IAM trends. RagnarLocker as a critical infrastructure threat. AI hype as phishbait. Updates on the hybrid war: leaks and hacks.

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Stabilized but smaller.

CISA’s acting director assures Congress the agency has “stabilized”. Google and Cisco patch critical vulnerabilities. Fortinet firewalls are being hit by automated attacks that create rogue accounts. A global spam campaign leverages unsecured Zendesk support systems. LastPass war ...  Show more

DOGE and the data trail.

DOGE staff face scrutiny over possible Hatch Act violations. GitLab fixes a serious 2FA bypass. North Korean hackers target macOS developers through Visual Studio Code. Researchers say the VoidLink malware may be largely AI-built. MITRE rolls out a new embedded systems threat mat ...  Show more

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