A survey of 512 cybersecurity professionals finds 76% report that over half (54%) of the security incidents that occurred in the past 12 months involved some issue relating to identity management. Conducted by Permiso Security, a provider of an identity security platform, the survey also finds 95% are either very confident (52%) or somewhat confident..

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Check Point is rolling out a new four-pillar cybersecurity strategy to give security teams an edge in the ongoing AI arms race with threat actors and is making three acquisitions that will play a critical role in getting it going.

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AI is giving online romance scammers even more ways to hide and accelerate their schemes while making it more difficult for people to detect fraud operations that are resulting in billions of dollars being stolen every year from millions of victims.

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The Nancy Guthrie case reveals data retention issues in cloud technology, as investigators recovered footage from a Google Nest camera that should have been deleted, emphasizing the need for stronger cybersecurity measures for IoT devices

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Darktrace researchers caught a sample of malware that was created by AI and LLMs to exploit the high-profiled React2Shell vulnerability, putting defenders on notice that the technology lets even lesser-skilled hackers create malicious code and build complex exploit frameworks.

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A global survey of 1,813 IT and cybersecurity professionals finds that despite the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, cybersecurity teams still spend on average 44% of their time on manual or repetitive work. Conducted by Sapio Research on behalf of Tines, a provider of an automation platform, the survey also notes that as..

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In this post we explore the data-driven shrinkage of the Time to Exploit (TTE) window from 745 days to just 44, and examine why N-day vulnerabilities have become the "turn-key" weapon of choice for modern threat actors.

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A global survey of 4,149 IT and security practitioners finds that while three-quarters (75%) expect a quantum computer will be capable of breaking traditional public key encryption within five years, only 38% at this point in time are preparing to adopt post-quantum cryptography. Conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of Entrust, a provider of..

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Versa has enhanced its SASE platform by integrating text analysis and optical character recognition (OCR) capabilities to better identify sensitive data and improve cybersecurity. The updates aim to provide deeper insights for teams dealing with AI-related data risks, reduce false positives, and enable effective incident response through AI-driven alert correlation.

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Cloud security titan Zscaler Inc. has acquired SquareX, a pioneer in browser-based threat protection, in an apparent move to step away from traditional, clunky security hardware and toward a seamless, browser-native defense. The acquisition, which did not include financial terms, integrates SquareX’s browser detection and response technology into Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange platform. Unlike traditional..

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The cybersecurity landscape is undergoing a fundamental shift as chief information security officers (CISOs) shift their 2026 budgets to artificial intelligence (AI) and realign traditional defense strategies. Nearly 80% of senior security executives are prioritizing AI-driven solutions to counter increasingly sophisticated threats, a new report from Glilot Capital Partners reveals. The survey, which polled leaders..

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LayerX researchers say that a security in Anthropic's Claude Desktop Extensions can be exploited to allow threat actors to place a RCE vulnerability into Google Calendar, the latest report to highlight the risks that come with giving AI models with full system privileges unfettered access to sensitive data.

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Threat actors using LLMs needed only eight minutes to move from initial access to full admin privileges in an attack on a company's AWS cloud environment in the latest example of cybercriminals expanding their use of AI in their operations, Sysdig researchers said.

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Microsoft has released LiteBox, an experimental open-source library OS designed to sandbox applications while reducing their exposure to host systems. Written in Rust and published under the MIT license, LiteBox reflects the company’s efforts to upgrade software security as confidential computing gains adoption. LiteBox takes a different path from traditional virtualization or container technologies. Rather..

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Alan discovers how the Super Bowl acts as a live-fire exercise in cybersecurity, requiring seamless coordination to manage massive attack surfaces and ensure integrity and trust in real time.

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Unit 42 researchers say an Asian threat group behind what they call the Shadow Campaigns has targeted government agencies in 37 countries in a wide-ranging global cyberespionage campaign that has involved phishing attacks and the exploitation of a more than a dozen known vulnerabilities.

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Orchid Security today added an ability to conduct audits to its platform that enables cybersecurity teams to track behaviors of specific identities. Company CEO Roy Katmor said Identity Audit is designed to make it possible to unify proprietary audit data captured from unmanaged applications with audit logs data collected from third-party identity and access management..

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As the enterprise world shifts from chatbots to autonomous systems, Operant AI on Thursday launched Agent Protector, a real-time security solution designed to govern and shield artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The launch comes at a critical inflection point for corporate technology. Gartner predicts that by the end of 2026, 40% of enterprise applications will feature..

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It is the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that users love and security experts fear. OpenClaw, the agentic AI platform created by Peter Steinberger, is tearing through the tech world, promising a level of automation that legacy chatbots like ChatGPT can’t match. But as cloud giants rush to host it, industry analysts are issuing a blunt..

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The chatbot era has ended. For two years, we’ve interacted with digital assistants that summarize emails and suggest recipes, but the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) now draws a definitive line between machines that talk and machines that act. Their newly released Request for Information (RFI) signals a fundamental paradigm shift in how..

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A massive “invisible workforce” of autonomous digital workers has arrived in the corporate world, but new research suggests it may be operating largely out of control. Large enterprises across the U.S. and UK have already deployed 3 million AI agents, according to a study released by Gravitee, an open-source leader in API and agentic management...

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French authorities raided the Paris office of X and summonsed Elon Musk to France for question regarding nonconsensual and sexually suggestive deepfakes generated by xAI's chatbot and posted to X as the global firestorm surrounding them escalates.

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The influence of Chinese money laundering networks has skyrocketed since 2020, with the operations now moving almost 20% of all illicit cryptocurrency being laundered last year, according to Chainalysis researchers. In 2025, they processed more than $16 billion, or about $44 million a day.

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Several threat clusters are using vishing in extortion campaigns that include tactics that are consistent with those used by high-profile threat group ShinyHunters. They are stealing SSO and MFA credentials to access companies' environments and steal data from cloud applications, according to Mandiant researchers.

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Explore StrongestLayer's threat intelligence report highlighting the rise of email security threats exploiting trusted platforms like DocuSign and Google Calendar. Learn how organizations can adapt to defend against these evolving cyber risks.

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IoT penetration testing is a security assessment of the complete IoT ecosystem, from backend systems and cloud services to mobile devices and hardware. It involves a multi-stage simulated attack on IoT devices and their supporting system to identify security risks before attackers can exploit them. Unpatched firmware is responsible for 60% of IoT security breaches, […]

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ReversingLabs this week published a report that finds there was a 73% increase in the number of malicious open source packages discovered in 2025 compared with the previous year. More than 10,000 malicious open source packages were discovered, most of which involved node package managers (npms) that cybercriminals were using to compromise software supply chains...

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MIND extends its data loss prevention platform to secure agentic AI, enabling organizations to discover, monitor, and govern AI agents in real time to prevent sensitive data exposure, shadow AI risks, and prompt injection attacks.

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Radware this week revealed it has acquired Pynt, a provider of a set of tools for testing the security of application programming interfaces (APIs). Uri Dorot, a senior product marketing manager for Radware, said that capability will continue to be made available as a standalone tool in addition to being more tightly integrated into the..

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A survey of 506 cybersecurity leaders and practitioners working for organizations with more than 500 employees, published today, finds that while 80% report security and DevOps teams are using shared observability tools, less than half (45%) say the two teams are very aligned on tooling and workflows compared to 43% that said these teams are..

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The DOJ indicted 31 people accused of participating in an ATM jackpotting scheme in which the venerable Ploutus malware was used to help steal more than $5 million from machines around the United States. In total, 87 people have been charged, with many connected to the Tren de Aragua Venezuelan crime syndicate.

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Read Alan's sharp critique of federal cyber agencies withdrawing from RSAC over leadership politics—and why sidelining collaboration hurts the entire cybersecurity community.

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Security researchers from LayerX discovered 16 malicious Chrome extensions created by the same threat actor designed to intercept users' interaction with ChatGPT chatbots and steal their account credentials, the latest instance in a growing trend.

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Keyfactor has partnered with IBM Consulting to enable organizations to accelerate adoption of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) before existing legacy encryption schemes might be cracked later this decade. Under the terms of the non-exclusive alliance, the cryptographic discovery, public key infrastructure (PKI), digital signage and certificate lifecycle automation tools and platforms provided by Keyfactor will be..

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Teleport unveils an agentic identity framework that secures AI agents without passwords, replacing static credentials with cryptographic, zero-trust identities to reduce breach risk.

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F5 AI Guardrails and F5 AI Red Team extend platform capabilities with continuous testing, adaptive governance and real-time protection.

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