Ученые показали, почему человек может видеть предмет каждый день, но не понимать, как предмет устроен.

10 лет мучений с серой — и прорыв.

Хакеры заставили американские колледжи отменить выпускные экзамены.

Foxconn признала кибератаку на заводы в Северной Америке.

Австралия смогла, Индонезия тоже. Теперь очередь Евросоюза.

100-150 знаков в минуту, точность 88%, батарея на 12 часов.

Мессенджер встроил подсказки, помогающие распознать поддельные профили до начала переписки.

Вот как выглядит критическая уязвимость, которую никто не чинит.

Ваш смартфон скоро начнет делать всё за вас.

Система теперь сама фиксирует взломы и не даёт стереть улики.

Инструкция для Windows, Android и iPhone.

Project Suncatcher от Google должен превратить спутники в орбитальную ИИ-инфраструктуру.

iOS 26.5 закрыла дыру, которую разработчики игнорировали годами.

Что такое Pause Point и зачем он нужен в Android 17.

Почему атака на производителя упаковки для лекарств может ударить по пациентам по всему миру.

Системы SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation and Response) позволяют собирать данные о событиях ИБ из различных источников и обрабатывать их.

Именно к таким средствам относят системы класса «оркестрация, автоматизация и реагирование на инциденты информационной безопасности» (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response, SOAR).

Решения класса SOARФункции решений SOAR и IRP во многом пересекаются, поэтому ранее их часто относили к единой линейке — SOAR/IRP.

ASoarASoar — это отечественная платформа класса «оркестрация, автоматизация и реагирование на инциденты информационной безопасности» (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response, SOAR), которая выступает в роли координатора си…

Критерии выбора сервиса (услуги) по защите от DDoSНа рынке услуг защиты от DDoS-атак сейчас нет недостатка ни в предложениях, ни в технологиях.

Методология сравнения услуг по защите от DDoS-атакВ сравнении участвуют российские поставщики услуг по защите веб-приложений, сайтов и сетей от DDoS-атак, имеющие программное обеспечение собственной разработки в реестре Минцифры России.

Характеризует внутреннее устройство услуги: географию точек присутствия, оборудование и ПО в ЦОДах, режимы защиты и т. д.Блок № 4 — «Разновидности защиты».

Результаты анализа применяются для классификации трафика и принятия решений о его блокировке либо дополнительной валидации Технологии машинного обучения и искусст…

Приход эры Agentic AI породил мнение, что ИИ способен потеснить или даже заменить человека.

Например, можно ли использовать единую концепцию ИИ для построения всех ИИ-систем, если уже сейчас выявлено несколько различных типов таких систем?

(International AI Safety Report, 2026)Признаки отличий человека и ИИМы вплотную подошли к главному вопросу: в чём разница между человеком и ИИ?

Доверие человека к ИИ не формируется само по себе.

Приведённый список отличий человека и ИИ ясно показывает, что между ними сохраняется множество принципиальных различий.

Сегодня на отечественном рынке представлен широкий выбор систем управления ключевыми носителями и цифровыми сертификатами.

Основы и назначение систем PKIПод термином инфраструктура открытых ключей (Public Key Infrastructure, PKI) в сфере информационной безопасности понимают совокупность стандартов, ролей, политик и процедур для управления цифровыми сертификатами.

Для этого система управляет полным жизненным циклом цифровых сертификатов: от их генерации и распространения до использования, хранения и своевременного отзыва.

Государственные службы применяют PKI для цифровой идентификации граждан, защиты информационных систем госорганов и обеспечения юридической силы электронных документов в адм…

Там так или иначе поднимается вопрос внедрения ИИ, в том числе практические аспекты.

А на технологических конференциях при анонсе новых продуктов или сервисов всячески подчёркивается, как и где применяется ИИ и как он помогает покупателям и заказчикам внедрять свои решения на его основе.

Завершило мероприятие круглое обсуждение «ИИ не для разговоров, а для задач.

Участники дискуссии «ИИ не для разговоров, а для задач.

Плохо просчитанная экономикаВторой по значимости проблемой при реализации проектов внедрения ИИ в последнее время, когда ИТ-бюджеты снижаются, стала экономика.

Сравнение возможностей человека и ИИ показывает, что классическое образование не только сохранится, но и обеспечит технологический суверенитет.

«Мы видим свою миссию в развитии ИБ в целом, в развитии экосистемы сетевого доверия и продвижении подходов ИБ», — заявил руководитель UserGate.

Но как это соотносится с возможными изменениями в образовательном процессе с приходом эры агентных ИИ (Agentic AI)?

Другие считают, что произойдёт сдвиг в наборе востребованных навыков, но в целом это будет не революционный, а линейный процесс развития.

Самое важное — такой подход не только остаётся базовым, но и его роль будет возрастать по мере развития Agentic AI.

Данное исследование стало вторым, посвящённым анализу сценариев применения квантовых технологий в России.

Причём, как подчеркнула Анна, продукты с использованием квантовых технологий способны защищать не только от перспективных, но и актуальных угроз.

Уровень развития технологий по 10-балльной системе разных технологий, примеры внедрения которых изучались в ходе исследования, составлял от 3 до 9.

Также, как рассказал Антон Гугля, появляется всё больше оборудования, в которое можно добавить поддержку квантовых технологий с помощью замены прошивки.

Прогноз объёмов мирового рынка квантовых технологий (млрд долларов США)Fortune Business Insight прогнозирует к 2030 году семикратный рост рынка кв…

Она управляет жизненным циклом учётных записей: создаёт их при приёме, корректирует права при переводах, блокирует при увольнении.

В отличие от базового IDM, IGA работает не только с людьми, но и с сервисными аккаунтами, API-ключами и машинными идентичностями.

Инвентаризация показывает реальную картину: где затерялись забытые аккаунты, какие права не используются, какие системы не интегрированы.

Что мониторят:Жизненный цикл учётных записей — скорость создания учётных записей и базовых прав при приёме, своевременность изменения прав при переводе, время блокировки аккаунта после увольнения.

Сервисные аккаунты — сколько технических учётных записей находится под управлением IGA и проходят ли он…

Вопрос для бизнеса уже не в том, случится ли атака, а в том, насколько быстро и грамотно организация сможет на неё отреагировать и минимизировать последствия.

Скорость и качество реагирования на инциденты в области информационной безопасности напрямую влияют на бизнес-показатели.

Константин Мушовец порекомендовал компаниям, выстраивающим систему реагирования на инциденты, в первую очередь обратить внимание на решения класса EDR.

Использование ИИ при реагировании на инцидентыАлександр Григорян рассказал, что его департамент разрабатывает собственный инструментарий для расследования и реагирования на инциденты на всех этапах жизненного цикла.

Ключевая проблема многих организаций кроется не в …

Согласно судебным документам, речь шла не о взломе Signal, не о компрометации его серверов и не о расшифровке трафика.

Обновление вышло 22 апреля 2026 года и доступно для iPhone 11 и новее, а также для ряда iPad; параллельно Apple выпустила исправления и для старой ветки iOS / iPadOS 18.7.8.

Сначала сообщение поступало в Signal на iPhone.

Отключить содержимое уведомлений в мессенджерахНапример, в случае Telegram на iOS это делается через «Настройки» → «Приложения» → «Telegram» → «Уведомления» → «Показывать содержимое».

ВыводыЭтот инцидент не дискредитирует мессенджеры и Signal в частности и не доказывает бесполезность сквозного шифрования.

Анализ мирового и российского рынка показал, что спектр услуг, объединённых под понятием Red Team Operations, стал значительно шире.

Это касается и Red Team Operations (редтиминга), содержание и задачи которых со временем претерпели изменения.

Что такое Red Team OperationsКонцепция Red Team появилась в военной сфере, где силы делились на «синие» (Blue Team) и «красные» (Red Team) для отработки боевых сценариев.

Чем Red Team отличается от пентеста и BASРабота Red Team отличается от традиционного пентеста или имитации атак (Breach and Attack Simulation, BAS).

Мировой рынок услуг по оценке киберзащищённости Red Team OperationsВ зарубежной практике редтиминг чаще называют Red Team Operations ил…

У более чем трети компаний он не изменился, что в условиях инфляции, особенно опережающего роста цен на ИТ-оборудование, также означает фактическое снижение.

На чём и как можно сэкономитьПо мнению участников дискуссии, у CISO есть возможности при необходимости снизить затраты.

Однако, по его наблюдениям, как правило, и та и другая системы являются неполными, что затрудняет такие проекты и создаёт почву для конфликтов.

Дмитрий Найдёнов даже заявил, что при наиболее жёстком прессинге со стороны бизнеса можно пойти на то, чтобы полностью заморозить развитие.

Положение осложняет и то, что популярные SSD-диски, как локальные, так и на серверах и системах хранения, имеют склонность выходить из ст…

Corelight — разрабатывает коммерческую платформу на базе открытого проекта Zeek (бывший Bro), специализируется на сборе и нормализации трафика для передачи в SIEM.

Заказчики выбирают не отдельный NDR, а готовый набор ИБ-продуктов, который также включает SIEM, SOAR, NDR и системы управления уязвимостями, и всё это от одного вендора.

Основные игроки российского рынка NTA/NDR: Positive Technologies (PT NDR), R-Vision (R-Vision NDR), «Солар» (Solar NDR), «Инфосистемы Джет» (КОМРАД NDR), «Гарда Технологии» (Гарда NDR), «ИнфоТеКС» (ViPNet NDR) и «Айдеко» (Айдеко NDR).

PT NAD (Positive Technologies)PT Network Attack Discovery (PT NAD) — система поведенческого анализа сетевого трафика для обнаружен…

Tor Browser и Tor — это разные слои одной системыTor Browser — это браузер на базе Firefox ESR, который настроен так, чтобы весь веб-трафик шёл через сеть Tor.

Почему маршрутизация «луковая»Когда Tor-клиент строит цепочку, он не берёт три случайных сервера и не кидает через них обычный запрос к сайту.

Как Tor выбирает узлыЧто видят провайдер, сайт и узлы TorСамая частая ошибка — думать, что Tor делает пользователя невидимым для всех.

Как Tor Browser борется с fingerprintingПочему JavaScript в Tor — больная темаJavaScript нужен современному вебу.

obfs4 пытается сделать трафик менее похожим на Tor и усложнить активное сканирование мостов.

В первой статье мы разобрали классическую схему и упомянули, что современная индустрия достроила к ней два этажа — 3-2-1-1-0 и 4-3-2.

Во второй мы перевели подробный материал AvePoint про 3-2-1-1-0 и пообещали отдельный текст про 4-3-2.

Этот текст о том, почему 3-2-1 уступает место более продуманным стратегиям и в чём разница между классическим правилом и его наследниками — 3-2-1-1-0 и 4-3-2, — и как выбрать схему под конкретную задачу.

Это 3-2-1-1-0 и 4-3-2.

Этот раздел в оригинале довольно подробный, но мы детально разобрали схему 3-2-1-1-0 в предыдущем переводе материала AvePoint.

Компания заявила, что данные хранились на серверах ЕС в зашифрованном и псевдонимизированном виде, и планирует оспорить штраф.

На Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 это даёт ~2× реального прироста токенов в секунду, на Apple Silicon с размером батча 4–8 — около 2.2×.

Заявленные характеристики: контекст до 12 млн токенов в исследовательской версии, скорость в 52 раза выше FlashAttention, цена API — $8/млн токенов против $2600 у Claude Opus.

В числе найденного — 20-летний баг в XSLT и 15-летний в элементе HTML , которые стандартный фаззинг не находил годами.

Пробуйте российскую IDE в деле и подписывайтесь на нас в Telegram или Max, чтобы не пропустить свежие обновления и полезные материалы.

Общее место у всех кейсов не в конкретной модели, инструменте или промптах, а в отсутствии изоляции рабочей среды.

Агент с доступом к настоящему rm в настоящей файловой системе (ФС) может рассматриваться как обезьяна с гранатой базовый риск.

Что если агент делает не то, что вы просили, а что просил некто другой?

ВПО не ломало ассистента, не обходило guardrails, не искало RCE и не эксплуатировало известные уязвимости.

На инструкцию в системном промпте «Не ведись на промпт-инъекции» рассчитывать не приходится: это как попросить молоток не бить по пальцу.

ООО «В Контакте» посчитало, что указанное программное обеспечение:работает без надлежащего разрешения;предназначено для скоринга;нарушает их права на сформированную базу данных.

Даже если информацию в базу данных сайта «скидывали» сами пользователи, то это не означает, что создатель (организатор) не имеет прав на эту БД.

Во-вторых, изготовитель базы данных получает на нее исключительное право, если в создание продукта были вложены финансовые, организационные или иные затраты.

Представители LinkedIn заявили, что их противники (конкуренты) собирают доступные данные пользователей.

Апелляция, учтя подобное решение, посчитала, что к сайтам, размещенным в публичном поле, невозможно применить конц…

В этой статье — на примере из предыдущей — разберем, как можно осуществить поиск удаленных записей USN-журнала в незанятой области.

Получить неразмеченную область в виде файла можно с образа диска либо с его клона — или же непосредственно с самого носителя информации.

Извлечение незанятой области в файл при помощи AutopsyДля карвинга USN-записей нам необходимо знать, что нужно искать в этом нераспределенном пространстве.

· 3CC9020000003500 (желтый цвет): little-endian — читаем как 0x0002C93C; для Parent MFT Entry переводим в DEC, получаем 182588; 35 в DEC = 53.

Ниже представлен код для поиска USN-записей с Reason RENAME_NEW_NAME и RENAME_OLD_NAME в файле незанятого пространства.

Это Bot API.

Лезете в полную документацию Telegram API искать обход, упираетесь в раздел channels.createChannel / channels.inviteToChannel под MTProto, и начинается совсем другая история - не Bot API, а user-бот через telethon .

Когда MTProto user-бот вообще нуженИдти в MTProto имеет смысл только когда стандартный Bot API упирается в свои потолки.

И не «лень разобраться», а методов нет в принципе - есть конкретные операции, которые Bot API не закрывает никак.

Получается гибридная архитектура: создание и пополнение группы через MTProto user-бота, остальное через Bot API.

Но главный вопрос сейчас не в том, что будет через четыре месяца, а в том, что уже можно и нужно сделать прямо сегодня.

Важная деталь: учетная запись должна быть именно подтвержденной — не упрощенной и не стандартной.

И на физлиц, ИП и юрлиц — без исключений по статусу.

Если человек не хочет или не может пройти ЕСИА, домен через положенный срок освободится.

Идентификация администраторов доменов через «Госуслуги» в Рег.руИдентификация через ЕСИА для физлиц и ИП в Рег.ру уже работает.

Рассмотрим, чем могут быть полезны LNK-файлы при расследовании компьютерных атак, как их исследовать и на что обратить внимание.

В качестве подробной справочной информации, какие структуры и для чего есть в LNK, подготовил подробное детальное описание формата.

Пример ShellLinkHeader LINKTARGET_IDLIST Присутствует в LNK, если указан флаг HasLinkTargetIDList в поле LinkFlags заголовка.

LINKINFO Присутствует в LNK , если указан флаг HasLinkInfo в LinkFlags заголовка.

Если в LNK DARWIN_PROPS , то система попытается обновить иконку ярлыка по пути, указанному в ICON_ENVIRONMENT_PROPS .

Зачем вообще нужен AI в такой системеНа первый взгляд, если всё должно решаться exact verifier’ом, AI вообще не нужен.

Неправильная архитектура: AI-oracleПлохая схема выглядит так:signature corpus | v AI analysis | v "candidate key seems valid" | v recovery claimЭто недопустимо.

Но AI не может:видеть truth/private/nonce поля;принимать candidate_d ;принимать k ;принимать recovery claim;объявлять solver success;считать свой score evidence;обходить deterministic integrity gate.

В виде формулы:unsafe AI = reasoning + authoritysafe AI = reasoning - authority + deterministic gatesВ криптографии полезный AI — не тот, который “сам знает ответ”, а тот, чья ошибка не может стать cryptographic claim.

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Давайте разберёмся, что, по нашему мнению, сделала Mythos, и что это означает для кибербезопасности.

Когда сети из небольших доверенных окружений превратились в 90-х в огромные системы, стандартом де-факто стали протоколы NFS и RPC компании Sun.

Но в случае CVE-2026-4747 само нахождение уязвимости больше похоже на пример комбинаторной креативности: ИИ совершил открытие, уже находящееся в его обучающих данных.

Сейчас всё шире обсуждают подобные «повторные открытия» ИИ, сделанные в математике и других науках; настало время обсудить их и в сфере кибербезопасности.

Подведём итогЧтобы понять истинную угрозу ИИ в кибербезопасности, нужно отделить научно-фантастический хайп от реальности истинного…

⚠️ AchtungЕсли вы думаете, что вы не ФГУП и не государственная компания, поэтому требования 117 приказа вас не коснутся, нам придётся вас расстроить.

В случае использования более 10 мобильных устройств для доступа к информационным системам должно обеспечиваться автоматизированное управление и контроль использования мобильных устройств.

Остальные требования УПД относятся к приложениям на мобильном устройстве и к логике работы серверных компонентов, к которым эти мобильные приложения подключаются.

Приложение при установке и в процессе работы запрашивает у операционной системы определённые полномочия – доступ к галерее, геолокации, Bluetooth и с десяток других.

Мы понимаем, что требования вышл…

⚠️ AchtungЕсли вы думаете, что вы не ФГУП и не государственная компания, поэтому требования 117 приказа вас не коснутся, нам придётся вас расстроить.

В случае использования более 10 мобильных устройств для доступа к информационным системам должно обеспечиваться автоматизированное управление и контроль использования мобильных устройств.

Остальные требования УПД относятся к приложениям на мобильном устройстве и к логике работы серверных компонентов, к которым эти мобильные приложения подключаются.

Приложение при установке и в процессе работы запрашивает у операционной системы определённые полномочия – доступ к галерее, геолокации, Bluetooth и с десяток других.

Мы понимаем, что требования вышл…

Про права доступа легко выучить команды – chmod 755 , chown user file – но не понимать что происходит под капотом.

В конце статьи будет бонус который даст вам возможность изучить права доступа в Linux ещё доступнее и возможно проще.

Что такое права доступа и зачем они нужныLinux – многопользовательская система.

Числовое и символьное представлениеСуществует два способа записывать права, и оба используются в реальной работе.

ACL (Access Control Lists) решают эту задачу – они позволяют прописать права для произвольного количества пользователей и групп на один объект.

Но тема с ллмками куда шире, как и предполагалось, – это не одно нечто, где-то лежащее, которое можно выключить, потерять или поломать.

Вот реально отрубают тебе ллм, а проблема не в конкретном месте, где ты «файлы» держал.

Если условно раньше была ситуация – ты пилишь долго систему, код, все в голове, ты в потоке, ночами не спишь, и в какой-то финальный день перед деплоем у тебя дохнет хард, и ты просто весь в поту и в бешенстве от своего идиотизма.

Но в данном случае проблема какая – сам производимый результат когнитивно уже не принадлежит человеку, который вот так работает.

А еще если он не с клодом будет действовать.

Как сообщают местные СМИ, 5 апреля молодой человек сумел остановить сразу четыре поезда, передав в служебную TETRA-сеть сигнал тревоги.

Поезда курсируют по 350-километровой линии вдоль западного побережья страны и разгоняются до 300 км/ч.

Следствие полагает, что студент действовал не один.

Как выяснилось, используемая TETRA-инфраструктура эксплуатировалась почти 19 лет, и за это время параметры системы практически не менялись.

Следователи подняли логи TETRA-сети и записи с камер наблюдения, что в итоге привело их к квартире подозреваемого.

Представители МТС, «Билайна», «Мегафона» и T2 договорились с разработчиками Max о доставке кодов подтверждений, уведомлений и транзакционных сообщений через мессенджер.

Если доставка сообщений через Max будет невозможна, они продублируются в SMS.

Сообщается, что пользователи смогут получать в Max уведомления от различных сервисов и организаций, включая одноразовые коды для входа в аккаунты.

В T2 сообщили, что в последние месяцы партнеры все чаще интересовались возможностью запуска уведомлений через Max.

В МТС, в свою очередь, подчеркнули, что операторы будут сами управлять маршрутизацией сообщений и выбирать доступный канал доставки в рамках требований законодательства.

Специалисты Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) сообщили о первом известном случае, когда хакеры, вероятно, использовали ИИ для создания 0-day эксплоита.

При этом в Google отдельно подчеркнули, что не нашли признаков использования Gemini.

Также исследователи отмечают, что речь идет не о типичном баге вроде повреждения памяти или ошибке очистки ввода, которые обычно ищут с помощью фаззинга.

Кроме того, в свежем отчете Google говорится, что китайские и северокорейские группировки активно используют ИИ для анализа уязвимостей и разработки эксплоитов.

Также в Google предупреждают, что злоумышленники уже начали «индустриализировать» доступ к платным ИИ-моделям.

19 мая (в 11:00 по московскому времени) команда RuDesktop представит релиз версии 3.0 и расскажет о ключевых обновлениях платформы.

Кеширование файлов на точках распространения ускорит доставку файлов при выполнении политик и снизит нагрузку на центральный сервер и сеть филиалов.

Теперь получать одноразовый код возможно и в мессенджере Max, что повышает защиту входа в систему.

Также появится сбор фактов об Android-устройстве: администратор сможет получать актуальную информацию о состоянии, установленном ПО и готовности к работе.

19 мая, в 11:00 по московскому времени, на вебинаре команда RuDesktop покажет основные изменения новой версии, расскажет о сценариях применения обновлений, и отдель…

Новые правила 2026За три года проведения премии и экспериментов с номинациями, организаторы накопили обратную связь от участников и членов жюри.

В нее вошли уязвимости в веб-сервисах, API и других компонентах веб-приложений.

Игнорировать влияние нейросетей на отрасль больше невозможно: за последний год атаки на LLM и ИИ-агенты перестали быть экзотикой.

Промпт-инжекты, обход guardrails, эксплуатация tool use и RAG-пайплайнов — это самостоятельная дисциплина со своими техниками и своей моделью угроз.

Поэтому в этом году добавилась новая номинация «AI» — за выдающиеся достижения в исследовании и эксплуатации уязвимостей систем, построенных на технологиях искусственного интеллекта и больших язы…

Исследователи из компании HiddenLayer обнаружили на платформе Hugging Face вредоносный репозиторий Open-OSS/privacy-filter, который выдавал себя за легитимный проект OpenAI Privacy Filter, но на деле распространял инфостилер для Windows.

До удаления репозиторий успел подняться на первое место в трендах платформы, и его загрузили около 244 000 раз.

Внешне скрипт выглядел как обычный код, связанный с ИИ, но он отключал SSL-проверку, декодировал base64-строку с адресом внешнего ресурса и загружал JSON-пейлоад с PowerShell-командой.

Малварь собирала данные из Chromium- и Gecko-браузеров, включая cookie, сохраненные пароли, ключи шифрования и токены сессий.

В HiddenLayer отдельно отмечают, что в…

Через официальный сайт DAEMON Tools почти месяц распространялись троянизированные версии ПО с бэкдором внутри.

DAEMON Tools — один из самых известных инструментов для работы с образами дисков в Windows.

После раскрытия информации об инциденте разработчик DAEMON Tools — компания AVB Disc Soft — подтвердил компрометацию своей инфраструктуры.

5 мая вышел релиз DAEMON Tools Lite 12.6.0.2445, в котором вредоносная функциональность уже отсутствует.

Пользователям, скачивавшим DAEMON Tools Lite после 8 апреля, рекомендуется удалить программу, проверить систему антивирусными решениями и установить обновленную версию ПО с официального сайта.

Спустя всего пару недель после истории с CopyFail исследователи раскрыли еще одну опасную уязвимость повышения привилегий — Dirty Frag.

Эксплоит позволяет локальному пользователю получить root-права практически во всех популярных дистрибутивах Linux, при этом атака не связана с состоянием гонки и не приводит к сбоям ядра.

Dirty Frag обнаружил ИБ-исследователь Хенву Ким (Hyunwoo Kim).

Исследователи сравнивают Dirty Frag с уязвимостями Dirty Pipe и CopyFail, так как все три бага относятся к одному семейству проблем.

Однако Dirty Frag атакует другой элемент внутренних структур ядра — frag в struct sk_buff.

MDASH, short for multi-model agentic scanning harness, is designed as a model-agnostic system that uses bespoke AI agents for different vulnerability classes to autonomously discover, validate, and prove exploitable defects in complex codebases like Windows.

MDASH is envisioned as a "structured pipeline" that ingests a codebase and produces validated, proven findings through a series of actions.

Redmond noted that the specialized agents have been constructed based on past common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) and their patches.

MDASH has already been put to test, unearthing 16 of the vulnerabilities that were fixed in this month's Patch Tuesday release.

CVE-2026-33827 (CVSS score: 8.1…

A threat actor with affiliations to China has been linked to a "multi-wave intrusion" targeting an unnamed Azerbaijani oil and gas company between late December 2025 and late February 2026, marking an expansion of its targeting.

What's notable about the campaign is that it repeatedly leveraged the same vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Server entry point despite several remediation attempts, swapping backdoors each time: Deed RAT on December 25, 2025, TernDoor in late January/early February 2026, and a modified Deed RAT in late February 2026.

"Unlike standard DLL side-loading that relies on simple file replacement, this method overrides two specific exported functions within the malicious libra…

TL;DR: Stop chasing thousands of "toast" alerts.

Join experts from Wiz and Okta/GitLab to learn how hackers connect tiny flaws to build a "Lethal Chain" to your data—and how to break it.

While your team is busy fixing 100 "toast" alerts, a sophisticated attacker is quietly building a Lethal Chain through your system.

What is a "Lethal Chain"?

The Briefing: Stop Guessing.

Because the question that still doesn't get enough attention is this: when you do patch, how do you know it worked?

The question is whether your remediation actually eliminated the exposure or simply moved the ticket to 'done.'

The Organizational Seam Where Weeks DisappearEven with validated, high-signal findings, the delay between identification and remediation is primarily organizational.

Security findings end up competing with whatever was already on the schedule, and they usually lose.

Programs improve when they consolidate findings to the underlying risk and track whether that risk actually goes away.

The update list also includes a vulnerability that was patched by AMD (CVE-2025-54518, CVSS score: 7.3) this month.

(CVSS score: 9.9) - A code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Dynamics 365 (on-premises) that allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.

CVE-2026-33823 (CVSS score: 9.6) - An improper authorization in Microsoft Teams that allows an authorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

(CVSS score: 8.4) - A use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word that allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally without requiring user interaction.

CVE-2026-40364 (CVSS score: 8.4) - A type confusion vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word that a…

"Instead, the scripts fetch pages from U.K. local government democratic services portals, package the collected responses into valid .gem archives, and publish those gems back to RubyGems using hardcoded API keys."

At a high level, the campaign abuses RubyGems as a place to stage the scraped council content.

It does this by fetching hard-coded U.K. council portal URLs, packaging the HTTP responses into valid .gem archives, and publishing those archives to RubyGems using embedded registry credentials.

"It may be registry spam, a proof-of-concept worm, an automated scraper misusing RubyGems as a storage layer, or a deliberate test of package registry abuse," Socket said.

"But the mechanics ar…

Google on Tuesday unveiled a new opt-in Android feature called Intrusion Logging for storing forensic logs to better analyze sophisticated spyware attacks.

Intrusion Logging, available as part of Advanced Protection Mode, enables "persistent and privacy-preserving forensics logging to allow for investigation of devices in the event of a suspected compromise," the company said.

The Intrusion Logging function in particular enables detection and forensic analysis of even highly sophisticated and previously difficult-to-detect attacks."

The logs can be downloaded by navigating to the Settings app, and then tapping Security & privacy -> Advanced Protection -> Intrusion Logging -> Access logs.

"B…

Exim has released security updates to address a severe security issue affecting certain configurations that could enable memory corruption and potential code execution.

Exim is an open-source Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) designed for Unix-like systems to receive, route, and deliver email.

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-45185, aka Dead.Letter, has been described as a use-after-free vulnerability in Exim's binary data transmission (BDAT) message body parsing when a TLS connection is handled by GnuTLS.

An attacker only needs to be able to establish a TLS connection and use the CHUNKING (BDAT) SMTP extension."

In late 2017, Exim patched a use-after-free vulnerability in the SMTP daemon (CV…

RubyGems, the standard package manager for the Ruby programming language, has temporarily paused account sign ups following what has been described as a "major malicious attack."

"We're dealing with a major malicious attack on Ruby Gems right now," Maciej Mensfeld, senior product manager for software supply chain security at Mend.io, said in a post on X.

Hundreds of packages involved – mostly targeting us, but some carrying exploits."

Visitors to RubyGems' sign up page are now greeted with the message: "New account registration has been temporarily disabled."

Mend.io, which secures RubyGems, said it intends to release more details once the incident is contained.

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new version of the TrickMo Android banking trojan that uses The Open Network (TON) for command-and-control (C2).

The new variant, observed by ThreatFabric between January and February 2026, has been observed actively targeting banking and cryptocurrency wallet users in France, Italy, and Austria.

TrickMo is the name assigned to a device takeover (DTO) malware that's been active in the wild since late 2019.

A notable shift in the architecture entails the use of the TON decentralized blockchain for stealthy C2 communications.

"TrickMo carries an embedded native TON proxy that the host APK starts on a loopback port at process start," ThreatFabric said.

Why do the Riskiest SOC Alerts Go Unanswered?

The findings point to a structural gap in how security coverage is delivered today: not a lack of tooling, but a ceiling built into every existing model.

Your SOC Model Has a Coverage CeilingIn-house SOC teams are the first to feel the gap.

These alert types require deep, domain-specific knowledge that most SOC teams simply don't have on staff.

AI SOC automation platforms have made significant progress on common alert types, but most cap out at four to six pre-defined categories.

Agentic AI is already running in production environments across many organizations today.

The practical consequence of being behind on agentic AI goes beyond technical exposure.

This hands-on familiarity is where real understanding begins, and real understanding is what makes everything else possible.

Three categories of agents, three categories of riskThe agentic AI landscape is broad, and the risk profile varies significantly across it.

The skills that matter right nowBuilding competency in agentic AI security requires two distinct layers of knowledge.

TeamPCP, the threat actor behind the recent supply chain attack spree, has been linked to the compromise of the npm and PyPI packages from TanStack, UiPath, Mistral AI, OpenSearch, and Guardrails AI as part of a fresh Mini Shai-Hulud campaign.

TanStack has since traced the compromise to a chained GitHub Actions attack involving the "pull_request_target" trigger, GitHub Actions cache poisoning, and runtime memory extraction of an OIDC token from the GitHub Actions runner process.

"The attack published malicious versions through the project's own GitHub Actions release pipeline using hijacked OIDC tokens," StepSecurity researcher Ashish Kurmi said.

"In an extremely rare escalation, the compro…

American educational technology company Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said it reached an "agreement" with a decentralized cybercrime extortion group after it breached its network and threatened to leak stolen information from thousands of schools and universities.

It also said it has been informed that none of the company's customers will be separately extorted as a result of the hack.

The disclosure comes as the ShinyHunters extortion crew waged a digital attack against Canvas, a popular web-based learning management system, late last month, resulting in the theft of 3.65TB of data.

"Leaked records can be used to impersonate school administrators, IT support, or financial aid …

OpenAI has launched Daybreak, a new cybersecurity initiative that brings together frontier artificial intelligence (AI) model capabilities and Codex Security to help organizations identify and patch vulnerabilities before attackers find a way in using the same issues.

"Daybreak combines the intelligence of OpenAI models, the extensibility of Codex as an agentic harness, and our partners across the security flywheel to help make the world safer for everyone," the AI upstart said.

"Defenders can bring secure code review, threat modeling, patch validation, dependency risk analysis, detection, and remediation guidance into the everyday development loop so software becomes more resilient from th…

Smart glasses allow anyone to track and record the world around them.

So we probably shouldn’t be surprised that smart glasses are doing the rounds once more, after a failed attempt by Google to popularize them over a decade ago.

This presents significant security and privacy risks for both smart glasses users and the people they interact with.

Smart glasses give anyone the ability to record or take photos of strangers surreptitiously.

It might put you in physical danger if you lose track of your surroundingsFor bystanders:Keep your eyes peeled for anyone wearing smart glasses.

We identified and reported 28 CallPhantom apps on Google Play, cumulatively downloaded more than 7.3 million times.

The table in the Analyzed CallPhantom apps section lists each app along with its key details, including the download count.

Examples of CallPhantom initial screensCampaign overviewThe CallPhantom apps we found on Google Play mainly targeted Android users in India and the broader Asia‑Pacific region.

No data generation occurs until after payment; users have to pay or subscribe before any email would supposedly be sent.

For these third-party payment apps, CallPhantom apps either included hardcoded URLs or fetched the URLs dynamically from a Firebase realtime database, meaning th…

The most-used password globally is exactly what you think it is: ‘123456.’ That’s according to NordPass’s latest annual report on passwords exposed in data breaches globally.

NordPass’s data suggests that there are many more sites that set limited password policies and allow trivial passwords like ‘123456’.

However, I think there may also be elements of legacy in the method used to calculate the most common passwords.

Breaking the cycleNow, how do we resolve this never-ending loop of negativity about passwords, along with the ridiculous situation that platforms still permit non-secure passwords?

There is a simple and effective way to resolve it: mandate complex passwords or, better yet, MFA.

In this blogpost, we provide an overview of the attack, and the first public analysis of the Android backdoor.

sqgame is a gaming platform tailored for the people of Yanbian and hosts traditional Yanbian games for Windows, Android, and iOS.

Android BirdCall analysisIn this section, we provide a technical analysis of the Android BirdCall backdoor – an Android port of the eponymous Windows backdoor written in C++.

Trojanized Android gamesAndroid BirdCall is distributed via trojanized Android games.

During our research, we observed 12 Zoho WorkDrive drives used by the Android BirdCall backdoor for C&C purposes.

Tony also offers insights that the they may hold for your own cyber-defenses.

Iranian-linked hackers are targeting Rockwell programmable logic controllers (PLCs), with almost 4,000 such devices exposed on the networks of U.S. critical infrastructure organizations, according to a warning from multiple U.S. federal agencies.

How can critical infrastructure organizations using Rockwell PLCs stay safe?

How do the FBI's figures compare to those from 2024 and what was the most damaging scam to affect businesses last year?

Learn this and more from Tony's video and be sure to check out the March 2026 edition of Tony's monthly security news roundup for more insights.

Calm feels like evidence that the danger has passed, which changes behavior in ways that reintroduce the danger.

Yet more trapsThe formal state of an organization’s security is easy to measure and – assuming all turns out well – also easy to feel good about.

When the confidence shattersThis all matters also because a ransomware intrusion is a business continuity event whose effects extend far and wide.

Discipline is everythingIn addition to the right tools and people, security that holds up over time rests on the habit of watching and adapting.

It’s what security tools can ‘convert’ into detections and alerts that let security teams act in time.

GopherWhisper abuses legitimate services, notably Discord, Slack, Microsoft 365 Outlook, and file.io for command and control (C&C) communication and exfiltration.

GopherWhisper leverages Discord, Slack, Microsoft 365 Outlook, and file.io for C&C communications and exfiltration.

The malware we initially discovered consists of the following:JabGopher: an injector that executes the LaxGopher backdoor disguised as whisper.dll .

GopherWhisper toolset overviewRevealing messagesAs mentioned in the introduction, GopherWhisper is characterized by the extensive use of legitimate services such as Slack, Discord, and Outlook for C&C communication.

In addition, several interesting links to GitHub reposi…

Additionally, the code can also capture the victim’s payment card PIN and exfiltrate it to the operators’ C&C server.

Apart from relaying NFC data, the malicious code also steals payment card PINs.

The first NGate attacks employed the open-source NFCGate tool to facilitate the transfer of NFC data.

Once installed, the app asks to be set as the default payment app, which can be seen in Figure 10.

Initial request to set the app as the default NFC payment appFigure 11.

Collectively, they pave the way for the intrusion long before the ransom note arrives.

ESET’s detection data shows ransomware rising by 13 percent in the second half of 2025 compared to the prior six months, following a 30-percent increase in the first half of 2025.

Meanwhile, Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) recorded a jump from 32% to 44% in the share of breaches involving ransomware, while the median ransom payment fell from $150,000 to $115,000.

As the products have improved, criminals responded by building a clandestine market for tools designed to disable them.

The sheer investment in EDR killers is, somewhat perversely, the clearest measure of how much damage t…

Ignoring a real breach notification invites risk, but falling for a bogus one could be even worse.

What do fake breach notification scams look like?

Either:The scammers wait for a real breach, and piggyback on the news to send out a fake notification.

Spotting the red flagsFake breach notifications should be easy to spot if you know what to look out for.

Staying safeUnderstanding what to look out for is the first step to staying safe from breach notification scams.

This seems extremely low given the scale and frequency of supply chain incidents – and how broadly ‘supply chain’ really stretches.

Notably, 3CX itself was the downstream victim of another supply chain attack, courtesy of a compromised Trading Technologies X_TRADER installer.

CISOs rated supply chain disruption #2 for 2025 and #2 again for 2026, while CEOs rate supply chain disruption #3 for 2025.

Talk about a supply chain blind spot…What are key considerations around geopolitical supply chain risk?

Resilience is imperativeIn a world of escalating threats and risky interdependencies, supply chain cyber resilience is a competitive differentiator at the survival level.

If you’ve been the victim of fraud, you’re likely already a lead on a ‘sucker list’ – and if you’re not careful, your ordeal may be about to get worse.

Online scammers only care about one thing: making money, so when new opportunities arise to do just that, they take them.

Recovery fraud is an umbrella for several predatory tactics, all sharing a common goal: the “second strike.”How does recovery fraud work?

This is basically a kind of advance fee fraud.

If you’ve been victimized by recovery scammers, there are a limited set of options available to you.

Threat actors are using AI to supercharge tried-and-tested TTPs.

The former are using AI, automation and a range of techniques to sometimes devastating effect.

But n the other hand, threat actors are just doing what they have done before – supercharging existing tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to accelerate attacks.

Threat actors are:Getting better at stealing/cracking/phishing legitimate credentials from your employees.

Catching threat actors at this point is essential – especially as exfiltration (when it begins) is also being accelerated by AI.

Now just have a think about all of the digital assets you’re likely to leave for loved ones to manage.

From a legal perspective, inheritance laws often don’t include digital assets, online policies can be “opaque” and tools fragmented, it says.

However, a proposed Property (Digital Assets, etc.)

However, a proposed Property (Digital Assets, etc.)

Or a fictitious “account recovery” service provider claiming they can access your loved one’s digital assets for a fee.

The past four weeks have seen a slew of new cybersecurity wake-up calls that showed why every organization needs a well-thought-out cyber-resilience planAs March 2026 draws to a close, ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe looks at some of the top cybersecurity stories that made the news this month and offers insights that they may hold for your cyber-defenses.

Here's Tony's rundown of some of what stood out most over the four or so weeks:The medtech giant Stryker fell victim to a cyberattack that was claimed by the Iran-linked Handala hacktivist group and reportedly wiped “over 200,000 systems, servers, and mobile devices” and stole 50 terabytes of data,Research by the Google Threat…

The company launched Incognito Chat with Meta AI, a feature that lets users hold AI conversations the platform itself cannot read.

How Incognito Chat worksIncognito Chat runs on top of Meta’s Private Processing technology, the same infrastructure the company introduced earlier for AI tools in WhatsApp.

Side Chat coming next“In the coming months, we’ll also introduce Side Chat protected by Private Processing.

Side Chat with Meta AI will give you private help with any chat, with context of what’s being discussed, without disrupting the main conversation,” Meta said.

By keeping prompts inaccessible to Meta, Incognito Chat addresses one of the most common objections raised against AI features i…

Signal is adding new protections for users following recent phishing and social engineering attacks. In March, the FBI and CISA issued a warning stating that Signal had become a primary target of Russian intelligence-linked hackers. Dutch and German security authorities were among the first to identify phishing campaigns targeting Signal users. The scheme centered on Signal’s “linked devices” feature. Attackers contacted targets while posing as trusted entities, including support teams or known contacts. Victims were … More →

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Tuskira has announced the launch of Kairo, a breach modeling capability that detects deep, hidden breach paths by leveraging its security data mesh and digital twin technology. Kairo helps security teams improve breach resilience by modeling how attackers can leverage new AI models to laterally move across an environment, identifying deep hidden kill chains across cloud, IT & OT infrastructure. Kairo also validates detected breach paths against existing security controls if attackers can also bypass … More →

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Apricorn has announced enhancements to its Aegis Secure Key 3.0 (ASK3), delivering faster performance and new environmental protection capabilities designed to secure the device and its data in the most demanding physical circumstances. The ASK3 was updated to meet and exceed the latest NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) for FIPS 140-3 Level 3 validation, for which it has formally been submitted. This positions the ASK3 for use by government, defence contractors, and organisations across … More →

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European governments and public institutions have been shifting away from proprietary software for years, and the financial infrastructure supporting open-source alternatives is growing to match. Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund announced today that it is investing more than €1 million in KDE, the open-source project behind the Plasma desktop environment and a broad range of Linux software. The investment will go toward strengthening KDE’s testing infrastructure, security architecture, and the frameworks underpinning its communication services. KDE … More →

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Microsoft responded to growing competition in AI security by announcing that its new agentic security system helped researchers discover 16 new vulnerabilities in the Windows networking and authentication stack, including four critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. MDASH architecture diagram (Source: Microsoft) Two of the four flaws — CVE-2026-40361 and CVE-2026-40364 — were deemed by Microsoft to be more likely to be exploited. The multi-model agentic scanning harness, codenamed MDASH, was built by Microsoft’s Autonomous … More →

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Versa has announced Versa Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), extending the VersaONE Universal SASE Platform to provide continuous visibility, prioritization, and remediation of cloud risk across environments. With CSPM, Versa combines secure access protection and cloud posture risk on a single platform, delivering the visibility security teams need to quantify and reduce enterprise cyber exposure. For years, security has evolved in silos. Access is protected, but cloud misconfiguration risk remains fragmented and hard to see. … More →

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NetSPI launched AI-powered Continuous Pentesting offerings, designed to help organizations continuously identify, validate and reduce risk across dynamic external and cloud environments. Organizations are managing an expanding number of potential entry points as new internet-facing resources, including cloud assets, applications, APIs, and AI-centric assets, are introduced. Each deployment can create new risk, making it harder for security teams to maintain a view of exposure without continuous, validated insight. NetSPI’s Continuous Pentesting offerings include Continuous External … More →

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Source code auditing has traditionally relied on static analyzers that flag long lists of potential issues, leaving engineers to sort bugs from noise. A new open-source project from offensive-security firm SecureLayer7 takes a different route, using LLMs to read a codebase, trace how data moves through it, and produce working exploit code for the vulnerabilities it confirms. Their open-source tool, called Sandyaa, was released under an MIT license. How the auditor operates Sandyaa accepts either … More →

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An employee with persistent, unsupervised admin access across critical systems, with no audit trail, no clear owner, and no regular access reviews, would raise immediate concern in most organizations. Yet non-human identities and AI agents are often granted that same kind of persistent, broadly privileged access. As AI adoption grows, that gap is becoming harder to ignore. NHIs today encompass far more than traditional service accounts and API keys. They also often include AI agents … More →

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Wireless security training programs lean heavily on generic network labs, with Wi-Fi appearing as a checkbox alongside Bluetooth, Zigbee, and cellular. Hands-on environments dedicated to IEEE 802.11 are uncommon, even as Wi-Fi remains the default on-ramp to corporate networks and a recurring entry point for attackers. A new paper from researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the University of the Aegean takes aim at that gap with a cyber range built … More →

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Phone scammers spoofing bank caller IDs have driven an estimated $980 million in annual losses worldwide, according to Europol. Android’s 2026 security roadmap takes direct aim at that pattern with a verified call system built in partnership with banks, alongside a wider set of protections covering app behavior, device theft, location data, and on-device AI processing. Verified financial calls A new feature called verified financial calls will check incoming calls against the official app of … More →

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Container image security pipelines have spent the past several years pushing toward minimal footprints, hermetic builds, and continuous CVE remediation. The Fedora Project is now applying that same approach to the host operating system. At Red Hat Summit 2026, Fedora announced Fedora Hummingbird, a container-based rolling Linux distribution delivered as an OCI image. “The Linux market has split: IT operations teams need the decades-long stability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, while builders, both human and … More →

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Microsoft has marked May 2026 Patch Tuesday by releasing fixes for 120+ CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, none of which (for a change) are actively exploited or have been publicly disclosed. Still, some deserve more consideration and should be addressed sooner than others. Patches to prioritize For Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer at Tenable, the four critical remote code execution bugs in Microsoft Word stand out in this release, and especially the two (CVE-2026-40361, CVE-2026-40364) that have … More →

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SAP introduced the Autonomous Enterprise to help enhance the world’s most critical business workflows, so that humans and AI work together to meet the accelerating demands of global business profitably, strategically and safely. “For the mission-critical processes of our customers, ‘almost right’ just isn’t good enough,” said Christian Klein, CEO of SAP SE. “By uniting SAP Business AI Platform with SAP Autonomous Suite, we anchor AI agents in the business processes, data and governance so … More →

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TL;DRcopy.fail is a Linux kernel local privilege escalation, not a browser or clipboard attack.

Kubernetes Pod Security Standards (Restricted) and the default RuntimeDefault seccomp profile do not block the syscall used.

A custom seccomp profile is needed.

“Local privilege escalation” sounds dry, so let me unpack it.

They all share one Linux kernel with their neighbours.

About Bruce SchneierI am a public-interest technologist, working at the intersection of security, technology, and people.

I've been writing about security issues on my blog since 2004, and in my monthly newsletter since 1998.

I'm a fellow and lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School, a board member of EFF, and the Chief of Security Architecture at Inrupt, Inc.

This personal website expresses the opinions of none of those organizations.

Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Live in the Waters of Western AustraliaEvidence of them has been found by analyzing DNA in the seawater.

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

Blog moderation policy.

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Insider trading is rife on Polymarket:Analysis by the Anti-Corruption Data Collective, a non-profit research and advocacy group, found that long-shot bets—­defined as wagers of $2,500 or more at odds of 35 percent or less—­on the platform had an average win rate of around 52 percent in markets on military and defense actions.

That compares with a win rate of 25 percent across all politics-focused markets and just 14 percent for all markets on the platform as a whole.

About Bruce SchneierI am a public-interest technologist, working at the intersection of security, technology, and people.

I've been writing about security issues on my blog since 2004, and in my monthly newsletter since 1998.

I'm a fellow and lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School, a board member of EFF, and the Chief of Security Architecture at Inrupt, Inc.

This personal website expresses the opinions of none of those organizations.

A new rowhammer attack gives complete control of NVIDIA CPUs.

On Thursday, two research teams, working independently of each other, demonstrated attacks against two cards from Nvidia’s Ampere generation that take GPU rowhammering into new—­and potentially much more consequential—­territory: GDDR bitflips that give adversaries full control of CPU memory, resulting in full system compromise of the host machine.

For the attack to work, IOMMU memory management must be disabled, as is the default in BIOS settings.

“Our work shows that Rowhammer, which is well-studied on CPUs, is a serious threat on GPUs as well,” said Andrew Kwong, co-author of one of the papers.

Unlike the previous two, the res…

DarkSword is a sophisticated piece of malware—probably government designed—that targets iOS.

Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a new iOS full-chain exploit that leveraged multiple zero-day vulnerabilities to fully compromise devices.

Based on toolmarks in recovered payloads, we believe the exploit chain to be called DarkSword.

These threat actors have deployed the exploit chain against targets in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Malaysia, and Ukraine.

The proliferation of this single exploit chain across disparate threat actors mirrors the previously discovered Coruna iOS exploit kit.

Hacking PolymarketPolymarket is a platform where people can bet on real-world events, political and otherwise.

Leaving the ethical considerations of this aside (for one, it facilitates assassination), one of the issues with making this work is the verification of these real-world events.

Polymarket gamblers have threatened a journalist because his story was being used to verify an event.

And now, gamblers are taking hair dryers to weather sensors to rig weather bets.

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About Bruce SchneierI am a public-interest technologist, working at the intersection of security, technology, and people.

I've been writing about security issues on my blog since 2004, and in my monthly newsletter since 1998.

I'm a fellow and lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School, a board member of EFF, and the Chief of Security Architecture at Inrupt, Inc.

This personal website expresses the opinions of none of those organizations.

Fast16 MalwareResearchers have reverse-engineered a piece of malware named Fast16.

It’s almost certainly state-sponsored, probably US in origin, and was deployed against Iran years before Stuxnet:“…the Fast16 malware was designed to carry out the most subtle form of sabotage ever seen in an in-the-wild malware tool: By automatically spreading across networks and then silently manipulating computation processes in certain software applications that perform high-precision mathematical calculations and simulate physical phenomena, Fast16 can alter the results of those programs to cause failures that range from faulty research results to catastrophic damage to real-world equipment.”Another news…

No, it’s an extraordinary number:Since February, the Firefox team has been working around the clock using frontier AI models to find and fix latent security vulnerabilities in the browser.

We wrote previously about our collaboration with Anthropic to scan Firefox with Opus 4.6, which led to fixes for 22 security-sensitive bugs in Firefox 148.

This week’s release of Firefox 150 includes fixes for 271 vulnerabilities identified during this initial evaluation.

Our experience is a hopeful one for teams who shake off the vertigo and get to work.

Our work isn’t finished, but we’ve turned the corner and can glimpse a future much better than just keeping up.

This capability will have major security implications, compromising the devices and services we use every day.

The news rocked the internet security community.

Unpatchable or hard to verify systems should be protected by wrapping them in more restrictive, tightly controlled layers.

These are bog-standard security ideas that we might have been tempted to throw out in the era of AI, but they’re still as relevant as ever.

Rethinking Software Security PracticesThis also raises the salience of best practices in software engineering.

About Bruce SchneierI am a public-interest technologist, working at the intersection of security, technology, and people.

I've been writing about security issues on my blog since 2004, and in my monthly newsletter since 1998.

I'm a fellow and lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School, a board member of EFF, and the Chief of Security Architecture at Inrupt, Inc.

This personal website expresses the opinions of none of those organizations.

About Bruce SchneierI am a public-interest technologist, working at the intersection of security, technology, and people.

I've been writing about security issues on my blog since 2004, and in my monthly newsletter since 1998.

I'm a fellow and lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School, a board member of EFF, and the Chief of Security Architecture at Inrupt, Inc.

This personal website expresses the opinions of none of those organizations.

Artificial intelligence platforms may be just as susceptible to social engineering as human beings, but they are proving remarkably good at finding security vulnerabilities in human-made computer code.

May’s Patch Tuesday is a welcome respite from April, which saw Microsoft fix a near-record 167 security flaws.

But at the end of April, Oracle announced it was switching to a monthly update cycle for critical security issues.

Chrome automagically downloads available security updates, but installing them requires fully restarting the browser.

For a more granular look at the Microsoft updates released today, checkout this inventory by the SANS Internet Storm Center.

The stated deadline for payment was initially set at May 6, but it was later pushed back to May 12.

The May 6 update stated that Canvas was fully operational, and that Instructure was not seeing any ongoing unauthorized activity on their platform.

Instructure responded by pulling Canvas offline and replacing the portal with the message, “Canvas is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance.

Data extortion groups like ShinyHunters will typically only remove victims from their leak sites after receiving an extortion payment or after a victim agrees to negotiate.

Last month, ShinyHunters relieved the home security giant ADT of personal information on 5.5 million customers.

For the past several years, security experts have tracked a series of massive DDoS attacks originating from Brazil and solely targeting Brazilian ISPs.

The company originated from protecting game servers against DDoS attacks and evolved into an ISP-focused DDoS mitigation provider.

But so-called “DNS reflection” attacks rely on DNS servers that are (mis)configured to accept queries from anywhere on the Web.

“We received and notified many Tier 1 upstreams regarding very very large DDoS attacks against small ISPs,” Nascimento said.

Nascimento flatly denied being involved in DDoS attacks against Brazilian operators to generate business for his company’s services.

A 24-year-old British national and senior member of the cybercrime group “Scattered Spider” has pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft.

FBI investigators tied Buchanan to the 2022 SMS phishing attacks after discovering the same username and email address was used to register numerous phishing domains seen in the campaign.

That same year, U.K. investigators found a device at Buchanan’s Scotland residence that included data stolen from SMS phishing victims and seed phrases from cryptocurrency theft victims.

Buchanan is the second known Scattered Spider member to plead guilty.

Two other alleged Scattered Spider members will soon be tried in the United Kingdom.

“This CVE can enable phishing attacks, unauthorized data manipulation, or social engineering campaigns that lead to further compromise,” Walters said.

Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer at Tenable, said April marks the second-biggest Patch Tuesday ever for Microsoft.

Narang also said there are indications that a zero-day flaw Adobe patched in an emergency update on April 11 — CVE-2026-34621 — has seen active exploitation since at least November 2025.

Adam Barnett, lead software engineer at Rapid7, called the patch total from Microsoft today “a new record in that category” because it includes nearly 60 browser vulnerabilities.

For example, a Google Chrome update released earlier t…

Hackers linked to Russia’s military intelligence units are using known flaws in older Internet routers to mass harvest authentication tokens from Microsoft Office users, security experts warned today.

The spying campaign allowed state-backed Russian hackers to quietly siphon authentication tokens from users on more than 18,000 networks without deploying any malicious software or code.

Instead, they used known vulnerabilities to modify the Domain Name System (DNS) settings of the routers to include DNS servers controlled by the hackers.

English said the routers attacked by Forest Blizzard were reconfigured to use DNS servers that pointed to a handful of virtual private servers controlled by …

An elusive hacker who went by the handle “UNKN” and ran the early Russian ransomware groups GandCrab and REvil now has a name and a face.

Shchukin’s name appeared in a Feb. 2023 filing (PDF) from the U.S. Justice Department seeking the seizure of various cryptocurrency accounts associated with proceeds from the REvil ransomware gang’s activities.

The Gandcrab ransomware affiliate program first surfaced in January 2018, and paid enterprising hackers huge shares of the profits just for hacking into user accounts at major corporations.

The Gandcrab team would then try to expand that access, often siphoning vast amounts of sensitive and internal documents in the process.

REvil never recovered f…

Experts say the wiper campaign against Iran materialized this past weekend and came from a relatively new cybercrime group known as TeamPCP.

TeamPCP then attempted to move laterally through victim networks, siphoning authentication credentials and extorting victims over Telegram.

Eriksen said it appears TeamPCP used access gained in the first attack on Aqua Security to perpetrate this weekend’s mischief.

“It’s a little all over the place, and there’s a chance this whole Iran thing is just their way of getting attention,” Eriksen said.

“While security firms appear to be doing a good job spotting this, we’re also gonna need GitHub’s security team to step up,” Cimpanu wrote.

The feds say the four botnets — named Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad — are responsible for a series of recent record-smashing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks capable of knocking nearly any target offline.

The government alleges the unnamed people in control of the four botnets used their crime machines to launch hundreds of thousands of DDoS attacks, often demanding extortion payments from victims.

The oldest of the botnets — Aisuru — issued more than 200,000 attacks commands, while JackSkid hurled at least 90,000 attacks.

Aisuru emerged in late 2024, and by mid-2025 it was launching record-breaking DDoS attacks as it rapidly infected new IoT devices.

That disclosure help…

A hacktivist group with links to Iran’s intelligence agencies is claiming responsibility for a data-wiping attack against Stryker, a global medical technology company based in Michigan.

Meanwhile, a voicemail message at Stryker’s main U.S. headquarters says the company is currently experiencing a building emergency.

In a lengthy statement posted to Telegram, an Iranian hacktivist group known as Handala (a.k.a.

Palo Alto says Handala surfaced in late 2023 and is assessed as one of several online personas maintained by Void Manticore, a MOIS-affiliated actor.

The security firm said Handala also has taken credit for recent attacks against fuel systems in Jordan and an Israeli energy exploratio…

Microsoft Corp. today pushed security updates to fix at least 77 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software.

It would hardly be a proper Patch Tuesday without at least one critical Microsoft Office exploit, and this month doesn’t disappoint.

Ben McCarthy, lead cyber security engineer at Immersive, called attention to CVE-2026-21536, a critical remote code execution bug in a component called the Microsoft Devices Pricing Program.

Microsoft has already resolved the issue on their end, and fixing it requires no action on the part of Windows users.

For a complete breakdown of all the patches Microsoft released today, check out the SANS Internet Storm Center’s Patch Tues…

The new hotness in AI-based assistants — OpenClaw (formerly known as ClawdBot and Moltbot) — has seen rapid adoption since its release in November 2025.

“The testimonials are remarkable,” the AI security firm Snyk observed.

WHEN AI INSTALLS AIOne of the core tenets of securing AI agents involves carefully isolating them so that the operator can fully control who and what gets to talk to their AI assistant.

Probably the best known (and most bizarre) example is Moltbook, where a developer told an AI agent running on OpenClaw to build him a Reddit-like platform for AI agents.

Claude Code Security is a legitimate signal that AI is reshaping parts of the security landscape.

In early January 2026, KrebsOnSecurity revealed how a security researcher disclosed a vulnerability that was used to build Kimwolf, the world’s largest and most disruptive botnet.

Dort was an extremely active player in the Microsoft game Minecraft who gained notoriety for their “Dortware” software that helped players cheat.

Dort also used the nickname DortDev, an identity that was active in March 2022 on the chat server for the prolific cybercrime group known as LAPSUS$.

Dort peddled a service for registering temporary email addresses, as well as “Dortsolver,” code that could bypass various CAPTCHA services designed to prevent automated account abuse.

The breach tracking service Constella I…

Most phishing websites are little more than static copies of login pages for popular online destinations, and they are often quickly taken down by anti-abuse activists and security firms.

Enter Starkiller, a new phishing service that dynamically loads a live copy of the target login page and records everything the user types, proxying the data to the legitimate site and back to the victim.

According to an analysis of Starkiller by the security firm Abnormal AI, the service lets customers select a brand to impersonate (e.g., Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft et.

“Starkiller represents a significant escalation in phishing infrastructure, reflecting a broader trend toward commoditized, enterp…

I2P users started reporting disruptions in the network around the same time the Kimwolf botmasters began relying on it to evade takedown attempts against the botnet’s control servers.

I2P is a decentralized, privacy-focused network that allows people to communicate and share information anonymously.

However, Lance James, founder of the New York City based cybersecurity consultancy Unit 221B and the original founder of I2P, told KrebsOnSecurity the entire I2P network now consists of between 15,000 and 20,000 devices on any given day.

Brundage said the Kimwolf operator(s) have been trying to build a command and control network that can’t easily be taken down by security companies and network …

One in eight UK workers admits to selling their company login credentials - or knowing someone who has - in the past 12 months. The really alarming bit? Their bosses are even more relaxed about it. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.

Russia's military intelligence service, the GRU, directly controls who gets into Department 4, according to the leak.

It is GRU that is overseeing exams, and signing-off on graduates' postings, with some promising students scouted as early as secondary school.

Upon his graduation, he is said to have been assigned to the Fancy Bear hacking group, which was linked by the US Department of Justice over the high profile hack of the Democratic National Committee.

He has, it seems, gone from running the Fancy Bear hacking group to helping train its replacements.

What the report does is act as a useful reminder that the threat posed by groups like Fancy Bear and Sandworm is serious and organised.

Sri Lankan police have arrested 37 people suspected of running a scam centre in a suburb of the capital city Colombo.

Prior to that, in March, immigration officers arrested 135 Chinese men and women in connection with another scam centre.

So the obvious question to ask is: what are these alleged scam centres suspected of being doing?

Sri Lanka has recently boosted its appeal to foreign tourists by relaxing visa requirements, and has been "rewarded" by more scam centers popping up in its cities residential suburbs.

You don't have to live anywhere near a scam compound for any of this to land in your life.

Meta sees everything, copy fail, and a deepfake gets hired with Graham Cluley and special guest Paul Ducklin.

Sometimes I have to whisper and sometimes the whisper is edited out afterwards, say, "Say who you are."

They had this secret memo where they said, "Look, there's going to be a bit of aggro when we launch this.

So they say there's clear user consent, they say.

And we've got so many people that still don't know about the technology.

This is the picture that US prosecutors have painted of a teenager arrested earlier this month at Helsinki Airport while trying to board a flight to Tokyo.

Prosecutors allege that the teenage suspect took part in at least four Scattered Spider attacks , the earliest in March 2023 - just months after his 16th birthday.

The complaint also alleges that the Scattered Spider gang mocked law enforcement, with one 2024 screenshot reportedly showed failed login attempts captioned "F*** off, FBI."

Scattered Spider is a loosely-formed English-speaking collective of teenagers and young adults who became infamous after the 2023 attacks on MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment.

You should also consider …

US Marines stationed around the Persian Gulf have been receiving WhatsApp messages from strangers suggesting they call home and make their final goodbyes.

The messages, which began arriving on Monday, came signed by the Iran-linked Handala hacking group, that has spent much of 2026 attacking US and Israeli targets.

A day later, the Handala hacking crew took to its Telegram channel to announce that it had published the names and phone numbers of 2,379 US Marines stationed in the Persian Gulf.

Handala, which first surfaced in late 2023, presents itself as a pro-Palestinian hacktivist group.

If a Marine receives a WhatsApp message naming them and threatening their family, it does not really ma…

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34-year-old Xu Zewei arrived in Houston, Texas at the weekend after Italian authorities approved his extradition to the United States.

The US Department of Justice alleges that Xu was following orders from officers at the Shanghai State Security Bureau, an arm of China's Ministry of State Security.

According to the FBI, Hafnium targeted more than 60,000 organisations in the United States and successfully broke into over 12,700 of them.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry opposed Xu's extradition to the United States, and claimed that cases are being fabricated against Chinese citizens.

But every so often, a suspect makes the mistake of going on holiday somewhere with an extradition agreement with …

A 21-year-old man suspected of conducting approximately 100 data breaches since late 2025 - including a hack of the French Ministry of National Education that exposed records on almost a quarter of a million employees — has been arrested at his home in western France.

According to French prosecutors, the man was reportedly preparing to dump yet another collection of stolen data online at the time of his arrest on 20 April, and has admitted to using the pseudonym "HexDex" online.

The police investigation began on 19 December last year, when the Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit received around 100 reports of data exfiltration, all apparently linked to the same perpetrator.

In an interview g…

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

As a journalist, this really, really bugs me because of course, it's really difficult when you cover these cybercrime incidents because the victim here, is it P3?

And the company have been clearly really, really terrible in transparency.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Garrett Dutton, better known as G. Love - the front man of blues-hip-hop outfit G. Love & Special Sauce - has learnt that lesson the hard way.

In what must have been a painful admission earlier this month, G. Love described how while setting up a new computer, he downloaded what he believed was the legitimate Ledger Live app from Apple's official App Store.

The bogus app tricked the singer into entering his seed phrase - the master key to his cryptocurrency holdings.

The real Ledger Live app will never ask you for your seed phrase.

In the past Apple has presented its App Store as a more secure and safer place to find and download apps than other operating systems.

Have you ever taken a look at your Microsoft 365 mailbox rules? If not, it might be worth a few minutes of your time. Because newly released research reveals that hackers may already have beaten you to it. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.

Right, right.

And by legacy, I mean software that's already out in production that's been out one or more years.

Oh, whether we've got the right security controls in place, whether our vendors are secure, how to escape the nightmare of outdated tools and endless manual processes.

Right, right.

Right, right.

Cybersecurity researchers have revealed that 108 malicious Google Chrome extensions have been quietly stealing user credentials, hijacking Telegram sessions, and injecting unwanted ads and scripts into browsers - all reporting back to the same central point.

Between them, before being identified, the extensions had racked up approximately 20,000 installs from the Chrome Web Store.

And to further disguise the reality of what was going on, each malicious Google Chrome extension adopted differing disguises - including posing as a Telegram sidebar client, slot machine games, tools to enhance YouTube and TikTok, or translation tools.

More recently, in 2023, a rogue "ChatGPT for Google" extension…

Да, за рулем все еще водитель, но он там скорее для страховки, так что появление настоящего беспилотного авто — это лишь вопрос времени.

Для производителя это означает ответственность за поведение автомобиля на дороге и за выбор поставщиков.

Обеспечение безопасности автомобиля в современных условияхДолгое время, когда речь шла о безопасности автомобиля, имелась в виду исключительно функциональная безопасность.

Контроль осуществляется на разных уровнях архитектуры: внутри доменов, на уровне отдельных контроллеров и на границе сетей.

В рамках этой статьи мы рассмотрели лишь часть подходов, которые сегодня применяются в KASG для обеспечения безопасности транспортных средств.

Поэтому при внедрении собственных ИИ-серверов и их вспомогательных систем (RAG, MCP и так далее) необходимо с самого начала внедрять строгие меры безопасности.

В ответ на запросы он отчитывается о доступности серверов Ollama, LM Studio, AutoGPT, LangServe, text-gen-webui, которые часто используются для «обвязки» запущенных локально ИИ-моделей.

Дополнительно сервер-приманка отчитывался о наличии разнообразных баз данных RAG и MCP-сервера с привлекательными возможностями вроде «get_credentials» (получить учетные данные).

На самом деле на Raspberry PI просто были сохранены 500 ответов настоящей модели Qwen3, из которых несложный скрипт выбирал наиболее подходящий с учетом присланного запроса.

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Кроме того, взлом паролей ускоряется из года в год: в нашем аналогичном исследовании 2024 года процент паролей, нестойких ко взлому, был ниже.

К сожалению, многие пользователи хранят свои пароли в открытом виде в заметках, сообщениях в мессенджерах, в документах, а также в браузерах, сохраненные пароли из которых злоумышленники вытаскивают за считаные секунды.

Не храните пароли в виде обычного текстаНи в коем случае не записывайте пароли в файлах, сообщениях и документах — они не защищены должным шифрованием, как в менеджере паролей.

Не храните пароли в браузерахМногие пользователи сохраняют свои пароли в браузерах — тем более что те любезно позволяют делать это автоматически.

Важно соблюда…

К сожалению, создатели зловредов уже не первый раз находят способы обойти эту защиту, так что секреты, хранящиеся в Chrome, опять под угрозой.

Как работает шифрование с привязкой к приложению в ChromeGoogle представила механизм шифрования с привязкой к приложению (Application-Bound Encryption) в июле 2024 года в 127-й версии браузера Chrome.

Мы уже подробно рассказывали, что представляют собой эти файлы и к чему может привести их кража, поэтому здесь лишь кратко напомним основные факты.

Дело в том, что в данной ОС Chrome использовал только стандартный встроенный механизм защиты данных Data Protection API (DPAPI).

В теории это должно было заметно усложнить атаки на Chrome и снизить эффективн…

Наши эксперты обнаружили масштабную атаку на цепочку поставок через ПО для эмуляции оптического дисковода DAEMON Tools.

Кого именно атакуютС начала апреля было зарегистрировано несколько тысяч попыток установки дополнительной вредоносной нагрузки через зараженное ПО DAEMON Tools.

Что именно было зараженоВредоносный код был обнаружен в DAEMON Tools начиная с версии 12.5.0.2421 и до 12.5.0.2434.

Если у вас на компьютере (или где-то в организации) используется ПО DAEMON Tools, наши эксперты рекомендуют тщательно проверить устройства на наличие аномальной активности начиная с 8 апреля.

Наши решения успешно защищают пользователей от всего вредоносного ПО, используемого в атаке на цепочку поставо…

Практически в каждом фильме или сериале из вселенной «Звездных войн» присутствуют дроиды.

Кто-то, наверное, скажет: «Да какая разница?» И с точки зрения нормального зрителя будет абсолютно прав.

Дроид — сложная киберфизическая система, повлияв на мотивацию которой атакующий может получить доступ к конфиденциальным данным, а то и вовсе причинить вред настоящему владельцу.

В нескольких случаях человек, не являющийся формальным владельцем дроида, старается повлиять на его поступки, пытаясь ввести дроида в заблуждение.

Ферн вводит в дискуссию понятие из детских игр — unclaimsies (то есть как бы обнуление прав) и заявляет собственные права на место капитана.

Динамически обновляемый контентКорреляционный контент сегодня — это не статичный набор правил, а процесс: он постоянно развивается и адаптируется под актуальные угрозы.

Только за 2025 год мы выпустили 55 обновлений пакетов правил для разных версий и разных языков нашей SIEM-системы KUMA.

Всего за год добавилось 10 новых пакетов, а также 250 правил обнаружения и множество улучшений существующего контента.

Эффективность работы KUMA повышается за счет интеграции с Kaspersky EDR и отдельными наборами правил для Active Directory, в которых реализованы десятки сценариев обнаружения атак на разных стадиях.

В целом SIEM перестает быть набором правил и превращается в постоянно обновляемую систему об…

В случае если авто или его владелец потенциально связаны с преступлением, автомобиль могут изучать не только под микроскопом и ультрафиолетом.

Комплексная слежкаДля слежки за «лицами, представляющими интерес», данные, полученные с самого автомобиля, связывают с информацией из других источников.

Журналисты обнаружили, что некоторые компании рекламируют возможность дистанционного скрытного включения микрофонов и камер автомобиля, что позволяет прослушивать разговоры в реальном времени.

Если это приложение вам очень нужно, откажитесь от передачи своих данных «на сторону» в настройках фирменного приложения.

Откажитесь от передачи данных и в настройках самого автомобиля, если это возможно.

Например, приложение, которое обрабатывает конфиденциальные данные организации, опубликовано на публичном конструкторе вайб-код-приложений (Lovable и ему подобным) и по умолчанию доступно всему Интернету.

Нельзя один раз проделать упражнение «защита приложения» и на этом остановиться.

Всегда просите ИИ добавлять проверки для любых данных, которые вводят люди (как в формы, так и в строки поиска).

Тестируйте новые функции и новые версии приложения в безопасной среде — на копии сайта или приложения и на копии базы данных.

С помощью сканера вы проследите, чтобы файлы с ключами и паролями не попадали в Git и не публиковались вместе с проектом.

Преступники внедряют уже известные трюки в новые цепочки атак, в том числе ловят жертв в App Store.

Подделки под криптокошелькиВ марте этого года мы обнаружили в топе китайского App Store фишинговые приложения, иконки и названия которых мимикрируют под приложения для управления распространенными криптокошельками.

Чтобы приложения были пропущены в App Store, в них добавляли какую-либо базовую функциональность, например игру, калькулятор или планировщик задач.

Установка без App StoreКлючевой частью схемы является установка вредоносов на iPhone жертв в обход App Store и его процесса верификации.

Такие приложения не требуют публикации в App Store, и их можно устанавливать без ограничений по кол…

Возможно, именно это в какой-то мере сформировало их отношение к информации и сподвигло заняться ее защитой.

То есть, по сути, описана виртуальная реальность, неотличимая от настоящей (и это за 35 лет до «Матрицы»).

«Нейромант» (1984)«Нейромант» — книга, опубликованная в 1984 году и, по сути, положившая начало популярности жанра «киберпанк» (хотя само слово было изобретено немного раньше).

И эту идею отложили в долгий ящик, и она до сих пор так и не реализовалась.

Это уже не фантастика, и в этой подборке он стоит скорее для контраста.

Такие документы — лакомый кусочек для злоумышленников, ведь в них хранятся личные данные, информация о работе, доходах, собственности и банковских счетах — и далее по списку.

Неудивительно, что именно в это время мошенники становятся особенно активными: Интернет сейчас буквально кишит поддельными сайтами, имитирующими государственные ресурсы и налоговые органы.

В этом посте рассказываем, как действуют поддельные сайты от «налоговых органов» в разных странах и чего делать точно не стоит, чтобы сохранить свои деньги и конфиденциальную информацию.

На подобных сайтах-подделках мошенники крадут учетные данные от легитимных сайтов и личную информацию, а затем предлагают оформить налоговый вычет и…

«Оптика» уже давно является стандартным средством передачи данных благодаря возможности транслировать информацию с высокой скоростью и на большие расстояния.

Потенциально это позволяет превратить оптоволоконный кабель в микрофон и перехватывать разговоры в помещении, находясь в километрах от источника звука.

Конечно, данная работа имеет скорее теоретический характер, как и другие подобные исследования, о которых мы писали ранее (прослушивание через датчик мыши, модули оперативной памяти как радиопередатчик, похищение данных с сенсора камеры видеонаблюдения, подглядывание в экран через кабель HDMI).

Трудности оптического подслушиванияВпервые о таких особенностях оптического кабеля задумались…

Если компания производит программное обеспечение, то злоумышленники получат возможность организовать масштабную атаку на цепочку поставок для атаки на пользователей разрабатываемого приложения.

Варианты атак на разработчиков ПОВыбрав целью разработчика программного обеспечения, злоумышленники, как правило, пытаются теми или иными способами подсунуть ему вредоносный код.

Вредоносный код в тестовых заданияхПериодически злоумышленники публикуют привлекательные вакансии для разработчиков и снабжают их тестовыми заданиями, в которых содержится вредоносный код.

Атака была направлена на разработчиков, которые пытаются найти способ использовать ассистентов без ведома ИБ-службы компании.

Узкоспециал…

DarkSword и Coruna — два новых инструмента для бесконтактных и незаметных атак на iOS-устройства, которые уже активно используются злоумышленниками «в дикой природе».

Однако DarkSword и Coruna, обнаруженные исследователями кибербезопасности в этом году, меняют правила игры: эти зловреды уже используются для массового заражения рядовых пользователей.

Получается зловред двойного назначения, который может использоваться как для шпионажа, так и для кражи криптовалюты.

Последняя версия Coruna, как и DarkSword, имеет модификации для кражи криптовалюты, а также ворует фотографии и в некоторых случаях электронную почту.

Кто создал Coruna и DarkSword и как они попали в «дикую природу»Исследование ко…

The Missing Surface: Security ContextAsk a SOC analyst what they need from a security platform and you get consistent answers.

Cisco Secure Access now includes Security Insights: a security analytics dashboard that surfaces where risk is concentrated, helps teams identify emerging threats and policy gaps, and gives security leadership the trend data to report on posture and measure the impact of initiatives over time.

Secure Access addresses this through the AI view, which tracks GenAI application usage and guardrail violations alongside the rest of security operations.

Security Insights gives analysts the signals to start an investigation, security managers the view to close policy gaps, a…

The integrity of the systems we depend on, the trust layer underneath everything, is equally exposed.

This integrates naturally with external key management systems, including Quantum Key Distribution platforms for the most sensitive environments.

In the meantime, visit the Cisco Trust Center to learn more about our PQC approach and stay ahead of what’s coming.

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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN for Government integration with Cisco Secure Access FedRAMP instances: Government agencies require secure, compliant networking solutions that meet stringent federal security standards.

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN for Government now integrates with Cisco Secure Access FedRAMP instances, enabling government organizations to maintain secure connectivity while ensuring compliance with federal security standards.

Policy groups in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager enable agencies to define IPSec tunnels and connection parameters to Secure Access instances, ensuring secure and compliant access across their network infrastructure.

AI application classification and shadow AI control: Ci…

With modular N+1 clustering (supporting up to 16 nodes), the 6100 Series scales to up to 8 Tbps of L7 throughput.

Using our AI-driven Encrypted Visibility Engine (EVE), the 6100 Series identifies threats in encrypted traffic without decryption, preserving privacy and line-rate speed.

Because at this scale, security shouldn’t hold you back—it should help you move faster.

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Cisco Secure Firewall uses encryption for many things: VPN tunnels, remote management, hardware-level trust, and inline decryption.

They also define stronger baselines of security for existing algorithms, which are already incorporated into Cisco Secure Firewall.

Support arrives in Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) 10.5 and ASA 9.25, targeted for General Availability in late 2026.

PQC support for TLS client features is planned for ASA/FTD 11.0, while management web server PQC support depends on underlying web server library readiness.

Cisco Secure Firewall is building post-quantum cryptography into every layer of the platform, so that when your organization is ready to make the transitio…

At this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, service providers showed up from around the world to join over 115,000 attendees from 210 countries.

We leveraged the lessons learned from previous SOC deployments, adding the new Secure Firewall 6160, which is designed specifically for AI-ready data centers.

Clockwise from the upper left quadrant: Firepower in Security Cloud Control, Splunk Cloud dashboard for MWC, Splunk Enterprise Security Mission Control and Cisco XDR.

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Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona is one of the most demanding environments for network and security operations.

For the 2nd year, the Cisco team leveraged Splunk, in addition to its other security products, to deliver a unified Security Operations Center (SOC) and Network Operations Center (NOC) experience.

Clockwise from the upper left quadrant: Firepower in Security Cloud Control, Splunk Cloud dashboard for MWC, Splunk Enterprise Security Mission Control and Cisco XDR.

Bridging SOC and NOC: From Visibility to ContextTraditionally, SOC and NOC teams operate in parallel, often using separate tools and datasets.

Edge engineering still matters in cloud-first architecturesComponents like …

Among the new security features, the one I was most eager to explore was Shadow Traffic detection.

Observing Shadow Traffic at scale on the live congress wireless network provided useful insight.

The Shadow Traffic dashboard put Tailscale VPN, ExpressVPN, and NordVPN at the top of the list.

Shadow Traffic detection conveniently labels the suspicious connections, making filtering in the Unified Events Viewer straightforward and precise.

With Shadow Traffic detection, you expand visibility into inspection gaps that most organizations don’t even realize they have.

Please note that the network of the venue remains protected at the DNS level by Cisco Secure Access outside the event.

Access to these AI models can be managed with Secure Access to secure AI apart from just leveraging AI for security.

During the event, Secure Access blocked access to one of those phishing domains.

Secure Access Investigate, as appearing above, provides real-time actionable threat intelligence by analysing global data from the Secure Access network using AI to detect, score, and predict emerging threats.

ConcludingThe AI-powered Security and Network Operations Center (S/NOC) at Mobile World Congress 2026 demonstrated Cisco’s commitment to leveraging cutting-edge technologie…

Data optimization in security is often discussed as a cost control mechanism.

In a Splunk security stack, data optimization is not about reducing volume.

Advanced Optimization Blind Spots in Splunk Security EnvironmentsData Model Acceleration Blindness: Aggressive filtering often breaks Common Information Model (CIM) compliance or data model population.

Security data optimization must include: Search workload modeling; concurrent triage simulation; adversary emulation exercises.

Final Thought and Call to ActionIn Splunk security architectures, data optimization is not a storage tuning exercise, finance initiative, or infrastructure refresh it is a security engineering discipline.

Every year, the Cisco Talos Year in Review captures the patterns shaping the threat landscape.

To unpack the biggest takeaways and what they mean for security teams, we brought together Christopher Marshall, VP of Cisco Talos, and Peter Bailey, SVP and GM of Cisco Security.

For the full discussion, head over to the Cisco Talos blog where you can also download the Year in Review report.

Old vulnerabilities, new speedMarshall: One of the clearest trends in this year’s data is the contrast in how vulnerabilities are being exploited.

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Welcome to the Agentic AI EraEnterprise interest in agentic AI is accelerating.

AI agents operate at machine speeds to execute complex tasks, yet they completely lack essential human judgment and contextual awareness.

Current challenges in the agentic AI ecosystemWhen our teams were analyzing the problem around governing this new digital AI workforce, we saw three areas across our customer and prospect conversations on why zero trust access built for humans must adapt to agentic workflows:Early and fragmented ecosystem.

Zero trust for agentic AI in practiceLet’s look at a typical scenario — a financial automation agent kicking off vendor payments.

We are thrilled to partner with AI-driven o…

Our research shows that nearly 60% of security leaders view security concerns as the primary barrier to broader agentic AI adoption.

At the exact same time, 29% rank securing agentic AI among their top three priorities for the coming year.

Much like a public-facing web service, an external AI agent can be attacked, exploited, or “poisoned” by malicious inputs.

The “Who Owns This?” ProblemAs agentic AI expands into operational systems, who is actually responsible for securing it?

Explore our Agentic AI Security Solution to learn more, or view the full survey results infographic.

Part 2 is about the uncomfortable reality that our identity systems are unprepared for what’s already here.

The Attacks from Part 1 Were Identity FailuresEvery major attack examined in Part 1 was, at its core, an identity problem.

Every one expands the potential damage of a security breach, and our identity systems were not built for this.

What Workload Identity Gets Right — And Where It Falls ShortThe security industry’s answer to machine identity is SPIFFE, and SPIRE, a standard that gives every workload a cryptographic identity card.

Today’s workload identity systems typically assign the same identity to every copy of an application when instances are functionally identical.

Yet, despite their importance, high‑quality security attack logs are notoriously difficult to collect, especially at scale.

In this post, we explore a different path: using AI to generate realistic, high‑fidelity synthetic security attack logs.

This blog examines whether AI-assisted synthetic log generation can provide similar fidelity, without the operational overhead of lab‑based attack execution.

We limited the evaluation of synthetic attack logs to malicious activity during the attack windows.

Overall, agentic collaboration emerges as the most effective technique for high‑quality synthetic attack logs generation.

They used the new Microsoft Security multi-model agentic scanning harness (codename MDASH) which was built by Microsoft’s Autonomous Code Security team.

Codename MDASH is being used by Microsoft security engineering teams and tested by a small set of customers as part of a limited private preview.

Codename: MDASH—Microsoft Security’s new multi-model agentic scanning harnessCodename MDASH is, at its core, an agentic vulnerability discovery and remediation system.

The findings in this Patch Tuesday and the retrospective recall on five years of CLFS MSRC cases are evidence that AI vulnerability findings can scale.

ConclusionThe Microsoft Security multi-model agentic scanning harness (codename …

If you own, create, or maintain online services and web portals, you’re probably aware of the dramatic upswing in DDoS attacks on your domains.

Whether you are responsible for a single public website or a large portfolio of consumer-facing applications, defending against modern DDoS attacks means more than just absorbing traffic.

The nature of modern DDoS attacksEarly DDoS attacks were largely about volume.

Modern DDoS attacks are more nuanced.

When attack traffic looks like normal user traffic, typical network-level blocklists aren’t very effective.

Days 40–60: Lateral movement and remote accessThe threat actor leveraged harvested credentials and covert connectivity to move laterally across devices, including highly sensitive assets.

Initial accessDuring the investigation, two internet-exposed web servers, WEB-01 and WEB-02, were identified as the earliest known compromised assets.

Enable detailed logging and monitoring on web servers and actively watch for anomalies (such as unexpected file changes or suspicious web requests).

Learn moreFor the latest security research from the Microsoft Threat Intelligence community, check out the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Blog.

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Public reporting and proof-of-concept activity indicate the exploit is designed to provide more reliable privilege escalation than traditional race-condition-dependent Linux local privilege escalation techniques.

Dirty Frag may be leveraged after initial compromise through SSH access, web-shell execution, container escape, or compromise of a low-privileged account.

Why Dirty Frag mattersLocal privilege escalation vulnerabilities are frequently used by threat actors after initial access to expand control over a compromised environment.

Dirty Frag is notable because it introduces multiple kernel attack paths involving rxrpc and esp/xfrm networking components to improve exploitation reliabilit…

The AI model itself isn’t the issue as it’s behaving exactly as designed by parsing language into tool schemas.

As part of our mission to make AI systems more secure and eliminate new class of vulnerabilities, we’re launching a research series focused on identifying vulnerabilities in popular AI agent frameworks.

A representative case study: Semantic KernelSemantic Kernel is Microsoft’s open-source framework for building AI agents and integrating AI models into applications.

During our security research into the Semantic Kernel framework, we identified and disclosed two critical vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-25592 and CVE-2026-26030.

With this understanding of how a Semantic Kernel agent perfor…

World Passkey Day is a chance to reflect on progress toward a shared goal: reducing our reliance on passwords and other phishable authentication methods by accelerating passkey adoption.

In partnership with the FIDO Alliance, Microsoft is committed to advancing passkey adoption through ongoing standards work, active participation in working groups, and other contributions to a passwordless future.

This means passkey users can’t be tricked into signing in to a malicious lookalike website, and a passkey is unusable unless the user is present and consenting.

Get started with a phishing-resistant passwordless authentication deployment in Microsoft Entra ID.

4FIDO Alliance Champions Widespread P…

KuppingerCole Analysts’ 2026 Emerging AI Security Operations Center (SOC) reflects this shift clearly: the future of security automation is not defined by static rules or isolated workflows, but by intelligence‑driven automation that supports analyst decision‑making across the full security lifecycle.

As KuppingerCole’s research makes clear, it is becoming a foundational element of modern security operations.

Read the Emerging AI Security Operations Center (SOC) report to learn more.

To learn more about Microsoft Security solutions, visit our website.

Also, follow us on LinkedIn (Microsoft Security) and X (@MSFTSecurity) for the latest news and updates on cybersecurity.

We’re classifying these as a loader install campaign, a script install campaign, and a helper install campaign.

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Microsoft Defender detectionsMicrosoft Defender customers can refer to the list of applicable detections below.

Microsoft Security Copilot customers can also use the Microsoft Security Copilot integration in Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence, either in the Security Copilot standalone portal or in the embedded experience in the Microsoft Defender portal to get more information about this threat actor.

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Microsoft Defender detectionsMicrosoft Defender customers can refer to the list of applicable detections below.

Microsoft Security Copilot customers can also use the Microsoft Security Copilot integration in Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence, either in the Security Copilot standalone portal or in the embedded experience in the Microsoft Defender portal to get more information about this threat actor.

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Microsoft Defender is investigating a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) affecting multiple major Linux distributions including Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, and AWS Linux.

CVE-2026-31431 (also known as “Copy Fail”) is a high‑severity local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel’s cryptographic subsystem.

Tactic Observed activity Microsoft Defender coverage Execution Exploitation of CVE-2026-31431 Microsoft Defender Antivirus– Exploit:Linux/CopyFailExpDl.A– Exploit:Python/CopyFail.A– Exploit:Linux/CVE-2026-31431.A– Behavior:Linux/CVE-2026-31431Microsoft Defender for Endpoint– Possible CVE-2026-31431 (“Copy Fail”) vulnerability explo…

Microsoft Defender is investigating a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) affecting multiple major Linux distributions including Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, and AWS Linux.

CVE-2026-31431 (also known as “Copy Fail”) is a high‑severity local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel’s cryptographic subsystem.

Tactic Observed activity Microsoft Defender coverage Execution Exploitation of CVE-2026-31431 Microsoft Defender Antivirus– Exploit:Linux/CopyFailExpDl.A– Exploit:Python/CopyFail.A– Exploit:Linux/CVE-2026-31431.A– Behavior:Linux/CVE-2026-31431Microsoft Defender for Endpoint– Possible CVE-2026-31431 (“Copy Fail”) vulnerability explo…

Microsoft Agent 365 Now generally available for commercial customers.

Additionally, we’re announcing the previews of new Agent 365 capabilities and integrations to help you scale agent adoption with the right controls in place.

Agent 365 software development company launch partnersAgent 365 Software Development Company Launch Partners have built agents fully enabled to be managed by Agent 365.

These Agent 365 enabled agents are then observable, governable, and securable in the Agent 365 control plane, accelerating adoption for your organization.

Each of today’s announcements build upon Agent 365 capabilities we shared in March 2026 as well as detailed feedback of customers using the Frontie…

New capabilities in Microsoft Agent 365; new Microsoft Defender and GitHub integrationAt Microsoft, security innovations are purpose-built to help every organization protect end-to-end with the speed and scale of AI.

In the Loop is a new series from Microsoft Security that delivers timely news and updates to the global security community.

New demo: Run a data security investigation in Microsoft PurviewData Security Investigations Get started ↗Step into the role of a data security analyst and see how Microsoft Purview Data Security Investigations helps you identify investigation‑relevant data, analyze it using AI‑powered deep content analysis, and mitigate sensitive data risks—all within a s…

Here, threat actors may simply seed prompt injections on websites in hope of corrupting AI systems that browse them.

Early experiments revealed a significant volume of "benign" prompt injection text, which illustrates the complexity of distinguishing between functional threats and harmless content.

Many prompt injections were found in research papers, educational blog posts, or security articles discussing this very topic.

(Source: GitHub/swisskyrepo)When searching for prompt injections naively, the majority of detections are benign content – false positives in our case.

Malicious: ExfiltrationWe were able to observe a small number of prompt injections that aim at theft of data.

Recognizing the risks associated within the complex modem firmware, Pixel 9 shipped with mitigations against a range of memory-safety vulnerabilities.

Following our previous discussion on "Deploying Rust in Existing Firmware Codebases", this post shares a concrete application: integrating a memory-safe Rust DNS(Domain Name System) parser into the modem firmware.

Hook-up Rust to modem firmwareBefore building the Rust DNS library, we defined several Rust unit tests to cover basic arithmetic, dynamic allocations, and FFI to verify the integration of Rust with the existing modem firmware code base.

Pixel modem firmware already has a well-tested and specialized global memory allocation system to…

This project represents a significant step forward in our ongoing efforts to combat session theft, which remains a prevalent threat in the modern security landscape.

Session theft typically occurs when a user inadvertently downloads malware onto their device.

Once active, the malware can silently extract existing session cookies from the browser or wait for the user to log in to new accounts, before exfiltrating these tokens to an attacker-controlled server.

How DBSC WorksDBSC protects against session theft by cryptographically binding authentication sessions to a specific device.

The issuance of new short-lived session cookies is contingent upon Chrome proving possession of the correspondi…

Staying ahead of the latest indirect prompt injection attacks is critical to our mission of securing Workspace with Gemini.

In our previous blog “Mitigating prompt injection attacks with a layered defense strategy”, we reviewed the layered architecture of our IPI defenses.

Synthetic data generationAfter we discover, curate, and catalog new attacks, we use Simula to generate synthetic data expanding these new attacks.

We partition the synthetic data described above into separate training and validation sets to ensure performance is evaluated against held-out examples.

This process leverages the newly generated synthetic attack data described on this blog, to create a robust, end-to-end evalu…

2025 marked a special year in the history of vulnerability rewards and bug bounty programs at Google: our 15th anniversary 🎉🎉🎉!

Coming back to 2025 specifically, our VRP once again confirmed the ongoing value of engaging with the external security research community to make Google and its products safer.

Vulnerability Reward Program 2025 in NumbersWant to learn more about who’s reporting to the VRP?

Tip: Want to be informed of new developments and events around our Vulnerability Reward Program?

Follow the Google VRP channel on X to stay in the loop and be sure to check out the Security Engineering blog, which covers topics ranging from VRP updates to security practices and vulnerability des…

To stay ahead of the curve, the technology industry must undertake a proactive, multi-year migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC).

To bring these critical protections to the wider developer community with minimal friction, the transition will be supported through Play App Signing.

Play App Signing leverages Google Cloud KMS, which helps ensure industry-leading compliance standards, to secure signing keys.

Empower Developers : The inclusion of ML-DSA support within Android Keystore and Play App Signing allows developers to safeguard their users and application.

: The inclusion of ML-DSA support within Android Keystore and Play App Signing allows developers to safeguard their users and …

Today we're announcing a new program in Chrome to make HTTPS certificates secure against quantum computers.

Instead, Chrome, in collaboration with other partners, is developing an evolution of HTTPS certificates based on Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs), currently in development in the PLANTS working group.

Since MTC technology shares significant architectural similarities with CT, these operators are uniquely qualified to ensure MTCs are able to get off the ground quickly and successfully.

The Chrome Quantum-resistant Root Program will operate alongside our existing Chrome Root Program to ensure a risk-managed transition that maintains the highest levels of security for all users.

First, we…

For Majik, Scam Detection was the intervention he needed: “The warning is what made me pause and avoid a bad situation”.

As scammers evolve their tactics and create more convincing and personalized threats, we’re using the best of Google AI to stay one step ahead.

Expanding Scam Detection for Calls to Samsung DevicesTo help protect you during phone calls, Scam Detection alerts you if a caller uses speech patterns commonly associated with fraud.

Scam Detection for phone calls on Google Pixel devices is available in the U.S., Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, and the UK.

Powered by Gemini’s on-device model, Scam Detection provides intelligent protection against scam calls while ensuring that…

Upgrading Google Play’s AI-powered, multi-layered user protectionsWe’ve seen a clear impact from these safety efforts on Google Play.

As Android’s built-in defense against malware and unwanted software, Google Play Protect now scans over 350 billion Android apps daily.

This proactive protection constantly checks both Play apps and those from other sources to ensure they are not potentially harmful.

Looking aheadOur top priority remains making Google Play and Android the most trusted app ecosystems for everyone.

Thank you for being part of the Google Play and Android community as we work together to build a safer app ecosystem.

That’s why we're committed to providing multi-layered defenses that help protect you before, during, and after a theft attempt.

Today, we're announcing a powerful set of theft protection feature updates that build on our existing protections, designed to give you greater peace of mind by making your device a much harder target for criminals.

These updates are now available for Android devices running Android 16+.

More User Control for Failed Authentications: In Android 15, we launched Failed Authentication Lock, a feature that automatically locks the device's screen after excessive failed authentication attempts.

This feature is now getting a new dedicated enable/disable toggle in settings,…

These initiatives, driven by Ballots SC-080, SC-090, and SC-091, will sunset 11 legacy methods for Domain Control Validation.

What’s Domain Control Validation?

Domain Control Validation is a security-critical process designed to ensure certificates are only issued to the legitimate domain operator.

Sunsetted methods relying on email:Sunsetted methods relying on phone:Sunsetted method relying on a reverse lookup:For everyday users, these changes are invisible - and that’s the point.

These changes push the ecosystem toward standardized (e.g., ACME), modern, and auditable Domain Control Validation methods.

Partnership with ArmOur goal is to raise the bar on GPU security, ensuring the Mali GPU driver and firmware remain highly resilient against potential threats.

We partnered with Arm to conduct an analysis of the Mali driver, used on approximately 45% of Android devices.

This approach allowed us to roll out the new security policy broadly while minimizing the impact on developers.

This effort spans across Android and Android OEMs, and required close collaboration with Arm.

The Android security team is committed to collaborating with ecosystem partners to drive broader adoption of this approach to help harden the GPU.

We built on Gemini's existing protections and agent security principles and have implemented several new layers for Chrome.

To further bolster model alignment beyond spotlighting, we’re introducing the User Alignment Critic — a separate model built with Gemini that acts as a high-trust system component.

A flow chart that depicts the User Alignment Critic: a trusted component that vets each action before it reaches the browser.

The User Alignment Critic runs after the planning is complete to double-check each proposed action.

Looking forwardThe upcoming introduction of agentic capabilities in Chrome brings new demands for browser security, and we've approached this challenge with the same ri…

Android uses the best of Google AI and our advanced security expertise to tackle mobile scams from every angle.

Over the last few years, we’ve launched industry-leading features to detect scams and protect users across phone calls, text messages and messaging app chat notifications.

To help combat these types of financial scams, we launched a pilot earlier this year in the UK focused on in-call protections for financial apps.

The UK pilot of Android’s in-call scam protections has already helped thousands of users end calls that could have cost them a significant amount of money.

We’ve also started to pilot this protection with more app types, including peer-to-peer (P2P) payment apps.

Secure by DesignWe built Quick Share’s interoperability support for AirDrop with the same rigorous security standards that we apply to all Google products.

Secure Sharing Channel: The communication channel itself is hardened by our use of Rust to develop this feature.

On Android, security is built in at every layer.

On Android, security is built in at every layer.

Secure Sharing Using AirDrop's "Everyone" ModeTo ensure a seamless experience for both Android and iOS users, Quick Share currently works with AirDrop's "Everyone for 10 minutes" mode.