Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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

Triage is supposed to make things simpler. In a lot of teams, it does the opposite. When you can’t reach a confident verdict early, alerts turn into repeat checks, back-and-forth, and “just escalate it” calls. That cost doesn’t stay inside the SOC; it shows up as missed SLAs, higher cost per case, and more room for real threats to slip through. So where does triage go wrong? Here are five triage

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CISO Confidential Launches On The Cybercrime Magazine Podcast

This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Feb. 25, 2026 – Listen to the podcast “CISO Confidential” is a new series on the Cybercrime Magazine Podcast, brought to our listeners by Doppel, a cybersecurity company on a mission to protect The post CISO Confidential Launches On The Cybercrime Magazine Podcast appeared first on Cybercrime Magazine.

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Medical Device Maker UFP Technologies Hit by Cyberattack

UFP Technologies appears to have been targeted in a ransomware attack that involved data theft and file-encrypting malware. The post Medical Device Maker UFP Technologies Hit by Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Ex-US Defense Contractor Executive Jailed for Selling Exploits to Russia

Peter Williams was sentenced to 87 months in prison for selling cyber exploits to a Russian broker. The post Ex-US Defense Contractor Executive Jailed for Selling Exploits to Russia appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Malicious NuGet Packages Stole ASP.NET Data; npm Package Dropped Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered four malicious NuGet packages that are designed to target ASP.NET web application developers to steal sensitive data. The campaign, discovered by Socket, exfiltrates ASP.NET Identity data, including user accounts, role assignments, and permission mappings, as well as manipulates authorization rules to create persistent backdoors in victim applications.

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Over 12 Million Users Impacted by CarGurus Data Breach

Hackers claim to have stolen personally identifiable information and internal corporate data from the automotive firm. The post Over 12 Million Users Impacted by CarGurus Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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SecurityWeek Report: 426 Cybersecurity M&A Deals Announced in 2025

SecurityWeek’s M&A data indicates that today's market is more disciplined, and it seems to favor GRC, data protection, and identity. The post SecurityWeek Report: 426 Cybersecurity M&A Deals Announced in 2025 appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Wynn Resorts Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Remove It From Leak Site

The high-end casino and hotel operator has admitted that employee data was stolen by ShinyHunters. The post Wynn Resorts Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Remove It From Leak Site appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Manual Processes Are Putting National Security at Risk

Why automating sensitive data transfers is now a mission-critical priority More than half of national security organizations still rely on manual processes to transfer sensitive data, according to The CYBER360: Defending the Digital Battlespace report. This should alarm every defense and government leader because manual handling of sensitive data is not just inefficient, it is a systemic

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Astelia Raises $35 Million for Exposure Management

The company will expand its AI-based analysis capabilities, grow its employee base, and scale deployments. The post Astelia Raises $35 Million for Exposure Management appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Reddit Hit With $20 Million UK Data Privacy Fine Over Child Safety Failings

Britain’s data privacy watchdog slapped online forum Reddit on Tuesday with a fine worth nearly $20 million for failures involving children’s personal information. The post Reddit Hit With $20 Million UK Data Privacy Fine Over Child Safety Failings appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Claude’s New AI Vulnerability Scanner Sends Cybersecurity Shares Plunging

The stocks of major cybersecurity companies have fallen sharply over fears that AI is disrupting the industry. The post Claude’s New AI Vulnerability Scanner Sends Cybersecurity Shares Plunging appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Defense Contractor Employee Jailed for Selling 8 Zero-Days to Russian Broker

A 39-year-old Australian national who was previously employed at U.S. defense contractor L3Harris has been sentenced to a little over seven years in prison for selling eight zero-day exploits to Russian exploit broker Operation Zero in exchange for millions of dollars. Peter Williams pleaded guilty to two counts of theft of trade secrets in October 2025. In addition to the jail term, Williams

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Ad Tech Company Optimizely Targeted in Cyberattack

The company says the attackers accessed internal business systems such as Zendesk and Salesforce. The post Ad Tech Company Optimizely Targeted in Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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SolarWinds Patches 4 Critical Serv-U 15.5 Flaws Allowing Root Code Execution

SolarWinds has released updates to address four critical security flaws in its Serv-U file transfer software that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution. The vulnerabilities, all rated 9.1 on the CVSS scoring system, are listed below - CVE-2025-40538 - A broken access control vulnerability that allows an attacker to create a system admin user and execute arbitrary

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CISA Confirms Active Exploitation of FileZen CVE-2026-25108 Vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a recently disclosed vulnerability in FileZen to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-25108 (CVSS v4 score: 8.7), is a case of operating system (OS) command injection that could allow an authenticated user to execute

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RoguePilot Flaw in GitHub Codespaces Enabled Copilot to Leak GITHUB_TOKEN

A vulnerability in GitHub Codespaces could have been exploited by bad actors to seize control of repositories by injecting malicious Copilot instructions in a GitHub issue. The artificial intelligence (AI)-driven vulnerability has been codenamed RoguePilot by Orca Security. It has since been patched by Microsoft following responsible disclosure. "Attackers can craft hidden instructions inside a

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‘Arkanix Stealer’ Malware Disappears Shortly After Debut

Written in C++ and Python, the malware exfiltrates system information, browser data, and steals files. The post ‘Arkanix Stealer’ Malware Disappears Shortly After Debut appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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VMware Aria Operations Vulnerability Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Broadcom has patched several vulnerabilities in VMware Aria Operations, including high-severity flaws. The post VMware Aria Operations Vulnerability Could Allow Remote Code Execution appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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UAC-0050 Targets European Financial Institution With Spoofed Domain and RMS Malware

A Russia-aligned threat actor has been observed targeting a European financial institution as part of a social engineering attack to likely facilitate intelligence gathering or financial theft, signaling a possible expansion of the threat actor's targeting beyond Ukraine and into entities supporting the war-torn nation. The activity, which targeted an unnamed entity involved in regional