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Google Workspace
Google adds FIDO2 keys and phone passkeys to Windows login via GCPW

Google has started rolling out FIDO2-compliant physical security key support as a second factor for authentication in Google Credential Provider for Windows (GCPW) to all …

Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID authentication overhaul to start in September 2026

Microsoft will begin rolling out passkeys as the default authentication experience for Microsoft Entra ID in the public cloud on September 1, 2026. Organizations with SMS or …

smart home
Fake smart home residents could stand in for real ones in security research

Smart home security research runs on a scarce ingredient: recordings of how real people use the gadgets in their homes. Getting that data means wiring up someone’s house …

chat
Chatto: Open-source team messenger with privacy at its core

Teams that want their group chats off commercial platforms have a growing menu of self-hosted options. Chatto joined that group when its developer released the code under an …

cybersecurity jobs
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: July 14, 2026

Cyber Network Engineer Fiserv | USA | On-site – View job details As a Cyber Network Engineer, you will lead the design, governance, and security review of enterprise …

Claude
Claude Code users keep 50% higher limits until July 19

Anthropic has extended a limited-time promotion that increases weekly usage limits in Claude Code by 50% through July 19, 2026, at 11:59 PM PT. When the promotion ends, weekly …

Microsoft
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 …

door
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 …

database
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
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 …

Microsoft Intune security update status
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 …

authentication
Only 28% of financial workforce MFA is phishing-resistant

Passwords remain part of many workforce authentication flows in financial organizations, making phishing and credential theft major identity security risks, according to a new …

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