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Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Abnormal AI sued by Anthropic, AssuranceAmerica data breach affects 7 million people, NSA brings back TAO.

Angelo Martino, a former ransomware negotiator, was sentenced to 70 months for helping the BlackCat/Alphv group.

Both foes and allies have targeted the Balochistan Police force in Pakistan for at least two years, according to SentinelOne.

The attackers call victims to direct them to phishing websites mirroring Microsoft Entra ID login pages.

The backdoor’s destructive capabilities include a standalone wiper, ransomware encryption, and a multi-pass wiping command.

Researchers demonstrate adversarial hallucination squatting against popular AI assistants to achieve remote code execution.

A Go module is used to load PowerShell code that fetches a resolver from public dead drops to execute Windows malware.

The Israeli company has developed a cryptographic posture and post-quantum cryptography management platform.

Two announcements on July 7, 2026, demonstrate the government’s determination to improve the level of cybersecurity within the UK.

Buffer overflow, DoS, command injection, SSRF, authentication bypass, and other types of vulnerabilities have been found in PAN-OS software.

Hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in a third-party system to access a KDDI email system for ISPs.

Affecting every major distribution since 2011, the Linux kernel vulnerability allows attackers to gain root access.

The privilege escalation vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-50656 has been patched with a Microsoft Malware Protection Engine update.

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The attackers call victims to direct them to phishing websites mirroring Microsoft Entra ID login pages.

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Researchers demonstrate adversarial hallucination squatting against popular AI assistants to achieve remote code execution.

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Affecting every major distribution since 2011, the Linux kernel vulnerability allows attackers to gain root access.

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The privilege escalation vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-50656 has been patched with a Microsoft Malware Protection Engine update.

Wiz has disclosed the details of a new AI coding assistant attack method it has dubbed GhostApproval.

The professional services giant says it contained the incident, remediated its source, and experienced no operational or service delivery impact.

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Top 10 Malware Threats for AprilSunbelt Software has announced the top 10 most prevalent malware threats for the month of April 2010. With nine of ten detections from March still on the list for April, it shows continued prevalence of Trojan horse programs circulating on the Internet. A new loader for a rogue security product making it into the top 10.

IT security and data protection firm Sophos announced that it has reached an agreement to sell a majority interest in the company to private equity group Apax Partners. The transaction will value the company at $830 million. Following the transaction, the founders of Sophos will retain a significant minority shareholding.

SecurityWeek staff has confirmed that portable storage, authentication, and trusted virtual computing solutions provider, IronKey, has raised $22 million in venture capital funding.

Managed information security services provider, SecureWorks, Inc., announced today the hire of Colonel Barry R. Hensley, former Director of the Army's Global Network Operations and Security Center. Hensley will be joining as Vice President of SecureWorks' Counter Threat Unit.

McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. McAfee generated $502.7 million in revenue, a first quarter record and marking their 17th consecutive quarter of double-digit, year-over-year revenue growth along with record operating cash flow. With the rapid growth, executives admit they continue to have finance and operations issues.

IT management software provider, CA (NASDAQ: CA), today announced the results of a European IT Security study revealing that organizations across several European countries are not utilizing Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technology.The survey revealed that 64% of organizations in the UK are not using Data Loss Prevention technology and other countries such as France (23%), Ireland (50%), and Italy (60%) report low utilization.

Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced it would be making two key acquisitions, saying it has signed definitive agreements to acquire PGP Corporation and GuardianEdge Technologies, Inc., two privately-held leaders in the email and data encryption market. 

Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to acquire struggling smart phone maker Palm Inc. for over $1 billion in cash. The companies announced Wednesday they had agreed to the deal, which will see HP pay $5.70 for every Palm common share. With debt included, the deal values Palm at $1.2 billion. The transaction has been approved by the HP and Palm boards of directors.

Vice President of Technology and Innovation at Verizon, Peter Tippett, speaking at the Infosecurity Europe trade show in London this week, made an interesting prediction, stating "While we can never fully forecast the future, we certainly have a good glimpse into what security will be like 10 years from now, based on all the data we have amassed over the last several years for our Data Breach Investigations Reports. For starters, we know successful security breaches are leveling off, and...

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