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…
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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…
The case for fixing CWE weakness patterns instead of patching one bug at a time
In this Help Net Security interview, Alec Summers, MITRE CVE/CWE Project Lead, discusses how CWE is moving from a background reference into active use in vulnerability disclosure. More CVE records now include CWE mappings from CNAs, which tends to produce…
How Mimecast brings enterprise-grade email protection to API deployment
In this Help Net Security video, Andrew Williams, Senior Product Manager at Mimecast, walks through the company’s API-based email security protection for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace environments. The video covers a core problem: AI-generated phishing and business email compromise…
Google study finds LLMs are embedded at every stage of abuse detection
Online platforms are running large language models at every stage of LLM content moderation, from generating training data to auditing their own systems for bias. Researchers at Google mapped how this is happening across what the authors call the Abuse…
Product showcase: Proton Authenticator is an end-to-end encrypted, open source 2FA app
Proton Authenticator is a free and open-source two-factor authentication (2FA) app that generates time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) to help secure online accounts. It is available on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, allowing users to access their verification codes across…
Residential proxies make a mockery of IP-based defenses
Attack traffic moved through ordinary home and mobile connections in ways that limited the usefulness of IP reputation on its own. GreyNoise observed 4 billion malicious sessions during a 90-day period and described activity that appeared indistinguishable from normal user…
CISOs grapple with AI demands within flat budgets
Security spending continues to edge upward across large organizations, though the changes remain gradual and tightly managed. The 2026 RH-ISAC CISO Benchmark reflects a steady environment where budgets expand in small steps, even as AI becomes a routine part of…
IT talent looks the other way as wireless security incidents pile up
Enterprise wireless networks are supporting a growing mix of devices and applications, increasing operational demand and security exposure. The 2026 Cisco State of Wireless report reflects these conditions through rising incident rates, higher costs, and ongoing staffing challenges. Wireless investment…
Week in review: Axios npm supply chain compromise, critical FortiClient EMS bugs exploited
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: 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…
FortiClient EMS zero-day exploited, emergency hotfixes available (CVE-2026-35616)
Defused Cyber has spotted a critical Fortinet FortiClient Endpoint Management Server (EMS) zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-35616) being exploited in the wild. This time around, the confirmation of active exploitation came almost immediately from Fortinet, as well. “Fortinet has observed [CVE-2026-35616] to…
Cisco IMC auth bypass vulnerability allows attackers to alter user passwords (CVE-2026-20093)
Cisco has fixed ten vulnerabilities affecting its Integrated Management Controller (IMC), the most critical of which (CVE-2026-20093) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and gain access to the system as Admin. Cisco ICM riddled with vulnerabilities Cisco…
Windows Security app gets Secure Boot certificate status indicators as 2026 expiration approaches
Microsoft’s Secure Boot certificates, issued in 2011, are approaching expiration in 2026. To help IT administrators track whether devices have received replacement certificates, Microsoft has added new status indicators to the Windows Security app, under Device security > Secure Boot.…
Claude Code source leak exploited to spread malware
A source code leak involving Anthropic’s Claude Code tool quickly escalated into a cybersecurity threat, as attackers seized on the exposed files to lure developers into downloading malware disguised as “unlocked” versions of the software. Leaked Claude Code source code…
APERION releases SmartFlow SDK for secure, on-prem AI governance without cloud reliance
APERION launched SmartFlow SDK, providing a secure, on-premises path for enterprises migrating away from compromised cloud-based AI gateways. The launch coincides with a 200% increase in web traffic since the March 24 LiteLLM supply chain attack that compromised an estimated…
Trivy supply chain attack enabled European Commission cloud breach
CERT-EU confirmed that ShinyHunters are behind the recent breach of the cloud infrastructure underpinning websites of the European Commission, and that they stole and subsequently leaked approximately 340 GB of data. “Analysis of the published dataset has so far confirmed…
Microsoft releases open-source toolkit to govern autonomous AI agents
AI agents can book travel, execute financial transactions, write and run code, and manage infrastructure without human intervention at each step. Frameworks like LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, and Azure AI Foundry Agent Service have made this kind of autonomy straightforward to…