortion payments gets 24 months behind bars
A Russian national has been sentenced to 24 months in prison after admitting he managed a botnet used to launch ransomware attacks against dozens of U.S. companies. The judge also imposed a $100,000 fine and ordered him to forfeit $1.6…
Vorlon adds forensics and response to secure AI agents
Vorlon has unveiled AI Agent Flight Recorder and AI Agent Action Center, adding forensics and coordinated response to secure enterprise agentic ecosystems and close a key security gap. The agentic ecosystem contains SaaS applications, AI agents, API integrations, non-human identities,…