Simbian announced the launch of the Simbian AI Pentest Agent, a new solution designed to provide enterprises with ongoing, on-demand penetration testing. Simbian’s AI Pentest Agent is the first automated penetration testing solution to incorporate business context, ensuring that findings…
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Data on 1.2 million French bank accounts accessed in registry breach
In late January 2026, a malicious intruder accessed France’s national bank account registry, FICOBA, enabling them to view information tied to 1.2 million accounts, the Ministry of the Economy and Finance disclosed on Wednesday. TV5 Monde reported that the perpetrator…
Adidas investigates alleged data breach affecting 815,000 records
Adidas confirmed it is investigating a possible data breach involving one of its third-party customer service providers. The company stated that there is no indication its IT infrastructure, e-commerce platforms, or consumer data were impacted by the incident. An individual…
PromptSpy: First Android malware to use generative AI in its execution flow
ESET researchers have discovered PromptSpy, the first known Android malware to abuse generative AI as part of its execution flow in order to achieve persistence. This marks the first time generative AI has been deployed in this way. Because the…
Bug in widely used VoIP phones allows stealthy network footholds, call interception (CVE-2026-2329)
A critical security vulnerability (CVE-2026-2329) in Grandstream VoIP phones could let hackers remotely take full control of the devices and even intercept calls, Rapid7 researchers discovered. “The vulnerability is present in the device’s web-based API service, and is accessible in…
Men sentenced to 8 years in $1.3 million computer intrusion and tax fraud scheme
Matthew A. Akande, a Nigerian national, was sentenced by a U.S. District Court to eight years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a scheme to break into Massachusetts tax preparation firms’ computer networks…
UK sounds alarm on rising cyber risks to businesses
The UK government launched a national campaign urging businesses to strengthen basic cyber defenses. The initiative follows new figures highlighting the scale of the threat. Serious cyber incidents cost businesses an average of £195,000, with about half of small firms…
Open-source benchmark EVMbench tests how well AI agents handle smart contract exploits
Smart contract exploits continue to drain funds from blockchain projects, even as auditing tools and bug bounty programs grow. The problem is tied to how Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) contracts work: code is deployed permanently, runs autonomously, and often controls…
Microsoft signals breakthrough in data storage that can last for generations
Microsoft announced progress on Project Silica, its research initiative focused on developing durable, long-term quartz glass-based data storage technology. Close up of Writer showing high-speed multi-beam data encoding on laser pulses (Source: Microsoft) Rising global data volumes increase the need…
Virtana expands MCP Server to bring full-stack enterprise context to AI agents
Virtana announced the latest version of its Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, bringing full-stack enterprise visibility directly to AI agents and LLMs so machines can understand enterprise operations as complete systems rather than isolated signals. Opening the Virtana platform to…
Protectt.ai enhances AppProtectt with advanced RASP and AI-driven mobile threat protection
Protectt.ai has launched the latest version of AppProtectt, its mobile application security solution featuring advanced Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) and AI-led behavioral monitoring. Protectt.ai works with leading banking, financial services, insurance, and digital-first enterprises to secure high-risk mobile applications against…
Redpanda brings identity, policy control, and data governance to AI agents
Redpanda announced the availability of new core capabilities in the Redpanda Agentic Data Plane (ADP), including a centralized AI gateway, AI observability and evaluation via OpenTelemetry, AI agents, and unified authentication and authorization. Together, these features form a unified governance…
Compliance Scorecard v10 delivers context-driven AI for explainable compliance decisions
Compliance Scorecard announced the release of v10, introducing governed, audit-ready AI designed to support defensible compliance decision-making for managed service providers (MSPs). Compliance Scorecard v10 applies AI only within a structured system of validated context and controls. The platform is…
Public mobile networks are being weaponized for combat drone operations
On June 1, 2025, Ukraine launched a coordinated drone strike on five airfields inside Russia, disabling or destroying aircrafts. The attack involved more than 100 drones carrying explosive payloads and targeting aircraft on the ground. The drones used mobile networks…
Attackers keep finding the same gaps in security programs
Attackers keep getting in, often through the same predictable weak spots: identity systems, third-party access, and poorly secured perimeter devices. A new threat report from Barracuda based on Managed XDR telemetry from 2025 shows that many successful incidents still start…
Consumers feel less judged by AI debt collectors
Debt collection agencies are starting to use automated voice systems and AI-driven messaging to handle consumer calls. These systems help scale outreach, reduce call center staffing demands, and offer 24/7 service. A new study covering 11 European countries found that…
Securonix shifts security operations to measurable AI-driven productivity
Securonix announced Sam, the AI SOC Analyst, and the Securonix Agentic Mesh, introducing a new operating model for security operations that scales analyst productivity, governs AI in production, and delivers board-ready outcomes. At a time when security operations are overwhelmed…
Microsoft Edge 145 lands with major enterprise security upgrades
Microsoft has begun rolling out Edge 145 to the Stable release channel, adding several enterprise-focused security enhancements. The update is being deployed in phases, with some features available through preview and targeted release programs. Edge 145 brings expanded data protection…
Brinqa targets manual bottlenecks in exposure management with integrated AI agents
Brinqa has advanced its platform with the introduction of two new AI agents, the AI Attribution Agent and the AI Deduplication Agent, designed to address two of the most persistent and costly problems in enterprise security, unclear asset ownership and…
China-linked hackers exploited Dell zero-day since 2024 (CVE-2026-22769)
A suspected China-linked cyberespionage group has been covertly exploiting a critical zero-day flaw (CVE-2026-22769) in Dell’s RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines software since at least mid-2024, according to new research from Google’s threat intelligence team and Mandiant. The attackers deployed stealthy…