VPNs help secure remote server access by encrypting traffic, restricting entry to authorized users, and reducing exposure of critical systems to the internet. This article has been indexed from Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More Read the…
The German Cyber Criminal Überfall: Shifts in Europe’s Data Leak Landscape
Written by: Jamie Collier, Robin Grunewald Germany has reclaimed its position as a primary focus for cyber extortion in Europe. While data leak site (DLS) posts rose almost 50% globally in 2025, Google Threat Intelligence (GTI) data shows that the…
OpenAI Follows Anthropic in Limiting Access to Its Cyber-Focused Model
OpenAI announced its GPT-5.4-Cyber AI model that echoes Anthropic’s Mythos: It can quickly detected vulnerabilities in software but, in the wrong hands, can also make it easy to develop exploits against them. Like Anthropic, OpenAI is limiting access to the…
Windows is getting stronger RDP file protections to fight phishing attacks
Microsoft has introduced new Windows protections starting with the April 2026 security update to reduce phishing attacks that abuse Remote Desktop (.rdp) files. With these updates, the Remote Desktop Connection app displays stronger warning dialogs before a connection is established,…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-04-16 00h : 6 posts
6 posts were published in the last hour 22:3 : Code Security Remediation: What 50,000 Repositories Reveal About PR Scanning 22:3 : Anthropic’s Project Glasswing CVE tally is still anyone’s guess 21:55 : IT Security News Daily Summary 2026-04-15 21:13…
Code Security Remediation: What 50,000 Repositories Reveal About PR Scanning
Security teams have gotten good at finding vulnerabilities. Fixing them has always been the hard part. An analysis of remediation patterns across 50,000+ actively developed repositories and 400+ organizations during 2025 reveals a pattern: where a vulnerability is detected has…
Anthropic’s Project Glasswing CVE tally is still anyone’s guess
Like the majority of the companies participating, it remains a mystery Last week, Anthropic surprised the world by declaring that its latest model, Mythos, is so good at finding vulns that it would create chaos if released. Now, under the…
IT Security News Daily Summary 2026-04-15
184 posts were published in the last hour 21:13 : Fake Claude AI Installer Targets Windows Users with PlugX Malware 21:13 : Inside the SOC that secured RSAC 2026 Conference 21:13 : News Alert: NTT Research launches SaltGrain—advanced Attribute-Based Encryption…
Fake Claude AI Installer Targets Windows Users with PlugX Malware
Fake Claude AI installer mimicking Anthropic spreads PlugX malware on Windows, using DLL sideloading to gain persistent remote access to infected systems. This article has been indexed from Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More Read the original…
Inside the SOC that secured RSAC 2026 Conference
<p>Machines whirr and whizz behind the partitioned wall in the RSAC 2026 Conference expo hall. Five side-by-side monitors flash colorful alerts, charts and statistics. A dozen analysts sit around two tables, their eyes glued to sticker-covered laptops.</p> <p>It’s a glimpse…
News Alert: NTT Research launches SaltGrain—advanced Attribute-Based Encryption security
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Apr. 15, 2026 – NTT Research, Inc., a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced the launch of Scale Academy, a startup incubator responsible for bringing to market products and services based upon technologies studied within the … (more…) The post News Alert:…
Identity Protection in the AI Era
Enterprises aiming to predict and mitigate human, machine, and AI‑agent risks at scale demand AI‑powered identity‑first security without compromise. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Identity Protection in the AI…
Encryption Without Friction: Making Quantum-Safe Security Invisible for Users
Email is still the default system of record for sensitive decisions across modern organizations. Contracts negotiated in threads, pricing approvals in quick replies, board materials, incident updates, M&A diligence questions, and patient or customer details all move through inboxes because…
AI Prompt Injection Attacks: Examples & Prevention | Grip
AI prompt injection attacks exploit the permissions your AI tools hold. Learn what they are, how they work, and how to prevent them before damage spreads. The post AI Prompt Injection Attacks: Examples & Prevention | Grip appeared first on…
How to roll out an enterprise passkey deployment
<p>CISOs know that the human element can be the weakest link in an enterprise’s cybersecurity defenses, often surfacing when end users create weak passwords that threat actors easily crack. Seeking a stronger alternative, security teams are increasingly turning to passkeys.</p>…
Shadow Admins in Active Directory: Hidden Privilege Paths Attackers Exploit
What Are Shadow Admins in AD? A common problem we encounter within many customer AD environments are accounts that, at first glance, may appear innocuous, but that actually have hidden administrative privileges equivalent to those of a domain administrator account.…
[un]prompted 2026 – Tenderizing The Target
Author, Creator & Presenter: Aaron Grattafiori, Principle Offensive Al Security Researcher At NVIDIA & Skyler Bingham, Principal Applied Researcher At NVIDIA Our thanks to [un]prompted for publishing their Creators, Authors and Presenter’s outstanding [un]prompted 2026 AI Security Practitioner content on…
Comcast’s $117.5M Breach Settlement: Up to 30M People May Qualify
Comcast customers affected by the 2023 breach may qualify for cash, reimbursement, and identity protection under a proposed $117.5 million settlement. The post Comcast’s $117.5M Breach Settlement: Up to 30M People May Qualify appeared first on TechRepublic. This article has…
CVE-2026-33032: severe nginx-ui bug grants unauthenticated server access
An actively exploited critical nginx-ui flaw (CVE-2026-33032) lets attackers bypass authentication and take full control of Nginx servers. A critical vulnerability in nginx-ui, tracked as CVE-2026-33032 (CVSS score of 9.8), is being actively exploited, allowing attackers to bypass authentication and…
Inside a Stealth, Multipath, Zero Trust Transport Layer for AI
Series Note: This article is Part Four of our ongoing series on AI‑driven side‑channel attacks and the architectural shifts required to defend against them. If you missed Part Three, you can read it here. In the first three posts of…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-04-15 21h : 6 posts
6 posts were published in the last hour 18:14 : The Platform or the Pile: How GitOps and Developer Platforms Are Settling the Infrastructure Debt Reckoning 18:14 : Only 16% of Businesses are Fully Compliant with NIS2 Despite 2024 Compliance…
The Platform or the Pile: How GitOps and Developer Platforms Are Settling the Infrastructure Debt Reckoning
There is a specific kind of organizational dysfunction that doesn’t show up in sprint velocity metrics or deployment frequency dashboards. It lives in Slack threads where a senior engineer is, for the third time this week, helping a product team…
Only 16% of Businesses are Fully Compliant with NIS2 Despite 2024 Compliance Deadline
New research from CyberSmart has revealed that, despite a compliance deadline that has now passed, only 16% of businesses required to comply with the EU’s Network and Information Security Directive 2 (NIS2) are confident that they are fully compliant. Worryingly,…
How the enterprise supply chain has created a global attack surface
For years, organisations have treated cyber security as something that happens within their own walls. Protect the network, secure the endpoints, monitor the environment. Job done. Security was architected like a moat and castle, but today the model is no…