Cybersecurity

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Linux Kernel 0-Day Flaw Affects All Major Distros Since 2017

A critical Linux kernel zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431, "Copy Fail") allows any unprivileged local user to gain root access on nearly…

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Edu tech firm Instructure investigates cyber incident impact

Instructure, the company behind the Canvas learning management system, confirmed a cybersecurity incident by a criminal threat actor and is…

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Meta’s court loss could cost far more than $375 million

New Mexico is seeking a court order in a public nuisance trial to impose sweeping changes on Meta, including mandatory…

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AI Era Deepens Cyber Insecurity

AI tools have intensified the global cyber insecurity crisis by empowering attackers with unprecedented speed and sophistication, enabling automated reconnaissance,…

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30,000 Facebook Accounts Hacked in Google AppSheet Phishing Scam

A Vietnamese-linked phishing campaign called "AccountDumpling" compromised roughly 30,000 Facebook accounts by using legitimate Google AppSheet emails to bypass spam…

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Anthropic Launches Claude Security for AI Vulnerability Scanning

Anthropic has launched Claude Security in public beta for Enterprise customers, using Claude Opus 4.7 to scan codebases and identify/patch…

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Two Cybersecurity Workers Jailed for BlackCat Ransomware Attacks

Two U.S. cybersecurity professionals, Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin, were each sentenced to four years in federal prison for facilitating…

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AI Scanning Reveals Severe Linux Copy Fail Security Flaw

A critical Linux kernel vulnerability called Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) affects nearly all distributions since 2017, allowing any user to escalate…

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Open-source proxy strips PII before AI prompts go external

Dataiku's Kiji Privacy Proxy is an open-source local gateway that detects and masks personally identifiable information (PII) in prompts sent…

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Shadow AI Risks Grow as 31% of Users Lack Employer Training

Between one-fifth and one-third of workers use AI outside IT governance, creating a divide between employees with managed AI tools…

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April 2026’s Best New Infosec Products

Mallory launched an AI-native threat intelligence platform that monitors thousands of threat sources and contextualizes data against a user's actual…

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New Linux Exploit Grants Hackers Root Access to Millions of Computers

A critical Linux privilege escalation vulnerability, CVE-2026-31431 (CopyFail), has been publicly exploited, allowing attackers to gain root access on virtually…

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Minnesota bans fake AI nudes; app makers face $500K fines

Minnesota has become the first U.S. state to pass a law specifically targeting AI nudification apps, with unanimous legislative approval…

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AI-Powered Bluekit Phishing Service Offers 40 Templates & Assistant

Bluekit is a new phishing-as-a-service platform offering over 40 ready-made templates for major services (email, cloud, crypto) and an AI…

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Amazon faces months of repairs after drone strikes on data centers

Amazon Web Services confirmed full recovery from Iranian drone strikes on its UAE and Bahrain data centers will take several…

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Anthropic’s Claude Security scans code for flaws and prioritizes fixes

Anthropic launched Claude Security, a defensive cybersecurity tool in public beta for Enterprise users, that scans codebases for vulnerabilities and…

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Memory-Safe Code Emerges as Key Defense Against AI Cyberattacks

AI-driven cyberattacks can weaponize software vulnerabilities in under an hour for less than a dollar, compressing attack timelines from months…

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CISA and Partners Release Zero Trust Guidance for OT Security

A new cross-government guide from CISA and federal partners titled "Adapting Zero Trust Principles to Operational Technology" provides actionable steps…

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Marsh: Cyber Now the Top Global People Risk

The Marsh 2026 People Risks report identifies cyber-threat literacy as the top risk, with tech skills shortages and AI adoption…

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Active cPanel Bug Exploited by Hackers on Millions of Sites

A critical authentication-bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) in cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) allows attackers to remotely seize full control over affected…

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