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* Attackers poisoned DAEMON Tools downloads with malware, infecting thousands worldwide * The campaign deployed an infostealer first, followed by a selective backdoor on targeted machines * Researchers suspect Chinese actors, noting the attack’s precision against government and industry systems DAEMON Tools, a popular program used to create and use virtual drives
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Utah is pushing the boundaries of state-level internet regulation as it becomes the first US state to directly target VPNs within its age verification laws. Digital rights experts are furious, with some deeming it a legislative "whack-a-mole" and many concerned by the wider impact on basic online privacy.
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A widening gap in cybersecurity leadership combined with escalating cybercrime costs and growing talent shortages is leaving organisations increasingly exposed, according to the Sophos CISO Report 2026, developed in partnership with Cybersecurity Ventures. The report reveals that while cyber risk is growing exponentially, the availability of experienced security leadership is
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AI tools have long been a double-edged sword, used by attackers and defenders alike. However, it has recently shown its third edge; as it becomes increasingly embedded within organizations as a tool, it is now also an attack surface which cybercriminals will look to exploit, and which organizations must strive
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued new guidance warning that US critical infrastructure operators face relentless intrusion attempts from nation-state actors whose ambitions go well beyond espionage. CISA has reiterated that adversaries have already embedded themselves inside critical systems and telecommunications networks, positioning themselves to cripple the
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Hasan Piker spends seven to eight hours a day, seven days a week, streaming on Twitch. The far-left political commentator got his start in 2013 interning for (and sometimes hosting) the Young Turks. More than a decade later, he’s a powerhouse newsfluencer with the number-one channel in Twitch’s
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Let's learn about Deep Learning via these 500 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. Curious about the deepfakes and self-driving cars? One must have an opinion
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Sergei Vassilvitskii, distinguished scientist at Google since 2012, has written to Brussels warning that the Commission’s proposed anonymisation scheme for forced search-data sharing is, by his red team’s own demonstration, breakable in 120 minutes. The decision deadline is 27 July. There is a familiar genre of corporate complaint
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Qualys, Inc, a leading provider of cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, together with Converge, pioneers in advanced cyber risk management and underwriting, today announced a joint offering that rewards organizations for demonstrated cybersecurity compliance. The collaboration allows Qualys customers who actively manage and prove strong security hygiene with Enterprise
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CrowdStrike announced an expansion of Project QuiltWorks, CrowdStrike’s coalition for AI as organizations worldwide race to adopt AI. At the same time, frontier model innovation increases security risks. Newly discovered vulnerabilities become increasingly exploitable, making it easier and faster for malicious adversary activity. Building on the coalition’s early
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Netskope, a leader in modern security and networking for the cloud and AI era, today announced Netskope One AgentSkope, an architectural foundation that allows organisations to easily deploy Netskope AI agents capable of executing end-to-end workflows. Serving as a new intelligent layer of the Netskope One Platform, AgentSkope enables agentic
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Palo Alto Networks is working on patches for a critical PAN-OS zero-day that has been exploited to hack some of the company’s firewall models. Tracked as CVE-2026-0300, the vulnerability has been described as a buffer overflow affecting the User-ID Authentication Portal (Captive Portal) service of PAN-OS software. The zero-day
