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Northstar Security Exits Stealth With $7M to Expose Toxic Risk Combinations

The startup maps how identities, assets and vulnerabilities connect, and uses AI agents to find and fix risky combinations of issues. The post Northstar Security Exits Stealth With $7M to Expose Toxic Risk Combinations appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Syrian Hacker Gets Prison Time in US After Over a Decade on the Run

A US court sentenced Syrian hacker Ahmad Umar Agha to 42 months for pro-Assad attacks on media, businesses, and government entities. The post Syrian Hacker Gets Prison Time in US After Over a Decade on the Run appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Smplify wants a human checkpoint between AI agents and your device fleet

One of the great things about Apple device management solutions is that the market for them is growing. Another is that because no two enterprises are alike, there is scope to bring different offerings to the market. I spoke with Ben Greiner, co-founder and COO of Smplify, a new-to-market device management vendor, to find out what his company provides […] more…

PHP2Shell Attacks Root Palo Alto Firewalls but Fail Against WordPress

Over 22.6 million exposed instances are potentially affected by the critical PHP flaws that have been targeted for over a week. The post PHP2Shell Attacks Root Palo Alto Firewalls but Fail Against WordPress appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

In Other News: Anthropic Breach Dispute, UEFI Flaw Hits Most Servers, Cloudflare AI Data Leak

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Iran eyed in military freezer hacks, Copenhagen University breach, AI-powered malware. The post In Other News: Anthropic Breach Dispute, UEFI Flaw Hits Most Servers, Cloudflare AI Data Leak appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Passkeys Are Better Than Passwords. But They Are Not Enough.

As organizations eliminate passwords, attackers will adapt. Instead of attacking the authenticator directly, they will look for opportunities around it. The post Passkeys Are Better Than Passwords. But They Are Not Enough. appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Bulletproof Host Virtualine Loses Its Domain to FBI Seizure

It allowed customers to host hack-for-hire services, supported ransomware and infostealer operators, and accepted crypto payments. The post Bulletproof Host Virtualine Loses Its Domain to FBI Seizure appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Fresh WordPress Vulnerability in Attackers’ Crosshairs

Threat actors are attempting to exploit a high-severity unauthenticated race condition leading to remote code execution. The post Fresh WordPress Vulnerability in Attackers’ Crosshairs appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Drupal Commerce Core Vulnerability Exploited Against Online Stores

Drupal says a highly critical Commerce Core access bypass is exploited in the wild and urges store owners to audit their orders. The post Drupal Commerce Core Vulnerability Exploited Against Online Stores appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Don’t trust AI to keep your secrets

We talk to chatbots as if those conversations are private. But are they? Most people are confused. A survey commissioned by DuckDuckGo and published in August asked 1,944 American adults about chatbot privacy, and more than half (53%) did not know whether their conversations were being used to train the bots. (They are.) Only a […] more…

$2 Million+ Drained From Polymarket Traders in New Supply Chain Attack

Malicious code linked to a website monitoring tool was designed to hijack logged-in Polymarket sessions and siphon user funds. The post $2 Million+ Drained From Polymarket Traders in New Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Max-Severity GitLab Vulnerability Exploited Against Alpine Linux

Tracked as CVE-2026-97229, the bug allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server. The post Max-Severity GitLab Vulnerability Exploited Against Alpine Linux appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

TeamViewer Flaw Could Let Malicious Hosts Take Over Support Technicians’ Machines

An integer overflow tracked as CVE-2026-111585 could be used to execute arbitrary code on the viewer’s system. The post TeamViewer Flaw Could Let Malicious Hosts Take Over Support Technicians’ Machines appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

$6 Billion Binance Hack Bears Hallmarks of North Korea’s TraderTraitor

Blockchain analysts link the record crypto theft to North Korean hackers, as Binance probes a possibly compromised engineer laptop. The post $6 Billion Binance Hack Bears Hallmarks of North Korea’s TraderTraitor appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

When Risk Becomes Personal: What Security Leaders Can Learn From a Cancer Diagnosis

Risk managers are trained to spot weak signals, plan for disruption and make hard decisions under uncertainty. But the discipline looks different when the risk is not a system or an enterprise, but you. The post When Risk Becomes Personal: What Security Leaders Can Learn From a Cancer Diagnosis appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Google Touts Powerful Cybersecurity Capabilities in Gemini 4 Carbon Model

Google’s new frontier model scored 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro and is rolling out first to vetted cyber defenders via its Fairwind Program. The post Google Touts Powerful Cybersecurity Capabilities in Gemini 4 Carbon Model appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

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