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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

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

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

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

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

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

OpenAI’s Brockman details wild meeting with Elon Musk: ‘I thought he was going to physically attack me’ 2026-05-06 at 00:42 By Marc Vartabedian OpenAI’s President Greg Brockman detailed an “extremely intense” two month period in 2017 during which a mounting feud with fellow OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk boiled over –  at one point saying Musk

OpenAI exec says company hopes to burn $50B of somebody else’s money on compute this year 2026-05-06 at 00:42 By Tobias Mann If the numbers are large enough, perhaps we won’t question the math An executive for ChatGPT maker OpenAI said in court testimony on Tuesday that the AI model developer expects to burn $50

Viva la revolución: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb 2026-05-06 at 00:42 By Brandon Vigliarolo GDPR Article 15 doesn’t care if you want to make money by selling users’ data back to them A LinkedIn feature the average non-paying user likely only glances past could end up setting a legal precedent

Anthropic wants Claude to play with money, unleashes finance agents 2026-05-05 at 23:18 By Thomas Claburn Always bet on backpropagation If you’ve ever read Anthropic’s disclaimer that responses generated by Claude may contain mistakes and thought, “That’s what I need to spice up financial operations,” you’re in luck.… This article is an excerpt from The

Astera speaks softly and carries a big switch 2026-05-05 at 23:18 By Tobias Mann High-speed connectivity without NVLink baggage Astera Labs unveiled an alternative to Nvidia’s NVSwitch for building rack-scale AI systems on Tuesday, claiming it will work with nearly any accelerator.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

35,000 Users Targeted in Phishing Campaign in Just Two Days 2026-05-05 at 22:02 By Between the dates of Apr. 14 and Apr. 16, a sophisticated phishing campaign was observed.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Online pressures turn Gen Z girls into shopping machines, more like products than people: book 2026-05-05 at 21:44 By Rikki Schlott “Young women… are starting to see themselves as something more and more like products rather than people,” 26-year-old author Freya India said. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York

Apple explores using Intel, Samsung chips amid supply crunch: report 2026-05-05 at 21:19 By Thomas Barrabi The Cupertino, Calif.-based firm has long relied on chips made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC). However, Apple has increasingly looked to diversify its supply chain in the face of recent geopolitical turmoil and massive demand from the artificial