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Windows Named Pipes: The Hidden Back Channel Attackers Keep Prying Open
A quiet feature that lets Windows programs talk to each other becomes a privilege-escalation problem when developers skip the access checks.
Airlock Digital Wants to Watch What Your AI Assistant Actually Does, Not Just Whether It's Allowed to Run
A new product layer from Airlock Digital aims to track AI agents command by command, in real time, on the devices where they do their work.
What Hackers Actually Do After They're Inside Your Network
A Huntress case study shows why cleaning up the malware is only half the job. If you don't find the front door, they walk back in.
ThreatLocker Raises $190 Million to Expand Its Block-Everything-First Security Model
The Florida firm now counts more than 70,000 business customers and is opening a UK office on the back of its latest funding haul.
Ransomware gangs are going after VPNs, and an AI just ran its own attack
Ransomware attacks rose for the fourth month in a row in June, with criminals targeting the devices companies use to connect remote workers. A new AI-driven attack completed an entire break-in with no human at the keyboard.
AI Is Writing the New Cybercrime Playbook. Here Is How Defenders Are Answering
Automated attacks can now break through company defences in seconds. A new generation of AI-powered security tools aims to fight back at the same speed, before human analysts even see an alert.
Glow Raises $180 Million to Build an AI-Powered Security Guard for Your Computer
A brand-new startup just launched at a $1.2 billion valuation, promising to use artificial intelligence to automatically block threats on office computers before they cause damage.
A Hidden Door in Windows: How Attackers Can Blind Security Software to Malware
Researchers at Bitdefender have shown how a little-known Windows feature called bind links can be twisted to make malicious files invisible to the tools companies rely on to catch intrusions.
ClickFix: The Fake Error Pop-Up That Tricks You Into Hacking Yourself
A scam that launched in 2024 has grown into a thriving criminal marketplace. Researchers say standard antivirus tools are missing it almost entirely, and they have built a new detection method to fill the gap.
GigaWiper: The Malware That Destroys on Demand
A newly uncovered piece of malicious software lets criminals break into a system, wait quietly, then choose exactly how they want to erase everything. Microsoft researchers say it is unlike anything they have tracked before.
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.
Phishing Emails Now Study Your Phone Before They Attack You
A new wave of scam emails quietly profiles your device — your operating system, location, and screen size — then delivers malware tailored specifically to your setup.
Non-Admin macOS Accounts Can Chain Native OS Features to Blind Endpoint Security Tools
No exploit required. Researchers found that standard user privileges are enough to chain macOS weaknesses and silently kill endpoint security agents — no vulnerability needed.
Ent Raises $100 Million Seed Round to Build Intent-Aware Endpoint Security
The stealth-mode startup says its platform reads behavioral intent before risky actions execute — a bet that pre-action inference can replace post-breach detection.
GreatXML Bypasses BitLocker Through a Trusted Recovery Path
A researcher's four-hour weekend project shows how Windows' own offline scan plumbing can sidestep full-disk encryption.