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View all →AI Hype vs. Reality: Is AI Really Rewriting the Vulnerability Equation?
AI vulnerability research and discovery capabilities are improving, but they have not changed the fundamentals of vulnerability management. Instead, they are scaling up problems familiar…
Ransomware Deployment Attempts Via TeamViewer
Huntress SOC analysts recently alerted customers regarding two disparate endpoints identified as being minimally impacted by ransomware; that is, only a limited number of ransomware…
Kyber ransomware gang toys with post-quantum encryption on Windows
A new Kyber ransomware operation is targeting Windows systems and VMware ESXi endpoints in recent attacks, with one variant implementing Kyber1024 post-quantum encryption. Cybersecurity firm…
Critical Pack2TheRoot Vulnerability Let Attackers Gain Root Access or Compromise the System
A high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability, dubbed Pack2TheRoot (CVE-2026-41651, CVSS 3.1: 8.8), has been publicly disclosed by Deutsche Telekom’s Red Team, affecting multiple major Linux distributions…
Xinference PyPI Breach Exposes Developers to Cloud Credential Theft
A severe supply chain attack has compromised the popular Python package Xinference, exposing developers to massive data theft. Threat actors uploaded malicious versions of the…
Grinex crypto exchange shuts down, blames Western agencies for $13.7M breach
A Kyrgyzstan-based crypto exchange, Grinex, went offline last Thursday, 16 April, suspending all operations after becoming the victim of a security breach that left a…
A year in, Zoom’s CISO reflects on balancing security and business
In this Help Net Security interview, Sandra McLeod, CISO at Zoom, reflects on her first year in the role. She talks about moving from reactive…
Toxic Combinations: When Cross-App Permissions Stack into Risk
On January 31, 2026, researchers disclosed that Moltbook, a social network built for AI agents, had left its database wide open, exposing 35,000 email addresses…
UK to build ‘national cyber shield’ to protect against AI cyber threats
The UK aims to build “national scale” cyber defence capabilities to respond to growing threats from hostile states and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered attacks. Security minister…