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
Linux Kernel Vulnerability Allows VM Escape on Intel and AMD Systems
The 16-year-old Januscape flaw affects Linux’s KVM hypervisor, allowing attackers to escape virtual machines and potentially execute code on the underlying host.
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Microsoft to enable Windows settings backup by default for orgs
Microsoft says the Windows settings backup and restore tool will be enabled by default on Microsoft Entra-joined or Microsoft Entra hybrid-joined enterprise systems after upgrading to Windows 11 26H2. […]
Keyfactor Scores $1 Billion+ Investment for AI, Post-Quantum Security
Keyfactor, which helps organizations connect humans, machines, and AI with cryptographic security, has secured a strategic growth investment exceeding $1 billion. The massive capital injection comes as enterprises are grappling with what is sometimes described as “identity sprawl“, where machine identities can significantly outnumber human identities. Rather than relying on isolated, fragmented security tools, Keyfactor […]
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Suspected China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Flaws Against Universities
A suspected China-aligned threat activity cluster has been observed exploiting Roundcube webmail software belonging to physics and engineering departments of U.S. and Canadian universities as part of a new campaign.
The activity involves the exploitation of now-patched, critical security flaws in the open-source email solution, such as CVE-2024-42009 (CVSS score: 9.3), to siphon credentials,
BeyondTrust warns of critical flaws in remote access software
BeyondTrust warned customers to patch two critical security flaws in its Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) software that could allow attackers to bypass authentication. […]
Microsoft testing new Cloud Rebuild Windows 11 recovery feature
Microsoft has begun testing the Cloud Rebuild recovery feature in the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview builds released for users in the Experimental channel. […]
CERT/CC Warns of Hidden Admin Backdoor in Tenda Router Firmware
Several versions of firmware released by Chinese network device manufacturer Tenda have been found to embed an undocumented authentication backdoor that enables administrative access to the devices’ web management interfaces, the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) warned Monday.
“An attacker can exploit this vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-11405, to bypass the password verification process