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Attackers keep finding the same gaps in security programs

Attackers keep getting in, often through the same predictable weak spots: identity systems, third-party access, and poorly secured perimeter devices. A new threat report from …

Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge 145 lands with major enterprise security upgrades

Microsoft has begun rolling out Edge 145 to the Stable release channel, adding several enterprise-focused security enhancements. The update is being deployed in phases, with …

Claude
Claude Sonnet 4.6 launches with improved coding and expanded developer tools

Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.6, marking its second major AI launch in less than two weeks. Scores prior to Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Source: Anthropic) According to Anthropic, …

Grok
Pressure builds on Grok AI, Ireland launches investigation

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) opened an investigation into X over concerns that its Grok AI chatbot was used to generate sexualized deepfakes. The investigation …

arrest
Phobos ransomware affiliate arrested in Poland

Officers from Poland’s Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC) detained a 47-year-old man suspected of creating, acquiring, and sharing computer programs used to …

Microsoft Security Dashboard for AI
Microsoft equips CISOs and AI risk leaders with a new security tool

Microsoft released Security Dashboard for AI in public preview for enterprise environments. The dashboard aggregates posture and real-time risk signals from Microsoft …

chatbot
UK sets course for stricter AI chatbot regulation

The UK government has announced immediate action to force AI chatbot providers to comply with laws requiring online platforms to protect children from illegal and harmful …

Android 17
Android 17 beta brings privacy, security, and performance changes

Google has released the first beta of Android 17, giving developers an early view of changes to core app behavior, platform tooling, performance, media handling, and …

GitHub
In GitHub’s advisory pipeline, some advisories move faster than others

GitHub Security Advisories are used to distribute vulnerability information in open-source projects and security tools. A new study finds that only a portion of those …

bitcoin
Bitcoin trading firm CEO gets 20 years for operating $200 million Ponzi scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice sentenced the CEO of a multi-level marketing and bitcoin trading firm to 20 years in prison after a conviction for wire fraud and money …

JokerOTP
Police arrests distributor of JokerOTP password-stealing bot

The Dutch National Police arrested a 21-year-old man from Dordrecht as part of a cybercrime investigation by Team Cybercrime Oost-Brabant. The suspect is believed to have …

1Password
1Password open sources a benchmark to stop AI agents from leaking credentials

Research has shown that some AI models can identify phishing websites with near-perfect accuracy when asked. When those same models are used as autonomous agents with access …

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