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PAN-OS RCE Exploit Under Active Use Enabling Root Access and Espionage 2026-05-07 at 17:33 By Palo Alto Networks has disclosed that threat actors may have attempted to unsuccessfully exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw as early as April 9, 2026. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-0300 (CVSS score: 9.3/8.7), a buffer overflow vulnerability in […]

Day Zero Readiness: The Operational Gaps That Break Incident Response 2026-05-07 at 15:30 By Having an incident response retainer, or even a pre-approved external incident response firm, is not the same as being ready for an incident. A retainer means someone will answer the phone. Operational readiness determines whether that team can do meaningful work […]

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Edge Plaintext Passwords, ICS 0-Days, Patch-or-Die Alerts and 25+ New Stories 2026-05-07 at 15:30 By Bad week. Turns out the easiest way to get hacked in 2026 is still the same old garbage: shady packages, fake apps, forgotten DNS junk, scam ads, and stolen logins getting dumped into Discord channels like it’s normal. […]

I pit the Purpose AI life coach against yes-man chatbots — derailing its tough-love strategy wasn’t easy 2026-05-07 at 14:34 By Ben Cost In a world of digital sycophants, this chatbot’s not holding back. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Doing More with Less: How Government Agencies are Rethinking Cybersecurity 2026-05-07 at 13:26 By Brian Snell Turning resource constraints into security advantages This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

Synthetic Identities Are Redefining Trust in Biometric Systems 2026-05-07 at 12:41 By Standards for identity verification must evolve to address how inputs are introduced, processed and validated before matching occurs.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

vm2 Node.js Library Vulnerabilities Enable Sandbox Escape and Arbitrary Code Execution 2026-05-07 at 12:41 By A dozen critical security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the vm2 Node.js library that could be exploited by bad actors to break out of the sandbox and execute arbitrary code on susceptible systems. vm2 is an open-source library used to […]

PyPI Packages Deliver ZiChatBot Malware via Zulip APIs on Windows and Linux 2026-05-07 at 12:20 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered three packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to stealthily deliver a previously unknown malware family called ZiChatBot on Windows and Linux systems. “While these wheel packages do implement the features described […]

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was dishonest, caused ‘chaos,’ ex-exec Mira Murati says in bombshell testimony 2026-05-07 at 04:45 By Marc Vartabedian OpenAI’s former head of technology Mira Murati slammed CEO Sam Altman saying he hadn’t always been truthful in taped video testimony played in court on Wednesday – offering details on a chaotic period for […]