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security operations
Cutting the cost of SIEM rule conversion

You inherit two thousand detection rules from an acquisition. They are written for a platform your company does not use. Your senior detection engineer estimates six months to …

AWS Rex
AWS open sources Trusted Remote Execution to control what AI agents touch

Production scripts that read a log file generally hold the same permissions as scripts that delete one. The execution context decides what gets touched, and that gap widens …

smartphone
Phishing can masquerade as emergency alerts for disasters, researchers warn

Emergency alerts for disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis are messages we hope we never see, and we trust them when they arrive. Researchers have shown that this trust can …

identity
Meta’s AI will scan height and bone structure to detect under-13 users

Meta is deploying AI that scans photos and videos for physical cues to assess whether a user is under 13 on Instagram and Facebook. Teen Account on Instagram (Source: Meta) …

Ollama
Unpatched flaws turn Ollama’s auto-updater into a persistent RCE vector, researchers say

Researchers at Striga have disclosed two vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-42248, CVE-2026-42249) in Ollama’s Windows auto-updater that, when chained together, may allow an …

software bug
Google to pay up to $1.5 million for zero-click Pixel Titan M exploits

Google has revised its Android and Chrome Vulnerability Reward Programs (VRPs), which pay security researchers to report vulnerabilities in Android, Google hardware, and the …

CIS AWS AI workloads
Download: Secure Foundations for AI Workloads on AWS

Center for Internet Security helps organizations deploy AI and high-performance compute environments from a trusted, hardened operating system baseline. CIS Hardened Images …

sentence
Conti ransomware gang member sentenced to 102 months in prison

A Latvian national who was part of a major Russian ransomware organization that stole from and extorted more than 54 companies has been sentenced to 102 months in prison. …

Oracle
Oracle rolls out monthly security patch updates

Oracle is changing how its security fixes are delivered: starting in May 2026, there will be a monthly Critical Security Patch Update. “Each [monthly] CSPU is smaller …

phishing
Microsoft: Phishing campaign used fake compliance notices to compromise employee accounts

Phishers have been using fake workplace compliance notices to try to trick Microsoft account owners into signing in via a fake sign-in page, says the company’s Defender …

alert
North Korean hackers trojanize gaming platform to spy on ethnic Koreans in China

A gaming platform built for ethnic Koreans in China has been serving backdoored Windows and Android software to its users since late 2024. The platform, sqgame[.]net, hosts …

Meta
Meta adds proof-based security to encrypted backups

Meta has updated its infrastructure for protecting password-based and end-to-end encrypted backups, introducing over-the-air fleet key distribution for Messenger and a …

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