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…
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The era of the Digital Parasite: Why stealth has replaced ransomware
For years, ransomware encryption functioned as the industry’s alarm bell. When systems locked up, defenders knew an attack had occurred. Not anymore. New empirical data…
Scammers exploit trust in Atlassian Jira to target organizations
Threat actors have leveraged legitimate email notification feature of Atlassian Jira to deliver localized scam emails at scale. The emails From late December 2025 through…
Notepad++ secures update channel in wake of supply chain compromise
Notepad++, the popular text and source code editor for Windows whose update mechanism was hijacked last year, has been updated to prevent similar attacks in…
One stolen credential is all it takes to compromise everything
Attackers often gain access through routine workflows like email logins, browser sessions, and SaaS integrations. A single stolen credential can give them a quick path…
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…
Microsoft Defender update lets SOC teams manage, vet response tools
Microsoft introduced library management in Microsoft Defender to help security analysts working with live response manage scripts and tools they use to triage, investigate and…
AWS coding agents gain new plugin support across development tools
AI coding assistants have become a routine part of many development workflows, helping engineers write, test, and deploy code from IDEs or command line interfaces.…
The defense industrial base is a prime target for cyber disruption
Cyber threats against the defense industrial base (DIB) are intensifying, with adversaries shifting from traditional espionage toward operations designed to disrupt production capacity and compromise…
Everyone uses open source, but patching still moves too slowly
Enterprise security teams rely on open source across infrastructure, development pipelines, and production applications, even when they do not track it as a separate category…
SecureClaw: Dual stack open-source security plugin and skill for OpenClaw
AI agent frameworks are being used to automate work that involves tools, files, and external services. That type of automation creates security questions around what…
Design weaknesses in major password managers enable vault attacks, researchers say
Can cloud-based password managers that claim “zero-knowledge encryption” keep users’ passwords safe even if their encrypted-vault servers are compromised? Researchers at ETH Zurich and Università…