July 2026
Microsoft demystifies how Windows updates work
Microsoft has published a guide explaining the Windows servicing model, outlining the purpose of monthly security updates, optional preview releases, hotpatch updates, and the …
A hardware security AI assistant that checks chips for hidden backdoors
Chip designers license blocks of circuitry from outside vendors and drop them into larger products. A single processor can carry components from a range of suppliers, each …
99.9% of fixable AI vulnerabilities remain unpatched
Organizations build, deploy, and operate AI in the cloud, but basic cybersecurity hygiene is often sacrificed for speed, according to Orca Security’s 2026 State of AI Security …
Enterprises are rethinking where their AI applications run
Growing demand for compute capacity, power, cooling and low-latency connectivity is prompting organizations to reassess where AI applications run, according to CoreSite. …
Debian 13.6 security update patches over a hundred advisories in trixie
Most PCs still run with a UEFI Secure Boot certificate authority, installed by default since 2013, that has now expired. That certificate signed the bootloaders letting …
Week in review: Accenture data breach, great open-source cybersecurity tools
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Securing the inbox: Where identity, brand and security meet Getting a …
Incode brings on-device processing to age estimation for privacy-focused verification
Incode has launched On-Device Age Estimation, an age verification capability that performs age estimation and liveness detection directly on the user’s device, without …
July 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Is CVE tracking still practical?
I was off by a month in my forecast of record-setting CVE releases from Microsoft. In June, we saw the deluge of over 200 reported CVEs that I expected in May. There were 116 …
Workato expands Agent Studio with Headless API, AI guardrails
Workato has announced two new capabilities for Agent Studio: Headless API and Agent Guardrails. Headless API lets Genies, Workato’s AI agents built on Agent Studio, be …
The open source library holding up your stack might have one maintainer
Every serious software product runs on code that someone else wrote and released for free. A web service leans on a cryptography library, a data pipeline pulls in a parser, …
Most data brokers won’t tell you what happened to your deletion request
Data brokers collect personal details on most adults in the United States and sell them to buyers that include employers, landlords, insurance companies, and government …
Microsoft is rewriting Windows patch guidance because of AI
Microsoft is recommending that organizations shorten Windows update deployment timelines, warning that advances in AI are reducing the time attackers need to identify and …
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