Crook with smart glasses extorts victim after filming without her consent — and there’s nothing she can do about it 2026-05-11 at 18:30 By Reda Wigle A British woman was secretly filmed by a man in smart glasses, who then demanded money to remove the footage from social media. This article is an excerpt from […]
Poor security left hackers inside water company network for nearly two years 2026-05-11 at 18:29 By Sinisa Markovic The UK’s data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), fined South Staffordshire Water’s parent company £963,900 over security failures linked to a cyberattack that exposed the personal data of 633,887 people. According to the ICO, the
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Build Application Firewalls Aim to Stop the Next Supply Chain Attack 2026-05-11 at 17:12 By Kevin Townsend Rather than scanning code alone, Build Application Firewalls inspect runtime behavior inside the software build pipeline. The post Build Application Firewalls Aim to Stop the Next Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt
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Google researchers uncover criminal zero-day exploit likely built with AI 2026-05-11 at 16:48 By Mirko Zorz Google’s threat intelligence researchers have linked a zero-day exploit to AI-assisted development by a criminal group. The exploit targeted a popular open-source web-based system administration tool. It allowed attackers to bypass two-factor authentication once they had valid user credentials.
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Alation AI Governance creates a system of record for AI oversight 2026-05-11 at 16:48 By Industry News Alation has introduced Alation AI Governance, a new offering that gives enterprises the system of record they are missing for AI compliance. Enterprises are deploying AI models, agents, and tools faster than they can govern them. As a
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Linux developers weigh emergency “killswitch” for vulnerable kernel functions 2026-05-11 at 16:48 By Zeljka Zorz Linux kernel developers are reviewing a proposal for an emergency risk mitigation mechanism (“Killswitch”) that would allow administrators to disable vulnerable kernel functions at runtime. The proposal, submitted by Linux kernel developer/maintainer Sasha Levin, arrives in the wake of the
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SailPoint Agentic Fabric expands identity governance to autonomous AI agents 2026-05-11 at 16:48 By Industry News SailPoint has introduced SailPoint Agentic Fabric, a new platform designed to help enterprises secure AI agents and other non-human identities at scale. As organizations deploy autonomous AI agents across cloud environments, applications, and endpoints, they face a growing governance
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Police take down relaunched criminal marketplace with 22,000 users, €3.6 million in revenue 2026-05-11 at 16:48 By Sinisa Markovic German authorities shut down a relaunched version of the criminal marketplace Crimenetwork and arrested its suspected operator. The domain seizure notice (Source: BKA) A special unit of the Spanish National Police arrested the suspected 35-year-old German
Google Detects First AI-Generated Zero-Day Exploit 2026-05-11 at 16:48 By Eduard Kovacs The zero-day was designed to bypass 2FA and it was developed by a prominent cybercrime group. The post Google Detects First AI-Generated Zero-Day Exploit appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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⚡ Weekly Recap: Linux Rootkit, macOS Crypto Stealer, WebSocket Skimmers and More 2026-05-11 at 16:48 By Rough Monday. Somebody poisoned a trusted download again, somebody else turned cloud servers into public housing, and a few crews are still getting into boxes with bugs that should’ve died years ago — the same old holes, same lazy
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Skoda Data Breach Hits Online Shop Customers 2026-05-11 at 15:09 By Ionut Arghire Using a vulnerability in the portal, hackers accessed names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers. The post Skoda Data Breach Hits Online Shop Customers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Cloudflare Lays Off 1,100 Employees in AI-Driven Restructuring 2026-05-11 at 15:09 By Eduard Kovacs The company topped revenue and earnings forecasts for the first quarter of 2026, but its shares plunged more than 20%. The post Cloudflare Lays Off 1,100 Employees in AI-Driven Restructuring appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek
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Your Purple Team Isn’t Purple — It’s Just Red and Blue in the Same Room 2026-05-11 at 15:09 By Defending a network at 2 am looks a lot like this: an analyst copy-pasting a hash from a PDF into a SIEM query. A red team script is being rewritten by hand so the blue team
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Inside Meta’s threat to exit New Mexico over kids safety rules — and whether experts believe the ploy will work 2026-05-11 at 13:58 By Thomas Barrabi Meta claims the remedies sought by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez – including an effective age verification process and recommendation algorithms that prioritize user safety over engagement– are “so
Instagram messaging encryption removed, and privacy advocates are pushing back 2026-05-11 at 13:57 By Anamarija Pogorelec After introducing optional end-to-end encrypted messaging in 2023, Instagram announced in March 2026 that encryption for direct messages would be discontinued, and the feature was removed on May 8. The change allows Instagram to access direct message content, including
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The questionnaire-based TPRM model is broken, and TrustCloud has a fix 2026-05-11 at 13:57 By Industry News TrustCloud announced a new version of TrustLens, its third party risk management (TPRM) solution. The new TrustLens agentic AI capabilities focus on delivering four requirements every CISO wants in their TPRM program: speed, accuracy, coverage, and proactive risk
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SailPoint Discloses GitHub Repository Hack 2026-05-11 at 13:57 By Ionut Arghire The incident occurred on April 20 and did not affect customer data in the company’s production and staging environments. The post SailPoint Discloses GitHub Repository Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Checkmarx Jenkins AST Plugin Compromised in Supply Chain Attack 2026-05-11 at 13:57 By Ionut Arghire A malicious version of the plugin was published to the Jenkins Marketplace late last week. The post Checkmarx Jenkins AST Plugin Compromised in Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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The scam economy has found its AI upgrade 2026-05-11 at 12:32 By Anamarija Pogorelec Scam attempts continue to reach consumers via email, text messages, social media, online advertising, and phone calls. The volume of exposure has remained stable over the past year, with more than half of consumers encountering scam attempts at least monthly, according
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Canvas System Is Online After a Cyberattack Disrupted Thousands of Schools 2026-05-11 at 11:58 By Associated Press Tens of thousands of students studying for final exams around the world have regained access to a key online learning system after a cyberattack had earlier knocked it offline. The post Canvas System Is Online After a Cyberattack
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