This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 17, 2026 – Read the full story from Sophos With around 359 million businesses in the world, fewer than 35,00
From late April 2026 to mid-June 2026, Microsoft Defender Experts observed increased ACR Stealer activity across customer environments. These campaigns are successfully using ClickFix lures to steal b
The number of people who got approval to be in the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce program was in the single digits, GAO found. The post Program to rotate cyber personnel through federal agencies s
Officials accused three Russian nationals, Media Land and ML.Cloud of supporting cyberattacks spanning 21 U.S. states and other countries, resulting in losses surpassing $62 million. The post Russian
As AI agents become more autonomous, strong identity, access, and auditing controls are critical to keeping them secure. The post Least privilege for AI agents: Identity, access, and tool binding appe
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 16, 2026 – Watch the YouTube videos Kevin Mitnick, the world’s most famous hacker, passed away
Certo Software warns that the capability, designed for convenience, can easily be used to spy on online activity. The post Security researchers find stalkers abusing Chrome’s sync feature appear
Clayton maintained he was not an “election denier” but wouldn’t directly answer a number of questions about the 2020 race, his predecessor’s appearance at a January election office raid and more. The
Security teams have never had more visibility, yet rarely have they felt more uncertain. Signal pours in from endpoints, identities, cloud workloads, and a sprawling mix of third-party tools. The post
Industry has quickly developed tools meant to guide and direct frontier LLMs in cybersecurity. Attackers aren’t far behind. The post Forget the model. When it comes to cybersecurity, it’s all about th
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 15, 2026 – Listen to the podcast Hunting Warhead is an award-winning investigative true-crime podcast f
The White House said the clearinghouse has already started to receive intelligence on vulnerabilities and prioritize patches. The post White House details ‘Gold Eagle’ clearinghouse for AI cyber threa
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 14, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video "When high-trust individuals are compromised, the blast radius reaches we
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
Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified threat actor activity with overlapping tradecraft commonly associated with ShinyHunters, including voice phishing (vishing), supply-chain compromise, and misco
Microsoft Entra ID makes passkeys the default sign-in experience and introduces a new model for SMS and voice authentication. Read about how to prepare. The post Microsoft Entra ID security updates: P
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 13, 2026 – Listen to the podcast Larry Clinton is the President and CEO of the Internet Security Alliance. S
Moving from tool approval to true governance is the only way for CISOs to keep pace with the accelerating velocity of software risk. The post AI-generated code has made security debt a governance prob
Wireshark release 4.6.7 fixes 12 vulnerabilities and 16 bugs. 
Microsoft’s latest Secure Future Initiative report outlines progress on secure foundations, AI-powered defense, and future-ready cybersecurity. The post Securing our future: July 2026 progress report
