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In the end, cybersecurity isn’t just about collecting data. It’s about proving that your defenses actually work.

Despite massive investment, the explosion of sophisticated malware and deepfake attacks persists because organizations struggle to verify digital identities and establish fundamental trust.

Cisco published 10 security advisories detailing over a dozen vulnerabilities, including two high-severity flaws in its Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Unified Intelligence Center.

GitLab and Atlassian have released patches for over a dozen vulnerabilities in their products, including high-severity bugs.

Russian military intelligence hackers intensify targeting of Western logistics and technology companies moving supplies into Ukraine. 

Redmond’s threat hunters found 394,000 Windows systems talking to Lumma controllers, a victim pool that included global manufacturers. 

More than 100 AutomationDirect MB-Gateway devices may be vulnerable to attacks from the internet due to CVE-2025-36535.

SecurityWeek’s 2025 Threat Detection & Incident Response (TDIR) Summit takes place as a virtual summit on Wednesday, May 21st.

A mandatory filing to the Maine Attorney General says 69,461 customers nationwide were affected and dates the breach back to last December.

Matthew Lane allegedly hacked PowerSchool using stolen credentials and admitted to extorting a telecoms provider.

Wireless carrier Cellcom has confirmed that a week-long widespread service outage is the result of a cyberattack.

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Jeremy Koppen has left Mandiant after 13 years to become the CISO of Equifax.

Engineering and technology solutions provider Amentum has appointed Max Shier as its CISO.

PAM provider Keeper Security has appointed Shane Barney as its Chief Information Security Officer.

SpecterOps has appointed Tim Bender as CFO, Pat Sheridan as CRO, and Bryce Hein as CMO.

CISA has officially announced the appointment of Madhu Gottumukkala as its new deputy director.

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Many of the industrial control system (ICS) instances seen in internet scanning are likely or possibly honeypots, not real devices.

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Pwn2Own participants demonstrated exploits against VMs, AI, browsers, servers, containers, and operating systems.

NATO Locked Shields NATO Locked Shields

The 15th edition of NATO’s Locked Shields cyber defense exercise brought together 4,000 experts from 41 countries.

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American steel giant Nucor on Wednesday disclosed a cybersecurity incident that bears the hallmarks of a ransomware attack.

The China-linked hacking group Earth Ammit has launched multi-wave attacks in Taiwan and South Korea to disrupt the drone sector.

Google bundles multiple safeguards under a single Android toggle to protect high-risk users from advanced mobile malware implants.

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New Facility to Help Enable Development of Cybersecurity Solutions Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced the grand opening of its Cyber Innovation Center (CIC) along the I-95 corridor in Columbia, Maryland.

Over the weekend, researchers from Fortinet and S21cec came across a new mobile malware piece they have named SymbOS/Zitmo.A!tr, or “Zitmo,” standing for “Zeus In The Mobile.” As two-factor authentication methods become more popular, cybercriminals are working hard to keep up and develop technologies that let them further track and capture user credentials. The Zitmo malware was designed to intercept confirmation SMS messages sent by banks to their customers.

CyberPatriot - Cyber Defense Competition Draws Over 450 Teams From Across The Nation The Air Force Association announced today that CyberPatriot, a cyber defense competition for high schools, has more than 450 teams registered to participate.

Do you remember those ’80s and ’90s movies that portrayed the same hacker over and over, just in a different setting? It was always a kid wizard sitting in his parent’s basement hammering away on the keyboard. Or a student loner who hacked into the university’s administration system to change his grades. That’s the image engrained in our brains when we hear the word “hacker.” In reality, when we talk about hackers, we are talking about a fully organized, well-oiled...

Russian software firm ElcomSoft Co. Ltd., makers of several password and encryption cracking products, today released Wireless Security Auditor, a wireless key “recovery” solution for Wi-Fi networks.Designed to be an all-in-one wireless cracking solution, the company claims that the software can automatically locate wireless networks, intercept data packets, and crack WPA/WPA2 PSK passwords.

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Application Security

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Code quality and security firm CodeAnt has secured $2 million in seed funding and it has been valued at $20 million.

Cloud Security

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VMware patches flaws that expose users to data leakage, command execution and denial-of-service attacks. No temporary workarounds available. 

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