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Small Businesses Face Growing Security Risks as They Build Their Own AI Tools
October 28, 2026
Small and midsize businesses are developing their own AI tools and autonomous agents, raising concerns about how those systems are secured and monitored, according to the Q3 2026 Pax8 SMB AI Pulse Report. The report…
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Lunex Malware Zeroes Out EDR Callbacks Before Stealing Browser Credentials
October 27, 2026
Ontinue’s Cyber Defense Centre recently discovered and reverse-engineered an attack using the Lunex Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform. During this attack chain, EDR agents run normally, and dashboards appear green, all while the attacker is inside the…
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Anthropic Expands Cyber Verification Program to Provide Advanced Capabilities to a Broader Set of Defenders
October 26, 2026
Anthropic recently announced it has expanded its Cyber Verification Program, which makes advanced cybersecurity capabilities and reduced blocking classifiers available to qualifying security professionals. The program now features three access tiers: Defense Access covers SOC,…
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ClingSTUN Backdoor Uses Public STUN Servers to Turn IoT Devices Into Proxies
October 23, 2026
On October 5th, Fortinet’s Fortiguard Labs disclosed a newly discovered Linux proxy malware strain, dubbed ClingSTUN. Taking advantage of known and unpatched vulnerabilities in internet-facing devices, it enables compromised IoT and edge devices to be…
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Nearly Half of Security Pros Still Use Passwords They Rank Least Secure
October 22, 2026
Yubico and Okta recently collaborated on the 2026 Global State of Authentication Report, analyzing survey responses from almost 2,000 technology and security professionals across nine countries. The report reveals significant trends in enterprise security, comparing…
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NIST Tests Show 5G Devices Remain Vulnerable to Rogue Cell Tower Attacks
October 20, 2026
Tests conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) found that 5G devices remain vulnerable to attacks that can knock them offline, despite security improvements designed to protect cellular communications. In its draft…
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Ontinue Finds 30% of Organizations Faced Fake IT Support on Microsoft Teams
October 19, 2026
Ontinue’s 1H 2026 Threat Intelligence Report reveals trends in the cybercrime landscape and the realities of defenses. Almost one-third of monitored organizations were targeted in the first half of 2026 by fake IT support attacks…
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Chained Vulnerabilities Exploited in SonicWall Appliances
October 16, 2026
SonicWall recently confirmed the active exploitation of two chained vulnerabilities in its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 appliances. Attackers were already operating before any fix existed, as SonicWall discovered both flaws internally while investigating a…
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OpenAI Medicare Incident Raises Questions About Website Security and AI Agent Safeguards
October 14, 2026
An experimental OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to an Australian government Medicare statistics portal on June 18 while researching government spending on skin-condition medications. According to OpenAI, the agent executed commands, retrieved internal files and…
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CyberFOX Adds Microsoft 365 Security With Second Acquisition in Four Months
October 21, 2026
Global cybersecurity software provider CyberFOX recently announced the acquisition of Microsoft 365 security provider Optimize365. This deal follows the company’s June purchase of SASE provider Timus Networks, and both acquisitions are funded on the back…
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Socure Raises $156M at $5.2B Valuation, Buys Fravity to Fight AI Fraud
September 28, 2026
Trust infrastructure provider Socure recently announced a strategic growth investment round valuing the company at $5.2 billion, raising $156 million. The investors were led by Summit Partners and also included Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Wells Fargo,…
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Palo Alto Networks Buys Console to Automate Security Operations
September 27, 2026
For years now, alert volumes have consistently outpaced the capacity of human analysts to address and remediate every flagged issue. Traditional security operations center (SOC) workflows are built around dashboards, queues, and manual triage, often…
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Surfshark Acquires Data Removal Firm Optery in Second US Deal
September 15, 2026
Personal and private information has circulated since the advent of the internet and has been increasingly surfacing in recent years through search engines, broker databases, and AI summaries. Data brokers buy and sell this information,…
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Fortinet Acquires Virtue AI to Secure Autonomous Agents at Runtime
August 28, 2026
In recent years, the explosive growth of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and agents has reshaped the digital landscape and brought on many new and evolving risks. The deployment of autonomous AI agents in business environments…
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Okta Buys Permiso for $200 Million to Police AI Agents After Login
August 18, 2026
Identity and access management (IAM) company Okta recently signed a definitive agreement to acquire Permiso Security, with the deal expected to close in Q3 of Okta’s 2027 fiscal year. While the exact terms of the…
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Cyera Adds Oasis Security for $1B to Close the AI Agent Identity Gap
August 11, 2026
The ongoing AI explosion and recent growth of agentic AI usage have created a security landscape with new and evolving risks. Enterprises are deploying AI agents within their networks at a rapid pace, outstripping any…
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Palo Alto Networks Buys Its Way Into Watching Everything
August 02, 2026
On July 21st, 2026, Palo Alto Networks announced its intent to acquire user-focused observability provider Embrace under undisclosed terms. The deal adds Real User Monitoring (RUM) functionality to the company’s existing Observability platform. The acquisition…
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Telemetry Giant Bets $100M That the SIEM Era Is Ending
July 28, 2026
The state of the modern enterprise and security strategies has led to an environment where security teams are drowning in telemetry volume and alert noise, unable to adequately address real concerns among a flood of…
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