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New 'GodDamn' Ransomware Uses a Rogue Driver to Kill Antivirus Software
Symantec links the May 2026 strain to the older Beast ransomware family, with medium confidence it's a rebrand.
The Summer Everyone Launched a Clearinghouse
Vendor announcements have piled up fast. But not every 'clearinghouse' is a fresh idea, and the differences matter more than the marketing suggests.
A Microsoft-Approved Driver Is Helping 'GodDamn' Ransomware Gut US Security Tools
A rebranded criminal gang called Hyadina is using a signed Windows driver to kill antivirus software before locking victims' files. The driver carries a legitimate Microsoft stamp, and nobody knows quite how that happened.
Microsoft to switch off Outlook Web Access Light next August
The stripped-down webmail client, aimed at old browsers and slow connections, will be removed from Exchange Server in an update expected around August 2026.
Microsoft Patches 'RoguePlanet' Defender Flaw a Month After Public Disclosure
The privilege escalation bug in the Malware Protection Engine sat exposed for weeks before Redmond shipped a fix.
AI Agents Are Taking Over Enterprise Systems. Nobody Knows Who They Are.
A four-hour outage. A room full of people who couldn't say which human authorized the last action. A new six-stage model explains why AI agents are breaking identity security, and what it takes to fix it.
Interpol Sweep Nets 5,811 Fraud Arrests and $293 Million Across 97 Countries
Operation First Light 2026 identified more than 142,000 victims of romance, investment and business email scams between January and April.
Why AI Security Tools Need Better Data, Not Just Better Models
Organizations rely on AI for security, but poor data undermines its effectiveness. Better data management can improve detection and reduce false alerts.
European Workers Trust Their Collaboration Tools. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
A new survey finds that most IT leaders in the UK, France, and Germany feel confident about how securely their teams share information at work. But the same survey shows files staying open too long, consumer apps slipping in through the back door, and fewer than a third of organisations using a secure channel for outside partners.
AI Coding Assistants Fooled by Decades-Old File Trick to Attack Developer Machines
A technique as old as Unix itself let researchers plant hidden traps inside innocent-looking code projects, then watch AI tools quietly rewrite the wrong files while developers clicked 'approve'.
Meta's New AI Tool Quietly Turns Your Instagram Photos Into Fodder for Strangers' Images
Muse Image is on by default, and unless you dig into settings, anyone can @-mention your public profile to remix your face and photos into AI-generated pictures.
Google Patches 27 Chrome Flaws, Two Rated Critical
Chrome 150 arrives with fixes for a string of memory-related bugs, most of them found by Google's own engineers rather than outside researchers.
Eight in Ten Corporate Servers Can Be Reached From Anywhere Inside the Same Network
A study of 54 trillion real-world network events found that most enterprise servers are wide open once an attacker gets past the front door, and many organisations have no clear idea how bad the exposure is.
Spanish Startup 8Layers Has Raised $2.9 Million to Track Every Digital Identity Inside a Business
The Madrid company says its platform watches human accounts, software service accounts, and AI agents across cloud tools, then flags suspicious behaviour before it becomes a breach.
Microsoft patches 'RoguePlanet' Defender flaw after researcher publishes exploit in disclosure spat
The zero-day let attackers hand themselves the keys to a fully patched Windows machine. It was revealed by a researcher publicly feuding with Microsoft.
AI Coding Assistants Can Be Tricked Into Running the Very Malware They Were Asked to Find
A proof-of-concept from the AI Now Institute shows Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex executing attacker-supplied code when asked to review it in autonomous mode.
A Secret Backdoor in Tenda Home Routers Lets Strangers Take Control, and There Is No Fix
A hidden login trick buried in Tenda networking gear gives anyone who knows the magic password full administrative control. The maker has not responded, and no patch exists.
Fake 7-Zip Downloads Are Quietly Turning Home PCs Into Criminal Middlemen
A group Infoblox calls Lurking Lizard has been running a rogue proxy service from 230+ lookalike sites since 2022, hiding the malware inside fake copies of the popular 7-Zip file compression tool.
A trick in six AI coding helpers lets a poisoned project hijack your laptop
Researchers at Wiz found that popular AI coding assistants, including Amazon Q Developer and Claude Code, can be fooled into writing to sensitive files while asking permission for a harmless one.
Meta's New AI Tool Can Put Real People Into Fake Photos Without Asking First
Meta's Muse Image feature lets anyone generate pictures using other people's public Instagram photos. Critics say the opt-out system puts the burden in the wrong place.
A City Council Candidate Made Fake CNN News Stories on His Phone. It Probably Won't Be the Last Time.
A New York race showed how easy it is to generate convincing fake political news with AI. Experts say the tools are only getting cheaper and faster.