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With increasing concerns about AI and other emerging threats, you might assume more chief information security officers expect their organizations to face a major cyberattack this year. You would be wrong. According to Proofpoint's "2026 Voice of the CISO" report, the proportion of CISOs who believe
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Slow down, you move too fast… Safety is the watchword, but there could be ulterior benefits for the industry. You fools think mere regulations can stop my sprint to superintelligence? Credit: Getty Images For years now, the major frontier AI labs have all been acting as if they’re in
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* Socket found Twitch extension JeeBot harvesting OAuth tokens via proxy servers * Tokens excluded only for 10 Russian streamer channels, suggesting deliberate design * Developer issued fixes, but users should revoke exposed tokens for safety A browser extension for Twitch was harvesting people’s OAuth tokens and sending them to a Russian-owned
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A few years ago, I was at an industry conference attending a cybersecurity session when the presenter referred to the Internet of Things as the Internet of (Compromised) Things. The audience laughed. But, like all good humor, it was funny because it was true. The Internet of Things has transformed
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Blizzcon, which took place over the weekend, was chock full of announcements about future plans, but there’s still plenty to get excited for in the here and now. Diablo IV is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 with the Diablo IV: Age of Hatred Collection, which will be packed
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If you clicked on an HBO Max ad on Reddit over the past week, you might want to check your computer for malware. These so-called “ClickFix” attacks have quickly become one of the rising cybersecurity threats of 2026, and they’re getting both sneakier and compromising people’s devices with
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* CISA added GitLab CVE‑2026‑85706, a critical path traversal flaw, to its KEV catalog * Exploitation already observed; attackers can read sensitive files via commits API without authentication * GitLab patched in CE/EE 19.3.2, 19.2.6, and 19.1; agencies given three days to update The US
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* A coalition of privacy organizations is urging the EU to intervene against Canada's Bill C-22 * The proposed law could compel European tech companies to weaken encryption and retain user metadata * This follows a massive backlash in Canada from major tech giants and leading VPN providers In a last-ditch
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* Microsoft warns of a sophisticated campaign tricking users into updating passkeys via fake IT calls * Victims redirected to adversary‑in‑the‑middle sites mimicking Microsoft login to steal access * Attackers exfiltrate files from SharePoint, OneDrive, and Exchange; phishing‑resistant MFA advised Passkeys have made stealing passwords obsolete. To work around
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Attack dealt a 'critical blow' to aging infrastructure, with several weeks of disruption expected The International Meteor Organization (IMO) is watching for fireballs again, but much of its website remains offline after a cyberattack that it says will take weeks to recover from. The Belgium-based nonprofit, which coordinates
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For most startups, media is something they try to earn. They hire a PR firm, build a press list, send pitches, and hope a reporter decides the story is worth covering. For Omri Hurwitz Media, the strategy is considerably more ambitious: build a position inside the media ecosystem itself. That
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Nine days ago the president of Kyrgyzstan gave his central bank a deadline: build a working digital som platform and pilot it by 31 December 2026, test it with real users in 2027, then roll it out to the country in stages. Today the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
