Automated vulnerability discovery tools have existed for decades, and the gap between finding a bug and building a working exploit has always slowed attackers. That gap is now substantially narrower. Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview, a new general-purpose language model being…
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Cybercriminals move deeper into networks, hiding in edge infrastructure
Attack activity is moving toward infrastructure outside endpoint visibility. Proxy networks support a wide range of operations, edge devices serve as initial access points, and GenAI speeds up how attackers assemble and rebuild their tooling. Lumen’s 2026 Threatscape Report describes…
Cybercrime losses break the $20 billion mark
Online crime continues to generate rising financial losses, with totals reaching $20.877 billion in 2025. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report shows a 26% increase in total reported losses from the previous year. (Source: FBI) More than one…
Russian hackers hijack internet traffic using vulnerable routers
The Russian state cyber group APT28 has been compromising routers to hijack web traffic and spy on victims, the UK’s The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned. Attackers are exploiting vulnerable routers to alter DHCP and DNS settings, redirecting…
Acronis MDR by TRU brings 24/7 managed detection and response to MSPs
Acronis has announced the launch of Acronis MDR by Acronis TRU, a globally available 24/7/365 managed detection and response (MDR) service. Built specifically for managed service providers (MSPs) of all sizes, the service provides threat detection, incident response, and cyber…
Cloudflare moves up its post-quantum deadline as researchers narrow the path to Q-Day
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…
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…