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 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 …
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 …
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 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 …
Can your coding style predict whether your code is vulnerable?
Developers leave fingerprints in the code they write. Naming choices, indentation patterns, preferred APIs, and the way someone structures a loop or handles a pointer all …
One in four MCP servers opens AI agent security to code execution risk
Enterprise deployments of AI agents lean on two extension mechanisms that introduce risk at different layers of the stack. MCP servers expose deterministic code functions with …
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Critical MOVEit Automation auth bypass vulnerability fixed (CVE-2026-4670)
Progress Software has fixed a critical authentication bypass (CVE-2026-4670) and a privilege escalation (CVE-2026-5174) vulnerability in MOVEit Automation, exploitation of …
DigiCert breached via malicious screensaver file
A targeted social engineering attack against DigiCert’s support channel led to the compromise of internal systems and the unauthorized issuance of EV Code Signing …
Multiple threat actors actively exploit cPanel vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940)
The situation around the critical cPanel authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) has deteriorated significantly since our initial coverage. Exploratory probing …
Two cybersecurity pros get prison time for helping ransomware gang
Two American cybersecurity professionals were sentenced to four years in prison for facilitating BlackCat ransomware attacks in 2023. They pleaded guilty in December 2025 to …
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