2026: The Year of AI-Assisted Attacks
On December 4, 2025, a 17-year-old was arrested in Osaka under Japan’s Unauthorized Access Prohibition Act. The young man had run malicious code to extract…
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Global Crackdown Arrests 276, Shuts 9 Crypto Scam Centers, Seizes $701M
A coordinated international operation involving U.S. and Chinese authorities has arrested at least 276 suspects and shut down nine scam centers used for cryptocurrency investment…
Microsoft Confirms Active Exploitation of Windows Shell CVE-2026-32202
Ravie LakshmananApr 28, 2026Vulnerability / Threat Intelligence Microsoft on Monday revised its advisory for a now-patched, high-severity security flaw impacting Windows Shell to acknowledge that…
Microsoft Patches Entra ID Role Flaw That Enabled Service Principal Takeover
Ravie LakshmananApr 28, 2026Vulnerability / Identity Management An administrative role meant for artificial intelligence (AI) agents within Microsoft Entra ID could enable privilege escalation and…
Chinese Silk Typhoon Hacker Extradited to U.S. Over COVID Research Cyberattacks
Ravie LakshmananApr 28, 2026Cyber Espionage / Vulnerability A Chinese national accused of being a member of the Silk Typhoon hacking group has been extradited to…
CISA Adds Actively Exploited Linux Root Access Bug CVE-2026-31431 to KEV
Ravie LakshmananMay 03, 2026Vulnerability / Container Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a recently disclosed security flaw impacting various…
Critical Unpatched Flaw Leaves Hugging Face LeRobot Open to Unauthenticated RCE
Ravie LakshmananApr 28, 2026Vulnerability / Network Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a critical security flaw impacting LeRobot, Hugging Face’s open-source robotics platform with…
Why Secure Data Movement Is the Zero Trust Bottleneck Nobody Talks About
Every security program is betting on the same assumption: once a system is connected, the problem is solved. Open a ticket, stand up a gateway,…
Critical cPanel Authentication Vulnerability Identified — Update Your Server Immediately
cPanel has released security updates to address a security issue impacting various authentication paths that could allow an attacker to obtain access to the control…
Two Cybersecurity Professionals Get 4-Year Sentences in BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
Ravie LakshmananMay 01, 2026Data Breach / Law Enforcement The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the sentencing of two cybersecurity professionals to four…
Trellix Confirms Source Code Breach With Unauthorized Repository Access
Ravie LakshmananMay 02, 2026Data Breach / Enterprise Security Cybersecurity company Trellix has announced that it suffered a breach that enabled unauthorized access to a “portion”…
Top Five Sales Challenges Costing MSPs Cybersecurity Revenue
The managed security services market is projected to grow from $38.31 billion in 2025 to $69.16 billion by 2030[1], with cybersecurity being the fastest-growing sector[2].…