The security in smartphones is helping send them to landfills
Billions of working smartphones reach the end of their service lives each year and move into drawers, recycling streams, and waste piles. The WEEE Forum…
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Filigran launches XTM One to automate CTEM with AI agents
Filigran has announced XTM One, an AI-native agentic layer that automates Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) workflows across the Filigran XTM Platform. XTM One introduces…
Elastic brings AI-driven incident investigation to Kubernetes and observability tools
Elastic has introduced an agentic Kubernetes investigation workflow and MCP-based observability skills that diagnose incidents the moment an alert fires. By the time an SRE…
French government messaging platform breached through account hijacking
French authorities are investigating a compromise of Tchap, the government’s secure messaging platform, after hackers hijacked a user account and gained access to public chat…
LiteLLM vulnerability under active attack, CISA warns (CVE-2026-42271)
A command injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-42271) in BerryAI’s LiteLLM open-source AI gateway is being exploited by attackers, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) confirmed…
The architecture of subtraction: Why it’s time to erase the roads, not just map the traffic
The advent of AI-assisted vulnerability discovery and autonomous exploit development has brought about a new age in cybersecurity—one in which we can no longer rely…
Hackers used Meta’s AI support system to hijack over 20,000 Instagram accounts
Meta has revealed that attackers hijacked 20,225 Instagram accounts by exploiting a flaw in the company’s AI-assisted account recovery system. According to the company, a…
Meta claims NSO Group still targets WhatsApp users despite court order
Meta claims it disrupted spear-phishing attempts linked to NSO Group and is asking a US federal court to hold the spyware vendor in contempt for…
Microsoft changes how Defender for Endpoint EDR updates are delivered on Windows
Microsoft will distribute Defender for Endpoint EDR updates through Microsoft Update, enabling EDR security improvements to be released independently of monthly Windows operating system updates.…
Qilin ransomware affiliate exploited Check Point VPN zero-day (CVE-2026-50751)
A Qilin ransomware affiliate is believed to be exploiting CVE-2026-50751, an authentication bypass vulnerability in Check Point VPN Remote Access and Mobile Access, the company…
DockSec: Open-source AI-powered Docker security scanner
DockSec is an OWASP Incubator Project that combines three container security scanners with a language-model layer for explanation and remediation. Created by Advait Patel, the…
Most pros have seen AI hallucinations in IT operations
Autonomous AI is taking action inside enterprise IT environments. Software is restarting services, isolating risky devices, and applying patches without waiting for a human to…