> TODAY'S SUMMARY (68 articles)
Today's cybersecurity news highlights several critical threats and trends. Microsoft has issued a significant Patch Tuesday update, addressing 1,094 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw in Outlook that could expose hashed NTLM credentials. Additionally, hackers are actively exploiting high-severity vulnerabilities in Cisco BroadWorks and Openwave systems, emphasizing the urgency for organizations to patch these flaws. New AI-related threats are emerging, with Microsoft researchers demonstrating how hidden backdoors can be implanted in AI models. Meanwhile, a new tool advertised by hackers claims to maintain Gmail access post-password resets, raising concerns over credential security. Lastly, the SANS Institute reports that incidents in operational technology (OT) environments are on the rise, with one-third of industrial organizations affected.
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This CVE was assigned by Chrome. Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) ingests Chromium, which addresses this vulnerability. Please see [Google Chrome Releases](https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024 ) for more information.
The security defect allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely via malicious HTTP requests.
The post Critical SmarterMail Vulnerability Exploited in Ransomware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and Microsoft has been giving us a lot of love with a non-stop supply of patches starting with January 2026 Patch Tuesday. The January releases addressed 92 vulnerabilities in Windows 11 and Server2025, as well as 79 vulnerabilities for Windows 10 and its as...
Kasada released Account Intelligence, a new product designed to detect account-level fraud and abuse. The goal is to prevent repeat abuse before it creates financial loss and unnecessary friction for customers. Enterprises are facing account and business-logic abuse that existing bot and fraud tools...
By 2026 humans remain cybersecurity’s weakest—and most vital—link as AI-enabled social engineering rises; prioritize behavioral design, real‑time interventions, and leadership.
The post The Human Layer of Security: Why People are Still the Weakest Link in 2026 appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Start PQC pilots now—not to prove readiness but to surface interoperability, vendor, inventory, and skills gaps so organizations can manage post-quantum migration risks.
The post Your PQC Pilot Might Fail, and That’s Okay appeared first on Security Boulevard.
The longstanding assumption that tenure, performance metrics, or expressed commitment serve as reliable indicators of the trustworthiness of an employee persists across many sectors. Indeed, the great majority of personnel are loyal. But, while small, the percentage of those w...
Alan discovers how the Super Bowl acts as a live-fire exercise in cybersecurity, requiring seamless coordination to manage massive attack surfaces and ensure integrity and trust in real time.
The post The Other Offense and Defense appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Mobile apps routinely collect and transmit personal data in ways that are difficult for users, developers, and regulators to verify. Permissions can reveal what an app can access, and privacy policies can claim what an app should do, yet neither reliably shows what data is actually collected and whe...
In this Help Net Security video, Hanah Darley, Chief AI Officer, Geordie AI, talks about how putting off security risk decisions creates long-term costs that often stay hidden. Drawing on her work with CISOs and security leaders, she shows how delayed choices around visibility, vulnerability managem...
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Xmind. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs a...
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Adobe ColdFusion. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.2. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2025-61808.
Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic revealed that its latest large language model (LLM), Claude Opus 4.6, has found more than 500 previously unknown high-severity security flaws in open-source libraries, including Ghostscript, OpenSC, and CGIF.
Claude Opus 4.6, which was launched on Thurs...
Microsoft a commencé à intégrer Sysmon au sein de Windows 11 dans les versions du programme Windows Insider : voici comment l'activer facilement.
Le post Microsoft ajoute Sysmon à Windows 11 (Insider) : voici comment l’activer ! a été publié sur IT-Connect.
CISA updated 59 KEV entries in 2025 to specify that the vulnerabilities have been exploited in ransomware attacks.
The post Concerns Raised Over CISA’s Silent Ransomware Updates in KEV Catalog appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Avast, Fingerprint, Gremlin, and Socure. Gremlin launches Disaster Recovery Testing for zone, region, and datacenter failovers Gremlin, the proactive reliability platform, launched Disaster Recovery Testing: a...
Mit der Zunahme von Cyberbedrohungen steigt auch die Zahl der Compliance-Rahmenwerke. So können CISOs diese Herausforderung bewältigen. Foto: Dapitart – shutterstock.comDie Anforderungen von Cybersicherheitsvorschriften können je nach Unternehmensgröße, Region, Branche, Datensen...
Zscaler says the acquisition will allow customers to embed lightweight extensions into any browser, providing increased security and eliminating the need for third-party browsers.Â
The post Zscaler Acquires Browser Security Firm SquareX appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Four security vulnerabilities have been found in the open source Ingress NGINX traffic controller that is extensively used by organizations in Kubernetes deployments.
They can only be fixed by upgrading to the latest version.
Of the four holes, two are more serious, beca...