Government officials are kind of bad at the internet

Perhaps no one in the world has made such catastrophic tech flubs this year as U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The saga started when the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, reported that he had been mistakenly added to an unauthorized Signal group chat by U.S. National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, where numerous high-ranking […]

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Planet Technology Industrial Switch Flaws Risk Full Takeover – Patch Now

Immersive security researchers discovered critical vulnerabilities in Planet Technology network management and switch products, allowing full device control.…

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SAP NetWeaver Flaw Scores 10.0 Severity as Hackers Deploy Web Shells

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-31324) in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer puts systems at risk of full compromise. Learn how…

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Cynomi Raises $37 Million Series B to Expand Its vCISO Platform

Cynomi announced a new $37 million Series B funding to grow its AI-powered vCISO platform for MSPs and MSSPs.

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ToyMaker Uses LAGTOY to Sell Access to CACTUS Ransomware Gangs for Double Extortion

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the activities of an initial access broker (IAB) dubbed ToyMaker that has been observed handing over access to double extortion ransomware gangs like CACTUS.
The IAB has been assessed with medium confidence to be a financially motivated threat actor, scanning for vulnerable systems and deploying a custom malware called LAGTOY (aka HOLERUN).
“LAGTOY can be

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Pete Hegseth’s Signal Scandal Spirals Out of Control

Plus: Cybercriminals stole a record-breaking fortune from US residents and businesses in 2024, and Google performs its final flip-flop in its yearslong quest to kill tracking cookies.

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If we want a passwordless future, let’s get our passkey story straight

Passwords and passkeys each involve a secret. The critical difference: How that secret gets handled.

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Browser Security Firm SquareX Raises $20 Million

SquareX offers what it has dubbed a “Browser Detection and Response (BDR)” solution.

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Critical Commvault Flaw Allows Full System Takeover – Update NOW

Enterprises using Commvault Innovation Release are urged to patch immediately against CVE-2025-34028. This critical flaw allows attackers to…

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Why Developers Should Care About Generative AI (Even They Aren’t AI Expert)

Software development is about to undergo a generative change. What this means is that AI (Artificial Intelligence) has…

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