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OREM, Utah, Aug. 18, 2026 – SecurityMetrics has won the ‘Cybersecurity Audit Team of the Year’ award from the Hacker News Award 2026. AI has made it easier for criminals to spread ransomware, find weaknesses in supply chains, and attack businesses. Cybersecurity tools and services have never needed to be more
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Rethinking Cyber Defense for AI-Speed Attacks | August 18, 2026 at 1PM ET- Register to Attend Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing cybersecurity. As patch-to-exploit timelines shrink and attackers move at machine speed, long-standing security models are being put to the test. Can detection-first security operations keep pace, or is it time
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The first robot vacuum I ever owned was a Neato Robotics XV Signature Pro in 2015, and it couldn’t distinguish a mouse from a sock. I learned this the hard way when I returned from a trip and found that it had run over a glue trap and suctioned
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It started with avocados and ended with sensitive information being leaked. Onstage at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, researchers Netanel Rubin and Dan Avraham pulled up an AI shopping assistant — the kind that’s available inside most major retail apps to answer questions, compare products and help
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“I don’t think I ever chose a career in cybersecurity. It chose me.” Well, we’ll see… Nico Waisman was born and still lives in Argentina. If what he says is accurate, it suggests he was born in 1982; one year before a seven-year period of military dictatorship in
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Written by: Alex Tselevich, Michael Maturi Introduction Adversarial misuse of AI has increased the risk of data theft and extortion events, because when proprietary source code is exposed, defenders must scramble to identify and patch vulnerabilities while attackers deploy machine-speed AI tools against them. By structuring the analysis process, enforcing
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* Heights Finance breach exposed sensitive customer data via a compromised third‑party cloud platform * Stolen records included contact details, financial info, and government identifiers * Over 700,000 Texans affected; company offers credit monitoring and identity protection US loan company Heights Finance has revealed it suffered a cyberattack earlier in 2026
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The first robot vacuum I ever owned was a Neato Robotics XV Signature Pro in 2015, and it couldn’t distinguish a mouse from a sock. I learned this the hard way when I returned from a trip and found that it had run over a glue trap and suctioned
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Why it matters: As the use of AI-powered surveillance cameras across the US becomes increasingly controversial, opponents are pushing back in various ways. One group has aggregated public information into a search engine that
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* Hacker “TheHatman” claims to have stolen millions of Azure/Entra employee records from major firms * Data includes names, emails, job titles, privileged accounts; risks include impersonation and fraud * Victims dispute scope, but researchers say infostealer‑based theft makes the leaks likely authentic A cybercriminal is selling millions of user records
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Recent analysis from Rapid7 demonstrates the fallacy of defenders continuing to rely on patching their way out of problems. “Q2 2026 was not just another busy quarter in cyber. It felt more like a stress test of the way we currently manage exposure. Traditional patch cycles are being overwhelmed by
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AI enablement platform Xpander has announced raising $7.5 million in a seed funding round led by Pico Venture Partners. Emerge Ventures, Samsung Next, and Seedil also invested in the San Francisco, California-based startup. Xpander was founded in 2024 by former AWS engineers David Twizer (CEO), Moriel Pahima (CTO), and
