A Busy Week for Cybersecurity Speaking Engagements
I have a busy week with podcasts, webinars, and a keynote! Communicating and sharing is vital to the cybersecurity...
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SmartLoader hackers clone Oura MCP project to spread StealC malware
SmartLoader hackers clone Oura MCP project to spread StealC malware Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2026 Hackers used a fake Oura...
Hackers steal OpenClaw configuration in emerging AI agent threat
Hackers steal OpenClaw configuration in emerging AI agent threat Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2026 Researchers found an infostealer stole a...
Suspected Russian hackers deploy CANFAIL malware against Ukraine
Suspected Russian hackers deploy CANFAIL malware against Ukraine Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2026 A new alleged Russia-linked APT group targeted...
New threat actor UAT-9921 deploys VoidLink against enterprise sectors
New threat actor UAT-9921 deploys VoidLink against enterprise sectors Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2026 A new threat actor, UAT-9921, uses...
Viral AI Caricatures Highlight Shadow AI Dangers
Image: Generated via ChatGPT A viral Instagram and LinkedIn trend is turning harmless fun into a potential security headache. Millions...
Ransomware Groups Claimed 2,000 Attacks in Just Three Months
Image: MargJohnsonVA/Envato Ransomware may no longer dominate daily headlines, but it has hardly retreated. While public attention shifted to the...
Google: state-backed hackers exploit Gemini AI for cyber recon and attacks
Google: state-backed hackers exploit Gemini AI for cyber recon and attacks Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2026 Google says nation-state actors...
Smashing Security podcast #454: AI was not plotting humanity’s demise. Humans were
AI bots are having existential crises, inventing religions, and allegedly plotting against humanity… or so the internet would have you...
Google Expands ‘Results About You’ to Shield IDs, Fight Deepfake Abuse
Image: africaimages/Envato Good news for those who prefer to keep their personal info on the down-low. Google has unveiled updates...
10K Claude Desktop Users Exposed by Zero-Click Vulnerability
Image: iLixe48/Envato A newly disclosed flaw in Anthropic’s Claude Desktop Extensions shows how a routine productivity feature can enable zero-click...
AI Agents Are Creating Insider Security Threat Blind Spots, Research Finds
Image: boliviainteligente/Unsplash Artificial intelligence agents, autonomous software that performs tasks or makes decisions on behalf of humans, are becoming increasingly...
Microsoft Overhauls Security Leadership as AI Expands Enterprise Attack Surface
Source: Valent Lau/Unsplash Microsoft just changed who gets blamed when things break. The tech giant is overhauling its security leadership,...
AI has taken over customer service – but companies could soon regret the shift
Many companies and organizations have in recent years cut back on the number of employees dedicated to support issues, believing...
Varonis Acquires AllTrue to Strengthen AI Security Capabilities
Image generated by Google Gemini AI is growing almost everywhere, and with that in mind, a company has something true...
