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Information security
fromSecurityWeek
20 minutes ago

Microsoft Patches Exploited SharePoint Zero-Day and 160 Other Vulnerabilities

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates address 165 vulnerabilities, including a critical SharePoint zero-day exploit tracked as CVE-2026-32201.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
20 minutes ago

Microsoft Patches Exploited SharePoint Zero-Day and 160 Other Vulnerabilities

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates address 165 vulnerabilities, including a critical SharePoint zero-day exploit tracked as CVE-2026-32201.
World news
fromTheregister
6 days ago

Microsoft hints at bit bunkers for war zones

Microsoft is redesigning datacenters in conflict-prone regions due to Iranian attacks targeting Middle Eastern facilities linked to US military operations.
DevOps
fromBusiness Matters
1 day ago

The Role of Dedicated Servers in Scaling Modern Businesses

Infrastructure investment is crucial for SMEs to ensure reliability, performance, and user experience in a competitive digital landscape.
EU data protection
fromInfoQ
1 day ago

How SBOMs and Engineering Discipline Can Help You Avoid Trivy's Compromise

SBOMs are essential for developers to enhance security and comply with new legislative requirements.
#cybersecurity
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
4 days ago

Industry Reactions to Iran Hacking ICS in Critical Infrastructure: Feedback Friday

Iran-linked hackers are targeting critical infrastructure, exploiting vulnerabilities in industrial control systems and operational technology.
Information security
fromNextgov.com
4 days ago

US push to counter hackers draws industry deeper into offensive cyber debate

The U.S. government seeks private sector involvement in cyber defense, but clarity on offensive roles remains uncertain.
Silicon Valley
fromWIRED
1 day ago

The Dumbest Hack of the Year Exposed a Very Real Problem

A cyberattack in Silicon Valley exploited weak passwords to spoof crosswalk button recordings with voices of tech CEOs, raising security concerns.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
1 day ago

Weekly Recap: Fiber Optic Spying, Windows Rootkit, AI Vulnerability Hunting and More

A critical zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader is actively exploited, alongside state-sponsored cyber threats targeting U.S. infrastructure.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
4 days ago

Industry Reactions to Iran Hacking ICS in Critical Infrastructure: Feedback Friday

Iran-linked hackers are targeting critical infrastructure, exploiting vulnerabilities in industrial control systems and operational technology.
Information security
fromNextgov.com
4 days ago

US push to counter hackers draws industry deeper into offensive cyber debate

The U.S. government seeks private sector involvement in cyber defense, but clarity on offensive roles remains uncertain.
Node JS
fromNist
2 days ago

NVD

Axios library versions prior to 1.15.0 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution, leading to Remote Code Execution and Full Cloud Compromise.
Careers
fromComputerWeekly.com
4 days ago

Businesses are paying the price for CISO burnout | Computer Weekly

Burnout among CISOs poses significant risks to businesses, driven by overwhelming responsibilities and rising cyber threats.
fromInfoQ
4 days ago

Latency: The Race to Zero...Are We There Yet?

In the fintech industry we can link latency directly to profit and money. If I have lower latency than the competition, I can get to the better deals, I can make the better deals.
Venture
Privacy professionals
fromSecurityWeek
5 days ago

The Hidden ROI of Visibility: Better Decisions, Better Behavior, Better Security

Visibility through security measures can deter undesirable behavior and enhance safety in challenging situations.
Software development
fromDevOps.com
5 days ago

Appknox Adds AI Tool to Detect and Fix Vulnerabilities in Mobile Applications - DevOps.com

Appknox introduces AI to assess mobile app vulnerabilities and recommend fixes, enhancing the patching process for software engineering teams.
#artificial-intelligence
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
6 days ago

Anthropic's Claude Mythos Finds Thousands of Zero-Day Flaws Across Major Systems

Anthropic's Project Glasswing uses Claude Mythos to identify and address cybersecurity vulnerabilities, surpassing human capabilities in some instances.
Business intelligence
fromComputerWeekly.com
6 days ago

Cisco: Network readiness a determining factor for AI success | Computer Weekly

Two-thirds of industrial organizations have adopted AI in live operations, with infrastructure and security being crucial for successful transformation.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
6 days ago

Anthropic's Claude Mythos Finds Thousands of Zero-Day Flaws Across Major Systems

Anthropic's Project Glasswing uses Claude Mythos to identify and address cybersecurity vulnerabilities, surpassing human capabilities in some instances.
DevOps
fromTechzine Global
1 day ago

Cloudflare introduces new features for building and deploying agents

Cloudflare is transforming AI development with Dynamic Workers, Sandboxes, and Artifacts for secure, scalable, and efficient code execution.
Remote teams
from3blmedia
1 week ago

Why Traditional Evacuation Plans Fall Short in Hybrid Work

Hybrid work complicates evacuation plans, creating gaps when designated safety personnel are absent, necessitating a shift to more inclusive safety strategies.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

The people who always have a backup plan aren't pessimists. They grew up in environments where promises were unreliable, and redundancy became the only architecture that didn't collapse when someone changed their mind without warning. - Silicon Canals

Obsessive planners are often generous, driven by past experiences that teach them to prepare for uncertainties.
DevOps
fromMedium
2 days ago

Set it up once, test it properly, and let the system handle the rest.

Automating SSL certificate renewal prevents production outages and reduces stress during incidents.
Women in technology
fromInfoQ
2 weeks ago

Security and Architecture: To Betray One Is To Destroy Both

Architecture and security have evolved from separate entities to a deeply connected partnership focused on resilience and protection against threats.
#cisa
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
9 hours ago

Organizations Warned of Exploited Windows, Adobe Acrobat Vulnerabilities

CISA expanded its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with seven new vulnerabilities, including critical Windows and Adobe flaws.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
9 hours ago

Organizations Warned of Exploited Windows, Adobe Acrobat Vulnerabilities

CISA expanded its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with seven new vulnerabilities, including critical Windows and Adobe flaws.
DevOps
fromDevOps.com
1 day ago

Ten Great DevOps Job Opportunities - DevOps.com

DevOps.com is launching a weekly jobs report to highlight opportunities for DevOps professionals.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
8 hours ago

Analysis of 216M Security Findings Shows a 4x Increase In Critical Risk (2026 Report)

Critical risk findings surged by nearly 400% amid a 52% increase in raw alert volume, driven by AI-assisted development.
DevOps
fromInfoQ
4 days ago

CNCF and Kusari Partner to Strengthen Software Supply Chain Security Across Cloud-Native Projects

CNCF and Kusari collaborate to enhance software supply chain security for cloud-native projects using AI-powered tools.
#devsecops
DevOps
fromDevOps.com
1 week ago

Why Most DevSecOps Pipelines Fail at Runtime Security (not Build Time) - DevOps.com

Runtime risk arises from configuration and infrastructure changes post-deployment, necessitating DevSecOps to enhance security earlier in the delivery process.
fromDevOps.com
2 months ago
Information security

Survey Surfaces More Focus on Software Security Testing and API Security - DevOps.com

DevOps
fromDevOps.com
1 week ago

Why Most DevSecOps Pipelines Fail at Runtime Security (not Build Time) - DevOps.com

Runtime risk arises from configuration and infrastructure changes post-deployment, necessitating DevSecOps to enhance security earlier in the delivery process.
fromDevOps.com
2 months ago
Information security

Survey Surfaces More Focus on Software Security Testing and API Security - DevOps.com

DevOps
fromTechzine Global
5 days ago

Networks that brought us here won't carry us into AI future

Network infrastructure must evolve to support the demands of agentic AI, making a refresh a strategic necessity for organizations.
fromMedium
4 weeks ago

TruRisk : Qualys' Approach for Prioritizing Asset for Patch Management

TruRisk is designed to aggregate vulnerability data at the asset level and convert it into a measurable, business-aligned cyber risk score. Rather than evaluating vulnerabilities in isolation, TruRisk calculates a consolidated risk value per asset by helping security teams understand which systems pose the greatest operational and strategic risk.
Business intelligence
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
1 day ago

OpenAI Revokes macOS App Certificate After Malicious Axios Supply Chain Incident

OpenAI's macOS apps were affected by a supply chain attack, but no user data or internal systems were compromised.
DevOps
fromTechzine Global
1 week ago

As IT complexity escalates, Nutanix fights back

Nutanix is prioritizing flexibility and aims to be a leading agentic AI platform amidst external IT developments.
DevOps
fromInfoQ
2 weeks ago

Failure As a Means to Build Resilient Software Systems: A Conversation with Lorin Hochstein

Using software failures can enhance software architecture and reliability engineering practices.
Information security
fromSecuritymagazine
6 days ago

Ransomware Response: How Businesses Regain Control Under Pressure

Ransomware attacks create urgent pressure, forcing quick decisions and impacting operations, legal obligations, and overall enterprise strategy.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
5 days ago

Palo Alto Networks, SonicWall Patch High-Severity Vulnerabilities

Palo Alto Networks and SonicWall released patches for multiple vulnerabilities, including high-severity bugs that could allow unauthorized access and code execution.
Information security
fromTechRepublic
6 days ago

Why Operationalizing AI Security Is the Next Great Enterprise Hurdle

Security operations lag behind rapid tech advancements, leading to inefficiencies and risks in managing numerous security tools.
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Server crashes traced to one very literal knee-jerk reaction

It was the time of Novell networks, RG58 cables, and bulky tower PCs. It was also a time before the telemarketer's IT department employed specialists. Carter and his two colleagues - boss Mike and part-time student Stefan - therefore handled tasks ranging from programming to support, and everything in between.
Software development
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
5 days ago

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Hybrid P2P Botnet, 13-Year-Old Apache RCE and 18 More Stories

A new variant of the Phorpiex botnet combines traditional and peer-to-peer communication, facilitating sophisticated malware operations and high-volume spam.
DevOps
fromInfoQ
3 weeks ago

Configuration as a Control Plane: Designing for Safety and Reliability at Scale

Configuration in cloud-native systems is a dynamic control plane that directly influences system behavior and reliability at runtime.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
6 days ago

Shrinking the IAM Attack Surface through Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platforms (IVIP)

Enterprise IAM faces fragmentation, leading to Identity Dark Matter and a significant gap in visibility and security oversight.
Tech industry
fromInfoWorld
1 month ago

Why cloud outages are becoming normal

Recurrent cloud outages disrupt enterprise operations worldwide, driven by misconfigurations, neglected resilience, rising complexity, and staffing challenges.
Gadgets
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Engineer caused data loss by cleaning PCs with welding tools

A structural engineer destroyed five AutoCAD PCs by using oil-laden compressed air and acetone, causing hardware failure and loss of engineering files.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
1 week ago

Multi-OS Cyberattacks: How SOCs Close a Critical Risk in 3 Steps

Multi-OS attacks complicate SOC operations, leading to delays, fragmented evidence, and increased escalation volume, ultimately allowing attackers more time to operate.
Software development
fromInfoWorld
1 month ago

The reliability cost of default timeouts

Unbounded waiting in distributed systems causes slowness to manifest as outages before traditional failure detection triggers, draining capacity and degrading user experience.
fromSecurityWeek
2 months ago

How to Eliminate the Technical Debt of Insecure AI-Assisted Software Development

This extends to the software development community, which is seeing a near-ubiquitous presence of AI-coding assistants as teams face pressures to generate more output in less time. While the huge spike in efficiencies greatly helps them, these teams too often fail to incorporate adequate safety controls and practices into AI deployments. The resulting risks leave their organizations exposed, and developers will struggle to backtrack in tracing and identifying where - and how - a security gap occurred.
Artificial intelligence
DevOps
fromComputerWeekly.com
1 month ago

Strong security balances consolidation and best-of-breed capabilities | Computer Weekly

Security platformisation delivers genuine value through native data correlation across integrated telemetry sources, not just operational efficiency from consolidation.
#cisco
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
1 week ago

Cisco Patches 9.8 CVSS IMC and SSM Flaws Allowing Remote System Compromise

Cisco has released critical updates to address vulnerabilities in its Integrated Management Controller and Smart Software Manager On-Prem.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
1 week ago

Cisco Patches Critical and High-Severity Vulnerabilities

Cisco has released fixes for two critical and six high-severity vulnerabilities affecting various enterprise networking products.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
1 week ago

Cisco Patches 9.8 CVSS IMC and SSM Flaws Allowing Remote System Compromise

Cisco has released critical updates to address vulnerabilities in its Integrated Management Controller and Smart Software Manager On-Prem.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
1 week ago

Cisco Patches Critical and High-Severity Vulnerabilities

Cisco has released fixes for two critical and six high-severity vulnerabilities affecting various enterprise networking products.
Information security
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 weeks ago

Banning routers won't fix what's already broken | Computer Weekly

The FCC's ban on foreign-made routers addresses future procurement, not current security risks, as routers are already vulnerable and widely deployed.
DevOps
fromInfoQ
1 month ago

Change as Metrics: Measuring System Reliability Through Change Delivery Signals

System changes cause 60-80% of production incidents, making change-related metrics essential first-class reliability signals aligned with DORA framework principles.
fromDevOps.com
1 month ago

What to do About AI's Forced Rethink of Reliability in Modern DevOps - DevOps.com

For years, reliability discussions have focused on uptime and whether a service met its internal SLO. However, as systems become more distributed, reliant on complex internet stacks, and integrated with AI, this binary perspective is no longer sufficient. Reliability now encompasses digital experience, speed, and business impact. For the second year in a row, The SRE Report highlights this shift.
Software development
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
3 weeks ago

Critical Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability Poised for Exploitation, Security Firms Warn

Citrix released critical patches for vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and Gateway, addressing memory leaks and session mixup issues.
Information security
fromTechzine Global
3 weeks ago

Oracle releases emergency patch for serious vulnerability

A critical vulnerability in Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Web Services Manager allows remote code execution without authentication, posing severe risks.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
3 weeks ago

Critical Quest KACE Vulnerability Potentially Exploited in Attacks

CVE-2025-32975 allows unauthenticated access to Quest KACE SMA, leading to potential administrative takeover; organizations must patch immediately.
fromDevOps.com
1 month ago

Harness Readies Resilience Testing Platform to Make Applications More Robust - DevOps.com

The Harness Resilience Testing platform extends the scope of the tests provided to include application load and disaster recovery (DR) testing tools that will enable DevOps teams to further streamline workflows.
DevOps
Information security
fromComputerWeekly.com
4 weeks ago

Beyond integration theatre: Building stronger cyber platforms | Computer Weekly

Integration layers between security platforms, not the platforms themselves, have become the primary enterprise security risk requiring rigorous governance of delegated trust.
Information security
fromTechRepublic
4 weeks ago

Industrial Systems Under Siege: 77% of OT Environments Suffer Cyber Breaches

Industrial sectors lag in cybersecurity despite modernizing operational technologies, creating critical vulnerabilities in manufacturing, utilities, and energy infrastructure.
fromNew Relic
2 months ago

Preventing network outages: How we use New Relic to monitor our multi-cloud infrastructure

Running a global observability platform means one thing above all: your infrastructure must never go down. When you're responsible for monitoring thousands of customers' applications 24/7, network failures aren't just inconvenient, they're existential threats. At New Relic, hundreds of clusters run on multiple clouds, and regions. These clusters depend on a complex web of network connections: regional transit gateways, inter-regional hubs, and cross-cloud links.
DevOps
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
1 month ago

Critical N8n Vulnerabilities Allowed Server Takeover

Two critical vulnerabilities in n8n allowed unauthenticated remote code execution and sandbox escape, potentially exposing all stored credentials including AWS keys, passwords, OAuth tokens, and API keys.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
1 month ago

Dozens of Vendors Patch Security Flaws Across Enterprise Software and Network Devices

SAP released security updates for two critical vulnerabilities enabling arbitrary code execution: CVE-2019-17571 in Quotation Management Insurance and CVE-2026-27685 in NetWeaver Enterprise Portal Administration.
Information security
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Cisco warns of two more SD-WAN bugs under active attack

Cisco confirms active exploitation of two new vulnerabilities in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, requiring immediate patching to prevent file overwriting and privilege escalation attacks.
fromSecurityWeek
1 month ago

Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Enterprise Networking Products

This vulnerability is due to an improper system process that is created at boot time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute a variety of scripts and commands that allow root access to the device.
Information security
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
1 month ago

Top 5 Ways Broken Triage Increases Business Risk Instead of Reducing It

Triage failures occur when decisions are made without execution evidence, causing false positives, missed threats, and higher costs; interactive sandboxes enable evidence-backed verdicts within seconds.
Information security
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Techie's one ring brought darkness by shorting a server

A technician wearing a wedding ring shorted a server board, causing an outage, briefly concealed the failure, and service resumed after an unexpected reboot.
Information security
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Detecting Configuration Drift: Continuous Controls vs. Point-in-Time Snapshots

Continuous controls monitoring (CCM) is required to detect and remediate configuration drift in rapidly changing cloud environments before risks persist unnoticed.
fromNew Relic
3 months ago

Traditional Network Monitoring is Failing

For any IT department, these four words are the beginning of a familiar, often frustrating, journey. In our modern world, where business success is built on distributed applications and hybrid cloud architectures, the network is the circulatory system. When it fails, everything grinds to a halt. Yet, despite its critical importance, it often remains a black box-a source of blame that is difficult to prove or disprove.
Information security
Information security
fromTechzine Global
2 months ago

BeyondTrust Remote Support has a critical vulnerability

Unauthenticated remote-code-execution vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access enables full system compromise; affected versions require urgent patching or upgrades.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
2 months ago

Organizations Warned of Exploited Linux Vulnerabilities

Critical GNU Inetutils telnetd authentication bypass (CVE-2026-24061) enables remote root via crafted Telnet USER variable, and kernel integer overflow (CVE-2018-14634) permits privilege escalation.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
2 months ago

When Cloud Outages Ripple Across the Internet

Cloud infrastructure outages can disable identity authentication and authorization, creating hidden single points of failure that cause broad operational and security impacts.
fromThe NodeSource Blog - Node.js Tutorials, Guides, and Updates
2 months ago

CVE, CVSS, and the Mistake Most Teams Keep Making

Modern software systems are exposed to a constant stream of disclosed vulnerabilities. Thousands of new issues are published every year across operating systems, runtimes, libraries, and frameworks. Treating all of them as equally urgent is not realistic, and trying to do so often leads to ineffective security work. To manage this volume, the security community relies on two foundational mechanisms: CVE and CVSS. They are frequently referenced in advisories, scanners, dashboards, and patch workflows, but they are also frequently misunderstood.
Information security
Information security
fromSecuritymagazine
2 months ago

Grid Protection in Severe Weather: What Security Leaders Need to Know

A major winter storm severely strained U.S. power systems, creating disruptions that cybercriminals exploited by targeting existing infrastructure weaknesses.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
2 months ago

Over 60 Software Vendors Issue Security Fixes Across OS, Cloud, and Network Platforms

Vendors released critical security patches across Microsoft, Adobe, SAP, and Intel TDX, addressing actively exploited zero-days, code-injection, authorization flaws, and multiple other vulnerabilities.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
1 month ago

Cyber Insights 2026: The Ongoing Fight to Secure Industrial Control Systems

Industrial Control Systems remain highly vulnerable due to legacy design, long lifecycles, operator reluctance to take systems offline, and growing sophistication of attacks.
Information security
fromComputerworld
1 month ago

AI will likely shut down critical infrastructure on its own, no attackers required

Misconfigured AI controlling cyber-physical systems can unintentionally shut down national critical infrastructure in a G20 country by 2028.
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