May 2026

MuddyWater Uses Microsoft Teams to Steal Credentials in False Flag Ransomware Attack 2026-05-06 at 18:36 By The Iranian state-sponsored hacking group known as MuddyWater (aka Mango Sandstorm, Seedworm, and Static Kitten) has been attributed to a ransomware attack in what has been described as a “false flag” operation. The attack, observed by Rapid7 in early […]

Navigating Compliance and Insurance as a Competitive Edge 2026-05-06 at 16:42 By Alan Maxwell Part 5 of 6: Using regulations and insurance requirements to secure big wins This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

5 Skills That Will Serve You in Your Security Career 2026-05-06 at 16:42 By An experienced security consultant shares what she has learned as a corporate security executive and as the CEO of a consulting group. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

The Hacker News Launches ‘Cybersecurity Stars Awards 2026’ — Submissions Now Open 2026-05-06 at 16:42 By For nearly 20 years, we at The Hacker News have mostly told scary stories about cyberspace — big hacks, broken systems, and new threats. But behind every headline, there’s a quieter, better story. It’s the story of leaders making

Your AI Agents Are Already Inside the Perimeter. Do You Know What They’re Doing? 2026-05-06 at 16:42 By Analysts recently confirmed what identity security teams have quietly feared: AI agents are being deployed faster than enterprises can govern them. In their inaugural Market Guide for Guardian Agents, Gartner states that “enterprise adoption of AI agents

Google’s Android Apps Get Public Verification to Stop Supply Chain Attacks 2026-05-06 at 13:00 By Google has announced expanded Binary Transparency for Android as a way to safeguard the ecosystem from supply chain attacks. “This new public ledger ensures the Google apps on your device are exactly what we intended to build and distribute,” Google’s

Windows Phone Link Exploited by CloudZ RAT to Steal Credentials and OTPs 2026-05-06 at 13:00 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an intrusion that involved the use of a CloudZ remote access tool (RAT) and a previous undocumented plugin dubbed Pheno with the aim of facilitating credential theft. “According to the functionalities of the

Palo Alto PAN-OS Flaw Under Active Exploitation Enables Remote Code Execution 2026-05-06 at 12:03 By Palo Alto Networks has released an advisory warning that a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in its PAN-OS software has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0300, has been described as a case of unauthenticated remote code execution.

AWS lets agents drive its virtual cloudy desktops – which could cost 500,00 tokens per click 2026-05-06 at 09:25 By Simon Sharwood Vendor benchmark finds APIs let you do the job faster and cheaper Amazon Web Services has let AI agents loose in its cloudy WorkSpaces virtual PCs.… This article is an excerpt from The

India orders infosec red alert in case Mythos sparks crime spree 2026-05-06 at 06:34 By Simon Sharwood Securities regulator urges market players to develop new strategies and nail cyber-basics before AI models fuel mass attacks India’s Securities and Exchange Board has advised participants in the nation’s equities industry to immediately revisit their information security systems

Every Defender Deserves Frontier AI 2026-05-06 at 02:48 By Jason Rolleston The vulnerability deluge is coming. The industry’s response cannot leave most defenders behind. This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

Anthropic comes for the midmarket software spend 2026-05-06 at 02:48 By O’Ryan Johnson Backed by private equity and banking giants, it will build custom AI systems for business bottlenecks There’s gold in midmarket IT spend, and Anthropic – backed by private equity and banking heavyweights and tapping its Claude Partner Network – is coming for