Palo Alto VPN bug graduates from advisory to active exploitation
Rapid7: Attackers exploit authentication bypass flaw in the wild, meaning more emergency patching for PAN-OS users
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Webinar tomorrow: From alert to resolution in network incident response
Network incidents are often detected quickly, but investigations and coordination can delay resolution. Join our webinar tomorrow to learn how automation and AI-assisted workflows …
China-Aligned Groups Ramp Up Attacks: Dragon Weave Hits Czech Republic & Taiwan
A new cyber espionage campaign codenamed Operation Dragon Weave has been observed targeting officials and citizens in the Czech Republic and Taiwan to deliver an AdaptixC2 agent. …
As the Pentagon Pushes for Battlefield AI, Some Military Leaders Urge Caution
AI’s use in the military is part of the administration’s larger push to grow the capability it sees as a unique American advantage. The post As the Pentagon Pushes for Battlefield …
Nvidia's Grace Blackwell superchips are officially coming to the PC with RTX Spark notebooks
Forget Wintel, we're living in a Winvidia world now
Microsoft confirms outage affecting MFA, My Sign-Ins platform
Microsoft is working to address an ongoing incident preventing customers from setting up multi-factor authentication (MFA) or accessing the My Sign-Ins platform. [...]
Microsoft fixes outage affecting MFA setup, MySignIn service
Microsoft is working to address an ongoing incident preventing customers from setting up multi-factor authentication (MFA) or accessing the My Sign-Ins platform. [...]
The Security Growth Platform: Why MSPs Are Moving Beyond vCISO Tools
Three years ago, the practical question for an MSP building a cybersecurity practice was which "vCISO platform" to buy. The term was good shorthand for the work at the time: assess…
19-Year-Old Linux Kernel Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Root Access
Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has been released for the CIFSwitch flaw, which allows low-privileged users to escalate to root on vulnerable Linux systems. The post 19-Year-Ol…
Password manager Dashlane suspends customer accounts amid brute-force attacks
Engineers' weekends ruined as Dashlane's automatic protections kicked in
Microsoft fixes KB5089549 Windows security update install issues
Microsoft has resolved a known issue causing installation failures and 0x800f0922 errors when deploying the May 2026 Windows 11 security update (KB5089549). [...]
Putin sends submarines to survey Britain's subsea cables. UK deploys Royal Navy, mobilizes parliamentary draftsmen
Proposed legislation threatens fines and prison for reckless damage. Russian Prez must be shaking in his boots
Recent Palo Alto Networks Vulnerability Exploited for Weeks
Hackers began exploiting CVE-2026-0257, an authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, four days after public disclosure. The post Recent Palo Alto Networks Vulnerability E…
I designed Microsoft's $5B EA channel architecture in 2001. The 2026 transition is missing what made it work
The man behind Redmond's direct billing model and its geo rollout explains why the new version forgets the channel to its cost
OpenAI Codex Authentication Tokens Stolen in codexui-android npm Supply Chain Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malicious supply chain campaign that's targeting developers using OpenAI Codex through a legitimate-looking remote web UI.…
Memory crunch sends PC prices into double-digit climb
Notebooks up 11%, desktops 10% as chipmakers ditch consumer kit for AI server bling
Critical WP Maps Pro Flaw Actively Exploited to Create Admin Accounts
Threat actors are attempting to actively exploit a critical security flaw impacting WP Maps Pro, a WordPress plugin that has had over 15,000 sales on the Envato Market, to create m…
LLMs are closer to religion than they appear. Watch out for those who like it that way
Papal's 40k-word encyclical drops and lawyers already asking if Catholics can refuse workplace AI on religious grounds
Techie expensed a bag of oranges and then juiced up a stupid security incident
He knew this was amazingly dumb but couldn’t stop laughing as the fruit went splat
If cores are what agents crave, Intel's new Clearwater Xeon 6+ might just quench their thirst
Chipzilla’s first 2nm-class Xeon is finally here bristling with 288 cores
Intel Diamond Rapids to boost core counts to 192, but RIP Hyperthreading
Threads on a half shell, Intel power!
Intel focuses on power efficiency and cost with new chip designs
Intel hopes its latest chips will resolve AI-related power efficiency and cost concerns even as rivals AMD and Nvidia turn up their power consumption to deliver higher performance.…
Exploding rockets and exploding hardware prices make for a lousy new normal
This week on The Kettle, we mull over whether the Steam Deck is a canary in the coal mine for the future of hardware prices, and the effect of Blue Origin's blowout on NASA's Moon …
WP Maps Pro bug exploited to create admin accounts on WordPress sites
Hackers are targeting WordPress websites running a vulnerable version of the WP Maps Pro plugin, which allows creating rogue administrator accounts without authentication. [...]
Dutch Authorities Dismantle Botnet Linked to 17 Million Infected Devices
Dutch authorities have announced the takedown of a botnet that enslaved millions of infected devices, including computers, tablets, smartphones, and IoT devices, to carry out malic…
Netflix wiz creates app to slash AI bills, then open sources it
Project Headroom could save you big money, too
Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN auth bypass flaw now exploited in attacks
Palo Alto Networks is warning that hackers are now exploiting a PAN-OS GlobalProtect authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0257, in attacks attempting to breach corporate…
Russian Spies Are Aggressively Seeking Western Technology as Sanctions Bite, Officials Say
Moscow’s agents are building fake companies, recruiting middlemen and deploying cyber spies and hackers who gather information that could be used to attack key infrastructure. The …
Exploit Code Published for Critical Flowise RCE Vulnerability
The one-click vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on self-hosted Flowise servers by tricking users into importing a malicious chatflow. The post Exploit Code P…
New CIFSwitch Linux flaw gives root on multiple distributions
A newly discovered local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed 'CIFSwitch' in the Linux kernel could allow attackers to forge CIFS authentication key descriptions, abuse the ke…