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Estée Lauder
Estée Lauder discloses data breach tied to Oracle EBS vulnerability

Cosmetics company Estée Lauder disclosed a data breach tied to a vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) used for the company’s human resources operations. Estée …

open source
Open-source maintainers still work underfunded as sponsorship crosses $100 million

A maintainer patches a library late at night that ships inside thousands of products, and no invoice follows. Sebastián Ramírez and Caleb Porzio spent years in that position. …

Benjamin Bachmann
The air gap is a myth and other OT security truths

Benjamin Bachmann, Director Group Information Security at Bilfinger, speaks with Help Net Security about defending industrial plants. He explains why attackers want to control …

SSD
Nobody was checking the drives that encrypt your laptop

A drive ships with a label promising hardware encryption. You plug it in, set a password, and trust the chip inside to handle the rest. Millions of laptops and workstations …

PR3TACK
PR3TACK preemptive framework maps threats before attackers use them

Defensive frameworks in cybersecurity record what attackers have already done. Analysts study a breach, document the method, and build detections around confirmed activity. …

AI
AI agents are still logging in as humans

Most large companies run more than one AI platform at the same time. Developers pull up coding assistants, marketing teams lean on writing tools, and analysts query enterprise …

cybersecurity jobs
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: July 21, 2026

Application Security Analyst Stellantis | USA | On-site – View job details As an Application Security Analyst, you will perform application security testing using SAST, …

Gnome
AI-generated reports push GNOME to shorten its disclosure window

Volunteer maintainers of open source projects now receive a steady flow of security vulnerability reports produced with AI tools. Many arrive with no mention that a language …

trojan
The Odyssey piracy scams surface hours after its theatrical debut

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey had barely reached theaters before scammers began targeting people searching for pirated copies, according to Malwarebytes. Within hours …

hand
HOLLOWGRAPH malware turns Microsoft 365 calendars into an espionage channel

Microsoft 365 calendars have become a hiding place for espionage malware, with commands and stolen files stashed inside appointments dated to the year 2050, researchers from …

data breach
Paidwork breach exposes sensitive data of 23 million users

Data belonging to more than 23 million users has been exposed following a breach at Paidwork, a platform that pays people for completing online microtasks. Paidwork markets …

servicenow
ServiceNow pre-auth RCE exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-6875)

Attackers have begun exploiting CVE-2026-6875, a critical pre-authentication vulnerability in the ServiceNow AI Platform, according to threat intelligence firm Defused. About …

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