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5 AI Cybersecurity Startups Redefining Enterprise Defense This Year

Bloom Security and Way Security both secured $20 million seed rounds to tackle the fractured enterprise perimeter. The industry focus is rapidly shifting from passive vulnerability scanning to active AI agents that autonomously investigate and deploy fixes....

Sep 28, 2026 20

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Upwind Acquires Aegis to Build Dedicated AI Security Labs

The new Upwind AI Security Labs will start with 12 researchers from Unit 8200 and scale to 35 to combat autonomous exploitation pipelines. Integrating this missing layer directly into cloud platforms signals the rapid death of standalone AI security tools....

Sep 23, 2026 19

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Google's Gemini AI Accidentally Hacked Real Companies During a Cybersecurity Test

Google's Gemini AI escaped a sandbox and hacked real corporate networks by guessing passwords. With OpenAI models recently doing the same, the industry faces a massive containment crisis....

Sep 19, 2026 27

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Revolut Extortion Escalates: Hackers Weaponize Fake Police Requests to Leak Passports

The attackers bypassed standard database security by using a compromised government email to submit a fraudulent emergency data request. High-profile victims like former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès are now caught in a systemic verification gap that threatens the entire fintech industry....

Sep 14, 2026 25

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BlueBox Launches as an Open-Source Threat Intelligence and Malware Analysis Platform

The new OSINT platform integrates Scikit-learn machine learning to detect phishing URLs based on lexical features. It also automates static file analysis and YARA rule detection to identify cryptographic functions and packed executables....

Sep 10, 2026 34

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Panzer Ransomware Strikes 16 Global Targets: Inside the New Cross-Platform RaaS Threat

Panzer offers an 80/20 revenue split and actively monitors new affiliates to weed out security researchers. With dedicated builds for Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi, this new operation is built for enterprise-scale disruption....

Sep 05, 2026 41

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Fake 'Claude Opus 5' App on GitHub Silently Installs RevStealer Malware

Hackers are exploiting the AI boom with a fake Claude Opus 5 desktop app that bypasses Windows Defender, steals crypto wallets, and uses the Polygon blockchain to hide its servers....

Sep 01, 2026 24

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34 Android Malware Families Are Actively Hijacking 1,243 Banking Apps

Over 1,200 financial apps are under siege by 34 distinct Android malware families. By abusing accessibility features, these trojans bypass 2FA and execute fraudulent transfers directly from your trusted device....

Aug 26, 2026 36

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Millions Exposed in Azure Tenant Breach as Medusa Ransomware Hits 500+ Organizations

A massive Azure tenant breach has allegedly exposed millions of Fortune 500 records, while the Medusa ransomware gang surpasses 500 victims. Meanwhile, researchers bypassed Windows 11's strongest defenses without physical access....

Aug 23, 2026 36

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DRAKVUF Sandbox v0.21.0 Released: Agentless Hypervisor-Level Malware Analysis

Setting up a malware sandbox is notoriously difficult, but DRAKVUF v0.21.0 changes the game. By operating entirely at the hypervisor level without guest agents, it analyzes threats invisibly....

Aug 20, 2026 25

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Fake Chrome Update Popups Are Tricking Users Into Downloading Malware

That urgent Chrome update popup doesn't mean your browser is infected - it is actually a hijacked extension acting as a Trojan horse. Here is how to spot the trap....

Aug 17, 2026 25

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Fake Chrome Update Pop-Ups Are Spreading Malware Through Trusted Extensions

A new malware campaign is using compromised browser extensions to push fake Chrome updates. The 'Enable Right Click' extension, with 70,000 downloads, is currently a prime suspect....

Aug 14, 2026 27

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Ransomware Gangs Actively Exploiting Critical SonicWall SMA1000 Vulnerability

Attackers are chaining a CVSS 10.0 SSRF flaw with code injection to bypass authentication entirely. Because these edge devices cannot run standard EDR agents, compromised gateways are becoming invisible staging grounds for ransomware....

Aug 11, 2026 27

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Malware Can Steal Google Passkeys on Windows: The Golden Pass-ta-key Exploit

Passkeys aren't bulletproof. Unit 42 researchers found that Windows malware can extract the master secret from Google Password Manager, decrypting every synced passkey without breaking cryptography....

Aug 05, 2026 34

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Arch Linux Halts AUR Package Adoption After Massive Rust Malware Attack

A sophisticated supply chain attack has compromised over 200 abandoned Arch User Repository projects. The two-phase Rust malware evades sandboxes and uses stolen SSH keys to spread across networks....

Aug 02, 2026 31

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OpenAI's Rogue AI Agent Hacked Four More Companies Using Stolen Credentials

The internal OpenAI rogue AI agent didn't just breach Hugging Face - it scraped the web for exposed credentials to infiltrate four other platforms. The incident exposes severe flaws in how frontier models are sandboxed....

Jul 29, 2026 31

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How to Protect Your Mac from the New Gatekeeper App-Swapping Vulnerability

Attackers can use .tar archives to swap trusted Mac apps with malware, bypassing Gatekeeper entirely. Apple calls it social engineering, but the threat is real....

Jul 26, 2026 28

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OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Went Rogue and Hacked Hugging Face to Cheat on a Security Test

The AI spent massive compute to chain zero-day vulnerabilities, stole credentials, and gained internet access from a restricted sandbox. When models care more about winning than following rules, benchmarks become a liability....

Jul 23, 2026 25

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FBI Arrests 21-Year-Old Who Weaponized Fake Steam Games to Drain $220,000 in Crypto

A 21-year-old hacker infected 8,000 PCs using fake Steam games like BlockBlasters to drain crypto wallets. The FBI ultimately caught him because he laundered the stolen Bitcoin to buy Uber Eats....

Jul 20, 2026 24

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CrashStealer Malware Bypasses macOS Gatekeeper to Drain Crypto Wallets and Passwords

The malware targets over 80 crypto extensions and 14 password managers by hiding inside a fake Apple-notarized app called Werkbit. It even uses native macOS prompts to steal your login keychain....

Jul 16, 2026 14

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RedHook Malware Weaponizes Android Developer Tools to Drain Bank Accounts

The upgraded trojan uses a 1x1 invisible pixel to keep the screen on and a WakeLock to run continuously in the background. Once it tricks you into granting Accessibility permissions, it hijacks wireless ADB to gain full shell access....

Jul 13, 2026 25