CVE-2026-50656: Windows Defender Patch Introduces Disk Exhaustion Vulnerability A recent patch for the Windows Defender zero-day vulnerability, RoguePlanet (CVE-2026-50656), which previously allowed remote administrative control of Windows 10 and 11,…
Jeremy, the Head of IT, thought it was a normal Monday until his help desk was overwhelmed with login complaints. 37 employees couldn’t log in. Password resets were happening that…
Gopan Sivasankaran is Regional Director, Middle East & Africa, at Rapid7 From AI adoption and cloud-first strategies to smart cities and critical infrastructure modernization, organizations across the United Arab Emirates…
The Proliferation of DarkSword: iOS Exploit Chain Adopted by Multiple Threat Actors A new iOS full-chain exploit, dubbed DarkSword, has been identified, leveraging six zero-day vulnerabilities to fully compromise devices…
On a quiet Tuesday morning, Jerry, a fictional system administrator, logged in as usual. While testing a new integration script, he visited a documentation page on an unfamiliar domain. It…
For years, the cyber security industry tracked AI as a force multiplier: something that made existing attack techniques faster, cheaper, and more accessible. That framing was accurate. But the Annual AI Security Report 2026 from…
Introduction Our July run covers 55 models, including first-time entrants that reshuffle the middle of the board, leaving the top mostly unchanged. Claude Sonnet 5 arrives at the top of…
TL;DR A threat actor is selling root shell access to a CEO’s computer at a UK-based automation company for $25K in crypto. The listing’s real value isn’t the shell. It’s…
Beyond IT compliance, cloud security is now the backbone of civilian agency resilience, national defense, and warfighter safety, as cloud environments become increasingly complex. Key takeaways For the Department of…
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 13th July, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES U.S. auto insurer AssuranceAmerica has disclosed a…
