ThreatsDay Roundup: AI Compute Hijacking, Apple Email Flaw, BlueHammer Ransomware + More
This week’s security news has a common thread. Everything looks fine until someone checks the edges. Browsers, bots, sandboxes, AI…
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Alleged Scattered Spider Hacker Extradited to the US
A 19-year-old dual US-Estonian citizen has been extradited to the United States on charges he was part of the Scattered…
Microsoft Fixes Bug That Made Copilot Buttons Disappear in Outlook
Microsoft finally fixed that annoying bug where Copilot buttons vanish in Classic Outlook for Windows. If you’ve got a Copilot…
Opera’s new Paste Protect feature blocks ClickFix clipboard attacks
Opera just shipped a new security feature called Paste Protect. It’s designed to stop ClickFix-style attacks — the kind that…
When everything becomes a cybersecurity problem, nothing is
There’s a new academic paper out that raises a uncomfortable question: are we slapping the “cybersecurity” label on too many…
Microsoft Moves Post-Quantum Cryptography Deadline to 2029
Microsoft is pulling its post-quantum cryptography timeline forward. The new target? 2029. Why the hurry? Quantum computing is advancing faster…
2026 Cybersecurity Assessment: The Gap Between Knowing and Doing
Organizations know they have a cyber risk problem. Actually doing something about it? That is where things fall apart. Bitdefender’s…
CISA Adds SharePoint RCE Flaw CVE-2026-45659 to KEV After Active Attacks
CISA added a high-severity Microsoft SharePoint Server vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Wednesday. The reason: someone is…
AI-Generated Browser Ransomware Abuses Chromium File System API on Windows and Android
Check Point researchers found something new: a working browser ransomware generated by DeepSeek that runs entirely inside Chrome on Windows,…
Progress Kemp LoadMaster RCE Flaw CVE-2026-8037 Sees Active Exploitation Attempts
Active exploitation attempts are underway against a critical Progress Kemp LoadMaster vulnerability. eSentire’s Threat Response Unit spotted the activity starting…