Microsoft is rolling out workplace check-in via Wi-Fi for Teams and Microsoft Places. Connect to your office network and your in-office presence updates automatically, no manual status change needed. Microsoft says the signal isn’t stored as location history, and that…
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Onspring CISO on where automated GRC systems fall short
In this interview with Help Net Security, Nichole Windholz, CISO at Onspring, talks about the limits of automated GRC systems and continuous control monitoring. She explains why color-coded dashboards can hide nuance, how teams can check the data feeding their…
Open-source CI/CD abuse detector guards against stolen credential attacks
CI/CD Abuse Detector is an open-source project that uses a large language model to flag suspicious changes to continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines, workflows, and automation configurations. The repository contains drop-in templates for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Azure…
A hardware neural network backdoor that hides in plain sight
Deep learning systems on phones, cars, and other edge devices increasingly run on custom silicon. Specialized chips such as FPGAs and ASICs give these systems the speed and low power consumption that edge applications need. Many of these chips come…
Proving what a military AI model will do is the real problem
Defense contractors build AI systems that task drones automatically and propose kill-chains to support soldiers. Several of these contractors have partnered with frontier AI companies to put advanced models into military tools. Anduril works with OpenAI, Palantir works with Microsoft,…
Senior engineers are spending their week cleaning up AI-generated code
At most U.S. technology companies, machines now write the bulk of the code that ships each week. The engineer’s job has shifted toward reviewing what the AI produces, and that review gives the code high marks. Leaders rate AI-generated code…
Week in review: Exploited Check Point VPN zero-day, Oracle PeopleSoft servers under attack
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: DockSec: Open-source AI-powered Docker security scanner DockSec is an OWASP Incubator Project that combines three container security scanners with a language-model layer for explanation and…
Google sues China-based scammers over Gemini AI abuse
Google has filed a lawsuit against Outsider Enterprise, a China-based cybercrime network for using AI tools, including Gemini, to build phishing websites and scam infrastructure. The company said the operation has affected “hundreds of thousands of victims,” with losses estimated…
Researchers release details, PoC for exploited Check Point VPN flaw (CVE-2026-50751)
WatchTowr researchers have disclosed a technical analysis and a “Detection Artefact Generator” for CVE-2026-50751, an authentication bypass flaw in Check Point’s Remote Access VPN and Mobile Access, which the vendor confirmed to be actively exploited. The attacks were limited, but…
Cybercriminals are moving away from mass phishing campaigns
Phishing activity declined by roughly 20% in both 2024 and 2025, according to research from Zscaler’s ThreatLabz team. The drop followed years of growth that pushed phishing activity above 2 billion hits in 2023. “Phishing volume measured by blocked emails…
Authorities dismantle crypto laundering service that moved €336 million for cybercriminals
An international law enforcement operation has dismantled a cryptocurrency laundering service linked to ransomware groups and other cybercriminals that processed more than €336 million in illicit funds. The domain seizure notice (Source: Europol) Europol said the service, known as AudiA6,…
How to use NIST and ISO frameworks to govern AI agents
Security leaders no longer need convincing that AI agents introduce risk. What’s missing is how to govern them once they move into production and begin operating autonomously across enterprise environments. AI agents already read sensitive documents, invoke internal APIs, trigger…
Comcast Business SecurityEdge Preferred strengthens security for small businesses
Comcast Business announced SecurityEdge Preferred, its most advanced network-native cybersecurity solution for small businesses. Because SecurityEdge Preferred is built directly into the Comcast Business network, security can be activated in minutes without deploying additional hardware, managing multiple vendors, or maintaining…
The assembly line behind 1.5 million malicious domains
Attackers registered roughly 1.5 million malicious domains during the first five months of 2026. The registration patterns resemble industrial output. Most of the domains were created by attackers, put to use within weeks, and concentrated among a small set of…
ZeroFox releases AI Analytics to bring answers directly to security teams
ZeroFox launched ZeroFox AI Analytics, a new platform capability that gives security teams real-time visibility into the signals, patterns, and trends shaping their external threat landscape. ZeroFox AI Analytics gives security teams the ability to move beyond static reports and…
AI sovereignty makes data centers strategic targets for cyber operations
Data centers built for frontier AI draw hundreds of megawatts of electricity and large volumes of cooling water from fixed locations with known addresses. Each one concentrates tens of thousands of graphics processors, liquid cooling systems, and high-density power equipment…
Product showcase: Avast One turns scam screenshots into actionable security advice
Avast One Free combines privacy, security, identity monitoring, and performance tools in a single platform. The app is available for Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. Checking the device for security and privacy issues After installing it from the App Store,…
New infosec products of the week: June 12, 2026
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from AISLE, Drata, Elastic, Filigran, IDnow, and Ridge Security. RidgeBot 7.0 automates Active Directory attack simulations for security validation Ridge Security has announced the release of…
Europe’s digital identity wallet gets its first set of standards
People across the European Union already use their phones for banking, travel, and government services. The European Digital Identity Wallet will bring those activities into one application, and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has released the first standards that…
CISA orders federal agencies to “patch smarter”
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a Binding Operational Directive that will change how the US federal government approaches vulnerability management. The directive arrives as the patching problem has become nearly unmanageable, driven by a surge…