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In Other News: Microsoft’s Cloud Patches, Hacked Dropbox Accounts, Guardio’s $1.1B Valuation
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Microsoft rolled out patches for cloud services, hackers compromised 5,000 Dropbox accounts,…
HPE Patches Critical RCE Vulnerabilities in AOS-CX
Nearly two dozen issues, tracked collectively as CVE-2026-73749 (CVSS score of 9.8), were addressed with the updates.
Sangoma Switchvox Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild
Tracked as CVE-2026-9586, the unauthenticated SQL injection flaw can be exploited remotely for arbitrary code execution.
Nvidia Is Buying AI Platform Hugging Face for $13 Billion
The deal highlights Nvidia’s push to champion increasingly popular open-source AI models.
12-Year-Old PostgreSQL Vulnerability Enables Database, Server Takeover
Dubbed PostGREShell, CVE-2026-6471 turns low-level replication access into code execution, permanent superuser privileges and a persistent database…
Google Patches 6th Chrome Zero-Day of 2026
Google’s Chrome 152 security update resolves 12 vulnerabilities, including a high-severity type confusion flaw in the V8 engine.
VMware Workstation and Fusion Updates Patch Critical Vulnerability
The flaws could allow attackers with administrative access to a virtual machine to execute code on the host system.
Catch Raises $5 Million for AI Executive Assistant With Guardrails
Catch promises the capabilities of a trusted executive assistant, with built-in controls governing what data and systems it can access.
Manchester Airports Group Data on 8.8 Million People Leaked After Ransom Refusal
Hacker group published roughly 550GB of data after MAG reportedly refused to pay a ransom demand; the group says it gained access via exposed admin keys.
Capsule Security Launches ‘AI Circuit Breaker’ to Stop Rogue Agents
New models, trained using NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra, aim to catch rogue agent behavior before it executes, without the latency of large-model review.
HiddenLayer Raises $100 Million for AI Runtime Security
The Austin-based company will invest in agentic runtime security capabilities to secure AI coding agents.
AI Agent Firewall Startup AIR Security Emerges From Stealth With $50 Million
The startup’s firewall evaluates AI skills, plugins and MCP servers for malicious instructions, excessive permissions and software supply chain risks.
Over 3 Million WordPress Sites Affected by Migration Plugin Vulnerability
The high-severity SQL injection flaw (CVE-2026-19949) could allow unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution.
153 Million Driver License Images Offered on Dark Web
Cybercriminals are offering digital scans of US and Canadian driver’s licenses, likely stolen from IDScan.net.
Cisco Warns of Unpatched Secure Email Flaws, Patches Critical Switch Vulnerabilities
Publicly disclosed S/MIME flaws could expose encrypted email content, while critical IOS XR and Nexus bugs could enable remote code execution and…
OpenLeash Adds a Human Check to Risky AI Agent Actions
The security tool intercepts potentially dangerous agent actions, blocking clear threats and requesting human approval when intent is uncertain.
UK Moves to Block High-Risk Tech Suppliers From Critical Infrastructure
Late amendments to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill would give ministers new powers to restrict risky technology providers as supply chain attacks…
OpenAI’s Astra Crosses ‘Critical’ Cyber Threshold After Finding Zero-Days
The designation applies when a model can independently find and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities across many well-defended systems.
Rockwell Automation Patches Over a Dozen Vulnerabilities Across Products
The industrial giant has released advisories for its RSLinx Classic, ArmorStart, ControlFLASH, FactoryTalk, and other products.