Sysdig announced headless cloud security, a cyberdefense platform designed for the agentic AI era. Sysdig Headless Cloud Security enables customers to drop the traditional, one-size-fits-all UI approach and equip their AI agents as the primary operators of machine-speed, data-driven cyberdefense.…
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Teams calls are about to get a lot harder to fake
Microsoft Teams Calling is getting a new feature that will warn users about suspicious inbound VoIP calls from first-time external callers who might be impersonating trusted brands. The post Teams calls are about to get a lot harder to fake…
Multi-model AI is creating a routing headache for enterprises
Application teams are moving AI inference into production systems that support business operations. Enterprises are expanding traffic management, identity controls, observability, and routing systems for multiple AI models and environments. F5’s 2026 State of Application Strategy Report found that 78%…
Open-source MCP server monitoring for Python apps
Pythonic Model Context Protocol servers handle tool calls, session events, module imports, and subprocess activity. BlueRock has released MCP Python Hooks, an open source runtime sensor that gives developers a way to capture those signals without modifying application code. What…
Proton Mail brings quantum-safe email encryption to all accounts
Post-quantum protection is now available as an optional feature in Proton Mail across all plans, including the free tier. How post-quantum protection works Once enabled, Proton Mail generates new encryption keys designed to protect future encrypted emails against attacks from…
8×8 updates CX platform with AI, analytics, and frontline management capabilities
8×8 has released a set of platform updates to the 8×8 Platform for CX that target the operational gaps most commonly stalling organizations, including AI deployments requiring months of integration, queues IT teams cannot monitor in real time, customers abandoning…
UiPath adds agentic AI capabilities to Automation Suite for government agencies
UiPath has announced the release of agentic AI capabilities on UiPath Automation Suite. The Automation Suite updates help government agencies and regulated industries accelerate agentic AI and automation adoption and are designed to address strict data sovereignty and compliance requirements.…
Extreme Networks introduces Agent ONE for autonomous enterprise networking
Extreme Networks has introduced Extreme Agent ONE, a new class of AI agents for enterprise networking. Moving beyond generic, prompt-based AI, Extreme Agent ONE runs on the Extreme AI stack purpose-built for enterprise environments, which combines advanced AI reasoning, live…
Intel 471 speeds threat hunting and remediation with Retroactive Threat Detections
Intel 471 has announced Retroactive Threat Detections (RTD), a new capability within its Verity471 platform. RTD helps security teams quickly understand the impact of new threats on their environments. This transforms static intelligence reports into actionable answers within minutes, enabling…
Tanium Atlas aims to accelerate threat response in the AI era
Tanium announced Tanium Atlas, an autonomous operating system (OS) that gives a single IT or security operator the data, guidance and reach to accomplish what once required an entire team – moving from intent to outcome in a single, governed…
LastPass Mobile Smart Scanner improves password security
LastPass has launched Mobile Smart Scanner, a solution that converts photographs of typed or handwritten credentials into structured, ready-to-use password entries that can be reviewed, saved, and autofilled directly from the vault. Available in early access for Free, Premium, and…
Unpatched flaws turn Ollama’s auto-updater into a persistent RCE vector, researchers say
Researchers at Striga have disclosed two vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-42248, CVE-2026-42249) in Ollama’s Windows auto-updater that, when chained together, may allow an attacker to covertly plant a persistent executable that runs on every login. CVE-2026-42248 and CVE-2026-42249 Ollama is an open-source tool…
Google to pay up to $1.5 million for zero-click Pixel Titan M exploits
Google has revised its Android and Chrome Vulnerability Reward Programs (VRPs), which pay security researchers to report vulnerabilities in Android, Google hardware, and the Chrome browser. The update raises top bounties to $1.5 million and adjusts rewards for lower-complexity reports.…
Conti ransomware gang member sentenced to 102 months in prison
A Latvian national who was part of a major Russian ransomware organization that stole from and extorted more than 54 companies has been sentenced to 102 months in prison. Deniss Zolotarjovs, 35, of Moscow, Russia, was part of a group…
Download: Secure Foundations for AI Workloads on AWS
Center for Internet Security helps organizations deploy AI and high-performance compute environments from a trusted, hardened operating system baseline. CIS Hardened Images help teams reduce misconfiguration risk, support compliance efforts, and move faster in AWS. What are AI-optimized CIS Hardened…
Oracle rolls out monthly security patch updates
Oracle is changing how its security fixes are delivered: starting in May 2026, there will be a monthly Critical Security Patch Update. “Each [monthly] CSPU is smaller and more focused, making it easier to apply critical fixes quickly [to customer-managed…
VIAVI CyberFlood CF1000 pushes 400G validation for multi-terabit AI data centers
VIAVI Solutions has announced the launch of its next-generation CyberFlood CF1000 Appliance, a native 400G security and application performance test platform for the validation of multi-terabit security and AI data center infrastructures at scale. Developed for network equipment vendors, hyperscale…
Microsoft: Phishing campaign used fake compliance notices to compromise employee accounts
Phishers have been using fake workplace compliance notices to try to trick Microsoft account owners into signing in via a fake sign-in page, says the company’s Defender Research team. The email campaign targeted more than 35,000 users across 13,000 organizations…
Anomali ThreatStream Next-Gen speeds threat response across workflows
Anomali has announced ThreatStream Next-Gen. Available standalone or within the Anomali Unified Security Data Lake, it turns threat intelligence into an active decisioning layer across security workflows, validated to drive investigations 300× faster than traditional methods across 50 enterprise deployments.…
North Korean hackers trojanize gaming platform to spy on ethnic Koreans in China
A gaming platform built for ethnic Koreans in China has been serving backdoored Windows and Android software to its users since late 2024. The platform, sqgame[.]net, hosts traditional card and board games for a community that sits along the North…