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MokN Raises $15 Million for Phish-Back Platform

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 10:34am

MokN's platform deploys realistic decoy access points to lure attackers into revealing compromised credentials, enabling organizations to respond before abuse occurs.

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Gogs Zero-Day Exposes Servers to Remote Code Execution

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 8:59am

The critical-severity issue, assigned a CVSS score of 9.4, is an argument injection flaw that can be exploited by authenticated attackers via pull requests with malicious branch names.

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California Sues 23andMe, Alleging It Failed to Protect User Data in 2023 Breach

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 7:12am

Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the lawsuit against Chrome Holding Co., which 23andMe rebranded under after filing for bankruptcy last March.

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Chrome 148 Update Patches 151 Vulnerabilities

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 6:17am

The browser update resolves critical-severity security defects that could potentially lead to remote code execution.

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Russia-Linked ‘GreyVibe’ Attackers Use AI to Supercharge Cyberattacks

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 2:50pm

Researchers warn GreyVibe’s extensive use of ChatGPT, Gemini, and other AI tools offers a glimpse into how future cybercriminal and state-aligned groups will operate.

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Geordie Raises $30 Million for AI Security and Governance Platform

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 1:07pm

The funding round was led by Balderton Capital, with additional support from Crosspoint Capital and previous investors General Catalyst and Ten Eleven Ventures.

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Carnival Data Breach Exposed 6 Million People

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 10:45am

Data breach leaves nearly 6 million Carnival customers navigating identity theft risks.

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New BTMOB Android Malware Enables Full Device Takeover

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 9:05am

Delivered via phishing lures, the malware combines financial theft with data exfiltration and remote access.

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Critical FortiClient EMS Vulnerability Exploited in Fresh Attacks

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 8:55am

Fortinet rolled out hotfixes for the security defect in April, warning that it had been exploited in the wild as a zero-day and urging immediate patching.

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IBM and Red Hat Commit $5 Billion to Secure Open Source Supply Chains Under “Project Lightwell”

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 8:41am

Project Lightwell is designed to fix vulnerabilities without breaking what is already in production.

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New Edamame Platform Aims to Catch AI Coding Agents Going Off the Rails

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 8:00am

France-based startup Edamame says its runtime verification platform uses host telemetry and AI analysis to detect coding-agent “intent drift,” secret theft and supply-chain attacks in real time.

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Gitea Vulnerability Exposed 30,000 Deployments to Attacks

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 7:24am

The security flaw allowed attackers to pull private container images, exposing source code, credentials, and infrastructure.

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Raising the Cybersecurity Stakes: Ante up for the Agentic Era

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 7:15am

CISOs are now facing machine-speed attacks and asking, “How do I agent?” The industry must provide remediation at scale.

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Google Unveils AI Threat Defense Platform to Fight AI-Powered Cyberattacks

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 5:55am

New AI Threat Defense platform combines capabilities from Mandiant, Wiz and Gemini to help customers fight AI with AI.

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UK Cyberspying Chief Calls AI ‘an Unstoppable Force’ and Warns About Russia

Wed, 05/27/2026 - 1:32pm

The speech is the latest in a string of warnings from intelligence experts that Russia is stepping up hostile activity in a “gray zone” that falls just below the threshold of war.

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Vulnerability in Popular Conference Software Granted Attackers a 100% Talk Acceptance Rate

Wed, 05/27/2026 - 10:30am

Novee researchers discovered an account takeover vulnerability in the open source CFP management tool Pretalx.

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SecurityWeek to Host AI Risk Summit August 11-12 at the Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay

Wed, 05/27/2026 - 9:00am

Now in its third year, the AI Risk Summit is the leading conference that brings together CISOs, security leaders, AI researchers, developers, policymakers, and enterprise risk professionals.

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RevEng.AI Raises $15 Million to Hunt for Flaws and Backdoors in Software Binaries

Wed, 05/27/2026 - 7:52am

Using an AI model called BinNet, RevEng hunts vulnerabilities and backdoors in released software binaries.

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Romanian Hacker Sentenced to Prison in US for Selling Access to State Network

Wed, 05/27/2026 - 7:37am

Catalin Dragomir previously pleaded guilty to selling access to an Oregon state government office’s network.

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Lastwall Raises $11.5 Million for Quantum-Resilient Identity Platform

Wed, 05/27/2026 - 7:01am

The new funding, led by BDC Capital’s StrongNorth Fund, will accelerate Lastwall’s North American expansion.

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