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Parallels Desktop flaw hands any local user root on a Mac (CVE-2026-90894)
A newly disclosed vulnerability in Parallels Desktop, tracked as CVE-2026-90894 and dubbed “ParaShells,” can allow any local user on a Mac to gain root privi...
Self-improving AI should slow down, von der Leyen tells EU lawmakers
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants frontier AI development slowed, and said on Wednesday that she will invite the leading AI labs to di...
Cohesity adds recovery capabilities for AI agents and the data they manage
Cohesity has introduced Cohesity Agent Resilience. This new Cohesity Data Cloud capability will discover, protect, and recover the infrastructure behind ente...
Rubrik MCP gives AI agents controlled access to security intelligence
Rubrik has announced Rubrik MCP (Model Context Protocol), giving an organization’s AI agents a secure, programmable path to Rubrik’s data, identity, and appl...
CenterPoint Energy confirms data breach following claims on hacking forum
CenterPoint Energy disclosed that an unauthorized third party got into customer data through one of its external systems, after online claims by a hacker tha...
Nozomi Compass helps industrial teams manage OT assets and vulnerabilities
Nozomi Networks announced Nozomi Compass, an OT asset and service management platform designed to help organizations manage industrial assets, vulnerabilitie...
Citrix adds AI-powered browser activity analysis to SecurAccess
Citrix has announced Citrix Session Insights, a new AI-powered capability for Citrix SecurAccess with Chrome Enterprise that helps organizations capture, ana...
One runaway AI agent racked up a $50,000 cloud bill
Organizations are deploying autonomous AI systems that execute API calls, optimize production configurations, and analyze telemetry across hybrid cloud envir...
Acronis backup plugin flaw exploited in targeted attacks (CVE-2026-87886)
A Linux privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-87886) affecting Acronis’ backup extensions for cPanel, WebHost Manager (WHM), and Plesk, is being lever...
Iranian hackers use CHOSEN BRICK data-stealing malware to spy on dissidents and journalists
Iranian state cyber actors are deploying malware called CHOSEN BRICK against individuals they see as a threat to the regime, reaching victims through social ...
NIST and CISA finalize playbook to stop token theft and forgery
NIST and CISA have finalized guidelines to help federal agencies and cloud service providers (CSPs) protect identity and access tokens from forgery, theft, a...
What happens when AI agent governance is missing at scale
In this interview with Help Net Security, Gourab Basu, Global Head of Engineering at meshIQ, discusses governance in AI agent systems. He argues that instruc...
DeepZero: Open-source hunting for vulnerable Windows drivers
DeepZero is an open-source engine that automates the search for exploitable Windows kernel drivers. You point it at a folder of binaries and it parses them, ...
The modern attack chain: Rethinking Google Workspace security in the age of AI
Over the past two months, I’ve written about the Vercel breach and the Composio breach separately. Both offer lessons to learn on their own.
MSPs say nearly half their customers rely on them for CISO services
MSPs estimate that 46% of their customers, on average, look to them to act as CISOs, according to Sophos. Most of those providers do that job without the ful...
F5 Bot Defense uses real-time risk scoring to detect fraud and abuse
F5 has announced enhancements to F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, introducing new device intelligence capabilities and specialized agentic AI protections. T...
Postman Passport controls API access without exposing credentials
Postman has announced the general availability of Passport by Postman, marking the company’s expansion into API security with a standalone product that gives...
UltraViolet Cyber Equinox measures detection coverage against MITRE frameworks
UltraViolet Cyber has announced the launch of Equinox, its proprietary detection engineering platform, built and operated by the Threat Intelligence & Detect...
Globalgig expands managed security portfolio to protect enterprise AI
Globalgig has expanded its managed security portfolio to cover enterprise AI, bringing together services that discover, assess, and protect the AI applicatio...