A federal jury in California convicted former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, on seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets tied to AI technology. Ding faces a maximum sentence…
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Arkose Titan Aims to make bot, scraping, and AI fraud economically unviable
Arkose Labs announced Arkose Titan, a unified platform that protects enterprises from human and AI-powered fraud, scraping and bot attacks. Unlike fragmented point solutions, Arkose Titan provides defense-in-depth through intelligent detection and adaptive mitigation against both traditional and emerging AI…
Apple’s new privacy feature limits how precisely carriers track your location
Apple users are already accustomed to managing app-level location permissions, and a new privacy feature in iOS 26.3 extends that control to cellular networks. Called Limit Precise Location, it reduces the amount of fine-grained location data that iPhones share with…
EFF calls out major tech companies on encryption promises
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has introduced a new campaign called Encrypt It Already, focused on expanding the use of end-to-end encryption in consumer technology products and services. The effort examines public security commitments and the current availability of encryption…
Security work keeps expanding, even with AI in the mix
Board attention continues to rise, and security groups now operate closer to executive decision making than in prior years, a pattern reflected the Voice of Security 2026 report by Tines. Within that environment, large numbers of teams already rely on…
Security teams are carrying more tools with less confidence
Enterprise environments now span multiple clouds, on-premises systems, and a steady flow of new applications. Hybrid and multi-cloud setups are common across large organizations, and they bring a constant stream of logs, alerts, and operational data. That environment already exists…
New infosec products of the month: January 2026
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from Acronis, Booz Allen Hamilton, cside, Descope, JumpCloud, MIND, Noction, Obsidian Security, Rubrik, SEON, SpyCloud, Tenable, Tosi and Vectra AI. Acronis Archival Storage brings compliance-ready, S3-compatible…
Wearable tech adoption continues as privacy worries grow
Over 1 billion users wear devices for tracking steps, sleep, heart rate, and other personal metrics. These devices collect a continuous stream of sensitive data, often tied to detailed user profiles and companion apps. New Clutch survey data show that…
Ivanti provides temporary patches for actively exploited EPMM zero-day (CVE-2026-1281)
Ivanti has released provisional patches that fix two critical code injection vulnerabilities in Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), one of which (CVE-2026-1281) has been exploited in zero-day attacks and has been added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Investigating potential compromise…
Google disrupts proxy network used by 550+ threat groups
Google has disrupted Ipidea, a massive residential proxy network consisting of user devices that are being used as the last-mile link in cyberattack chains. “In a single seven day period in January 2026, GTIG observed over 550 individual threat groups…
eScan AV supply chain compromise: Users targeted with malicious updates
The update infrastructure for eScan antivirus, a product of Indian cybersecurity company MicroWorld Technologies, has been compromised by unknown attackers to deliver a persistent downloader to enterprise and consumer endpoints. The supply chain compromise also resulted in the eScan antivirus…
Virtue AI AgentSuite enables enterprises to test and secure AI agents
Virtue AI announced AgentSuite, a multi-layer security and compliance platform for enterprise AI agents. Organizations worldwide are deploying agents that modify databases, trigger payments, and access systems containing sensitive information. AgentSuite is the AI-native platform built specifically for this new…
France Travail fined €5 million for failing to protect job seeker data
France data protection authority CNIL has fined public employment agency France Travail €5 million for failing to ensure the security of personal data of job seekers. Attackers gained access to the organization’s systems through social engineering techniques that targeted accounts…
Druva Threat Watch offers continuous threat monitoring of backup data
Druva announced the launch of Threat Watch, a zero-touch, automated cloud-native solution for proactive threat monitoring of backup data. Threat Watch is designed to continuously scan backup snapshots to identify dormant threats and indicators of compromise (IOCs), empowering IT and…
N-able brings AI to endpoint, security, and recovery
N-able announced enhanced AI capabilities across its platform to help organizations operate securely, efficiently, and resiliently as AI reshapes both cyberthreats and IT complexity. As AI accelerates the speed, scale, and sophistication of cyberattacks, businesses are struggling to defend themselves.…
Conditional Access enforcement change coming to Microsoft Entra
Microsoft will change how Conditional Access policies are enforced in Microsoft Entra starting March 27, 2026, with a phased rollout continuing through June 2026. The change affects sign-ins through client applications that request only OIDC scopes or a limited set…
cside VPN Detection enables control of VPN traffic to prevent fraud and legal exposure
cside announced the launch of VPN Detection. The new solution enables businesses to detect and manage traffic originating from virtual private networks. As verification laws and content distribution agreements tighten, cside VPN Detection helps address compliance requirements while protecting organizations…
Sumsub’s AI Agent Verification binds automation to verified human identity
Sumsub announced the launch of its AI Agent Verification solution, an approach to controlling AI-driven automation by binding it to a real, verified human identity within Sumsub’s Know Your Agent (KYA) framework. As AI agents and browser-based automation grow in…
Tosi Platform delivers unified connectivity, visibility, and security for OT at scale
Tosi customers worldwide gain access to the Tosi Platform, which unifies connectivity, visibility, and security across operational technology environments in every industry, regardless of size or complexity. At the heart of the platform is Tosi Control, a cloud-based console that…
Google agrees to pay $135 million over Android data harvesting claims
Google agrees to pay $135 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit brought by Android smartphone users over alleged unauthorized cellular data transmissions. After fees and administrative costs are deducted, the remaining settlement funds would be divided among eligible…