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TL;DR Three more tech executives, including Cloudflare’s CTO, have joined the US Army’s Detachment 201 as lieutenant colonels. The programme now includes seven Silicon Valley leaders advising the Pentagon on AI and modernisation, raising conflict-of-interest concerns as their companies hold billions in defence contracts. The US Army
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For most of the past decade, the security industry quietly gave up on prevention. Breaches were treated as inevitable, and the money went into detecting and cleaning up the mess afterwards. A new startup from two veterans of that industry says AI has made stopping the attack in the first
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The cybersecurity industry is confronting a new reality: traditional vulnerability management is no longer enough. As enterprises rapidly deploy AI-powered applications, autonomous agents, and large language model (LLM) infrastructure, security teams are discovering that many of the most dangerous exposures cannot be identified through conventional CVE-based scanning alone. Instead, organizations
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* Google GTIG exposes UNC6508, a PRC‑linked group exploiting REDCap servers with custom INFINITERED malware * Attackers stole credentials, exfiltrated sensitive data via manipulated compliance rules, and hid for over a year * Gmail accounts tied to campaign disabled; admins urged to enforce phishing‑resistant MFA, device‑bound sessions, and advanced protections
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iRhythm, a health company specializing in wearable cardiac monitoring technology, has been targeted in a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of information. The data breach was disclosed by iRhythm, known for its Zio wearable ECG monitor, in a Monday filing with the SEC. The company said it detected “unauthorized
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As AI-based threats continue to dominate the conversation around security, it’s no surprise that half (50%) of organizations are on track to adopt zero-trust data governance by 2028. In the past few years, zero-trust has become the cornerstone of modern cybersecurity strategy – but the emergence of AI means it’
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Cybersecurity startup Magnitude today emerged from stealth mode with $10 million raised in a seed funding round led by Ballistic Ventures. The San Francisco-based company seeks to enhance third-party risk management (TPRM) through an autonomous AI workforce that continuously assesses vendor risks and governs AI agents across third-party ecosystems. The
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To better understand the current state of artificial intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity, SecurityWeek spoke with dozens of security practitioners, researchers, vendors, analysts, and AI experts. The result is a comprehensive snapshot of how AI is being used across the security landscape today. Organized into five key topic areas, this report
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Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., talks with reporters on "the narrow passage of Republicans' $70 billion immigration enforcement bill signed into law by President Trump," in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/
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Intent-aware endpoint security company Ent on Tuesday emerged from stealth mode with $100 million in seed funding to build a new layer of workspace security that interprets user and agent behavior before risky actions are finalized. The funding round was led by Decibel, with Sequoia, Crosspoint Capital, Craft Ventures, Shield
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The zLabs research team at mobile security firm Zimperium has identified a new Android banking trojan named Rokarolla. This highly invasive malware is named after its command-and-control infrastructure (the server network that threat actors use to send instructions to infected phones). According to zLabs researchers, this trojan is unusual in
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By Venkkat Ramanan, Regional Vice President for Asia Pacific, AICPA & CIMA For a long time, audit and compliance functions occupied a secondary role. Much attention wasn’t paid to regular reviewing of transactions. Instead, fraud investigations began once the damage was done. Even compliance checks were an outcome of
