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Security [51]

Akira Ransomware Uses Safe Mode to Bypass EDR

August 13, 2026

Critical VMware vCenter RCE Flaw Exploited for Reverse SSH Access

August 13, 2026

Trezor Discloses Data Breach Affecting Nearly 14,000 Customers

August 13, 2026

City-Forum Attacks Target Salesforce and ServiceNow Portals

August 12, 2026

ExploitGym AI Exploit Benchmark

July 28, 2026

SECURITY | AI | EXPLOIT

LG PC Monitors Cause Adware Installation

July 28, 2026

SECURITY | LG | MONITORS | ADWARE

Linux Kernel Project Repairs 442 CVEs in Single Batch

July 28, 2026

SECURITY | LINUX | KERNEL | CVE | REMEDIATION

OpenAI Models Go Rogue and Compromise Hugging Face

July 28, 2026

SECURITY | AI | OPENAI | HUGGING FACE | COMPROMISE

Claude AI Can Now Access 1Password Credentials

July 21, 2026

SECURITY | CLAUDE AI | 1PASSWORD | ANTHROPIC | MACINTOSH

HollowByte: Okta Discovers DoS Vulnerability in OpenSSL

July 21, 2026

SECURITY | OKTA | OPENSSL | DOS | VULNERABILITY

July 2026 Patch Tuesday Fixes Record 570 Flaws Including Three 0-Days

July 21, 2026

SECURITY | MICROSOFT | VULNERABILITY | PATCHING

No “Bone Crushing” Vulnerability from Nightmare Eclipse This Month

July 21, 2026

SECURITY | VULNERABILITY | MICROSOFT | NIGHTMARE ECLIPSE

Amazon fixing bug that billed some AWS customers billions of dollars

July 17, 2026

SECURITY | AWS | AMAZON | BILLING | BUSINESS

FBI arrests man accused of using Steam games to drain victims’ crypto wallets

July 17, 2026

SECURITY | FBI | STEAM | CRYPTO | HACKING

Coca-Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack

July 16, 2026

SECURITY | COCA COLA | FAIRLIFE | RANSOMWARE

Period tracker Stardust shares users’ health data with analytics firm, says Mozilla research

July 16, 2026

SECURITY | PII | STARDUST | DATA LEAK

UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group

July 16, 2026

SECURITY | HACKING | SCATTERED SPIDER | CYBERCRIME

Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II

July 15, 2026

SECURITY | MICROSOFT | AGE OF EMPIRES II | PATCHING | AI

Microsoft patches record number of security vulnerabilities, citing its use of AI

July 15, 2026

SECURITY | AI | PATCHING | MICROSOFT

US charges Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts over cyberattacks that netted $62M from cybercrime victims

July 15, 2026

SECURITY | RUSSIA | CYBERATTACK | CYBERCRIME

China Considers Restricting Overseas Access to Advanced AI Models

July 14, 2026

SECURITY | AI | CHINA

EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence

July 14, 2026

European Central Bank Warns Banks of AI Cyber Threats

July 14, 2026

SECURITY | AI | EUROPE | CYBERTHREATS

Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate US military in the Middle East, report says

July 14, 2026

Telegram’s shortlink domain is back online after day-long suspension

July 14, 2026

SECURITY | TELEGRAM | OUTAGE | DOMAIN

UK NCSC and GCHQ Announce Cyber Shield Initiative

July 14, 2026

SECURITY | UK | NCSC | GCHQ | CYBER SHIELD

Apple says former employee exploited ‘rare’ bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI

July 13, 2026

SECURITY | APPLE | OPENAI | THEFT

Florida ransomware negotiator convicted for helping ransomware gang extort US companies

July 10, 2026

SECURITY | RANSOMWARE | EXTORTION | THEFT

US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident

July 10, 2026

SECURITY | INCIDENT PLAYBOOK | CYBERSECURITY | CISA

Another massive data breach exposed millions of driver’s license numbers

July 8, 2026

SECURITY | DATA BREACH | ASSURANCEAMERICA | PII

CISA Confirms BlueHammer Exploit Actively Used in Ransomware Attacks

July 7, 2026

SECURITY | RANSOMWARE | MALWARE | CISA | MICROSOFT

Fable 5 Re-Release Disappoints with Overzealous Guardrails

July 7, 2026

SECURITY | ANTHROPIC | AI | FABLE

Opera Introduces Paste Protect Against ClickFix Attacks

July 7, 2026

SECURITY | OPERA | BROWSER | CLICKFIX | MALWARE

Australia Disturbed by Deeply Compromised Infrastructure Provider

June 30, 2026

SECURITY | AUSTRALIA | INFRASTRUCTURE | HACKING

CISA Directs Federal Agencies to Update UniFi OS Devices

June 30, 2026

SECURITY | UNIFI | UBIQUITI | CISA | PATCHING

CISA Gives Federal Agencies the Weekend to Patch Cisco Devices

June 30, 2026

SECURITY | CISCO | CISA | PATCHING

OpenAI Introduces Daybreak-Powered 'Patch the Planet' Initiative

June 30, 2026

SECURITY | AI | OPENAI | PATCHING

Windows 10 ESU Updates Extended Another Year

June 30, 2026

SECURITY | WINDOWS 10 | PATCHING

SMB Network Security Can't Be 'Good Enough' Any Longer

June 24, 2026

SECURITY | SMB | BUSINESS

AI-Powered Cyberattacks Gaining Mainstream Attention

June 23, 2026

SECURITY | AI | CYBERATTACK

Claude Mythos and AI for Vulnerability Discovery and Defense

June 23, 2026

SECURITY | AI | CLAUDE | MYTHOS

Insecure Software Engineering Practices Exposed by AI

June 23, 2026

SECURITY | AI

Specific AI-Facilitated Hacks and Emerging Risks

June 23, 2026

SECURITY | AI | HACKS

ArchLinux User Repository Compromised with Rootkits and Infostealers

June 16, 2026

SECURITY | ARCHLINUX | MALWARE | SUPPLY CHAIN

US Government Directs Anthropic to Suspend Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5

June 16, 2026

SECURITY | AI | MYTHOS | FABLE

Anthropic Claude Abuse Report

June 9, 2026

SECURITY | AI

First AI-Enabled Internet Worm

June 9, 2026

SECURITY | AI | MALWARE

HTTP/2 Bomb

June 9, 2026

SECURITY | DOS

PHP / Everest Forms Pro RCE

June 9, 2026

SECURITY | UCE | WORDPRESS

WeedHack Malware-as-a-Service

June 9, 2026

SECURITY | MALWARE

5 Questions Small Business IT Leaders Should Ask About Cloud Security

March 31, 2026

SECURITY | CLOUD | LEADERS | SMB | BUSINESS

Who Vets AI's Code? The Scale Challenge Facing Open Source Ingestion

August 13, 2026

AI | OPEN-SOURCE | DEPENDENCY-SCANNER | DEVSECOPS

ExploitGym AI Exploit Benchmark

July 28, 2026

SECURITY | AI | EXPLOIT

OpenAI Models Go Rogue and Compromise Hugging Face

July 28, 2026

SECURITY | AI | OPENAI | HUGGING FACE | COMPROMISE

Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II

July 15, 2026

SECURITY | MICROSOFT | AGE OF EMPIRES II | PATCHING | AI

Microsoft patches record number of security vulnerabilities, citing its use of AI

July 15, 2026

SECURITY | AI | PATCHING | MICROSOFT

China Considers Restricting Overseas Access to Advanced AI Models

July 14, 2026

SECURITY | AI | CHINA

EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence

July 14, 2026

European Central Bank Warns Banks of AI Cyber Threats

July 14, 2026

SECURITY | AI | EUROPE | CYBERTHREATS

Fable 5 Re-Release Disappoints with Overzealous Guardrails

July 7, 2026

SECURITY | ANTHROPIC | AI | FABLE

OpenAI Introduces Daybreak-Powered 'Patch the Planet' Initiative

June 30, 2026

SECURITY | AI | OPENAI | PATCHING

AI-Powered Cyberattacks Gaining Mainstream Attention

June 23, 2026

SECURITY | AI | CYBERATTACK

Claude Mythos and AI for Vulnerability Discovery and Defense

June 23, 2026

SECURITY | AI | CLAUDE | MYTHOS

Insecure Software Engineering Practices Exposed by AI

June 23, 2026

SECURITY | AI

Specific AI-Facilitated Hacks and Emerging Risks

June 23, 2026

SECURITY | AI | HACKS

US Government Directs Anthropic to Suspend Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5

June 16, 2026

SECURITY | AI | MYTHOS | FABLE

Amazon fixing bug that billed some AWS customers billions of dollars

July 17, 2026

SECURITY | AWS | AMAZON | BILLING | BUSINESS

FinOps Services Help Customers Navigate Rising Infrastructure Costs and Supply Challenges

July 15, 2026

FINOPS | INFRASTRUCTURE | BUDGET | BUSINESS | SUPPLY CHAIN

IBM Partners Remain Bullish on Infrastructure Despite Quarterly Stumble

July 15, 2026

IBM | INFRASTRUCTURE | FINOPS | BUDGET | BUSINESS

SMB Network Security Can't Be 'Good Enough' Any Longer

June 24, 2026

SECURITY | SMB | BUSINESS

Four Tech Areas Startups Should Not Overlook

April 7, 2026

INFRASTRUCTURE | BUSINESS | STARTUP

5 Questions Small Business IT Leaders Should Ask About Cloud Security

March 31, 2026

SECURITY | CLOUD | LEADERS | SMB | BUSINESS

FinOps Services Help Customers Navigate Rising Infrastructure Costs and Supply Challenges

July 15, 2026

FINOPS | INFRASTRUCTURE | BUDGET | BUSINESS | SUPPLY CHAIN

IBM Partners Remain Bullish on Infrastructure Despite Quarterly Stumble

July 15, 2026

IBM | INFRASTRUCTURE | FINOPS | BUDGET | BUSINESS

Australia Disturbed by Deeply Compromised Infrastructure Provider

June 30, 2026

SECURITY | AUSTRALIA | INFRASTRUCTURE | HACKING

Four Tech Areas Startups Should Not Overlook

April 7, 2026

INFRASTRUCTURE | BUSINESS | STARTUP

FinOps Services Help Customers Navigate Rising Infrastructure Costs and Supply Challenges

July 15, 2026

FINOPS | INFRASTRUCTURE | BUDGET | BUSINESS | SUPPLY CHAIN

IBM Partners Remain Bullish on Infrastructure Despite Quarterly Stumble

July 15, 2026

IBM | INFRASTRUCTURE | FINOPS | BUDGET | BUSINESS

Windows 10 ESU Updates Extended Another Year

June 30, 2026

SECURITY | WINDOWS 10 | PATCHING

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Security [51]

Akira Ransomware Uses Safe Mode to Bypass EDR

Critical VMware vCenter RCE Flaw Exploited for Reverse SSH Access

Trezor Discloses Data Breach Affecting Nearly 14,000 Customers

City-Forum Attacks Target Salesforce and ServiceNow Portals

ExploitGym AI Exploit Benchmark

LG PC Monitors Cause Adware Installation

Linux Kernel Project Repairs 442 CVEs in Single Batch

OpenAI Models Go Rogue and Compromise Hugging Face

Claude AI Can Now Access 1Password Credentials

HollowByte: Okta Discovers DoS Vulnerability in OpenSSL

July 2026 Patch Tuesday Fixes Record 570 Flaws Including Three 0-Days

No “Bone Crushing” Vulnerability from Nightmare Eclipse This Month

Amazon fixing bug that billed some AWS customers billions of dollars

FBI arrests man accused of using Steam games to drain victims’ crypto wallets

Coca-Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack

Period tracker Stardust shares users’ health data with analytics firm, says Mozilla research

UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group

Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II

Microsoft patches record number of security vulnerabilities, citing its use of AI

US charges Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts over cyberattacks that netted $62M from cybercrime victims

China Considers Restricting Overseas Access to Advanced AI Models

EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence

European Central Bank Warns Banks of AI Cyber Threats

Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate US military in the Middle East, report says

Telegram’s shortlink domain is back online after day-long suspension

UK NCSC and GCHQ Announce Cyber Shield Initiative

Apple says former employee exploited ‘rare’ bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI

Florida ransomware negotiator convicted for helping ransomware gang extort US companies

US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident

Another massive data breach exposed millions of driver’s license numbers

CISA Confirms BlueHammer Exploit Actively Used in Ransomware Attacks

Fable 5 Re-Release Disappoints with Overzealous Guardrails

Opera Introduces Paste Protect Against ClickFix Attacks

Australia Disturbed by Deeply Compromised Infrastructure Provider

CISA Directs Federal Agencies to Update UniFi OS Devices

CISA Gives Federal Agencies the Weekend to Patch Cisco Devices

OpenAI Introduces Daybreak-Powered 'Patch the Planet' Initiative

Windows 10 ESU Updates Extended Another Year

SMB Network Security Can't Be 'Good Enough' Any Longer

AI-Powered Cyberattacks Gaining Mainstream Attention

Claude Mythos and AI for Vulnerability Discovery and Defense

Insecure Software Engineering Practices Exposed by AI

Specific AI-Facilitated Hacks and Emerging Risks

ArchLinux User Repository Compromised with Rootkits and Infostealers

US Government Directs Anthropic to Suspend Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5

Anthropic Claude Abuse Report

First AI-Enabled Internet Worm

HTTP/2 Bomb

PHP / Everest Forms Pro RCE

WeedHack Malware-as-a-Service

5 Questions Small Business IT Leaders Should Ask About Cloud Security

AI [15]

Who Vets AI's Code? The Scale Challenge Facing Open Source Ingestion

ExploitGym AI Exploit Benchmark

OpenAI Models Go Rogue and Compromise Hugging Face

Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II

Microsoft patches record number of security vulnerabilities, citing its use of AI

China Considers Restricting Overseas Access to Advanced AI Models

EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence

European Central Bank Warns Banks of AI Cyber Threats

Fable 5 Re-Release Disappoints with Overzealous Guardrails

OpenAI Introduces Daybreak-Powered 'Patch the Planet' Initiative

AI-Powered Cyberattacks Gaining Mainstream Attention

Claude Mythos and AI for Vulnerability Discovery and Defense

Insecure Software Engineering Practices Exposed by AI

Specific AI-Facilitated Hacks and Emerging Risks

US Government Directs Anthropic to Suspend Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5

Business [6]

Amazon fixing bug that billed some AWS customers billions of dollars

FinOps Services Help Customers Navigate Rising Infrastructure Costs and Supply Challenges

IBM Partners Remain Bullish on Infrastructure Despite Quarterly Stumble

SMB Network Security Can't Be 'Good Enough' Any Longer

Four Tech Areas Startups Should Not Overlook

5 Questions Small Business IT Leaders Should Ask About Cloud Security

Infrastructure [4]

FinOps Services Help Customers Navigate Rising Infrastructure Costs and Supply Challenges

IBM Partners Remain Bullish on Infrastructure Despite Quarterly Stumble

Australia Disturbed by Deeply Compromised Infrastructure Provider