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Fake Claude Code install pages highlight rise of “InstallFix” attacks

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Fake Claude Code install pages highlight rise of “InstallFix” attacks 2026-03-09 at 12:58 By Zeljka Zorz Users looking for Anthropic’s Claude Code agentic AI coding tool are being tricked via fake Claude Code install pages into running malware, Push Security researchers have warned. The attackers behind this scheme are faithfully cloning Anthropic’s installation page, hosting […]

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Decoding silence: How deaf and hard-of-hearing pros are breaking into cybersecurity

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Decoding silence: How deaf and hard-of-hearing pros are breaking into cybersecurity 2026-03-09 at 09:01 By Mirko Zorz Stu Hirst was already a CISO when he started to go deaf. It was 2023, and the hearing loss crept in over months, enough for him to adapt, to lean on hearing aids and captions, to quietly reorganize

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Turning expertise into opportunity for women in cybersecurity

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Turning expertise into opportunity for women in cybersecurity 2026-03-09 at 08:32 By Mirko Zorz Speaker diversity in cybersecurity has been a talking point for over a decade, with panels, pledges, and dedicated conference tracks failing to produce change. Stages still skew heavily male, even as women represent millions of qualified professionals in the field. SheSpeaksCyber,

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Open-source tool Sage puts a security layer between AI agents and the OS

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Open-source tool Sage puts a security layer between AI agents and the OS 2026-03-09 at 08:06 By Anamarija Pogorelec Autonomous AI agents running on developer workstations execute shell commands, fetch URLs, and write files with little or no inspection of what they are doing. Open-source project Sage inserts an interception layer between an AI agent

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Iran-linked APT targets US critical sectors with new backdoors

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Iran-linked APT targets US critical sectors with new backdoors 2026-03-06 at 15:56 By Zeljka Zorz An Iran-linked hacking group has been active inside the networks of several US organizations since early February, raising concerns that the activity could precede broader cyber operations connected to escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. New backdoors used by

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March 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Is AI security an oxymoron?

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March 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Is AI security an oxymoron? 2026-03-06 at 10:47 By Help Net Security Developers and analysts are using more AI tools to produce code and to test both the performance and security of the finished products. They are also embedding AI functionality in their products directly. But just how secure are

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Cisco warns of SD-WAN Manager exploitation, fixes 48 firewall vulnerabilities

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Cisco warns of SD-WAN Manager exploitation, fixes 48 firewall vulnerabilities 2026-03-05 at 15:59 By Zeljka Zorz Cisco has confirmed that two Catalyst SD-WAN Manager vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-20128 and CVE-2026-20122) patched in late February 2025 are being exploited by attackers. The exploited vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-20128, CVE-2026-20122) CVE-2026-20128 is a bug in the Data Collection Agent (DCA) feature of

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FreeScout vulnerability enables unauthenticated, zero-click RCE via email (CVE-2026-28289)

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FreeScout vulnerability enables unauthenticated, zero-click RCE via email (CVE-2026-28289) 2026-03-05 at 14:27 By Zeljka Zorz A newly discovered vulnerability (CVE-2026-28289) in the open-source help desk platform FreeScout could allow attackers to take over vulnerable servers by sending a specially crafted email to a FreeScout mailbox. CVE-2026-28289 exploitation FreeScout is a free, open-source help desk and

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As AI agents start making purchases, security teams must rethink risk

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As AI agents start making purchases, security teams must rethink risk 2026-03-05 at 08:17 By Zeljka Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Donald Kossmann, CTO at fintech company Chargebacks911, talks about the emerging security, fraud, and governance risks of “agentic commerce,” where AI agents can autonomously make purchasing decisions on behalf of users or

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Engineering trust: A security blueprint for autonomous AI agents

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Engineering trust: A security blueprint for autonomous AI agents 2026-03-05 at 07:06 By Help Net Security AI agents have evolved from just chatbots, answering questions to executing actions using various integrated tools, often autonomously, and as such the traditional security models have become less efficient. I have seen that firsthand as a security lead for

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Over 1,200 IceWarp servers still vulnerable to unauthenticated RCE flaw (CVE-2025-14500)

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Over 1,200 IceWarp servers still vulnerable to unauthenticated RCE flaw (CVE-2025-14500) 2026-03-04 at 15:57 By Zeljka Zorz A critical RCE vulnerability (CVE-2025-14500) in IceWarp, an EU-made business communication and collaboration platform, may be exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized access to exposed unpatched servers. According to the Shadowserver Foundation, there are currently over 1,200 internet-facing

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Why workforce identity is still a vulnerability, and what to do about it

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Why workforce identity is still a vulnerability, and what to do about it 2026-03-04 at 07:43 By Help Net Security Most organizations believe they have workforce identity under control. New hires are verified. Accounts are provisioned. Multi-factor authentication is enforced. Audits are passed. Then a breach happens, often through an account that was “properly secured.”

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Coruna: Spy-grade iOS exploit kit powering financial crime

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Coruna: Spy-grade iOS exploit kit powering financial crime 2026-03-03 at 21:02 By Zeljka Zorz A powerful iOS exploit kit has circulated among multiple threat actors over the past year, moving from a commercial surveillance operation to state-linked espionage campaigns and, ultimately, ended into the hands of financially motivated hackers, according to new research from Google’s

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Threat actors weaponize OAuth redirection logic to deliver malware

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Threat actors weaponize OAuth redirection logic to deliver malware 2026-03-03 at 19:46 By Zeljka Zorz An ongoing phishing campaign is abusing the OAuth authentication redirection mechanism to avoid triggering conventional email and browser defenses, Microsoft researchers have revealed. The attackers are targeting government and public-sector organizations, and redirecting unsuspecting users from trusted login pages to

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Secure by Design: Building security in at the beginning

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Secure by Design: Building security in at the beginning 2026-03-03 at 16:16 By Help Net Security Secure by Design is not a single tool, product, or one‑time activity. It is a holistic approach that requires security to be deliberately embedded from the very beginning, at the point where systems, software, and services are conceived and

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Android’s March 2026 security patch fixes over 100 flaws, one under targeted exploitation

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Android’s March 2026 security patch fixes over 100 flaws, one under targeted exploitation 2026-03-03 at 13:58 By Anamarija Pogorelec The Android March 2026 security patch addresses vulnerabilities across dozens of components and includes one CVE confirmed under active exploitation. Devices running a patch level of 2026-03-05 or later receive fixes for all disclosed issues. Android

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AI went from assistant to autonomous actor and security never caught up

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AI went from assistant to autonomous actor and security never caught up 2026-03-03 at 08:35 By Mirko Zorz Enterprise AI deployments have shifted from pilot programs to production systems handling customer data, executing business transactions, and integrating with core infrastructure. That has exposed a significant gap between what AI agents can do and what security

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BlacksmithAI: Open-source AI-powered penetration testing framework

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BlacksmithAI: Open-source AI-powered penetration testing framework 2026-03-02 at 08:00 By Mirko Zorz BlacksmithAI is an open-source penetration testing framework that uses multiple AI agents to execute different stages of a security assessment lifecycle. A multi-agent structure for offensive workflows BlacksmithAI runs as a hierarchical system in which an orchestrator coordinates task execution across specialized agents.

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IronCurtain: An open-source, safeguard layer for autonomous AI assistants

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IronCurtain: An open-source, safeguard layer for autonomous AI assistants 2026-02-28 at 07:07 By Zeljka Zorz Veteran security engineer Niels Provos is working on a new technical approach designed to stop autonomous AI agents from taking actions you haven’t specifically authorized. His open-source software solution, called IronCurtain, aims to neutralize the risk of an LLM-powered agent

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Industrial networks continue to leak onto the internet

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Industrial networks continue to leak onto the internet 2026-02-27 at 07:30 By Mirko Zorz Industrial operators continue to run remote access portals, building automation servers, and other operational technology services on public IP address ranges. Palo Alto Networks, Siemens, and Idaho National Laboratory describe the scope of that exposure in the Intelligence-Driven Active Defense Report

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