Hasbro, an American toy maker with more than 5,000 employees, confirmed a cyberattack and proactively took certain systems offline. The intrusion was detected on March 28, and the company promptly activated its incident response protocols. The company said the investigation…
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North Korean hackers linked to Axios npm supply chain compromise
The software supply chain attack that resulted in the compromise of npm packages of Axios, an extremely popular HTTP client library, is believed to be the work of financially-motivated North Korean attackers. Links to UNC1069 On March 31, 2026, unknown…
CIS Benchmarks March 2026 Update
The following CIS Benchmarks and CIS Build Kits have been updated or recently released. The Center for Internet Security has highlighted the major updates below. Each Benchmark and Build Kit includes a changelog that references all changes. Updated CIS Benchmarks…
Exabeam expands ABA to detect AI agent threats across ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini
Exabeam has announced the expansion of Exabeam Agent Behavior Analytics (ABA). Without direct visibility into how employees use AI assistants, what they query, what data they share, how frequently they interact, and from where, organizations cannot establish a baseline for…
Google fixes Chrome zero-day with in-the-wild exploit (CVE-2026-5281)
Google has fixed 21 vulnerabilities affecting its popular Chrome browser, among them a zero-day (CVE-2026-5281) with an in-the-wild exploit. About CVE-2026-5281 As per usual, information about the fixed zero-day is limited, and there’s no details about the exploit (or how/if…
Egnyte expands Content Cloud with AI Governance and built-in Assistant
Egnyte has announced two major additions to the Egnyte Content Cloud: AI Safeguards, which give organizations granular control over how AI interacts with sensitive content, and an AI Assistant that acts as a built-in collaborator across Egnyte workspaces. AI Safeguards…
Mimecast makes enterprise email security deployable in minutes
Most organizations running Microsoft 365 rely on native email controls as their primary line of defense. According to Mimecast research, 38% of organizations depend exclusively on those native controls for collaboration security, and 64% say those controls are insufficient against…
Financial groups lay out a plan to fight AI identity attacks
Generative AI tools have brought the cost of deepfake production low enough that criminals and state-sponsored actors now use them routinely against financial institutions. A joint paper from the American Bankers Association, the Better Identity Coalition, and the Financial Services…
Malware detectors trained on one dataset often stumble on another
Machine learning models built to catch malware on Windows systems are typically evaluated on data that closely resembles their training set. In practice, the malware arriving on enterprise endpoints looks different, comes from different sources, and in many cases has…
Crypto industry may be running out of time to prepare for quantum attacks
Google’s latest research suggests the cryptocurrency industry may have less time than expected to prepare for quantum computing. In a whitepaper, Google examines risks to elliptic curve cryptography, the system securing most blockchain networks. The researchers revisit earlier assumptions about…
Pondurance MDR Essentials uses autonomous SOC to tackle AI-driven attacks
Pondurance announced MDR Essentials, MDR Essentials, an MDR service providing an autonomous SOC that reduces the time from threat detection to containment by 90%. Threat actors today use AI to attack at machine-speed, making it difficult for traditional cybersecurity solutions…
Amazon sends AI agents into pen testing and DevOps
Amazon’s latest AI capabilities bring on-demand penetration testing through the AWS Security Agent, alongside the AWS DevOps Agent. “These agents are changing the way we secure and operate software. AWS Security Agent compresses penetration testing timelines from 2-6 weeks to…
DoControl provides security coverage for Google Gemini Gems
DoControl announced new capabilities that provide visibility, monitoring, and automated control for Google Gemini Gems, a newly introduced feature within Google Gemini that enables teams to create customizable AI GPTs. With this launch, DoControl is the first platform to provide…
Codenotary AgentMon monitors agentic AI activity and behavior
Codenotary launched AgentMon, an enterprise-grade monitoring designed specifically for agentic networks, providing organizations with real-time visibility into the security, performance and cost of AI-driven agents operating across the enterprise. As adoption of AI accelerates, agentic systems, semi-autonomous software agents that…
EvilTokens ramps up device code phishing targeting Microsoft 365 users
Security researchers report a notable increase in device code phishing activity aimed at Microsoft 365 users, and have attributed this rise to the availability of EvilTokens, a new, specialized phishing toolkit that’s being offered as-a-service via Telegram. What is device…
Foxit flags hidden security risks in PDFs with new tool
Foxit Software introduced a new capability designed to uncover hidden security risks inside PDFs as part of its latest PDF Editor 2026.1 release for Windows and macOS. The update is led by PDF Action Inspector, a new tool that proactively…
New Bitdefender assessment helps organizations identify and eliminate hidden internal attack paths
Bitdefender has announced the Bitdefender Internal Attack Surface Assessment, a complimentary evaluation that helps organizations identify and reduce hidden internal cyber risks caused by unnecessary user access to applications, tools, and operating system utilities commonly exploited in attacks. The assessment…
Hacker stripped more than $50 million from Uranium crypto exchange, spent it on trading cards
US prosecutors have charged a Maryland man in connection with two hacks of the Uranium Finance cryptocurrency exchange that led to losses exceeding $50 million. Jonathan Spalletta, also known as “Cthulhon” and “Jspalletta,” is accused of abusing vulnerabilities in Uranium…
Download: 2026 SANS Identity Threats & Defenses Survey
New research from the 2026 SANS Identity Threats & Defenses Survey shows that 55% of organizations experienced an identity-related compromise last year, while 26% reported MFA fatigue as a factor in identity attacks. Download the report to learn: Why identity…
Apple counters ClickFix attacks with macOS Terminal warning
Apple has added a new security feature in macOS Tahoe 26.4 that warns users before they enter commands in Terminal that could cause harm. The goal is to stop ClickFix attacks, a social engineering trick that gets users to run…