ActiveState explains how GitHub Actions attack chains can evade traditional CI security scanners, why passing a scan doesn’t guarantee a secure pipeline, and how organizations can better govern their CI/CD workflows. […]
Court Filing Reveals Windows Device ID Helped FBI Trace Alleged Scattered Spider Hacker
U.S. prosecutors linked an alleged Scattered Spider hacker to a break-in at a luxury jewelry retailer using a persistent Windows device ID, according to a newly unsealed federal complaint.
Microsoft records tied that ID first to the account the attackers used to keep access during the May 2025 intrusion, then to online accounts prosecutors say belong to 19-year-old Peter Stokes.
Stokes is
Writer AI Flaw Could Let Agent Previews Leak Session Tokens Across Tenants
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched critical session isolation vulnerability in Writer, an enterprise generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform, that could result in cross-tenant compromise.
The one-click vulnerability has been codenamed WriteOut by the Sand Security Research team.
“An outsider could go from having no access to taking over any Writer AI
CISA Reportedly Using Anthropic’s Mythos to Scan Government Software for Flaws
The audits are reportedly being spearheaded by CISA’s Attack Surface Evaluation team, a specialized unit tasked with conducting digital defense assessments and simulated hacking exercises.
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Critical Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks
Hackers are exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-48282) in Adobe ColdFusion that carries a CVSS score of 10/10.
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Iran-Linked Hackers Using Modular C&C Framework in Cyberattacks
Researchers say the Iran-linked threat actor used an adaptable modular malware framework and compromised IT service providers to reach high-value targets in Israel.
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Webinar tomorrow: Why modern email attacks require a new approach to defense
Tomorrow’s webinar explores how behavioral AI can help organizations detect sophisticated phishing, business email compromise, and account takeover attacks while reducing alert fatigue through automated investigation and response workflows. […]
New Januscape Linux flaw allows VM escape on Intel, AMD devices
A 16-year-old Linux kernel vulnerability, dubbed Januscape, allows attackers to escape a virtual machine and execute arbitrary code on the host. […]
CISO Conversations: Tarah Wheeler, Cybersecurity Leader, Thought Leader and Original Thinker
Tarah Wheeler is CISO at TPO Group, a firm that provides cybersecurity consultancy for high-stakes organizations. But despite this elevated position, her journey was far from typical.
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What Changes When Your Software Supply Chain Includes AI Writing Your Code?
Software supply chain security was hard enough. Then AI joined the build pipeline.
For five years, “software supply chain security” meant one question: what’s in your code? Which open-source packages, which versions, which transitive dependencies three layers deep that nobody chose on purpose?
SolarWinds, Log4Shell, and XZ Utils all taught the same lesson: the risk lives less in the code a