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Nick Andersen Appointed Acting Director of CISA

Security Week - Mon, 03/02/2026 - 7:53am

Madhu Gottumukkala has been assigned to a new role within the Department of Homeland Security.

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AWS Expands Security Hub Into a Cross-Domain Security Platform

Security Week - Mon, 03/02/2026 - 7:30am

The AWS Security Hub Extended plan aims to reduce security tool sprawl by correlating findings across multiple security domains.

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North Korean APT Targets Air-Gapped Systems in Recent Campaign

Security Week - Mon, 03/02/2026 - 6:46am

Using Windows shortcut files, the APT deployed a new implant, a loader, a propagation tool, and two backdoors.

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Google Working Towards Quantum-Safe Chrome HTTPS Certificates 

Security Week - Mon, 03/02/2026 - 6:33am

The internet giant is developing an evolution of the certificates based on Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs).

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US-Israel and Iran Trade Cyberattacks: Pro-West Hacks Cause Disruption as Tehran Retaliates

Security Week - Mon, 03/02/2026 - 6:04am

Both sides conduct hacking and other attacks, including the deployment of wiper malware, DDoS, and disruptions to critical infrastructure. 

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Hackers Weaponize Claude Code in Mexican Government Cyberattack

Security Week - Sun, 03/01/2026 - 7:30am

The AI was abused to write exploits, create tools, and automatically exfiltrate over 150GB of data.

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Canadian Tire Data Breach Impacts 38 Million Accounts

Security Week - Sat, 02/28/2026 - 6:50am

Names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted passwords were compromised in the attack.

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Trump Orders All Federal Agencies to Phase Out Use of Anthropic Technology

Security Week - Fri, 02/27/2026 - 4:30pm

OpenAI and Google, along with Elon Musk’s xAI, also have contracts to supply their AI models to the military.

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In Other News: ATT&CK Advisory Council, Russian Cyberattacks Aid Missile Strikes, Predator Bypasses iOS Indicators

Security Week - Fri, 02/27/2026 - 10:23am

Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: cyber valuations surge, OpenAI disrupts malicious AI use, ShinyHunters claims Odido breach.

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38 Million Allegedly Impacted by ManoMano Data Breach

Security Week - Fri, 02/27/2026 - 8:41am

Hackers stole personal information such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, and other information.

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900 Sangoma FreePBX Instances Infected With Web Shells

Security Week - Fri, 02/27/2026 - 8:24am

The attacks exploited a post-authentication command injection vulnerability in the endpoint manager’s interface.

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Chilean Carding Shop Operator Extradited to US

Security Week - Fri, 02/27/2026 - 7:34am

The 24-year-old suspect has been accused of trafficking over 26,000 cards from a single brand.

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Anthropic Refuses to Bend to Pentagon on AI Safeguards as Dispute Nears Deadline

Security Week - Fri, 02/27/2026 - 7:34am

Anthropic said it sought narrow assurances from the Pentagon that Claude won’t be used for mass surveillance of Americans or in fully autonomous weapons.

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Aeternum Botnet Loader Employs Polygon Blockchain C&C to Boost Resilience

Security Week - Fri, 02/27/2026 - 7:02am

Aeternum operates on smart contracts, making its command-and-control (C&C) infrastructure difficult to disrupt.

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Juniper Networks PTX Routers Affected by Critical Vulnerability 

Security Week - Fri, 02/27/2026 - 5:39am

An out-of-band security update for Junos OS Evolved patches the remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2026-21902.

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Critical Flaws Exposed Gardyn Smart Gardens to Remote Hacking

Security Week - Fri, 02/27/2026 - 2:38am

CISA has released an advisory to warn about four vulnerabilities discovered by a researcher in Gardyn Home and Gardyn Studio.

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Apple iPhone and iPad Cleared for Classified NATO Use

Security Week - Thu, 02/26/2026 - 1:04pm

The devices have been added to the NATO Information Assurance Product Catalogue (NIAPC).

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Four Risks Boards Cannot Treat as Background Noise

Security Week - Thu, 02/26/2026 - 12:30pm

The goal isn’t about preventing every attack but about keeping the business running when attacks succeed.

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Claude Code Flaws Exposed Developer Devices to Silent Hacking

Security Week - Thu, 02/26/2026 - 8:37am

Anthropic has patched vulnerabilities whose impact was demonstrated by Check Point via malicious configuration files.

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Gambit Security Emerges From Stealth With $61 Million in Funding

Security Week - Thu, 02/26/2026 - 7:55am

The seed and Series A investment will enable the startup to accelerate product development and expand sales and customer success teams.

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