Former cybersecurity executive Peter Williams stole several surveillance and hacking tools and sold them for $1.3 million to a Russian broker that works with Putin’s government.
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Researchers at Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said they identified overlapping infrastructure and tools used by both groups — including command-and-control systems operating on the same compromised host — suggesting some coordination.
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The ClaudeBleed vulnerability allows hackers to bypass Claude for Chrome guardrails to exfiltrate private Google Drive and Gmail data.
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Dell and Lenovo specialize in PCs, laptops, and other computing products, but which one is better? This guide will help you make the right choice for your needs.
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Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: US gov targets 72-hour patch cycles, malware uses Windows Phone Link to steal OTPs, spy operation targets Eurasian drone industry.
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The hardest part of cybersecurity isn’t the technology, it’s the people.
Every major breach you’ve read about lately usually starts the same way: one employee, one clever email, and one “Patient Zero” infection.
In 2026, hackers are using AI to make these “first clicks” nearly impossible to spot. If a single laptop gets compromised on your watch, do you have a plan to stop it from taking down
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A previously undocumented Linux implant codenamed Quasar Linux RAT (QLNX) is targeting developers’ systems to establish a silent foothold as well as facilitate a broad range of post-compromise functionality, such as credential harvesting, keylogging, file manipulation, clipboard monitoring, and network tunneling.
“QLNX targets developers and DevOps credentials across the software supply chain,”
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The hackers gained the ability to modify equipment operational parameters, creating a direct risk to the public water supply.
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Hackers accessed one of the company’s AWS accounts and compromised AI provider secrets stored in Braintrust.
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The dark secret of enterprise security operations is that defenders have quietly institutionalized the practice of not looking. This is not just anecdotal, but rather backed by a recent report investigating more than 25 million security alerts, including informational and low-severity, across live enterprise environments.
The dataset behind these findings includes 10 million monitored
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