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Silicon Valley

The Dumbest Hack of the Year Exposed a Very Real Problem

fromNextgov.com

Remote teams

OPM seeks cybersecurity talent to join Tech Force

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Cryptocurrency

Treasury Launches Cybersecurity Initiative Expanding Threat Intelligence Access for Digital Asset Firms

21 hours ago

CISA Adds 6 Known Exploited Flaws in Fortinet, Microsoft, and Adobe Software

CISA added six security flaws to its KEV catalog due to evidence of active exploitation.

First they went after medtech, then Kash Patel. Iranian hackers' next target is likely 'low-hanging fruit' in water, energy, and tourism, experts say | Fortune

Iran-linked hackers are targeting high-profile figures and critical infrastructure in the U.S. and Israel to sow disruption.

How AI could drive cyber investigation tools from niche to core stack

The rise of AI presents new cybersecurity risks, necessitating a shift from traditional defensive strategies to proactive measures against sophisticated threats.

Silicon Valley

fromWIRED

The Dumbest Hack of the Year Exposed a Very Real Problem

A cyberattack in Silicon Valley exploited weak passwords to spoof crosswalk button recordings with voices of tech CEOs, raising security concerns.

fromNextgov.com

Remote teams

OPM seeks cybersecurity talent to join Tech Force

Cryptocurrency

fromnews.bitcoin.com

Treasury Launches Cybersecurity Initiative Expanding Threat Intelligence Access for Digital Asset Firms

U.S. Treasury expands cybersecurity coordination with digital asset firms to enhance protections and integrate with traditional finance.

21 hours ago

CISA Adds 6 Known Exploited Flaws in Fortinet, Microsoft, and Adobe Software

CISA added six security flaws to its KEV catalog due to evidence of active exploitation.

First they went after medtech, then Kash Patel. Iranian hackers' next target is likely 'low-hanging fruit' in water, energy, and tourism, experts say | Fortune

Iran-linked hackers are targeting high-profile figures and critical infrastructure in the U.S. and Israel to sow disruption.

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Social media marketing

fromAxios

9 hours ago

The first AI-era war is a "slopaganda" battle to control memes

AI-generated content is rapidly spreading propaganda, making it easier for influencers to adopt conspiracy theories.

From Growth Stock to Blue Chip: Is CrowdStrike Ready for the Dow?

CrowdStrike is being considered for inclusion in the Dow Jones Industrial Average due to its strong financial profile and lack of cybersecurity representation.

Business

from24/7 Wall St.

CrowdStrike (CRWD) Falls, But Here's Why Wall Street Sees 15% Upside

CrowdStrike's stock is undervalued despite strong fiscal performance and positive analyst sentiment.

Business

from24/7 Wall St.

15 hours ago

From Growth Stock to Blue Chip: Is CrowdStrike Ready for the Dow?

CrowdStrike is being considered for inclusion in the Dow Jones Industrial Average due to its strong financial profile and lack of cybersecurity representation.

Business

from24/7 Wall St.

CrowdStrike (CRWD) Falls, But Here's Why Wall Street Sees 15% Upside

CrowdStrike's stock is undervalued despite strong fiscal performance and positive analyst sentiment.

Quantum Agile By Codewave Becomes India's first framework for software teams working with AI agents.

Quantum Agile™ is India's first framework for software teams utilizing AI agents, positioning the country as a leader in next-gen software development methodologies.

fromArs Technica

Your tech support company runs scams. Stop-or disguise with more fraud?

Tech Live Connect processed fraudulent charges using real customer data, including names and addresses, to make the charges appear legitimate and maintain a low chargeback ratio.

Privacy professionals

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Artificial intelligence

These niche AI startups are trying to protect the Pentagon's secrets | Fortune

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US news

How AI is getting better at finding security holes

fromIntelligencer

Is the AI Cybersecurity Apocalypse Already Here?

AI models are enhancing both software development and hacking capabilities, leading to a race for improved coding tools and security measures.

Information security

Runtime security becomes critical as AI accelerates threats

These niche AI startups are trying to protect the Pentagon's secrets | Fortune

AI companies face challenges in balancing technology use with government secrecy, highlighted by Anthropic's conflict with the Pentagon.

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US news

How AI is getting better at finding security holes

fromIntelligencer

Is the AI Cybersecurity Apocalypse Already Here?

AI models are enhancing both software development and hacking capabilities, leading to a race for improved coding tools and security measures.

Runtime security becomes critical as AI accelerates threats

Artificial intelligence accelerates innovation and cyber threats, necessitating a focus on runtime security for effective enterprise protection.

Tiger Teams, Evals and Agents: The New AI Engineering Playbook

Sam Bhagwat is a co-founder and CEO of Mastra, an open source JavaScript/Typescript framework for building AI agents.

Apple

Security reserchers tricked Apple Intelligence into cursing

Apple Intelligence can be hijacked through prompt injection, exposing millions of users to risk, but a fix was implemented in iOS 26.4 and macOS 26.4.

Microsoft Patches Exploited SharePoint Zero-Day and 160 Other Vulnerabilities

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates address 165 vulnerabilities, including a critical SharePoint zero-day exploit tracked as CVE-2026-32201.

fromZero Day Initiative

9 hours ago

Zero Day Initiative - The April 2026 Security Update Review

Several critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft products require attention, particularly those related to Office, RDP, Active Directory, and .NET Framework.

8 hours ago

Microsoft Patches Exploited SharePoint Zero-Day and 160 Other Vulnerabilities

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates address 165 vulnerabilities, including a critical SharePoint zero-day exploit tracked as CVE-2026-32201.

fromZero Day Initiative

9 hours ago

Zero Day Initiative - The April 2026 Security Update Review

Several critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft products require attention, particularly those related to Office, RDP, Active Directory, and .NET Framework.

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The Hidden ROI of Visibility: Better Decisions, Better Behavior, Better Security

Visibility through security measures can deter undesirable behavior and enhance safety in challenging situations.

World politics

2 weeks ago

We Are At War

Rising geopolitical tensions are increasingly intertwined with cyber operations and the politicization of technology.

18 hours ago

Organizations Warned of Exploited Windows, Adobe Acrobat Vulnerabilities

CISA expanded its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with seven new vulnerabilities, including critical Windows and Adobe flaws.

fromTechCrunch

Hack-for-hire group caught targeting Android devices and iCloud backups | TechCrunch

A hack-for-hire group is targeting journalists and officials in the Middle East and North Africa using phishing and spyware tactics.

Kraken insider extortion reveals remote work security blind spot

Kraken experienced an insider security breach affecting 2,000 client accounts, highlighting vulnerabilities in remote-first working models.

fromBitcoin Magazine

Crypto Exchange Kraken Faces Extortion Attempt After Insider Access Incidents Involving Support Staff

Kraken experienced two insider-related security incidents but confirmed no systems were breached and no client funds were at risk.

fromFinbold

14 hours ago

Kraken insider extortion reveals remote work security blind spot

Kraken experienced an insider security breach affecting 2,000 client accounts, highlighting vulnerabilities in remote-first working models.

fromBitcoin Magazine

Crypto Exchange Kraken Faces Extortion Attempt After Insider Access Incidents Involving Support Staff

Kraken experienced two insider-related security incidents but confirmed no systems were breached and no client funds were at risk.

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fromWIRED

Men Are Buying Hacking Tools to Use Against Their Wives and Friends

Telegram groups facilitate the sale of hacking and surveillance services, promoting abusive content targeting women and girls.

6 hours ago

Commvault has a Ctrl+Z for rogue AI agents

Commvault's AI Protect monitors AI agents in cloud environments and can roll back actions to enhance AI resilience.

Attackers are targeting developers via Slack and Google Sites

A targeted phishing campaign exploits trust in the open-source community, tricking developers into providing credentials and installing malicious software.

Hackers Use Fake Resumes to Steal Enterprise Credentials and Deploy Crypto Miner

A phishing campaign targets French-speaking corporations with fake resumes, deploying malware for credential theft and cryptocurrency mining.

17 hours ago

Attackers are targeting developers via Slack and Google Sites

A targeted phishing campaign exploits trust in the open-source community, tricking developers into providing credentials and installing malicious software.

Hackers Use Fake Resumes to Steal Enterprise Credentials and Deploy Crypto Miner

A phishing campaign targets French-speaking corporations with fake resumes, deploying malware for credential theft and cryptocurrency mining.

Analysis of 216M Security Findings Shows a 4x Increase In Critical Risk (2026 Report)

Critical risk findings surged by nearly 400% amid a 52% increase in raw alert volume, driven by AI-assisted development.

16 hours ago

Triad Nexus Evades Sanctions to Fuel Cybercrime

Triad Nexus has reinstated its global fraud engine, shifting its focus toward emerging markets while maintaining a persistent threat to Western enterprise assets.

Information security

0APT ransomware gang extorts Krybit amid doxxing threat

0APT threatens to expose Krybit members, highlighting the bizarre rivalry between ransomware gangs.

Ransomware Response: How Businesses Regain Control Under Pressure

Ransomware attacks create urgent pressure, forcing quick decisions and impacting operations, legal obligations, and overall enterprise strategy.

14 hours ago

0APT ransomware gang extorts Krybit amid doxxing threat

0APT threatens to expose Krybit members, highlighting the bizarre rivalry between ransomware gangs.

Ransomware Response: How Businesses Regain Control Under Pressure

Ransomware attacks create urgent pressure, forcing quick decisions and impacting operations, legal obligations, and overall enterprise strategy.

Hack at Anodot leaves over a dozen breached companies facing extortion | TechCrunch

Hackers stole data from multiple companies after breaching Anodot, exposing customers to extortion and potential data publication.

Ransomware scum, other crims exploit 4 old Microsoft bugs

Four Microsoft vulnerabilities are actively exploited, including one from 2012, prompting CISA to urge federal agencies to patch them within two weeks.

OpenAI Impacted by North Korea-Linked Axios Supply Chain Hack

OpenAI was affected by a supply chain attack involving malicious Axios packages attributed to North Korean hackers.

OpenAI Revokes macOS App Certificate After Malicious Axios Supply Chain Incident

OpenAI's macOS apps were affected by a supply chain attack, but no user data or internal systems were compromised.

OpenAI Impacted by North Korea-Linked Axios Supply Chain Hack

OpenAI was affected by a supply chain attack involving malicious Axios packages attributed to North Korean hackers.

OpenAI Revokes macOS App Certificate After Malicious Axios Supply Chain Incident

OpenAI's macOS apps were affected by a supply chain attack, but no user data or internal systems were compromised.

Fake Claude Website Distributes PlugX RAT

A fake Anthropic Claude website distributed a remote access trojan disguised as a legitimate application download.

Sophisticated CrystalX RAT Emerges

CrystalX RAT is a new malware-as-a-service combining spyware, stealer, and remote access capabilities, promoted on Telegram and YouTube.

Fake Claude Website Distributes PlugX RAT

A fake Anthropic Claude website distributed a remote access trojan disguised as a legitimate application download.

Sophisticated CrystalX RAT Emerges

CrystalX RAT is a new malware-as-a-service combining spyware, stealer, and remote access capabilities, promoted on Telegram and YouTube.

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fromFuturism

AI Tools Are Supercharging Hackers

AI systems are increasingly weaponized for cybercrime, enabling hackers to exploit vulnerabilities at scale with minimal technical expertise, as demonstrated by recent attacks on Mexican government networks and global firewall systems.

North Korea's APT37 Uses Facebook Social Engineering to Deliver RokRAT Malware

APT37 employs social engineering on Facebook to deliver RokRAT via a compromised PDF viewer.

Two different attackers poisoned popular open source tools

Two major supply chain attacks in March compromised open source tools, stealing data from numerous organizations.

MITRE Releases Fight Fraud Framework

"These incidents involve the intentional use of deceptive or illegal practices to fraudulently obtain money, assets, or information from individuals or institutions, and include actions carried out over cyber channels."

Information security

fromNextgov.com

Data is a strategic asset and a strategic vulnerability

Data is a primary strategic asset in national security, transforming into both a powerful tool and a critical vulnerability.

Critical Marimo Flaw Exploited Hours After Public Disclosure

A critical vulnerability in Marimo was exploited within hours of its public disclosure, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution.

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Hybrid P2P Botnet, 13-Year-Old Apache RCE and 18 More Stories

A new variant of the Phorpiex botnet combines traditional and peer-to-peer communication, facilitating sophisticated malware operations and high-volume spam.

Orthanc DICOM Vulnerabilities Lead to Crashes, RCE

Nine vulnerabilities in the Orthanc DICOM server allow attackers to crash servers, leak data, and execute arbitrary code remotely.

fromTechRepublic

Why Operationalizing AI Security Is the Next Great Enterprise Hurdle

Security operations lag behind rapid tech advancements, leading to inefficiencies and risks in managing numerous security tools.

fromDevOps.com

Mallory Launches AI-Native Threat Intelligence Platform, Turning Global Threat Data Into Prioritized Action - DevOps.com

Mallory provides an AI-native threat intelligence platform that delivers actionable insights for enterprise security teams, focusing on real threats and vulnerabilities.

Is 46% of your AI-generated code vulnerable?

46% of AI-generated code contains security vulnerabilities, necessitating integrated governance throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

The New Rules of Engagement: Matching Agentic Attack Speed

AI-enabled cyberattacks are currently occurring, with significant impacts on organizations and a widening gap between attackers and defenders.

New Chaos Variant Targets Misconfigured Cloud Deployments, Adds SOCKS Proxy

Chaos malware targets misconfigured cloud deployments, expanding its reach beyond routers and edge devices.

Shrinking the IAM Attack Surface through Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platforms (IVIP)

Enterprise IAM faces fragmentation, leading to Identity Dark Matter and a significant gap in visibility and security oversight.

The Hidden Cost of Recurring Credential Incidents

Credential incidents cause significant operational costs and disruptions, impacting IT teams and overall business productivity beyond just breach prevention.

fromTechRepublic

10 ChatGPT AI Prompts L1 SOC Analysts Can Use in Their Daily Work

Generative AI tools like ChatGPT can assist SOC analysts in managing alerts and improving workflow efficiency.

N. Korean Hackers Spread 1,700 Malicious Packages Across npm, PyPI, Go, Rust

Contagious Interview campaign targets Go, Rust, and PHP ecosystems with malicious packages that function as malware loaders.

Multi-OS Cyberattacks: How SOCs Close a Critical Risk in 3 Steps

Multi-OS attacks complicate SOC operations, leading to delays, fragmented evidence, and increased escalation volume, ultimately allowing attackers more time to operate.

2 weeks ago

The Next Cybersecurity Crisis Isn't Breaches-It's Data You Can't Trust

Data integrity now encompasses data trust, emphasizing the importance of reliable data in AI-driven decision-making.

We Found Eight Attack Vectors Inside AWS Bedrock. Here's What Attackers Can Do with Them

AWS Bedrock's connectivity makes it powerful but also exposes it to multiple attack vectors that can compromise enterprise data.

Critical Quest KACE Vulnerability Potentially Exploited in Attacks

CVE-2025-32975 allows unauthenticated access to Quest KACE SMA, leading to potential administrative takeover; organizations must patch immediately.

Product Walkthrough: How Mesh CSMA Reveals and Breaks Attack Paths to Crown Jewels

Security teams struggle to connect isolated tool data into coherent attack paths; CSMA platforms unify security tools to discover and prioritize viable threats to critical assets.

4 weeks ago

Why Security Validation Is Becoming Agentic

Security validation tools operate in silos while attackers exploit interconnected systems, creating a structural blind spot that Agentic Exposure Validation can address through continuous, autonomous, context-aware assessment.

Attackers Don't Just Send Phishing Emails. They Weaponize Your SOC's Workload

Attackers deliberately overwhelm SOC analysts with high-volume phishing campaigns to delay investigations and create windows for successful breaches, making analyst capacity a critical vulnerability.

The Zero-Day Scramble is Avoidable: A Guide to Attack Surface Reduction

Teams must reduce unnecessary internet-facing exposure to minimize vulnerability exploitation risk, as time-to-exploit windows are shrinking to hours or minutes.

Manage attack infrastructure? AI agents can now help

AI agents enable cybercriminals and nation-state hackers to automate reconnaissance, infrastructure management, and attack planning, significantly increasing the speed and scale of cyberattacks.

The Great Security Culture Shift: Building a Proactive Defense in an Era of Advanced Threats and Social Engineering

Hackers exploit DLL side-loading on trusted platforms like LinkedIn to deliver malware through seemingly legitimate file attachments, bypassing traditional security defenses and compromising entire corporate networks.

Would You Trust an AI Pentester to Work Solo?

AI-powered pentesting excels at speed and pattern recognition but requires human guidance to validate contextual vulnerabilities and novel attack paths that matter most to organizations.

2 months ago

Vulnerability exploits now dominate intrusions

Exploit of disclosed vulnerabilities now causes most intrusions, with attackers weaponizing new flaws within hours while many organizations patch slowly.

2 months ago

Cyber Insights 2026: Offensive Security; Where It is and Where Its Going

Red teaming and offensive security must accelerate and expand to proactively find and harden system weaknesses against increasingly frequent, sophisticated, and damaging attacks.